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    The activities of serum adenosine deaminase and xanthine oxidase enzymes in Behcet's disease
    (Elsevier Science Bv, 2002) Sögüt, S; Aydin, E; Elyas, H; Aksoy, N; Özyurt, H; Totan, Y; Akyol, Ö
    Background: Adenosine deaminase (AD) and xanthine oxidase (XO) are enzymes of purine catabolism that catalyze the conversion of adenosine to inosine, deoxyadenosine to deoxyinosine, hypoxanthine to xanthine and xanthine to Uric acid, respectively. AD is known to be an important enzyme in the maturation and function of T lymphocytes. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate whether there are changes in serum AD activity as an index of T lymphocyte function in Behcet's disease (BD) which is known as having T cell-mediated immune response. Methods: A total of 32 patients and 26 sex- and age-matched healthy control subjects were analysed for AD and XO activities. The patients with BD were divided into two subgroups: BD with and without eye lesions. Twelve patients with complete BD and four patients with incomplete BD had eye complications. AD and XO activities in serum were measured with spectrophotometric methods. Re vults: There was a remarkable increase in AD activity and moderate increase in XO in patients with BD compared to controls indicating T cell activation and increased maturation. Serum AD activity of complete BD was higher than that of incomplete BD. There was no difference it) XO activity between the subgroups of BD. Significant positive correlation was found between AD and XO in BD, although there was no correlation in control group. Conclusions: The results indicate that increased AD and XO activities may provide an additional benefit for the diagnosis of BD and subtyping of the disease as having eye complication or not and complete and incomplete BD. Further studies are needed to bring to light the exact mechanism of AD and XO activity elevation. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Adenosine deaminase and xanthine oxidase activities in bladder washing fluid from patients with bladder cancer
    (Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2003) Güleç, M; Akin, H; Yüce, H; Ergin, E; Elyas, H; Yalçin, O; Akyol, Ö
    Activities of adenosine deaminase (AD), and xanthine oxidase (XO) enzymes were measured in bladder washing fluid (BWF) from 37 patients with bladder cancer. The patients were divided into several groups according to their sex; pattern, number, and depth of the tumors; and tumor grade. There was a statistically significant difference in XO activities between the patients having no tumor and papillary tumor (p < 0.002). The differences in XO values between the patients having no tumor and single tumor; and with no tumor and multiple tumors were statistically significant (p < 0.012, p < 0.016 respectively). XO activities were increased in patients with both papillary and multiple tumors compared to tumor-free group. Regarding to the depth of tumors, only the differences in XO values between the patients having no tumor and superficial tumor was statistically significant (p < 0.037). XO values of patients in grade 1 were higher than the patients having no tumor (p < 0.010). AD activities in patients with multiple and invasive tumor were increased compared to patients with single and superficial tumor. AD values in grade 3 were lower than grade 2. However, we did not find any statistically significant differences in AD activities in all groups. As a conclusion, increased XO activity in BWF might be a potentially important finding as an additional diagnostic biochemical tool for bladder cancer. But we could not say this for AD activity. Further investigations in a larger cohort of patients with bladder cancer are needed to enlighten the possible diagnostic role of XO and AD in BWF. (C) 2003 The Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists. All rights reserved.