The electrophoretic patterns of a series of normal and pathological human sera and plasmas have been obtained using the schlieren scanning method. From these patterns the mobilities and concentrations of the electrophoretically distinct protein components have been computed. The mobilities fall into five well defined groups corresponding to albumin, α, ß, and γ globulins, and fibrinogen. The concentrations of the different components in pathological sera have been compared with those in normal sera, and the following tentative generalizations may be made. The albumin/globulin ratios for pathological sera have been consistently lower than those for normal sera. The values of the α globulin/albumin ratio for the sera of the febrile patients studied were high, the average value being over twice the normal value. The γ globulin/albumin ratios for aplastic anemia and rheumatic fever sera were also above normal. Certain pathological conditions, notably nephrosis, were accompanied by large increases in a γ globulin. There is evidence that, in part at least, this consists of a labile lipo-protein.
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October 01 1939
ELECTROPHORETIC PATTERNS OF NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL HUMAN BLOOD SERUM AND PLASMA
Lewis G. Longsworth,
Lewis G. Longsworth
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Theodore Shedlovsky,
Theodore Shedlovsky
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Duncan A. MacInnes
Duncan A. MacInnes
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Lewis G. Longsworth
From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
Theodore Shedlovsky
From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
Duncan A. MacInnes
From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
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July 16 1939
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
Copyright, 1939, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
1939
J Exp Med (1939) 70 (4): 399–413.
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July 16 1939
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Lewis G. Longsworth, Theodore Shedlovsky, Duncan A. MacInnes; ELECTROPHORETIC PATTERNS OF NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL HUMAN BLOOD SERUM AND PLASMA . J Exp Med 1 October 1939; 70 (4): 399–413. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.70.4.399
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