The relation of excessive doses of vitamin A with various kidney pathologies is well known however, information concerning the relation of kidney enzyme activity with acute hypervitaminosis A is rather scarce. In this study we describe the kidney enzymatic alterations observed in rats that received
The effects of papain protease and of vitamin A on explanted limb bone rudiments from 7- and 13-day chick embryos and fetal mice have been studied and compared. The incubation of cartilaginous rudiments from 7-day chick embryos in a solution containing papain and cysteine resulted in complete loss
The extreme and, apparently, selective vulnerability of chondromucoprotein in cartilage matrix to the action of proteolytic enzymes in vivo provides a useful model for studying factors involved in the transport, inhibition, and activation of a protease, papain, in the blood and tissues. The lysis of
Uremic pruritus is a common and sometimes severe complication of chronic renal failure. Itch affects 50-90% of patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis and 25% of patients with preterminal chronic renal failure. The mechanism underlying uremic pruritus is poorly understood;
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