EFFECT OF ASCORBIC ACID ON RHEUMATOID SYNOVIAL FLUID
EFFECT OF ASCORBIC ACID ON RHEUMATOID SYNOVIAL FLUID
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DOI:
10.1136/ard.23.4.295
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发表时间:
1964-01-01
影响因子:
27.4
通讯作者:
SANDSON, J
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作者:
ABRAMS, E;SANDSON, J
Methods (1) General.-The knee joints of six patients with bilateral or unilateral knee joint effusions were aspirated a total of twelve times. By the criteria of the American Rheumatism Association as revised by Ropes, Bennett, Cobb, Jacox, and Jessar (1959) four patients had classical and two hadprobable rheumatoid arthritis. A venous blood sample was drawn at the timeof joint aspiration. All samples were immediately placed in ice water at 40 C.(2) Preparation of Products (a) Hyaluronate.-Purified hyaluronate protein was prepared by the method of Sandson and Hamerman (1962) from normal synovial fluids. The concentration of hyaluronate was determined by the hexuronic acid method of Dische (1947) as modified by Bowness (1957).(b) Protein Fractions.-Protein fractions of normal serum and of rheumatoid synovial fluid were prepared by zone electrophoresis on a polyvinyl chloride block in barbital buffer (0-075M, pH 8-6) as described by Kunkel and Trautman (1959). After electrophoresis the block was cut in i-inch segments and the protein eluted by displacement filtration. The protein content of each eluate was determined by the Folin method modified by Lowry, Rosebrough, Farr, and Randall (1951). The appropriate eluates were pooled and then concentrated by ultrafiltration in a collodion bag. The homogeneity of each fraction was verified by paper electrophoresis at pH 8-6 in barbital buffer (0 075M).