[Fibrinolytic activity of the urine during chronic glomerulonephritis and amyloidosis].

Correlative interconnections between plasminogen activator (PA) activity (fibrin plate method) and level of urokinase antigen (Ag UAP) and tissue PA antigen (Ag TAP) in urine and blood (ELISA) were studied in 60 patients with chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN) and 38 patients with amyloidosis. The high degree of positive correlation between blood and urine initial PA activity and Ag UAP content was found. This suggests the possible leading role of UAP in formation of the basal fluctuations of fibrinolytic activity in blood and urine.

[Urokinase as a blood and urine plasminogen activator in chronic glomerulonephritis and amyloidosis].

To estimate the individual role of the plasminogen activators (PA) urokinase (u-PA) and tissue (t-PA) in the development of two renal diseases (the nephrotic forms of chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN) and amyloidosis, the baseline plasma and urine levels of u-PA and t-PA antigens, their functional activity (FPAA), and changes in these parameters were determined after protein loading test (0.7 g/kg). In healthy individuals and patients with amyloidosis, the baseline FPAA changes from 0 to the maximum were caused only by the alterations of u-PA levels, in those with CGN, they were induced by the changes in the content of u-PA and t-AP antigens.

[Activators and inhibitors of fibrinolysis in chronic glomerulonephritis and amyloidosis].

Functional activities of plasminogen activators (FPAA) and their inhibitors and plasminogen activators's (PA), antigen level were determined in 31 patients with chronic glomerulonephritis, 23 patients with amyloidosis and 15 healthy persons. High FPAA correlated with favourable prognosis of diseases, elevated PA antigen level and diminished alpha 1-antitrypsin, alpha 2-macroglobulin and antiactivator activities. There were decreased PA antigen level and increased inhibitor's activities in group with zero FPAA.

[The effect of a protein loading test on the fibrinolytic system in patients with chronic glomerulonephritis and amyloidosis].

Investigation of the reserves of the fibrinolytic system with the aid of protein stimulation was carried out in 10 patients with chronic glomerulonephritis and in 10 patients suffering from amyloidosis. All the patients manifested proteinuria exceeding 3.5 g/day and other symptoms of nephrotic syndrome of varying intensity.