Lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive α-fetoprotein, an alternative variant to α-fetoprotein in prenatal screening for Down's syndrome

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2438-2444

  Yamamoto, Ritsu ^a   Azuma, Masaki ^a   Hoshi, Nobuhiko ^c   Kishida, Tatsuro ^a   Satomura, Shinji ^b   Fujimoto, Seiichiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

AFP L3; Down's syndrome; Lens culinaris agglutinin; Prenatal screening; Fetoprotein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRIOL; FUCOSE; LECTIN; LENS CULINARIS AGGLUTININ REACTIVE ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MATERNAL SERUM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0035157802     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.11.2438     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Comparison of urinary hyperglycosylated human chorionic gonadotropin concentration with the serum triple screen for Down syndrome detection in high-risk pregnancies
2. α-Fetoprotein: Relationship between maternal serum and amniotic fluid levels
3. Plasma α-fetoprotein reference ranges in infancy: Effect of prematurity
4. Low maternal serum levels of pregnancy associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) in the first trimester in association with abnormal fetal karyotype
5. Microheterogeneity of α-fetoprotein in patient serum as demonstrated by lectin affino-electrophoresis
6. Fetal hepatic alpha-fetoprotein mRNA expression in fetuses with trisomy 21 and 18 at 12-15 weeks
7. A prospective evaluation of a second trimester screening test for fetal Down syndrome using maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein, hCG, and unconjugated estriol
8. Oligosaccharide variants of hCG-related molecules: Potential screening markers for Down syndrome
9. Hyperglycosylated human chorionic gonadotropin (invasive trophoblast antigen) immunoassay: A new basis for gestational Down syndrome screening
10. Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein measurement: A screening test
11. Unconjugated estriol as maternal serum marker for the detection of Down syndrome pregnancies
12. Concanavalin A reactivity of alpha-fetoprotein in the amniotic fluid in autosomal trisomies of the fetus
13. Normal biology of alpha-fetoprotein
14. Origin of human trisomics and polyploid
15. Maternal serum screening for down syndrome by using alpha-fetoprotein and human chorionic gonadotropin in an asian population. A prospective study
16. Automatic and simultaneous analysis of Lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive α-fetoprotein ratio and total α-fetoprotein concentration
17. Carbohydrate heterogeneity of human alpha-fetoprotein in pregnancy. Methodological and clinical studies
18. Second-trimester maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein and human chorionic gonadotropin screening for Down's syndrome in Hong Kong
19. Concanavalin A variants of alpha-fetoprotein in first trimester fetuses with trisomy 21 and with normal karyotypes
20. An association between low maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein and fetal chromosomal abnormalities
21. Fetal serum alpha-fetoprotein in fetuses with chromosomal abnormalities
22. Establishment of assay kits for the determination of microheterogeneities of alpha-fetoprotein using lectin-affinity electrophoresis
23. Comparison of carbohydrate structures of serum α-fetoprotein by sequential glycosidase digestion and lectin affinity electrophoresis
24. Second trimester prenatal screening for Down's syndrome using alpha-fetoprotein and free beta hCG: A seven year review
25. Biochemical markers of trisomy 21 in amniotic fluid
26. A retrospective evaluation of maternal serum screening for the detection of fetal aneuploidy
27. Oncofetal alterations of AFP sugar chains
28. A collaborative study for the evaluation of lectin-reactive α-fetoprotein in early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma
29. Alpha-fetoprotein in fetal serum, amniotic fluid, and maternal serum
30. Second-trimester maternal serum immunoreactive inhibin as a marker for Down's syndrome
31. Sugar chain of α-fetoprotein produced in human yolk sac tumor
32. Sugar chains of human cord serum α-fetoprotein: Characteristics of N-linked sugar chains of glycoproteins produced in human liver and hepatocellular carcinomas
33. Prognostic significance of Lens culinaris agglutinin A-reactive α-fetoprotein in small Hepatocellular carcinoma
34. Structure of the asparagine linked sugar chains of α-fetoprotein purified from human ascites fluid