Electronic Resource
Springer
Digestive diseases and sciences
14 (1969), S. 711-744
ISSN:
1573-2568
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The large mass of data that has been collected demonstrates that albumin distribution has a fairly constant ratio in many disease states, and that the extravascular pool appears to maintain the intravascular content by supplying albumin. The distribution of extravascular albumin may play some role in osmotic regulation of albumin synthesis. The skin is the major source of extravascular albumin. Factors influencing albumin production are state of health, environment, nutrition, hormonal balance, and osmotic equilibrium. Of these, the nutritional status is probably the most important. Sites of degradation of albumin are unknown. Stress and some hormones appear to enhance degradation. Metabolism of another protein does not affect albumin degradation, and albumin degradation and synthesis are not interdependent.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02233577
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