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Term:alpha macroglobulin measurement
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Definition:Is a quantification of alphamacroglobulins 1 and/or 2, glycoproteins with a molecular weight of approximately 620,000 to 680,000. Precipitation by electrophoresis is in the alpha region. They include alpha 1-macroglobulins and alpha 2-macroglobulins. These proteins exhibit trypsin-, chymotrypsin-, thrombin-, and plasmin-binding activity and function as hormonal transporters. Chronic kidney disease can result in the leakage of alphamacroglobulins into the blood.
Comment:"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-macroglobulin"
Synonyms:external_ontology: is_about is_about EFO:0003086;   is_about EFO:UBERON:0002113



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