Alcohol Biomarkers: Clinical Significance and Biochemical Basis

• Published in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research Vol. 25; no. s1; pp. 67S - 70S
• Main Authors: Lakshman, Raj, Tsutsumi, Mikihiro, Ghosh, P., Takase, S., Anni, H., Nikolaeva, O., Israel, Y., Anton, R. F., Lesch, O. M., Helender, A., Eriksson, G., Jeppson, J-O., Marmillot, P., Rao, M. N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2001
• Subjects: Carbohydrate-Deficient Transferrin; Glycoproteins; Liver; Peptide; Sialic Acid
• ISSN: 0145-6008; 1530-0277
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2001.tb02376.x

This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2000 ISBRA Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The chairs were Raj Lakshman and Mikihiro Tsutsumi. The presentations were (1) Sialic acid index of apolipoprotein J: A new marker for chronic alcohol consumption, by P. Ghosh and M. R. Lakshman; (2) Microheterogeneity of serum glycoproteins in alcoholics, by M. Tsutsumi and S. Takase; (3) Probing protein‐ethanol adducts with combinatorial peptide libraries displayed by filamentous phage, by H. Anni, O. Nikolaeva, and Y. Israel Y; (4) Carbohydrate‐deficient transferrin as a marker for heavy alcohol use: What have we learned; Where do we go from here, by R. F. Anton; (5) Sensitivity and specificity of carbohydrate‐deficient transferrin in drinking experiments and different patient groups, by O. M. Lesch; (6), Transferrin variants interfere with the measurement of carbohydrate‐deficient transferrin, by A. Helender, G. Eriksson, and J‐O. Jeppson; and (7) Chronic ethanol on protein trafficking in liver, by P. Marmillot, M. N. Rao, and M. R. Lakshman.