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A kinetic study of gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT)-mediated S-nitrosoglutathione catabolism

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Accuracy of b-GGT fraction for the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

scientific article published on 04 November 2011

Anti-inflammatory signaling during ex vivo liver perfusion improves the preservation of pig liver grafts before transplantation

scientific article published on 01 May 2017

Antioxidant capacity and protein oxidation in cerebrospinal fluid of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

scientific article published on 11 April 2007

Aortic valve disease and gamma-glutamyltransferase: accumulation in tissue and relationships with calcific degeneration

scientific article published on 26 August 2010

Are standard cell culture conditions adequate for human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells?

scientific article published on February 21, 2013

Association between plasma gamma-glutamyltransferase fractions and metabolic syndrome among hypertensive patients.

scientific article published on 20 September 2017

Cardiac biomarker testing in the clinical laboratory: where do we stand? General overview of the methodology with special emphasis on natriuretic peptides

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Cardiovascular risk factors and gamma-glutamyltransferase fractions in healthy individuals.

scientific article published in May 2010

Circulating gamma-glutamyltransferase fractions in cirrhosis.

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Clinical implications of a recent adjustment to the high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T assay: some results

scientific article published on February 1, 2014

Comparison between BNP values measured in capillary blood samples with a POCT method and those measured in plasma venous samples with an automated platform

scientific article published in April 2015

Contribution by polymorphonucleate granulocytes to elevated gamma-glutamyltransferase in cystic fibrosis sputum

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Correlates and reference limits of plasma gamma-glutamyltransferase fractions from the Framingham Heart Study

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Cultured human cells release soluble gamma-glutamyltransferase complexes corresponding to the plasma b-GGT.

scientific article published on November 2009

Cystic fibrosis, elevated gamma-glutamyltransferase, and lung transplant outcome

scientific article published on 21 September 2012

Development of a normothermic extracorporeal liver perfusion system toward improving viability and function of human extended criteria donor livers

scientific article published on 01 November 2016

Developmental variations of plasma gamma-glutamyltransferase fractions in humans and in laboratory mammalians

scientific article published on December 23, 2011

Different immunoreactivity of monomers and dimers makes automated free light chains assays not equivalent

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Discrepancy between FLC assays: only a problem of quantification?

scientific article published on 01 June 2016

Effect of the three-dimensional organization of liver cells on the biogenesis of the γ-glutamyltransferase fraction pattern.

scientific article published on 30 March 2016

Evaluation of analytical performance and comparison of clinical results of the new generation method AccuTnI+3 for the measurement of cardiac troponin I using both patients and quality control plasma samples

scientific article published on 21 September 2015

Evaluation of analytical performance of a novel immunoenzymometric assay for cTnI

scientific article published on 27 November 2012

Exogenous vs. endogenous gamma-glutamyltransferase activity: Implications for the specific determination of S-nitrosoglutathione in biological samples.

scientific article published on 23 May 2009

Fractions of plasma gamma-glutamyltransferase in healthy individuals: Reference values

scientific article published on 08 June 2008

Gamma-glutamyltransferase fractions in human plasma and bile: characteristic and biogenesis

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Gamma-glutamyltransferase, H2O2-induced apoptosis and expression of catalase.

scientific article published on 17 September 2012

Helicobacter, gamma-glutamyltransferase and cancer: further intriguing connections.

scientific article published on December 2014

High-sensitivity gamma-glutamyltransferase fraction pattern in alcohol addicts and abstainers

scientific article published on June 29, 2012

Inter-assay variability in automated serum free light chain assays and their use in the clinical laboratory

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

Mechanisms and targets of the modulatory action of S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) on inflammatory cytokines expression.

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Modulation of cell growth and cisplatin sensitivity by membrane gamma-glutamyltransferase in melanoma cells.

scientific article published on 22 August 2006

Monocytes/macrophages activation contributes to b-gamma-glutamyltransferase accumulation inside atherosclerotic plaques.

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Myocardial Infarction Following COVID-19 Vaccine Administration: ?

scientific article published on 27 July 2022

Natriuretic peptides as biomarkers of cardiac endocrine function in heart failure: new challenges and perspectives.

scientific article published on 27 July 2016

Non enzymatic upregulation of tissue factor expression by gamma-glutamyl transferase in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

scientific article published on 4 November 2016

Pilot study on harmonization of cardiac troponin I immunoassays using patients and quality control plasma samples. On behalf of the Italian Section of the European Ligand Assay Society (ELAS) and of the Study Group on Cardiovascular Biomarkers of th

scientific article published on 25 February 2016

Plasma gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) activity in inflammatory bowel disease: is the clinical laboratory plasma GGT assay sensitive enough for gastroenterology?

scientific article published on 01 February 2013

Plasma membrane gamma-glutamyltransferase activity facilitates the uptake of vitamin C in melanoma cells.

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Reference values for alanine aminotransferase, α-amylase, aspartate aminotransferase, γ-glutamyltransferase and lactate dehydrogenase measured according to the IFCC standardization during uncomplicated pregnancy

scientific article published on 01 October 2013

Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase and intima-media thickness: pointing again to wall/lumen interactions in atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase: linking together environmental pollution, redox equilibria and progression of atherosclerosis?

scientific article published in January 2009

State of the art of BNP and NT-proBNP immunoassays: the CardioOrmoCheck study.

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State of the art of aldosterone immunoassays. A multicenter collaborative study on the behalf of the Cardiovascular Biomarkers Study Group of the Italian Section of European Society of Ligand Assay (ELAS) and Società Italiana di Biochimica Clinica (

scientific article published on 4 February 2015

State of the art of immunoassay methods for B-type natriuretic peptides: An update.

scientific article published on 30 December 2014

The IL-33/ST2 pathway, inflammation and atherosclerosis: Trigger and target?

scientific article published on 19 May 2018

The S-thiolating activity of membrane gamma-glutamyltransferase: formation of cysteinyl-glycine mixed disulfides with cellular proteins and in the cell microenvironment.

scientific article published on July 2005

The calculation of the cardiac troponin T 99th percentile of the reference population is affected by age, gender, and population selection: a multicenter study in Italy

scientific article published on 17 September 2014

Vitamin C supply to bronchial epithelial cells linked to glutathione availability in elf--a role for secreted gamma-glutamyltransferase?

scientific article published on 29 January 2008

b-Gamma-glutamyltransferase activity in human vulnerable carotid plaques.

scientific article published on 2 October 2014

gamma-glutamyltransferase and pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases.

scientific article published on May 2007

γ-Glutamyltransferase Fractions in Obese Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes: Relation to Insulin Sensitivity and Effects of Bariatric Surgery.

scientific article published on 24 November 2017