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Papers by Pal Szecsi
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1989
Borch K, Axelsson CK, Halgreen H, Damkjaer Nielsen M, Ledin T, Szesci PB. The ratio of pepsinogen... more Borch K, Axelsson CK, Halgreen H, Damkjaer Nielsen M, Ledin T, Szesci PB. The ratio of pepsinogen A to pepsinogen C: a sensitive test for atrophic gastritis. Scand J Gastroenterol 1989, 24, 870-876
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1991
The prevalence and development of antibodies to H+,K+-ATPase were investigated with a sensitive e... more The prevalence and development of antibodies to H+,K+-ATPase were investigated with a sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 86 patients with autoimmune atrophic gastritis (type A). Sixty-nine of the patients had pernicious anemia, and 17 had simple atrophic gastritis. Elevated titers were found in 93% of pernicious anemia probands. Women had higher levels than men: 3.24 versus 1.58 U/l (p = 0.002) (upper reference limit, 0.55 U/l). The antibody levels did not change over 1-4 years, but a gradual decrease in titers over decades was observed. All patients with pernicious anemia had low levels of pepsinogen A, a product of the gastric chief and mucous neck cells (median, 8.5 micrograms/l; reference range, 10-90 percentile, 64.4-195.5 micrograms/l), and elevated serum gastrin values (greater than 55 pmol/l) were found in 87%. Serum pepsinogen A, but not serum gastrin, correlated with H+,K(+)-ATPase antibody titers (r = 0.35, p = 0.01). In the 17 cases with simple atrophic gastritis, H+,K(+)-ATPase antibodies correlated inversely with fundic mucosal gland destruction. The data indicate that H+,K(+)-ATPase antibody titers reflect the immune responsiveness of a given patient as well as the antigenic amount, dependent on the degree of mucosal destruction and the duration of the disease.
Proceedings of the FEBS Advanced Course No. 84/07, Prague, Czechoslovakia, August 20–24, 1984, 2000
Danish Medical Journal
This study served the following three purposes: To evaluate the prophylactic effect against serom... more This study served the following three purposes: To evaluate the prophylactic effect against seroma of a single dose of steroid in the mastectomy cavity, to evaluate the thesis that there is a connection between subclinical bacterial colonization and seroma formation and to evaluate if a simple urine stix test can detect postmastectomy infection. This was a double-blinded and randomized study of injection of methylprednisolonacetate versus saline in the mastectomy cavity at the time of drain removal. A total of 160 females were enrolled after mastectomy. The study parameters were as follows: seroma volume, number of seroma punctures, frequency of clinical infections, degree and type of subclinical colonization, complications and evaluation of the microbiological results of the stix test with automatically read glucose, ketones, blood, pH, protein, nitrite and leucocytes. The degree of inflammation was monitored by measurement of 15 cytokines in each sample of seroma fluid. The study ...
The Open Breast Cancer Journal
Seroma formation is the most prevalent postoperative sequela after breast cancer surgery. A total... more Seroma formation is the most prevalent postoperative sequela after breast cancer surgery. A total of 263 aspirations of seroma fluid in 42 patients were performed after mastectomy; cytokines were measured in 148 cases. The concentration of interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), interleukin-10 (IL-10), interleukin-12p70 (IL-12) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) were measured. The patients underwent 9.0 seroma aspirations on average (range 1-17) during an average of 30.7 days (range 7-72). The average cumulative seroma volume was 2056.1 mL (range 50-5130). In all samples, the maximal average concentrations of IL-6 (mean 10717 pg/mL, range 136-100000) and IL-8 (mean 7221 pg/mL, range 102-79828) were 55-200-fold above the serum/plasma levels of asymptomatic adults. In contrast, we observed levels similar to normal serum/plasma levels for IL-1 (mean 62.8 pg/mL, range 0-1226), IL-10 (mean 29.8 pg/mL, range 3.6-359), and lower-than-normal serum/plasma levels of TNF...
Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, 2004
Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, 2004
Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, 2013
Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, 2013
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1993
Aabakken L, Axelsson CK, Szecsi PB. Pepsinogen A and C serum levels in relation to acute NSAIDass... more Aabakken L, Axelsson CK, Szecsi PB. Pepsinogen A and C serum levels in relation to acute NSAIDassociated mucosal lesions in healthy volunteers. Scand J Gastroenterol 1993;28:557-560.
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1991
The prevalence and development of antibodies to H+,K+-ATPase were investigated with a sensitive e... more The prevalence and development of antibodies to H+,K+-ATPase were investigated with a sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 86 patients with autoimmune atrophic gastritis (type A). Sixty-nine of the patients had pernicious anemia, and 17 had simple atrophic gastritis. Elevated titers were found in 93% of pernicious anemia probands. Women had higher levels than men: 3.24 versus 1.58 U/l (p = 0.002) (upper reference limit, 0.55 U/l). The antibody levels did not change over 1-4 years, but a gradual decrease in titers over decades was observed. All patients with pernicious anemia had low levels of pepsinogen A, a product of the gastric chief and mucous neck cells (median, 8.5 micrograms/l; reference range, 10-90 percentile, 64.4-195.5 micrograms/l), and elevated serum gastrin values (greater than 55 pmol/l) were found in 87%. Serum pepsinogen A, but not serum gastrin, correlated with H+,K(+)-ATPase antibody titers (r = 0.35, p = 0.01). In the 17 cases with simple atrophic gastritis, H+,K(+)-ATPase antibodies correlated inversely with fundic mucosal gland destruction. The data indicate that H+,K(+)-ATPase antibody titers reflect the immune responsiveness of a given patient as well as the antigenic amount, dependent on the degree of mucosal destruction and the duration of the disease.
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1989
Borch K, Axelsson CK, Halgreen H, Damkjaer Nielsen M, Ledin T, Szesci PB. The ratio of pepsinogen... more Borch K, Axelsson CK, Halgreen H, Damkjaer Nielsen M, Ledin T, Szesci PB. The ratio of pepsinogen A to pepsinogen C: a sensitive test for atrophic gastritis. Scand J Gastroenterol 1989, 24, 870-876
Gut, 1987
Pancreatic tissue from 16 post mortem kidney donors have been examined for the content of pepsino... more Pancreatic tissue from 16 post mortem kidney donors have been examined for the content of pepsinogens. A zymogen with electrophoretic mobility, isoelectric point and molecular weight equal to that of pepsinogen C of gastric origin was found in all specimens. A comparison between pepsinogen C extracted from pancreatic tissue and gastric mucosa demonstrated immunological identity. Quantitative measurements with a radioimmunoassay showed pepsinogen C concentrations in pancreatic tissue three to 80 times higher than those of blood serum. Immunohistochemical staining gave positive reaction for pepsinogen C only in the alpha cells of the pancreatic islets.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, 1986
Antiserum raised against an erythrocyte membrane-attached aspartic proteinase precipitates a non-... more Antiserum raised against an erythrocyte membrane-attached aspartic proteinase precipitates a non-pepsin gastric proteinase. With a monospecific antiserum raised against the non-pepsin gastric proteinase the two enzymes show immunochemical identity. The isoelectric points of both are between 4.5 and 4.6. By SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis the two proteinases behave the same way. Under non-reducing conditions the main components show molecular weights around 90 000 and after reduction about 58 000. The proteinase may tentatively be classified as cathepsin E.
Analytical Biochemistry, 1985
Clotting of casein provides a sensitive method for detection of proteases after gel electrophoresis.
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Ugeskrift For Laeger, Jul 1, 2008
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Ugeskrift for laeger, Jan 6, 2008
The introduction of a new test is often slow and obsolete tests are hard to get rid of. After nea... more The introduction of a new test is often slow and obsolete tests are hard to get rid of. After nearly 20 years, the cardiac proteins troponin I and T have not yet replaced the old creatinin kinase myocardial band (CK-MB). International guidelines now recommend the use of troponin as marker for myocardial necrosis and only CK-MB when troponin is not available. However, 23 of 46 Danish laboratories still use CK-MB. The additional cost thus incurred could be used for other beneficial purposes. It is recommended to follow the international guidelines.
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1989
Borch K, Axelsson CK, Halgreen H, Damkjaer Nielsen M, Ledin T, Szesci PB. The ratio of pepsinogen... more Borch K, Axelsson CK, Halgreen H, Damkjaer Nielsen M, Ledin T, Szesci PB. The ratio of pepsinogen A to pepsinogen C: a sensitive test for atrophic gastritis. Scand J Gastroenterol 1989, 24, 870-876
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1991
The prevalence and development of antibodies to H+,K+-ATPase were investigated with a sensitive e... more The prevalence and development of antibodies to H+,K+-ATPase were investigated with a sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 86 patients with autoimmune atrophic gastritis (type A). Sixty-nine of the patients had pernicious anemia, and 17 had simple atrophic gastritis. Elevated titers were found in 93% of pernicious anemia probands. Women had higher levels than men: 3.24 versus 1.58 U/l (p = 0.002) (upper reference limit, 0.55 U/l). The antibody levels did not change over 1-4 years, but a gradual decrease in titers over decades was observed. All patients with pernicious anemia had low levels of pepsinogen A, a product of the gastric chief and mucous neck cells (median, 8.5 micrograms/l; reference range, 10-90 percentile, 64.4-195.5 micrograms/l), and elevated serum gastrin values (greater than 55 pmol/l) were found in 87%. Serum pepsinogen A, but not serum gastrin, correlated with H+,K(+)-ATPase antibody titers (r = 0.35, p = 0.01). In the 17 cases with simple atrophic gastritis, H+,K(+)-ATPase antibodies correlated inversely with fundic mucosal gland destruction. The data indicate that H+,K(+)-ATPase antibody titers reflect the immune responsiveness of a given patient as well as the antigenic amount, dependent on the degree of mucosal destruction and the duration of the disease.
Proceedings of the FEBS Advanced Course No. 84/07, Prague, Czechoslovakia, August 20–24, 1984, 2000
Danish Medical Journal
This study served the following three purposes: To evaluate the prophylactic effect against serom... more This study served the following three purposes: To evaluate the prophylactic effect against seroma of a single dose of steroid in the mastectomy cavity, to evaluate the thesis that there is a connection between subclinical bacterial colonization and seroma formation and to evaluate if a simple urine stix test can detect postmastectomy infection. This was a double-blinded and randomized study of injection of methylprednisolonacetate versus saline in the mastectomy cavity at the time of drain removal. A total of 160 females were enrolled after mastectomy. The study parameters were as follows: seroma volume, number of seroma punctures, frequency of clinical infections, degree and type of subclinical colonization, complications and evaluation of the microbiological results of the stix test with automatically read glucose, ketones, blood, pH, protein, nitrite and leucocytes. The degree of inflammation was monitored by measurement of 15 cytokines in each sample of seroma fluid. The study ...
The Open Breast Cancer Journal
Seroma formation is the most prevalent postoperative sequela after breast cancer surgery. A total... more Seroma formation is the most prevalent postoperative sequela after breast cancer surgery. A total of 263 aspirations of seroma fluid in 42 patients were performed after mastectomy; cytokines were measured in 148 cases. The concentration of interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), interleukin-10 (IL-10), interleukin-12p70 (IL-12) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) were measured. The patients underwent 9.0 seroma aspirations on average (range 1-17) during an average of 30.7 days (range 7-72). The average cumulative seroma volume was 2056.1 mL (range 50-5130). In all samples, the maximal average concentrations of IL-6 (mean 10717 pg/mL, range 136-100000) and IL-8 (mean 7221 pg/mL, range 102-79828) were 55-200-fold above the serum/plasma levels of asymptomatic adults. In contrast, we observed levels similar to normal serum/plasma levels for IL-1 (mean 62.8 pg/mL, range 0-1226), IL-10 (mean 29.8 pg/mL, range 3.6-359), and lower-than-normal serum/plasma levels of TNF...
Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, 2004
Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, 2004
Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, 2013
Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, 2013
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1993
Aabakken L, Axelsson CK, Szecsi PB. Pepsinogen A and C serum levels in relation to acute NSAIDass... more Aabakken L, Axelsson CK, Szecsi PB. Pepsinogen A and C serum levels in relation to acute NSAIDassociated mucosal lesions in healthy volunteers. Scand J Gastroenterol 1993;28:557-560.
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1991
The prevalence and development of antibodies to H+,K+-ATPase were investigated with a sensitive e... more The prevalence and development of antibodies to H+,K+-ATPase were investigated with a sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 86 patients with autoimmune atrophic gastritis (type A). Sixty-nine of the patients had pernicious anemia, and 17 had simple atrophic gastritis. Elevated titers were found in 93% of pernicious anemia probands. Women had higher levels than men: 3.24 versus 1.58 U/l (p = 0.002) (upper reference limit, 0.55 U/l). The antibody levels did not change over 1-4 years, but a gradual decrease in titers over decades was observed. All patients with pernicious anemia had low levels of pepsinogen A, a product of the gastric chief and mucous neck cells (median, 8.5 micrograms/l; reference range, 10-90 percentile, 64.4-195.5 micrograms/l), and elevated serum gastrin values (greater than 55 pmol/l) were found in 87%. Serum pepsinogen A, but not serum gastrin, correlated with H+,K(+)-ATPase antibody titers (r = 0.35, p = 0.01). In the 17 cases with simple atrophic gastritis, H+,K(+)-ATPase antibodies correlated inversely with fundic mucosal gland destruction. The data indicate that H+,K(+)-ATPase antibody titers reflect the immune responsiveness of a given patient as well as the antigenic amount, dependent on the degree of mucosal destruction and the duration of the disease.
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1989
Borch K, Axelsson CK, Halgreen H, Damkjaer Nielsen M, Ledin T, Szesci PB. The ratio of pepsinogen... more Borch K, Axelsson CK, Halgreen H, Damkjaer Nielsen M, Ledin T, Szesci PB. The ratio of pepsinogen A to pepsinogen C: a sensitive test for atrophic gastritis. Scand J Gastroenterol 1989, 24, 870-876
Gut, 1987
Pancreatic tissue from 16 post mortem kidney donors have been examined for the content of pepsino... more Pancreatic tissue from 16 post mortem kidney donors have been examined for the content of pepsinogens. A zymogen with electrophoretic mobility, isoelectric point and molecular weight equal to that of pepsinogen C of gastric origin was found in all specimens. A comparison between pepsinogen C extracted from pancreatic tissue and gastric mucosa demonstrated immunological identity. Quantitative measurements with a radioimmunoassay showed pepsinogen C concentrations in pancreatic tissue three to 80 times higher than those of blood serum. Immunohistochemical staining gave positive reaction for pepsinogen C only in the alpha cells of the pancreatic islets.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, 1986
Antiserum raised against an erythrocyte membrane-attached aspartic proteinase precipitates a non-... more Antiserum raised against an erythrocyte membrane-attached aspartic proteinase precipitates a non-pepsin gastric proteinase. With a monospecific antiserum raised against the non-pepsin gastric proteinase the two enzymes show immunochemical identity. The isoelectric points of both are between 4.5 and 4.6. By SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis the two proteinases behave the same way. Under non-reducing conditions the main components show molecular weights around 90 000 and after reduction about 58 000. The proteinase may tentatively be classified as cathepsin E.
Analytical Biochemistry, 1985
Clotting of casein provides a sensitive method for detection of proteases after gel electrophoresis.
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Ugeskrift For Laeger, Jul 1, 2008
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Ugeskrift for laeger, Jan 16, 2008
Ugeskrift for laeger, Jan 17, 2008
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Ugeskrift for laeger, Jan 6, 2008
The introduction of a new test is often slow and obsolete tests are hard to get rid of. After nea... more The introduction of a new test is often slow and obsolete tests are hard to get rid of. After nearly 20 years, the cardiac proteins troponin I and T have not yet replaced the old creatinin kinase myocardial band (CK-MB). International guidelines now recommend the use of troponin as marker for myocardial necrosis and only CK-MB when troponin is not available. However, 23 of 46 Danish laboratories still use CK-MB. The additional cost thus incurred could be used for other beneficial purposes. It is recommended to follow the international guidelines.