Studdy P, James D G, Sherlock S
Trans Med Soc Lond. 1978;95:54-9.
Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (SACE) activity was significantly higher in 90 patients with sarcoidosis (55 +/- [S.D.] 23 nmol min-1 ml-1) than in 80 healthy controls (34 +/- 9 nmol min-1 ml-1). Steroid therapy modified SACE activity; 60 sarcoidosis patients who were not being treated with steroids had significantly higher enzyme activities (58 +/- 24 nmol min-1 ml-1) than 30 steroid-treated sarcoidosis patients (40 +/- 19 nmol min-1 ml-1). In 50% of the non-steroid treated sarcoidosis patients SACE activity was more than than 2 S.D. above the mean value for the controls. SACE activity was measured in 22 tuberculous patients (38 +/- 14 nmol min-1 ml-1), 20 leprosy patients (34 +/- 9 nmol min-1 ml-1), 31 with primary biliary cirrhosis (44 +/- 20 nmol min-1 ml-1), 26 with inflammatory bowel disease (31 +/- 9 nmol min-1 ml-1), eight with hepatic granulomatous disease, five with Hodgkin's disease, and two with schistosomiasis. The combined false-positive rate for these non-sarcoidosis patients was 10%. Serial SACE assays provide useful information on the course of sarcoidosis and response to steroid treatment.
90例结节病患者的血清血管紧张素转换酶(SACE)活性(55±[标准差]23 nmol·min⁻¹·ml⁻¹)显著高于80例健康对照者(34±9 nmol·min⁻¹·ml⁻¹)。类固醇疗法改变了SACE活性;60例未接受类固醇治疗的结节病患者的酶活性(58±24 nmol·min⁻¹·ml⁻¹)显著高于30例接受类固醇治疗的结节病患者(40±19 nmol·min⁻¹·ml⁻¹)。在50%未接受类固醇治疗的结节病患者中,SACE活性比对照者的平均值高出2个标准差以上。对22例结核病患者(38±14 nmol·min⁻¹·ml⁻¹)、20例麻风病患者(34±9 nmol·min⁻¹·ml⁻¹)、31例原发性胆汁性肝硬化患者(44±20 nmol·min⁻¹·ml⁻¹)、26例炎症性肠病患者(31±9 nmol·min⁻¹·ml⁻¹)、8例肝肉芽肿病患者、5例霍奇金病患者和2例血吸虫病患者进行了SACE活性检测。这些非结节病患者的联合假阳性率为10%。连续进行SACE检测可提供有关结节病病程及对类固醇治疗反应的有用信息。