Pancreatic stone protein, a new marker for chronic pancreatitis
Montalto, G.; Carroccio, A.; Notarbartolo, A.
Minerva Medica 79(2): 91-94
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4806 PMID: 3352949 Document Number: 308902
A CaCO3 precipitation and crystal growth inhibitor has recently been isolated from pancreatic calculi and from pancreatic juice. It is a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 14,000, whose probable physiological role is the stabilization of exocrine pancreatic secretion which is normally supersaturated with CaCO3. It is hoped to determine a simple, but sensitive assay of this new protein on pancreatic juice and on serum, a decrease in which could be a marker for chronic pancreatitis.