1987 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages 808-811
globulin (β2-MG), one of the small molecular proteins accumulated in the plasma of chronic dialysis patients, was recognized as the new type amyloid protein. We already had reported the effectively adsorptive removal of β2-MG by PMMA membrane after the incubation experiments four years ago. In the present study, we tried to re-evaluate the adsorptive effects of the newly-developed synthetic membranes as well as PMMA (B-1 and B-2 series) and PAN (Asahi and Hospal). β2-MG was markedly reduced by PMMA (not B-2 but B-1 only), PAN, and Polysulfone. Some other solutes of glucagon, PTH, lysozyme, ribonuclease, myoglobin, and retinol binding protein were also checked the membrane-specific affinities.
