Measurement of Activities of Adenosine Deaminase and Superoxide Dismutase in Bladder Cancer Patients

Abstract

The biochemical study investigated the specific activity of two enzymes; adenosine deaminase (ADA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in the sera of eighty three blader cancer (BC) patients and twenty controls. A significant reduced specific activity of ADA was observed in the patients (0.136 U/gm vs. 0.206 U/gm ), while SOD contrasted the picture, and instead, a significant elevation of the activity was observed (11.430 U/ml vs. 8 585 U/ml )., especially in the advanced stages of disease