A Simple In Vitro Test to Evaluate Biocompatibility of Dialysis Membranes
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
- Vol. 4 (4) , 306-308
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a091878
Abstract
As arachidonic acid metabolites are implicated in hypersensitivity reactions, we measured arachidonic acid metabolites of dialysed patient's granulocytes, preincubated with different dialysis membranes. Results indicate that cuprophan and cellulose acetate membranes partially inhibit in vitro production of 15-HETE and 5-HETE, whereas polyacrylonitrile membrane does not. This suggests that polyacrylonitrile is a more biocompatible membrane.Keywords
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