KROK 1 2014 – Question 73 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A 49-year-old male patient with acute pancreatitis was likely to develop pancreatic necrosis, while active pancreatic proteases were absorbed into the blood stream and tissue proteins broke up. What protective factors of the body can inhibit these processes?
- A. Ceruloplasmin, transferrin
- B. Immunoglobulin
- C. α₂-macroglobulin, α₁-antitrypsin
- D. Hemopexin, haptoglobin
- E. Cryoglobulin, interferon
Hint
Ask which blood plasma proteins act as natural inhibitors of proteolytic enzymes that have escaped into the circulation.
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