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Arginase

Activity higher in immature red blood cells and reticulocytes.

Intracellular enzyme that appears in plasma after cell damage or death.

Elevated erythrocyte arginase activity in megaloblastic anemia and thalassemia.

Activity associated with markers of inflammation such as elevated leucocyte count, and myeloperoxidase because it is induced in monocytes in response to helper T cell type 2 cytokines.

Elevated levels in asthma a T cell type 1 cytokine related disorder.

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