What is a normal differential count of plasma proteins?

Question

What is a normal differential count of plasma proteins?

Answer 1

Unlike blood cells, people don't usually "count" plasma proteins.  Rather, they "measure" their concentrations, usually in g/dL (or g/L if you are not in the US).

So, if by "differential count" you mean the concentration of each peak when the proteins are separated by electrophoresis, then the answer is:

The usual 5 groups:

- albumin: 4.0-5.5 g/dL (or 40-55 g/L if you are not in the US)

- alpha-1 globulins: 0.15-0.25 g/dL (1.5-2.5 g/L)

- alpha-2 globulins: 0.43-0.75 g/dL (4.3-7.5 g/L)

- beta globulins: 0.5-1.0 g/dL (5-10 g/L)

- gamma globulins (which include immunoglobulins): 0.6-1.3 g/dL (6-13 g/L)

http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Ato...

I think the range of albumin given above might have been a tad high.  For example, 3.5-5.0 g/dL (35-50 g/L) was given elsewhere: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_prot...

Hope that's what you were asking.

Answer 2

between 4000 and 10,000 per microliter