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Khaled M. Al-Qudah Ahmad A. Gharaibeh Maysa’a M. Al-Shyyab 《Biological trace element research》2010,136(1):40-47
The aim of this study was to determine the levels of trace minerals Zn, Cu, and Se, the effect of dermatophytosis on the level
of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) as an indicator of lipid peroxidation, the status of enzymatic and nonenzymatic
antioxidants, and the relationship between the mentioned trace minerals and antioxidant defense system in calves with dermatophytosis.
A total of 21 Holstein calves with clinically established diagnosis of dermatophytosis and an equal number of healthy ones
were included in this study. Results showed that 81% of mycotic isolates were Trichophyton verrucosum, while 19% were Trichophyton mentagrophytes. The level of Zn, Cu, Se, and glutathione (GSH) and the activity of the antioxidant enzymes, glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px),
and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were significantly (P ≤ 0.05) lower. The plasma level of TBARS was significantly (P ≤ 0.05) higher in dermatophytic calves compared to healthy controls. SOD activity was fairly correlated with serum Cu and
positively correlated with serum Zn in healthy control (r = 0.68, P ≤ 0.05; r = 0.58, P ≤ 0.05) and in calves affected with dermatophytosis (r = 0.73, P ≤ 0.05; r = 0.55, P ≤ 0.05), respectively. GSH-Px activity was highly correlated with whole blood selenium (r = 0.78, P ≤ 0.05) in healthy control and dermatophytic subjects (r = 0.76, P ≤ 0.05). Our results demonstrated that in dermatophytosis, the alteration in the antioxidant enzyme activities might be secondary
to changes in their cofactor concentrations. 相似文献
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Attar AM Kharkhaneh A Etemadifar M Keyhanian K Davoudi V Saadatnia M 《Biological trace element research》2012,146(2):150-153
Exposure to heavy metals has been associated to a higher incidence of multiple sclerosis. In this work, we present a possible
relationship between serum mercury levels and development of multiple sclerosis in Isfahan, the third largest city in Iran.
Seventy-four patients affected by multiple sclerosis were retrieved from multiple sclerosis (MS) clinic in Isfahan, Iran.
By matching sex and age, 74 healthy volunteers were chosen as control group. Blood samples were collected and serum mercury
content was determined. Serum mercury level in MS patients was significantly higher than controls (9.6 ± 10.17 vs. 5.7 ± 8.6,
P = 0.037). Concerning all MS patients, serum mercury value was significantly higher than the mercury concentration founded
in control subjects {odd ratio: 2.39 (CI, 1.96–2.94), P = 0.00}. Serum mercury level is higher in MS patients with odd ratio equal to 2.39 compared with healthy individuals. It
may reveal that high mercury levels in serum might help MS development in susceptible individuals. More studies with larger
sample size are needed to confirm this hypothesis. 相似文献
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Bronislaw A. Zachara Jolanta Gromadzinska Jadwiga Palus Zbigniew Zbrog Rafal Swiech Ewa Twardowska Wojciech Wasowicz 《Biological trace element research》2011,142(3):274-283
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an increased incidence of cancer. It is well known that long periods of hemodialysis
(HD) treatment are linked to DNA damage due to oxidative stress. In this study, we examined the effect of selenium (Se) supplementation
to CKD patients on HD on the prevention of oxidative DNA damage in white blood cells. Blood samples were drawn from 42 CKD
patients on HD (at the beginning of the study and after 1 and 3 months) and from 30 healthy controls. Twenty-two patients
were supplemented with 200 μg Se (as Se-rich yeast) per day and 20 with placebo (baker's yeast) for 3 months. Se concentration
in plasma and DNA damage in white blood cells expressed as the tail moment, including single-strand breaks (SSB) and oxidative
bases lesion in DNA, using formamidopyrimidine glycosylase (FPG), were measured. Se concentration in patients was significantly
lower than in healthy subjects (P < 0.0001) and increased significantly after 3 months of Se supplementation (P < 0.0001). Tail moment (SSB) in patients before the study was three times higher than in healthy subjects (P < 0.01). After 3 months of Se supplementation, it decreased significantly (P < 0.01) and was about 16% lower than in healthy subjects. The oxidative bases lesion in DNA (tail moment, FPG) of HD patients
at the beginning of the study was significantly higher (P < 0.01) compared with controls, and 3 months after Se supplementation it was 2.6 times lower than in controls (P < 0.01). No changes in tail moment was observed in the placebo group. In conclusion, our study shows that in CKD patients
on HD, DNA damage in white blood cells is higher than in healthy controls, and Se supplementation prevents the damage of DNA. 相似文献
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Jaak Jürim?e Peter J. Abernethy B. M. Quigley Kirsten Blake Michael T. McEniery 《European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology》1997,75(4):357-362
The purpose of this investigation was to compare the myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform expression of the triceps brachii muscle
and isoinertial, isometric and isokinetic strength indices in competitive bodybuilders (CB, n = 5), recreational resistance trainers (RT, n = 5), endurance-trained rowers (ER, n = 5) and control (C, n = 5) subjects. Muscle tissue samples were analysed for MHC isoform content using 6% sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide
gel electrophoresis. The CB possessed significantly smaller (P < 0.05) percentage of MHC type IIb proteins [12.92 (SD 7.08)%] than RT [30.08 (SD 6.58)%] ER [31.20 (SD 2.74)%] and C [38.22
(SD 2.95)%] groups (i.e. CB < RT ≈ ER < C). While the content of MHC type IIa isoforms did not differ significantly between
the two resistance-trained groups [CB = 55.76 (SD 5.38)%; RT = 45.72 (SD 7.8)%], CB presented significantly more type IIa
MHC isoforms than ER [42.84 (SD 2.98)%] and C [34.72 (SD 1.57)%] subjects (i.e. CB ≈ RT > ER ≈ C). The MHC type I protein
content did not differ significantly among RT [24.20 (SD 4.89)%] ER [25.38 (SD 1.67)%] and C [27.06 (SD 1.81)%] groups. The
CB [31.32 (SD 2.67)%] presented significantly more type I MHC isoforms only in comparison with RT. However, when changes in
the percentage of MHC type I isoforms were converted to effect sizes (ES), it appeared that low statistical power rather than
the absence of an effect accounted for the nonsignificant differences between CB and other groups (i.e. CB > RT ≈ ER ≈ C).
Significant differences existed in isoinertial strength among the trained athletes (i.e. CB > RT > ER ≈ C), while isometric
and isokinetic strength were not significantly different among any of the trained groups. However, the ES transformation of
data demonstrated that large differences existed between resistance-trained groups and ER for isometric and isokinetic strength
(i.e. CB ≈ RT > ER ≈ C). A statistically significant negative correlation (P < 0.001) was found between MHC type IIb isoforms and isoinertial strength index (r = − 0.68). The MHC type IIa proteins were positively related to all the strength measures considered (r = 0.51 – 0.61; P < 0.001). These data demonstrated different patterns of MHC isoform expression among the different groups of athletes and
it is suggested that these differences on occasion may affect the expression of strength.
Accepted: 24 September 1996 相似文献
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Cytokine-inducible SRC homology 2 domain protein (CISH) is a suppressor of cytokine signaling that controls interleukin-2
signaling pathway. We investigated the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) -292A>T in 473 Vietnamese hepatitis B virus (HBV)
carriers and 416 healthy controls. CISH variants at -292A>T were associated to HBV infection (Allelic: OR, 1.22 95% CI, 1–1.49; P = 0.04; Recessive: OR, 1.69 95% CI 1.23–2.54; P = 0.007). A gene dose effect for the risk allele -292T was observed (P = 0.04). The level of interleukin 2 and liver enzymes such as alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, total bilirubin,
and direct bilirubin were not associated to CISH polymorphism at position -292A>T This study associated the vital role of CISH SNP -292A>T variant to hepatitis B virus infection in a Vietnamese population. 相似文献
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Salehifar E Shokrzadeh M Ghaemian A Aliakbari S Saeedi Saravi SS 《Biological trace element research》2008,125(2):97-108
Changes in the cupper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) concentrations have been reported previously in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
(IDCMP). As a result of controversial results, the aim of this study was to compare the Zn and Cu concentrations and Zn/Cu
ratio of IDCMP patients to healthy volunteers. In addition, the correlation of Cu and Zn levels with age has been evaluated.
The study population consisted of 18 IDCMP patients and 27 healthy volunteers. IDCMP patients had normal angiography with
echocardiography supporting cardiomyopathy without pericardial and valvular diseases. Exclusion criteria were renal or hepatic
insufficiency, alcohol usage, and intake of supplements containing Cu or Zn within 1 week ago. Cu and Zn levels have been
assayed with atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS 10 software with independent
sample t test for comparing the level of Cu and Zn of IDCMP patients with normal subjects and Pearson correlation to determine the
correlation between numeric data. P < 0.05 was considered as significant differences. There was a trend for a lower Zn level in IDCMP patients compared to healthy
volunteers. (0.97 ± 0.25 mg/l vs. 1.12 ± 0.42 mg/l, respectively). The mean Cu levels of IDCMP and normal subjects were 1.33 ± 0.20 mg/l
and 1.31 ± 0.23 mg/l, respectively. There was a significant difference in Zn/Cu ratio among patients based on the NYHA classification
of heart failure (P = 0.003). Age was negatively correlated with Zn levels in IDCMP group (P = 0.037) and positively with Cu levels in healthy volunteers (P = 0.012). A lower Zn level in IDCMP patients compared to healthy volunteers and specially a significant difference in Zn/Cu
ratio of patients based on their NYHA classification would suggest a critical role of zinc and Cu imbalance in development
of IDCMP. 相似文献
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Płonka-Półtorak E Zagrodzki P Chłopicka J Bartoń H Westermarck T Kaipainen P Kaski M Atroshi F 《Biological trace element research》2011,143(3):1424-1434
We aimed to evaluate changes in antioxidant status in blood during valproate (VPA) monotherapy of adult patients with epilepsy.
Antioxidant enzymes [plasma superoxide dismutase (pSOD), erythrocyte superoxide dismutase (eSOD)] and non-enzymatic indices
[concentration of trace elements in serum: selenium, copper, zinc (sZn) and uric acid (UA), as well as the ferric reducing
ability of plasma (FRAP) and UA-independent FRAP (UAiFRAP)] were evaluated in 21 adult patients with epilepsy and 21 healthy
controls. Significant differences between the study group and controls were found for pSOD (p = 0.002) and UAiFRAP (p = 0.003). pSOD was higher, whilst UAiFRAP was lower in patients compared to controls. The activity of eSOD was higher in
patients treated with VPA for a longer period (7–14 years) in comparison to controls (p = 0.001) and patients with a short period of VPA treatment (p < 0.001). Patients with uncontrolled epilepsy exhibited higher sZn than seizure-free patients (p = 0.041). Standard diet and moderate use of alcohol and/or nicotine did not exert significant effects on redox balance. We
conclude that the antioxidant status of epileptic patients is modified by valproate monotherapy. The frequency of seizures
and duration of VPA therapy are associated with changes of oxidative/antioxidative balance. The most sensitive and relevant
parameters for antioxidative defence mechanism are pSOD, UAiFRAP and sZn. 相似文献
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Fatemi Naieni F Ebrahimi B Vakilian HR Shahmoradi Z 《Biological trace element research》2012,146(1):30-34
Premature graying of hair with unclear etiology, which is known as premature canities, is a common cause of referrals to the
dermatologists. We assessed the relationship between serum iron, copper, and zinc concentrations with premature canities.
This study was conducted on patients under 20 years old suffering from premature canities, having a minimum of ten gray hair
fibers, and referring to university hospitals of Isfahan (Iran). The results were compared with age–sex-matched controls.
Demographic data and disease characteristics were recorded for two groups. We studied serum iron, copper, and zinc concentrations
of 66 patients and 66 controls using atomic absorption and Ferrozine methods. The mean age of studied cases was 17.8 ± 2.0 years,
and the mean age of the onset of canities was 15.5 ± 3.2 years with no significant difference between males and females (P > 0.05). Serum copper concentration was significantly lower in patients compared with controls (90.7 ± 37.4 vs. 105.3 ± 50.2 μg/dL,
P = 0.048), but serum iron concentration was significantly lower in controls compared to patients (88.8 ± 39.5 vs. 108.3 ± 48.4 μg/dL,
P = 0.008). Also, there was no significant difference between patients and controls in serum zinc concentration (114.8 ± 67.8
vs. 108.2 ± 49.9 μg/dL, P = 0.285). According to these results, among copper, zinc, and iron, a low serum copper concentration may play a role in premature
graying of hairs in our society. Further studies are needed to find the underlying mechanism of this relationship. 相似文献
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Martín MC Martinez A Mendoza JL Taxonera C Díaz-Rubio M Fernández-Arquero M de la Concha EG Urcelay E 《Immunogenetics》2007,59(11):833-837
The great amount of nitric oxide (NO) produced by the inducible isoform of NO synthase (iNOS) exerts deleterious effects,
and iNOS expression is raised in the colonic mucosa of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. This is the first association
analysis of polymorphisms within the NOS2A extended gene with IBD susceptibility. We analyzed 336 patients of Crohn’s disease (CD), 355 of ulcerative colitis (UC),
and 536 healthy controls from a Spanish population. We tested a (CCTTT)n microsatellite, a (−/TAAA) insertion, and two single
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) flanking them (rs2779251 and rs2779248) in the NOS2A promoter, together with two SNPs in the coding region: one within exon 10, D385D (rs1137933), and another mapping to exon
16, S608L (rs2297518). Analysis of these markers evidenced differences among IBD patients and healthy controls. Allele (CCTTT)
13 is related to higher UC risk (p = 0.001; odds ratio [OR] [95% confidence interval, CI] = 1.64 [1.20–2.23]). Carriers of minor alleles of the two promoter
SNPs analyzed showed an association with UC predisposition, and common allele homozygotes of the two exonic SNPs were more
frequent among CD patients than among controls. Concordantly, one out of the three haplotypes carrying both exonic risk alleles
was found to increase CD susceptibility (p = 0.007; OR [95%CI] = 1.74 [1.13–2.67]). Therefore, the NOS2A gene seems to be involved in IBD aetiology. 相似文献
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Esma Ucisik-Akkaya Charronne F. Davis Clara Gorodezky Carmen Alaez M. Tevfik Dorak 《Cell stress & chaperones》2010,15(5):475-485
Three heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) genes, HSPA1L, HSPA1A, and HSPA1B, are located within the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class III region. HSPs act as stress signals and regulate natural killer
cell response to cancer. HSP70 gene polymorphisms show disease associations partly due to their linkage disequilibrium with HLA alleles. To systematically evaluate their associations with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), we examined the
three functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs2227956 (T493M) in HSPA1L, rs1043618 in HSPA1A 5′UTR, and rs1061581 (Q351Q) in HSPA1B by TaqMan assays or polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism in 114 ALL cases and 414 controls
from Wales (UK), in 100 Mexican Mestizo ALL cases and 253 controls belonging to the same ethnic group, and in a panel of 82
HLA-typed reference cell line samples. Homozygosity for HSPA1B rs1061581 minor allele G was associated with protection (odds ratio (OR) = 0.37, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.16–0.78;
P = 0.007) with gene-dosage effect (additive model) reaching significance (P = 0.0001) in the Welsh case–control group. This association was replicated in the second case–control group from Mexico (OR
(recessive model) = 0.49, 95% CI = 0.24–0.96; P = 0.03), and the pooled analysis yielded a strong association (Mantel–Haenszel OR = 0.43, 95% CI = 0.27–0.69, P = 0.0004). The association was stronger in males in each group and in the pooled analysis. A three-SNP haplotype including
the major allele A of rs1061581 showed a highly significant increase in Welsh cases compared with respective controls (6.7%
vs 1.8%; P = 0.0003) due to the difference between male cases and controls. The protective allele of rs1061581 occurred more frequently
on the HLA-DRB3 haplotypes (especially DRB1*03) in the cell line panel, but the HSPA1B association was independent from the HLA-DRB4 association previously detected in the same case–control group from Wales (adjusted P = 0.001). Given the cancer promoting roles played by HSPs intracellularly as well as roles in immune surveillance when expressed
on the cell surface and the known correlations between expression levels and the HSP polymorphisms, these results are likely to indicate a primary association and warrant detailed assessment in childhood ALL
development. 相似文献
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Banu Kale Koroglu Ismail Hakki Ersoy Mert Koroglu Ayşe Balkarli Siddika Ersoy Simge Varol Mehmet Numan Tamer 《Biological trace element research》2011,143(1):79-86
Endemic waterborne fluorosis is a public health problem in Isparta, a city located in southern Turkey. Fluoride is a cumulative
element that increases metabolic turnover of the bone and also affects the homeostasis of bone mineral metabolism. There are
number of similarities between the effects of excess parathyroid hormone (PTH) and fluorosis on bone. So fluoride might show
its effect via PTH. We aimed to determine PTH levels in patients with endemic fluorosis to estimate the possible toxic effects
of chronic fluoride intake. Fifty-six patients with endemic fluorosis and 28 age-, sex-, and body-mass-index-matched healthy
controls were included in this study. Endemic fluorosis was diagnosed according to the clinical diagnosis criteria of Wang.
The urine fluoride levels of fluorosis patients were significantly higher than those of control subjects as expected (1.9 ± 0.1
vs. 0.4 ± 0.1 mg/L, respectively; P < 0.001). PTH levels in fluorosis group were significantly higher than control group (65.09 ± 32.91 versus 47.40 ± 20.37,
respectively; P = 0.01). The results of our study demonstrate that serum PTH levels are increased in patients with endemic fluorosis. Fluoride,
by interfering calcium balance, may be the cause of secondary hyperparathyroidism. 相似文献
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Ersoy IH Koroglu BK Varol S Ersoy S Varol E Aylak F Tamer MN 《Biological trace element research》2011,143(2):619-624
Although there are many studies on effect of fluoride on trace elements in experimental animals, few studies exist on serum
trace elements levels in patients with endemic fluorosis. We aimed to determine the serum levels of trace elements including
serum copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and serum levels of minerals including calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), magnesium (Mg), sodium
(Na), potassium (K) in patients with endemic fluorosis. The study group consisted of 30 patients with endemic fluorosis (17
females, 13 males, mean age 33.53 ± 9.85 years). An age, gender, and body mass index matched 30 healthy volunteers comprised
control group (21 females, ten males with a mean age 33.93 ± 7.39 years). Urine fluoride levels of chronic fluorosis patients
were significantly higher than that of control subjects as expected (1.92 ± 0.10 mg/l vs. 0.41 ± 0.09 mg/l, respectively;
P < 0.001). Serum Cu levels (89.14 ± 16.77 μg/dL vs. 102.69 ± 25.04 μg/dL, respectively, P = 0.017), serum Zn levels (77.98 ± 20.58 μg/dL vs. 94.57 ± 35.87μg/dL, respectively, P = 0.032), and serum Mg levels (1.92 ± 0.18 mg/dL vs. 2.07 ± 0.31 mg/dL, respectively, p = 0.022) was significantly lower in chronic fluorosis patients than in controls. There were no statistically significant
differences between the fluorosis group and control group with respect to serum levels of Na, K, Ca, and P. We concluded that
chronic fluorosis is associated with reduced serum levels of Cu, Zn, and Mg. 相似文献
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Ayşegül Bayır Ahmet Ak Hasan Kara Tahir Kemal Şahin 《Biological trace element research》2009,130(1):7-12
The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) magnesium (Mg+2) levels, Glasgow Coma Scores (GCS), and 7-day mortality in acute stroke patients. Patients with acute ischemic or hemorrhagic
stroke arriving within the first 3 h of symptoms were included in the study. The control group consisted of healthy volunteers.
GCS was determined, and blood and CSF samples were taken in order to establish serum and CSF glucose, Mg+2, sodium, potassium, calcium, and chlorine levels. Mortality was recorded at 7 days after admission. CSF Mg+2 in the ischemic infarct group was significantly lower than in the control group (p = 0.006). CSF Mg+2 in the ischemic infarct patients with a GCS ≤ 8 were significantly lower (p = 0.002) than controls and in ischemic infarct patients with a GCS ≥9. In the ischemic stroke patients, CSF Mg+2 and GCS were significantly correlated (r = 55, p = 0.031). CSF Mg+2 levels in ischemic stroke patients who died within 7 days were significantly lower than controls, ischemic stroke patients
who survived, and hemorrhagic stroke patients who died (p = 0.002, p = 0.042, and p = 0.005, respectively). Low CSF Mg+2 levels in patients with acute ischemic stoke at admission predicted a higher 1-week mortality. 相似文献
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Maryam Pakfetrat Leila Malekmakan Mahshid Hasheminasab 《Biological trace element research》2010,137(3):335-339
In this cross-sectional study, selenium (Se) levels in the sera of 35 hemodialysis (HD) patients and 34 patients undergoing
continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) for more than 3 months were compared with the serum Se levels of 34 healthy
volunteers. The observed Se levels of 100.8 ± 51.9 μg/L in the sera of the HD patients and of 65.5 ± 32.1 μg/L in the sera
of the CAPD patients were significantly lower than the 134.9 ± 81.2 μg/L of the controls, with p = 0.002 and 0.02, respectively. Furthermore, the Se levels were significantly higher in the HD rather than the CAPD patients
(p = 0.01). In the spent dialysate effluent fluid of 32 of the CAPD patients Se was undetectable, in the remaining two CAPD
patients the Se levels were 1.9 and 4.6μg/l, respectively. The low Se levels of HD and CAPD patients as compared to healthy
persons are attributed to diminished Se retention due to chronic oxidative stress. 相似文献
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Manouchehr Nakhjavani Afsaneh Morteza Leila Khajeali Alireza Esteghamati Omid Khalilzadeh Firouzeh Asgarani Tiago F. Outeiro 《Cell stress & chaperones》2010,15(6):959-964
The evolutionary conserved family of heat shock proteins (HSP) is responsible for protecting cells against different types
of stress, including oxidative stress. Although the levels of HSPs can be readily measured in blood serum, the levels of HSP70
in patients with different durations of diabetes have not been studied before. We quantified serum HSP70 levels in a healthy
control group (n = 36) and two groups of type 2 diabetic patients, defined as newly diagnosed diabetes (n = 36) and patients with diabetes duration of more than 5 years (n = 37). The clinical characteristics and biochemical parameters were evaluated in the studied population. We found that serum
HSP70 levels were significantly higher in patients with diabetes when compared with controls (p < 0.001) and it was higher in patients with disease for more than 5 years than in newly diagnosed patients (p < 0.001). Serum HSP70 was inversely correlated with fasting blood sugar in patients with diabetes for more than 5 years (r = −0.500, p = 0.002), positively correlated with the history of hypertension in newly diagnosed patients (p < 0.001), and positively correlated with age in patients with diabetes (r = 0.531, p = 0.001). Serum level of HSP70 is significantly higher in patients with diabetes and correlates with the duration of disease.
Higher HSP70 in prolonged diabetes versus newly diagnosed diabetes may be an indicator of metabolic derangement in the course
of diabetes. 相似文献
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Ercan Varol Selahattin Akcay I. Hakki Ersoy Mehmet Ozaydin Banu Kale Koroglu Simge Varol 《Biological trace element research》2010,133(2):121-127
Sixty-three patients with endemic fluorosis (36 males/27 females; mean age 33.9 ± 8.6 years) and 45 age-, sex-, and body mass
index-matched healthy controls (30 males/15 females; mean age 32.7 ± 8.8 years) were included in this study. Aortic stiffness
indices, aortic strain (AS), aortic distensibility (AD), and aortic strain index (ASI) were calculated from the aortic diameters
measured by echocardiography and blood pressure obtained by sphygmomanometry. The urine fluoride levels of fluorosis patients
were significantly higher than control subjects as expected (1.9 ± 0.1 mg/l vs. 0.4 ± 0.1 mg/l, respectively; P < 0.001). AS and AD were significantly lower in fluorosis patients than in the controls (for AS 5.3 ± 3.6 vs. 8.0 ± 3.4%;
P < 0.001 and for AD 0.2 ± 0.1 vs. 0.3 ± 0.1 cm2 dyn−1 10−3; P < 0.001, respectively). In contrast, signicantly higher ASI was observed in fluorosis patients than in the controls (3.4 ± 0.6
vs. 3.0 ± 0.4; P < 0.001, respectively). The results of our study demonstrate that elastic properties of ascending aorta are impaired in patients
with endemic fluorosis. 相似文献
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Reza Amani Somaye Saeidi Zahra Nazari Sorour Nematpour 《Biological trace element research》2010,137(2):150-158
It has been suggested that mood disorders and depressive status may be accompanied by lowered zinc status in the body, and
adequate consumption of zinc increases a general perceived well-being. The main objective of this study was to assess the
correlation between serum zinc concentrations and dietary zinc intakes with depression scores in university female students.
In the first phase, Beck's depression questionnaire was applied in a random sampling of 308 selected 20–25-year-old female
students (one third of total students in Ahvaz Jondi-Shapour University of Medical Sciences Golestan dormitories) to assess
the major depressive disorder (MDD) scales. Then, in the second phase, 23 students who identified as having moderate and severe
depression were selected as the case group, and 23 healthy age matched were chosen as the controls. Each of them completed
a 12-item semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire containing the main food sources of zinc in the usual dietary patterns
and also a 24-h food recall questionnaire to assure the daily zinc intakes. Daily zinc intakes were obtained by multiplying
each portion size by its zinc content using food tables. A 5-ml blood sample was taken for further serum zinc status using
flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry technique. Pearson's r was used to show the correlation between quantitative variables. Both daily zinc intake and serum zinc concentrations of
MDD group were about two thirds of healthy index (p < 0.01). Depressed individuals used to eat lower servings of red meats and chicken as the main food sources of zinc in students'
usual diets (p < 0.001). Consumption of other foods as the sources of zinc was not significantly different in two groups. A linear significant
correlation between dietary zinc intakes and its serum levels was seen in samples (r = 0.62; p < 0.001) and MDD students (r = 0.55; p < 0.001). There was a linear inverse correlation between Beck questionnaire scores and serum zinc concentrations in all of
the investigated students(r = -0.65; p < 0.001) and MDD girls (r = −0.71; p < 0.001). Beck questionnaire scores and diatary zinc intakes were also inversly correlated (r = −0.58; p < 0.001). However, no statistical correlation was seen between these two variables in MDD cases. In depressed female students,
dietary zinc intake is correlated to its serum concentrations; however, the serum zinc levels are inversely correlated to
depression scales. Consumption of the main dietary sources of zinc such as red meats and chicken should be encouraged in young
depressed girls. 相似文献
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Watanabe A Shimokawa T Moriyama M Komine F Amaki S Arakawa Y Ra C 《Immunogenetics》2006,58(12):937-946
Fc receptor for IgA (FcαR, CD89) is capable of triggering IgA-mediated immune responses to pathogens and has been proposed to function in circulating IgA clearance. Because inheritable variations modifying individual immune responses or immunoglobulin catabolism may affect the chronicity of viral infection, we investigated whether promoter polymorphisms of the FcαR gene (FCAR) affect chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and its disease progression. The two −311T/C and −142T/C single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were studied by direct DNA sequencing in 177 Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). Both −311CC and −142CC genotypes were more frequent in CHC patients (15.9 and 18.6%) compared with 210 healthy controls (5.7 and 10.0%) [p = 0.001, odds ratio (OR) = 3.10, 95% confidence interval CI) = 1.53–6.30 and p = 0.014, OR = 2.06, 95% CI = 1.14–3.72, respectively], and were associated with infection with HCV genotype 2a/2b (p = 0.019 and p = 0.005, respectively). Conversely, −311CC and −142CC were decreased in 59 patients at advanced stages of disease as assessed on the basis of hepatic fibrosis markers such as decreased platelet count (PLT) ( < 150,000/μl) (5.1 and 8.5%) compared with 91 patients with normal PLT ( ≥ 150,000/μl) (24.2 and 26.4%) (p = 0.006 and p = 0.005, respectively). Moreover, among the patients with normal PLT (but not with decreased PLT), −311CC or −142CC was significantly associated with decreased serum IgA levels (p = 0.023 or p = 0.007, respectively). These results suggest that the FCAR promoter SNPs may be related to chronic HCV infection and disease progression in Japanese CHC, which might be explained by altered FcαR expression affecting IgA-mediated immune responses and/or IgA catabolism. 相似文献
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Ole Rintek Madsen Ulrik Birk Lauridsen Andreas Hartkopp Ole Helmer S?rensen 《European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology》1997,75(3):239-245
Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) offers the possibility of assessing regional soft tissue composition, i.e. lean mass (LM) and fat
mass : LM may be considered a measure of muscle mass. We examined age-related differences in LM, percentage fat (%fat) and
muscle strength in 100 healthy non-athletic women aged 18–87 years. Relationships between muscle strength and leg LM in 20
elite female weight lifters and in 18 inactive women with previous hip fractures were also studied. The LM and %fat of the
whole body, trunk, arms and legs were derived from a whole body DEXA scan. Isokinetic knee extensor strength (KES) and flexor
strength (KFS) at 30° · s–1 were assessed using an isokinetic dynamometer. The women aged 71–87 years had 35% lower KES and KFS than the women aged 18–40
years (P < 0.0001). Differences in LM were less pronounced. The LM of the legs, for instance, was 15% lower in the old than in the
young women (P < 0.0001). In a multiple regression analysis with age, body mass, height and leg LM or KES as independent variables and KES
or leg LM as the dependent variable, age was the most important predictor of KES (r
partial = −0.74, P < 0.0001). The same applied to KFS. Body mass, not age, was the most important predictor of leg LM (r
partial = 0.65, P < 0.0001) and of LM at all other measurement sites. The LM measured at different regions decreased equally with increasing
age. The KES:leg LM ratio was negatively correlated with age (r = −0.70, P < 0.0001). The weight lifters had significantly higher KES:leg LM ratios than age-matched controls (+12%, P < 0.0001) and vice versa for the women with previous hip fractures (–36%, P < 0.0001). In conclusion, from our study it would seem that in healthy nonathletic women, age is a more important determinant
of muscle strength than is LM as measured by DEXA. Muscle strengthening exercises and inactivity seem to have a considerably
stronger influence on muscle strength than on LM.
Accepted: 27 August 1996 相似文献