Protective effects of L-carnitine on X irradiation-induced uterus injury via antioxidant and anti-inflammatory pathways.

Purpose: Ionizing radiation causes oxidative stress induced tissue damage as well as a decline in reproduction incidence. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the effects of L-carnitine on radiation-induced uterine injury.

Materials And Methods: Thirty Wistar albino rats were classified into five groups.

Serum paraoxonase level and paraoxonase polymorphism in patients with acromegaly.

Background: Acromegalic patients have increased cardiometabolic risk factors due to an elevation of growth hormone (GH) levels. Human serum paraoxonase (PON), a high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-related enzyme, is one of the major bioscavengers and decreases the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), a key regulator in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. In this study, we investigated a potential relationship between serum PON levels or PON polymorphisms and acromegaly.