Publications by authors named "Ipek Ozturk"
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- The study aimed to compare body awareness levels and physical parameters between obese and non-obese adults, involving 32 participants from each group.
- Results showed no significant differences in body awareness or physical activity between the two groups, but the obese group had lower dynamic balance and higher trunk position error.
- The conclusion highlighted that while body awareness wasn't different, obesity was associated with reduced balance and proprioception abilities compared to non-obese individuals.
The study aimed to determine the CCl-induced liver fibrosis model in pinealectomized rats and biochemically, immunohistochemically, and histopathologically investigate the therapeutic effect of melatonin on liver fibrosis. The surgical procedure for pinealectomy was performed at the beginning of the study, and the sham and pinealectomized rats were administered CCl dissolved in corn oil (1:1) alone every other day to induce liver fibrosis or together with melatonin (10 mg/kg) therapy for 15 days. Melatonin is an essential therapeutic agent and offers an alternative therapeutic strategy in CCl-induced liver fibrosis by suppressing inflammation, oxidative stress, and the TGF-β1 signaling pathway.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcrylamide (AA) is formed in some foods by the cooking process at high temperatures, and it could be a carcinogen in humans and rodents. The purpose of the current study was to reveal the possible protective effects of melatonin against AA-induced hepatic oxidative stress, hepatic inflammation, and hepatocellular proliferation in pinealectomized rats. Hence, the sham and pinealectomized rats were consecutively given AA alone (25 mg/kg) or with melatonin (10 mg/kg) for 21 days.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of fluorine-18 (F-18) fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging in staging of pediatric osteosarcoma patients and also to evaluate the ability of metabolic parameters from the primary tumor to predict tumor necrosis rate (TNR).
Material And Methods: F-18 FDG-PET/CT imaging was performed in staging 37 pediatric osteosarcoma patients. The metabolic pa- rameters SUVmax (maximum standardised uptake value), MTV (metabolic tumour volume), and TLG (total lesion glycolysis) were measured from the primary tumor.