A chronic moderate methionine administration induced hyperhomocysteinemia associated with cardiovascular disease phenotype in the sand rat Psammomys obesus.

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases were defined as coronary artery, cerebrovascular, or peripheral arterial disease. Hyperhomocysteinemia (Hhcy) is an independent risk factor of cardiovascular diseases, including atherosclerosis. Our previous studies demonstrated the involvement of Hhcy in cardiovascular remodeling in the sand rat Psammomys obesus.

Impact of the Living Donor Age and the Hormonal Profile of Algerian Renal Transplant Recipients.

Kidney transplantation is the best treatment received by an uremic patient. One of the major advantages of transplantation is restoring a hormonal profile as before the chronic kidney disease. However, the posttransplant state depends on several factors including the quality of the graft.

Hyperhomocysteinemia and myocardial remodeling in the sand rat, Psammomys obesus.

Objective: Numerous studies have shown that a methionine-rich diet induces hyperhomocysteinemia (Hhcy), a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. The objective of the present study was to determine the involvement of Hhcy in cardiac remodeling in the sand rat Psammomys obesus.

Materials And Methods: An experimental Hhcy was induced, in the sand rat Psammomys obesus, by intraperitoneal injection of 300 mg/kg of body weight/day of methionine for 1 month.

The role of homocysteine in seminal vesicles remodeling in rat.

Introduction: Elevated plasma homocysteine (Hcy) levels have been associated with several tissue injuries including heart and liver fibrosis. In these diseases, hyperhomocysteinemia (Hhcy) plays a major role in modulating the alteration of the balance between matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs), leading to the pathological accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. Since the effect of Hhcy on ECM of seminal vesicle was not studied, the aim of our research was to check if Hcy can induce a remodeling within seminal vesicles ECM.

Hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease in an Algerian population.

Background And Aims: There is growing evidence that increased blood concentration of total homocysteine (tHcy) may be a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). The present study was conducted to evaluate the association of serum tHcy and other biochemical risk factors with AD.

Methods: This is a case-control study including 41 individuals diagnosed with AD and 46 nondemented controls.

Myocardial fibrosis and TGFB expression in hyperhomocysteinemic rats.

Hyperhomocysteinemia, characterized by an elevated plasma homocysteine concentration, leads to several clinical manifestations and particularly cardiovascular diseases. Experimental models of hyperhomocysteinemia revealed several tissue injuries including heart fibrosis and ventricular hypertrophy. In order to analyze the molecular mechanisms link to these morphological alterations, a mild hyperhomocysteinemia was induced in rats via a chronic methionine administration.