The effects of nitrous oxide on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its soluble receptor 1 (VEGFR1) in patient undergoing urological surgery.

Objective: Anesthesia and surgical intervention, leads to the development of systemic inflammatory response. The severity of the inflammatory response depends on the pharmacological effects of anesthetic agents and duration of anesthesia. OBJECTIVE of the study was to investigate the effect of nitrous oxide on VEGF and VEGFR1 levels in patients undergoing surgery.

Serum glucagon and cystatin C levels with renal doppler sonography findings in non-azotemic liver cirrhosis cases.

Background/aims: It is well known that the hyperdynamic circulatory state in cirrhosis is characterized by increased splanchnic blood flow and renal vasoconstriction. The role of hyperglucagonemia in the renal hemodynamic changes that occur in this patient group is poorly understood at present. This study investigated relationships between serum glucagon levels, indicators of renal function (serum creatinine [Cr] and cystatin C levels, creatinine clearance rate [CrCl]), and renal hemodynamic findings in early and later stages of liver cirrhosis.

Correlation of hepatitis C antibody levels in gingival crevicular fluid and saliva of hepatitis C seropositive hemodialysis patients.

Search for hepatitis C virus (HCV) in body fluids other than blood is important when assessing possible nonparenteral routes of viral transmission. However, the role of oral fluids in HCV transmission remains controversial. Our aim was to compare the prevalence of HCV antibody (HCV Ab) levels in saliva, and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) of HCV seropositive hemodialysis patients.

Analysis of glomerular filtration rate, serum cystatin C levels, and renal resistive index values in cirrhosis patients.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) to serum cystatin C levels, renal resistive index (RRI), serum creatinine and creatinine clearance in patients with different stages of cirrhosis.

Methods: The study sample was 25 cirrhotic patients (10 females and 15 males; mean age 57.3+/-2.

Effects of in vivo antioxidant enzyme activities of myrtle oil in normoglycaemic and alloxan diabetic rabbits.

In this study we aimed to evaluate the in vivo effects of myrtle oil (myrtii oleum) on the antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase and catalase, the levels of malondialdehyde in liver tissues as an index of lipid peroxidation and nitrite-nitrate levels in normoglycaemic and alloxan-induced diabetic and MO-treated rabbits. In our previous study, we assumed that MO with a dose of 50 mg/kg, possesses a hypoglycemic activity and this activity was independent from the effects of insulin. Myrtle oil exerts its hypoglycemic activity by enhanced glycolysis, glycogenesis and decreased glycogenolysis.