The effects of the Pringle maneuver on the pancreas: can octreotide be protective?

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the negative effects of the Pringle maneuver on pancreatic tissue with respect to the time of performing the maneuver. Moreover, the efficacy of octreotide therapy on pancreatic changes at the time of the Pringle maneuver was assessed.

Animals: Fifty male Wistar Albino rats were randomized into 5 groups.

Adiponectin as a biomarker of systemic inflammatory response in smoker patients with stable and exacerbation phases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Background And Objective: Adiponectin is an adipose tissue-derived specific protein that has a role in energy homeostasis, that has a protective role against the development of insulin resistance and atherosclerosis and that exhibits anti-inflammatory properties. We investigated serum adiponectin as a biomarker of systemic inflammatory response and its relation with leptin, C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and nitric oxide (NO) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.

Material And Methods: We studied 36 male patients with COPD (15 stable and 21 exacerbated) and 17 age and sex-matched healthy subjects.

Role of activated protein C on wound healing process in left colonic anastomoses in the presence of intra-abdominal sepsis induced by cecal ligation and puncture: an experimental study in the rat.

Background: Activated protein C (APC) is a serine protease with anticoagulant and anti-inflammatory activities. The delaying effects of intra-abdominal sepsis on wound healing process in colonic anastomoses have been previously demonstrated. This study was designed to investigate the role of APC on wound healing process in left colonic anastomoses in the presence of intra-abdominal sepsis.

Activated protein C attenuates intestinal mucosal injury after mesenteric ischemia/reperfusion.

Background: Activated protein C (APC) is a serine protease with anticoagulant and ant-inflammatory activities. APC has been shown to attenuate deleterious effects of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in many organs. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of APC on intestinal mucosal injury induced by superior mesenteric occlusion.

Effects of tamoxifen on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury model in ovariectomized rats.

The purpose of this study is to examine the antiarrhythmic and antioxidant effects of tamoxifen, one of the selective estrogen modulators, in ovariectomized rats subjected to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. A month after ovariectomy, rats were divided into four groups: (I) ovariectomized controls without any treatment, (II) ovariectomized rats treated with vehicle dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), (III)-(IV) ovariectomized rats treated with tamoxifen 1 or 10 mg/kg,sc daily for 14 days. To produce arrhythmia, the left main coronary artery was occluded for 7 min, followed by 7 min of reperfusion.

The effects of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) on TNBS-induced colitis in ovariectomized rats.

Aim: The aim of this investigation was to examine the effects of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) on the development of colitis and antioxidant parameters in bilateral ovariectomized rats subjected to trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-one Wistar Albino ovariectomized female rats were divided into four subgroups (n = 5 or 6) (colitis control, vehicle control, CAPE 10 and 30 mg/kg, respectively). Colitis was induced using an enema of TNBS and ethanol, following which CAPE was administrated for 3 days to induce colitis and effect of CAPE was subsequently evaluated.

Body composition, insulin, and leptin levels in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

The aim of this study was to compare the effect of chronic inflammation on insulin resistance, serum leptin levels, and body composition (BC) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and healthy controls. Twenty-eight AS patients and 17 healthy controls were included in this study. Subjects with hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and obesity were excluded.

[Investigation of Serum Macrophage Migration Inhibitor Factor (MIF) levels in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis.].

In this study, the possible role of MIF as an immunologic marker in cutaneous leishmaniasis was evaluated. Twenty patients with acute cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and 20 healthy subjects were included in the study. MIF serum levels were measured using a sandwich ELISA method.