Clinical and pathologic features of primary membranous nephropathy in Turkey: a multicenter study by the Turkish Society of Nephrology Glomerular Diseases Working Group.

Background: We aimed to evaluate the features of primary membranous nephropathy (MNP) in Turkish people.

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of patients with biopsy-proven primary MNP. We obtained the data collected between 2009 and 2019 in the primary glomerulonephritis registry of the Turkish Society of Nephrology Glomerular Diseases Study Group (TSN-GOLD).

What have we learned from Turkish familial hypercholesterolemia registries (A-HIT1 and A-HIT2)?

Background And Aims: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common genetic disease of high-level cholesterol leading to premature atherosclerosis. One of the key aspects to overcome FH burden is the generation of large-scale reliable data in terms of registries. This manuscript underlines the important results of nation-wide Turkish FH registries (A-HIT1 and A-HIT2).

Distinction of hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype from simple abdominal obesity: interaction with sex hormone-binding globulin levels to confer high coronary risk.

Objective: The associations of total testosterone (TT) and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) with the hypertriglyceridemic waist (HtgW) phenotype and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk have scarcely been examined. We explored such cardiometabolic risk mediations in middle-aged adults.

Methods: Participants (n = 1924) in a population-based study were studied by forming categories consisting of abdominal obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, both (HtgW), or none ('healthy').

Species Diversity and Pheno- and Genotypic Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Staphylococci Isolated from Retail Ground Meats.

The presence and species diversity of staphylococci in 250 ground beef and lamb meat samples obtained from Diyarbakir, Turkey were investigated. The presence of the 16S rRNA gene, mecA, nuc, pvl, and femA was analyzed by multiplex PCR. Pheno- and genotypic antibiotic resistance profiles of 208 staphylococci isolates were established.

Preparation and use of poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) cryogels containing L-histidine for β-casein adsorption.

The objective of this study was to determine β-casein adsorption by using supermacroporous poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-N-methacryloyl-(l)-histidine methyl ester) [p(HEMA-MAH)] cryogel. β-Casein adsorption properties of p(HEMA-MAH) cryogel were studied for the application of β-casein purification. The cryogel was produced by free radical polymerization initiated by N,N,N',N'-tetramethylene diamine and ammonium persulfate pairs in an ice bath.

The protective role of vitamin E on the fatty acid composition of phospholipid structure in gill and liver tissues of Oreochromis niloticus exposed to deltamethrin.

Deltamethrin is a commonly used pyrethroid pesticide. Vitamin E is a antioxidant that plays an important role in protecting cells against toxicity by inactivating free radicals generated following pesticides exposure. Therefore, in the present study, it was evaluated whether deltamethrin induced changes on the fatty acid composition of phospholipid in gill and liver tissues in Oreochromis niloticus and, the possible protective effect of vitamin E against deltamethrin was determined.

Parental history of migraine and bronchial asthma in children.

Background: a possible association between migraine and various allergic disorders have been reported. It was aimed in this study to inquire the association between bronchial asthma in children and parental history of migraine.

Methods And Results: parental history of allergic diseases and migraine were inquired among 140 asthmatic children (91 males, 49 females) and 110 age and sex matched control subjects who had not any allergic or hypersensitivity disorders, followed-up at Pediatric outpatient clinics of Dicle University Hospital.

The analgesic effect of tricyclic antidepressants.

The analgesia produced by tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) in rats and the role of serotonin in this analgesia have been investigated in this study. Rats received intraperitoneal injections of imipramine and amitriptyline, which are TCAs, and the serotonin synthesis inhibitor, pCPA. An acute analgesic effect was measured 90 min after the first injections; a chronic effect was measured 24 h after the last injections, on the 7th and 15th days using the hot-plate method.