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Objective: Levels of C-reactive protein might be important, in coronary artery disease regarding long-term risk assessment and prognosis. It has been showed that coronary artery disease is associated with high levels of C-reactive protein whereas the relationship between...
Objective: Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy specific form of hypertension and a multisystem disorder of maternal and placental origin. Pregnancy associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) is a insulin like growth factor binding protein 4- degrading metalloproteinase. The aim of this...
Objective: The aim of this study is to research relations between first hour glucose and insuline level and inflamation markers in individuals who was loaded 75 grams glucose.
Materials and Methods: 11 individuals who were non obese and normal glucose...
Aim: Smoking is accepted as a risk factor for primary chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and respiratory system diseases and for cancer development. The aim of this study was to indicate the increase in inflammation in smokers by using high-sensitivity...
Objective: After proving that chronic low grade inflammation is an important component of atherosclerotic process, C-reactive protein (CRP) has been started to be used for atherosclerotic vascular disease risk determination together with the other risk factors. In practice, to...
Objective: Various inflammatory molecules that are used for diagnosis and monitoring are released into circulation when a bacterial infection is observed at host organisms. C reactive protein (CRP) is one of these various molecules, and procalcitonin (PCT) is also an acute...
Objective: In this study, we aimed to show whether conditions which cause positive results in 50 gr gestational diabetes screening test also increase the levels of inflammatory markers in pregnant women.
Materials and Methods: Fasting fibrinogen and...
Objective: Various algorithms for predicting coronary atherosclerosis have been established, most of which are based on large epidemiologic and cohort studies. We examined the predictive value of various clinical and biochem ical markers for angiographically defined coronary...
Objective: Use of C-Reactive protein in the follow-up of different clinical situations is getting more important. Levels of CRP can be detected by immunonephelometric and immunoturbidimetric methods in the clinical laboratories. The emergency departmentÕs laboratory renders...
Purpose: In the recent years, the relationship between inflammation and atherosclerosis induced, which is a chronic inflammatory disease, acute coronary syndromes, including unstable angina and acute myocard infarction, has gained importance. Acute phase reactants, as...
Objective: Obesity is the leading public health problem in this century. In this study we aimed to evaluate the hsCRP levels which are the indicators of inflammation in obese people (defined with BMI) and assess the relation between obesity and hsCRP.
Materials...
Objective: In recent years hsCRP and procalcitonin has started to be used in diagnosis and assessment of the prognosis of cardiovascular diseases. In this study we aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of alterations in C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin...
Purpose: Nitric oxide(NO) is one of the important substances that are synthesized to keep the blood vessels dilated enough to provide adequate flow and to maintain cerebrovascular homeostasis. Creactive protein(CRP) is a highly sensitive indicator of inflammation and tissue...
Objective: The increase in serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels is a marker of severe systemic inflammation due to bacterial infection and renal excretion plays an important role in its elimination. The aim of this retrospective study is to investigate the relationship between...
Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the effect of hypeglycemic peak induced by OGTT on the basal inflammatory state by exploring the serum CRP level diffferencesMaterial and
Methods: I24 patients for suspicous of diabetes who have applied...
Aim: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease and its etiology hasnt been fully elucidated. However, excessive amounts of reactive oxygen derivatives have been detected in the synovial fluids of patients with RA. Therefore, systemic inflammation and oxidative...
Objective: It has been demonstrated that oxidative stress induced tissue damage plays a role in the pathogenesis of several otolaryngological diseases. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the selenium (Se), zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) levels in the plasma of children...
Aim: This study aims to evaluate repeated tests and unnecessary repeated laboratory tests based on minimum retest intervals.
Materials and Methods: Data regarding thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), ferritin, C-reactive protein (CRP), and erythrocyte...
Aim: We aimed to determine the glypican-3 levels in patients diagnosed with COVID-19, compare these values with the healthy controls, and analyze the evaluation of glypican-3 levels with inflammatory markers, including interleukin-6 (IL-6), to determine its role in disease...
Objective: The synthesis of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) which is claimed to cause early mortal damage during the first moments of coronary reperfusion, is reported to be induced in-vitro by oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL). The in- vivo changes in MMP-1, it's...
Objective: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading causes of death worldwide. After understanding the importance of inflammation in the pathogenesis, CRP usage has been increased for the determination of cardiovascular risk. As an inflammation marker, the relationship...
Objective: Autoimmunity is an important factor in the pathogenesis of Behcet Disease emphasized in recent years In recent studies, Vitamin D has been demonstrated to play a significant role in immune system functioning. The measurement of plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D3levels,...
Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the possible effects of chronic smoking on serum vitamin D and some inflammation markers.
Materials and Methods: The smoking history of a total of 110 volunteer adults, 76 females and 34 males, for whom 25...
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