BACKGROUND/AIMS Liver biopsy is considered a gold standard for fibrosis staging, but it has a high risk of morbidity. Therefore, there is an interest in developing noninvasive markers for the prediction of liver fibrosis stages. METHODS Hyaluronic acid, ferritin, N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase, β-glucuronidase, glucosamine, aspartate transaminase, and alanine transaminase were assayed in 210 in...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to compare serum levels of interleukin-6, visfatin, and hyaluronic acid in chronic hepatitis C Egyptian patients who received standard of care (SOC) therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) consisting of pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) and in those who received SOC with vitamin D (vit D) for 48 weeks in HCV genotype 4a subjects. DESIGN AND METHODS One...

We have found that tri-L-alanine (Ala3) can crystallize in a parallel-chain beta structure in addition to the previously known antiparallel-chain beta structure. Although the chain conformations in each structure are essentially similar, the ir and Raman spectra are distinctively different. We have calculated the normal modes of each structure, and can account in significant detail for these di...

OBJECTIVE Recently, a positive correlation between alanine transaminase activity and body mass was established among healthy young individuals of normal weight. Here we explore further this relationship and propose a physiological rationale for this link. DESIGN Cross-sectional statistical analysis of adiposity across large samples of adults differing by age, diet and lifestyle. SUBJECTS 46...

The existence of a glutamic acid racemase activity in Lactobacillus arabinosus has been reported by Narrod and Wood (1) and by Ayengar and Roberts (2). As has been pointed out by Meister (3) these observations with dried cell preparations would not exclude a mechanism for glutamic acid racemization in which alanine racemase is coupled with n-glutamic acid-nalanine transaminase and n-glutamic ac...

BACKGROUND Persistently raised transaminase levels often prompt the clinician to investigate for liver pathology. Previously, some of our patients with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy have had investigations to look for liver disorders when the alanine transaminases (ALTs) were found incidentally to be high. AIM The objective of the study was to ascertain the levels of the transaminases in pati...

Background: Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a pervasive carnivore species across most of Eurasia and parts North Africa. The current study was aimed to evaluate baseline values for selected haematological biochemical variables red in Ladakh, India. Methods: Blood samples were collected from female with drug combination Xylazine Ketamine. Selected assessed Result: total leucocytic count found as 6.37...

conclusions this report aimed to increase awareness of the occurrence of extra-intestinal systemic manifestations of rotavirus infection. although such cases may be rare, they still suggest that that rotavirus is a systemic viral infection. case presentations we report three pediatric cases of rotavirus infection: one accompanied by encephalopathy and two with elevated hepatic transaminase acti...