Moringa oleifera Lam. has been an important plant in the history of mankind, both for its nutritional and medicinal uses. Apart from bactericidal effects, the parts of this plant have been effectively used in the treatment of circulatory, respiratory, endocrine, digestive as well as neural disorders. Till date, though, there has been no reported activity of the involvement of any proteinaceous ...

This article has not been copyedited and formatted. The final version may differ from this version. Abstract Serum creatinine is commonly used as a marker of renal function but increases in serum creatinine may not represent changes in glomerular filtration rate (GFR). INCB039110 is an inhibitor of the Janus kinases (JAKs) with selectivity for JAK1. In a Phase I study, a modest and reversible i...

in cirrhosis: does definition matter? In their important study, Tsien et al demonstrated for the first time that minor increases of serum creatinine have major clinical impact in outpatients with cirrhosis, ascites and normal serum creatinine. Patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) had a slow constant increase of serum creatinine over time and, interestingly, a reduced survival probability. Th...

Introduction: Crescentic glomerulonephritis is an essential kind of glomerulonephritis. According to its rapid progression and aggressiveness, recognizing risk factors helps manage a better treatment outcome. Objectives: This study was designed compare demographic, laboratory, renal biopsy findings patients with crescentic among males females. Patients Methods: cross-sectional compared age, gen...

Introduction Across the globe, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a healthcare problem. Dyslipidemia, a cardiovascular risk factor, is known to occur with the progression of HIV infection. The factors which influence dyslipidemia in HIV subjects have not been completely identified. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum lipids and identify the factors which might influence dys...

BACKGROUND Protein-energy wasting is common in patients on maintenance hemodialysis and is strongly associated with poor quality of life and mortality. However, clinical assessment of protein-energy wasting remains difficult. Predialysis creatinine levels are associated with mortality risk but may be influenced by both muscle mass and dialysis dose. This might be overcome by examining the rate ...

objective(s): because of the high total phenolic contents of feijoa sellowiana , its nephroprotective effect was determined in 3,4-methylene dioxymethamphetamine (mdma) treated mice.   materials and methods: animals received 10, 20 and 40 mg/kg doses of aqueous or methanol extract of f. sellowiana leaves, intra-peritoneally. after one hour, an acute administration of mdma (20 mg/kg, ip) was inj...

Serum creatinine level is the most commonly used indices for assessment of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), even though these indices have been shown to have some limitations in clinical practice. We investigated the diagnostic efficacy of serum cystatin C compared to that of serum creatinine levels and identified the relating factors associated with changes in serum cystatin C levels in gout ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the incidence of nephrotoxicity, defined as doubling of baseline serum creatinine concentration, in newborn infants with peak vancomycin serum concentrations 40 microg/mL. A secondary objective was to correlate concomitant disease states and potentially nephro...