Male Sprague Dawley rats were divided into three groups, viz (I) Controls, (II) High fat diet (HFD) fed, (III) HFD fed+selenium supplemented. After three months of treatment, there were significant increases in serum cholesterol and triglycerides in HFD fed group as compared to control. However, in Se supplemented group, the levels of serum cholesterol and triglycerides were significantly less ...

Serum samples were collected in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, from 1970 to 1972 for 208 persons who in 1973-1983 developed stomach cancer; for 77 who in 1973-1983 developed lung cancer; and for controls matched for age, sex, city, and season of blood collection. Average serum levels of selenium and zinc were slightly (< 5%) but not significantly lower among the cancer cases than among controls...

Exposure to selenium, and particularly to its inorganic forms, has been hypothesized as a risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fast progressing motor neuron disease with poorly understood etiology. However, no information is known about levels of inorganic and some organic selenium species in the central nervous system of ALS patients, and recent observations suggest that peri...

the objective of this study was to determine the effects of supplemented selenium (se) on plasma cortisol, red blood cell glutathione peroxidase activity (rbc gsh-px-1), concentration of immunoglobulin g (igg) and body weight in pneumonic suckling calves. ten holstein suckling male calves were randomly allocated to two groups and fed either unsupplemented milk (control) or with milk supplemente...

Objectives: Antioxidant defense status was investigated in HIV-infected patients by measuring serum selenium, erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity, plasma thiol (-SH) and glutathione (GSH) concentrations along with the assessment of the clinical stage and surrogate markers of HIV-disease. Design, setting and subjects: Serum selenium levels were determined cross-sectionally in 10...

OBJECTIVES To describe serum concentrations of zinc, selenium, and prolactin in critically ill children within 72 hours of PICU admission, and to investigate relationships between these immunomodulators and lymphopenia. DESIGN An analysis of baseline data collected as part of the multicenter Critical Illness Stress Induced Immune Suppression (CRISIS) Prevention Trial. SETTING PICUs affiliat...

Twenty-one Lori–Bakhtiary sheep were randomly allocated into 3 groups to compare the effects of oral selenium nano particles (Se NPs) and sodium selenite (Na-Se) supplementation on serum selenium, copper, zinc, molybdenum, manganese and cobalt concentration. Groups 1 and 2 orally received Se NPs and Na-Se (1 mg/kg) for 10 consecutive days, respectively ...

Two well-known antioxidative nutrients, vitamin E and selenium, were used in this study to investigate possible inhibitory action against the formation of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) in rats. In this model, carcinogenesis is believed to be driven by oxidative stress. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (8 weeks old) were divided into four groups and received esophagoduodenal anastomosis (EDA) surgery ...

BACKGROUND The association between serum selenium level and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is controversial. The aim of our study was to systematically review available literature linking selenium to GDM for a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between serum selenium level and GDM in human. METHODS PubMed, The Cochrane Library and Medline were searched for studies published ...

to evaluate the correlations of the serum concentrations of trace elements with lipids and lipoproteins in water buffalo (bubalus bubalis), the serum concentrations of cholesterol, triglyceride, total lipids, very low density lipoproteins (vldl-cholesterol), low density lipoproteins (ldl-cholesterol) and high density lipoproteins (hdl-cholesterol) and their correlations with serum concentration...