Protein S is a plasma protein that serves as a cofactor for the anticoagulant effects of activated protein C. Congenital protein S deficiency is often associated with thromboembolic disease. During pregnancy a decrease in the functional and antigenic levels of protein S occurs; this change in protein S status may contribute to the thromboembolic complications that sometimes occur during pregnan...

Zinc is essential in the metabolic activities body including protein, DNA and RNA synthesis. It plays a role neurogenesis, maturation, migration of neurons synapse formation. high hippocampal which involved learning memory. Deficiency zinc during pregnancy has been related to many congenital abnormalities foetal nervous system. Furthermore insufficient levels children associated with lowered ab...

OBJECTIVE: Low-grade systemic inflammation is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. C-Reactive Protein (CRP), an acute phase protein produced by hepatocytes, may be associated with diabetes. This study aimed to compare serum levels of CRP in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), impaired glucose tolerance test and control subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this ca...

objective: low-grade systemic inflammation is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. c-reactive protein (crp), an acute phase protein produced by hepatocytes, may be associated with diabetes. this study aimed to compare serum levels of crp in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm), impaired glucose tolerance test and control subjects. materials and methods: in this case c...

Salt crusts covering the surface of the Salada Mediana, a seasonally dry saline lake in northern Spain, consist predominantly of bloedite (Na2Mg(SO4)2.4H2O). Microscopic features of the crust were investigated to understand processes of bloedite sedimentation. This study was combined with satellite and airborne observations, revealing asymmetrical concentric and parallel-linear patterns, relate...

We analyzed plasma protein profiles in an attempt to identify physiological parameters associated with pregnancy in black bears (Ursus americanus) that might be used as early confirmation of this reproductive state. We collected serial blood samples from 2 animals over 3 consecutive fall periods. Both females were pregnant during the 1st and 3rd years; cubs from the 1st litters were removed ear...