We measured the serum concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP) by a high-sensitive method in patients with lumbar disc herniation. There were 48 patients in the study group and 53 normal controls. The level and type of herniation were evaluated. The clinical data including the neurological findings, the angle of straight leg raising and post-operative recovery as measured by the Japanese Ortho...

“Contribution of Clinical Correlates and 13 C-Reactive Protein Gene Polymorphisms to Interindividual Variability in Serum C-Reactive Protein Level” To the Editor: Kathiresan et al1 report that 26% of variation in serum C-reactive protein (CRP), an innate immune system recognition molecule, is explained by clinical variables within the Framingham Heart Study, with a modest contribution from gene...

Abstract Background and aims Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that chiefly affects the sacroiliac joints spine. Galectin-3, chimera-type member of galectin family, binds glycoconjugates containing N-acetyllactosamine. Galectins play role in regulation embryogenesis, angiogenesis, neurogenesis, immunity. The aim present study was to evaluate serum galectin-3 level it...

Inflammation is highly prevalent among peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is the most widely used inflammatory marker in clinical medicine and is correlated with mortality in PD patients. Air pollution is associated with systemic inflammation. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the role of air pollutants and other clinical variables ...

background and objective: higher concentration of systemic inflammatory markers is reported in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (osa). levels of inflammatory markers may be associated with severity of osa. objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation between level of inflammation markers and osa severity. materials and methods: fifty six patients with symptoms and signs of osa f...

OBJECTIVES Endocan is a newly recognized biomarker of sepsis. However, there have been no studies of the trends in endocan levels during infection and their associations with other clinical factors. The aim of this study was to assess the time course of endocan levels and the associations of endocan with clinical factors during infection by comparison with other biomarkers. METHODS Serum samp...

BACKGROUND C-reactive protein (CRP), considered as a prototypical inflammatory cytokine, has been proposed to be involved in tumor progression through inflammation. Recent studies have indicated CRP as a progostic predictor for urological cancers, but the results remain controversial. MATERIALS AND METHODS A systematic search of Medline, Scopus and the Cochrane Library was performed to identi...

BACKGROUND Despite the fact that C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and white blood cell (WBC) count are routine blood chemistry parameters for the early assessment of wound infection after surgical procedures, little is known about the natural history of their serum values after major and minimally invasive spinal procedures. METHODS Pre- and postoperative CRP serum levels and WBC count in 347 ...