The interaction of human tear lipocalin with lysozyme and lactoferrin was studied by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. TL mutants I98C and F99C were spin labeled with MTSL and its derivative. The spectra demonstrated that at sites C98 and C99 the mobility of the nitroxides was reduced in the presence of lysozyme, lactoferrin, but not albumin. The reduced mobility was manifeste...

First identified as a neutrophil granule component, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL; also called human neutrophil lipocalin, 24p3, uterocalin, or neu-related lipocalin) is a member of the lipocalin family of binding proteins. Putative NGAL ligands, including neutrophil chemotactic agents such as N-formylated tripeptides, have all been refuted by recent biochemical and structura...

A et al. Identification of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as a novel early urinary biomarker for ischemic renal injury. Dent CL, Ma Q et al. Urine NGAL predicts severity of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: a prospective study. Dent C, Tarabishi R et al. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as a biomarker for acute renal injury after cardiac surgery. Plasma and...

OBJECTIVES Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the response of the body to infection injures its own tissues and organs. The early prediction of sepsis by current clinical and laboratory methods remains inadequate. Serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin level is increased in sepsis irrespective of renal dysfunction. Therefore, we aimed to correlate the serum neutro...

The features of markers the protective system saliva, blood and urine in patients with tubulointerstitial kidney damage were studied a comparative aspect. For this study, 58 selected chronic disease, namely disease. In blood, oral fluid urine, content lysozyme, level lactoferrin, cystatin lipocalin-2 determined by enzyme immunoassay. It was found that somatic pathology affects both frequency oc...

BACKGROUND Early differential diagnosis between acute bacterial and viral meningitis is problematic. We aimed to investigate whether the detection of lipocalin 2, a protein of the acute innate immunity response, may be used as a marker for acute bacterial meningitis. METHODS Transgenic mice expressing the human transferrin were infected by intraperitoneal route and were imaged. Cerebrospinal ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic significance of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in detecting the development of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients undergoing contrast imaging in an emergency department setting. METHODS The case-control study was conducted at the emergency department of Uludag University, Turkey, between January 1 and July 1, 2012, and comprised patients ...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: BSA: Bovine Serum Albumin; CD4: Cluster of Differentiation 4; CPS: Capsular Polysaccharide; CXCL10: Chemokine X Chemotactic Ligand 10; DHBA: Dihydroxybenzoic Acid; ER Stress: Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress; FBS: Fetal Bovine Serum; HLA: Human Leukocyte Antigen; IP-10: InterferonInducible Protein 10; LCN2: Lipocalin 2; NGAL: NeutrophilGe...