The aim of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant activity exopolysaccharides (EPS) from Lactobacillus kimchi SR8. EPS exhibited strong scavenging activities for 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl and hydroxyl radicals. Two fractions (EPS-1 EPS-3) higher than EPS-2. Low-dose CEPS could significantly increase catalase (CAT) glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) in serum CAT, GSH-Px superoxide dismutase...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate changes in plasma fatty acids proportions and estimated desaturase activities for variable grading of liver steatosis in children. METHODS In total, 111 schoolchildren (aged 8-18 years) were included in the analysis from March 2015 to August 2016. Anthropometric evaluation, liver ultrasound examination and scoring for nonalcoholic fatty liver...

Liver fibrosis remains an important risk factor for hepatocarcinogenesis in patients with chronic hepatitis C even after the eradication of hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, it is difficult to estimate liver fibrosis based on liver biopsy after the eradication of HCV. We investigated the ability of laboratory indices to predict liver fibrosis in patients with sustained virologic response (SVR) ...

Purpose: Exercise capacity is an independent predictor of the disease prognosis in many clinical conditions. This study aims to predict functional exercise determinants and investigate association between status variables liver transplant candidates. 
 Methods: prospective cross-sectional consisted thirty patients who were scheduled for transplantation. Respiratory peripheral muscle streng...

BACKGROUND Hepatic circulatory disturbances have been associated with obesity and fatty liver in humans. In the veterinary literature, however, there is limited information regarding the effects of different body condition scores (BCS) on liver hemodynamic indices in dogs. OBJECTIVES To investigate the influence of BCS on liver hemodynamic indices. ANIMALS Fifty-three client-owned dogs of v...

Scintigraphy with 99mTc-diethylenetriaminepentaacetate with galactosyl human serum albumin (99mTc-GSA) and per-rectal portal scintigraphy are useful for evaluating hepatic functional reserve and portal circulation, respectively. We did the procedures simultaneously in some patients to examine the relationship between hepatic functional reserve and portal circulation in chronic liver disease. Sc...

conclusions m30 levels were higher in cvhb patients compared to healthy controls. however, m30 levels were similar in the mild and moderate stages of fibrosis, so they did not indicate the severity of underlying fibrotic or inflammatory processes in cvhb patients. results the mean ages of patients and controls were 39.7 and 45.7 years, respectively, and 35% of the controls and 52% of the patien...

1. Changes in the perfusate activities of aspartate transaminase, lactate dehydrogenase, its ‘LD-5’ component, sorbitol dehydrogenase, ornithine carbamoyltransferase, and the isoenzyme patterns of lactate dehydrogenase and aspartate transaminase, were investigated in eleven perfusions of pig liver with human blood in order to assess liver cell damage during perfusion. 2. The aspartate transamin...