Aims, Objectives and Background Patients who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can disturbances in coagulation that are distinct from other bleeding states.1 Coagulopathy is risk factor for exacerbation of the primary injury, these patients less favourable outcomes increased mortality compared to non-coagulopathic patients.1 Little known about longitudinal changes following TBI. The...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of interleukin (IL)-21 in rats with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Fifty adult Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups: DSS, in which IBD was induced by giving the rats 7% DSS for seven days in their water, and a water control. Blood samples were collected and the concentration of IL-21 in serum was detected by enzyme-link...

The carbohydrate content in different foods may have different effects on postprandial blood glucose. Study was conducted to compare the glycemic effect of 50g carbohydrate in fruits (watermelon, Persian melon, grapes and pears) in normal, IGT and diabetic subjects. Thirty two subjects, 12 NIDDM, 12 IGT and 8 normals, with a mean age of 53±7 years were randomly selected. The subjects came to Va...

BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is key to CRC prevention and mortality reduction, but patient compliance with CRC screening is low. We previously reported a blood-based test for CRC that utilizes a seven-gene panel of biomarkers. The test is currently utilized clinically in North America for CRC risk stratification in the average-risk North American population in order to improve s...

Investigaltions to determine the effect of sample storage on the concentration of copper in liver tissue and on the activity of erythrocyte superoxide dismutase were undertaken in preparation for a study of blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) that were suspected to be suffering from copper deficiency. Two liver samples were collected from each of 20 culled blesbok in a manner that simulated...

Süt, yaşamın her evresinde önemli bir besin kaynağıdır. Sütün bileşimi, kalıtımsal, fizyolojik ve çevresel faktörler ile yetiştirme koşullarına bağlı olarak büyük ölçüde değişir. Kaliteli süt üretimi, ekonomik anlamda sağlık açısından çok önemlidir. Günümüzde endüstrideki hızlı gelişmeye ortaya çıkan çevre kirliliğinin olumsuz etkilerinden birisi de insan hayvanların ağır metallere maruz kalmas...

Background: Blood is permanently exposed to oxidation stress and therefore has a high antioxidants capacity. Many different factors increasing the demand for the antioxidant capacity can be observed in the stored blood of donors. Consequently, damage to erythrocytes by free radicals may occur. So it is useful to control the alternation of anti-oxidant enzymes in stored blood at different days o...

Complement, Electron Spin Resonance, Free Radicals We describe the appearance of a free-radical signal in the ESR spectrum of normal human serum incubated with several complement activating agents. The intensity of this signal is dependent of dose of activating agents, time and temperature. Signals elicited by different complement activators differ in morphology and kinetics. Inhibition by trea...