background and objectives: diabetes mellitus is among the most common causes of mortality in the world and an important risk factor for chronic kidney disease, foot amputation, ischemic heart disease and blindness among older adults. diabetic patients mostly develop hyperlipidemia, which can result in cardiovascular diseases. patient’s knowledge, attitude and practices toward diet are the core ...

background: chemerin is and adipokine produced and secreted by adipose tissue and is associated with functions such as insulin resistance, inflammation, and blood pressure regulation. the purpose of the present study was the determination of serum chemerin level in an iranian population with metabolic syndrome and its comparison with healthy individuals. materials and methods: the study subject...

conclusions we showed that patients with metabolic syndrome have larger infarct size compared to control subjects. background infarct size is an important surrogate end point for early and late mortality after acute myocardial infarction. despite the high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with atherosclerotic diseases, adequate data are still lacking regarding the extent of myocardia...

Prerequisites There are no official prerequisites. However, it is assumed that the student has acquired the knowledge taught in previous courses of the degree of Biochemistry, at first and second year's level and in the first semester of the third year, in particular the contents of Biochemistry I, Biochemistry II, Molecular Biology, Biocatalysis, Cell Biology, Animal Physiology and Cell Signal...

Prerequisites There are no official prerequisites. However, it is assumed that the student has acquired the knowledge taught in previous courses of the degree of Biochemistry, at first and second year's level and in the first semester of the third year, in particular the contents of Biochemistry I, Biochemistry II, Molecular Biology, Biocatalysis, Cell Biology, Animal Physiology and Cell Signal...