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I Kron

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PubMed1999

[Carnosine in patients with type I diabetes mellitus].

Examination of carnosine in patients with diabetes mellitus type I, showed that the plasma levels of carnitine were non significantly increased compared to the levels in healthy population, while the levels in red cells were decreased Lowered levels of carnosine in red cells could point out similar deficit in other cells. Due to low levels in cells carnosine is less available for metabolic processes, like antioxidant reactions and its participation in antioxidants defense reactions is limited non-enzymatic glycosylation of proteins. Therefore it should be supplemented. (Tab. 1, Fig. 1, Ref. 15.)

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PubMed1998

Effect of stobadine on carbon tetrachloride-induced erythrocyte membrane changes in rats.

Our previous study showed that stobadine is effective against ischemia/reperfusion-induced gastric mucosal injury. The present study examined the ability of stobadine to protect erythrocyte membrane against free radical injury after long-term carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) application. The erythrocyte membrane changes were established using colloid-osmotic hemolysis. The significant increase of colloid-osmotic hemolysis was found in animals treated with CCl4. CCl4 also increased formation of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARs) and decreased thiol group content. Stobadine in both doses (10.0 and 20.0 mg.kg-1) protected erythrocyte membrane against CCl4-induced injury. The membrane lipid bilayer is the most affected part of the erythrocyte membrane. In presence of stobadine, CCl4-induced lipid peroxidation was partially or totally prevented whereas the level of total membrane thiols was increased. Based on these results, it can be concluded that protective effect of stobadine on CCl4-induced erythrocyte membrane changes should be related to its antioxidant properties.

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PubMed1996

Marfan's syndrome: a family affair.

Marfan's syndrome (MFS), a heritable connective tissue disorder, may result in cardiac valvular insufficiency, aortic aneurysm or dissection, dislocated lens, and musculoskeletal abnormalities. During a 20-month period (1994-96), an interdisciplinary health care team at a central Virginia medical center evaluated the histories of 112 persons from 15 different families for the presence of MFS-related traits. Seventy-five had at least one MFS-related trait, and 27 subjects underwent echocardiography to evaluate for aortic root dilatation and valvular lesions. Forty-three patients (57.3%) in the above cohort demonstrated significant cardiovascular lesions, with 20 undergoing cardiac surgery. Thirty-one patients (41.3%) were initially seen with significant ocular lesions, and 38 (50.7%) displayed orthopedic deformities. The health care team developed strategies for long-term management of persons with MFS, including antihypertensive therapy, periodic testing, risk-factor modification, genetic counseling, and surgery for appropriate patients. Proactive, consistent management of MFS families will improve long-term health outcomes for this patient population.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

[Plasma renin activity and aldosterone in patients with essential hypertension].

The authors examined the plasma renin activity (PRA) in 80 patients and plasma aldosterone (PA) in 27 patients with essential hypertension (EH). They confirmed the significant drop of stimulated PRA with age. The PA levels of hypertonic patients did not change with age and did not change significantly in relation to PRA. In obese hypertonic patients a satisfactory response of PRA to stimulation was lacking, while PA reacted adequately. The PA levels are thus in older age groups as well as in obese subjects much higher, as compared with relatively low PRA levels. In relation to the stage of EH the authors did not find any significant differences of PRA levels.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1980

[Diagnosis of congenital deficiency of alpha 1-antitrypsin by the immune peroxidase technique (author's transl)].

10 cases of congenital deficiency of alpha 1-antitrypsin with liver involvement were identified on clinical grounds; 10 cases of liver cirrhosis were selected by way of the diastase-PAS-reaction. In these 20 cases alpha 1-antitrypsin was demonstrated in paraffin sections by a modification of the indirect peroxidase-antiperoxidase method. In all these cases the immunoreactive inclusions could be demonstrated in the hepatocytes, even when the paraffin sections were several years old. 399 cases of cirrhosis of the liver were investigated in this retrospective study; only 10 of these cases had, as mentioned above, inclusions in the hepatocytes, which were immunoreactive, PAS-positive, and resistant against diastase.

Adolescent↗