Summary Iron deficiency is associated with atopy. during pregnancy increases the risk of atopic diseases in children, while both allergic children and adults are more likely to have iron anemia. Immunologically, leads activation antigen-presenting cells, promotion Th2 cells enables antibody class switch B cells. In addition, primes mast for degranulation, an increase their content inhibits degr...

Many patients with clinically severe obesity (CSO) need to undergo bariatric surgery, possible side effects, so individualized predictive methods are required. Adipocytokines and gut/intestinal microbiota-derived metabolites could be biomarkers of metabolic success post- but the knowledge in this field is undefined. The objective work was determine whether adipocytokines can used predict improv...

Lipocalin allergens form a notable group of proteins, as they contain most of the significant respiratory allergens from mammals. The basis for the allergenic capacity of allergens in the lipocalin family, that is, the development of T-helper type 2 immunity against them, is still unresolved. As immunogenicity has been proposed to be a decisive feature of allergens, the purpose of this work was...

The human 25-kDa Lipocalin 2 (LCN2) was first identified and purified as a protein that in part is associated with gelatinase from neutrophils. This shows high degree of sequence similarity the deduced sequences rat α -microglobulin-related mouse 24p3. Based on its typical lipocalin fold, which consists an eight-stranded, anti-parallel, symmetrical β-barrel fold structure it initially thought L...

The lipocalins are a family of proteins the common function of which is to bind small hydrophobic substances. Although the amino-acid sequence similarity among the members of the family is low, there are two regions where the sequences are conserved. These are GXW and TDY (where X is usually acidic) [ 11. X-ray crystallography of several members of the family revealed that they exhibit a high d...

Introduction Diabetic nephropathy is associated with specific histological changes. Early detection of poor glomerular and tubular function can be achieved with biomarkers of diabetes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of kidney dysfunction biomarkers in type 2 diabetes (T2D). Methods Patients with T2D were grouped according to their glycated hemoglobin level. Patients' urine...

OBJECTIVE To test whether perioperative sodium bicarbonate infusion can attenuate postoperative increases in serum creatinine in cardiac surgical patients. DESIGN Double-blind, randomized controlled trial. SETTING Operating rooms and intensive care unit at a tertiary hospital. PATIENTS Cohort of 100 cardiac surgical patients at increased risk of postoperative acute renal dysfunction. IN...

BACKGROUND Nonpulsatile blood flow plays an important role in the pathogenesis of renal dysfunction in patients with extracorporeal circulation. In our opinion, hypoxic preconditioning (HP) can be used to protect kidneys from postsurgical dysfunction. The aim of this study was to evaluate nephroprotective efficacy of HP in myocardial revascularization with extracorporeal circulation. METHODS ...

OBJECTIVES Video laparoscopic bariatric surgery is the preferred surgical technique for treating morbid obesity. However, pneumoperitoneum can pose risks to the kidneys by causing a decrease in renal blood flow. Furthermore, as in other surgical procedures, laparoscopic bariatric surgery triggers an acute inflammatory response. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin is an early and accurate...

To better understand the mechanism of plastid differentiation from chloroplast to chromoplast, we examined proteome and plastid changes over four distinct developmental stages of 'Micro-Tom' fruit. Additionally, to discover more about the relationship between fruit color and plastid differentiation, we also analyzed and compared 'Micro-Tom' results with those from two other varieties, 'Black' a...