background and aims: post exercise proteinuria and increased urinary gamma-glutamyl transferase (ggt) levels can be indicative of exercise-induced renal damage. the aim of this investigation was to study the effect of one session of intensive training on renal tubular injury markers and compare their values to those 6 hours after training, for evaluating tubular damage after intensive training....

Numerous known risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF) exist, but few studies have investigated the link between gastrointestinal and liver disorders. Through a variety of pathways, hepatic conditions can increase both prevalent incident AF. According to numerous studies, dysfunction plays significant role in pathogenesis fibrillation. So, this review article aimed give an overview how functi...

Aim: To evaluate the effect of different levels of High Bentonite on growth performance, organ weight and serum biochemistry in broiler fed on diets containing aflatoxin. Materials and Methods: A total of 360 day-old commercial broiler chicks were divided at random into 8 dietary treatment groups of 42 chicks each having 3 replicates. Dietary levels of aflatoxin (0.5 ppm) and High-grade bentoni...

OBJECTIVE To describe the incidence of hypertension in a cohort of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. METHOD A follow-up study conducted among 1831 indigenous population aged 15 years and over without hypertension at baseline from 19 communities in North Queensland during 1997-2008. Main measurements included baseline and follow-up weight, waist circumference, blood pressure, ...

BACKGROUND Amyloidosis represents a group of different diseases characterized by extracellular accumulation of pathologic fibrillar proteins in various tissues and organs. Severe amyloid deposition in the liver parenchyma has extrahepatic involvement predominantly in the kidney or heart. We evaluated the effect of ursodeoxycholic acid, in four patients with severe hepatic amyloidosis of differe...

OBJECTIVE This aim of the present study was to determine prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in healthy young persons admitted for annual medical check-ups. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted in a military hospital. Total of 254 healthy males were included and participants were divided into 2 groups according to presence and grade of NAFLD. Demographic data, bioch...

OBJECTIVE To identify the electrocardiographic changes and their associations with metabolic and electrolytic changes in female alcoholics. METHODS The study comprised 44 female alcoholics with no apparent physical disorder. They underwent the following examinations: conventional electrocardiography; serologic tests for syphilis, Chagas' disease, and hepatitis B and C viruses; urinary pregnan...

BACKGROUND Cyanate is a uremic toxin formed principally via spontaneous urea biodegradation. Its active isoform, isocyanate, is capable of reaction with proteins by N and S carbamoylation, which influences their structure and function. Sulfurtransferases implicated in anaerobic cysteine transformation and cyanide detoxification belong to the enzymes possessing SH groups in their active centers....

Intrigued by similar specificities of the hydra feeding receptor and y-glutamyl transferase activity toward GSH, we examined the possibility that these two GSH-bihding activities might reside in the same protein. We find that the two activities differ in specificity toward the y-glutamyl moiety of GSH. The hydra transferase recognizes L-azaserine, L-Glu, D-Glu and L-Gln. The feeding receptor re...

Epidemiological data indicate that type 2 diabetes is associated with increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, risk stratification for HCC has not been fully elucidated in diabetic population. The aim of this study was to identify potential predictors of HCC in diabetic patients without chronic viral hepatitis. A cohort of 3,544 diabetic patients without chronic viral hepatiti...