Background: Ehrlichia canis and Babesia vogeli comprise a group of globally distributed pathogens transmitted by ticks. Leishmania infantum is transmitted by Lutzomyia longipalpis, etiological agent of leishmaniasis. The pathogens affect the animals; and can also affect the human. An imbalance between oxidants and antioxidants compounds causes an increase in free radicals, and other reactive ox...

conclusions contrast-agent-induced nephropathic changes are more closely related to the magnitude of lipid peroxidation than protein oxidation. results compared with the control group, groups cin and n + cin had significantly higher urea and lhp levels (p < 0.05 and p < 0.001, respectively) and significantly lower cu, zn-sod activity and creatinine clearance (p < 0.05). there was no statistical...

Background Uncontrollable neutrophil activation and its migration to serous tissues that result in oxidative stress responsible for the tissue damage due to pyrin mutation in FMF patients. Reactive oxygen radicals are released by active neutrophils and the basic cell compounds such as nucleic acids, proteins and lipids during the inflammation. The aim of our study was to measure plasma advanced...

Still little is known about the role of oxidative stress (OS) in the pathogenesis of the salivary gland dysfunction in the course of insulin resistance (IR). To induce IR rats was fed with a high fat diet (HFD) during 8 weeks. Stimulated and non-stimulated salivary flow rate, total protein, as well as oxidative damage markers: 4-HNE protein adduct, 8-isoprostanes (8-isoP), 8-hydroxy-D-guanosine...

AIM Acute kidney injury after cardiopulmonary bypass has been associated with dilutional anemia during surgery. We aimed both to explore if this relation is modulated by blood transfusion and to understand the postoperative contribution of protein oxidation. METHODS In this randomized prospective study, after ethics committee approval and informed consent, 30 patients undergoing first-time el...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Although hard training is mandatory in elite level futsal training, few studies have proposed a biochemical follow up in futsal players during a whole season. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare functional and biochemical markers in Brazilian elite level futsal players throughout a competition season. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eight players aged 25.5±5.4 years...

BACKGROUND The AGE-RAGE-oxidative stress (AROS) axis is involved in the onset and progression of metabolic syndrome induced by a high-fructose diet (HFD). PPARγ activation is known to modulate metabolic syndrome; however a systems-level investigation looking at the protective effects of PPARγ activation as related to the AROS axis has not been performed. The aim of this work is to simultaneousl...