785 Received 5 February 2014 Accepted 5 August 2014 Abstract Background:Visfatin is adipokine originally discovered as a preB-cell colony enhancing factor, is expressed by amniotic epithelium,cytotrophoblast,and deciduas and is over expressed when fetal membrane are exposed to mechanical stress or inflammatory stimuli. Objective: To determine whether preterm labour is associated with changes in...

background and objective: higher concentration of systemic inflammatory markers is reported in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (osa). levels of inflammatory markers may be associated with severity of osa. objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation between level of inflammation markers and osa severity. materials and methods: fifty six patients with symptoms and signs of osa f...

background: balloon bionic midwifery has been applied in clinical obstetrics in china for 10 years, although played a certain role in controlling and improving the quality of obstetrics and caesarean section rate, but some questions have not been resolved. objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of airbag midwifery. materials and methods: primiparas (2410 cas...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an inflammatory disorder in which autoantibodies contribute to impaired apoptosis and clearance of cell debris. Anti dsDNA and anti C1q antibodies have been implicated, as well as complement protein C1q itself. IgG autoantibodies reacting with the collagen-like region of C1q protein (αC1q ab) were quantitated in serum of 56 patients diagnosed with SLE and u...

Objective: Although the information on metabolic syndrome is overwhelming, reports regarding workers are scarce, especially those evaluating cardiovascular disease. Using biochemical markers, we investigated the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk in nurses at University Hospital, Mexico City. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study; 78% (n = 479) of nurses from our hospi...

C-reactive protein (CRP) has become the subject of avid interest in recent years, but the history of CRP began > 7 decades ago and has been one of discovery and continuing dispute. In 1930, Tillet and Francis1 observed a substance in the serum of people with pneumococcal infections that formed a precipitate when mixed with the C-polysaccharide coat of Streptococcus pneumoniae. This “Creactive” ...

Damirchi A, Rahmani-Nia F, Mehrabani J. Lipocalin-2: Response to a short-term treadmill protocol in obese and normal-weight men. J. Hum. Sport Exerc. Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 59-67, 2011. Background: Lipocalin-2 (Lcn2) a newer adipocyte-secreted acute phase protein was recently reported to be correlated with potential effects in obesity and inflammation. The reactions of this protein in progressive e...

As a structural component of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, endotoxin, also known as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exhibits strong immunostimulatory properties, rendering it a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of Gram-negative septicaemia. Our attempt to identify LPS-binding proteins from the hemolymph of the horseshoe crab led to the isolation and identification of Creactive protein (...

Sepsis is the most common cause of neonatal mortality and is responsible for 30-50% of total neonatal deaths each year in developing countries. The objective of the study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of Creactive protein (CRP) in neonatal sepsis. Fifty nine consecutive patients with risk factors and clinical features suggestive of CRP sepsis were selected as per operational definiti...

BACKGROUND The role of inflammation in all stages of atherosclerotic disease is increasingly recognized especially in last few years. The chronic inflammatory process can develop to an acute clinical event by the induction of plaque rupture and therefore cause acute coronary syndrome. Creactive protein is a strong predictor of clinical outcome in coronary artery disease and inflammation has bee...