To evaluate the serum concentrations of haptoglobin (Hp) and serum amyloid A (SAA) in water buffaloes with abomasal ulcers, the abomasums of 100 randomly selected water buffaloes were examined after slaughter. Type I abomasal ulcers were found in 56 out of 100 buffaloes. Serum concentrations of Hp and SAA were measured. There was no significant difference between affected and non-affected buffa...

Abstract Despite the success in development of antiviral drugs, a need continues to exist for effective therapies for viral infections. Proteinase inhibitors of microbial origin could be used successfully as antiviral agents. The virus-inhibitory activity of a fermentation product, produced by Streptomyces sp. 225b (SS 225) was studied with respect to the specificity and selectivity of inhibiti...

BACKGROUND Haptoglobin (Hp) functions as an antioxidant by binding with haemoglobin. We investigated whether serum Hp has a causal effect on macroangiopathy via Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis with common variants of the Hp gene in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS A total of 5687 type 2 diabetes patients were recruited and genotyped for the Hp gene. Clinical features and v...

RESULTSdIn the present analysis, 812 subjects participated (84 with Hp 1-1, 335 with Hp 1-2, and 393 with Hp 2-2 genotypes). Average was 72.9 years of age (SD 4.7), and Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) was 28.0 (SD 1.8). Compared with subjects with Hp 1-2 genotype, Hp 1-1 subjects performed significantly worse in semantic categorization (F = 7.03; P = 0.008) and the overall cognitive score (F = 5....

abstractthe ability of hesperidin (hp) to form complexes with five metals; cobalt, nickel, zinc, calcium and magnesium was investigated. the complexation was studied using u.v spectroscopic titration, in methanol as well as aqueous buffer solutions (physiological conditions). potential complexes were studied by ir and nmr spectroscopy, melting point and their solubility were also evaluated. the...

Polymorphic loci regulating oxidative stress are potential susceptibility genes for diabetic nephropathy (DN). Haptoglobin (Hp) is an antioxidant protein which serves to protect against oxidative stress induced by extracorpuscular hemoglobin. There are two alleles at the Hp locus, 1 and 2. The Hp 1 protein is a superior antioxidant to the Hp 2 protein. The Hp 2 allele has been associated with i...