June 2009

Artemisinin resistant malaria on the horizon

Author(s): Dr. John Ibekwe

June 2009

Parameters of immune and antioxidative systems can be considered as surgical stress markers for gastric cancer patients

Cytokines, haematological indices, lipid peroxidation product and antioxidative system parameters were investigated for surgically treated and red blood cells transfused stages 3 and 4 gastric cancer patients. Serum of 58 patients was analysed at pre-surgical and post-surgical periods (after 7 and 14 days). TGF-beta1 and TNF-alpha were tested by ELISA. Haematological indices were analyzed by standard methods....

Author(s): Milasiene Vida, Surinenaite Birute, Prasmickiene Grazina, Didziapetriene Janina,and Stratilatovas Eugenijus

June 2009

Maternal serum leptin levels in severe preeclamptic pregnant women in early postpartum stage

The aim of this study is to determine early postpartum maternal serum leptin levels in severe preeclamptic pregnant women. This study was planned as a prospective controlled trial. The patient and control groups in the study were composed in the period between January 2003 and January 2004. The study, performed in the Department of Perinatology of SSK Bakirkoy Maternal Hospital and Women and...

Author(s): Safiye Akansu Saylik, Ä°smet AlkiÅŸ, Nebahat Bayram, Volkan Tuna, Nilufer Imamoglu and Yavuz Ceylan

June 2009

Cysteamine in 3- nitropropionic acid model of Huntington’s disease in rats: Modulation of mitochondrial function and amino acid pattern

Huntington disease (HD), a neurodegenerative disorder, is characterized by selective atrophy and cell loss within the striatum. 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) is a mitochondrial toxin that induces experimental HD-like disorders. Currently, although there is no treatment that can prevent the striatal neuropathology, cysteamine is considered one of the most promising candidate drugs for HD. Previous studies showed that...

Author(s): Hanan M. Abd El Gawad, Hanan S. El-Abhar and Nadia M. S. Arafa

June 2009

Biofilm formation by Mycoplasma fermentans on intrauterine devices

Microbial biofilm are communities of sessile microorganisms formed by cells that are attached irreversibly to a substratum or interface or to each other and embedded in hydrated matrix of extracellular polymeric substances. Bacterial biofilm formation on intrauterine devices is a very important event in the pathogenesis and evolution of infections associated with the use of these medical devices. Mycoplasmas are typical...

Author(s): Antonio Rivera, Lilia Cedillo, Silvia Giono and Nadia Rodriguez