Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia
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One of the most significant consequences of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is lupus nephritis (LN). Visfatin, an adipokine that is significantly expressed in visceral fat and is a marker of endothelial dysfunction in chronic kidney disease, has m...
OBJECTIVE: Obesity is a moderate low-grade chronic inflammatory condition. The cause of low-grade inflammation in obese patients who have clinically suspect arthralgia (CSA) may be the subject of debate in clinical practice. Our aim is to determine w...
BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate serum concentrations of visfatin, irisin, and omentin in patients with end-stage lung diseases (ESLD) before and after lung transplantation (LTx) and to find relationship between adipokines levels a...
This study was designed to evaluate insulin resistance and plasma levels of visfatin and resistin in obese and non-obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). A total of 37 premenopausal PCOS patients with (n = 18, mean (SD) age: 27.5 (5.7 ...
UNLABELLED: The aim of this study is to investigate plasma concentration of visfatin and transforming growth factor Β1 (TGF-Β1) in three groups of patients: primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and toxic cirrhosi...
The treatment of primary central nervous system tumors is challenging due to the blood-brain barrier and complex mutational profiles, which is associated with low survival rates. However, recent studies have identified common mutations in gliomas [is...
Hormone molecular biology and clinical investigation
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Background The global trend of obesity and diabetes is considerable. Recently, the early diagnosis and accurate prediction of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients have been planned to be estimated according to precise and reliable methods, artifi...