citrulline/infarction

OBJECTIVE Postabsorptive plasma citrulline concentration has been proposed as a reliable marker of small bowel absorptive capacity in short bowel patients. The aim of this study was to address the potentially confounding impact of intestinal inflammation. METHODS Fifty-five patients were selected

Aim of the study was assessment of rheological parameters of the blood and processes of free radical oxidation as well as rate of arrhythmia development in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) whose otherwise standard therapy was supplemented with 90%

The effect of dexamethasone (DEX) on the activation of the inducible form of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and its relation to the formation of oxidation products of nitric oxide (NO2-+ NO3-, NOx) in infarcted heart muscle of rabbits was investigated. Myocardial infarction was produced by ligation of

Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), which catalyzes the reaction of L-arginine to L-citrulline and nitric oxide (NO), plays an important role in immune-mediated cardiac disorders. The present report summarizes and discusses findings on the induction of NOS in myocardial infarction of rabbits.

The activity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in infarcted and noninfarcted rabbit myocardium was determined. NOS activity, as measured by conversion of [14C]arginine to [14C]citrulline, was significantly higher in the infarcted area of myocardium (22.7 +/- 3.7 fmol/mg as compared to 7.67 +/- 1.0 in

UNASSIGNED Acute cerebral infarction (ACI) and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are potentially lethal cerebrovascular diseases that seriously impact public health. ACI and ICH share several common clinical manifestations but have totally divergent therapeutic strategies. A poor diagnosis can affect

Amino acids were measured in nine cases of dementia of the Alzheimer type, 10 cases of multi-infarct dementia, and 10 healthy controls. The severity of dementia was examined using mini-mental state test (MMST). Amino acid analysis (41 kinds) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum was performed

BACKGROUND It is unclear whether abnormalities of arginine and nitric oxide metabolism are related to hemodynamic dysfunction and mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock (CS) after acute myocardial infarction. RESULTS Plasma metabolites reflecting arginine bioavailability, nitric oxide

Peptidyl arginine deiminase-4 (PAD4), a PAD enzyme family member, catalyzes the posttranslational conversion of arginine residues to citrulline in target proteins. Although PAD4 is believed to play a crucial role in various pathological conditions such as infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases,

BACKGROUND Diabetic heart disease is associated with tetrahydrobiopterin oxidation and high arginase activity, leading to endothelial nitric oxide synthase dysfunction. Sepiapterin (SEP) is a tetrahydrobiopterin precursor, and L-citrulline (L-Cit) is converted to endothelial nitric oxide synthase

L-Citrulline is a naturally occurring non-essential amino acid, an intermediate in urea cycle and conditionally essential in intestinal pathology. It is a potent hydroxyl radical scavenger and much more effective precursor of arginine and nitric oxide (NO) than arginine itself so exploited in

OBJECTIVE Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity, as measured by conversion of L-14C-arginine to L-14C-citrulline is significantly increased in infarcted rabbit myocardium as compared to healthy myocardium 48 h after coronary occlusion. The aim of this study was to localise the nitric oxide

There is evidence that brain lateralization underlying hemispheric specialization can be observed also at biochemical level. However, hemispheric differences in nitric oxide mediator system have not yet been evaluated. The hippocampus and planum temporale are highly asymmetrical regions but the

Activated macrophages produce nitric oxide through the inducible form of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). Previously, a significant increase of iNOS activity in macrophages in infarcted rabbit heart tissue was observed. The present study is concerned with the induction of apoptosis in macrophages and

BACKGROUND We examine the relationship of related posttranslational modification products of arginine methylation and coronary artery disease (CAD) phenotypes. RESULTS Plasma was isolated from 1011 consecutive consenting subjects undergoing elective diagnostic cardiac catheterization, and future