gamma glutamyl transferase/hypoxia

BACKGROUND Serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) is a well-known marker of alcohol consumption and liver dysfunction. GGT is also associated with components of metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular risk factors and obstructive sleep apnea. In a population-based study, we investigated serum GGT levels

The stress activates glutathione peroxidase in the heart, liver, and kidney, glutathione transferase in the heart and liver, inhibits gamma-glutamyl transferase in the liver; the activity of glutathione reductase and the content of reduced glutathione were unchanged. Two-four-minute hypercapnic

The rat gamma-glutamyl transferase mRNA transcripts I, II, and III are derived from three alternative promoters, P(I), P(II), and P(III). In the adult only mRNA III is expressed in the lung. We show that mRNA III gene expression is developmentally regulated in the fetal lung; it is first expressed

A radioprotective effect of hypoxia was studied in kidney radiation. The use of hypoxic respiratory mixture containing 8% oxygen (the normal content is 21%) enhances kidney resistance to local single and fractionated irradiation. Determination of renal activity of succinate dehydrogenase, lactate

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) leads to chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) during sleep. Obstructive sleep apnoea has been associated with liver injury. Acetaminophen (APAP; known as paracetamol outside the USA) is one of the most commonly used drugs which has known hepatotoxicity. The goal of the

OBJECTIVE To investigate the difference of liver enzyme levels and its correlation with serum ACE/ACE2 among yak and cattle on Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, and to further explore the biochemical mechanism of their liver of altitude adaptation. METHODS The serum samples of yak were collected at 3,000 m,

A single oral dose of di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) to male rats caused histologically a sloughing of the germ cells at 6 h. On Days 1 and 2 more severe sloughing was seen, followed by atrophy and the dissociation of the germ cells from the Sertoli cells and the spermatogonia. Biochemically, there was

Recent evidence suggests that progenitor cells in adult tissues and embryonic stem cells share a high resistance to hypoxia and ischemic stress. To study the ischemic resistance of adult liver progenitors, we characterized remaining viable cells in human liver tissue after cold ischemic treatment

OBJECTIVE Hepatic and biliary toxicity are still significant problems after intraarterial hepatic chemoembolization for liver metastases from large bowel cancers. In about 30-60% of the patients hepatic and biliary toxicity are the limiting aspects of intraarterial hepatic chemoembolization and

Excessive alcohol consumption causes liver injury-induced mortality. Here we systematically analyzed the structure of triterpenoids extracted from Antrodia cinnamomea mycelia (ACT) and investigated their protective effects against acute alcohol-induced liver injury in mice. Liquid

In the last few years there has been increasing evidence that adult respiratory distress syndrome is only part of a much more complex syndrome called multiorgan failure (MOF). Since renal and lung failure have become rare because of our increased understanding of the pathomechanisms involved and the

BACKGROUND Recent reports suggest that gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) decreases with coffee intake. The aim of this study was to examine the joint influence of alcohol, tobacco, cotinine, coffee, and caffeine on biological markers of heavy drinking in an alcoholic population. METHODS Subjects were

Little is known about the kinetics of most serum enzymes during the first hours of life, and even less about the effect on such enzyme activities of perinatal hypoxia-ischaemia. It was the aim of the present study to evaluate the serum kinetics of seven differently located cell enzymes in healthy

BACKGROUND High-altitude (HA) hypoxia leads to profound cardiovascular, respiratory and electrolyte changes, and pregnancy at HA has been associated with increased incidence of preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction. OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of high altitude on maternal serum

BACKGROUND Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAS) is associated with elevated liver enzymes and fatty liver. The purpose of this study was to measure serum liver enzyme levels in patients evaluated by polysomnography (PSG) and the factors associated with liver injury in OSAS