The Influence of Baboon Liver Hemoperfusion on Serum Levels of Amino Acids and Free Fatty Acids in Patients with Acute Liver Failure

1981 ◽  
pp. 293-300
Author(s):  
Karl-Josef Gundermann ◽  
Klaus Olek ◽  
Siegfried Uhlhaas ◽  
Tschong Su Lie
Diabetes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 1010-P
Author(s):  
VICTORIA E. PARKER ◽  
DARREN ROBERTSON ◽  
TAO WANG ◽  
DAVID C. HORNIGOLD ◽  
MAXIMILIAN G. POSCH ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 437 ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaping Zhang ◽  
Lina Song ◽  
Ning Liu ◽  
Chengyan He ◽  
Zhili Li

1970 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Weete ◽  
D. J. Weber ◽  
Duane Tourneau

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (23) ◽  
pp. 7383
Author(s):  
Tingting Dong ◽  
Yueqi Sha ◽  
Hairong Liu ◽  
Liwei Sun

Rhodiolacrenulata (Hook.f. & Thomson) H.Ohba is an alpine medicinal plant that can survive in extreme high altitude environments. However, its changes to extreme high altitude are not yet clear. In this study, the response of Rhodiola crenulata to differences in altitude gradients was investigated through chemical, ICP-MS and metabolomic methods. A targeted study of Rhodiola crenulata growing at three vertical altitudes revealed that the contents of seven elements Ca, Sr, B, Mn, Ni, Cu, and Cd, the phenolic components, the ascorbic acid, the ascorbic acid/dehydroascorbate ratio, and the antioxidant capacity were positively correlated with altitude, while the opposite was true for total ascorbic acid content. Furthermore, 1165 metabolites were identified: flavonoids (200), gallic acids (30), phenylpropanoids (237), amino acids (100), free fatty acids and glycerides (56), nucleotides (60), as well as other metabolites (482). The differential metabolite and biomarker analyses suggested that, with an increasing altitude: (1) the shikimic acid-phenylalanine-phenylpropanoids-flavonoids pathway was enhanced, with phenylpropanoids upregulating biomarkers much more than flavonoids; phenylpropanes and phenylmethanes upregulated, and phenylethanes downregulated; the upregulation of quercetin was especially significant in flavonoids; upregulation of condensed tannins and downregulation of hydrolyzed tannins; upregulation of shikimic acids and amino acids including phenylalanine. (2) significant upregulation of free fatty acids and downregulation of glycerides; and (3) upregulation of adenosine phosphates. Our findings provide new insights on the responses of Rhodiola crenulata to extreme high altitude adversity.


Diagnostics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 278
Author(s):  
Alina Grama ◽  
Lucia Burac ◽  
Cornel Olimpiu Aldea ◽  
Bogdan Bulata ◽  
Dan Delean ◽  
...  

This study aimed to analyse vitamin D-binding protein (Gc-globulin) serum levels in acute liver failure (ALF) in children in relation to disease outcomes and correlations with other known markers used to evaluate the severity of ALF. Our study included 34 children (mean age 4.87 ± 5.30 years) with ALF of different causes (metabolic, 26.47%; autoimmune, 23.53%; toxic, 20.59%; infection, 17.65%; unknown, 11.76%) and 30 children without any liver injury (mean age 6.11 ± 4.26 years). The outcome was poor in 14 patients (41.18%), including one child with liver transplantation (2.94%). Serum Gc-globulin levels were significantly lower in ALF patients compared to the control group (151.57 ± 171.8 mg/L vs. 498.63 ± 252.50 mg/L; p < 0.000001), with an optimum cut-off of 163.5 mg/L (Area Under the Curve, AUC, 0.8921; sensitivity, 76.50%; specificity, 100%). Levels were also lower in patients with poor outcomes compared to survivors (59.34 ± 33.73 mg/L vs. 216.12 ± 199.69 mg/L; p < 0.0001), with an optimum cut-off 115 mg/L (AUC, 0.7642; sensitivity, 100%; specificity, 50%). Gc-globulin serum levels were variable according to ALF aetiology, i.e., lower in metabolic, infectious, or unknown causes compared to autoimmune and toxic causes. Gc-globulin serum levels were decreased in children with ALF and lower in those with poor outcomes compared with survivors. Gc-globulin serum levels were correlated with other known parameters used to evaluate the severity of ALF and could help to identify patients at high risk for poor outcomes.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoya Yamada ◽  
Tadayoshi Karasawa ◽  
Hiroaki Kimura ◽  
Sachiko Watanabe ◽  
Takanori Komada ◽  
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