scholarly journals High plasma dopamine level as a risk factor for atopic dermatitis

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Made Swastika Adiguna ◽  
Made Wardhana ◽  
Ermon Naftali Limbara
Keyword(s):  
Atopic Dermatitis ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Inflammatory Response ◽  
Venous Blood ◽  
High Plasma ◽  
Matched Pair ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Dopamine Level

Background: Dopamine is responsible for inflammatory response and plays a role in the skin immune system by modulating T-cells, dendritic cells, and keratinocytes which increases skin inflammatory response in atopic dermatitis (AD). Elevation of dopamine level will affect IL-6, IL-8, IL-23, Th-17, and TNF-α, which promotes keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation, infiltration of inflammatory cells, angiogenesis, vasodilation, and skin barrier disruption on AD.Objective: This study aimed to establish whether the increase of plasma dopamine level contributes to a risk factor for AD occurrence.Methods: This is a matched-pair case-control observational analytical study which involves patients with AD and without AD as control. Samples were taken using a consecutive sampling method which fulfilled inclusion and exclusion criteria, matched for gender and age. Plasma dopamine level was measured from venous blood and processed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method. The collected data were then analysed using SPSS version 20.0 with Pearson chi-square test for the odds ratio.Results: A total of 30 samples with AD (case group) and 30 samples without AD (control group) involved in this study. This study proves that plasma dopamine levels in the case group were significantly higher than the control group (p<0.05). Odds ratio for plasma dopamine was 42.2 (95%CI: 9.5-187.2, p < 0.001).Conclusion: This study concludes that high plasma dopamine level is a risk factor for AD.

scholarly journals High plasma H2O2 level and low plasma catalase level as risk factors for acne vulgaris

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anak Agung Gde Putra Wiraguna ◽  
Made Wardhana ◽  
Made Kusuma Dewi Maharani
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Acne Vulgaris ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Significant Risk Factor ◽  
High Plasma ◽  
Matched Pair ◽  
Control Group ◽  
H2o2 Level ◽  
And Control

Background: In this recent time, ROS and oxidative stress have been said to play an important role in the pathogenesis of inflamed acne lesions. One example of ROS produced by neutrophil through phagocytosis is H2O2. Nevertheless, there is an enzymatic antioxidant which catalyses H2O2 called catalase. Imbalance of free radicals and antioxidants due to excessive ROS formation promotes the state of oxidative stress and inflammation of the acne lesion.Objective: This study aimed to determine plasma H2O2 and catalase level as a risk factor for acne.Methods: This matched-pair case-control observational analytic study involving 38 patients with acne and 38 patients without acne. Sampling was done using consecutive sampling which fulfils the inclusion and exclusion criteria and followed by matching with age and gender. H2O2 and catalase level measured on both groups. The analysis was done using SPSS.Results: H2O2 mean level in the case and control group, respectively 0.68 ± 0.03 and 0.42 ± 0.04 µmol/ml. High H2O2 level was determined from cut-off point >0.62 µmol/ml. High H2O2 was a statistically significant risk factor for acne vulgaris (p<0.001; 95% CI: 4.59-40.62; OR: 13.67). The mean level of catalase in the case and control group respectively 0.48 ± 0.06 and 0.74 ± 0.07 U/ml. Low catalase level was determined from the cut-off point <0.58 U/ml. Catalase was significant risk factor for acne vulgaris (p<0.001; 95% CI: 5.18-77.21; OR: 20.00).Conclusion: High levels of H2O2 plasma and low levels of catalase plasma is a risk factor of acne vulgaris.

scholarly journals Association between apolipoprotein gene polymorphisms and hyperlipidemia: a meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Ning Zhao ◽  
Quan Sun ◽  
You-Qin Cao ◽  
Xiao Ran ◽  
Yu Cao
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Cerebrovascular Disease ◽  
Gene Polymorphisms ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Ε4 Allele ◽  
Different Populations ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Hyperlipidemia plays an important role in the etiology of cardio-cerebrovascular disease. Over recent years, a number of studies have explored the impact of apolipoprotein genetic polymorphisms in hyperlipidemia, but considerable differences and uncertainty have been found in their association with different populations from different regions. Results A total of 59 articles were included, containing in total 13,843 hyperlipidemia patients in the case group and 15,398 healthy controls in the control group. Meta-analysis of the data indicated that APOA5–1131 T > C, APOA1 -75 bp, APOB XbaI, and APOE gene polymorphisms were significantly associated with hyperlipidemia, with OR values of 1.996, 1.228, 1.444, and 1.710, respectively. All P-values were less than 0.05. Conclusions Meta-analysis of the data indicated that the C allele of APOA5 1131 T > C, the A allele at APOA1-75 bp, the APOB XbaI T allele, and the ε2 and ε4 allele of APOE were each a risk factor for susceptibility for hyperlipidemia.

scholarly journals Glycyrrhizin Attenuates Carcinogenesis by Inhibiting the Inflammatory Response in a Murine Model of Colorectal Cancer

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 2609
Author(s):  
Guifeng Wang ◽  
Keiichi Hiramoto ◽  
Ning Ma ◽  
Nobuji Yoshikawa ◽  
Shiho Ohnishi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Dna Damage ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Inflammatory Response ◽  
Murine Model ◽  
Licorice Root ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Stem Cell Markers ◽  
Tnf Α

Glycyrrhizin (GL), an important active ingredient of licorice root, which weakens the proinflammatory effects of high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) by blocking HMGB1 signaling. In this study, we investigated whether GL could suppress inflammation and carcinogenesis in an azoxymethane (AOM)/dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced murine model of colorectal cancer. ICR mice were divided into four groups (n = 5, each)—control group, GL group, colon cancer (CC) group, and GL-treated CC (CC + GL) group, and sacrificed after 20 weeks. Plasma levels of interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The colonic tissue samples were immunohistochemically stained with DNA damage markers (8-nitroguanine and 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxy-guanosine), inflammatory markers (COX-2 and HMGB1), and stem cell markers (YAP1 and SOX9). The average number of colonic tumors and the levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in the CC + GL group were significantly lower than those in the CC group. The levels of all inflammatory and cancer markers were significantly reduced in the CC + GL group. These results suggest that GL inhibits the inflammatory response by binding HMGB1, thereby inhibiting DNA damage and cancer stem cell proliferation and dedifferentiation. In conclusion, GL significantly attenuates the pathogenesis of AOM/DSS-induced colorectal cancer by inhibiting HMGB1-TLR4-NF-κB signaling.

scholarly journals Association between serum lipid and ischaemic stroke in a tertiary hospital in Northern Andhra Pradesh, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 1078
Author(s):  
Tamminana Venugopala Rao ◽  
Budumuru Annaji Rao ◽  
Sreedevi Panchadi ◽  
K. Sudheer
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Ischaemic Stroke ◽  
Serum Lipid ◽  
Serum Lipids ◽  
Independent Risk Factor ◽  
Ldl Cholesterol ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
The Brain

Background: The incidence of cerebrovascular disease increases with age and the number of strokes is projected to increase as the elderly population grows. A stroke occurs when blood vessels that carry blood to the brain suddenly blocked or burst, preventing blood flow to the brain. The most common cause of blood vessel blockages is thrombosis (a blood clot) or an embolism (floating clot). Blood clots may form in the arteries that are damaged by atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is an aging process but some factors (risk factor) precipitate it to occur earlier. To find out the risk factors properly are of tremendous importance as risk factor change could directly influence or indirectly affect case fatality by altering the natural history of the disease. Serum lipids are thought to interact with the pathogenesis of stroke through the atherosclerotic mechanism. Objective was to identify the high serum lipid as an independent risk factor of stroke.Methods: This is a hospital-based case-control study. Seventy cases of stroke patients and age, sex-matched 70 healthy control subjects were enrolled by non-random sampling. 12 hours of fasting plasma lipids were estimated in both cases and control subjects. Then it was compared between cases and controls.Results: Hypercholesterolemia was higher in the case group than control but not statistically significant. Mean LDL- cholesterol, and triglycerides were significantly higher in the case group than the control group. The mean value of serum HDL-cholesterol was not significantly lower in the case group than the control group.Conclusions: Serum lipids are significantly higher in ischaemic stroke patients than the control group (LDL cholesterol and triglyceride). So, it may be an independent risk factor of ischemic stroke.

scholarly journals Risk factors for mortality in children with Wilms tumor

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
Yuni Purwanti ◽  
Sutaryo Sutaryo ◽  
Sri Mulatsih ◽  
Pungky Ardani Kusuma
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Wilms Tumor ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Significant Risk Factor ◽  
Stage Iii ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Potential Risk Factors

Background Wilms tumor is the most common renal malignancy in children (95%) and one of the leading causes of death in children, with high mortality rates in developing countries. Identifying risk factors for mortality is important in order to provide early intervention to improve cure rates.Objective To identify risk factors for mortality in children with Wilms tumor.Methods We performed a case-control study of children (0-18 years of age) with Wilms tumor admitted to Dr. Sardjito Hospital between 2005 and 2012. The case group consisted of children who died of Wilms tumor, whereas the control group were children who survived. Data were collected from medical records. Statistical analyses using Chi-square and logistic regression tests were done to determine odds ratios and 95% CI of the potential risk factors for mortality from Wilms tumor.Results Thirty-five children with Wilms tumor were admitted to Dr. Sardjito Hospital during the study period. Nine (26%) children died and 26 survived. Stage ≥III was a significant risk factor for mortality in chidren with Wilms tumor (OR 62.8; 95%CI 5.6 to 70.5). Age ≥2 years (OR 1.4; 95%CI 0.1 to 14.3) and male sex (OR 1.2; 95%CI 0.1 to 10.8) were not significant risk factors for mortality.Conclusion Stage ≥III is a risk factor for mortality in children with Wilms tumor. 

scholarly journals Obesity as a risk factor for dengue shock syndrome in children

2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Mahdalena Tri Widiyati ◽  
Ida Safitri Laksanawati ◽  
Endy Paryanto Prawirohartono
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Viral Infections ◽  
Infection Type ◽  
Secondary Infection ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Fluid Management ◽  
Dengue Shock Syndrome ◽  
Hemorrhagic Fever ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group

Background Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) leads to highmorbidity and mortality if not be treated properly and promptly.Obesity may play a role in the progression ofDHF to dengue shocksyndrome (DSS) and could be a prognostic factor.Objective To evaluate childhood obesity as a prognostic factorfor DSS.Methods We reviewed medical records of patients with DHFand DSS admitted to Department of Child Health, Dr. SardjitoHospital, Yogyakarta between June 2008 and February 2011.Subjects were aged less than 18 years and fulfilled WHO criteria(1997) for DHF or DSS. The exclusion criteria were the denguefever, a milder form of disease, or other viral infections. Riskfactors for DSS were analyzed by logistic regression analysis.Results Of342 patients who met the inclusion criteria, there were116 DSS patients (33 .9%) as the case group and 226 DHF patients(66.1%) as the control group. Univariate analysis revealed thatrisk factors for DSS were obesity (OR= 1.88; 95%CI 1.01 to3.5 l) ,secondary infection type (OR=0.82; 95%CI 0.41 to 1.63), plasmaleakage with hematocrit increase> 25% (OR=3.42; 95%CI 2.06to 5.65), platelet count < 20,000/μL (OR= l.95; 95%CI 1.20 to3 .16), and inadequate fluid management from prior hospitalization(OR=9.ll; 95% CI 1.13 to 73.66). By multivariate analysis,plasma leakage with hematocrit increase > 25% was associatedwith DSS (OR=2.5 l; 95%CI 1.12 to 5.59), while obesity was notassociated with DSS (OR= l.03; 95%CI 0.32 to3.3 1).Conclusion Obesity is not a risk factor for DSS, while plasmaleakage with hematocrit increase > 25% is associated with DSS.

Risk Factors for gyrA and parC Mutations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie C. Cluzet ◽  
Ebbing Lautenbach ◽  
Irving Nachamkin ◽  
Mark S. Cary ◽  
Neil O. Fishman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Topoisomerase Iv ◽  
Gram Positive ◽  
Major Mechanism ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Control Study

OBJECTIVEThe major mechanism of fluoroquinolone (FQ) resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PSA) is modification of target proteins in DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV, most commonly the gyrA and parC subunits. The objective of this study was to determine risk factors for PSA with and without gyrA or parC mutations.DESIGNCase-case-control studySETTINGTwo adult academic acute-care hospitalsPATIENTSCase 1 study participants had a PSA isolate on hospital day 3 or later with any gyrA or parC mutation; case 2 study participants had a PSA isolate on hospital day 3 or later without these mutations. Controls were a random sample of all inpatients with a stay of 3 days or more.METHODSEach case group was compared to the control group in separate multivariate models on the basis of demographics and inpatient antibiotic exposure, and risk factors were qualitatively compared.RESULTSOf 298 PSA isolates, 172 (57.7%) had at least 1 mutation. Exposure to vancomycin and other agents with extended Gram-positive activity was a risk factor for both cases (case 1 odds ratio [OR], 1.09; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04–1.13; OR, 1.14; 95% CI, 1.03–1.26; case 2 OR, 1.09; 95% CI, 1.03–1.14; OR, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.01–1.25, respectively).CONCLUSIONSExposure to agents with extended Gram-positive activity is a risk factor for isolation of PSA overall but not for gyrA/parC mutations. FQ exposure is not associated with isolation of PSA with mutations.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;00(0): 1–7

High-mobility group box-1 protein induce inflammatory response after pulmonary injury

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-214
Author(s):  
Jingxian H Golemis ◽  
Laurie J Rudensky
Keyword(s):  
Lung Injury ◽  
Inflammatory Response ◽  
Intratracheal Instillation ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Lavage Fluid ◽  
High Mobility Group ◽  
Saline Control ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Chromosomal Protein

High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), a highly conserved non-histone chromosomal protein, was found to act as a potent proinflammatory cytokine and a mediator that participated in the development of systemic inflammatory response. Forty wild type C57BL/6 male (25-30gms) mice were randomly divided into three groups: saline control group; anti-HMGB1 antibody treated group and untreated group. Each group received intratracheal instillation twice per week for 4 consecutive months. 24 hours after the last exposure, anaesthetize the mice with chloral hydrate, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was collected for cytokines analysis were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The level of the HMGB1 in lung tissue was determined by real-time PCR and western blot. Lung were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde for histopathological detection. The serum level of HMGB1 increased after lung injury [peaked 2-5 hr] after lung injury, furthermore this upregulation in HMGB1 associated with increased proinflammatory cytokines [TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β]. The injection of anti-HMGB1 antibody suppressed inflammatory reaction and improved the survival rate compared with control mice [71.3% vs. 29.4% P=0.031]

scholarly journals Evaluation of Serum Adipokines in Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia D. Gherman ◽  
Aurel I. Mironiuc
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease ◽  
Arterial Occlusive Disease ◽  
Occlusive Disease ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Markers Of Inflammation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Peripheral Arterial

Aim. Out study aimed to assess the serum levels of adipokines in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) caused by atherosclerosis.Methods. Serum samples were obtained from 221 patients. One hundred and forty patients, (26 females and 114 males) met the inclusion criteria and were assigned into the case group. Eighty one patients (17 females and 64 males), were included in the control group. Circulating plasma levels of adiponectin, leptin, resistin, and TNF-αwere measured using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method.Results. Significant lower levels of adiponectin were present () in PAOD patients ( pg/mL) compared to the control group ( pg/mL). The mean value of leptin ( pg/mL) and resistin (2047.81±3301.08 pg/mL) patients included in the PAOD group was higher, as compared to the control group. Statistically significant difference was found between the two groups for leptin () and for resistin (). No statistically significant difference for TNF-αwas found between the two groups ().Conclusion. The markers of inflammation secreted by the adipose tissue (adiponectin, leptin, resistin) showed significant differences in patients from the case group (with PAOD) compared to the control group.

scholarly journals The Relation of Obesity and Individual Factors with Knee Osteoarthritis

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Niken Enestasia Anggraini ◽  
Lucia Yovita Hendrati
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Knee Osteoarthritis ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Everyday Activity ◽  
Chi Square Test

ABSTRACTOsteoarthritis represent disease at most found in the world, including in Indonesia. This disease cause pain in bone and disability at patient so disturb everyday activity. One of removed occurrence  of knee Osteoarthritis  was obesity. Other factors like age, gender, physical activity, and habit smoke were risk factors of knee Osteoarthritis . This research was the relationship of obesitas and individuals factors with occurrence knee osteoarthritis at Surabaya Islamic Hospital. The methods of this research was an observation with case control design. Level of sampel was 64 which consist of 32 case group and 32  control group from incomed patient to radiology unit  Islamic Hospital Surabaya for X-Ray photo. The dependent variable was occurence of knee osteoarthritis . The independent variables were obesity, gender, age, physical activity, habit smoke. The instrument used was a questionnaire and form BMI measurement. Data analysis used Chi-Square test with α=0,05 and to know oods ratio (OR)  used statclac. The results showed significant relationship between occurence of knee osteoartritis with obesity (p=0,001,OR=7,20), age (p=0,012,OR=3,67) , gender (p=0,005,OR=4,69). For the characteristic of habit smoke (p=0,268,OR=0,56) and physical activity (p=0.919,OR=0,71) were’nt associated with  occurence of knee Osteoarthritis  at Surabaya Islamic Hospital.  The conclusion there is relationship between obesity with knee osteoarthritis  at Surabaya Islamic Hospital. Risk factor knee osteoarthritis like gender and age also there were relation with occurence of knee osteoarthritis , for the risk factor of physical activity and habit smoke were’nt relation with occurence of knee osteoarthritis. Keyword : Knee osteoarthritis, obesity, individual factors

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