The serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), and glucosylated serum protein (GSP) as well as blood glucose level were measured with an automatic biochemical analyzer (Rayto, Shenzhen, China) using different commercial test kits (Nanjing Jiancheng Bioengineering Ins...
Genetics and environmental factors play an important role in contributing to blood cholesterol levels. In the last 60 years, there has been a significant increase in the consumption of refined carbohydrates throughout the world. Diets high in refined carbohydrates can lead to increased blood ...
4a. Results are shown as the mean ± s.e.m.; n = 6 mice for each treatment; P values were determined by two-way RM (values of blood glucose) or two-way (values of AUC) ANOVA followed by Tukey's test, and are indicated on the curves in colours: comparisons between the...
Blood gasMetabolic acidosis Lactic acidMarkedly elevated UAElevated protein BilirubinElevated AST/ALTElevated AlbuminLow PT/PTT/INRAbnormal Abbreviations:ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CBC, complete blood count; INR, international normalized ratio; NGMA, nongap metabolic acidos...
Microbial pathogens express molecules that can interact with human plasminogen, a protein from blood plasma, which presents fibrinolytic activity when activated into plasmin. Additionally, plasmin exhibits the ability of degrading extracellular matrix components, favoring the pathogen spread to deeper tissues...
Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatealdolase(EC 4.1.2.13;aldolase A; FBP aldolase; FBPA) is 1 of 10enzymesthat comprise the glycolytic (Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas) pathway. It is one of three tissue-specificisozymes(A, B, C) found in mammals. Type A are found in muscle and redblood cells, B in l...
The hypermucoviscosity phenotype of the test isolates was determined using a modified string test [10]. 2.3. Isolation of Neutrophils Heparinized venous blood was obtained from five healthy adult volunteers. A standard density gradient separation method was performed to isolate human neutrophils from ...