Previous studies have reported low serum creatine kinase (s-CK) levels as a poor prognostic factor in various cancers. However, there have been no reports on its significance in hepatocellular carcinoma. The present study aimed to evaluate the association of the preoperative s-CK lev...
The existence of tissue and compartment-specific isoenzymes of creatine kinase (CK) is an important property of this long-known enzyme [11] and a key to its functions in cellular energy metabolism. Most vertebrate tissues express two CK isoenzymes, a dimeric cytosolic and a mostly octameric MtC...
Creatine kinase (CK), a dimeric protein, is an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of high-energy phosphate from ATP to creatine and thus is important in maintaining cellular energetics and muscle cell metabolism. From: Haschek and Rousseaux's Handbook of Toxicologic Pathology (Third Edition), 2013...
CK-MB is a form of creatine kinase; it is found mostly in the heart muscle. Levels of CK-MB rise after a patient has sustained damage to the heart muscle. Why is the test used? The test is used primarily to check if a patient has had a heart attack; levels of CK-MB increase if...
In muscle and nerve, most of the creatine is phosphorylated to phosphocreatine (pCr) in a reaction that is catalyzed by the enezyme creatine kinase (CK), there are three isoforms of (isoenzymes) of CK. CK-MM is the skeletal muscle isoform; CK-BB, the brain isoform, and CK-MB, the ...
When you have an increased creatine kinase (CK) level and the health care practitioner wants to determine whether it is due to skeletal or heart muscle damage; when it is suspected that you have had a second heart attack or have ongoing heart damage ...
BACKGROUND: The clinical significance of minor elevations in creatine kinase-myocardial band isoenzyme (CK-MB) after coronary interventions has not been sy... Stefan Neubauer,F 被引量: 2302发表: 2007年 Myonecrosis after revascularization procedures. The detection of elevated cardiac enzyme levels and...
creatine kinase; blood pressure; hypertension; systematic review; continental ancestry groups; antihypertensive drugs1. Introduction Hypertension is the main risk factor for cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and premature death worldwide [1]. Global prevalence of raised blood pressure in ...
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Summary. The significance of the absolute elevations of serum creatine kinase (CK) levels after intense exercise and injuries was studied by measuring CK activities from seven healthy active males during a 2-week period, with a muscle biopsy taken between the first and second week. Most of the...