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dc.creatorEleftheriadis, T.en
dc.creatorLiakopoulos, V.en
dc.creatorAntoniadi, G.en
dc.creatorStefanidis, I.en
dc.creatorGalaktidou, G.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-23T10:26:11Z
dc.date.available2015-11-23T10:26:11Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier10.1007/s11255-010-9842-4
dc.identifier.issn0301-1623
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11615/27319
dc.description.abstractCardiovascular disease, and mainly coronary heart disease (CHD), is the leading cause of death in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Non-traditional risk factors may play an important role in this population. Arginase is known to contribute directly to atherosclerosis progression and to counteract the beneficial effects of nitric oxide. HD could be considered as an inflammatory condition. Inflammation contributes to atherosclerosis progression and influences both arginase and nitric oxide synthase expression. In the present study, serum arginase type I was evaluated as a marker of CHD in HD patients. The markers of inflammation interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were also assessed. Sixty-eight HD patients and 24 healthy volunteers were enrolled into the study. Twenty HD patients suffered from CHD confirmed with coronary angiography, while the remaining 48 HD patients were asymptomatic. Serum arginase type I, IL-6 and TNF-alpha were measured with ELISA. During 24 months follow-up, none of the asymptomatic subjects developed symptoms of CHD. IL-6 and TNF-alpha levels were increased in HD patients, but did not differ between HD patients with or without CHD. On the contrary, arginase levels did not differ between healthy subjects and HD patients, but were twice higher in HD patients with CHD than in HD patients without CHD (22.41 +/- A 15.47 ng/ml vs. 10.16 +/- A 8.13 ng/ml). Arginase type I may contribute to the pathogenesis of CHD in HD patients and its serum levels could be used as a marker of CHD in this population.en
dc.sourceInternational Urology and Nephrologyen
dc.source.uri<Go to ISI>://WOS:000297477300035
dc.subjectHemodialysisen
dc.subjectAtherosclerosisen
dc.subjectCoronary heart diseaseen
dc.subjectArginaseen
dc.subjectNitricen
dc.subjectoxideen
dc.subjectInflammationen
dc.subjectInterleukin-6en
dc.subjectTumor necrosis factor-alphaen
dc.subjectNITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASEen
dc.subjectSMOOTH-MUSCLE-CELLSen
dc.subjectCARDIOVASCULAR RISK-FACTORSen
dc.subjectHUMAN ENDOTHELIAL-CELLSen
dc.subjectCHAIN DOWN-REGULATIONen
dc.subjectL-ARGININE TRANSPORTen
dc.subjectDIALYSIS PATIENTSen
dc.subjectREVERSE EPIDEMIOLOGYen
dc.subjectARTERY CALCIFICATIONen
dc.subjectCHRONICen
dc.subjectINFLAMMATIONen
dc.subjectUrology & Nephrologyen
dc.titleArginase type I as a marker of coronary heart disease in hemodialysis patientsen
dc.typejournalArticleen


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