Objectives: To investigate whether there is a relationship between serum 1,25 dihydroxy
vitamin D 3 [1,25(OH) 2 D 3 ], which is an inhibitor of angiogenesis, concentrations and severity …

Adenosine deaminase (ADA) is suggested to be an important enzyme for modulating the
bioactivity of insulin, but its clinical significance in diabetes mellitus (DM) is not yet …

The levels of 1,1,1-trichloro-bis-2,2′-(4-chlorophenyl) ethane (p,p′-DDT) and its metabolites,
hexachlorobenzene (HCB), hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (HCHs), chlordanes (trans- …

Maraş powder (MP), a different type of smokeless tobacco (ST) and prepared from a tobacco
of species Nicotiana rustica Linn, is widely used in Turkey. We aimed to investigate the …

Background Recent evidence has shown that oxidative stress may play a role in the pathogenesis
of autoimmune diseases, and this is an issue of considerable research interest in the …

Smokeless tobacco (ST) is widely used as chewing tobacco and as oral snuff in the world.
Also, in Kahramanmaraş, a city in Southern Turkey, ST used as ‘oral powder’ or ‘Maraş …

Increased oxidative stress might play an important role in the initiation and progression of
diabetic complications. The present study has been undertaken to investigate whether there is …

Serum lipid and lipoprotein concentrations were determined in a group of thirty two gallstone
patients and compared to the values obtained in thirty two healthy control subjects. The …

Objective To investigate the effect of smoking and alcohol on serum, saliva, and urine total
sialic acid (TSA) levels, and on serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT), aspartate …

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between serum adenosine deaminase (AD) activity
and serum total sialic acid (TSA) levels in obese individuals. Methods: We performed this …