2014
The comparative effects of perindopril and catechin on mesangial matrix and podocytes in the streptozotocin induced diabetic rats
Ertürküner S, Başar M, Tunçdemir M, Seçkin İ. The comparative effects of perindopril and catechin on mesangial matrix and podocytes in the streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. Pharmacological Reports 2014, 66: 279-287. PMID: 24911082, DOI: 10.1016/j.pharep.2013.09.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUntreated diabetic groupDiabetic groupMesangial matrixControl groupDiabetic nephropathyDiabetes mellitusEnd-stage kidney failureOxidative stressExperimental diabetic nephropathyHigh blood pressureAdult Wistar AlbinoGlomerular mesangial matrixBlood glucose valuesExcessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) productionReactive oxygen species productionBlood pressureKidney weightDiabetic ratsKidney failureImmunohistochemical stainingOxygen species productionPodocyte damageBody weightEnzyme inhibitorsWistar albino
2010
The Implication of Aberrant GM-CSF Expression in Decidual Cells in the Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia
Huang SJ, Zenclussen AC, Chen CP, Basar M, Yang H, Arcuri F, Li M, Kocamaz E, Buchwalder L, Rahman M, Kayisli U, Schatz F, Toti P, Lockwood CJ. The Implication of Aberrant GM-CSF Expression in Decidual Cells in the Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia. American Journal Of Pathology 2010, 177: 2472-2482. PMID: 20829438, PMCID: PMC2966804, DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.091247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGranulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factorColony-stimulating factorPathogenesis of preeclampsiaDendritic cellsDecidual cellsFirst trimester human decidual cellsGranulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) expressionGenesis of preeclampsiaSystemic inflammatory stateInterleukin-1 βTumor necrosis factorHuman decidual cellsColony-stimulating factor expressionFactor expression levelsColony-stimulating factor productionGM-CSF expressionGranulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor productionPreeclamptic deciduaShallow placentationInflammatory stateHuman deciduaNecrosis factorMurine modelPreeclampsiaMouse model