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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2017

Determination of DNA damage and telomerase activity in stanozolol-treated rats.

Mehtap Kara, Eren Ozcagli, Persefoni Fragkiadaki, Tugba Kotil, Polychronis D Stivaktakis, Demetrios A Spandidos, Aristides M Tsatsakis, Buket Alpertunga

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nandrolone Decanoate: Use, Abuse and Side Effects.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020
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  2. The effect of training andAvicenna journal of phytomedicine · 2026
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  3. Impacts of Anabolic-androgenic steroid supplementation on female health and offspring: Mechanisms, side effects, and medical perspectives.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mehtap KaraDepartment of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34116, Turkey.
Eren OzcagliDepartment of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34116, Turkey.
Persefoni FragkiadakiCenter of Toxicology Science and Research, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
Tugba KotilDepartment of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34116, Turkey.
Polychronis D StivaktakisCenter of Toxicology Science and Research, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
Demetrios A SpandidosLaboratory of Clinical Virology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
Aristides M TsatsakisCenter of Toxicology Science and Research, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
Buket AlpertungaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34116, Turkey.
Istanbul University · TRUniversity of Crete · GR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are performance-enhancing drugs commonly abused by atheletes. Stanozolol is a synthetic testosterone-derived anabolic steroid. Although it is well known that AAS have several side-effects, there are only few toxicological studies available on the toxic effects and mechanisms of action of stanozolol. The aim of this study was to investigate the genotoxic effects of stanozolol and to determine its effects on telomerase activity in Sprague-Dawley male rats. For this purpose, 34 male rats were divided into 5 groups as follows: i) the control group (n=5); ii) the propylene glycol (PG)-treated group (n=5); iii) the stanozolol-treated group (n=8); iv) the PG-treated group subjected to exercise (n=8); and v) the stanozolol-treated group subjected to exercise (n=8). PG is used as a solvent control in our study. Stanozolol (5 mg/kg) and PG (1 ml/kg) were injected subcutaneously 5 days/week for 28 days. After 28 days, the animals were sacrificed, and DNA damage evaluation (comet assay) and telomerase activity assays were then performed using peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). Telomerase activity was measured by using the TeloTAGGG Telomerase PCR ELISA PLUS kit. The results of this study revealed that stanozolol treatment induced DNA damage, while exercise exerted a protective effect. Stanozolol treatment without exercise stimulation was associated with a significant increase in telomerase activity in the PBMCs.

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anabolic androgenic steroidscomet assayDNA damagestanozololtelomerase activity

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PMID28352339
PMCPMC5348646
OpenAlexW2567120394

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