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ArticleThe Eurasian journal of medicine2019

Serum Prolidase Enzyme Activity Level: Not a Predictive Biomarker for Epilepsy.

Zeynep Ozozen Ayas, Dilcan Kotan, Mehmet Akdogan, Mustafa Ercan Gunel

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Article in The Eurasian journal of medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Zeynep Ozozen AyasDepartment of Neurology, Yunus Emre Hospital, Eskişehir, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-9302-5543
Dilcan KotanDepartment of Neurology, Sakarya University School of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-3101-4742
Mehmet AkdoganDepartment of Biochemistry, Sakarya University School of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-0345-8362
Mustafa Ercan GunelDepartment of Emergency, Sakarya University School of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-6151-0157
Sakarya University · TREskişehir City Hospital · TR

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Abstract

objectiveOxidative stress (OS) and inflammation are considered responsible for the pathogenesis of epilepsy. Prolidase has an extremely important role in proline recycling for collagen synthesis. Higher than normal proline levels have been shown to increase OS. Furthermore, prolidase activity is associated with inflammation during fibrotic process. No study has yet investigated the relationship between epilepsy and prolidase enzyme activity (PEA). In this study, we aimed to contribute to the existing literature by assessing postictal PEA levels, which are correlated with inflammation and OS, to determine whether PEA levels may be used as a biomarker for epilepsy. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis study included patients with epilepsy who presented to the emergency department within first 6 h of a seizure.

resultsThe epileptic group included 27 patients (16 males, 11 females) and the control group included 31 healthy individuals (11 males, 20 females). The mean age of the epilepsy (n=27) and healthy control group (n=31) was 43.1±20.2 and 51.9±21 years, respectively. Serum PEA levels were 1171.90±343.3 in the epileptic group and 1137.1±295.6 in the control group. There were no significant differences between two groups (p>0.05).

conclusionOur study results suggest that although PEA is an enzyme associated with OS and inflammation, it is still not an ideal biomarker for epileptic patients. This study is important because it investigated PEA in patients with idiopathic epilepsy for the first time.

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