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ArticleArchives of medical science : AMS2020

Dynamic thiol and disulphide homoeostasis in fibromyalgia.

Gulsah Karatas, Ramazan Gunduz, Ismail Haskul, Betul Ustun, Salim Neselioglu, Fatih Karatas, Müfit Akyuz, Ozcan Erel

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Article in Archives of medical science : AMS, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gulsah KaratasDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Karabuk University Education and Research Hospital, Karabuk, Turkey.
Ramazan GunduzDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Karabuk University Education and Research Hospital, Karabuk, Turkey.
Ismail HaskulDepartment of Biochemistry, Karabuk University Education and Research Hospital, Karabuk, Turkey.
Betul UstunDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Karabuk University Education and Research Hospital, Karabuk, Turkey.
Salim NeseliogluDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey.
Fatih KaratasDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology, Karabuk University, Education and Research Hospital, Karabuk, Turkey.
Müfit AkyuzDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Karabuk University Education and Research Hospital, Karabuk, Turkey.
Ozcan ErelDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey.
Karabük University · TRAnkara Yıldırım Beyazıt University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThiol and disulphide levels are biomarkers that provide useful information about oxidative stress and antioxidant capacity, showing a different homoeostasis in inflammatory and proliferative diseases. We aimed to clarify the possible aetiology of this disease by using thiol and disulphide levels in patients with fibromyalgia, the basis of which has not yet been clearly elucidated. MATERIAL AND

methodsA total of 156 individuals: 86 patients with fibromyalgia and 70 age-matched controls were included in this prospective non-randomised case-control study. Demographic characteristics including smoking status, body mass index (BMI), the duration of complaints, and pain levels were carefully recorded. Dynamic thiol-disulphide homoeostasis in blood samples was determined by an automatic-spectrophotometric method. The Mann-Whitney

resultsSex, BMI, and smoking status were similar between the groups (

conclusionsThiol-disulphide balance in fibromyalgia was found to be similar to benign proliferative diseases, suggesting that the underlying mechanism is more likely to be of proliferative pattern rather than inflammatory. Additionally, fibromyalgia is not directly associated with increase in oxidative stress. The molecular mechanisms need to be elucidated.

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disulphidefibromyalgiainflammatoryproliferativethiol

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