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ArticleJournal of medical biochemistry2020

Crucial markers showing the risk of coronary artery disease in obesity: ADMA and neopterin.

Emre Avci, Alpaslan Karabulut, Avci Gulcin Alp, Burcu Baba, Cumhur Bilgi

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Article in Journal of medical biochemistry, 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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Emre AvciHitit University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Corum, Turkey.
Alpaslan KarabulutHitit University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Corum, Turkey.
Avci Gulcin AlpHitit University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Corum, Turkey.
Burcu BabaHigh Education University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Ankara, Turkey.
Cumhur BilgiHigh Education University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Ankara, Turkey.
Hitit Üniversitesi · TR

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Abstract

backgroundObesity is responsible for high morbidity and mortality, both in developed and developing countries. It is associated with many chronic and metabolic diseases. Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) has been demonstrated to be a biomarker of endothelial dysfunction in humans and increased ADMA associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk has been reported in many states. Neopterin (NP) produced by monocytes/macrophages in response to stimulation by interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) is emphasized in recent findings. The current study aims to investigate ADMA and NP levels which may assume a role in guiding the early diagnosis of coronary artery disease in obesity.

methodsThis is an original research study in which ADMA and NP levels of 50 patients (25 male/25 female) diagnosed with obesity were compared with those of 30 healthy individuals (15 male/15 female) as control. The high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method was used while determining parameters.

resultsADMA and NP levels in obese individuals were found to be significantly higher than in those enrolled in the control. ADMA values were found to be higher in obese subjects (0.71±0.24 μmol/L) as compared with levels found in healthy subjects (0.58±0.16 μmol/L) (p<0.05). A significant increase of serum neopterin levels was found in obese subjects (8.8±3.5 μmol/L) as compared with controls (4.9±1.69 μmol/L) (p<0.05). Also, there was a strong positive correlation between NP and ADMA values in obese individuals (r=0.954).

conclusionsOur study revealed that obese subjects have higher ADMA and neopterin levels. These results demonstrated that both ADMA and NP levels may be potential risk factors for coronary heart disease in obesity.

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asymmetric dimethylarginineendothelial dysfunctionneopterinobesity

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