A Randomized, Doubled‐Blind Clinical Trial on the Effect of Zataria multiflora on Clinical Symptoms, Oxidative Stress, and C‐Reactive Protein in COPD Patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 867-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vahideh Ghorani ◽  
Omid Rajabi ◽  
Majid Mirsadraee ◽  
Fariba Rezaeitalab ◽  
Saeideh Saadat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
C Reactive Protein ◽  
Zataria Multiflora ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Copd Patients

scholarly journals Oxidative Stress Is Increased in Combined Oral Contraceptives Users and Is Positively Associated with High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 1070
Author(s):  
Sabina Cauci ◽  
Serena Xodo ◽  
Cinzia Buligan ◽  
Chiara Colaninno ◽  
Mattia Barbina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
C Reactive Protein ◽  
Oxidative Stress Biomarkers ◽  
Free Oxygen Radical ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Healthy Women

Information concerning the mechanisms underlying oxidative stress and low-grade inflammation in young healthy women predisposing eventually to future diseases is scarce. We investigated the relationship of oxidative stress and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in fertile-age women by oral combined contraceptive (OC) use. Caucasian Italian healthy non-obese women (n = 290; 100 OC-users; 190 non-OC-users; mean age 23.2 ± 4.7 years) were analyzed. Blood hydroperoxides, as oxidative stress biomarkers, were assessed by Free Oxygen Radical Test (FORT). Serum hsCRP was determined by an ultra-sensitive method (hsCRP). Markedly elevated oxidative stress (≥400 FORT Units) was found in 77.0% of OC-users and 1.6% of non-OC-users, odds ratio (OR) = 209, 95% CI = 60.9–715.4, p < 0.001. Elevated hsCRP levels ≥ 2.0 mg/L, considered risky for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), were found in 41.0% of OC-users and 9.5% of non-OC-users, OR = 6.6, 95%CI 3.5–12.4, p < 0.001. Hydroperoxides were strongly positively correlated to hsCRP in all women (rs = 0.622, p < 0.001), in OC-users (rs = 0.442, p < 0.001), and in non-OC-users (rs = 0.426, p < 0.001). Women with hydroperoxides ≥ 400 FORT Units were eight times as likely to have hsCRP ≥ 2 mg/L. In non-OC-users only, hydroperoxides values were positively correlated with weight and body mass index, but negatively correlated with red meat, fish and chocolate consumption. Our research is the first finding a strong positive correlation of serum hydroperoxides with hsCRP, a marker of low-grade chronic inflammation, in young healthy women. Further research is needed to elucidate the potential role of these two biomarkers in OC-use associated side-effects, like thromboembolism and other CVDs.

Reliability of biomarkers of iron status, blood lipids, oxidative stress, vitamin D, C-reactive protein and fructosamine in two Dutch cohorts

Biomarkers ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 370-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. K. Al-Delaimy ◽  
E. H. J. M. Jansen ◽  
P. H. M. Peeters ◽  
J. D. van der Laan ◽  
P. A. H. van Noord ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Vitamin D ◽  
Blood Lipids ◽  
Iron Status ◽  
C Reactive Protein ◽  
Reactive Protein

Association between novel oxidative stress markers and C-reactive protein among adults without clinical coronary heart disease

2005 ◽  
Vol 178 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome L. Abramson ◽  
W. Craig Hooper ◽  
Dean P. Jones ◽  
Salman Ashfaq ◽  
Steven D. Rhodes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Coronary Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Oxidative Stress Markers ◽  
C Reactive Protein ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Stress Markers

scholarly journals Chondrosternal Arthritis in Infant: An Unusual Entity

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Athina Nikolarakou ◽  
Dana Dumitriu ◽  
Pierre-Louis Docquier
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Therapeutic Option ◽  
White Blood Cells ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
C Reactive Protein ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
History Of ◽  
Local Tenderness ◽  
Wait And See

Primary arthritis of chondrosternal joint is very rare and occurs in infants less than 18 months of age. Presentation is most often subacute but may be acute. Child presents with a parasternal mass with history of fever and/or local signs of infection. Clinical symptoms vary from a painless noninflammatory to a painful mass with local tenderness and swelling, while fever may be absent. Laboratory data show low or marginally raised levels of white blood cells and C-reactive protein, reflecting, respectively, the subacute or acute character of the infection. It is a self-limiting affection due to the adequate immune response of the patient. Evolution is generally good without antibiotherapy with a progressive spontaneous healing. A wait-and-see approach with close follow-up in the first weeks is the best therapeutic option.

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