Postconditioning: a brief review

Preconditioning represents the most effective form of cardioprotection that can be induced to attenuate the injury accompanying a longer lasting ischemia (=index ischemia) of sufficient duration and severity to cause myo...

Neonatal ventilation techniques – which is best for prematurely born infants?

Effect of ezetimibe on lipoprotein subfraction concentrations: the role of atorvastatin pretreatment

Interleukin-6 serum concentration in patients with impaired growth hormone secretion

There is a growing number of studies which have revealed that the growth hormone (GH) plays a role in regulation of systemic inflammatory response. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a well established pro-inflammatory, proangiogen...

A positive correlation of serum homocysteine with leptin in maintenance hemodialysis patients

Introduction: Serum leptin is cleared principally by the kidneys and serum leptin concentrations are increased in patients with chronic renal failure and those undergoing a maintenance dialysis. Mild-to-moderate elevatio...