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    Curcumin's effects on sialic acid level and sialidase activity in Ehrlich ascites tumor bearing mice
    (Tohoku Univ Medical Press, 2002) Ozen, N; Uslu, E; Ozen, M; Aydin, S; Altug, T; Belce, A; Kokoglu, E
    In this study, we determined curcumin's anticancer and chemopreventive effects in mice bearing Ehrlich ascites tumor by evaluation of cancer biomarkers, sialic acid level and sialidase activity. Both plasma sialic acid level and sialidase activity increased significantly in the mice group with Ehrlich ascites tumor. When the tumor groups fed with curcumin and fed with sesame oil were compared, sialic acid level and sialidase activity in ascites fluid significantly reduced in the group fed with curcumin in addition to the increases of plasma sialic acid level and sialidase activity. The tumor group fed with curcumin lived twice longer than the one fed with sesame oil. Curcumin as a phenolic compound decreased all these parameters in Ehrlich ascites tumors and lengthened survival by 88% in the mice with tumor. We concluded that curcumin has anticancer activity.
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    Long-term beneficial effects of dexamethasone on intellectual and neuropsychological outcome of children with pneumococcal meningitis
    (Informa Healthcare, 2006) Ozen, M; Kanra, G; Kara, A; Bakar, EE; Ceyhan, M; Secmeer, G; Cengiz, AB
    A Substantial ratio of bacterial meningitis survivors suffers mild or serious intellectual and neuropsychological handicaps. We organized eighty subjects into three groups: 1) Pneumococcal meningitis ( PM) who did not receive dexamethasone, 2) PM who received dexamethasone, 3) Other bacterial meningitis with different etiology. All subjects underwent Bender Visual Motor Gestalt test and age-appropriate Intelligence qutient ( IQ) tests. The mean full-scale IQ scoring fell within normal range ( 90 +/- 17) in the post-meningitic cohort. There was no statistical difference between two pneumococcal groups regarding full scale IQ testing ( 88 +/- 16 and 91 +/- 18) and Bender-Gestalt scoring ( 4.0 +/- 3.3 and 3.8 +/- 2.6), respectively. However, the subjects with full scale IQ score < 85 ( below the average) were statistically less in the group with steroid therapy. PM patients who received dexamethasone therapy had statistically better academic performance. As a result, adjuvant steroid therapy has no significant impact on overall intellectual tests in PM subjects. However, dexamethasone seems to diminish development of below the average IQ scoring in PM cases. In addition, PM subjects who received steroids showed better academic achievement. These findings may support the idea of dexamethasone administration prior to first antibiotic dose in PM subjects.
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    Relation between serum Insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 levels, clinical status and growth parameters in prepubertal cystic fibrosis patients
    (Wiley, 2004) Ozen, M; Cokugras, H; Ozen, N; Camcioglu, Y; Akcakaya, N
    Background: This study aims to determine the relation between anabolic hormones, Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3), growth parameters, and clinical status in prepubertal cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. This prospective study comprises age/sex-matched control subjects and was set in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Methods: Serum concentrations of IGF-I and IGFBP-3 were measured in 37 CF and 23 healthy subjects, whose mean ages were 5.02 +/- 3.06 and 5.27 +/- 2.82, respectively. The results were analyzed in relation to body mass index standard deviation scores (BMISD), height standard deviation scores (HSD), growth velocity standard deviation scores (GVSD), and clinical status assessed by Shwachman scores and pulmonary function parameters. Results: Serum IGFBP-3 of CF patients showed significantly lower concentrations than healthy subjects (2457 vs. 3249 ng/mL) (P < 0.05), whereas IGF-I levels did not (123.35 vs. 149.8 ng/mL). There was significant positive correlation between IGF-I and IGFBP-3 with HSD (r = 0.62; r = 0.79) and BMISD (r = 0.39; r = 0.50). The pulmonary function tests in 14 CF subjects were not statistically worse than in nine healthy cases. The mean HSD (-0.67, SD 1.06) and BMISD (-0.28, SD 0.71) of CF patients were not significantly lower than those of healthy subjects (-0.02, SD 0.86 and 0.03, SD 0.49), respectively. Conclusion: Decreased serum IGF-I and IGFBP-3 levels may reflect growth retardation in CF. IGFBP-3 seems like a more sensitive parameter than IGF-I for growth monitoring in this study. Growth parameters of Turkish prepubertal CF patients are not markedly below national standards. Different genetic backgrounds of relevant populations certainly play an important role for the variable clinical course.