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Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Journal

2005

Saliva

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Salivary Malondialdehyde Levels In Patients With Oral Leukoplakia, Yegane Güven, Meral Ünür, Kivanç Bektaş, Ezel Uslu, Ahmet Belce, Erdi̇nç Demi̇rez, Şule Can Jan 2005

Salivary Malondialdehyde Levels In Patients With Oral Leukoplakia, Yegane Güven, Meral Ünür, Kivanç Bektaş, Ezel Uslu, Ahmet Belce, Erdi̇nç Demi̇rez, Şule Can

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Since leukoplakia is a premalignant condition, it is evident that an effective means of control would contribute to reducing the mortality and morbidity of oral cancer. The reactivity of free radicals and singlet oxygen is believed to be an important factor in the pathogenesis of many degenerative diseases including carcinogenesis. Reactive free radicals may damage cells by induction of lipid peroxidation of the polyunsaturated fatty acids. Buege and Aust's method was used for lipid peroxidation analysis. One way of estimating free radical activity and lipid peroxidation is to determine the concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) in the body fluids. MDA concentration …


Sjögren's Syndrome: A Study Of Salivary Electrophoresis, Mehmet Yaltirik, Hülya Koçak Berberoğlu, Kivanç Ergen, Bariş Aydil Jan 2005

Sjögren's Syndrome: A Study Of Salivary Electrophoresis, Mehmet Yaltirik, Hülya Koçak Berberoğlu, Kivanç Ergen, Bariş Aydil

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Many diagnostic tests exist to assess the salivary and lacrimal involvement in Sjögren's syndrome (SS), but there is still disagreement. The purpose of this study was to examine salivary proteins in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome and healthy control subjects by the polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, as well as the applicability of the method. The polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, applied in our examinations, is a simple and rapid method, requiring only a minute amount of saliva for the analysis. Saliva were collected from patients suffering from primary Sjögren's syndrome (n = 10) and a control group (n = 10). All saliva samples …