Sentence examples for alteration of serum from inspiring English sources

Accordingly, the clinical beneficial effects of statins may be not related to the alteration of serum ADMA.

Several studies have examined the alteration of serum miRNA expression in colorectal cancer patients compared with healthy controls (Chen et al, 2008; Ng et al, 2009; Huang et al, 2010; Pu et al, 2010).

The aim of this study was to elucidate the alteration of serum ICTP and vitamin D level in patients with AS and to further investigate the relations between ICTP, vitamin D, disease activity (CRP, BASDAI), and BMD in these patients.

Further secondary outcomes include the alteration of serum 25 (OH) D over time, blood pressure, lipid profile, parathyroid hormone, calcium, thyroid function, AGE accumulation in the skin, safety profile of vitamin D supplementation, urine analysis for microalbuminuria, and quality of life assessed by The Short Form (SF-36) Health Survey questionnaire.

Correction of total calcium levels based on serum albumin is used to obtain an estimate of the free ionized calcium level, since almost half (40%) of serum calcium is in protein-bound form and alteration of serum albumin due to certain diseases or dietary patterns may thus affect the levels of free ionized calcium [ 5, 16].

The line of evidences led us to investigate the serum levels of Gal-9 in the patients with type 2 diabetes and various stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD), since the alteration of serum Gal-9 levels may influence the status of immune responses and cell cycle regulation in the various cells including kidney cells.

Alterations of serum kynurenine pathway metabolites have been found in other neuropsychiatric disorders [16], have been linked to chronic stress [32] and sleep deprivation [33].

To evaluate the alterations of serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels in patients with chronic hepatitis C during pegylated interferon-alpha (PEG-IFNa) plus ribavirin (RIB) treatment and to correlate them with clinical and virological outcomes.

A glyco-indicator based on the glyco-alteration of serum α1-acid glycoprotein, LecT-Hepa, was discovered by glycomics technologies as a robust indicator of liver fibrosis.

Insignificant alterations of serum total protein were observed in mice of groups 3, 4, and 5.

However, no alterations of serum progesterone or luteinizing hormone levels were observed.