Vol.5 No.1 – 2 : Role of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 for Diagnosing Acute Myocardial Infarction

By : Mohamed M. Omrana*, Faten M. Zahranb, Mohamed Kadryc,

Arafa A. M. Belal c, Reihan M.Sd

a Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science,  Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt;

b Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt;

c Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt;

 d Cardiology Department, Faculty of  Medicine, New Damietta, Al-Azhar University, Egypt;

*Corresponding author: Mohamed Mostafa Omran, PhD: E-mail: drmmomran@yahoo.com

Abstract

Background:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) controlled and promoted by inflammation within coronary plaque. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is pro-inflammatory mediator, that’s playing a major role in plaque rupture. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic performance of MCP-1 for early diagnosis of AMI among chest pain (CP) patients. Methods: MCP-1 and cardiac Troponin I (cTnI) were performed for all studied patients. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to assess the diagnostic accuracy of biomarkers. Results: Baseline level of MCP-1 has good capacity for discriminating patients with AMI from non coronary chest pain (NCCP), stable angina (SA) and unstable angina (UA)  patients with efficiency 91%, 91% and 83%; Respectively. Area under the curves (AUCs) of MCP-1 for diagnosis AMI patients at 0-6 hours and > 6-12 hours after onset time of CP were 0.69 (P < 0.001); and 0.71(P < 0.0001); respectively, compared with cTnI were 0.58 (P < 0.001) and 0.67 (P < 0.001); respectively. However, at > 12-24 hours, cTnI has AUC 0.93 (P < 0.0001) compared with MCP-1 0.74 (P < 0.0001). In conclusion: Independent early baseline MCP-1 has given sufficient diagnostic information for patients with AMI.


Role of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 for Diagnosing

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Vol.5 No.1 – 1 : Protective role of rosemary extract against Etoposide induced liver toxicity, injury and KI67 alterations in rats

By: *Ehab Tousson, Ahmed Masoud, Ezar Hafez, Majd Almakhatreh

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

*Corresponding author: toussonehab@yahoo.com

Abstract

Etoposide is chemotherapeutic drugs that inhibit topoisomerase II activity and long been used for treatment of human malignancies. The present study was designed to investigate the possible protective effect of rosemary extract against Etoposide-induced liver toxicity, injury and KI67 alterations in rats. A total of 40 male Wister albino rats were divided randomly into four groups (1st group was control; 2nd group was treated with rosemary, 3rd group was received Etoposide, and 4th group was treated with both rosemary and Etoposide. The administration of Etoposide significantly caused elevation in ALT, AST, ALP and liver damage while albumen, total proteins and KI67 expressions were significantly decrease when compared with control group. Co-treated rat with rosemary and Etoposide maintained the levels of the measured parameters. Finally, it could be concluded that rosemary has a promising role and it worth to be considered as a natural substance for protective the liver toxicity and injury induced by Etoposide chemotherapy.


Protective role of rosemary extract against Etoposide induced liver toxicity, injury and KI67 alternations in rats-converted

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