Browsing by Author "Karatoprak, Cumali"
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Effect of vildagliptin add-on treatment to metformin on plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
Çakırca, Mustafa; Karatoprak, Cumali; Zorlu, Mehmet; Kıskaç, Muharrem; Kanat, Mustafa; Çıkrıkçıoğlu, Mehmet Ali; Soysal, Pınar; Hurşitoğlu, Mehmet; Çamlı, Ahmet Adil; Erkoç, Reha; Abdul-Ghani, Muhammad (Dove Medical Press, 2014)Aims: A close association has been demonstrated between increased cardiovascular risk and high asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. We planned to measure serum ADMA levels ... -
Effects of 18-month vildagliptin treatment on portal vein pressure and hepatosteatosis
Karatoprak, Cumali; Kılıçarslan, Rukiye; Çakırca, Mustafa; Aydın, Sinem; Özkan, Tuba; Zorlu, Mehmet; Kıskaç, Muhammet (Bezmialem Vakif University, 2019)Objective: Patients with type 2 diabetes have an increased tendency to develop hepatosteatosis. The effects of drugs used to treat diabetes on the liver, regardless of the disease, are unknown.The aim of this study was to ... -
Evaluation of the relationship between vitamin D level and adropin, IL-1β, IL-6, and oxidative status in women
Zorlu, Mehmet; Şekerci, Abdüsselam; Tunç, Muhammed; Güler, Eray Metin; Gülen, Bedia; Karatoprak, Cumali; Kıskaç, Muharrem; Çakırca, Mustafa (Turkiye Klinikleri, 2022)Background/aim: Vitamin D, adropin, proinflammatory cytokines, and oxidative stress closely related with metabolic homeostasis and endothelial dysfunction. The aim of the present study is to investigate how vitamin D levels ... -
GAS6 intron 8 c.834+7G > A gene polymorphism in diabetic nephropathy
Erkoç, Reha; Çıkrıkçıoğlu, Mehmet Ali; Aintab, Emre; Erek-Toprak, Aybala; Kılıç, Ülkan; Gök, Özlem; Yasin Çetin, Ayşe İrem; Zorlu, Mehmet; Kıskaç, Muharrem; Çakırca, Mustafa; Erkal, Sena Nur; İsen, Hayati Can; Karatoprak, Cumali (Taylor and Francis, 2015)Background - Aim: In animal experiments, growth arrest-specific 6 (Gas6) protein plays a key role in the development of mesangial cell and glomerular hypertrophy in the early phase of diabetic nephropathy, and diabetic ... -
Markers predicting critical illness and mortality in COVID-19 patients: A multi-centre retrospective study
Karaaslan, Tahsin; Karatoprak, Cumali; Karaaslan, Esra; Şaşak Kuzgun, Gülşah; Gündüz, Mehmet; Şekerci, Abdüsselam; Büyükaydın, Banu; Alışır Ecder, Sabahat (Bayrakol Medical Publisher, 2021)Aim: In this study, we aimed to investigate early predictors of critical illness and mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) based on clinical, biochemical, radiological, and epidemiological ... -
Vildagliptin treatment on the portal venous pressure and hepatosteatosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Karatoprak, Cumali; Kılıçarslan, Rukiye; Çakırca, Mustafa; Aydın, Sinem; Özkan, Tuba; Kocaman, Orhan; Yolbaş, Servet; Zorlu, Mehmet; Kıskaç, Muharrem; Çıkrıkçıoğlu, Mehmet Ali; Erkoç, Reha (AVES, 2018)Objective: ftis study investigated how vildagliptin (a di-pepti- dyl peptidase 4 inhibitor) affects portal vein pressure and hepat- osteatosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods: ftis cross-sectional study ...
