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Ragab GH, Halfaya FM, Ahmed OM, Abou El-Kheir W, Mahdi EA, Ali TM, Almehmadi MM, Hagag U. Platelet-Rich Plasma Ameliorates Monosodium Iodoacetate-Induced Ankle Osteoarthritis in the Rat Model via Suppression of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2021; 2021:6692432. [PMID: 33531920 PMCID: PMC7837774 DOI: 10.1155/2021/6692432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Until now, there is no treatment that cause complete cure of the chronic inflammatory and degenerative disease, osteoarthritis (OA). Moreover, the underlying mechanisms of OA development and progress are not fully elucidated, and the present pharmacological treatment alternatives are restricted and associated with adverse side effects. Thus, the present study was conducted to evaluate the role of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in the remedy of OA in the rat model in terms of inflammation, ankle histopathological alterations, and oxidative stress. OA was induced in male Wistar rats by injection of MIA (2 mg)/50 µL isotonic saline in the right ankle joint for two successive days in each rat. After the 2nd MIA injection, the osteoarthritic rats were allocated into two groups such as the MIA group (group 2) and MIA + PRP group (group 3). The MIA + PRP group was treated with PRP (50 µL) by injection into the ankle joint of the right hind limb of each rat at days 14, 21, and 28 after the 2nd injection of MIA. The same equivalent volume of saline, as a substitute of PRP, was injected into the ankle joint of each rat of the normal control group (group 1) and MIA group (group 2) at the same tested periods. Swelling of joint, bodyweight, total leucocytes count (TLC), and morphological as well as histological changes of ankle joints were evaluated. Serum lipid peroxides (LPO), glutathione (GSH), and glutathione S-transferase (GST) levels were examined as biomarkers of oxidative stress. Serum tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-17 (IL-17), and interleukin-4 (IL-4) were investigated by ELISA as biomarkers of inflammation. In addition, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was carried out to investigate the soft tissues in joints. The obtained results revealed that PRP reduced LPO and increased GSH and GST levels in osteoarthritic rats. Also, PRP significantly diminished serum TNF-α and IL-17 levels, while it increased IL-4 serum levels in rats with MIA-induced OA. Morphological observations, histological analysis, and MRI revealed a gradual diminishing in joint inflammation and destruction of cartilage in PRP-injected osteoarthritic rats. Based on these results, it can be suggested that PRP has antiarthritic potential in MIA-induced OA, which may be mediated via suppression of inflammation and oxidative stress.
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- G. H. Ragab
- Anesthesiology and Radiology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Anesthesiology and Radiology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Physiology Division, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, P.O. Box 62521, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Department of Immunology, Military Medical Academy, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pathology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Physiology Department, College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
- Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Anesthesiology and Radiology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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Ahmed MM, Ali TM, Khalafallah KH. Study of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease patients in Gamal Abd El-Nasser Hospital in 2017. QJM 2020; 113. [DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcaa043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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Background
COPD is characterized by non-remitting airflow limitation and persistent respiratory symptoms which is an enhanced inflammatory response to prolonged exposure to smoking or noxious gases or particles and manifested through chronic cough, effort dyspnea, expectoration and wheezing, symptoms that appears in context of airways hyper-responsiveness and may be partially reversible.
Objective
Assessment of COPD patients in Gamal Abd El Nasser Hospital during period from January 2017 to June 2017.
Subjects and Methods
This study was a cross sectional study that included 290 COPD patients recommended for spirometric assessment. The patients were classified into 2 groups: Outpatients and inpatients in the period from January 2017 to June 2017, they were subjected to full medical history, general and local examination, Pre and post bronchodilator spirometric study according to (GOLD,2017) and each patient will be subjected to the following questionnaire [Serial number, Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Residence, Level of education, Smoking, Smoking index, Family history of COPD, Symptoms, Number and severity of exacerbation attacks in the last year, Number of Hospitalization during the last year, Vaccination status, Spirometry, Treatment prescribed by, Treatment, Inhalation therapy, Regulation of treatment, Non pharmacological therapy, Satisfaction of treatment, co morbidities, Complications, Outcome for inpatient]
Results
The study included 290 patients, 259 males and 31 females with age range of 29 _ 83 years, the majority of the studied cases were Current smoking but only 22.5% was ex-smoker. Mean FEV1% pred. Post-bronchodilator was 75.9± 16.9 in outpatients and mean FEV1% pred. Post – bronchodilator was 52.9 ± 13.4 in inpatient. The most common co morbidities in COPD patients were hypertension in 25% of cases. More than half of all studied cases had complications and the most frequent complication was Cor-pulmonale and respiratory Failure. In this study, Severity of COPD according to GOLD 2017 was 27.8% in mild stage, 34.2% in moderate stage, 35.8% in severe stage and 2.5% in very severe stage.
Conclusion
Spirometry had a great role in diagnosis of COPD and its differential diagnosis from asthma. Smoking is the major risk factors in developing COPD and this reflects on the disease occurrence and severity. Some of COPD patients refuse to use inhalers due to fear of addiction and incorrect method in using it. Inhaler steroids were preferred due to fear of systemic complications of steroids. There is great defect in vaccination and trials of quitting smoking as a non-pharmacological treatment for COPD patients.
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- M M Ahmed
- From the Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt
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- From the Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt
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- From the Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt
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Waheed S, Hasnain A, Ahmad A, Tarar OM, Yaqeen Z, Ali TM. Effect of Botanical Extracts on Amino Acid and Fatty Acid Profile of Broiler Meat. Braz J Poult Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1590/1806-9061-2017-0651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- University of Karachi, Pakistan
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- Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Pakistan
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- Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Pakistan
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- University of Karachi, Pakistan
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Thirty patients with temporo-mandibular joint dysfunction were selected to investigate the changes in otoacoustic emissions before and after conservative treatment of their temporo-mandibular joints. Pure tone audiometry, transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE), distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) as well as a tinnitus questionnaire were administered to all patients before and after therapy. Therapy was conservative in the form of counselling, physiotherapy, anti-inflammatory agents, muscle relaxants, and occlusal splints. Results indicated insignificant changes in the TEOAEs, whereas there were significant increases in distortion product levels at most of the frequency bands. These results were paralleled to subjective improvement of tinnitus.
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- O A Sobhy
- Audiology Unit, ORL Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandira University, Alexandria, Egypt.
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Zenzen V, Ali TM, Kuproth M, Zankl H, Janzowski C, Eisenbrand G. Mutagenic and cytotoxic effectiveness of diisopropyl xanthogen polysulphide in human lymphocyte cultures. Mutat Res 2003; 535:161-70. [PMID: 12581534 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(02)00298-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The mutagenic and cytotoxic effectiveness of the new rubber vulcanisation accelerator diisopropyl xanthogen polysulphide (Robac AS 100) was tested in human lymphocyte cultures of four healthy probands. The concentrations of Robac AS 100 were 0.57, 5.7 and 57.0 microg/ml. Higher concentrations showed too high cytotoxicity to be evaluable. Without external activation, incubation time with Robac AS 100 was 21 h. In the presence of rat liver microsomes from aroclor-induced rats (2mg microsomal protein/ml), incubation of the test compound was 2h. Mutagenicity testing was performed by analysis of micronuclei (MN), structural chromosome aberrations (CAs) and sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs). The MN-rate was determined using the cytochalasin B (cyt B) block method. For evaluation of cytotoxicity, mitotic index (MI) and nuclear division index (NDI) were determined. The validity of the test methods was ascertained by positive controls: mitomycin C (MMC) and bleomycin (BLM) were used in experiments without exogenous activation and cyclophosphamide (CP) in experiments with exogenous activation. The presence of rat liver microsomes increased the mutagenic effect of Robac AS 100 in the SCE- and MN-test. But only the highest Robac AS 100-concentration (57.0 microg/ml) showed significantly increased mutagenic activity in all tests. However, cytotoxicity at this concentration was already substantial. Therefore, we consider the evidence for mutagenicity of Robac AS 100 as limited.
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- V Zenzen
- Department of Human Biology and Genetics, The University, P.O. Box 3049, D-67653, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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Garraffo HM, Spande TF, Jain P, Kaneko T, Jones TH, Blum MS, Ali TM, Snelling RR, Isbell LA, Robertson HG, Daly JW. Ammonia chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometry in structural determination of alkaloids. II. Tetraponerines from pseudomyrmecine ants. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2001; 15:1409-1415. [PMID: 11507752 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometry (CI-MS/MS) of alkaloids with ammonia reagent gas and collision-activated dissociation as well as EI-MS/MS were applied to the tetraponerine alkaloids in extracts from six pseudomyrmecine ants of the genus Tetraponera. The MS/MS techniques along with gas chromatography Fourier transform infrared (GC/FTIR) spectra allowed identification in two extracts of seven of the eight known tetraponerines. The EI-MS/MS fragmentations proved diagnostic for the ring system and the CI-MS/MS patterns for the C-8 or C-9 substitution, while the Bohlmann bands in FTIR spectra were diagnostic for the C-8 or C-9 configurations. An Indian ant (T. allaborans) had T-2, T-4 and T-8, while a Chinese ant (T. binghami) had T-5, T-6, T-7 and T-8. Four other ants, T. rufonigra (India), T. penzigi (Africa), T. clypeata (Africa) and T. sp. cf. emeryi (Africa), had no tetraponerines.
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- H M Garraffo
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0820, USA
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Madani MO, Ali TM, Yagoub BA, Zawia MT. The influence of prostaglandin analogue and PMS treatment on the lambing performance of Libyan fat-tailed ewes. Br Vet J 1984; 140:27-33. [PMID: 6697144 DOI: 10.1016/0007-1935(84)90054-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Salama AM, Ali MI, El-Kirdassy ZH, Ali TM. A study on fungal radioresistance and sensitivity. Zentralbl Bakteriol Parasitenkd Infektionskr Hyg 1977; 132:1-13. [PMID: 857505 DOI: 10.1016/s0044-4057(77)80030-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Lower doses of gamma and X-rays (5 and 1 Krad, respectively) stimulated the spore germination and growth of 7 tested fungi. Higher doses (500 and 100 Krad, respectively) revealed that Epicoccum nigrum was the most radioresistant, while Alternaria humicola, Stemphylium verruculosum, Rhizopus nigricans, and Cladosporium herbarum were of moderate resistance. Aspergillus niger and Penicillium oxalicum were the most radiosensitive. Protein and polysaccharide synthesis were inhibited in the mycelium developed from irradiated spores; the inhibition was a function of dose. Study of the different factors (morphological, biological, and biochemical) indicates that variability in fungal resistance to ionizing radiation is, most probably, an inherent character, connected with mycelial water content and the natural production of a chemical substance(s) that acts as a radioprotector(s).
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The effect of insulin-induced hypoglycaemia on the motility of the reticulum, rumen and abomasum of sheep was investigated using small lightly inflated balloons connected to transducers and a multichannel recorder. The principle response recorded was an inhibition of reticulo-ruminal and abomasal motility, occurring in 'resting' cycles only, and not during eating or rumination. The only hypermotility recorded was that shown by the abomasum just before the onset of inhibition. Ruminating cycles were recorded as frequently during hypoglycaemia as in control periods, and showed no abnormality. The inhibition was reversed by intravenous glucose or adrenaline and by feeding or ruminating.
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Ali TM, Padma T, Murty JS. Haptoglobin, transferrin and hemoglobin patterns in a Muslin isolate of Hyderabad. Indian J Med Res 1976; 64:656-60. [PMID: 965066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Ali MI, Salama AM, Ali TM. Possible role of solar radiation on the viability of some air fungi in Egypt. Zentralbl Bakteriol Parasitenkd Infektionskr Hyg 1976; 131:529-34. [PMID: 1037050 DOI: 10.1016/s0044-4057(76)80044-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The high occurrence of Alternaria humicola and the moderate occurrence of Stemphylium verruculosum, Rhizopus nigricans, and Epicoccum nigrum in the air of Egypt could be correlated to their apparent resistance to solar radiation. Cladosporium herbarum, Aspergillus niger, and Penicillium oxalicum, although highly occurring, were light-sensitive. The miniumum solar radiation in November, coupled with the highest total fungal catch, dominated by Cladosporium herbarum, reveals the importance of solar radiation as a factor with direct effect on the air fungal population.
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Ali TM, Singleton AG. Proceedings: Pressure changes in the oesophagus of sheep during eructation and swallowing. J Physiol 1974; 242:41P-42P. [PMID: 4455823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Ali TM, Singleton AG. Proceedings: Pressure changes in the reticulum of sheep. J Physiol 1974; 240:44P-46P. [PMID: 4419425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Ali TM, Singleton AG. Proceedings: Pressure changes in the oesophagus of sheep during rumination. J Physiol 1974; 239:40P-41P. [PMID: 4853842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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