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    Quantitative Lipidomic Analysis of Takotsubo Syndrome Patients' Serum
    (Frontiers Media Sa, 2022) Karnati, Srikanth; Guntas, Gulcan; Rajendran, Ranjithkumar; Shityakov, Sergey; Hoering, Marcus; Liebisch, Gerhard; Foerster, Carola Y.
    Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), also known as the transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome, is in contemporary times known as novel acute cardiac syndrome. It is characterized by transient left ventricular apical akinesis and hyperkinesis of the basal left ventricular portions. Although the precise etiology of TTS is unknown, events like the sudden release of stress hormones, such as the catecholamines and the increased inflammatory status might be plausible causes leading to the cardiovascular pathologies. Recent studies have highlighted that an imbalance in lipid accumulation might promote a deviant immune response as observed in TTS. However, there is no information on comprehensive profiling of serum lipids of TTS patients. Therefore, we investigated a detailed quantitative lipid analysis of TTS patients using ES-MSI. Our results showed significant differences in the majority of lipid species composition in the TTS patients compared to the control group. Furthermore, the computational analyses presented was able to link the altered lipids to the pro-inflammatory cytokines and disseminate possible mechanistic pathways involving TNF alpha and IL-6. Taken together, our study provides an extensive quantitative lipidome of TTS patients, which may provide a valuable Pre-diagnostic tool. This would facilitate the elucidation of the underlying mechanisms of the disease and to prevent the development of TTS in the future.
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    Is increased activator protein 1 in cerebrospinal fluid as a potential biomarker that distinguishes idiopathic intracranial from sclerosis?
    (Aepress Sro, 2024) Karabork, Seyda; Celik, Humeyra; Dursun, Ali Dogan; Ankarali, Handan; Turkoglu, Sule Aydin
    OBJECTIVES: To distinguish whether idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a condition predisposing to multiple sclerosis (MS) or an isolated disease, the current gene transcription factor Activator Protein -1 (AP -1) was evaluated with its potential to differentiate both diseases. BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the use of AP -1 as biomarkers for the discrimination of IIH and MS. METHODS: AP -1, TNF-alpha, and IL -6 protein values in the CSF of the cases were evaluated by the ELISA method. The numerical measures of the groups and the ability of AP -1 to distinguish the groups were analyzed with the ROC curve. RESULTS: There was no difference between the groups in CSF TNF-alpha, IL -6, CSF, and serum biochemistry analyses. However, it was determined that the AP -1 concentration (pg/ml) was significantly higher in the IIH group, the sensitivity of AP -1 in separating those with IIH was 75%, and the specificity in separating those with MS was 60% in those with an AP -1 concentration of 606.5 and above. CONCLUSION: According to our results, the fact that CSF TNF-alpha and IL -6 values did not differ in IIH compared to MS revealed that IIH could not methodologically control MS, and AP -1 was a supportive parameter in differentiating both diseases (Tab. 2, Fig. 1, Ref. 31) . Text in PDF www.elis.sk