Oxidative stress parameters and inflammatory and immune mediators as markers of the severity of sepsis


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Bavunoglu I., Genc H., Konukoglu D., Cicekci H., Sözer V., Gelisgen R., ...More

JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, vol.10, no.10, pp.1045-1052, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 10 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.3855/jidc.7585
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1045-1052
  • Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Sepsis is a complex inflammatory syndrome with diverse etiology and wide spectrum of severity. The aim of this study was to investigate whether inflammatory mediators, in comparison with oxidative parameters, are associated with severity of sepsis. Methodology: Plasma neopterin, adenosine deaminase (ADA), vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM), intracellular adhesion molecule (ICAM), interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), as inflammatory mediators, and serum nitric oxide (NOx), nitrotyrosine (NT), oxidized LDL (oxLDL) levels, serum paraoxonase 1 (PON1) activity, and erythrocyte glutathione (GSH) levels as oxidative stress parameters of 12 patients with mild sepsis, 25 patients with severe sepsis, and 20 healthy control subjects were evaluated. NOx, GSH levels and PON1 activity were determined by colorimetric methods, whereas neopterin, VCAM, ICAM, IL-1, IL-6, TNF-alpha, NT, and oxLDL levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).