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Objective: Elastases are protease enzymes, which mainly hydrolyze proteins of the connective tissue, so they have a significant impact on human disease.
Desmiaty Y+5 more
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Background: Many efforts have been made to improve accuracy and sensitivity in diagnosing chronic pancreatitis (CP), obtaining quantitative assessments related to functional data.
Maria Chiara Ambrosetti+6 more
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Prediction of pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy by preoperative dynamic CT and fecal elastase-1 levels. [PDF]
To validate preoperative dynamic CT and fecal elastase-1 level in predicting the development of pancreatic fistulae after pancreatoduodenectomy.For 146 consecutive patients, CT attenuation values of the nontumorous pancreatic parenchyma were ...
Jung-Hyun Kang+6 more
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Background While numerous interventions effectively interfered with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) formation/progression in preclinical models, none of the successes translated into clinical success.
Gabor Gäbel+15 more
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Pancreatic biomarkers: role in diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus refers to a group of diseases that cause high blood sugar levels. The most common type is type 2 diabetes, which is caused by insulin resistance and inadequate insulin production.
Sana Rafaqat+4 more
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Impaired exocrine pancreatic function in different stages of type 1 diabetes
Introduction Aim of this study was to investigate the pancreatic exocrine function in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) by multiple non-invasive tests.Research design and methods The study is a single-center, cross-sectional study of pancreatic ...
Giulia Martina Cavestro+13 more
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The serum levels of some pancreatic enzymes have been reported to be affected by age and gender. Currently, serum total amylase, pancreatic isoamylase (P-amylase) , lipase , trypsin (ogen) , pancreatic phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) , and elastase I are ...
Koide, Norio+4 more
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Shear Stress Induces the Release of an Endothelial Elastase: Role in Integrin alpha(v)beta(3)-Mediated FGF-2 Release [PDF]
Background/Aims: Laminar shear stress is an important stimulus in the endothelium-dependent control of vascular tone and of vascular remodeling processes.
Gloe, Torsten+4 more
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The article describes and analyzes the results of bioelectrical impedance analysis in patients with chronic pancreatitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease considering the level of fecal elastase-1.The aim of our study was to investigate the ...
T. Lazaruk, O. Fediv
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Staging chronic pancreatitis with exocrine function tests: Are we better? [PDF]
Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas evolving in progressive fibrotic disruption of the gland with exocrine and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency.
MOLETTA, LUCIA, SPERTI, COSIMO
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