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Elevated Uric Acid Levels with Early Chronic Kidney Disease as an Indicator of New-Onset Ischemic Heart Disease: A Cohort of Koreans without Diabetes

open access: yesBiomedicines, 2023
Several studies have showed that hyperuricemia is related to the development of ischemic heart disease (IHD). There is also growing evidence indicating that hyperuricemia may contribute to the progression of IHD as a pathogenic factor.
Sung-Bum Lee   +4 more
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Establishment of sex difference in circulating uric acid is associated with higher testosterone and lower sex hormone-binding globulin in adolescent boys

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Men have higher circulating levels of uric acid than women. This sex difference is suspected to be a result of suppressive effects of estradiol on uric acid. If so, estradiol would be inversely associated with circulating uric acid.
Yutang Wang, Fadi J. Charchar
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The Role of the Intestine in the Development of Hyperuricemia

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2022
Gout is a common inflammatory arthritis caused by the deposition of sodium urate crystals in the joints. Hyperuricemia is the fundamental factor of gout.
Hui Yin   +5 more
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Serum uric acid level predicts the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis following treatment with edaravone

open access: yesRedox Report, 2022
Introduction Uric acid and edaravone might exert a neuroprotective effect in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by reducing oxidative stress. We analyzed whether the treatment effect of edaravone is pronounced in patients whose uric acid level increased
Hee Jo Han   +4 more
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Hyperuricemia causes pancreatic β-cell death and dysfunction through NF-κB signaling pathway. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Accumulating clinical evidence suggests that hyperuricemia is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. However, it is still unclear whether elevated levels of uric acid can cause direct injury of pancreatic β-cells.
Lu Jia   +11 more
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Glucose Transporter 9 (GLUT9) Plays an Important Role in the Placental Uric Acid Transport System

open access: yesCells, 2022
Background: Hyperuricemia is a common laboratory finding in pregnant women compromised by preeclampsia. A growing body of evidence suggests that uric acid is involved in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia.
Benjamin P. Lüscher   +4 more
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Are Uric Acid Level and Uric Acid/Creatinine Ratio Reliable Biomarkers for Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease Severity?

open access: yesHaseki Tıp Bülteni, 2020
Aim:It has been proposed that elevated levels of uric acid (UA) has a protective effect against the development of Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease (IPD), however, since IPD has been found to be more common in gout patients, their relationship became ...
Vasfiye Burcu Albay, Mesude Tütüncü
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Correlation of Serum Uric Acid and Serum Uric Acid/Creatinine Ratio Levels with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Late Pregnancy [PDF]

open access: yesZhongguo quanke yixue
Background The disorder of serum uric acid metabolism during pregnancy is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, while few studies have analyzed and compared the correlation of serum uric acid and serum uric acid/creatinine ratio levels with adverse
ZHAO Ru, HAN Chen, HUANG Zeyu, WANG Qian, HU Jun, GE Zhijuan, BI Yan, SHEN Shanmei
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Antiepileptic drugs reduce serum uric acid [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
Uric acid examination in 554 epileptic out-patients under long-term anticonvulsant medication revealed significantly lower serum concentrations compared to a group of normal controls.
Arab   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Lesinurad, a novel, oral compound for gout, acts to decrease serum uric acid through inhibition of urate transporters in the kidney. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BackgroundExcess body burden of uric acid promotes gout. Diminished renal clearance of uric acid causes hyperuricemia in most patients with gout, and the renal urate transporter (URAT)1 is important for regulation of serum uric acid (sUA) levels.
Girardet, Jean-Luc   +12 more
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