Evaluation of oxidative stress in kidney transplant recipients (original) (raw)

2020, International journal of scientific research

Oxidative stress status in renal transplant recipients

Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation, 2010

Despite the demonstration of oxidative stress in patients with end-stage renal disease, the oxidative status during and after a renal transplant are not completely understood. Hepatocyte growth factor is reported to act as an endogenous factor against oxidative stress. The aim of this study was to evaluate the pattern of changes in plasma oxidative status and hepatocyte growth factor levels in living-donor renal transplant recipients during the early phase after transplant. Nineteen patients who underwent a renal transplant were included. All were on cyclosporine-based immunosuppression. Plasma levels of malondialdehyde, ferric reducing activity, hepatocyte growth factor, vitamin E, erythrocyte glutathione, and superoxide dismutase activities were determined before, and on the second, seventh, and 12th days after the transplant. High malondialdehyde concentration and low superoxide dismutase activity were seen before and 48 hours after transplant compared with healthy subjects. Sign...

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