Volume 63 (No.1), March 2018

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Pages 1-211

Editorial Board

1. A systematic review on the role of eicosanoid pathways in rheumatoid arthritis.
Pages: 22-29
Authors: Malvina Hoxha

2. Patients with atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease – Double trouble.
Pages: 30-35
Authors: Ewelina Michniewicz, Elżbieta Mlodawska, Paulina Lopatowska, Anna Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, Jolanta Malyszko

3. Association of Brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene polymorphisms with body mass index: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Pages: 43–56
Authors: Shahab-Aldin Akbarian, Amin Salehi-Abargouei, Makan Pourmasoumi, Roya Kelishadi, Parvaneh Nikpour Nikpour, Motahar Heidari-Beni

4. Endogenous non-enzymatic antioxidants in the human body.
Pages: 68-78
Authors: Iwona Mironczuk-Chodakowska, Anna M. Witkowska, Malgorzata Elzbieta Zujko

5. Perioperative thrombocytopenia predicts poor outcome in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Pages: 179-184
Authors: Maciej Mitrosz, Remigiusz Kazimierczyk, Malgorzata Chlabicz, Bozena Sobkowicz, Ewa Waszkiewicz, Anna Lisowska, Slawomir Dobrzycki, Wlodzimierz J. Musial, Tomasz Hirnle, Karol A. Kaminski, Agnieszka M. Tycinska

6. Human saliva as a diagnostic material.
Pages: 185-191
Authors: Sylwia Chojnowska, Tomasz Baran, Iwona Wilińska, Paulina Sienicka, Iwona Cabaj-Wiater, Małgorzata Knaś
 

Original Research Articles

7. The alterations in alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase activities in the sera of patients with renal cell carcinoma.
Pages: 1-4
Authors: Karolina Orywal, Wojciech Jelski, Tadeusz Werel, Maciej Szmitkowski

8. IMPACT OF INTERVENTION ON METABOLIC OUTCOMES AMONG DROPOUTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES.
Pages: 5-8
Authors: Merja Kristiina Laine, Timo Kauppila, Mikko Honkasalo, Marko Raina, Johan G Eriksson

9. Genetic basis of enzymatic resistance of E. coli to aminoglycosides.
Pages: 9-13
Authors: Dominika Ojdana, Anna Sieńko, Pawel Sacha, Piotr Majewski, Piotr Wieczorek, Anna Wieczorek, Elżbieta Tryniszewska

10. Cytotoxic, genotoxic and antimicrobial activity of caffeic and rosmarinic acids and their lithium, sodium and potassium salts as potential anticancer compounds.
Pages: 14–21
Authors: Marzena Matejczyk, Renata Świsłocka, Aleksandra Golonko, Włodzimierz Lewandowski, Eliza Hawrylik

11. Antidepressant-like activity of methyl jasmonate involves modulation of monoaminergic pathways in mice.
Pages: 36-42
Authors: Solomon Umukoro, Adaeze Adebesin, Gladys Agu, Osarume Omorogbe, Stephen Babajide Asehinde

12. Trimethylamine-N-oxide, as a risk factor for atherosclerosis, induces stress in J774A.1 murine macrophages.
Pages: 57-63
Authors: Abbas Mohammadi, Zakaria Vahabzadeh, Soran Jamalzadeh, Tahereh Khalili

13. The influence of low level laser irradiation on vascular reactivity.
Pages: 64-67
Authors: Magdelena Mackiewicz-Milewska, Elżbieta Grześk, Andrzej C. Kroszczyński, Małgorzata Cisowska-Adamiak, Hanna Mackiewicz-Nartowicz, Lilianna Baran, Iwona Szymkuć-Bukowska, Michał Wiciński, Wojciech Hagner, Grzegorz Grześk

14. A similar pro/anti-inflammatory cytokine balance is present in the airways of competitive athletes and non-exercising asthmatics.
Pages: 79-86
Authors: Marcin Kurowski, Janusz Jurczyk, Agnieszka Olszewska-Ziąber, Marzanna Jarzębska, Hubert Krysztofiak, Marek L. Kowalski

15. Novel mutations and their genotype-phenotype correlations in patients with Noonan syndrome, using next-generation sequencing.
Pages: 87-93
Authors: Alireza Tafazoli, Peyman Eshraghi, Francesca Pantaleoni, Rahim Vakili, Morteza Moghaddassian, Martha Ghahraman, Valentina Muto, Stefano Paolacci, Fatemeh Fardi Golyan, Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan

16. Pediatric reference data on activity of urinary N-acetyl-β-D-hexosaminidase and its isoenzymes.
Pages: 94-99
Authors: Beata Zalewska-Szajda, Katarzyna Taranta-Janusz, Sylwia Chojnowska, Napoleon Waszkiewicz, Krzysztof Zwierz, Anna Wasilewska

17. Pharmacological thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke treatment: Gender differences in clinical risk factors.
Pages: 100-106
Authors: Michael J. Colello, Lauren E. Ivey, Jordan Gainey, Rakiya V. Faulkner, Ashleigh Johnson, Leanne Brechtel, Lee Madeline, Thomas I. Nathaniel

18. Physeal fractures of the lower leg in children and adolescents: Therapeutic results, pitfalls and suggested management protocol-based on the experience of the authors and contemporary literature.
Pages: 107-111
Authors: Marcin Karlikowski, Jerzy Sułko

19. Monitoring both procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in the early period after tetralogy of Fallot correction in children promotes rational antibiotic use.
Pages: 112-118
Authors: Radoslaw Jaworski, Ireneusz Haponiuk, Ninela Irga-Jaworska, Mariusz Steffens, Maciej Chojnicki, Konrad Paczkowski, Jacek Zielinski

20. Effect of gestational age on migration ability of the human umbilical cord vein mesenchymal stem cells.
Pages: 119-126
Authors: Mobin Mohammadi, Mehdi Mohammadi, Mohammad Ali Rezaee, Tayyeb Ghadimi, Massume Abolhasani, Mohammad Reza Rahmani

21. Ultrastructural characteristics of the respective forms of hepatic stellate cells in chronic hepatitis B as an example of high fibroblastic cell plasticity. The first assessment in children.
Pages: 127–133
Authors: Joanna Maria Lotowska, Maria Elzbieta Sobaniec-Lotowska, Dariusz Marek Lebensztejn

22. The protective effects of Bacillus licheniformis preparation on gastrointestinal disorders and inflammation induced by radiotherapy in pediatric with central nervous system tumor.
Pages: 134-139
Authors: Shu-Xu Du, Yong-Rui Jia, Si-Qi Ren, Xiao-Jun Gong, Hong Tang, Wu Wan-Shui, Sun Li-Ming

23. The application of L-PRP in AIDS patients with crural chronic ulcers: A pilot study.
Pages: 140-146
Authors: Agata Cieslik-Bielecka, Rafał Skowroński, Magdalena Jędrusik-Pawłowska, Marcin Pierchała

24. PPARγ Pro12Ala and C161T polymorphisms in patients with acne vulgaris: Contribution to lipid and lipoprotein profile.
Pages: 147-151
Authors: Shohreh Saeidi, Foroogh Chamaie-Nejad, Ali Ebrahimi, Fariba Najafi, Ziba Rahimi, Asad Vaisi-Raygani, Ebrahim Shakiba, Zohreh Rahimi

25. The safety and efficacy of light emitting diodes-based ultraviolet A1 phototherapy in bleomycin-induced scleroderma in mice.
Pages: 152-159
Authors: Diana Karpec, Romualdas Rudys, Laima Leonaviciene, Zygmunt Mackiewicz, Ruta Bradunaite, Gailute Kirdaite, Algirdas Venalis

26. Prognostic value of fibrosis-related markers in dilated cardiomyopathy: A link between osteopontin and cardiovascular events.
Pages: 160-166
Authors: Paweł Rubiś, Sylwia Wiśniowska-Śmiałek, Ewa Dziewięcka, Lucyna Rudnicka-Sosin, Artur Kozanecki, Piotr Podolec

27. Tick-borne infections and co-infections in patients with non-specific symptoms in Poland.
Pages: 167-172
Authors: Justyna Dunaj, Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska, Izabela Swiecicka, Martin Andersson, Piotr Czupryna, Krzysztof Rutkowski, Grzegorz Zambrowski, Joanna Zajkowska, Sambor Grygorczuk, Maciej Kondrusik, Renata Świerzbińska, Sławomir Pancewicz

28. Vitamin D deficiency in children with recurrent respiratory infections, with or without immunoglobulin deficiency.
Pages: 173-178
Authors: Nel Dąbrowska-Leonik, Ewa Bernatowska, Małgorzata Pac, Wiktor Filipiuk, Jan Mulawka, Barbara Pietrucha, Edyta Heropolitańska-Pliszka, Katarzyna Bernat-Sitarz, Beata Wolska-Kuśnierz, Bożena Mikołuć

29. Limbic brain structures and burnout—A systematic review.
Pages: 192–198
Authors: YeeKong Chow, Jolanta Masiak, Emilia Mikołajewska, Dariusz Mikołajewski, Grzegorz Marcin Wójcik, Brian Wallace, Andy Eugene, Marcin Olajossy

30. Is the Clock Drawing Test useful in the screening assessment of aged patients with chronic heart failure?.
Pages: 199–204
Authors: Karolina Piotrowicz, Małgorzata Fedyk-Łukasik, Anna Skalska, Tomasz Grodzicki

31. Lotus tetragonolobus and Maackia amurensis lectins influence phospho-IκBα, IL-8, Lewis b and H type 1 glycoforms levels in H. pylori infected CRL-1739 gastric cancer cells.
Pages: 205–211
Authors: Iwona Radziejewska, Małgorzata Borzym-Kluczyk, Katarzyna Leszczyńska, Joanna Wosek; Anna Bielawska