Evaluate of Malondialdehyde Level and Antioxidant Systems in Asthma Patients | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2012, Pages 84-89 | ||
| Author | ||
| Rana Abd Al-Aly | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Asthma is a chronic airway inflammation which involves the interplay of different types of inflammatory cells and cytokines in the airway, it is characterized by recurrent cough and wheeze , recent small scale studies have demonstrated that asthma severity may be associated with both airway and systemic inflammation. Purpose: It is determined that disturbance of oxidant- antioxidant balance in inflammatory disease especially in asthma. Materials and Methods: Malondialdehyde, super oxide dismutase, catalase & glutathione (GSH) were conducted on 25patients( males) aged 28-45 years compared with 20 males sex and age matched as a healthy control Results: Serum malondialdehyde level was shown a significantly increased in asthma patients compared with healthy control, but super oxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) & glutathione (GSH) were significantly decreased for asthma patients compared with healthy control. | ||
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