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Autoantibody Profile in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
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Abstract<p>Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease, in which the etiology is not well-understood; however, interactions between environmental and genetic factors in predisposed individuals have been recognized. As a consequence, immunological alternations occur and immune cells are involved, especially T and B lymphocytes that are activated to produce different immune components. Among these components are autoantibodies that react with self-antigens aside from non-self-antigens due to the proposed theory of molecular mimicry. Accordingly, the current study was designed to examine the profile of different autoantibodies in SLE patients by using the indirect membrane based enzyme immunoassay for the quantitative measurement of IgG class antibodies.<bold>Subjects:</bold>Sixty-four SLE patients (32 arthritis and 32 nephritis patients) and 32 healthy subjects (control) were enrolled in the study, and their sera were tested for anti-nucleosome, anti-histone, anti-smD1, anti-PCNA, anti-PO, anti-SS-A/Ro-60, anti-SS-A/Ro-52, anti-SS-B/La, anti-CENP, anti-SCI-70, anti-U1snRNP, anti-AMA-M2, anti-Jo-1, anti-PM-SCI, anti-Mi2 and anti-Ku autoantibodies in order to evaluate the autoimmunity status in SLE patients.<bold>Results:</bold>The sera of control subjects were negative for these antibodies; therefore, the comparisons were limited to the two groups of SLE patients; arthritis and nephritis. The highest percentage of seropositive arthritis patients was observed for anti-SS-A/Ro-60, anti-CENP and anti-U1snRNP antibodies (100.0%), while the lowest percentage was recorded for anti-Jo-1 antibody (15.6%). For nephritis patients, anti-U1snRNP antibody (87.5%) was also observed to have the highest percentage, and anti-Jo-1 antibody (3.1%) also recoded the lowest percentage. However, four autoantibodies (anti-PCNA, anti-SS-A/Ro-60, anti-SS-B/La and anti-CENP antibodies) showed different profiles in arthritis and nephritis SLE patients. They showed a significant increased percentage in arthritis patients compared to nephritis patients (anti-PCNA: 87.5<italic>vs</italic>. 50.0%,<italic>p</italic>= 0.003; anti-SS-A/Ro-60: 100.0<italic>vs</italic>. 81.2%,<italic>p</italic>= 0.02; anti-SS-B/La: 75.0<italic>vs</italic>. 43.8%,<italic>p</italic>= 0.02; anti-CENP: 100.0<italic>vs</italic>. 43.8%,<italic>p</italic>= 0.001).<bold>Conclusion:</bold>These findings suggest the diagnostic potential of autoantibodies as early markers for SLE development.</p>
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Publication Date
Wed Nov 07 2018
Journal Name
Iraqi National Journal Of Nursing Specialties
Quality of Life among Adult Patients with Peptic Ulcer in the City of Sulaimani
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Objectives: To assess the quality of life for adult patients with peptic ulcers in the city of Sulaimani.
Methodology: A descriptive study, using the assessment approach was conducted on patients with peptic ulcer
disease from January 12th, 2009 to September 30th, 2009. A purposive "non-probability" sample of (100) paƟents
(males and females) with peptic ulcers who attended Kurdistan Center for Gastroenterology and Hepatology were
selected for the study. A questionnaire was adapted from the World Health Organization quality of life questionnaire
(1998) for the purpose of the study. It is comprised of (3) parts that included sociodemographic characteristics form,
medical history form and adult peptic ulcers patients' qu

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Publication Date
Mon Nov 05 2018
Journal Name
Iraqi National Journal Of Nursing Specialties
Effect of Physiotherapy on the Motor Recovery and Improvement in Patients with Facial Palsy
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Objectives: The study aims to investigate the efficiency of physiotherapy methods to improve the
degree of the clinical recovery of the peripheral facial palsy.
Methodology: This study is carried out at the Rehabilitation Center-Baghdad from November 2009 till
March 2010. This study includes (40) patient, their ages are from (13) to (55) years old; (24) male and
(16) female with unilateral facial palsy of undetermined cause. House-Brackmann facial recovery
scores have been used before and after the physiotherapy treatment.
Results: The results show that the physiotherapy sessions obtained the best effect of the electrical
stimulation, exercises and massage in the treatment of facial palsy. Highly respondents in femal

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Publication Date
Fri Apr 29 2022
Journal Name
Iraqi Journal Of Agricultural Sciences
RECURRENT OF TMPRSS2 GENETIC POLYMORPHISM AND ITS ROLE IN IRAQI PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER
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The role of transmembrane protease serine 2(TMPRSS2) in prostate carcinogenesis relies on overexpression of ETS transcription factors. The aim of this article was to investigate the association of TMPRSS2 polymorphism (rs12329760 (C\T)) with prostate cancer (PCa) in sample of Iraqi patients. One hundred and two individuals were involved in this study for the period from February – 2019 to February – 2020. The sample type was formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue samples (FFPE), which involved  fifty-six samples of pre-diagnosed patients with prostate cancer, aged between 48 and 86 years, and forty-six samples were found to be controls (healthy group) dependent on Prostate Gland integrity, which is the same age as in a group o

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Sat Jan 01 2022
Journal Name
Journal Of Pharmaceutical Negative Results
Total Oxidants, Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidant Capacity in the Serum of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
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Publication Date
Fri Mar 30 2018
Journal Name
International Journal Of Science And Research
The Effect of Age 0nLeptin Hormone and Some Biochemical Parameters in Patients Pre-Dialysis
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To evaluate impact the difference in stages ofage and related incidence of hemodialysis patients.Two hundred and fifty patients undergoing hemodialysis were collected from general hospital in Baghdad city /Iraq. The samples with renal failure before hemodialysis were divided into (138) male,( 112)female. The sera were separated from samples to physiological investigation. We found that renal failure was more predominant among the patients ages group ranging from (51-70) years old. The results shows A significant increase in the levels of urea, creatinine, in younger patients (≤ 30 years) when compared with older patients (>70 years). Furthermore a significant decrease in serum levels of total protein in patients in older patients (>7

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Publication Date
Wed Jan 30 2013
Journal Name
Al-kindy College Medical Journal
Electrocardiographic changes among beta-thalassemic major patients in ibn al-baladi thalassemia center-Baghdad
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Background :Thalassemia is an autosomal
disease of the haemoglobin. Two types of
thalassemia are recognized: thalassemia major
and thalassemia intermedia.
The most serious cardiac complication in
thalassemia major is due to multiple blood
transfusions rather than the disease itself, which
is due to iron overload.
Cardiomyopathy is the most common cardiac
defect that occurs with iron overload. Pricarditis,
congestive heart failure and arrhythmias are due
to hemosidrosis and chronic aneamia.
Aim of the study: to demonstrate the prevalence
and types of electrocardiographic changes among
thalassemic patients with aged over ten years old.

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Tue Jan 01 2019
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Diabetes &amp; Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research &amp; Reviews
Nephrotic range proteinuria; does it predict lung involvement in patients with type 2 diabetes
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Thu Jul 01 2021
Journal Name
Plant Archives
SERUM LEVEL AND GENOTYPING OF CCL5 IN A SAMPLE OF IRAQI PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS
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Cysteine-cysteine chemokine ligand 5 (CCL5) is known to play an important role with immunoregulatory and inflammatory activities in the formation of granuloma during infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. About 90 subjects, involving 50 patients with pulmonary TB and 40 apparently healthy individuals (as a control group) were collected from primary health care center\AL-Sadur city sector/ Baghdad City/ Iraq, and at specialized chest and respiratory diseases center in Wassit City /Iraq during the period from January 2019 to May 2019. The study was carried out to investigate serum level of CCL-5 of both patients and control by using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and to determine the association between CCL5 genotypes with pul

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Publication Date
Fri Dec 22 2017
Journal Name
Pakistan Journal Of Biotechnology
THE ROLE OF HLA-DRB 1 ALLELE IN HYPOTHYROID PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT PERIODONTITIS
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Hypothyroidism is a frequent disorder in the general population, especially among women, is defined as adeficiency of thyroid activity that results from insufficient production or action of thyroid hormones leading to a totaldecrease of metabolic. Human leukocyte antigen is the most polymorphic genetic system in man. Genes of this regioninfluence susceptibility to certain diseases.Objectives: The purpose of the present study is to investigate the role of HLA-DRB1 genotyping in hypothyroidpatients with and without periodontitis. Sixty hypothyroid patients 30 of patients were with periodontitis and 30without periodontitis compare with 30 healthy subjects as control enrolled in this study. DNA was extracted fromblood samples, then HLA- genotyp

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Publication Date
Wed Nov 07 2018
Journal Name
Iraqi National Journal Of Nursing Specialties
Measuring of C-reactive protein titer in patients with acute hepatitis-C Virus infection
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Objective(s): To measure serum C-reactive protein (CRP) titer as a predictive diagnosis of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection.
Methodology: Two hundred and ten patients with acute HCV infection and 234 apparently healthy individuals as
control group were enrolled in this study in Baghdad medical city (Teaching Laboratories). The patents include
74(35.2%) females and 136 (64.8%) males with mean age (27±16.5) years. The control group includes 114 (48.7%)
females and 120 (51.3%) males with mean age (26±5.8) years. Blood samples were collected from out patients from
Alfadul in Baghdad city. Sera were separated and stored at 20 0
C. The diagnosis of acute HCV infection was based on
detection of HC Ag and anti- H

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