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    Thyroid status of female rhesus monkeys and preliminary information on impact of perchlorate administration
    (ROYAL SOC MEDICINE PRESS LTD, 2011-01-01) Ozpinar, Aysel; Golub, Mari S.; Poppenga, Robert H.; Blount, Benjamin C.; Gillespie, Jerry R.
    Thyroid status was assessed in adult female rhesus monkey breeders at the California National Primate Research Center at the beginning of the breeding season. The 95\% confidence intervals for thyrotropin (TSH), thyroxine (T(4)) and triiodothyronine (T(3)) (n = 66-80) were similar to those previously reported in smaller samples of macaque monkeys. Based on human criteria, 10 of 80 monkeys (12\%) were hypothyroid (TSH > 2.01 mu lU/mL). Because hypothyroxinaemia can be a risk factor in pregnancy, T(4) status was compared with past breeding history, breeding outcome for that season and general health records in a subset of 42 breeders. Age, weight and parity did not differ between monkeys in the lowest T(4) quartile as compared with those in the upper three quartiles. However, T(4) concentrations were significantly associated with the number of missed menstrual cycles during the previous breeding season. In additional work, three healthy lactating rhesus monkeys were given three different doses of environmental contaminant and thyroid iodine uptake inhibitor, ammonium perchlorate (0.006, 0.34, 12.8 mg/kg/day, respectively) in food for two weeks. Thyroid status variables (TSH, T(4), T(3), thyroid radioactive iodine uptake) were then measured. In the monkey receiving the highest perchlorate dose, iodine uptake was suppressed relative to baseline. The study shows the availability of tools to study thyroid status in rhesus monkeys, the variability of thyroid status in the breeder colony and the potential ability of environmental factors to influence thyroid status.
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    Reference interval of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A in healthy men and non-pregnant women
    (ELSEVIER, 2013-01-01) Coskun, Abdurrahman; Serteser, Mustafa; Duran, Sadik; Inal, Tamer C.; Erdogan, Birsen E.; Ozpinar, Aysel; Can, Ozge; Unsal, Ibrahim
    Objective: The serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) concentration is a predictor of ischemic cardiac events and renal impairment. However, the reference interval of PAPP-A has not been determined. This study determined the reference interval of PAPP-A in men and non-pregnant women. Methods: The study enrolled 126 apparently healthy individuals (52 males and 74 females). The mean age of the men and women was 34.7 (range 20-66) years and 34.6 (range 18-65) years, respectively. Serum PAPP-A concentrations were determined using an ultrasensitive enzyme-linked immunoassay kit. Reference intervals were calculated using the bootstrap method. Results: The results for three subjects were outliers, so the reference interval of PAPP-A was calculated using the data for 123 subjects. PAPP-A was undetectable in 26 subjects. The reference interval of PAPP-A for men and women (with the 90\% confidence interval) was <22.9 ng/mL (19.7-23.3) and <33.6 ng/mL (25.2-36.7), respectively. In male subjects, serum PAPP-A levels of smokers {[}3.10 (UD, 7.30) ng/mL] were significantly lower than that of non-smokers {[}11.00 (UD, 24.4) ng/mL] (p < 0.001) and there was a positive correlation between serum PAPP-A levels and subjects' age (r=0.439
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    Association of vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and type 1 diabetes susceptibility in children: a meta-analysis
    (BIOSCIENTIFICA LTD, 2017-01-01) Sahin, Ozlem Atan; Goksen, Damla; Ozpinar, Aysel; Serdar, Muhittin; Onay, Huseyin
    Background: There have been studies focused on FokI, BsmI, ApaI and TaqI polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene and susceptibility to type 1 diabetes mellitus with controversial results. Methods: This present study is a meta-analysis investigating the association between FokI, ApaI, TaqI and BsmI polymorphisms of VDR gene and type 1 DM in children. A literature search was performed using Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane and PubMed. Any study was considered eligible for inclusion if at least one of FokI, ApaI, TaqI and BsmI polymorphisms was determined, and outcome was type 1 DM at pediatric age. Results: A total of 9 studies comprising 1053 patients and 1017 controls met the study inclusion criteria. The pooled odds ratios (ORs) of the FokI, ApaI, TaqI and BsmI polymorphisms were combined and calculated. Forest plots and funnel plots of the OR value distributions were drawn. Our meta-analysis has demonstrated statistically significant associations between DM1 and VDR genotypes, BsmIBB (P < 0.05), BsmIBb, (P < 0.05), BsmIbb (P < 0.05), TaqITT (P < 0.05) and TaqItt (P < 0.05) in children. Conclusion: The results indicated that BsmIBB, BsmIBb and TaqItt polymorphisms were associated with an increased risk of type 1 DM, whereas BsmIbb and TaqITT had protective effect for type 1 DM in children.