| publication name | DISTURBED SERUM SPHINGOSINE-1-PHOSPHATE LEVELS COULD PREDICT DISTURBED LIVER AND KIDNEY FUNCTIONS IN APPARENTLY HEALTHY PERSONS CHRONICALLY EXPOSED TO FUMONISINS |
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| Authors | Noha Soliman Elnajjar, Yasmin Mohammed Marei |
| year | 2022 |
| keywords | |
| journal | THE EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES |
| volume | Not Available |
| issue | Not Available |
| pages | Not Available |
| publisher | Not Available |
| Local/International | Local |
| Paper Link | Not Available |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
Objectives: The current study tried to determine the effects of exposure to fumonisins on kidney and liver func- tions tests and sphingolipid metabo- lites. Patients & Methods: 80 apparently healthy participants of Area 1(A1) that was considered as area heavily contaminated by fumonisins and Area 2 (A2) that was considered as low con- tamination area. Ten urban volunteers were enrolled as a control group. All participants underwent full history taking, complete clinical examination with special regard to liver and kidney and gave blood samples for estimation of serum levels of aspartate transami- nase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), urea, creatinine, and plasma lipid profile, and ELISA estimation of plasma sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) levels