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Oxidative Stress*

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Antioxidants* ; Oxidative Stress*

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Atherosclerosis* ; Oxidative Stress*

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Electroconvulsive Therapy* ; Oxidative Stress*

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Oxidative Stress* ; Tea*

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Hypertension* ; Oxidative Stress*

In stroke patients, excessive oxidative stress impairs brain nerve cells and leads to arteriosclerosis. On the other hand, rehabilitative exercise is necessary for the functional improvement and maintenance after stroke, and exercises themselves increase reactive oxygen species production simultaneously. Therefore, it is essential to elucidate how exercises influence oxidative stress in stroke patients. We assessed the effects of exercises on 29 Japanese subacute-phase stroke patients (exercise group, 20; control group, 9), in terms of oxidative stress by examining changes in reactive oxygen metabolite (ROM) level (i.e., oxidative stress) and biological antioxidant potential (BAP) level (i.e., antioxidant capacity) in blood plasma. The exercise group performed two sets of 1-hour exercises 6 days/week for 56 days. The control group performed the same 1-hour exercises, but only on days 1 and 56. ROM and BAP levels in blood plasma in both groups were measured immediately before and after the exercises and at rest on days 1 and 56. ROM level significantly decreased and BAP level significantly increased at rest from days 1 to 56 in the exercise group. However, no significant change was observed in these levels in the control group. Conclusion: Regular rehabilitative exercise can improve antioxidant capacity and attenuate oxidative stress even in stroke patients.
Oxidative Stress ; Stroke ; Arteriosclerosis

Many studies on oxidative stress, insulin resistance, and antioxidant treatment have shown that increased oxidative stress may accelerate the development of diabetic complications through the excessive glucose and free fatty acids metabolism in diabetic and insulin-resistant states. Many pathogenic mechanisms such as insulin receptor substrate phosphorylation are involved in insulin resistance induced by oxidative stress. And antioxidant treatments can show benefits in animal models of diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance. However, negative evidence from large clinical trials suggests that new and more powerful antioxidants need to be studied to demonstrate whether antioxidants can be effective in treating diabetic complications. Furthermore, it appears that oxidative stress is only one of the factors contributing to diabetic complications. Thus, antioxidant treatment would most likely be more effective if it were coupled with other treatments for diabetic complications.
Humans ; Insulin Resistance ; Oxidative Stress

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Humans ; Oxidative Stress* ; Renal Dialysis*

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate serum paraoxanase-1 (PON) activity, total oxidant status (TOS), total antioxidant status (TAS), and the oxidative stress index (OSI) in tinnitus; and to compare the results with data from healthy subjects. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A total of 114 subjects-54 patients with tinnitus and 60 healthy controls were enrolled in this study. Serum PON activity, TOS, TAS, and OSI levels were measured. RESULTS: In the tinnitus group, TAS, and PON were significantly lower than in the control group (p<0.001). However, the TOS, and OSI levels were significantly higher in the tinnitus group than in the control group (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: According to the data obtained from the present study, patients with tinnitus were exposed to potent oxidative stress. Oxidative stress may be the key contributing factor to the pathogenesis of tinnitus.
Aryldialkylphosphatase* ; Humans ; Oxidative Stress ; Tinnitus*