Browsing by Author "Karaman, Murat"

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The association of profilin-1 levels with survival in chronic kidney disease

Eroglu, Eray; Unal, Hilmi U.; Guclu, Aydin; Kocyigit, Ismail; Karaman, Murat; Saglam, Mutlu; Gezer, Mustafa (WILEY, 2017)

BackgroundProfilin-1 is a ubiquitous, actin-binding protein that plays an important role in the regulation of actin polymerization and cytoskeleton remodelling and contributes to vascular dysfunction. We conducted this ...
Chitotriosidase as a novel biomarker of early atherosclerosis in hemodialysis patients

Guclu, Aydin; Yilmaz, Mahmut Ilker; Tokmak, Turgut Tursem; Unal, Hilmi Umut; Karaman, Murat; Gezer, Mustafa; Tas, Ahmet (WILEY, 2017)

Introduction: Increasing evidence suggests that inflammation and increased macrophage activity have a central role in pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. It is shown that chitotriosidase (CHIT-1) is a marker of macrophage ...