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    Protective effect of cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonist montelukast in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis
    (BAYCINAR MEDICAL PUBL-BAYCINAR TIBBI YAYINCILIK, 2018) CEYHAN, BERRİN; Topaloglu, Nurhayat; Yildizeli, Sehnaz Olgun; Sener, Goksel; Lacin, Tunc; Sehirli, Ozer; Bozkurtlar, Emine; Celikel, Cigdem; Ceyhan, Berrin
    Background: This study aims to investigate the early- and late-term effects of pharmacological inhibition of cysteinyl leukotriene activity by using montelukast in bleomycin-induced inflammatory and oxidative lung injury in an animal model. Methods: The study included 48 male Wistar albino rats (weighing 250 g to 300 g). Rats were administered intratracheal bleomycin or saline and assigned into groups to receive montelukast or saline. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and lung tissue samples were collected four and 15 days after bleomycin administration. Results: Bleomycin resulted in significant increases in tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels (4.0 +/- 1.4 pg/mL in controls vs. 44.1 +/- 14.5 pg/mL in early-term vs. 30.3 +/- 5.7 pg/mL in late-term, p<0.001 and p<0.001, respectively), transforming growth factor beta 1 levels (28.6 +/- 6.6 pg/mL vs. 82.3 +/- 14.1 pg/mL in early-term vs. 60.1 +/- 2.9 pg/mL in late-term, p<0.001 and p<0.001, respectively), and fibrosis score (1.85 +/- 0.89 in early-term vs. 5.60 +/- 1.14 in late-term, p<0.001 and p<0.01, respectively). In bleomycin exposed rats, collagen content increased only in the late-term (15.3 +/- 3.0 mu g/mg in controls vs. 29.6 +/- 9.1 mu g/mg in late-term, p<0.001). Montelukast treatment reversed all these biochemical indices as well as histopathological alterations induced by bleomycin. Conclusion: Montelukast attenuates bleomycin-induced inflammatory and oxidative lung injury and prevents lung collagen deposition and fibrotic response. Thus, cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonists might be regarded as new therapeutic agents for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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    Is Perineural Invasio (PN) a Determinant of Disease Free Survival in Early Stage Colorectal Cancer?
    (H G E UPDATE MEDICAL PUBLISHING S A, 2015) ÇELİKEL, ÇİĞDEM; Ozturk, Mehmet Akif; Dane, Faysal; Karagoz, Sila; Tural, Deniz; Selcukbiricik, Fatih; Demirelli, Fuat; Buyukunal, Evin; Ozguroglu, Mustafa; Turna, Hande; Erdamar, Sibel; Celikel, Cigdem Ataizi; Bozkurtlar, Emine Bas; Yumuk, Perran Fulden; Mandel, Nil Molinas; Turhal, Nazim Serdar; Serdengecti, Suheyla
    Background/Aims: The prognostic importance of perineural invasion (PN) in colorectal cancer (CRC) is unclear. The aim of this study to find out whether the PN was an independent stratification factor of postoperative relapse in curatively resected high-risk stage II & III CRC patients who were treated with adjuvant therapy. Methodology: Data of patients with high risk stage II & all stage III CRCs treated with adjuvant chemotherapy were retrospectively analyzed. Pathological features of final surgical specimen were noted. Disease-free survival was determined by Kaplan-Meier estimator, with differences determined by multivariate analysis using the Cox multiple hazards model. Results were compared using the log-ranktest. Results: PN was found to be positive in 26% in the files of 593 eligible patients. In 21% of the reports PN status was not reported. Presence of PN in the resected primary tumors did not have independent effect on DFS. Further analyses for importance of PN on DFS of colon or rectal cancers did not show any effect. Conclusions: This study had failed to demonstrate any prognostic effect of PN for DFS in surgically resected stage II and III CRC patients who received adjuvant treatments.