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    The effect of metformin on ethanol- and indomethacininduced gastric ulcers in rats
    (2022-09-01) YÜKSEL, MERAL; ERCAN, FERİHA; CABADAK, HÜLYA; AYDIN OMAY, BANU; İpek B. E. , YÜKSEL M., Cumbul A., ERCAN F., CABADAK H., AYDIN OMAY B., Alican İ.
    BACKGROUND: Previous studies found metformin as an effective agent to suppress oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis in various inflammatory diseases. The present study investigated the effect of metformin against 2 experimental gastric injury models in rats, using macroscopical, histopathological, biochemical, and immunostaining studies. METHODS: After 24 hours of fasting, male Sprague-Dawley rats (280-400 g) (n = 8 per group) received indomethacin (80 mg/kg; indo ulcer group) or absolute ethanol (5 mL/kg; ethanol ulcer group) or vehicle orally by gavage. Metformin (500 mg/kg) was given orally for 3 days prior to indomethacin or ethanol challenge. Ranitidine (50 mg/kg) was given orally for 3 days before indomethacin or ethanol administration as a positive control. On day 3, the animals were euthanized 6 hours after indo or 1 hour after ethanol challenge. Gastric samples were used for macroscopic scoring, histopathological examinations, and biochemical assays. Trunk blood was collected for the assessment of interleukin-1β level. RESULTS: In both ethanol ulcer and indo ulcer groups, metformin decreased the extent of gastric lesions macroscopically and microscopically, improved the high chemiluminescence levels, and the percentage of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL)-positive apoptotic cells compared with untreated ulcer groups. Gastric blood flow analysis revealed significant increases in both metformin-treated ulcer groups compared to untreated ulcer groups. CONCLUSION: The findings of the present work demonstrated the gastroprotective effect of metformin against the development of gastric mucosal lesions induced by ethanol and indomethacin in non-diabetic, normoglycemic rats via its antioxidant and anti-apoptotic properties and partly from its ability to restore blood flow.
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    Morphological and biochemical investigation of the healing effects of exercise on high fat diet induced kidney and bladder damage
    (2022-10-01) BİNGÖL ÖZAKPINAR, ÖZLEM; ERCAN, FERİHA; Açıkel Elmas M., Bingöl Özakpınar Ö., Kolgazi M., Şener G., Ercan F.
    Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the ameliorative effects of swimming training on renal and bladder damage caused by a highfatdiet (HFD) using morphological and biochemical measurements.Methods: Sprague Dawley rats were fed either standard chow (CONT, 6% fat) or HFD (45% fat) for 18 weeks, these rats were divided into twosubgroups at the last 6 weeks of the experiment. The exercise groups (CONT+EXC, HFD+EXC) were trained daily swimming sessions (1 h per dayfor 5 days/week) during the last 6 weeks. Kidney and bladder samples were prepared for light and electron microscopic examination at the endof experiment. Malondialdehyde, glutathione, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α were measured by biochemically.Results: Regular morphology of the renal cortex and bladder mucosa was observed in the CONT and CONT +EXC groups. Degenerated renalcorpuscles and proximal tubules in the kidney and degenerated urothelium with leaky tight junctions and mast cell increase in the bladdermucosa were observed in the HFD group. Ameliorated renal cortex and bladder mucosa were observed in the HFD+EXC group. In addition,malondialdehyde, glutathione, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α levels were also consistent with the histological findings.Conclusion: HFD-induced renal and bladder damage may be related to increased oxidative damage. It was observed that the histologicaldamage and altered oxidative stress parameters could be reversed by swimming training, and it is thought that moderate swimming exercisemay play a role in regulating oxidative stress.
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    Morphological and biochemical evaluation of effects of myrtus communis l. Extract on heart and aorta in high fat-diet induced obese rats
    (2023-05-01) ŞEN, ALİ; ERCAN, FERİHA; Özyılmaz Yay N., Bülbül Aycı N., Kaya R., Şen A., Şener G., Ercan F.
    Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the protective effects of Myrtus communis L. (MC) extract on high fat-diet (HFD) induced heart and aorta damage by evaluating oxidative stress and the endothelial nitric oxide system (eNOS). Materials and Methods: Wistar albino male rats were divided into 3 groups (n=7) as control, HFD and HFD+MC. Rats in HFD and HFD+MC groups were HFD fed for 16 weeks and in the last 4 weeks saline or MC (100 mg/kg) was administered orally (5 days/week). Triglyceride, cholesterol and HDL were estimated in blood serum. Tissue oxidative stress and inflammatory parameters were evaluated biochemically. Tissues morphologies, eNOS, inducible NOS (iNOS) and NADPH oxidase-2 (NOX-2)-immunopositive and apoptotic cells were evaluated histologically. Results: Altered serum lipid profiles, degenerated heart and aorta morphology, increased malondialdehyde, 8‐hydroxy‐2‐deoxyguanosine, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and myeloperoxidase levels and iNOS, NOX-2 immunopositive and apoptotic cells, decreased NO levels, eNOS-immunopositive cells in both tissues were observed in HFD group. All these parameters improved in HFD+MC group. Conclusion: This study revealed that HFD-induced obesity increased iNOS activation and oxidative stress in both tissues. MC regulated oxidant/antioxidant had balanced thus preventing heart and aorta damage via eNOS involvement.
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    83: phoenixin-14 ameliorates cholestatic liver injury and bileinduced acute pancreatic injury in rats
    (2022-05-01) KAHRAMAN, MERVE MERİÇ; YÜKSEL, MERAL; YEGEN, BERRAK; ERCAN, FERİHA; Şen L. S. , Kahraman M. M. , Mermer K. S. , Köroğlu K., Yüksel M., İmeryüz N., Ercan F., Yegen B.
    Background: Bile duct obstruction, which results in cholestatic liver injury, is also the major cause of acute pancreatitis. Phoenixin (PNX) was originally defined as a hypothalamic peptide associated with a wide range of physiological processes and exerts antioxidant and antiinflammatory effects. PNX is expressed in several peripheral organs including pancreas and liver. We aimed to evaluate possible therapeutic effects of PNX on hepatic and pancreatic damage induced by biliary or pancreaticobiliary duct obstruction. Methods: In male Sprague Dawley rats, bile duct ligation (BDL; n=16) or pancreaticobiliary duct ligation (PBDL; n= 16) was performed under ketamine anesthesia, while control rats (n=8) had sham-surgery. Either PNX-14 (50 µg/kg/day) or saline was subcutaneously injected immediately after surgery and in the following 2 days. On the post-operative 3rd day, hepatic and renal blood flow was measured using laser Doppler flowmeter under anesthesia and the rats were then euthanized. In the liver and pancreas samples, levels of malondialdehyde, antioxidant glutathione and myeloperoxidase activity were measured by spectrophotometry, while luminol- and lucigenin-enhanced chemiluminescence (CL) levels were measured to assess formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Tissue samples were stained by hematoxylin-eosin to calculate microscopic damage scores. Statistical analyses were made by one-way ANOVA. Results: Increased microscopic damage scores in the pancreas of saline-treated PBDL (p<0.001) and in the liver of saline-treated BDL group (p<0.001) were reduced by PNX14 treatment (p<0.01), but PBDL-induced hepatic damage (p<0.001) was not changed by PNX-14. Pancreatic and hepatic levels of malondialdehyde and myeloperoxidase activity and pancreatic glutathione levels were not different among the experimental groups, while hepatic glutathione level was elevated in PNX-14-treated BDL (p<0.001) and PBDL (p<0.01) groups as compared to control group. Despite a non-significant fall in renal or hepatic blood flow in saline-treated BDL rats, PBDL significantly reduced hepatic (p<0.001) and renal (p<0.01) blood flow, while PNX-14 reversed blood flow in both organs back to control levels (p<0.05). The CL levels of luminol and lucigenin were increased in both hepatic and pancreatic tissues of saline-treated BDL and PBDL groups (p<0.05-0.001), showing enhanced ROS generation. However, CL levels in both the liver and pancreas of PNX-14-treated BDL and PBDL groups were significantly reduced as compared to those measured in the liver and pancreas of respective saline-treated groups (p<0.05-0.001). Conclusion: In conclusion, cholestatic liver injury and bile-induced pancreatic injury are alleviated by PNX-14 treatment, which appears to act via its ROS scavenging activity, by replenishing hepatic antioxidant capacity and restoring impaired organ perfusion.
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    Üst ekstremite
    (İstnabul Tıp Kitapevi, 2015-01-01) ERCAN, FERİHA; Ercan F.
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    Kan
    (Palme Yayın Dağıtım, 2014-01-01) ERCAN, FERİHA; Ercan F.
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    Stimulation of estrogen receptors attenuates oxidant skin injury in hyperglycemic rats with incisional wound
    (2023-01-01) KAHRAMAN, MERVE MERİÇ; YÜKSEL, MERAL; ERCAN, FERİHA; YEGEN, BERRAK; Sen L. S., Akgun T., KAHRAMAN M. M., YÜKSEL M., ERCAN F., YEGEN B.
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    Bağ dokusu ve hücre tipleri
    (Güneş Kitabevi, 2009-01-01) ERCAN, FERİHA; Ercan F.
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    Investigation of the possible protective effect of phoenixin-14 on small intestine and lung damage due to mesenteric ischemia in rats
    (2023-01-01) KAHRAMAN, MERVE MERİÇ; YÜKSEL, MERAL; ERCAN, FERİHA; YEGEN, BERRAK; YEGEN, ŞEVKET CUMHUR; Sen L. S., Kahraman M. M., Mermer K. S., Akgun T., YÜKSEL M., ERCAN F., YEGEN B., Yegen C.