Articles by author - Adam Gesing

Relationship between lipid peroxidation or carcinoembryonic antigen and risk factors for non-communicable diseases in women at midlife and beyond.

Karbownik-Lewinska M, Gesing A, Zasada K, Jedrzejczyk M, Sobieszczanska-Jablonska A, Krawczyk J, Kokoszko-Bilska A, Zygmunt A, Lewinski A.

Journal Article 2012; 33(5): 536-545 PubMed PMID: 23090273  Keywords:  Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Body Mass Index, Carcinoembryonic Antigen:blood, Female, Humans, Life Style, Lipid Peroxidation:physiology, Logistic Models, Middle Aged, Neoplasms:metabolism, Obesity:metabolism, Oxidative Stress:physiology, Risk Factors, .    Citation

BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) constitute leading cause of morbidity, disability and premature mortality. Oxidative processe.....

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Direct contribution of obesity to oxidative damage to macromolecules.

Karbownik-Lewinska M, Szosland J, Kokoszko-Bilska A, Stępniak J, Zasada K, Gesing A, Lewinski A.

Journal Article 2012; 33(4): 453-461 PubMed PMID: 22936256  Keywords:  Adult, Aged, Body Mass Index, Case-Control Studies, DNA Damage:physiology, Deoxyguanine Nucleotides:metabolism, Female, Humans, Lipid Peroxidation:physiology, Male, Malondialdehyde:blood, Membrane Lipids:metabolism, Middle Aged, Obesity:metabolism, Overwe.    Citation

BACKGROUND: Obesity constitutes a common modifiable risk factor for certain non-communicable diseases (NCDs) associated with enhanced oxid.....

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External hydrogen peroxide is not indispensable for experimental induction of lipid peroxidation via Fenton reaction in porcine ovary homogenates.

Karbownik-Lewińska M, Stepniak J, Krawczyk J, Zasada K, Szosland J, Gesing A, Lewiński A.

Journal Article 2010; 31(3): 343-347 PubMed PMID: 20588245  Keywords:  Alkenes:metabolism, Animals, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Ferrous Compounds:pharmacology, Hydrogen Peroxide:pharmacology, In Vitro Techniques, Lipid Peroxidation:drug effects, Malondialdehyde:metabolism, Ovary:drug effects, Swine,.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: Substrates of Fenton reaction (Fe(2+)+H(2)O(2)-->Fe(3+)+*OH+OH-) may be used to experimentally induce oxidative damage to macro.....

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Effects of melatonin on the process of apoptosis in rat thyroid follicular cells.

Gesing A, Jagiela J, Lewinski A.

Journal Article 2006; 27(1-2): 81-84 PubMed PMID: 16648798  Keywords:  Aflatoxin B1:antagonists & inhibitors, Animals, Antioxidants:pharmacology, Apoptosis:drug effects, Cell Death:drug effects, Injections, Intraperitoneal, Male, Melatonin:pharmacology, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Thyroid Gland:cytology,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is a normal component in the development of multicellular organisms and is essential for .....

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Melatonin does not affect p21 expression in rat thyroid follicular cells.

Gesing A, Jagiela J, Lewinski A.

Journal Article 2003; 24(5): 310-313 PubMed PMID: 14647002  Keywords:  Animals, Antioxidants:pharmacology, Circadian Rhythm, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21, Cyclins:metabolism, Male, Melatonin:pharmacology, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Thyroid Gland:cytology,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: The cell-cycle (cc) is, in part, controlled by cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), which are activated after binding cyclins (pos.....

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