Articles by author - B Marek

Circadian rhythm of melatonin in postmenopausal asthmatic women with hormone replacement therapy.

Kos-Kudla B, Ostrowska Z, Marek B, Kajdaniuk D, Ciesielska-Kopacz N, Kudla M, Mazur B, Glogowska-Szelag J, Nasiek M.

Journal Article 2002; 23(3): 243-248 PubMed PMID: 12080286  Keywords:  Aged, Asthma:drug therapy, Circadian Rhythm, Estrogen Replacement Therapy, Female, Glucocorticoids:therapeutic use, Humans, Melatonin:metabolism, Middle Aged, Postmenopause:physiology,.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to check if in postmenopausal women such a disease as asthma and use of hormone replacement therapy (H.....

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Circadian rhythm of melatonin in patients with colorectal carcinoma.

Kos-Kudla B, Ostrowska Z, Kozlowski A, Marek B, Ciesielska-Kopacz N, Kudla M, Kajdaniuk D, Strzelczyk J, Staszewicz P.

Journal Article 2002; 23(3): 239-242 PubMed PMID: 12080285  Keywords:  Adenocarcinoma:metabolism, Aged, Circadian Rhythm, Colorectal Neoplasms:metabolism, Female, Humans, Male, Melatonin:blood, Middle Aged, Radioimmunoassay,.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was pineal gland function assessment on the base of daily rhythm study and mean daily melatonin (MEL) conc.....

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The influence of pinealectomy and melatonin administration on the dynamic pattern of biochemical markers of bone metabolism in experimental osteoporosis in the rat.

Ostrowska Z, Kos-Kudla B, Marek B, Kajdaniuk D, Staszewicz P, Szapska B, Strzelczyk J.

Journal Article 2002; 23(Suppl 1): 104-109 PubMed PMID: 12019362  Keywords:  Alkaline Phosphatase:metabolism, Animals, Biomarkers, Bone and Bones:metabolism, Collagen:metabolism, Female, Melatonin:pharmacology, Osteoporosis:metabolism, Ovariectomy, Pineal Gland:physiology, Rats, Rats, Wistar,.    Citation

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There have been suggestions in literature that characteristic changes of bone mass in osteoporosis may be relat.....

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Influence of pinealectomy and long-term melatonin administration on GH-IGF-I axis function in male rats.

Ostrowska Z, Kos-Kudla B, Swietochowska E, Marek B, Kajdaniuk D, Ciesielska-Kopacz N.

Journal Article 2001; 22(4): 255-262 PubMed PMID: 11524633  Keywords:  Animals, Circadian Rhythm:drug effects, Drug Administration Schedule, Growth Hormone:blood, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I:metabolism, Male, Melatonin:administration & dosage, Oscillometry, Osmolar Concentration, Pineal Gland:physiology, Rats, Rats, Wistar,.    Citation

BACKGROUND: A relationship between circadian GH-IGF-I axis activity and pineal gland function in rats is not sufficiently elucidated, part.....

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Assessment of the relationship between dynamic pattern of nighttime levels of melatonin and chosen biochemical markers of bone metabolism in a rat model of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Ostrowska Z, Kos-Kudla B, Swietochowska E, Marek B, Kajdaniuk D, Górski J.

Journal Article 2001; 22(2): 129-136 PubMed PMID: 11335889  Keywords:  Alkaline Phosphatase:blood, Animals, Biomarkers:analysis, Bone and Bones:metabolism, Calcium:urine, Circadian Rhythm, Collagen:blood, Collagen Type I, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Humans, Hydroxyproline:urine, Melatonin:blood, Osteoporosis, Postmenopau.    Citation

BACKGROUND: Lately, there have been suggestions that bone mass changes occurring in postmenopausal women may remain related to melatonin.<.....

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Assessment of the relationship between circadian variations of salivary melatonin levels and type I collagen metabolism in postmenopausal obese women.

Ostrowska Z, Kos-Kudla B, Marek B, Swietochowska E, Górski J.

Journal Article 2001; 22(2): 121-127 PubMed PMID: 11335888  Keywords:  Body Constitution, Body Mass Index, Bone and Bones:metabolism, Circadian Rhythm, Collagen:analysis, Collagen Type I, Female, Humans, Melatonin:analysis, Middle Aged, Obesity:metabolism, Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal:prevention & control, Peptide Fragments:.    Citation

BACKGROUND: Few experimental and clinical studies show that melatonin (MEL) can play a significant part to modulate circadian bone metabol.....

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