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                                                                                    <journal-title>Niğde Tıp Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">3023-7149</issn>
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                    <publisher-name>Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                                            <subject>Medical Biochemistry - Proteins, Peptides and Proteomics</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Tıbbi biyokimya - Proteinler, Peptitler ve Proteomik</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>İleri Alzheimer Hastalarında Azalmış Serum VEGF ve TGF-Β1 Seviyeleri; bir ön çalışma</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Decreased Serum VEGF and TGF-Β1 Levels in Advanced Alzheimer&#039;s Patients; a preliminary study</trans-title>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8767-3798</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kaya</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ender</given-names>
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                                                                    <aff>UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, İSTANBUL OKMEYDANI HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY</aff>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2615-8474</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Ayan</surname>
                                    <given-names>Durmuş</given-names>
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                                                                    <aff>NİĞDE ÖMER HALİSDEMİR ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3223-6854</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Özmen</surname>
                                    <given-names>Esma</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>NİĞDE ÖMER HALİSDEMİR ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2010-7230</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Bulut</surname>
                                    <given-names>Seyyid Mehmet</given-names>
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                                                                    <aff>NİĞDE ÖMER HALİSDEMİR ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3732-2102</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Sarı</surname>
                                    <given-names>İsmail</given-names>
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                                                                    <aff>KIRKLARELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8968-4044</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Erşan</surname>
                                    <given-names>Serpil</given-names>
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                                                                    <aff>NİĞDE ÖMER HALİSDEMİR ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20240930">
                    <day>09</day>
                    <month>30</month>
                    <year>2024</year>
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                                                    <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>55</fpage>
                                        <lpage>65</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20240809">
                        <day>08</day>
                        <month>09</month>
                        <year>2024</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20240911">
                        <day>09</day>
                        <month>11</month>
                        <year>2024</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2024, Niğde Tıp Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2024</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Niğde Tıp Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Amaç: Bu araştırmada ileri evre Alzheimer hastalığında (AH) VEGF (Vasküler Endotelyal Büyüme Faktörü) ve TGF-β1 (Dönüştürücü Büyüme Faktörü-Beta 1) seviyelerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır.Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışma kapsamında toplam 60 katılımcı değerlendirilmiştir. Bunların 30&#039;u hasta grubunu, 30&#039;u ise kontrol grubunu oluşturmaktadır. Hasta ve kontrol grubuna ait serum örneklerinde VEGF ve TGF-β1 düzeyleri (ELISA) yöntemiyle ölçülmüştür.Bulgular: AH grubunda, serum VEGF düzeyleri kontrol grubuna göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde düşük bulunmuştur (1373,66±486,07 ng/L&#039;e karşılık 986,27±261,44 ng/L, p</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Aim: This study aimed to investigate Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and Transforming growth factor beta 1(TGF-β1) levels in advanced Alzheimer&#039;s disease (AD).Materials and Methods: A total of 60 participants were evaluated within the scope of the study. 30 of them constituted the patient group and 30 constituted the control group. VEGF and TGF-β1 levels in serum samples of the patient and control groups were measured by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA).Results: In the AD group, serum VEGF levels were found to be statistically significantly lower than in the control group (1373.66±486.07 ng/L vs. 986.27±261.44 ng/L, p</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Alzheimer hastalığı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  VEGF</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  TGF-β1</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Alzheimer disease</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  VEGF</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  TGF-β1</kwd>
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