Biomedical subjects

D Pawlak

Publications and source records attributed to D Pawlak.

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Cyclosporine A affects serotonergic mechanisms in uremic rats.

The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism of cyclosporine-induced hypertension in respect to its action on blood serotonergic system. The experiment was carried out on healthy rats and animals with experimental chronic renal failure. Cyclosporine A (CsA) injected into the healthy and uremic rats caused an increase in systolic blood pressure. This effect was completely abolished by ketanserin, an antagonist of 5-HT2 receptors. Concomitantly a rise in blood and platelet serotonin concentration was observed. It is concluded that serotonin may play a role in the development of hypertension caused by CsA. Moreover, ketanserin may serve as a drug for pharmacological protection of CsA-induced rise of blood pressure in uremia.

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Lack of the specific influence of histamine and histamine H1, H2 and H3 receptor ligands on the serotonin uptake and release in rat blood platelets.

This work was designed to investigate the influence of histamine, and H1 receptor agonist 2-(2-thiazolyl)ethylamine, H2 receptor agonist dimaprit and H3 receptor agonist R-(-)-alpha-methylhistamine on the serotonin uptake and release in rat blood platelets. Histamine and R-(-)-alpha-methylhistamine (up to 1 mmol/l), 2-(2-thiazolyl)ethylamine (up to 10 mumol/l) and dimaprit (up to 1 mumol/l) failed to affect the serotonin uptake. The concentration-dependent inhibitory effects of higher concentrations of 2-(2-thiazolyl)ethylamine and dimaprit (up to 1 mmol/l) were not diminished by the H1 receptor antagonist dimetindene and the H2 receptor antagonist ranitidine (1 and 100 mumol/l each), respectively. Histamine, 2-(2-thiazolyl)ethylamine, dimaprit and R-(-)-alpha-methylhistamine (up to 10 mumol/l) did not change the serotonin release from rat blood platelets. Our results demonstrate that histamine and histamine H1, H2 and H3 receptor agonists do not affect in a specific manner the serotonin uptake and release in rat blood platelets.

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[The comparison of concentration of endogenous ethanol blood serum in alcoholics and in non-alcoholics at different stages of abstinence].

In this report the concentration of endogenous ethanol in blood serum in alcoholics at different stages of abstinence and in non-alcoholics was studied. 36 people--26 alcoholics and 10 non-alcoholics were examined and gas chromatography was used. It was revealed that the longer the period of abstinence in alcoholics, the lower the concentration of endogenous ethanol in blood serum. Moreover, the alcoholics showed a higher concentration of endogenous ethanol in blood serum as compared to non-alcoholics.

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