TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Pro-oxidant-antioxidant balance in Iranian veterans with sulfur mustard toxicity and different levels of pulmonary disorders
JO  - Drug and chemical toxicology
A1  - Nobakht M Gh, B. Fatemeh
A1  - Oskouie, Afsaneh Arefi
A1  - Aliannejad, Rasoul
A1  - Rezaei-Tavirani, Mostafa
A1  - Tavallaie, Shima
A1  - Baghban, Alireza Akbarzadeh
A1  - Taheri, Salman
A1  - Keramati, Mohammad Reza
A1  - Alamdari, Daryoush Hamidi
SP  - 362
EP  - 366
VL  - 39
IS  - 4
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Sulfur mustard (SM) is a strong alkylating agent that primarily targets the skin, eye and lung. The current study evaluated the pro-oxidant-antioxidant balance (PAB) assay in human serum of SM-exposed patients. DESIGN AND METHODS: sera of 35 SM-exposed patients and 19 healthy volunteers were recruited. Both groups had nonsmoker and nonalcoholic people with no diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and other pulmonary diseases (COPD because of smoking, asthma and so on). All patients had documented exposure to SM. The PAB was measured. <br><br>RESULTS: SM-exposed patients with normal values for pulmonary function test and severe obstructive pulmonary disease demonstrated a significant increase in PAB value in compared with healthy volunteers (the PAB values in healthy volunteers, normal and severe patients were 48.74 ± 21.07 HK, 101.45 ± 32.68 HK and 120.23 ± 31.55 HK, respectively). However, the level of oxidation is not related to the severity of disease defined by spirometry findings. A significant negative correlation was established between the PAB value and FEV1. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The increased PAB value in chemical casualties showed that these patients are exposed to oxidative stress.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0148-0545
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01480545.2015.1122033
ID  - ref1
ER  -