Contents

Contents
EDITORIAL
Łukasz Szylberg, Marlena Janiczek, Aneta Popiel, Andrzej Marszałek: Large Bowel Genetic Background and Inflammatory Processes in Carcinogenesis – Systematic Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Krzysztof Łukawski, Agnieszka Janowska, Stanisław J. Czuczwar: Effect of Combined Treatment
with AT1 Receptor Antagonists and Tiagabine on Seizures, Memory and Motor Coordination in
Mice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
Bo Zhou, Gang Wang, Nanhai Peng, Xiandi He, Xiaoxiang Guan, Yun Liu: Pre-Hospital Induced
Hypothermia Improves Outcomes in a Pig Model of Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock. . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
Florian Ryszka, Barbara Dolińska , Aleksandra Suszka-Świtek, Monika Rykaczewska-Czerwińska,
Danuta Konopińska, Mariola Kuczer, Andrzej Plech: Distribution in Rats Internal Organs of Intraperitoneally Given 125I-Labeled Heptapeptide [2-8]-Leucopyrokinin ([2-8]-LPK), a Truncated
Analog of Insect Neuropeptide Leucopyrokinin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Habib T. E. Karakoc, Ramazan Altintas, Hakan Parlakpinar, Alaaddin Polat, Emine Samdanci,
Mustafa Sagir, Zeynep R. Duran: Protective Effects of Molsidomine Against Cisplatin-Induced
Nephrotoxicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585
Liaqat Hussain, Muhammad S. H. Akash, Sabah Naseem, Kanwal Rehman, Kwaja Z. Ahmed: Anti-Ulcerogenic Effects of Salmalia Malabarica in Gastric Ulceration – Pilot Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595
Ewa Wypasek, Marek Cieśla, Bogdan Suder, Łukasz Janik, Jerzy Sadowski, Anetta Undas: CYP2C9
Polymorphism and Unstable Anticoagulation with Warfarin in Patients Within the First 3 Months
Following Heart Valve Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
Halina Cichoż-Lach, Michał Tomaszewski, Agnieszka Kowalik, Emilia Lis, Andrzej Tomaszewski,
Tomasz Lach, Sylwia Boczkowska, Krzysztof Celiński: QT Interval Prolongation and QRS Voltage Reduction in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
Sabri Koseoglu, Kursat M. Ozcan, Aykut Ikinciogullari, Mehmet A. Cetin, Erol Yildirim, Huseyin
Dere: Relationship Between Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio, Platelet to Lymphocyte Ratio and
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623
Marek Doskocz, Zofia Marchewka, Magdalena Jeż, Ewa Passowicz-Muszyńska, Anna Długosz:
Preliminary Study on J-Resolved NMR Method Usability for Toxic Kidney’s Injury Assessment. . . 629
Hasan A. Kiraz, Mesut Erbas, Adem Kucuk, Naci Topaloglu, Havva Erdem, Hasan Sahin, Huseyin
Toman, Aslı Kiraz: Experimental Esophagitis Model Preventing Tracheal Aspiration. . . . . . . . . . . . 637
Mariusz J. Listewnik, Piotr Sielicki, Krzysztof Mokrzycki, Andrzej Biskupski, Mirosław Brykczyński:
The Use of Vacuum-Assisted Closure in Purulent Complications and Difficult-To-Heal Wounds
in Cardiac Surgery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643
Artur Jurczyszyn, Ryszard Czepko, Mariusz Banach, Bartosz Godlewski, Ryszard Adam Czepko,
Przemysław Masłowski, Aleksander B. Skotnicki: Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Pathological
Vertebral Compression Fractures Secondary to Multiple Myeloma – Medium-Term and LongTerm Assessment of Pain Relief and Quality of Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651
Janusz Dembowski, Paweł Hackemer, Amadeusz Winkler, Anna Otlewska, Krzysztof Tupikowski,
Romuald Zdrojowy: Prostate and Bladder Cancer Coexistence in Patients Undergoing Radical
Cystoprostatectomy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657
Iwona Bil-Lula, Patryk Matuszek, Thomas Pfeiffer, Mieczysław Woźniak: Lyme Borreliosis – the
Utility of Improved Real-Time PCR Assay in the Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi Infections. . . . . 663
REVIEWS
Marta Kucharska, Marcin Inglot, Małgorzata Kuliszkiewicz-Janus, Monika Pazgan-Simon, Brygida
Knysz: Current Possibilities to Assess the Degree of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Haemophilia
Infected with HCV – Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
Marcelo Goiato, Emily Freitas, Daniela dos Santos, Rodrigo de Medeiros, Mariana Sonego: Acrylic
Resin Cytotoxicity for Denture Base – Literature Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679