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Serum salusin-α and salusin-β levels in patients with psoriasis Volume 25, numéro 4, July-August 2015

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1 Elazig Education and Research Hospital Department of Dermatology
2 Dicle University Medicine Faculty Department of Dermatology,
TR21070, Diyarbakir, Turkey
3 Firat University Faculty of Medicine Department of Dermatology
4 Balikesir University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology
5 Firat University,
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry

Salusin is a bioactive peptide, discovered by Shichri et al.[1] in 2003. This multifunctional bioactive peptide is present in blood, urine and tissues in two forms: salusin-α and salusin-β. Salusins have important effects on the cardiovascular system. In particular, salusin-β is the most potent hypotensive peptide and has a vasodilator effect. This peptide induces hypotension, bradycardia and cardiac dysfunction through a cholinergic mechanism. Human salusins cause hypertrophy in vascular smooth [...]