From the *Experimental Animals Breeding and Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, †Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, ‡Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, §Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and ∥Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.
Received March 8, 2014, and accepted for publication, after revision, June 6, 2014.
Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: This research was funded by a grant from Uludag University (Grant no: KUAP [T] 2012/37) to Dr Deniz Bagdas.
All authors of this research article have directly participated in the planning, execution, or analysis of this study. The authors’ responsibilities were as follows: Deniz Bagdas performed research and was granted funds by Uludag University. Deniz Bagdas and Betul Cam Etoz performed in vivo study. Deniz Bagdas and Zulfiye Gul performed biochemical assays. Sevda Inan Ozturkoglu and Musa Ozgur Ozyigit performed histopathological analyses. Deniz Bagdas and Nilufer Cinkilic analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript. Naciye Isbil Buyukcoskun and Kasim Ozluk contributed to scientific work and revised the manuscript. Mine Sibel Gurun contributed to scientific work, contributed to the study design, and revised the manuscript.
Reprints: Deniz Bagdas, DVM, PhD, Experimental Animals Breeding and Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Uludag University, Bursa 16059, Turkey. E-mail: [email protected]; Betul Cam Etoz, MD, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Uludag University, Bursa 16059, Turkey. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected].
