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Standardization of organoid culture for evaluation of melanogenesis induced by UVB, UVA and visible light

An. bras. dermatol; 95 (1), 2020
Abstract Background: Organoid cultures are primary cultures that maintain architectural characteristics and the relationships between cells, as well as the extracellular matrix. They are alternatives for pathophysiological or therapeutic investigation rather than animal and in vitro tests. Objective: D...

Microbiological and molecular detection of Mycoplasma bovis in milk samples from bovine clinical mastitis

Pesqui. vet. bras; 40 (2), 2020
The genus Mycoplasma includes more than 200 bacterial species that cause disease in animals. It is responsible for causing mastitis in bovines and may be related to other manifestations, such as arthritis and pneumonia in calves and heifers. The present study aimed to detect Mycoplasma bovis isolated fro...

Total Panax notoginseng saponin inhibits balloon injury-induced neointimal hyperplasia in rat carotid artery models by suppressing pERK/p38 MAPK pathways

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 53 (1), 2020
Total Panax notoginseng saponin (TPNS) is the main bioactivity compound derived from the roots and rhizomes of Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F.H. Chen. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of TPNS in treating vascular neointimal hyperplasia in rats and its mechanisms. Male Sprague-Dawle...

Effect of fasudil on experimental autoimmune neuritis and its mechanisms of action

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 53 (1), 2020
This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effect of fasudil on treating experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN). Twenty-four EAN mice were randomly assigned to fasudil treatment (Fasudil group) or saline treatment (EAN model group) for 28 days. Clinical symptom score was evaluated every other day; i...

Perkinsus sp. infecting three important mollusks from Jaguaribe River estuary, Ceará, Brazil

This work investigated the occurrence of Perkinsus sp. in clam Anomalocardia brasiliana, oyster Crassostrea sp. and mussel Mytella falcata from the Jaguaribe River estuary, northeastern Brazil. The collection of clam (N = 300), oysters (N = 300) and mussels (N = 300) were...

miR-26a-5p protects against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by regulating the PTEN/PI3K/AKT signaling pathway

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 53 (2), 2020
Reperfusion strategies in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) can cause a series of additional clinical damage, defined as myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, and thus there is a need for effective therapeutic methods to attenuate I/R injury. miR-26a-5p has been proven to be an essential regulato...

SULF2 promotes tumorigenesis and inhibits apoptosis of cervical cancer cells through the ERK/AKT signaling pathway

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 53 (2), 2020
The objective of this study was to explore the role of the SULF2-mediated ERK/AKT signaling pathway in cervical cancer. SULF2 expression was detected in tumor tissues and tumor-adjacent normal tissues from cervical cancer patients. HeLa cells were divided into six groups: control group, NC group, SULF2 s...

Expression profile of salivary micro RNA-21 and 31 in oral potentially malignant disorders

Abstract Oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMD) possess significant chances of malignancy conversion. In order to develop an early diagnostic tool, the present study evaluated the expression of miRNA-21 and 31 as salivary markers. The case-control study was carried out in 36 healthy participants as ...

Association of taste receptor gene polymorphisms with dental caries

Abstract This study was performed to evaluate the interplay between dental caries, nutritional status, and genetic polymorphisms in TAS1R1 and TAS1R2 (taste receptor, type 1, member 1 and 2) in preschool children and pre-adolescents. We included 525 subjects (306 preschool children and 219 pre-adolescent...

Detecção de Citomegalovírus humano em recém-nascidos, São Paulo, 2010 a 2018

O Citomegalovírus humano (HCMV) pertence à família Herpesviridae é a causa mais frequente de infecção congênita, ocorrendo em todas as regiões do mundo variando de 0,7% a 6,1%. Uma característica desse vírus é a sua capacidade de permanecer latente após uma infecção onde o vírus não é el...