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Influence of the inflammatory response on treatment of hepatitis C with triple therapy

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Chronic hepatitis C is a leading cause of liver disease. Infection triggers an immediate immune response in the host that is mediated by humoral/cellular mechanisms. T cells respond to infection via secretion of cytokines, which inhibit or stimulate one another, leading to cytoki...

First-wave protease inhibitors for hepatitis C genotype 1 treatment: a real-life experience in Brazilian patients

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Licensed for chronic hepatitis C treatment in 2011, the protease inhibitors (PIs) telaprevir (TVR) and boceprevir (BOC), which have high sustained viral responses (SVR), ushered a new era characterized by the development of direct-action drugs against the hepatitis C virus (HCV). ...

Effectiveness of first-wave protease inhibitors in hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection: a multicenter study in Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION: In 2013, combination therapy using peginterferon, ribavirin, and boceprevir or telaprevir was introduced to treat hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection in Brazil. The effectiveness of this therapy in four Brazilian regions was evaluated. METHODS: Clinical and virological data ...

Effectiveness and safety of first-generation protease inhibitors in real-world patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection in Brazil: a multicenter study

Clinics; 72 (6), 2017
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of first-generation protease inhibitors for the treatment of genotype 1 hepatitis C virus-infected patients at Brazilian reference centers. METHODS: This multicenter cross-sectional study included hepatitis C virus genotype 1 monoinfected patients trea...

Aplastic Anemia and Severe Myelosuppression with Boceprevir or Simeprevir-Containing Hepatitis C Virus Treatment

Ann. hepatol; 16 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT The addition of the new protease inhibitors (PIs) to peg-interferon (IFN) and ribavirin (RBV), approved for chronic hepatitis C, has clearly improved sustained virological response (SVR) rates although several adverse events have been reported with this regimens, including mild hematological tox...

Lack of evidence of HPV etiology of prostate cancer following radical surgery and higher frequency of the Arg/Pro genotype in turkish men with prostate cancer

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (1), 2017
ABSTRACT Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the possible role of HPV in the development of prostate cancer (PCa) and investigate the distribution of the p53 codon 72 polymorphism in PCa in a Turkish population. Materials and methods A total of 96 tissues, which had been obtained using a r...

Validación de un método por CLAR para la cuantificación de L-prolina en la tintura al 20 por ciento de Murraya paniculata L. Jack
Validation of a high performance liquid chromatography method for quantitation of L-proline in 20 percent tincture from Murraya paniculata L. Jack

Rev. cuba. farm; 48 (2), 2014
INTRODUCCIÓN: la búsqueda de técnicas analíticas para el control de la calidad de los medicamentos constituye un aspecto de gran interés en el campo farmacéutico, más si van dirigidas al estudio del o los marcadores químicos de las plantas medicinales, sus extractos y fitomedicamentos. OBJETIVO: ...

Determinación de la genuinidad en jugos de naranja comercializados en los supermercados de la ciudad de La Paz
Determination of the genuineness in juices of orange marketed in supermarkets from the city of La Paz

Con-ciencia (La Paz); 1 (1), 2013
La producción mundial de jugos cítricos concentrados se estima en 2,6 millones de toneladas. El jugo de naranja representa el 88% del total. El mercado es liderizado por Brasil con el 50% del volumen elaborado, seguido por EEUU con el 40%. En Bolivia el mercado de frutas se encuentra en continuo crecim...

Influencia de la radiación gamma como método de esterilización sobre el polímero poli VPAVG (Valina-Prolina-Alanina-Valina- Glicina)
Influence of gamma radiation as a sterilization method on polymer poli VPAVG (Valine- Proline- Alanine-Valine-Glicine)

Rev. Inst. Nac. Hig; 40 (1), 2009
El polímero poli (VPAVG) pertenece a la familia de materiales bioelásticos derivados de la elastina y ha demostrado poseer cualidades óptimas para la formación de sistemas de cesión controlada, así como una biocompatibilidad aceptable en determinados tejidos. Las formulaciones preparadas a partir d...

Diferenciação do Trypanosoma cruzi em células de mamífero I. Papel da L-prolina II. Expressão de proteínas

A transformação (metaciclogênese) das formas proliferativas epimastigotas do Trypanosoma cruzi em formas não proliferativas e infectivas - tripomastigotas metacíclicos - é um passo crucial que ocorre naturalmente no trato digestivo do inseto vetor reduviídeo. Este processo pode ser reproduzido in ...