Results: 787

Captopril inhibits thioacetamide-induced chronic liver injury associated with the suppression of inflammation / hypoxia- inducible factor 1-alpha / profibrogenic axis-mediated hepatotoxicity in rats

Int. j. morphol; 41 (2), 2023
SUMMARY: Liver transplantation is the only available method to treat liver failure induced by chronic liver injury. We sought to determine whether the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, captopril, can inhibit the development of chronic liver injury induced by the hepatotoxic agent thioacetamide (TA...

A rat model of rheumatoid arthritis: TDZD-8 is associated with the protection against the induction of the synovium knee joint IL-17A/GSK3beta/ROS/alpha-SMA axis of fibrosis

Int. j. morphol; 41 (2), 2023
SUMMARY: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that affects the synovial knee joint causes swelling of the synovial membrane and tissue damage. Interleukin-17A (IL-17A) and the enzyme glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK3β) are involved in the pathogenesis of RA. The link between IL-17A, GSK3β, the oxidat...

Potential antifibrotic effect of blueberry and grape polyphenol extracts in acute and subacute bleomycin-induced lung tissue injury models in mice

Int. j. morphol; 41 (1), 2023
SUMMARY: An experimental morphological and morphometric study of the antifibrotic function of blueberry and grape extracts was carried out on a model of lung injury in mice induced by intraperitoneal administration of bleomycin. During intraperitoneal administration of bleomycin to mice, acute and subacu...

Anti-hyperglycemic activity of aqueous extracts of cells produced in Ibervillea sonorae (S. Watson) Green cell culture on murine model

Ibervillea sonorae (S. Watson) Greene, is a plant native to Mexico, where its roots have been used traditionally for treating Diabetes Mellitus. The aim of this work was to establishment of cell cultures of stem explants of I. sonorae and evaluation of the anti-hyperglycemic activity of ...

Cholic and deoxycholic acids induce mitochondrial dysfunction, impaired biogenesis and autophagic flux in skeletal muscle cells

Biol. Res; 56 (), 2023
BACKGROUND: Skeletal muscle is sensitive to bile acids (BA) because it expresses the TGR5 receptor for BA. Cholic (CA) and deoxycholic (DCA) acids induce a sarcopenia-like phenotype through TGR5-dependent mechanisms. Besides, a mouse model of cholestasis-induced sarcopenia was characterised by increased ...

O uso da terapia genética na melhora da regeneração do nervo isquiático em camundongos após esmagamento
The use of gene therapy in improving sciatic nerve regeneration in mice after crush injury

As lesões de nervos periféricos são um grande problema de saúde e podem ser resultado de traumas, incluindo acidentes automobilísticos, atos de violência e outros, deixando os indivíduos com incapacidades temporárias ou permanentes que interferem nas tarefas da vida diária desses pacientes. Port...

Efeitos do consumo da erva mate no tecido adiposo branco de ratas ovariectomizadas
Effects of erva mate consumption on white adipose tissue in ovariectomized rats

Introdução: A menopausa e pós menopausa estão associadas com o surgimento de doenças metabólicas e obesidade. Atualmente, o principal tratamento é a reposição hormonal. No entanto, a reposição de estrogênio pode gerar outros tipos de doenças como, por exemplo, câncer de mama. A Ilex Paragua...

BDNF as a potential biomarker for the fibromyalgia-like model in male wistar rats

Clin. biomed. res; 43 (4), 2023
Introduction: Fibromyalgia syndrome is characterized by central sensitization, with imbalance between the descending pain inhibition pathways and the ascending pain signaling pathways, including changes in the serotonergic, dopaminergic and catecholaminergic circuits. The aim was to evaluate the nocicept...

Vesículas extracelulares provenientes de diferentes fontes de células mesenquimais estromais apresentam efeitos distintos no pulmão, rim e fígado em modelo de sepse experimental
Extracellular vesicles from different mesenchymal stromal cell sources exhibit distinct effects on lung, kidney and liver in an experimental sepsis model

Em estudos pré-clínicos, os efeitos benéficos da administração de células estromais mesenquimais (MSCs) podem variar de acordo com a fonte celular utilizada. Nossa hipótese é que as vesículas extracelulares (EVs) derivadas de MSCs provenientes da medula óssea (BM), do tecido adiposo (AD) ou do ...

Spleen regeneration after subcutaneous heterotopic autotransplantation in a mouse model

Biol. Res; 56 (), 2023
BACKGROUND: Splenectomy may lead to severe postoperative complications, including sepsis and cancers. A possible solution to this problem is heterotopic autotransplantation of the spleen. Splenic autografts rapidly restore the regular splenic microanatomy in model animals. However, the functional compete...