Results: 657

Allopurinol preconditioning attenuates renal ischemia/reperfusion injury by inhibiting HMGB1 expression in a rat model

Acta cir. bras; 31 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To investigate the potential effects of pretreatment with allopurinol on renal ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) in a rat model. METHODS: Twenty four rats were subjected to right kidney uninephrectomy were randomly distributed into the following three groups (n=8): Group A (sham-ope...

Grape seed protects cholestatic rats liver from ischemia/reperfusion injury

Acta cir. bras; 31 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To determine the effect of grape-seed extract against ischemia/reperfusion injury in cholestatic liver. METHODS: Eighteen Wistar albino rats were divided into three groups. In control and study groups, cholestasis was provided by bile duct ligation. Seven days later, the rats were su...

Diretrizes de conduta e tratamento de síndromes febris periódicas associadas à criopirina (criopirinopatias – CAPS)

Rev. bras. reumatol; 56 (1), 2016
Resumo Objetivo: Estabelecer diretrizes baseadas em evidências científicas para manejo das síndromes periódicas associadas à criopirina (criopirinopatias – Caps). Descrição do método de coleta de evidência: A diretriz foi elaborada a partir de quatro questões clínicas que foram estrutura...

Evaluation of the effect of allopurinol as a protective factor in post ischemia and reperfusion inflammation in Wistar rats

Acta cir. bras; 31 (2), 2016
PURPOSE: To investigate the potential protective effect of allopurinol on reperfusion injury by determining the inflammatory response through the measurement of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). METHODS: Sixty rats were distributed into two groups: control and allopurinol and each group was divide...

Comparación entre las técnicas de citocentrifugado y base líquida SurePathTM para procesamiento de muestras no ginecológicas

Rev. colomb. cancerol; 20 (1), 2016
Objetivo: Evaluar el uso de base líquida de manera rutinaria para muestras no ginecológicas en nuestro laboratorio mediante una verificación de la validación y comparación de características morfológicas y la concordancia diagnóstica entre dos técnicas: citología convencional por citocentrífug...

Efeito do treinamento de força e suplementação da dieta com leucina no tecido adiposo de ratos com diabetes mellitus tipo 1

A diabetes mellitus (DM) é considerada uma das principais epidemias mundiais deste século, sendo responsável direta ou indiretamente pelo óbito de 123 mil diabéticos no Brasil em 2010. Na diabetes mellitus do tipo 1 (DM1), que corresponde a 5-10% dos casos, há ausência ou um relativo déficit de i...

Efecto del gel de extracto etanólico de hojas de Piper aduncum en la inflamación inducida en Rattus rattus var. norvegicus

La inflamación es un proceso tisular que se produce ante una lesión, ya sea debido a bacterias, traumatismos, sustancias químicas, calor o cualquier otro fenómeno. Existen medicamentos que se emplean para aliviar los procesos inflamatorios, los cuales deben ser cuidadosamente valorados, ya que produc...

Apoptotic activity of isoespintanol derivatives in human polymorphonuclear cells

Vitae (Medellín); 23 (1), 2016
Background: Inflammation is a complex physiopathologic response to different stimuli. Recently, some pharmacological strategies have been proposed that could be used for resolution of inflammation by enhancing apoptosis of inflammatory cells. Objectives: To study in vitro apoptotic activity of isoespinta...

Copper-Zinc ratio and nutritional status in colorectal cancer patients during the perioperative period

Acta cir. bras; 31 (supl.1), 2016
PURPOSE : This study aimed to determine Cu/Zn ratio, nutritional and inflammatory status in patients during the perioperative period for colorectal cancer. METHODS: The study included patients with histological diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma (Cancer Group, n=46) and healthy volunteers (Control G...