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Efecto de Trichinella spiralis y de Trichinella patagoniensis n.sp. sobre la desialización
Effect of Trichinella spiralis and Trichinella patagoniensis n.sp. on desialization

El ácido siálico tiene importantes funciones biológicas, muchas de las cuales determinan su participación en la respuesta inmune. El objetivo del trabajo fue comparar el efecto de Trichinella spiralis y Trichinella patagoniensis n.sp. sobre la desialización eritrocitaria. Se trabajó con 10 concentr...

Evaluation of the use of blood in surgeries as a tool to change patterns for requesting blood product reserves

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVES: Thirty to sixty percent of prepared blood products are not transfused. Blood reserves for surgeries lead to many unused blood products, which increases hospital costs. The aim of this study is to identify the request and use profiles of blood products for elective surgeries in different surgi...

Applicability of papain solutions in immunohematology

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the enzyme activity of different presentations of papain solution to validate in-house preparations. Methods: Two papain solutions were prepared, and the third presentation was a commercial solution. Tests were carried out with samples of red cells typed as weak RhD. Res...

Study of erythrocytes as a novel drug carrier for the delivery of artemether

Resealed erythrocytes have been explored in various dimensions of drug delivery, owing to their high biocompatibility and inability to initiate immune response. The present research was designed to evaluate the drug delivery potential of erythrocytes by loading a hydrophobic anti-malarial drug, Artemethe...

Resucitación hemostática en el paciente con choque hipovolémico hemorrágico. Reporte de un caso

Rev. chil. anest; 48 (3), 2019
In the world, traumatic pathology continues to be a problem of great magnitude, from the point of view of public health. Today, the volumemic resuscitation in hypovolemic hemorrhagic shock is still controversial; a new alternative in volemic resuscitation is the hemostatic resuscitation that consists of ...

Receptores del hospedero implicados en la invasión del merozoito de Plasmodium falciparum: revisión

Introducción. La malaria es un problema de salud pública a nivel mundial y es causada por 5 especies de parásitos apicomplejos del género Plasmodium. La invasión exitosa de los merozoítos al glóbulo rojo es una etapa fundamental en el ciclo de vida del parásito, el cual usa un variado repertorio ...

Alteración del ácido siálico eritrocitario por efecto de Trichinella spiralis aplicando el método de Azul Alcian

Actualmente se reconoce que los ácidos siálicos están involucrados en múltiples funciones biológicas y que tienen un papel importante en la interacción parásito-hospedador. El objetivo del trabajo fue estudiar la alteración del ácido siálico eritrocitario por efecto de T. spiralis aplicando el ...

Black and white teas as potential agents to combine with amphotericin B and protect red blood cells from amphotericin B-mediated toxicity

Braz. j. biol; 78 (4), 2018
Abstract Amphotericin B is a fungicidal substance that is treatment of choice for most systemic fungal infections affecting immunocompromised patients. However, severe side effects have limited the utility of this drug. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal effect of the combination of amp...

Red blood cell alloimmunization among hospitalized patients: transfusion reactions and low alloantibody identification rate

ABSTRACT Background: Unexpected red blood cell alloantibodies can cause hemolytic transfusion reactions. In this study, the prevalence of alloimmunization, the rate of identification of alloantibodies and the rate of blood transfusion reactions among transfused patients were identified in a clinical eme...

Fatty acid profile in erythrocytes associated with serum cytokines in pediatric cystic fibrosis patients

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 31 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective To analyze erythrocyte fatty acid composition and its association with serum cytokine levels in pediatric cystic fibrosis patients. Methods A cross-sectional study was performed at a reference center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We have included all pediatric patients aged 5-19 years w...