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Patients with dental calculus have increased saliva and gingival crevicular fluid fetuin-A levels but no association with fetuin-A polymorphisms

Braz. oral res. (Online); 30 (1), 2016
ABSTRACT: Fetuin-A is a potent inhibitor of calcium-phosphate precipitation and of the calcification process, therefore it can also be related with dental calculus. Thus, we aimed to investigate a possible relationship between fetuin-A gene polymorphism and the presence of dental calculus. A possible rel...

Candidate genes and pathogenesis investigation for sepsis-related acute respiratory distress syndrome based on gene expression profile

Biol. Res; 49 (), 2016
BACKGROUND: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a potentially devastating form of acute inflammatory lung injury as well as a major cause of acute respiratory failure. Although researchers have made significant progresses in elucidating the pathophysiology of this complex syndrome over the year...

Pancreatite aguda de etiologia desconhecida
Acute pancreatitis of unknown etiology

J. bras. med; 103 (1), 2015
A pancreatite aguda (PA) é responsável por aproximadamente 210 mil hospitalizações por ano nos EUA, e cerca de 5% evoluem ao óbito. Após o primeiro episódio a conduta fundamental é identificar e tratar a causa, o que impedirá episódios recorrentes e mesmo a cronicidade da doença....

Vitiligo - Part 1

An. bras. dermatol; 89 (3), 2014
Vitiligo is a chronic stigmatizing disease, already known for millennia, which mainly affects melanocytes from epidermis basal layer, leading to the development of hypochromic and achromic patches. Its estimated prevalence is 0.5% worldwide. The involvement of genetic factors controlling susceptibility t...