LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Apoptotic mechanisms in rabbits with blast-induced acute lung injury

Qi, Xiao-Lin; Hao, Jian; Huang, Lian-Jiang; Wu, Sheng; Ma, Hong-Hao; Ye, Zhang-Qing; He, Hui-Bo; Li, Shu-Wen; Li, Cheng-En; Huang, Xin.

Acta cir. bras; 33 (10), 2018

Abstract Purpose: To investigate the apoptotic mechanisms in rabbits with blast-induced acute lung injury (ALI). Methods: A total of 40 rabbits were randomly divided into a blank control group (A, n=10) and an experimental group (EXP, n=30). Explosion-induced chest-ALI models were prepared and sampled...

Lesión Pulmonar Aguda/sangre, Lesión Pulmonar Aguda/patología, Lesión Pulmonar Aguda/fisiopatología, Apoptosis/fisiología, Traumatismos por Explosión/sangre, Traumatismos por Explosión/patología, Traumatismos por Explosión/fisiopatología, Caspasa 3/sangre, Modelos Animales de Enfermedad, Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-bcl-2/sangre, Alveolos Pulmonares/patología, Distribución Aleatoria, Proteína X Asociada a bcl-2/sangre

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Serum levels of melatonin may contribute to the pathogenesis of heart failure in children with median age of 1 year

Abstract Objective: Melatonin has a protective role in adults with cardiovascular disease, but the effects of melatonin in children with cardiac dysfunction are not well understood. This study was designed to explore the variations in melatonin, myeloperoxidase, and caspase-3 levels in children sufferin...