Abstract Background Macrophages are a functionally heterogeneous cell population and depending on microenvironments they polarize in two main groups: M1 and M2. Glutamic acid and glutamate receptors may participate in the regulation of macrophage plasticity. To investigate the role of glutamatergic sys...
Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) é um microrganismo presente em lesões endodônticas persistentes, mostrando maior resistência do que outras bactérias ao Hidróxido de Cálcio, um medicamento alcalino que consegue eliminar diversos microrganismos durante o tratamento endodôntico. Assim, os...
Coronary heart disease, a leading cause of death in western societies, is caused by the presence of atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries. Calcification is a frequent
complication of atherosclerotic plaques, and often a contributing factor to their instability and
rupture. Endothelial cells, s...
BACKGROUND: Ligularia fischeri (common name Gomchwi) is known for its pharmaceutical properties and used in the treatment of jaundice, scarlet-fever, rheumatoidal arthritis, and hepatic diseases; however, little is known about its anti-inflammatory effect. In this study the influence of blanching and pan...
To study the cytophysiology of the corpus albicans in the recent postmenopausal period, the authors analyzed the ovarian ultrastructure of ten patients submitted to oophorectomy due to non-malignant gynecological diseases. Evidence of a remodeling process with connective tissue substitution of the corpor...
