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Niveles plasmáticos de Vitamina D en adultos mayores de Lima Metropolitana, Perú

Rev. chil. nutr; 50 (5), 2023
Objetivo. Determinar los niveles plasmáticos de vitamina D y su relación con la ocupación, procedencia y los valores de calcio, leucocitos, hemoglobina y plaquetas en adultos mayores de Lima Metropolitana. Método. Estudio observacional descriptivo de corte transversal, participaron 100 adultos mayore...

Monitoring physiological and biochemical indices in the systematic training of sprinters

Rev. bras. med. esporte; 28 (6), 2022
ABSTRACT Introduction This paper studies physiological and biochemical indicators in the systematic training of sprinters. This paper analyzes the data measured during the athletes' training process and studies the detailed data of their physical functions. Objective This study aimed to find a link b...

Transcriptional profiling of uterine leiomyoma rats treated by a traditional herb pair, Curcumae rhizoma and Sparganii rhizoma

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 52 (6), 2019
The aim of this study was to elucidate the concise effects of a traditional herb pair, Curcumae rhizoma-Sparganii rhizoma (CRSR), on uterine leiomyoma (UL) by analyzing transcriptional profiling. The UL rat model was made by intramuscular injection of progesterone and gavage administration of diethylstil...

Influence of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis on the risk of persistent and recurrent disease in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma and elevated antithyroglobulin antibodies after initial therapy

Abstract Introduction In patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma who have negative serum thyroglobulin after initial therapy, the risk of structural disease is higher among those with elevated antithyroglobulin antibodies compared to patients without antithyroglobulin antibodies. Other studies suggest...

Arterial stiffness and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in chronic kidney disease patients

Summary Objective: Arterial stiffness refers to arterial wall rigidity, particularly developing in central vessels. Arterial stiffness increases in early stage chronic kidney disease (CKD), and it is a strong predictor of cardiovascular and all cause mortality. Vitamin D has beneficial effects on blood ...

Oral insulin improves metabolic parameters in high fat diet fed rats

An. acad. bras. ciênc; 89 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Introduction/Aim: The gut has shown to have a pivotal role on the pathophysiology of metabolic disease. Food stimulation of distal intestinal segments promotes enterohormones secretion influencing insulin metabolism. In diabetic rats, oral insulin has potential to change intestinal epithelium be...

Desenvolvimento de um radioimunoensaio para 21-deoxicortisol sérico e sua potencial aplicaçäo no diagnóstico da hiperplasia adrenal congênita
Development of a radioimmunoassay for serum 21-deoxycortisol and its potential application in the diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia

O 21-deoxicortisol (21DF) sérico tem sido considerado um excelente marcador para o diagnóstico da hiperplasia adrenal congênita (HAC) por deficiência de 21-hidroxilase (D21OH). Embora vários métodos de radioimunoensaio (RIE) tenham sido descritos para 21DF, nenhum deles está disponível comercialm...

Efeito da suplementação com ácido fólico sobre as concentrações de homocisteína em diferentes genótipos da metilenotetrahidrofolato redutase em pacientes diabéticos tipo 2

As mutações no gene da enzima metilenotetrahidrofolato redutase (MTHFR) têm sido associadas a hiperhomocisteinemia e possivelmente ao risco elevado para doenças vasculares. O objetivo deste trabalho foi verificar a ocorrência de hiperhomocisteinemia em pacientes diabéticos do tipo 2 e avaliar o efe...

Non-radiometric immunoassays [fluoroimmunoassay (FIA) and fluorometric enzyme immunoassay (FEIA) with radioimmunoassay (RIA) for evaluation of adrenal function in normal and hypercortisolemic dogs

Ciênc. rural; 32 (2), 2002
Non-radiometric immunoassays offer many advantages over radiometric assays, such as higher stability of kit compounds and absence of potential hazardous effects for users and environment. The comparison of cortisol measurements by fluoroimmunoassay (FIA) and fluorometric enzyme immunoassay (FEIA) with ra...

Aplicaçäo da cromatografia líquida de alta performance como método preparativo para a dosagem de esteróides hormonais por RIE: dosagens de 17OH-progesterona e diidrotestosterona
Application of the high performance liquid chromatography as a preparative method for the hormonal steroid dosage for RIE: 17OH-progesterone and dihydrotestosterone dosages

A dosagem dos esteróides hormonais tem apresentado evoluçäo técnica significativa, sendo' os principais esteróides de interesse clínico dosados, atualmente, por métodos simples, rápidos e automatizados. Existe, no entanto, um compromisso em detrimento da exatidäo, que é mais evidente na determi...