Cell therapy in experimental model of inflammatory bowel disease

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Effect of mesenchymal stem cells on movement and urination of rats with spinal cord injury

Cell therapy has frequently been reported as a possible treatment for spinal trauma in humans and animals; however, without pharmacologically curative action on damage from the primary lesion. In this study, we evaluated the effect of administering human adipose-derived stem cells (hADSC) in rats after spinal cord injury. The hADSC were used between the third and fifth passages and a proportion of cells were transduced for screening in vivo after transplantation. Spinal cord injury was induced with a Fogarty catheter no. 3 inserted into the epidural space with a cuff located at T8 and filled with 80 mu L saline for 5 min. The control group A (n = 12) received culture medium (50 mu L) and group B (n = 12) received hADSC (1.2 x 10(6)) at 7 and 14 days post-injury, in the tail vein. Emptying of the bladder by massage was performed daily for 3 months. Evaluation of functional motor activity was performed daily until 3 months post-injury using the Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan scale. Subsequently, the animals were euthanized and histological analysis of the urinary bladder and spinal cord was performed. Bioluminescence analysis revealed hADSC at the application site and lungs. There was improvement of urinary bladder function in 83.3% animals in group B and 16.66% animals in group A. The analysis of functional motor activity and histology of the spinal cord and urinary bladder demonstrated no significant difference between groups A and B. The results indicate that transplanted hADSC improved urinary function via a telecrine mechanism, namely action at a distance.

One-hundred days of monitoring of patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: events of metabolic syndrome

Objective This study assessed early manifestations of metabolic syndrome determinants in patients submitted to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Methods Twenty-seven individuals participated in the study (20 with autologous and 7 with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation). Anthropometric variables and biochemical indicators of lipid and glucose metabolism were determined before and 100 days after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.Results The mean total cholesterol (p=0.086), very low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (p=0.069) and triglycerides (p=0.086) of all patients did not change significantly between the two study periods, but when the patients were separated by type of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, triglycerides and very low density lipoprotein-cholesterol were close to the critical level of significance for individuals with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (p=0.060) and total cholesterol was significant in individuals with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (p=0.027). Anthropometric variables did not change significantly between before and 100 days after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Conclusion Metabolic syndrome risk factors may be associated with lipid metabolism in the early phase of allogeneic and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Efeitos do LRP6 e Frizzled6 na diferenciação endotelial de DPSC

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Caracterização de célula progenitora hepática no cultivo celular de fígado de feto canino

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Potenciais microRNAs circulantes como biomarcadores de Leucemia Mieloide Crônica - Fase Crônica: recém diagnosticada e tratada com mesilato de imatinibe

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Estudo da proliferação, migração e diferenciação dos precursores neurais do sistema nervoso pós-natal de camundongos (Mus musculus)

Pós-graduação em Medicina Veterinária - FMVZ

Estudo fitoquímico e biológico dos extratos das folhas de Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Bentham

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Avaliação histológica e funcional do enxerto de neotraqueia de coelho desenvolvido por bioengenharia

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Uso de células mononucleares da medula óssea no tratamento de tendinites induzidas experimentalmente em equinos

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Caracterização das fases de desenvolvimento de células gigantes induzidas por Meloidogyne exigua em raiz de seringueira (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.)

The developmental phases of giant cells induced by root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne exigua) in rubber plant (Hevea brasiliensis) root were studied in relation to its number and size evaluated in eight sample dates. The results were subject to cluster analysis and principal component analysis. Sample dates were clearly distinct regarding giant cell development. As a result, the nematode infestation cycle was characterized by the following sequential phases: initial, equilibrium, choice and final.

Implante autólogo de células mononucleares provenientes de medula óssea notratamento de tendinites induzidas experimentalmente em equinos: avaliação a longo prazo - 120 dias

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Carotenogênese em células de Haematococcus pluvialis induzidas pelos estresses luminoso e nutricional

The objective of this work was to evaluate the responses of Haematococcus pluvialis cells to the carotenogenesis induction process, under light and nutrition stress. Cells were acclimated during 15 days in WC medium, with aeration with synthetic, filtered atmospheric air and flow rate of 100 mL min-1, light intensity of 50 µmol photons m-2 s-1, photoperiod of 12 hours, and temperature of 23ºC. The following two treatments were compared: cultivation under the described conditions, but with increase of light intensity up to 350 µmol photons m-2 s-1 ; and cultivation under the same conditions as the previous treatment, but with aeration containing 4% CO2. The treatments were done in triplicate, during ten days. With the addition of CO2 and the increment in lighting, an increase was observed in the carotenoids/chlorophyll ratio and cell biomass. Cells stopped dividing on the second day of stress, when nitrate became limiting, and significantly increased their biovolume. The excretion of organic carbon and the concentration of astaxanthin increase in response to the addition of CO2. Stress by light intensity combined with CO2 addition optimizes carotenogenesis in H. pluvialis and increases astaxanthin production.

Alterações anatômicas induzidas por Meloidogyne enterolobii (=M. mayaguensis) e Meloidogyne javanica em tomateiros resistentes a meloidoginose

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Alterações fetais induzidas pelo uso de antiinflamatórios durante a gestação

Em geral, todos os efeitos dos antiinflamatórios estão relacionados com a inibição da ciclo-oxigenase (COX) do ácido araquidônico e, portanto, inibição da produção de prostaglandinas e tromboxanos. Existem dois tipos de COX, quais sejam COX-1 e COX-2. A COX-1 é uma enzima constitucional expressa em muitos tecidos, incluindo plaquetas sangüíneas, e está envolvida na homeostase tecidual. Por outro lado, a COX-2 é induzida em células inflamatórias quando elas são ativadas, sendo considerada a enzima que produz os mediadores da inflamação da classe dos prostanóides. A ação dos antiinflamatórios está relacionada à inibição da COX-2 e é provável que seus efeitos indesejados se devam principalmente à inibição da COX-1. Tratamentos maternos com antiinflamatórios não esteroidais (AINEs) têm sido associados, com freqüência, à vasoconstrição do ducto arterioso fetal, hipertensão arterial pulmonar e inibição da agregação plaquetária. Alterações na hemostasia são alguns dos efeitos colaterais produzidos pelo uso incontrolado dos AINEs, os quais induzem a um desequilíbrio na liberação de prostaglandinas e tromboxanos, que se reflete na adesividade e agregação plaquetária. As alterações hemostáticas observadas em neonatos, decorrentes do uso de salicilatos pela mãe, ocorrem devido à inibição da agregação plaquetária e à diminuição da atividade do fator XII relacionado à coagulação sangüínea. Estudos em camundongos revelaram que o uso de corticóides durante a gestação pode levar a anormalidades no desenvolvimento fetal, por alterações na diferenciação celular.