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| Dalcin,P.T.R.; Barreto,S.S.M.; Cunha,R.D.; Xavier,R.M.; Brenol,J.C.T.; Marroni,B.J.. |
| The early demonstration of lung involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients is a difficult but important task. In the present study we attempted to identify abnormalities in pulmonary clearance of 99mTc-DTPA in SLE, correlating their clearance data with clinical findings and disease activity. Forty-six consecutive SLE patients with and without active disease (LACC score) and 30 normal volunteers were studied. All subjects were submitted to pulmonary scintigraphy with 99mTc-DTPA to evaluate the pulmonary clearance, and to a chest X-ray, and SLE patients were submitted to tests of disease activity, spirometry, arterial blood gases and tests to assess acute-phase proteins. Pulmonary clearance was faster in SLE patients with active disease when... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pulmonary epithelial permeability; Lung clearance; Technetium-99m-labeled diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid; Systemic lupus erythematosus. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002000600005 |
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| Gonzalez,T.P.; Mucenic,T.; Brenol,J.C.T.; Xavier,R.M.; Schiengold,M.; Chies,J.A.B.. |
| P-glycoprotein (Pgp), the ABCB1 gene product, acts as an efflux pump that transports a large variety of substrates and is a mechanism of cell protection against xenobiotics. An increasing number of studies have shown that some ABCB1 polymorphisms may affect Pgp expression and activity, as well as affecting the development and susceptibility to diseases and pharmacological response. High activity of Pgp has been detected in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. The C1236T, G2677T/A, and C3435T are the most commonly studied single nucleotide polymorphisms in the ABCB1 gene. Therefore, their frequencies were determined in Brazilian individuals with European ancestry (N = 143) and in SLE patients (N = 137). Genotyping was performed by PCR-RFLP analysis... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: ABCB1; MDR1; P-glycoprotein; Polymorphism; Systemic lupus erythematosus. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000900005 |
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