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BJMBR
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Long-term ethanol intoxication reduces inflammatory responses in rats
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| Autores: |
Carvalho,E.M.
Brito,G.A.C.
Pessoa,B.B.G.P.
Ribeiro,R.A.
Capaz,F.R.
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| Data: |
2005-01-01
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| Ano: |
2005
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| Palavras-chave: |
Ethanol
Inflammation
Carrageenan
Dextran
Air-pouch
Mast cells
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| Resumo: |
The anti-inflammatory effects of long-term ethanol intoxication were determined during ethanol treatment and withdrawal on the basis of neutrophil and eosinophil migration, hind paw edema and mast cell degranulation. Male Wistar rats (180-200 g, around 2 months of age) were exposed to increasing concentrations of ethanol vapor over a 10-day period. One group was evaluated immediately after exposure (treated group - intoxicated), and another was studied 7 h later (withdrawal group). Ethanol inhalation treatment significantly inhibited carrageenan- (62% for the intoxicated group, N = 5, and 35% for the withdrawal group, N = 6) and dextran-induced paw edema (32% for intoxicated rats and 26% for withdrawal rats, N = 5 per group). Ethanol inhalation significantly reduced carrageenan-induced neutrophil migration (95% for intoxicated rats and 41% for withdrawn rats, N = 6 per group) into a subcutaneous 6-day-old air pouch, and Sephadex-induced eosinophil migration to the rat peritoneal cavity (100% for intoxicated rats and 64% for withdrawn rats, N = 6 per group). A significant decrease of mast cell degranulation was also demonstrated (control, 82%; intoxicated, 49%; withdrawn, 51%, N = 6, 6 and 8, respectively). Total leukocyte and neutrophil counts in venous blood increased significantly during the 10 days of ethanol inhalation (leukocytes, 13, 27 and 40%; neutrophils, 42, 238 and 252%, respectively, on days 5, 9 and 10, N = 7, 6 and 6). The cell counts decreased during withdrawal, but were still significantly elevated (leukocytes, 10%; neutrophils, 246%, N = 6). These findings indicate that both the cellular and vascular components of the inflammatory response are compromised by long-term ethanol intoxication and remain reduced during the withdrawal period.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000100013
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| Editor: |
Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S0100-879X2005000100013
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research v.38 n.1 2005
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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