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Promphet,Porkaew; Bunarsa,Sirirat; Sutheerawattananonda,Manote; Kunthalert,Duangkamol. |
BACKGROUND: Declining immune function poses an important clinical challenge worldwide and supplementation with natural products that possessing immune enhancing properties is a promising approach for preventing or delaying immune function decline. Cocoons from yellow silkworms are a significant source of lutein, and this unexplored silk extract could be a viable alternative source for dietary lutein. This study assessed immunomodulatory activities of the silk lutein extract. Female BALB/c mice orally received lutein, either as silk or marigold extracts (10 or 20 mg/kg daily), or vehicle only (1% tween 80 in PBS pH 7.4) for 4 weeks. Natural killer (NK) cell activity, specific antibody production, lymphocyte subpopulations, mitogen-induced lymphocyte... |
Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Antibody production; BALB/c mice; Immune function; Interleukin-2; Natural killer cells; Silk lutein extract. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602014000100015 |
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Haveric,Sanin; Hadzic,Maida; Haveric,Anja; Mijanovic,Mirjana; Hadziselimovic,Rifat; Galic,Borivoj. |
ABSTRACT Genotoxic effects of inorganic molecule dipotassium-trioxohydroxytetrafluorotriborate, K2(B3O3F4OH), a promising new therapeutic for the epidermal changes treatment, have been evaluated. In vitro analysis included evaluation of genotoxic and cytotoxic potential of K2(B3O3F4OH) in concentrations of 0.01, 0.02, 0.05 and 0.06 mg/mL applying cytokinesis-block micronucleus cytome assay in human lymphocyte culture. With the increase of concentration the frequency of micronuclei elevated but the differences were not significant. Also, there were no significant differences among the frequencies of nuclear buds and nucleoplasmic bridges between controls and treated cultures. Nuclear division index and nuclear division cytotoxycity index values did not... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Genotoxicity; Micronuclei; Halogenated boroxine; Human lymphocyte culture; BALB/c mice. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132016000100348 |
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Qi-bin,Song; Yi,Yao; Wei-guo,Hu; Sheng-hua,Zhang; Xiao-wei,Yan; Rui,Yang. |
The aim of the present study was to investigate the in vivo anti-metastatic activity of the red pigments of red yolk eggs laid by the ducks dieting on Potamogeton cripus L on the mammary carcinoma (4T1). The pigments were extracted with petroleum ether and acetone (2:1, v/v). BALB/c mice were divided into three groups (n=6), fed with the extracts at 150 mg/kg body weight (BW)/day (DEYE-H) or at 50 mg/kg BW/day (DEYE-L) and identical buffer without the extract (control group). The extracts were administered for 34 days. The treatment significantly inhibited the growth of orthotopical 4T1 tumour (DEYE-H vs control, 1:2; DEYE-L vs control, 2:3) and reduced the metastasis of tumour in the lungs (DEYE-H vs control, 4:7; DEYE-L vs control, 5:7), without... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Duck egg yolk; Extracts; Mammary carcinoma; Metastasis; 4T1 Cells; BALB/c mice. |
Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132011000300011 |
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Campos,H.S.; Xisto,D.G.; Oliveira,M.B.G.; Teixeira,I.; Negri,E.M.; Mauad,T.; Carnielli,D.; Lima,L.M.; Barreiro,E.J.; Faffe,D.S.; Zin,W.A.; Lapa e Silva,J.R.; Rocco,P.R.M.. |
The aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of a novel phosphodiesterase 4 and 5 inhibitor, LASSBio596, with that of dexamethasone in a murine model of chronic asthma. Lung mechanics (airway resistance, viscoelastic pressure, and static elastance), histology, and airway and lung parenchyma remodeling (quantitative analysis of collagen and elastic fiber) were analyzed. Thirty-three BALB/c mice were randomly assigned to four groups. In the asthma group (N = 9), mice were immunized with 10 µg ovalbumin (OVA, ip) on 7 alternate days, and after day 40 they were challenged with three intratracheal instillations of 20 µg OVA at 3-day intervals. Control mice (N = 8) received saline under the same protocol. In the dexamethasone (N = 8) and LASSBio596... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Asthma; Lung function; Steroid; Phosphodiesterase inhibitors; BALB/c mice. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000200016 |
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Costa,R.A.; Ruiz-de-Souza,V.; Azevedo Jr.,G.M.; Vaz,N.M.; Carvalho,C.R.. |
Round holes in the ears of MRL mice tend to close with characteristics of regeneration believed to be absent in other mouse strains (e.g., C57BL/6). We evaluated the kinetics and the histopathology of ear wound closure in young (8 weeks old) C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice. We also used middle-aged (40 weeks old) C57BL/6 mice to evaluate the influence of aging on this process. A circular through-and-through hole was made in the ear, photographs were taken at different times after injury and wound area was measured with digital analysis software. The percentages of closed area measured on day 100 were: 23.57 ± 8.66% for young BALB/c mice, 56.47 ± 7.39% for young C57BL/6 mice, and 75.31 ± 23.65% for middle-aged C57BL/6 mice. Mice were sacrificed on days 1, 3, 5, 25,... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Wound healing; Regeneration; Scar; Aging; C57BL/6 mice; BALB/c mice. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009001200004 |
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Massironi,S.M.G.; Giacóia,M.R.; Maiorka,P.C.; Kipnis,T.L.; Dagli,M.L.Z.. |
The morphology of the skin of the mutant hairless USP mouse was studied by histological, histochemical and immunohistochemical methods and compared to the skin of BALB/c mice. Representative sections of the dorsal skin from mice of both strains aged 18 days, and 1, 3, 6, and 8 months were studied. Sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin showed cystic formations called utricles and dermal cysts in the dermis that increased in size and number during growth. Skin thickness increased significantly at 8 months. Sections stained with picrosirius and examined with polarized light, displayed different colors, suggesting different thicknesses of dermal collagen fibers (probably types I and III). Weigert, Verhoeff and resorcin-fuchsin stains revealed fibers of... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mutant mice; HrUSP mutants; Hairless mice; BALB/c mice; Ethyl-nitrosourea. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000100006 |
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The mechanism whereby the immune system avoids self-aggression is one of the central issues of Immunology. The discovery of natural autoantibodies, mainly of IgM isotype, and of idiotypic interactions between antibodies indicates that elements of the immune system interact with self constituents and with themselves. Results of studies with soluble antibodies have indicated that the pool of circulating IgM represents the end result of a highly selective process of B cells activation and differentiation by self proteins resulting in the formation of a network. The objective of the present work was to determine the frequency of self-reacting B cells in normal mice. We were able to detect B cells that recognize self proteins present in extracts of different... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: B cells; Self-recognition; Ig repertoire; BALB/c mice; C57BL/6 mice; LPS-stimulated spleen cells. |
Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1997000200010 |
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Dórea,Regina Coeli Cunha; Barboza-Filho,Carlos Gomes; Moreira,Dayson Friaça; Guirro,Mirian; Chaves,Ágtha de Alencar Muniz; Dunder,Ricardo José; Soares,Elaine Amorim; Santos-Júnior,Vitório; Spinosa,Wilma. |
Little is known on the epitopes derived from metacyclic promastigotes of Leishmania that are important on the regulation or destruction of the parasite, as targets of immune attack in the vertebrate host. In this study we investigated an alternative method to obtain metacyclic promasigotes of Leishmania major, as evaluated by the course of infection and delayed-type hipersensitivity (DTH) in resistant versus susceptible inbred mice. Non-infective (procyclic) promastigotes of L. major recently transformed from tissue amastigotes were attached to a negatively charged glass-wool column, whereas metacyclic promastigotes were not bound to columns and could be easily recovered. Optimal chromatography conditions were validated through statistical analyses.... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Leishmania major; Metacyclic promastigotes; Metacyclogenesis; BALB/c mice; C57BL/6 mice. |
Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822003000500006 |
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Jamal,Muhammad Ameen; Ahmed,Arslan Mahmood; Tahir,Muhammad; Ashraf,Muhammad; Sattar,Abdul; Ghafoor,Aamir; Munir,Shahzad; Ahmed,Irfan; Hussain,Mubashir; Riaz,Amjad. |
Anesthetics are an indispensable prerequisite for surgical intervention and pharmacological animal studies. The objective of present study was to optimize the dose of ketamine (K) and xylazine (X) along with atropine sulfate (A) in order to achieve surgical tolerance in BALB/c mice. Several doses of ketamine (100, 150, 200 mg/kg) and xylazine (10, 15, 20 mg/kg) were mixed and combination of nine doses (K/X: 100/10, 100/15, 100/20, 150/10, 150/15, 150/20, 200/10,200/15,200/20) were evaluated (n=9 per combination). A constant dose of atropine (0.05 mg/kg) was also used to counter side effect. Time-related parameters were evaluated on the basis of reflexes. KX at dose 200/20 mg/kg produced surgical tolerance in all nine mice with duration 55.00±6.87 minutes.... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Ketamine hydrochloride; Xylazine hydrochloride; Atropine sulfate; Surgical tolerance; BALB/c mice. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502019000100556 |
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Bordon,Maria L. A. C.; Laurenti,Márcia D.; Ribeiro,Susan Pereira; Toyama,Marcos H.; Toyama,Daniela de O.; Passero,Luiz Felipe D.. |
Abstract Background: Lipid metabolites play an important role in parasite differentiation and virulence. Studies have revealed that Leishmania sp. uses prostaglandins to evade innate barriers, thus enabling the parasites to survive inside immune cells. Despite the role of the enzyme Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) in prostaglandins production, few studies have investigated the role of parasite PLA2 during the interaction between L. (L.) amazonensis and the host (in vitro and in vivo) immune cells. Methods: In the present work, the leishmanicidal effect of PLA2 inhibitors, methyl arachidonyl fluorophosphonate (MAFP), bromoenol lactone (BEL) and aristolochic acid (AA) were investigated in vitro (promastigote and intracellular amastigote forms of L. (L.)... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis; Macrophages; BALB/c mice; Phospholipase A2; Phospholipase A2inhibitors. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992018000100312 |
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Wakimoto,DT; Gaspareto,KV; Silveira,TGV; Lonardoni,MVC; Aristides,SMA. |
In American cutaneous leishmaniasis, the initial infection phase is characterized by recruitment of neutrophils and monocytes. The migration of these cells in response to the presence of Leishmania in the peritoneum of affected animals remains unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate cell migration to the peritoneum of BALB/c mice after infection with Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis, Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Leishmania) major. Initially, Leishmania spp. was intraperitoneally inoculated in five groups of six animals each and the cell migration was analyzed 0, 3, 6, 12, 24 and 48 hours after infection. Different cell counts were performed with a staining kit and showed a higher percentage of polymorphonuclear than... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: BALB/c mice; Leishmania spp.; American cutaneous leishmaniasis. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992010000100017 |
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