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| Ferreira-Machado,Samara C.; Salata,Camila; Rocha,Nazareth N.; Corrêa,Alexandre F.S.; Côrte-Real,Suzana; Peregrino,Antônio A.F.; Campos,Vera M.A. de; Andrade,Cherley B.V.; Bernardo-Filho,Mario; Cabral-Neto,Januário B.; Dealmeida,Carlos E.. |
| The caspase-3-cleaved presence was evaluated in this study in the heart of irradiated rats, during the decline of ventricular function. Female Wistar rats were irradiated with a single dose of radiation (15 Gy) delivered directly to the heart and the molecular, histological and physiological evaluations were performed at thirteen months post-irradiation. The expressions of procollagen type I, TGF-ß1 and caspase-3-cleaved were analyzed using Western blotting. Cardiac structural and functional alterations were investigated by echocardiography and electron microscopy. In the irradiated group, the levels of procollagen type I, TGF-ß1 and caspase-3-cleaved are increased. Significant histological changes (degeneration of heart tissue and collagen deposition) and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Apoptosis; Caspase-3; Fibrosis; Heart; Ionizing radiation; TGF-β1. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652013000100215 |
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