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| Leopoldo,A.S.; Lima-Leopoldo,A.P.; Nascimento,A.F.; Luvizotto,R.A.M.; Sugizaki,M.M.; Campos,D.H.S.; da Silva,D.C.T.; Padovani,C.R.; Cicogna,A.C.. |
| In experimental studies, several parameters, such as body weight, body mass index, adiposity index, and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, have commonly been used to demonstrate increased adiposity and investigate the mechanisms underlying obesity and sedentary lifestyles. However, these investigations have not classified the degree of adiposity nor defined adiposity categories for rats, such as normal, overweight, and obese. The aim of the study was to characterize the degree of adiposity in rats fed a high-fat diet using cluster analysis and to create adiposity intervals in an experimental model of obesity. Thirty-day-old male Wistar rats were fed a normal (n=41) or a high-fat (n=43) diet for 15 weeks. Obesity was defined based on the adiposity index; and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Obesity; Adiposity index; Rats; Cluster analysis. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2016000400601 |
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| Lima-Leopoldo,A.P.; Sugizaki,M.M.; Leopoldo,A.S.; Carvalho,R.F.; Nogueira,C.R.; Nascimento,A.F.; Martinez,P.F.; Luvizotto,R.A.M.; Padovani,C.R.; Cicogna,A.C.. |
| Obesity is a complex multifactorial disorder that is often associated with cardiovascular diseases. Research on experimental models has suggested that cardiac dysfunction in obesity might be related to alterations in myocardial intracellular calcium (Ca2+) handling. However, information about the expression of Ca2+-related genes that lead to this abnormality is scarce. We evaluated the effects of obesity induced by a high-fat diet in the expression of Ca2+-related genes, focusing the L-type Ca2+ channel (Cacna1c), sarcolemmal Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX), sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA2a), ryanodine receptor (RyR2), and phospholamban (PLB) mRNA in rat myocardium. Male 30-day-old Wistar rats were fed a standard (control) or high-fat diet (obese) for... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Obesity; High-fat diet; Rat heart; Ca2+ cycling; MRNA; Ca2+-related genes. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000700011 |
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