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| Vizotto,V.A.; Carvalho,R.F.; Sugizaki,M.M.; Lima,A.P.; Aragon,F.F.; Padovani,C.R.; Castro,A.V.B.; Dal Pai-Silva,M.; Nogueira,C.R.; Cicogna,A.C.. |
| We have shown that myocardial dysfunction induced by food restriction is related to calcium handling. Although cardiac function is depressed in food-restricted animals, there is limited information about the molecular mechanisms that lead to this abnormality. The present study evaluated the effects of food restriction on calcium cycling, focusing on sarcoplasmic Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2), phospholamban (PLB), and ryanodine channel (RYR2) mRNA expressions in rat myocardium. Male Wistar-Kyoto rats, 60 days old, were submitted to ad libitum feeding (control rats) or 50% diet restriction for 90 days. The levels of left ventricle SERCA2, PLB, and RYR2 were measured using semi-quantitative RT-PCR. Body and ventricular weights were reduced in 50% food-restricted... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Food restriction; SERCA2; Ryanodine channel; Phospholamban; MRNA. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007000100004 |
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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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| Saraiva,P.P.; Figueiredo,N.B.; Padovani,C.R.; Brentani,M.M.; Nogueira,C.R.. |
| Estrogen involvement in breast cancer has been established; however, the association between breast cancer and thyroid diseases is controversial. Estrogen-like effects of thyroid hormone on breast cancer cell growth in culture have been reported. The objective of the present study was to determine the profile of thyroid hormones in breast cancer patients. Serum aliquots from 26 patients with breast cancer ranging in age from 30 to 85 years and age-matched normal controls (N = 22) were analyzed for free triiodothyronine (T3F), free thyroxine (T4F), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), antiperoxidase antibody (TPO), and estradiol (E2). Estrogen receptor ß (ERß) was determined in tumor tissues by immunohistochemistry. Thyroid disease incidence was higher in... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Thyroid hormone; Estrogen receptor; Breast cancer; Hyperthyroidism. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000500014 |
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| Gimenes,A.C.; Neder,J.A.; Dal Corso,S.; Nogueira,C.R.; Nápolis,L.; Mello,M.T.; Bulle,A.S.; Nery,L.E.. |
| We determined the response characteristics and functional correlates of the dynamic relationship between the rate (Δ) of oxygen consumption ( <img border=0 width=11 height=13 src="548_files/image001.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1188">O2) and the applied power output (work rate = WR) during ramp-incremental exercise in patients with mitochondrial myopathy (MM). Fourteen patients (7 males, age 35.4 ± 10.8 years) with biopsy-proven MM and 10 sedentary controls (6 males, age 29.0 ± 7.8 years) took a ramp-incremental cycle ergometer test for the determination of the <img border=0 width=11 height=13 src="548_files/image001.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1189">O2 on-exercise mean response time (MRT) and the gas exchange threshold (GET). The Δ<img border=0... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Muscular diseases; Oxygen consumption; Cardiopulmonary exercise testing; Skeletal muscle; Pathophysiology; Mitochondrial myopathy. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2011000400013 |
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