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| Mard,Seyyed Ali; Nikraftar,Zahra; Farbood,Yaghoob; Mansouri,Esrafil. |
| The aim of the present study was to investigate the protective effect of crocin on gastric mucosal lesions caused by ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury in rats. Thirty-two male rats were randomly divided into sham, I/R, I/R + crocin pretreatment and crocin alone groups. To induce I/R lesions, the celiac artery was clamped for 30 min, and the clamp was then removed to allow reperfusion for 3 h. Crocin-pretreated rats received crocin (15 mg/kg, i.p.) 30 min prior to the induction of I/R injury. Samples of gastric mucosa were collected to quantify the protein expression of caspase-3, an apoptotic factor, and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), a pro-inflammatory protein, by Western blot. Pretreatment with crocin decreased the total area of gastric lesions... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Crocin/protective effect; Gastric mucosal/lesions/ ischemia-reperfusion; Gastric lesions/treatment/experimental study; Caspase-3; Inducible nitric oxide synthase. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502015000300637 |
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| Li,Huiying; Shi,Binlin; Yan,Sumei; Zhao,Tianzhang; Li,Junliang; Guo,Xiaoyu. |
| An in vitro experiment was conducted to study the effects of chitosan on the secretion of cytokines and expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA in peritoneal macrophages of broiler chicken. In the experiment, peritoneal macrophages were incubated for 24 h in culture medium supplemented with 0 (control), 40, 80, 160 and 320 µg/mL chitosan. The results showed that chitosan tended to increase quadratically the levels of interleukin-1 (P = 0.093) and interleukin-2 (P = 0.106) in the culture fluid of peritoneal macrophage. Chitosan also significantly enhanced inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA expression of peritoneal macrophage in a quadratic dose-dependent manner (P < 0.05) and tended to promote quadratically the secretion of nitric oxide (P =... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Chitosan; Broiler chicken; Peritoneal macrophages; Cytokine; Inducible nitric oxide synthase. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132014000400466 |
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| Siebra,M.X.; Santos,M.A.; Almeida,T.L.P.; Leite,A.C.R.M.; Cunha,F.Q.; Rocha,F.A.C.. |
| Pemphigus is an inflammatory autoimmune disorder of the skin. Nitric oxide (NO) is an inflammatory mediator linked to a variety of physiological and pathophysiological phenomena that include skin tumors, psoriasis, urticaria, and atopic dermatitis. Inflammatory cells present in pemphigus lesions are important sources of NO production. We investigated whether NO is involved in pemphigus. A prospective cohort study was conducted at the Dermatology Service of the Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio of the Federal University of Ceará. All patients seen at the outpatient clinic between August 2000 and July 2001, with a clinically and histologically confirmed diagnosis of pemphigus were included. The median age was 42.5 years (range: 12-69 years) with a male... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Autoimmunity; Inflammation; Neutrophils; Nitric oxide; Pemphigus; Inducible nitric oxide synthase. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000500014 |
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| Kim,H.S.; Jung,Y.Y.; Do,S.I.. |
| Stimulation by a number of conditions, including infection, cytokines, mechanical injury, and hypoxia, can upregulate inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in hepatocytes. We observed that exposure to hypergravity significantly upregulated the transcription of the hepatic iNOS gene. The aim of this study was to confirm our preliminary data, and to further investigate the distribution of the iNOS protein in the livers of mice exposed to hypergravity. ICR mice were exposed to +3 Gz for 1 h. We investigated the time course of change in the iNOS expression. Hepatic iNOS mRNA expression progressively increased in centrifuged mice from 0 to 12 h, and then decreased rapidly by 18 h. iNOS mRNA levels in the livers of centrifuged mice was significantly higher at... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Mouse; Liver; Hypergravity. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2014001100940 |
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| Inada,T.; Hamano,N.; Yamada,M.; Shirane,A.; Shingu,K.. |
| Gastrointestinal motility disturbances during endotoxemia are probably caused by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced factors: candidates include nitric oxide (NO), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1ß, and interleukin-6. Flow cytometry was used to determine the effects of LPS and these factors on gastric emptying (evaluated indirectly by determining percent gastric retention; %GR) and gastrointestinal transit (GIT) in male BALB/c mice (23-28 g). NO (300 µg/mouse, N = 8) and TNF-alpha (2 µg/mouse, N = 7) increased (P < 0.01) GR and delayed GIT, mimicking the effect of LPS (50 µg/mouse). During early endotoxemia (1.5 h after LPS), inhibition of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) by a selective inhibitor, 1400 W (150 µg/mouse, N = 11), but not... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Endotoxin; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Tumor necrosis factor-alpha; Gastric emptying; Gastrointestinal transit; Lipopolysaccharide. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006001100006 |
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| FERNÁNDEZ,VIRGINIA; TAPIA,GLADYS; VARELA,PATRICIA; CORNEJO,PAMELA; VIDELA,LUIS A. |
| 3,3-5-L-Triiodothyronine (T3) exerts significant protection against ischemia-reperfusion (IR) liver injury in rats. Considering that the underlying mechanisms are unknown, the aim of this study was to assess the involvement of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression and oxidative stress in T3 preconditioning (PC). Male Sprague-Dawley rats given a single dose of 0.1 mg of T3/kg were subjected to 1-hour ischemia followed by 20 hours reperfusion, in groups of animals pretreated with 0.5 g of N-acetylcysteine (NAC)/kg 0.5-hour prior to T3 or with the respective control vehicles. At the end of the reperfusion period, liver samples were taken for analysis of iNOS mRNA levels (RT-PCR), liver NOS activity, and hepatic histology. T3 protected against... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Thyroid hormone; Oxidative stress; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Liver preconditioning; Ischemia-reperfusion injury; N-acetylcysteine. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602009000400010 |
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