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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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| Alves-Neto,O.; Tavares,P.; Rocco,P.R.M.; Zin,W.A.. |
| Ketamine is believed to reduce airway and pulmonary tissue resistance. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of ketamine on the resistive, elastic and viscoelastic/inhomogeneous mechanical properties of the respiratory system, lungs and chest wall, and to relate the mechanical data to findings from histological lung analysis in normal animals. Fifteen adult male Wistar rats were assigned randomly to two groups: control (N = 7) and ketamine (N = 8). All animals were sedated (diazepam, 5 mg, ip) and anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium (20 mg/kg, ip) or ketamine (30 mg/kg, ip). The rats were paralyzed and ventilated mechanically. Ketamine increased lung viscoelastic/inhomogeneous pressure (26%) compared to the control group. Dynamic and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Ketamine; Elastance; Lung tissue; Resistive pressure; Viscoelasticity; Rat. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2001000900016 |
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| Picanço,M.R.; Soares,R.M.; Cagido,V.R.; Azevedo,S.M.F.O.; Rocco,P.R.M.; Zin,W.A.. |
| Toxic cyanobacteria in drinking water supplies can cause serious public health problems. In the present study we analyzed the time course of changes in lung histology in young and adult male Swiss mice injected intraperitoneally (ip) with a cyanobacterial extract containing the hepatotoxic microcystins. Microcystins are cyclical heptapeptides quantified by ELISA method. Ninety mice were divided into two groups. Group C received an injection of saline (300 µl, ip) and group Ci received a sublethal dose of microcystins (48.2 µg/kg, ip). Mice of the Ci group were further divided into young (4 weeks old) and adult (12 weeks old) animals. At 2 and 8 h and at 1, 2, 3, and 4 days after the injection of the toxic cyanobacterial extract, the mice were anesthetized... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Microcystins; Lung; Inflammation; Alveolar collapse. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004000800013 |
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| Fernandes,A.B.S.; Zin,W.A.; Rocco,P.R.M.. |
| Improving the course and outcome of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome presents a challenge. By understanding the immune status of a patient, physicians can consider manipulating proinflammatory systems more rationally. In this context, corticosteroids could be a therapeutic tool in the armamentarium against acute respiratory distress syndrome. Corticosteroid therapy has been studied in three situations: prevention in high-risk patients, early treatment with high-dose, short-course therapy, and prolonged therapy in unresolving cases. There are differences between the corticosteroid trials of the past and recent trials: today, treatment starts 2-10 days after disease onset in patients that failed to improve; in the past, the corticosteroid... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Collagen; Cytokine; Methylprednisolone; Experimental models; Clinical trials. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000200003 |
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| Garcia,C.S.N.B.; Prota,L.F.M.; Morales,M.M.; Romero,P.V.; Zin,W.A.; Rocco,P.R.M.. |
| Physical forces affect both the function and phenotype of cells in the lung. Bronchial, alveolar, and other parenchymal cells, as well as fibroblasts and macrophages, are normally subjected to a variety of passive and active mechanical forces associated with lung inflation and vascular perfusion as a result of the dynamic nature of lung function. These forces include changes in stress (force per unit area) or strain (any forced change in length in relation to the initial length) and shear stress (the stress component parallel to a given surface). The responses of cells to mechanical forces are the result of the cell's ability to sense and transduce these stimuli into intracellular signaling pathways able to communicate the information to its interior. This... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mechanical forces; Mechanosensors; Mechanotransduction; Cell-cell interactions; Cytokines; Extracellular matrix. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000600001 |
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