Buscar
Mostrando ítems 41-50 de 133
Proximal tubular dysfunction as an indicator of chronic graft dysfunction
(Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, 2009-03-01)
New strategies are being devised to limit the impact of renal sclerosis on graft function. Individualization of immunosuppression, specifically the interruption of calcineurin-inhibitors has been tried in order to promote ...
Vitamin A deficiency among Brazilian school-aged children in a healthy child service
(NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2009)
Background/Objectives: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a world public health problem contributing to the increase in childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries and severe deficiency of vitamin A may lead to ...
Functional and morphologic evaluation of kidney proximal tubuli and correlation with renal allograft prognosis
(WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC, 2010)
P>Renal transplant patients with stable graft function and proximal tubular dysfunction (PTD) have an increased risk for chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN). In this study, we investigated the histologic pattern associated ...
Alterations to oxidative stress markers in dogs after a short-term stress during transport
(Journal of Nutritional Science, 2014)
While methods to evaluate antioxidant capacity in animals exist, one problem with the models is induction of oxidative stress. It is necessary to promote a great enough challenge to induce measurable alterations to oxidative ...
Vitamin A affects haematology, growth and immune response of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, L.), but has no protective effect against bacterial challenge or cold-induced stress
(2014)
Vitamin A (vitA) is an essential nutrient that acts as an endocrine regulator of several metabolic pathways, modulating normal growth and health status of animals. Although the importance of vitA for normal haematology and ...
Fruits And Vegetables In The Brazilian Household Budget Survey (2008-2009): Carotenoid Content And Assessment Of Individual Carotenoid Intake
(Academic Press Inc Elsevier ScienceSan Diego, 2016)
The absence of transthyretin does not impair regulation of lipid and glucose metabolism
(Georg Thieme Verlag KgStuttgartAlemanha, 2007)
Níveis séricos de vitamina A em pré-escolares de um bairro pobre de Manaus - AM
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 1989)
The nutritional status of vitamim A was studied in 240 children of both sexes between the ages of three and seven years who lived in a poor residential area of Manaus (Amazonas), Brazil. Biochemical analyses of serum retinol ...
Prenatal retinoic acid improves lung vascularization and VEGF expression in CDH rat
(MOSBY-ELSEVIERNEW YORK, 2012)
OBJECTIVE: We sought to investigate the effects of antenatal retinoic acid on the pulmonary vasculature and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF receptors (VEGFR) expression in a nitrofen-induced congenital ...