Browsing by Subject "Dexamethasone"
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Additive effect of P10 immunization and chemotherapy in anergic mice challenged intratracheally with virulent yeasts of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
(Elsevier B.V., 2008-10-01)Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic granulomatous disease manifested in the acute/subacute or chronic forms. the anergic cases of the acute/subacute form are most severe, leading to death threatening conditions. Drug ...
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Análises histoquímica e morfométrica de lesões endometrióticas induzidas em ratas e tratadas com dexametasona
(Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia ClínicaSociedade Brasileira de PatologiaSociedade Brasileira de Citopatologia, 2009-04-01)INTRODUCTION: The literature reports that endometrial implants have receptors for steroid hormones primarily stimulated by estrogen and that some treatment strategies have been proposed in experimental models such as the ...
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Aumento da probabilidade diagnóstica de Síndrome de Cushing subclínica em amostra de população de pacientes obesos com diabetes mellitus do tipo 2
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2008-06-27)Endogenous Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is unusual. Patients with subclinical CS (SCS) present altered cortisol dynamics without obvious manifestations. CS occurs in 2-3% of obese poorly controlled diabetics. We studied 103 ...
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Desenvolvimento de um radioimunoensaio de dexametasona no soro como subsídio para o diagnóstico da síndrome de Cushing
(Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia ClínicaSociedade Brasileira de PatologiaSociedade Brasileira de Citopatologia, 2011-10-01)INTRODUCTION: The 1 mg dexamethasone suppression test (DxST) is widely used to screen Cushing's syndrome (CS) due to its high diagnostic accuracy. CS is an endocrine-metabolic disorder caused by hypercorticism, which is ...
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Efeito agudo de glicocorticóides sobre a memória de jovens saudáveis
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2008)Os glicocorticóides (GC) modulam funções executivas através de suas ligações com receptores para GC (em especial receptores GR) amplamente distribuídos no encéfalo de humanos, incluindo regiões frontais que são recrutadas ...
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Efeito do tratamento materno com dexametasona em fígado fetal de ratos: o papel de macrófagos no metabolismo do ferro e maturação de eritroblastos
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2010-11-24)Macrophages (MƒÖs) have important roles during development as a phagocytosis of apoptotic cells, secretion of growth factors and cytokines as well as angiogenesis induction. In the fetal liver (FL), erythroblasts at various ...
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Efeito do uso de glicocorticóides na função e morfologia cardíaca de ratos
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2016-06-09)Introduction Glucocorticoids are drugs widely used in the clinic for their anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties, but high doses and/or prolonged treatment are associated with cardiac remodeling. Objective To ...
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Eficácia da dexametasona intratimpânica como otoprotetor em pacientes submetidos à cisplatina
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2020-10-05)Cisplatin is a highly effective antitumor agent, but its use is limited by its side effects, including ototoxicity, nephrotoxicity and myelosuppression. The objective of this study is to evaluate the possible otoprotective ...
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Evaluation of Adrenal Reserve in Children with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Treated with Prednisone or Dexamethasone
(Karger, 2012-01-01)Background/Aims: the purpose of this study was to compare adrenal gland reserve in acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) patients 8 weeks after treatment with either prednisone (PRED) or dexamethasone (DEX) during the induction ...
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Impact of Prolonged Low-Grade Physical Training on the in vivo Glucocorticoid Sensitivity and on Glucocorticoid Receptor-alpha mRNA Levels of Obese Adolescents
(Karger, 2010-01-01)Background/Aim: Healthy individuals present variable responses of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis induced by different patterns of physical training. the aim of this study was to evaluate whether prolonged ...
