Browsing by Subject "pregnancy"

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    • Acute food restriction increases collagen breakdown and phagocytosis by mature decidual cells of mice 

      Spadacci-Morena, D. D.; Katz, S. G. (Churchill Livingstone, 2001-06-01)
      An ultrastructural study was undertaken on antimesometrial mature decidual tissue of fed and food-restricted mice, on day 9 of pregnancy. the mean ad libitum food intake was established on mice from the 8th till the 9th ...

    • The anxiolytic effect of pregnancy in rats is reversed by finasteride 

      Faturi, Claudia de Brito; Teixeira-Silva, Flavia; Leite, Jose Roberto (Elsevier B.V., 2006-11-01)
      Several studies have shown the influence of the oestrous cycle on anxiety levels and the important role of progesterone in this effect. the metabolism of this steroid hormone yields neuroactive steroids among them ...

    • Avaliação do efeito antifibrótico da Relaxina: estudo in vivo e in vitro 

      Figueiredo, Camila Medici de [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2016-04-29)
      Mesangial cells (MC) and its extracellular matrix are relevant to the maintenance of glomerular filtration rate by modulating the surface available for filtration. Under stimuli such as high glucose, MC proliferate and ...

    • Avaliação reprodutiva tardia da prole exposta à nicotina durante as fases de prenhez e lactação 

      Silva, Mayra Miranda Rodrigues da [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2014-07-30)
      Introduction: About 1/3 of the population smokes. The nicotine found in cigarettes, reaches breast milk and crosses the placental membrane. Previously, it was observed that nicotine administered to female rats during ...

    • Cervical gland area as an ultrasonographic marker for preterm delivery 

      Pires, C. R.; Moron, A. F.; Mattar, Rosiane [UNIFESP]; Diniz, ALD; Andrade, SGA; Bussamra, LCS (Elsevier B.V., 2006-06-01)
      Objective: To assess the association between spontaneous preterm delivery (SPTD) in the general population and the measurement of the cervix length, cervical funneling, and absence of the cervical gland area (CGA). Method: ...

    • Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in HIV-infected Pregnant Women and Adverse Infant Outcomes 

      Adachi, Kristina; Klausner, Jeffrey D.; Xu, Jiahong; Ank, Bonnie; Bristow, Claire C.; Morgado, Mariza G.; Watts, D. Heather; Weir, Fred; Persing, David; Mofenson, Lynne M.; Veloso, Valdilea G.; Pilotto, Jose Henrique; Joao, Esau; Gray, Glenda; Theron, Gerhard; Santos, Breno; Fonseca, Rosana; Kreitchmann, Regis; Pinto, Jorge; Mussi-Pinhata, Marisa M.; Ceriotto, Mariana; Machado, Daisy Maria [UNIFESP]; Bryson, Yvonne J.; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Bastos, Francisco I.; Siberry, George; Nielsen-Saines, Karin (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016)
      Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in pregnancy such as Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) may lead to adverse infant outcomes. Methods: Individual urine specimens from HIV-infected ...

    • Chronic use of indinavir in albino rat pregnancy (Rattus norvegicus albinus, Rodentia, Mammalia): Biological assay 

      Quintino, Marisa Pascale [UNIFESP]; Nakamura, Mary Uchiyama [UNIFESP]; Simoes, Manuel de Jesus [UNIFESP]; Araujo Junior, Edward [UNIFESP]; Oliveira Filho, Ricardo Martins de [UNIFESP]; Torloni, Maria Regina [UNIFESP]; Espiridião, Silvia [UNIFESP]; Kulay Júnior, Luiz [UNIFESP] (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-09-01)
      Aim: Assess possible adverse effects of the chronic use of indinavir during pregnancy in a rat model.Methods: 40 pregnant EOM-1 albino rats were randomly allocated into four groups of 10 animals each: a control (Ctr) group ...

    • Cytokines in recurrent pregnancy loss 

      Daher, S.; Denardi, KDG; Blotta, MHSL; Mamoni, R. L.; Reck, APM; Camano, L.; Mattar, Rosiane [UNIFESP] (Elsevier B.V., 2004-06-01)
      Cytokines seem to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). Th1 cytokines have been shown to exert deleterious effects on pregnancy, inhibiting foetal growth and development. ...

    • Decreased noradrenergic and serotonergic reactivity of vas deferens of newborn rats from mothers treated with the serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine during pregnancy and breast-feeding 

      Pereira, Janaina D.; Caricati-Neto, Afonso [UNIFESP]; Jurkiewicz, Aron; Jurkiewicz, Neide H. (Elsevier B.V., 2007-11-10)
      Female Wistar rats were treated with the serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine (10 mg/kg/i.p/day), during pregnancy and breast-feeding, for the study of the corresponding newborn rats. At the end of the prewcaning period, ...

    • Demonstration of extracellular acid phosphatase activity in the involuting, antimesometrial decidua in fed and acutely fasted mice by combined cytochemistry and electron microscopy 

      Katz, Sima Godosevicius [UNIFESP] (Wiley-Blackwell, 1998-09-01)
      An ultrastructural cytochemical study of acid phosphatase activity in the antimesometrial decidua on days 9-11 of pregnancy was performed in fed and acutely fasted mice.Specimens were fixed in a buffered mixture of ...