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B Cell-Deficient Mice Display Enhanced Susceptibility to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Infection
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. T helper 1 (Th1)-mediated immunity is primarily responsible ...
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Role of Oxidative Damage and Myocardial Cell Injuries in Human Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock after Surgical Correction of Congenital Heart Disease in Infants
Background and aims: Perioperative myocardial damage still remains the most common cause of morbidity and death after technically successful surgical correction. However, the situation is further complicated in p...
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Evaluation of Myocardial Cell Injuries and Oxidative Stress Mechanisms in Neonates and Infants after Surgical Correction of Congenital Heart Disease
Background and aims: Despite advances in pediatric cardiac surgery, perioperative myocardial injury can be the major determinant of postoperative dysfunction after cardiac surgery. The objective was to investigat...
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Focal cerebral ischemia and patent cardiac foramen ovale
By means of transthoracic contrast echocardiography, the prevalence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) was studied, in a continuous series of 48 patients aged less than 50 years with a recent episode of acute cer...
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Reversible rat mesenteric mast cell swelling caused by vagal stimulation or sham-feeding
Fragments of rat mesentery were examined using acetylthiocholine to detect cholinergic nerve fibers and toluidine blue to identify mast cells. 59.2±2.6 percent of mast cells were at less than one-half mean cel...
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Modulation of Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Diphosphate (PIP2) Phospholipase C Activity by 4-Hydroxyalkenals
Hepatocarcinogenesis is followed by significant changes in lipid peroxidation rate. Normal liver is highly susceptible to lipoperoxidationl; the degree of hepatic basal lipid peroxidation can be strongly increase...
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Nephropathy produced by forssman antibody in guinea pigs:
In the present work the involvement of the kidneys of guinea pigs injected with rabbit anti-sheep red blood cell antiserum (Forssman antibody) was studied. The antibody was introduced by a catheter into the ab...
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Protective effect of adrenergic blocking agents against kidney hemorrhagic necrosis of choline deficiency
A disturbed renal circulation due to an imbalance between vasoconstrictor catecholamines and a vasodilator such as acetylcholine, caused by a decrease in acetylcholine, has been postulated as the basic mechani...
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Effect of protein-calorie malnutrition on catecholamine levels and weight of heart in rats
Catecholamine levels and weight of heart were studied in rats subjected to protein-calorie malnutrition and after a period of nutritional rehabilitation. Rats given a protein deficient diet (4% protein) for pe...
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Catecholamine and acetylcholine levels of the kidney in weanling rats fed a choline-deficient diet
A disturbed renal circulation due to an imbalance between vasoconstrictor catecholamines and a vasodilator such as acetylcholine, caused by a decrease in acetylcholine, has been postulated as the basic mechani...
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Intestinal neurohormones in protein-deficient rats
The levels of noradrenaline, adrenaline, and serotonin in the jejunum and ileum of weanling rats fed protein-free (deficient) and high-protein (control) diets were analyzed. The concentration of noradrenaline ...
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Effect of alcohol ingestion on the epithelial cell population in rat small intestine
Chronic administration of alcohol to well-nourished rats led to striking changes in the small intestinal cell population. The present experiments corroborate the view that alcohol is directly toxic to the smal...
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Heart norepinephrine concentration after chronic alcohol ingestion in the rat
The effect of long-term alcohol ingestion on the norepinephrine concentration of the heart was investigated in rats. The alcoholic animals showed a highly significant increase in cardiac norepinephrine concent...
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Alcohol-induced pulmonary changes in rats
Bei normaler Ernährung und täglichem Trinken von beliebigen Mengen 40% igem Zuckerrohrschnaps wurden bei weissen Laboratoriumsratten diverse anatomische und ultrastrukturelle Lungenveränderungen nachgewiesen: ...
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Effects of alcohol ingestion on adrenergic nerve endings of rat atrioventricular valves
Bei Ratten, die während 4 Monaten ad libitum 40% igen Zuckerrohrschnaps getrunken hatten, wurden tiefgreifende Degenerationserscheinungen des adrenergischen Nervenplexus der Atrioventrikularklappen festgestellt.
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Catecholamine-depleting effect of Brazilian scorpion (Tityus serrulatus) venom on adrenergic nerves of the rat atrioventricular valves
Mittels Fluoreszenztechnik wurde ein mikrochemischer Nachweis der Freisetzung von Katecholamin an adrenergischen Strukturen in den Arterioventrikularklappen des Rattenherzens nach Verabreichung von Skorpiongift (
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Myonecrosis induced by scorpion venom
Elektronenoptischer Nachweis, dass Skorpiongift (Tityus serrulatus) nach i.p. Verabreichung an der quergestreiften Muskulatur der Küchenschabe eine starke nekrosierende Wirkung ausübt.
