O estágio no ambiente laboratorial propicia a oportunidade do discente acompanhar o atendimento de pacientes com as mais variadas formas de agravos. Dentre estes,o diabetes apresenta elevada incidência e morbidade. O acompanhamento e orientação de pacientes diabéticos engrandece o aprendizado no estágio laboratorial, ao passo que promove ao paciente um melhor entendimento sobre o diabetes com intuito de gerar u...
nterleukin-18 (IL-18), a pro-inflammatory and proatherogenic cytokine, has been associated with diabetes type 2 (DM2), metabolic syndrome, stroke and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Some studies have indicated that the IL-18 -137 G/C polymorphism seems to be associated with changes in the IL-18 expression and may contribute to the development of DM2 and its complications. The aim of the present study was to evalu...
Objective/background: Sickle-cell anemia (SCA) is a genetic blood disease characterized by chronic inflammation and a heterogeneous clinical picture. Serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) and interleukin 10 (IL-10) levels are associated with the clinical course of SCA. This study aimed to evaluate the association between the frequency of the polymorphisms TNF- alpha-308 G ? A, IL-10-1082 G ? A, IL-10-819 C ? ...