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Endocrine cells and nerve ganglia of the small intestine of the Opossum Didelph...
Fonseca, Cláudio C.; Freitas-Ribeiro, Gláucia M.; Sartori, Sirlene S. R.; Loures-Ribeiro, Alan; Neves, Clóvis A.Os sistemas nervoso e endócrino controlam integra-damente os movimentos intestinais, a secreção de suas glândulas e também participam dos processos de digestão e absorção de nutrientes. Portanto, o objetivo central deste estudo foi verificar a existência de uma possível relação entre o número de células nervosas e gânglios dos plexos submucosos e mioentéricos e o número de células endócrinas no intestino delgad...
Digestive and regenerative cells in the midgut of haploid and diploid males of ...
Fernandes, Kenner M.; Martins, Gustavo F.; Serrão, José E.; Neves, Clóvis A.In eusocial bees, workers and queens are diploid (2n), whereas males are haploid (n). However, in some species, including the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides Lepeletier, 1836, 2n males arise from fertilized eggs resulting from the crossing between a queen and her brother. In the present study, we provide a comparative analysis of the digestive and regenerative cells in n and 2n pupae and adul...
Kefir reduces insulin resistance and inflammatory cytokine expression in an ani...
Rosa, Damiana D.; Grześkowiak, Łukasz M.; Ferreira, Célia L. L. F.; Fonseca, Ana Carolina M.; Reis, Sandra A.; Dias, Mariana M.; Siqueira, Nathane P.There is growing evidence that kefir can be a promising tool in decreasing the risk of many diseases, including metabolic syndrome (MetS). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of kefir supplementation in the diet of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR) in which MetS was induced with monosodium glutamate (MSG), and to determine its effect on metabolic parameters, inflammatory and oxidation ma...
Enalapril in combination with benznidazole reduces cardiac inflammation and cre...
Penitente, Arlete Rita; Leite, Ana Luísa Junqueira; Costa, Guilherme de Paula; Shrestha, Deena; Horta, Aline Luciano; Natali, Antônio J.The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi triggers an inflammatory process in mammalian heart causing events such as fibrosis, changes in the architecture and functionality in this organ. Enalapril, an angiotensin II-converting enzyme inhibitor, is a drug prescribed to ameliorate this heart dysfunction, and appears to exert a potential role in immune system regulation. Our aim was to evaluate the chronic cardiac inflamma...
Effects of the oral administration of viable and heat-killed Streptococcus bovi...
Paiva, Aline D.; Fernandes, Kenner M.; Dias, Roberto S.; Rocha, Alípio S.; Oliveira, Leandro L. de; Neves, Clóvis A.; Paula, Sérgio O. deAntimicrobial peptides have been suggested as an alternative to classical antibiotics in livestock production and bacteriocin-producing bacteria could be added to animal feeds to deliver bacteriocins in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of ruminant and monogastric animals. In this study, viable (V) and heat-killed (HK) Streptococcus bovis HC5 cells were orally administered to pre-sensitized mice in order to asses...