Curcumin Modulates the Differential Effects of Fructose and High-Fat Diet on Renal Damage, Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Lipid Metabolism.

Background: Dyslipidemia and obesity hypercaloric diet-induced lead to kidney damage. We investigated the effect of curcumin on the expression of proteins related to inflammation, fibrosis, fatty acids metabolism, kidney damage, and morphological changes in the kidneys of mice hypercaloric diets-fed.

Methods: Groups of 5-week-old C57BL/6 mice (n=6) were formed: Control (C), High-fructose diet (F), Highfructose diet and curcumin (F+Cur), High-fat diet (HFD), High-fat diet and curcumin (HFD+Cur), High-fat diet and fructose (HFD+F), High-fat diet, fructose and curcumin (HFD+F+Cur), treated for 16 weeks with 30% (w/v) fructose, 60% (w/w) fat and 0.

Non-invasive diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease using an algorithm combining clinical indexes and ultrasonographic measures.

Introduction And Objective: Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is a metabolic liver disease related to insulin resistance, which requires invasive methods for diagnosis. The aim of this study was to analyze whether the use of an algorithm involving both clinical indices and hepatic ultrasound measurements improves the accuracy for the non-invasive diagnosis of NAFLD.

Patients And Methods: Cross-sectional study with patients undergoing elective cholecystectomy.

Invasive Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma with Lepidic Growth Pattern in a Pregnant Patient.

Among the differential diagnoses that should be considered in acute respiratory failure (ARF) are infectious processes, autoimmune diseases, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, and pulmonary neoplasia. Timely diagnosis of lung neoplasia is complicated in the early stages. An opportune diagnosis, as well as the specific treatment, decrease mortality.

Primary mucinous neoplasms of the renal pelvis: report of two cases.

Objective: To describe the histopathologic features and clinical presentation of two primary mucinous neoplasms of the renal pelvis.

Methods: We describe two cases and its correlation with histopathologic findings.

Results: Primary mucinous neoplasm of the renal pelvis was diagnosed by histopathology in two patients who received medical treatment for abdominal tumor.