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Unlabelled: Tacrolimus (TAC) is an immunosuppressant drug that prevents organ rejection after transplantation. This drug is transported from cells via P-glycoprotein (ABCB1) and is a metabolic substrate for cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A enzymes, particularly CYP3A4 and CYP3A5. Several single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been identified in the genes encoding , , and , including CYP3A4-392A/G (rs2740574), CYP3A5 6986A/G (rs776746), and ABCB1 3435C/T (rs1045642).
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: Chronic Kidney Disease of uncertain or non-traditional etiology (CKDnT) is a form of chronic kidney disease of undetermined etiology (CKDu) and is not associated with traditional risk factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of polymorphisms rs2070744, 4b/a and rs1799983 of the gene with CKDnT in Mexican patients. : We included 105 patients with CKDnT and 90 controls.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLatent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) has clinical and metabolic features of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. LADA does not have specific features for its diagnosis apart from autoantibody detection; however, these tests are not affordable in clinical settings. In this cross-sectional study, we analyzed clinical criteria, metabolic control, pharmacological treatment, and diabetic complications in two groups of patients with diabetes -LADA and T2D- in order to identify specific characteristic of these clinical entities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActa Medica (Hradec Kralove)
December 2022
This review aims to summarize the literature's main results about high flow nasal cannula therapy (HFNC) HFNC benefits in the Emergency Department (ED) in adults and pediatrics, including new Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). HFNC has recently been established as the usual treatment in the ED to provide oxygen support. Its use has been generalized due to its advantages over traditional oxygen therapy devices, including decreased nasopharyngeal resistance, washing out of the nasopharyngeal dead space, generation of positive pressure, increasing alveolar recruitment, easy adaptation due to the humidification of the airways, increased fraction of inspired oxygen and improved mucociliary clearance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStatins are the cornerstone of therapy for individuals with hyperlipidemia. The aim of this study was to analyze the undesirable effects of mild, moderate and high doses of rosuvastatin in CD-1 male mice who received a cholesterol-rich diet, focusing on the morphological and functional changes on hepatocyte mitochondria. In a mouse model we studied the combined administration of a cholesterol-rich diet along with mild and moderate doses of rosuvastatin (1, 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Environ Res Public Health
February 2019
We analyzed the effect of diosgenin, administered with atorvastatin or ezetimibe, on the fate of ³H(G)-taurocholic acid or 26-C-cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic rats. Male Wistar rats received a hypercholesterolemic diet (HD), HD + atorvastatin (HD+ATV), HD + ezetimibe (HD+EZT), HD + diosgenin (HD+DG), HD+ATV+EZT, or HD+ATV+DG for 40 days. We also included a control normal group (ND).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpontaneous rupture of the spleen is a rare clinical condition that usually presents as a complication of a background pathology and can become a life-threatening condition if it is not diagnosed in time. We present the case of a 15-year-old girl with abdominal pain and clinical data of hypovolemic shock. The simple tomographic study revealed deformation of the splenic architecture and hemoperitoneum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine the validity of plasma lactate in the emergency department for the early detection of tissue hypoperfusion in septic patients.
Materials And Methods: Longitudinal descriptive study. Non probabilistic sampling for convenience.
From studies using different experimental techniques employed to determine the presence of aggregates e.g. isothermal titration calorimetry, surface tension, electrical conductivity, UV-Vis spectrophotometry, dynamic and static light scattering, it is clearly demonstrated that the compound [Cu(4, 4'-dimethyl-2, 2'-bipyridine)(acetylacetonato)HO]NO (Casiopeína III-ia), promising member of a family of new generation compounds for cancer treatment, is able to auto associate in aqueous media.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFabry disease (FD) is an inherited X-linked lysosomal disease that causes renal failure in a high percentage of affected individuals. The eNOS gene encodes for endothelial nitric oxide synthase, which plays an important role in glomerular hemodynamics. This gene has two main polymorphisms (Glu298Asp and 4b/a) that have been studied in the context of many different diseases, including those involving cardiovascular and renal alterations.
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