COVID-19: A review and considerations for the resumption of activities in an IVF laboratory and clinic in Brazil.

COVID-19 has caused radical effects on the daily lives of millions of people. The causal agent of the current pandemic is SARS-CoV-2, a virus that causes symptoms related to the respiratory system, leading to severe complications. In the in vitro fertilization (IVF) universe, there are several protocols for infection control and laboratory safety.

A Representative GIIA Phospholipase A Activates Preadipocytes to Produce Inflammatory Mediators Implicated in Obesity Development.

Adipose tissue secretes proinflammatory mediators which promote systemic and adipose tissue inflammation seen in obesity. Group IIA (GIIA)-secreted phospholipase A (sPLA) enzymes are found to be elevated in plasma and adipose tissue from obese patients and are active during inflammation, generating proinflammatory mediators, including prostaglandin E (PGE). PGE exerts anti-lipolytic actions and increases triacylglycerol levels in adipose tissue.

Treatment of -Infected Mice with a Combination of a Palladacycle Complex and Heat-Killed Triggers Protective Cellular Immune Responses.

Palladacycle complex DPPE 1.2 was previously reported to inhibit the and infection by . The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of DPPE 1.

Homeopathic treatments modify inflammation but not behavioral response to influenza antigen challenge in BALB/c mice.

Background: Influenza affects thousands of people worldwide every year, motivating the development of new therapies. In this work, the effects of two homeopathic preparations (influenza biotherapies and thymulin) were chosen following two different rationales: isotherapy and endo-isotherapy models. The homeopathic effects were evaluated individually considering the inflammatory and behavioral responses against influenza virus antigen were studied in BALB/c mice.