Cell extrusion is a mechanism of cell elimination that is used by organisms as diverse as sponges, nematodes, insects and mammals. During extrusion, a cell detaches from a layer of surrounding cells while maintaining the continuity of that layer. Vertebrate epithelial tissues primarily eliminate cells by extrusion, and the dysregulation of cell extrusion has been linked to epithelial diseases, including cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInsulin and insulin-like signaling regulates a broad spectrum of growth and metabolic responses to a variety of internal and environmental stimuli. For example, the inhibition of insulin-like signaling in C. elegans mediates its response to both osmotic stress and starvation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe investigated the protective role of ceftriaxone plus sulbactam with VRP1034 (Elores) on hematological, lipid peroxidation, antioxidant enzymatic activities and Cd levels in the blood and tissues of cadmium exposed rats. Twenty-four male rats were divided into three groups of eight rats each. The control group received distilled water whereas group II received CdCl2 (1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEtimicin sulfate, an ethylization derivative of gentamicin, is a new soluble wide-spectrum synthetic aminoglycoside drug. It has wide antibacterial spectrum with high effect and less cross resistance as compared to other aminoglycosides. In order to further explore its safety and tolerance, we have conducted a subactute toxicity study on swiss albino mice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe have evaluated pharmacokinetics of a fixed dose combination (FDC) of ceftriaxone and sulbactam (2:1) or sulbactomax in eight healthy volunteers. A 1.5 g dose of sulbactomax, 1 g dose of ceftriaxone and 0.
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May 2009
Drug toxicity is a common cause of liver injury and kidney failure. This study was designed to elucidate whether administration of high doses of Ceftriaxone or Vancomycin induce oxidative stress in liver as well as kidney, and to investigate the protective effects of VRP 1020 with fixed dose combination of ceftriaxone-vancomycin (Immunox-V). Twenty four Mus musculus mice (weighing 30 +/- 5 g) were divided into four groups containing six mice in each group.
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September 2008
Oxidative stress and free radical are causative factors for aminoglycoside induced tissue injury. The objective of present study was to evaluate effect of fixed dose combination of cefepime + amikacin on antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase along with malonaldialdehyde (MDA) levels in liver of Mus musculus mice. Our findings showed that the activities of the antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (p<0.
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January 2005
Effect of administration of 600 mg. vitamin E each day, for six days, was observed on activity of some of the anti-oxidant enzymes and levels of malondialdehyde (as an index of free radical mediated damage) in the platelets of patients reperfused after myocardial infarction. It has been found that vitamin E administration significantly lowers the level of malondialdehyde in the patients.
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