2 results match your criteria: "Reproductive Biology Center (CBR)[Affiliation]"
Effect of cross-linked chitosan iron (III) on vascular calcification in uremic rats.
Exp Biol Med (Maywood)
May 2018
1 Laboratory of Experimental Nephrology (LABNEX) and Interdisciplinary Nucleus of Laboratory Animal Studies (NIDEAL), Reproductive Biology Center (CBR), Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Juiz de Fora 36036900, Brazil.
Cross-linked chitosan iron (III) is a chitin-derived polymer with a chelating effect on phosphorus, but it is untested in vascular calcification. We evaluated this compound's ability to reduce hyperphosphatemia and its effect on vascular calcification in uremic rats using an adenine-based, phosphorus-rich diet for seven weeks. We used a control group to characterize the uremia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFraction of exhaled nitric oxide measurements in the diagnoses of asthma in elderly patients.
Clin Interv Aging
February 2017
School of Medical and Health Sciences - SUPREMA, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Institute of Biological Sciences, Juiz de Fora, Brazil; Maternity Hospital Terezinha de Jesus, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Institute of Biological Sciences, Juiz de Fora, Brazil; Laboratory of Immunopathology and Experimental Pathology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Reproductive Biology Center (CBR), Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Objective: To assess the value of fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) measurements in the diagnosis of asthma in elderly patients.
Methods: The clinical symptoms of 202 elderly patients were assessed with the asthma module of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood test, which had been modified for the elderly patients, and the diagnostic routine for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which was based on the Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease criteria. Of the 202 patients assessed, 43 were subjected to pulmonary function evaluations (spirometry) and FeNO measurements.