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BET Protein Inhibitor JQ1 Ameliorates Experimental Peritoneal Damage by Inhibition of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress

Antioxidants, 2023
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a current replacement therapy for end-stage kidney diseases (ESKDs). However, long-term exposure to PD fluids may lead to damage of the peritoneal membrane (PM) through mechanisms involving the activation of the inflammatory ...
Vanessa Marchant, Flavia Trionfetti, Lucia Tejedor-Santamaria, Sandra Rayego-Mateos, Dante Rotili, Giulio Bontempi, Alessandro Domenici, Paolo Menè, Antonello Mai, Catalina Martín-Cleary, Alberto Ortiz, Adrian M. Ramos, Raffaele Strippoli, Marta Ruiz-Ortega   +13 more
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Role of histamine-mediated macrophage differentiation in clearance of metastatic bacterial infection

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
Macrophages are highly heterogeneous immune cells with a role in maintaining tissue homeostasis, especially in activating the defense response to bacterial infection.
Kwang H. Kim, Donghwan Park, Soo Young Cho, Yejin Cho, Buhyun Lee, Haengdueng Jeong, Yura Lee, Yourim Lee, Ki Taek Nam   +8 more
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Evaluation of Magnesium Level and Associated Factors in Patients under Peritoneal Dialysis

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2020
Background: Given the high prevalence of chronic renal failure worldwide, and the fact that kidneys are the major means of magnesium excretion from the body, it is speculated that the incidence risk of magnesium balance disorder would be high in patients
Mojgan Mortazavi, Yasaman Sadeghi, Shiva Seirafian, Sayed Mohsen Hosseini, Shirin Karimi   +4 more
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Copaiba oil effect under different pathways in mice subjected to sepsis [PDF]

Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2014
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of copaiba oil administered by different routes on survival of mices subjected to cecal ligation and puncture.METHODS:Thirty two mice were distributed into four study groups (N=8): Sham group: normal standard animals ...
Nara Macedo Botelho, Edvaldo Lima Silveira, Letícia Nobre Lopes, Felipe Augusto Folha Santos, Renan Kleber Costa Teixeira, Thaís Travassos da Silva   +5 more
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The Importance of Using Peritoneal Equlibration Test for the Peritoneal Transport Type Characterization in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2010
The aim of this study was to analyze the importance of the peritoneal equilibration test (PET) in evaluation of the peritoneal membrane tranport status in patients treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).
Snežana Unčanin, Senija Rašić, Jasminka Džemidžić, Alma Muslimović, Begler Begović, Vedad Herenda   +5 more
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Advances in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer with Peritoneal Metastases: A Focus on Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy

The Ewha Medical Journal, 2023
In stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC), peritoneal metastasis is associated with a poor prognosis. Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) after cytoreductive surgery (CRS) is an effective treatment option ...
Youngbae Jeon, Eun Jung Park
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The Many Faces of the Angry Peritoneum

Diagnostics
The peritoneum is a thin membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers the abdominal organs. It serves as a conduit for the spread of various pathological processes, including gas and fluid collections, inflammation, infections, and neoplastic ...
Maria Chiara Ambrosetti, Matilde Bariani, Giulia Angela Zamboni, Riccardo Valletta, Matteo Bonatti   +4 more
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Peritoneal endometriosis is an inflammatory disease

Frontiers in Bioscience, 2012
Peritoneal endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by increased numbers of peritoneal macrophages and their secreted products. Inflammation plays a major role in pain and infertility associated with endometriosis, but is also extensively involved in the molecular processes that lead to peritoneal lesion development.
Jean-Christophe, Lousse, Anne, Van Langendonckt, Sylvie, Defrere, Reinaldo Gonzalez, Ramos, Sebastien, Colette, Jacques, Donnez   +5 more
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Cytokines and local chronic inflammation in the formation of infertility in fertile age women

Сибирский научный медицинский журнал, 2020
The purpose of the study was to examine the characteristics of the content of cytokines in the peritoneal fluid in women of reproductive age with infertility against the background of chronic inflammatory diseases of the pelvic organs in the stage of ...
O. O. Obukhova, A. N. Trunov, O. M. Gorbenko, A. P. Shvayuk   +3 more
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Incremental Peritoneal Dialysis Favourably Compares with Hemodialysis as a Bridge to Renal Transplantation

International Journal of Nephrology, 2011
Background. The value of incremental peritoneal dialysis (PD) as a bridge to renal transplantation (Tx) has not been specifically addressed. Methods. All consecutive Stage 5 CKD patients with at least 1 year predialysis followup, starting incremental PD ...
Alessandro Domenici, Maria Cristina Comunian, Loredana Fazzari, Francesca Sivo, Angela Dinnella, Barbara Della Grotta, Giorgio Punzo, Paolo Menè   +7 more
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