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This work evaluated structured lipids (SLs) through chemical and enzymatic interesterification (CSLs and ESLs). Blends of soybean oil and peanut oil 1:1 wt% were used, with gradual addition of fully hydrogenated crambe to obtain a final behenic acid concentration of 6, 12, 18, and 24 %. Chemical catalysis used sodium methoxide (0.4 wt%) at 100 °C for 30 min, while enzymatic catalysis used Lipozyme TL IM (5 wt%) at 60 °C for 6 h. Major fatty acids identified were C16:0, C18:0, and C22:0. It was observed that with gradual increase of hard fat, the CSLs showed high concentrations of reaction intermediates, indicating further a steric hindrance, unlike ESLs. Increased hard fat also altered crystallization profile and triacylglycerols composition and ESLs showed lower solid fat, unlike CSLs. Both methods effectively produced SLs as an alternative to trans and palm fats, view to potential future applications in food products.
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Óleo de Palmeira , Óleo de Soja , Óleo de Palmeira/química , Óleo de Soja/química , Esterificação , Óleo de Amendoim/química , Ácidos Graxos trans/química , Ácidos Graxos trans/análise , Ácidos Graxos/química , Lipídeos/química , Triglicerídeos/química , Manipulação de Alimentos/métodos , Lipase/química , Lipase/metabolismo , HidrogenaçãoRESUMO
The combination of a polyphenol, quercetin, with dasatinib initiated clinical trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of senolytics in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease associated with the presence of senescent cells. Another approach to senotherapeutics consists of controlling inflammation related to cellular senescence or "inflammaging", which participates, among other processes, in establishing pulmonary fibrosis. We evaluate whether polyphenols such as caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, epicatechin, gallic acid, quercetin, or resveratrol combined with different senotherapeutics such as metformin or rapamycin, and antifibrotic drugs such as nintedanib or pirfenidone, could present beneficial actions in an in vitro model of senescent MRC-5 lung fibroblasts. A senescent-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) was evaluated by the measurement of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, and IL-1ß. The senescent-associated ß-galactosidase (SA-ß-gal) activity and cellular proliferation were assessed. Fibrosis was evaluated using a Picrosirius red assay and the gene expression of fibrosis-related genes. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) was assayed in the A549 cell line exposed to Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-ß in vitro. The combination that demonstrated the best results was metformin and caffeic acid, by inhibiting IL-6 and IL-8 in senescent MRC-5 cells. Metformin and caffeic acid also restore cellular proliferation and reduce SA-ß-gal activity during senescence induction. The collagen production by senescent MRC-5 cells was inhibited by epicatechin alone or combined with drugs. Epicatechin and nintedanib were able to control EMT in A549 cells. In conclusion, caffeic acid and epicatechin can potentially increase the effectiveness of senotherapeutic drugs in controlling lung diseases whose pathophysiological component is the presence of senescent cells and fibrosis.
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Senescência Celular , Fibroblastos , Pulmão , Polifenóis , Humanos , Fibroblastos/efeitos dos fármacos , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Senescência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Polifenóis/farmacologia , Pulmão/patologia , Pulmão/efeitos dos fármacos , Pulmão/metabolismo , Células A549 , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Transição Epitelial-Mesenquimal/efeitos dos fármacos , Metformina/farmacologia , Ácidos Cafeicos/farmacologia , Indóis/farmacologia , Senoterapia/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular , Fenótipo Secretor Associado à Senescência/efeitos dos fármacos , Sirolimo/farmacologia , Interleucina-8/metabolismo , Interleucina-8/genética , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta/metabolismo , PiridonasRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Cardiac surgery is a frequent surgical procedure and may present a high risk of complications. Among the prophylactic strategies studied to decrease the rates of negative outcomes, respiratory care seems to reduce pulmonary complications. Incentive spirometry (IS) is a low-cost, respiratory exercise technique, used for the prevention and treatment of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC). The aim of this review was to evaluate whether IS is superior to respiratory care, mobilization exercises, and noninvasive ventilation on PPC, and clinical outcomes. METHODS: Systematic review. Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (or MEDLINE®), Embase®, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (or CENTRAL), Physiotherapy Evidence Database (or PEDro), Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health (or CINAHL®), Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (or LILACS), Scientific Electronic Library Online (or SciELO), Allied, Scopus®, and OpenGrey databases, clinical trial registration sites, conferences, congresses, and symposiums were searched. RESULTS: Twenty-one randomized trials and one quasi-randomized trial (1,677 participants) were included. For partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), IS was inferior to respiratory care (mean difference [MD] -4.48; 95% confidence interval [CI] -8.32 to -0.63). Flow-oriented IS was inferior to respiratory care on PaO2 (MD -4.53; 95% CI -8.88 to -0.18). However, compared to respiratory care, flow-oriented IS was superior on recovery vital capacity. CONCLUSIONS: This meta-analysis revealed that IS was not superior to standard respiratory care for PPCs and clinical outcomes, therefore its use should not be widely recommended until further studies with high quality be performed to ensure this clinical guidance.
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Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Cardíacos , Espirometria , Humanos , Hospitais , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , Motivação , Oxigênio , Modalidades de FisioterapiaRESUMO
Therapeutically targeting senescent cells seems to be an interesting perspective in treating chronic lung diseases, which are often associated with human aging. The combination of the drug dasatinib and the polyphenol quercetin is used in clinical trials as a senolytic, and the first results point to the relief of physical dysfunction in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. In this work, we tested new combinations of drugs and polyphenols, looking for senolytic activity using human lung fibroblasts (MRC-5 cell line) with induced senescence. We researched drugs, such as azithromycin, rapamycin, metformin, FK-506, aspirin, and dasatinib combined with nine natural polyphenols, namely caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, ellagic acid, ferulic acid, gallic acid, epicatechin, hesperidin, quercetin, and resveratrol. We found new effective senolytic combinations with dasatinib and ellagic acid and dasatinib and resveratrol. Both drug combinations increased apoptosis, reduced BCL-2 expression, and increased caspase activity in senescent MRC-5 cells. Ellagic acid senolytic activity was more potent than quercetin, and resveratrol counteracted inflammatory cytokine release during senolysis in vitro. In conclusion, dasatinib and ellagic acid and dasatinib and resveratrol present in vitro senolytic potential like that observed for the combination in clinical trials of dasatinib and quercetin, and maybe they could be future alternatives in the senotherapeutic field.
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ABSTRACT Introduction: Cardiac surgery is a frequent surgical procedure and may present a high risk of complications. Among the prophylactic strategies studied to decrease the rates of negative outcomes, respiratory care seems to reduce pulmonary complications. Incentive spirometry (IS) is a low-cost, respiratory exercise technique, used for the prevention and treatment of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC). The aim of this review was to evaluate whether IS is superior to respiratory care, mobilization exercises, and noninvasive ventilation on PPC, and clinical outcomes. Methods: Systematic review. Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (or MEDLINE®), Embase®, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (or CENTRAL), Physiotherapy Evidence Database (or PEDro), Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health (or CINAHL®), Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (or LILACS), Scientific Electronic Library Online (or SciELO), Allied, Scopus®, and OpenGrey databases, clinical trial registration sites, conferences, congresses, and symposiums were searched. Results: Twenty-one randomized trials and one quasi-randomized trial (1,677 participants) were included. For partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), IS was inferior to respiratory care (mean difference [MD] -4.48; 95% confidence interval [CI] -8.32 to -0.63). Flow-oriented IS was inferior to respiratory care on PaO2 (MD -4.53; 95% CI -8.88 to -0.18). However, compared to respiratory care, flow-oriented IS was superior on recovery vital capacity. Conclusions: This meta-analysis revealed that IS was not superior to standard respiratory care for PPCs and clinical outcomes, therefore its use should not be widely recommended until further studies with high quality be performed to ensure this clinical guidance.
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Objetivo: compreender e mensurar os conhecimentos sobre Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis e seus fatores associados entre estudantes de uma universidade federal. Método:realizou-se uma pesquisa transversal, quantitativa, de amostragem não aleatória. Os critérios de seleção foram ser estudante da universidade e possuir maioridade. Coletou-se os dados entre outubro e dezembro de 2020, através de um questionário online. Na análise de dados realizou-se as frequências absolutas e relativas das variáveis e verificou-se associações pelo teste qui-quadrado. Resultados: dos 284estudantes universitários do sul do Brasil participantes,40,1% obtiveram sete acertos, 38,4%, seis acertos e 21,5%, cinco acertos ou menos. Observou-se que alguns fatores influenciam no conhecimento no assunto: renda; sexo; área do curso de graduação; e conhecer alguém com Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis. Conclusão:estudantes ainda carecem de conhecimentos no assunto, existindo necessidade de organizar políticas públicas dos serviços de saúde em direção a esse tema nas abordagens comportamental e biomédica.
Objective:to understand and measure knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases and their associated factors among students at a federal university. Method:a cross-sectional, quantitative, non-random sampling survey was made. The selection criteria were being an undergraduate student in adulthood. Data were collected between October and December 2020, through an online questionnaire. In the data analysis, the absolute and relative frequencies of the variables were executed and associations were verified using thechi-square test. Results:of the 284undergraduate students of southern Brazil, 40.1% had 7 points, 38.4% 6 points, and 21.5% 5 points or fewer. It was observed that some factors influence the knowledge on the subject: income; sex; undergraduate course area; and knowing someone with sexually transmitted diseases. Conclusion:students still lack knowledge on the subject, showing a need to organize public policies in health services toward this topic in behavioral and biomedical approaches.
Objetivo: comprender y medir el conocimiento sobre enfermedades de transmisión sexual y sus factores asociados entre estudiantes de una universidad federal. Método:encuesta transversal, de muestreo no aleatorio. Los criterios de selección eran ser estudiante y ser mayor de edad. Los datos se recogieron entre octubre y diciembre de 2020 por cuestionario online. Los análisis se realizaron con las frecuencias absolutasy relativas de las variables con prueba del cuádruple. Resultados:de los 284 estudiantes del sur de Brasil participantes, 40,1% obtuvo 7 aciertos, 38,4% con 6 aciertos y 21,5% 5 aciertos o menos. Se observó que algunos factores influyen en el conocimiento del tema: renda, sexo, área de la graduación y contacto con alguien sobre enfermedades sexualmente transmisible. Conclusión:los estudiantes aún carecen de conocimientos sobre el tema, habiendo la necesidad de organizar las políticas públicas de los servicios de salud en los enfoques comportamental y biomédico.
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Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis , Educação Sexual , EstudantesRESUMO
Hypertension is a widespread health risk, affecting over a billion people and causing 9 million deaths per year. The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (RAAS) is a primary target for hypertension treatment, and it is primarily treated through drugs that inhibit the Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme (ACE). In addition to pharmacological treatment, various plants are recommended in traditional medicine for blood pressure regulation. This study aimed to produce high-phenolic-content extracts with and without enzymatic assistance from red grape pomace and evaluate their antioxidant capacity and ACE inhibitory potential. The total phenolic content (TPC) was measured, and phenolic identification was performed using HPLC analysis. In addition, the antioxidant capacity and anti-hypertensive potential were determined via in vitro assays. There was no statistical difference in the TPC antioxidant capacity between the extraction methods. Otherwise, when considering the extraction yield, the enzymatic process recovered around 70% more phenolic compounds from the pomace, and the phenolic profile was changed. Enzymatic assistance also significantly increased the ACE inhibitory potential in the grape pomace extract. This study demonstrates the viability of upcycling grape pomace to obtain bioactive compounds and to reduce their environmental impact, and highlights the influence of the enzymatic extraction on the hypotensive potential of the extract.
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There is a growing demand for practical and healthy food products. Obtaining naturally colored breakfast cereals with the incorporation of functional ingredients is a promising alternative for consumers that are looking for healthiness. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using vegetable flours, rich in pigments, to obtain naturally colored breakfast cereals through thermoplastic extrusion. Vegetables considered "unsuitable for the retail market", classified as "type B", were used to prepare different flours from carrot (CF), spinach (SF) and beetroot (BF). Extrudates were produced from a mixture of 90% broken rice (BR) and 10% vegetable flour (CF, SF or BF). Besides giving the extrudates a natural color, the use of vegetable flours also provided nutritional and functional enrichment due to increased mineral, protein, lipid, fiber and phenolic compound contents, and greater antioxidant capacity. However, some of these components, such as fibers, affect extrudate physical structure and technological characteristics, evidenced by reduced expansion, hardness, paste viscosity and greater interaction with water present in milk under consumption conditions. In general, the evaluated flours proved to be an alternative for imparting a natural color to extruded breakfast cereals, in addition to positively contributing to their nutritional and functional value.
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Oryza , Verduras , Farinha , Grão Comestível , DesjejumRESUMO
We report a case of high-grade undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma in a free-living white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris) in Central Brazil. Grossly, it appeared as a soft yellow mass, approximately 8 cm in diameter, with an irregular, adherent and ulcerated surface, which extended from the proximal epiphysis of the femur to the proximal third of the tibia and fibula. The mass invaded the medullary cavity and had a necrotic centre. Multiple nodular metastases (0.5-1.5 cm) were present in the liver, lungs and spleen. Histologically, the neoplasm was characterized by pleomorphic cells with indistinct boundaries, many multinucleated cells, necrosis and tissue invasion. There was intense cytoplasmic immunolabelling of neoplastic cells for vimentin and moderate cytoplasmic and nuclear labelling for human muscle actin, human smooth muscle actin and lysozyme. Immunolabelling for Iba1, CD18, CD1A, cytokeratin AE1/AE3, glial fibrillary acidic protein and desmin was negative. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma in this species.
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Didelphis , Sarcoma , Animais , Humanos , Actinas , Sarcoma/veterinária , BrasilRESUMO
Introdução: Cerca de 31% dos pacientes hospitalizados com COVID-19 perdem mais de 5% de seu peso inicial, levando a fraqueza muscular. Portanto, a composição corporal tornou-se foco de investigação, para estimar comprometimento pulmonar, força da musculatura inspiratória e mortalidade. Objetivos: Investigar se a perda de peso e a composição corporal de pacientes internados com COVID-19 influenciam na função pulmonar e na força muscular inspiratória após alta hospitalar. Métodos: Estudo transversal. Pacientes adultos foram avaliados após internação por COVID-19. Os desfechos avaliados foram função pulmonar, pressão inspiratória máxima (Pimáx), composição corporal e mortalidade. As correlações entre as variáveis foram estimadas pelo Coeficiente de Correlação de Pearson. Resultados: A capacidade Vital Forçada (CVF) foi correlacionada com perda de peso, massa muscular esquelética, massa magra, perna esquerda e massa livre de gordura; o volume expiratório forçado no primeiro segundo (VEF1) correlacionou-se apenas com a perda de peso; e a Pimáx foi correlacionada com massa muscular esquelética, massa magra, perna esquerda, perna direita e massa livre de gordura. Conclusão: Observou-se correlação moderada entre CVF e as variáveis de composição corporal analisadas, exceto massa magra da perna esquerda; entre VEF1 e perda de peso; e entre Pimáx e as variáveis de composição corporal analisadas, exceto perda de peso.