Search Results - "Alves, Andréa C."
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The combination of high-fat diet-induced obesity and chronic ulcerative colitis reciprocally exacerbates adipose tissue and colon inflammation
Published in Lipids in health and disease (10-11-2011)“…This study evaluated the relationship between ulcerative colitis and obesity, which are both chronic diseases characterized by inflammation and increases in…”
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Aging correlates with reduction in regulatory-type cytokines and T cells in the gut mucosa
Published in Immunobiology (1979) (01-10-2011)“…Abstract Aging is reported to be associated with decline in oral tolerance induction, which is initiated at the intestinal mucosal surface. Herein, we examined…”
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Susceptibility to Entamoeba histolytica Intestinal Infection Is Related to Reduction in Natural Killer T-Lymphocytes in C57BL/6 Mice
Published in Infectious disease reports (27-04-2012)“…Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan that causes amoebiasis. Recent studies demonstrated that natural killer T lymphocytes (NKT) are critical for preventing…”
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Vitamin A supplementation leads to increases in regulatory CD4+Foxp3+LAP+ T cells in mice
Published in Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) (01-10-2015)“…Abstract Dietary compounds, including micronutrients such as vitamin A and its metabolite retinoic acid, directly influence the development and function of the…”
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Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the zero-tolerance era
Published in American journal of infection control (01-12-2011)“…Background Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is one of the most common health care‒associated infections in the critical care setting…”
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Hsp65-producing Lactococcus lactis prevents experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice by inducing CD4+LAP+ regulatory T cells
Published in Journal of autoimmunity (01-02-2013)“…Abstract Heat shock proteins (Hsps) participate in the cellular response to stress and they are hiperexpressed in inflammatory conditions. They are also known…”
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