Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: RESULTS: KA promoted a significant decrease of TNF-α and IL-1 expression and MPO activity at T1/T2 time points. NSGH levels increased significantly in KA-treated rats, while MDA levels decreased significantly in the same rats. Arginine promoted a significant decrease in MDA levels at the T1 time point and a significant increase in non- protein thiols concentrations at T1/T2 time points. NO2 concentration also decreased at the T1 time point. CONCLUSIONS: KA may attenuate the oxidative stress and the inflammation, thereby reducing tissue damage induced by ischemia/reperfusion in rats subjected to dorsal skin flaps. NO LEVEL ASSIGNED: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each submission to which Evidence-Based Medicine rankings are applicable. This excludes Review Articles, Book Reviews, and manuscripts that concern Basic Science, Animal Studies, Cadaver Studies, and Experimental Studies. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors http://www.springer.com/00266.
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Authors | Joaquim José de Lima Silva, Débora Gramosa Pompeu, Naiara Coelho Ximenes, Antoniella Souza Gomes Duarte, Nilce Viana Gramosa, Krishnamurti de Morais Carvalho, Gerly Anne de Castro Brito, Sergio Botelho Guimarães |
Journal | Aesthetic plastic surgery
(Aesthetic Plast Surg)
Vol. 39
Issue 6
Pg. 971-7
(Dec 2015)
ISSN: 1432-5241 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 26408387
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Cytokines
- Diterpenes
- kaurenoic acid
- Arginine
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Topics |
- Animals
- Arginine
(pharmacology, therapeutic use)
- Cytokines
(drug effects, physiology)
- Diterpenes
(pharmacology, therapeutic use)
- Inflammation
(prevention & control)
- Male
- Oxidative Stress
(drug effects)
- Random Allocation
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Reperfusion Injury
(prevention & control)
- Skin
(drug effects, metabolism)
- Surgical Flaps
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