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Espécies reativas de oxigênio e de nitrogênio, antioxidantes e marcadores de dano oxidativo em sangue humano: principais métodos analíticos para sua determinação
- S. Vasconcelos, M. Goulart, José Benedito de França Moura, V. Manfredini, M. S. Benfato, L. Kubota
- Chemistry
- 1 October 2007
We review here the chemistry of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, their biological sources and targets; particularly, biomolecules implicated in the redox balance of the human blood, and appraise… Expand
Blood antioxidant parameters in sickle cell anemia patients in steady state.
- V. Manfredini, Luísa Lauermann Lazzaretti, +6 authors M. S. Benfato
- Medicine
- Journal of the National Medical Association
- 1 August 2008
Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a hereditary disorder with higher potential for oxidative damage due to chronic redox imbalance in red cells. We measured antioxidant enzymes including catalase (CAT),… Expand
Evidence that l-Carnitine and Selenium Supplementation Reduces Oxidative Stress in Phenylketonuric Patients
- A. Sitta, C. Vanzin, +10 authors C. Vargas
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
- 1 April 2011
It is well established that the involvement of reactive species in the pathophysiology of several neurological diseases, including phenylketonuria (PKU), a metabolic genetic disorder biochemically… Expand
Prevention by L-carnitine of DNA damage induced by propionic and L-methylmalonic acids in human peripheral leukocytes in vitro.
- G. Ribas, V. Manfredini, +6 authors C. Vargas
- Biology, Medicine
- Mutation research
- 30 September 2010
Propionic acidemia (PAemia) and methylmalonic acidemia (MMAemia) are inborn errors of propionate metabolism characterized by the accumulation of, respectively, propionic and l-methylmalonic acids… Expand
Globotriaosylceramide is correlated with oxidative stress and inflammation in Fabry patients treated with enzyme replacement therapy.
- G. Biancini, C. Vanzin, +8 authors C. Vargas
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Biochimica et biophysica acta
- 1 February 2012
Fabry disease is an X-linked inborn error of glycosphingolipid catabolism due to deficient activity of α-galactosidase A that leads to accumulation of the enzyme substrates, mainly… Expand
Reduction of lipid and protein damage in patients with disorders of propionate metabolism under treatment: a possible protective role of l-carnitine supplementation
- G. Ribas, V. Manfredini, J. D. Mari, C. Y. Wayhs, C. Vargas
- Biology, Medicine
- International Journal of Developmental…
- 1 April 2010
Disorders of propionate metabolism are autosomal recessive diseases clinically characterized by acute metabolic crises in the neonatal period and long‐term neurological deficits whose pathophysiology… Expand
Evidence that DNA damage is associated to phenylalanine blood levels in leukocytes from phenylketonuric patients.
- A. Sitta, V. Manfredini, +4 authors C. Vargas
- Biology, Medicine
- Mutation research
- 1 September 2009
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inborn error of phenylalanine (Phe) metabolism, biochemically characterized by the accumulation of Phe and its metabolites in blood and tissues of affected patients.… Expand
Protein and lipid oxidative damage in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats submitted to forced swimming test: the insulin and clonazepam effect
- Carlos Alberto Yasin Wayhs, V. Manfredini, +8 authors Carmen Regla Vargas
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Metabolic Brain Disease
- 14 September 2010
Diabetes may modify central nervous system functions and is associated with moderate cognitive deficits and changes in the brain, a condition that may be referred to as diabetic encephalopathy. The… Expand
γ-Oryzanol protects against acute cadmium-induced oxidative damage in mice testes.
- C. Spiazzi, V. Manfredini, +5 authors F. Santos
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Food and chemical toxicology : an international…
- 1 May 2013
Cadmium is a non-essential heavy metal that is present at low levels mainly in food and water and also in cigar smoke. The present study evaluated the testicular damage caused by acute cadmium… Expand
Simvastatin treatment prevents oxidative damage to DNA in whole blood leukocytes of dyslipidemic type 2 diabetic patients
- V. Manfredini, G. Biancini, +8 authors C. Vargas
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Cell biochemistry and function
- 1 July 2010
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is associated with increased oxidative stress as indicated by elevated levels of lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation products. Since reactive oxygen species (ROS) can cause… Expand