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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Cannabinoid modulation of chemotaxis of macrophages and macrophage-like cells /

Raborn, Erinn Shenee. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Commonwealth University, 2007. / Prepared for: Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology. Bibliography: leaves 92-108. Also available online via the Internet.
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The PhoPQ two-component regulatory system : at the crossroads of nitrosative stress and Salmonella pathogenesis /

Bourret, Travis John. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D. in Microbiology) -- University of Colorado Denver, 2008. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-132). Free to UCD Anschutz Medical Campus. Online version available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations;
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Citotoxicidade, endocitose e processamento celular de nanopartículas biossintéticas de prata em macrófagos peritoneais / Cytotoxicity, endocytosis and cell processing of biogenic silver nanoparticles in peritoneal macrophages

Ferreira, Luiz Alberto Bandeira, 1984- 27 August 2018 (has links)
Orientador: Marcelo Bispo De Jesus / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T02:58:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ferreira_LuizAlbertoBandeira_M.pdf: 6087254 bytes, checksum: 800e7d6dd948a9f1da84d37dbff2a96d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: A nanomedicina se tornou uma promessa de profundos impactos para a saúde humana através da utilização de nanopartículas, nanorobôs e outros nanomateriais para prevenir, diagnosticar ou curar doenças. Um dos exemplos de nanomateriais empregados na medicina são as nanopartículas de prata, que podem ser adquiridas por métodos químicos ou biossintéticos. As nanopartículas de prata apresentam alta atividade antimicrobiana, propriedade essa de grande interesse científico-industrial. Em vista disso, cresce também a preocupação em relação ao uso, manipulação e eliminação desse nanomaterial, visando uma aplicação mais segura. Diante dessas informações, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo investigar mecanismos moleculares envolvidos na citotoxicidade e processamento das nanopartículas biossintéticas de prata em macrófagos peritoneais obtidos de camundongos C57BL/6. Inicialmemte, demonstrando que as nanopartículas atingiram o IC50 de 25 µM em 6h de tratamento por redução do MTT. A análise de microscopia de fluorescência revelou alterações na integridade de membrana a partir de 3 h, que foram agravadas após 6 h de tratamento. Esse mesmo perfil foi observado por microscopia eletrônica de varredura, no qual revelou que após 3 h de tratamento as células já apresentavam perda de projeções celulares, e após 6 h início de fragmentação celular. Além disso, as nanopartículas causaram aumento dos níveis de espécies reativas de oxigênio e demonstramos que este é um fator determinante para os efeitos citotóxicos. Com a inibição da fagocitose e endocitose mediada por caveolina evidenciamos a reversão parcial da citotoxicidade das nanopartículas. Por outro lado, o aumento do efeito citotóxico das nanopartículas também foi observado com a inibição da autofagia, o que sugere que esses processos estejam envolvidos no processamento das nanopartículas. Por fim, concluímos que as nanopartículas biossintéticas de prata apresentaram um efeito citotóxico semelhante aqueles descritos em literatura pelas nanopartículas de síntese química / Abstract: Nanomedicine became a promise of profound impacts on human health through the use of nanoparticles, nanorobots and other nanomaterials to prevent, diagnose or cure diseases. One example of nanomaterials used in medicine is silver nanoparticles, which can be produced by chemical or biosynthetic methods. Silver nanoparticles have high antimicrobial activity; this property is of great scientific and industrial interest. Consequently, there is growing concern about the use, handling and disposal of nanomaterials, aiming more secure application. Hence, the present study aimed to investigate the molecular mechanisms involved in cytotoxicity and intracellular processing of biogenic silver nanoparticles in peritoneal macrophages from C57BL/6 mice. We began showing that the nanoparticles have reached the IC50 of 25 µM after 6 hours of treatment determined by MTT reduction. Fluorescence microscopy analysis showed changes in membrane integrity after 3 h, which has been intensified after 6 h of treatment. A similar profile was observed by scanning electron microscopy, which showed loss of cellular projections after 3 h of treatment and after 6 h was observed cellular fragmentation. In addition, the nanoparticles treatment increased levels of reactive oxygen species and this response seems to be determining for the cytotoxic effects. The inhibition of phagocytosis and caveolin-mediated endocytosis led to a reduction in cytotoxicity of nanoparticles. On the other hand, an increase in the cytotoxic effect was observed upon inhibition of autophagy, suggesting that this response is part of the intracellular processing of the nanoparticles in peritoneal macrophage. Finally, we concluded that the biogenic of silver nanoparticles exhibited cytotoxic effects similar to that described for silver nanoparticles chemically synthesized / Mestrado / Fármacos, Medicamentos e Insumos para Saúde / Mestre em Ciências

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