In the medical and dental field, the importance and need for the study of materials and drugs for use as bone grafts or regeneration in injured areas due to the presence of fractures, infections or tumors that cause e...
Atherogenic dyslipidemia is characterized by increased triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations.It is highly prevalent in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)and c...
BACKGROUND Drug toxicity is a common and even serious problem in the gastrointestinal tract that is thought to be caused by a broad spectrum of agents.Although withdrawal of the causative agent would cure the disease ...
Gemfibrozil is a widely used lipid modifying drug with well-established hypolipidemic and anti-atherosclerotic benefits; however, the presence of a carboxylic acid moiety in its structure is responsible for side effec...
Diabetic retinopathy affects a substantial proportion of patients with diabetes mellitus(DM) and is the leading cause of blindness in working-aged adults. Even though the incidence of diabetic retinopathy has declined...
Although the “triglyceride paradox” states that hypertriglyceridemia is less frequent in Blacks and the risk of pancreatitis increases with severe hypertriglyceridemia, we herein report on a case of moderate hypertr...
The use of fibrates in the treatment of dyslipidaemia has changed significantly over recent years.Their role appeared clear at the start of this century.The Helsinki Heart Study and Veterans Affairs High-Density Chole...
financially supported in the our laboratory with resources from The National Council of Technological and Scientific Development;the State of Sao Paulo Research Foundation;the National Institute of Science and Technology of Complex Fluids.
For human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)-infected patients, the 1990s were marked by the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy(HAART) representing a new perspective of life for these patients. The use of H...
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in developed countries and is associated not only with increased risk for liver disease-related complications but also with higher cardi...
Supported by The National Scientific Foundation of China,No.81270946,No.81170758,No.30670988
AIM: To evaluate the effcacy, effect of preventing cardio-vascular diseases and safety of statins-fbrates combination therapy in diabetic dyslipidemia patients.METHODS: We searched the databases of MEDLINE, EM-BASE,...