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Ultrasound Med Biol ; 38(9): 1662-9, 2012 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22763007

RESUMEN

Myocardial reperfusion following ischemia may paradoxically cause additional injury, including microvascular damage and edema. These structural alterations augment tissue echogenicity, which is measurable by ultrasonic integrated backscatter (IB). We sought to characterize alterations in myocardial IB in an ischemic and reperfused region of the rat heart. Myocardial IB of the regions of interest in 12 adult male Sprague-Dawley rats was studied at baseline, during ischemia, and chronologically after coronary reopening, using an ultrasound frequency of 8 MHz. IB did not significantly change between baseline and ischemia. However, within 1 min of reperfusion, IB significantly increased and continued to increase until 10 min of reperfusion, when a plateau was reached. Areas of high echogenicity were comparable to infarcted areas on gross pathologic slices and had edema with extravasation of red blood cells. Myocardial reperfusion following ischemia significantly augments tissue echogenicity. A continuing increase of IB suggests a rapid progression of reperfusion injury.


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Isquemia Miocárdica/diagnóstico por imagen , Reperfusión Miocárdica , Animales , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Masculino , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Ultrasonografía
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Open Cardiovasc Med J ; 5: 215-7, 2011.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22114654

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In this set of images obtained during an experimental study using a porcine animal model, we introduce ultrasound guidance of percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty and renal stenting. A state-of-the-art intracardiac ultrasound catheter is used here for transvascular scanning from within the lumen of the abdominal aorta, thus providing a field of view for navigation of a balloon catheter and a wire coil ("stent") into each renal artery of a pig. This study is intended as a contribution to the growing field of minimally invasive interventions and their navigation by non-ionizing ultrasound imaging.

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J Leukoc Biol ; 79(6): 1131-9, 2006 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16617160

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Tumor-associated eosinophilia has been observed in numerous human cancers and several tumor models in animals; however, the details surrounding this eosinophilia remain largely undefined and anecdotal. We used a B16-F10 melanoma cell injection model to demonstrate that eosinophil infiltration of tumors occurred from the earliest palpable stages with significant accumulations only in the necrotic and capsule regions. Furthermore, the presence of diffuse extracellular matrix staining for eosinophil major basic protein was restricted to the necrotic areas of tumors, indicating that eosinophil degranulation was limited to this region. Antibody-mediated depletion of CD4+ T cells and adoptive transfer of eosinophils suggested, respectively, that the accumulation of eosinophils is not associated with T helper cell type 2-dependent immune responses and that recruitment is a dynamic, ongoing process, occurring throughout tumor growth. Ex vivo migration studies have identified what appears to be a novel chemotactic factor(s) released by stressed/dying melanoma cells, suggesting that the accumulation of eosinophils in tumors occurs, in part, through a unique mechanism dependent on a signal(s) released from areas of necrosis. Collectively, these studies demonstrate that the infiltration of tumors by eosinophils is an early and persistent response that is spatial-restricted. It is more important that these data also show that the mechanism(s) that elicit this host response occur, independent of immune surveillance, suggesting that eosinophils are part of an early inflammatory reaction at the site of tumorigenesis.


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Quimiotaxis/fisiología , Eosinófilos/inmunología , Inflamación/inmunología , Melanoma Experimental/inmunología , Animales , Antígenos CD4/inmunología , Linfocitos T CD4-Positivos/inmunología , Células Cultivadas , Factores Quimiotácticos/metabolismo , Quimiotaxis/efectos de los fármacos , Medios de Cultivo Condicionados/química , Medios de Cultivo Condicionados/farmacología , Eosinofilia/etiología , Eosinofilia/fisiopatología , Eosinófilos/trasplante , Vigilancia Inmunológica , Inmunoterapia Adoptiva , Inflamación/patología , Inyecciones Subcutáneas , Interleucina-5/genética , Depleción Linfocítica , Melanoma Experimental/complicaciones , Melanoma Experimental/metabolismo , Melanoma Experimental/patología , Melanoma Experimental/terapia , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Ratones Transgénicos , Microscopía Confocal , Necrosis , Trasplante de Neoplasias , Células Th2/inmunología
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