Search results for "croci"

Is Saffron Able to Prevent the Dysregulation of Retinal Cytokines Induced by Ocular Hypertension in Mice?

2021

Cytokine- and chemokine-mediated signalling is involved in the neuroinflammatory process that leads to retinal ganglion cell (RGC) damage in glaucoma. Substances with anti-inflammatory properties could decrease these cytokines and chemokines and thus prevent RGC death. The authors of this study analysed the anti-inflammatory effect of a hydrophilic saffron extract standardized to 3% crocin content, focusing on the regulation of cytokine and chemokine production, in a mouse model of unilateral laser-induced ocular hypertension (OHT). We demonstrated that following saffron treatment, most of the concentration of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IFN-γ, TNF-α, and IL-17), anti-inflammatory cyt…

ORAL MICROVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

2006

Microvascular involvement represents one of the first apparent steps in many autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Early in the disease, peripheral microangiopathy may be easily recognized and studied by videocapillaroscopy. The aim of this study has been to observe the differences in labial microcirculation between healthy patients and patients suffering from RA. A total of 30 healthy patients and 30 patients suffering from RA were examined. The patients with conditions known to compromise microcirculation, such as diabetes, hypertension, or some pharmacological treatments were not included in the study. All the patients were non-smokers. Labial capillaroscopy was used to …

Microvascular periodontal alterations: A possible relationship between periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis.

2007

Abstract BACKGROUND: Microvascular involvements represent one of the first steps in many autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in periodontal microcirculation between healthy subjects and patients suffering from RA. METHODS: Thirty healthy subjects and 30 patients suffering from RA were examined. The patients who showed conditions known to compromise microcirculation, such as diabetes, hypertension, pharmacological treatments, were not included in the group of healthy patients. All the patients were non-smokers. Periodontal capillaroscopy was used to investigate the characteristics of microcirculation. Visibility, cou…

Sulla (s)fortuna critica di fra Innocenzo da Petralia Sottana e su un suo inedito Crocifisso

2021

Dopo una premessa sulla produzione scultore francescana in Italia, in particolare in Sicilia, si esamina la storiografia siciliana che, a partire dal XVII secolo, si è occupata della produzione dello scultore Innocenzo da Petralia Sottana (1602/03-1648 circa), frate laico dell’ordine dei Minori Riformati. L’artista, la cui figura è stata adombrata da quella del più noto frate Umile da Petralia Soprana, ha scolpito Crocifissi non solo in Sicilia, ma in altre regioni della penisola, dal Lazio all’Umbria alle Marche. Al nostro, su base documentaria, sono stati ricondotti due opere conservate a Malta. Frate Innocenzo, autore non solo di Crocifissi, ma anche di altri simulacri mariani e agiograf…

Imposta di pilastro

2012

Analisi di un frammento architettonico, imposta di pilastro, rinvenuto nell'area del teatro di Hadrianopolis. L'elemento doveva appartenere all'apparato decorativo di una chiesa, è databile al V-VI secolo d.C. E' decorato con croci ed elementi vegetali e presenta anche il tema, non comune, dei serpenti che affiancano la croce.

Smoking habit and labial microcirculation

2004

Smoking habit is an important risk factor in oral diseases. In the last years, many studies tried to evaluate smoking effects on the microcirculation. It had never been used such a simple not invasive technique, like the video-capillaroscopic one. The aim of the research is to analyse “in vivo”, the microcirculation labial characteristics, and to evaluate the smoking effects by means of computerised videocapillaroscopy techniques. 35 healthy no-smoker patients and 35 healthy smoker patients were examined. The characteristics of the microcirculation in the areas of labial mucous were examined using computerised videomicroscopic techniques. For each patient we evaluated the visibility, the co…

MORPHOLOGIC CHANGES IN THE MICROCIRCULATION INDUCED BY CHRONIC SMOKING HABIT: A VIDEOCAPILLAROSCOPIC STUDY ON THE HUMAN GINGIVAL MUCOSA

2005

PURPOSE: To analyze the gingival characteristics of microcirculation in vivo and to evaluate the effects of smoking by means of computerised videocapillaroscopic techniques. METHODS: 35 healthy non-smokers and 35 healthy smokers were examined. The characteristics of gingival microcirculation were examined using computerized videomicroscopic techniques. For each subject, visibility, course, tortuosity and any images characteristic of capillary loops, besides the possible presence of microhemorrhages, the average caliber of the capillary loops and the number of capillary loops visible per square millimeter were evaluated. The investigation was non-invasive and repeatable for each subject. RES…

Studio morfologico del microcircolo orale nel paziente diabetico.

2011

Rubefacientu (mentola un niacīna) izraisīto mikrocirkulācijas reakciju novērtējums ādas dažādos dziļumos

2017

Ādai ir lokāla neiro-imuno-endokrīnā sistēma, kas lielā mērā atspoguļo organisma norises, kalpojot par sava veida „veselības indikatoru”. Īpaši pievilcīga un relatīvi pieejama ir ādas mikrocirkulācijas funkciju novērtēšana, ko var neinvazīvi veikt ar optiskām metodēm. Parasti praksē šādu reakciju novērtēšanai tiek lietoti standartizēti provokācijas testi, kā, piemēram, lokālas sildīšanas tests, vai acetilholīna jontoforēze. Taču bieži vien ādas sarežģītā mikrocirkulācija un liela regulācijas mehānismu daudzveidība apgrūtina rezultātu viennozīmīgu interpretāciju. Šajā kontekstā daudzsološa šķiet bispektrālā attēlveides fotopletizmogrāfija - optiska metode ar kuras palīdzību, izmantojot atšķi…