Physical exercise of moderate intensity reduced plasma TC and TG accompanied by significantly reduced tissue TG and cholesterol while FFA and glycogen increased in all the groups. The influence of exercise was less pronounced in carnitine supplemented rats since carnitine could significantly reduce TG in plasma and tissues of sedentary rats. Results from the present study showed that p38 MAPK phosphorylation the intake of HF diet significantly increased the plasma and tissue lipid profile and MUFA-rich diet or carnitine supplementation and/or exercise may ameliorate the deleterious effects
of HF.”
“The assessment of indoor air volatile organic compounds (VOCs) concentration levels in dental settings has a big health relevance for the potentially massive occupational exposure to a lot of diverse contaminants. The comparison of the VOCs profile relative to indoor conditions and to the corresponding outdoor concentrations, as well as the discovery of possible correlations between specific dental activities and VOCs concentration variations are of utmost importance for offering a reliable characterization of risk for dentists and dental staff health. In this study we review the most relevant environmental studies addressing the VOCs contamination level in
dental settings. We analyze the methodological problems this kind of study must face and we report preliminary results of an indoor air investigation,
carried out at Nepicastat dental hospital in Italy, the “Ospedale odontoiatrico George Eastman” of Rome, in which general lines for the analysis of dental settings in environmental terms are sketched. The aim of this work is to identify the kind of problems a typical enclosed (non-industrial) environment indoor air investigation has to cope with by means of the analysis of a case study.”
“Cumulus-oocyte complexes (COC), denuded oocytes buy GDC-0068 (DO) and DO co-cultured with cumulus cells in suspension (DO+CC) were in vitro matured (IVM) in the presence or absence of cysteamine (50 mu M). A beneficial effect of cysteamine was observed during IVM, because the nuclear maturation in the COC cysteamine group was higher than in COC control (P<0.05). In the control group, the absence of CC during IVM impaired nuclear maturation in DO when compared to COC (P<0.05), but cysteamine restored the ability of meiosis progression in DO, making them similar to COC (P>0.05). The coupling between oocytes and CC during IVM proved to be essential for the acquisition of oocyte competence to support early embryonic development, as COC had higher percentages of blastocyst and hatching when compared to DO and DO+DC (P<0.05). However, the inclusion of cysteamine in the IVM culture did not restore the acquisition of competence in DO and DO+DC, which remained similar to the control group (P>0.05).