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Cerebrovasc Dis ; 31(3): 300-4, 2011.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21212660

RESUMO

Carotid thickening and plaque detected by B-mode imaging ultrasound are useful to improve the ischemic risk evaluation in asymptomatic subjects over and beyond the traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Some plaque's echographic parameters help describing the vascular risk. We hypothesized that the stenosis degree, plaque surface irregularity, echolucency and texture, compounded in a Total Plaque Risk Score (TPRS), are predictors of the ischemic events in the San Daniele study, a general population-based study of 1,348 subjects followed for 12 years in average. In the 171 subjects with at least one plaque at baseline, high TPRS was the most powerful independent predictor of cerebrovascular events, which occurred in 115 subjects. Addition of plaque characteristics significantly increased the area under the ROC curve (0.90 vs. 0.88, p = 0.04) versus the Framingham risk score alone. The TPRS is a potential new tool to improve the stroke risk prediction.


Assuntos
Estenose das Carótidas/diagnóstico por imagem , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/etiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Estenose das Carótidas/complicações , Estenose das Carótidas/mortalidade , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Feminino , Humanos , Itália , Estudos Longitudinais , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Prognóstico , Medição de Risco , Fatores de Risco , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/mortalidade , Fatores de Tempo , Ultrassonografia , Adulto Jovem
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Biochem Pharmacol ; 78(9): 1233-41, 2009 Nov 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19591807

RESUMO

In the guinea pig colon, chronic sympathetic denervation entails supersensitivity to inhibitory mu-opioid agents modulating cholinergic neurons. The mechanism underlying such adaptive change has not yet been unravelled, although protein kinase C (PKC) may be involved. A previous study indirectly demonstrated that activation of mu-opioid receptors on myenteric neurons facilitates PKC activity. Such coupling may counteract the inhibitory action of mu-opioid agents on acetylcholine overflow, since PKC, per se, increases this parameter. After chronic sympathetic denervation such restraint abates, representing a possible mechanism for development of supersensitivity to mu-opioid agents. In the present study, this hypothesis was further investigated. After chronic sympathetic denervation, Ca(2+)-dependent PKC activity was reduced in colonic myenteric plexus synaptosomes. The mu-opioid agent, DAMGO, increased Ca(2+)-dependent PKC activity in synaptosomes obtained from normal, but not from denervated animals. In myenteric synaptosomes obtained from this experimental group, protein levels of Ca(2+)-dependent PKC isoforms betaI, betaII and gamma decreased, whereas alpha levels increased. In whole-mount preparations, the four Ca(2+)-dependent PKC isoforms co-localized with mu-opioid receptors on subpopulations of colonic myenteric neurons. The percentage of neurons staining for PKCbetaII, as well as the number of mu-opioid receptor-positive neurons staining for PKCbetaII, decreased in denervated preparations. The same parameters related to PKCalpha, betaI or gamma remained unchanged. Overall, the present data strengthen the concept that mu-opioid receptors located on myenteric neurons are coupled to Ca(2+)-dependent PKCs. After chronic sympathetic denervation, a reduced efficiency of this coupling may predominantly involve PKCbetaII, although also PKCbetaI and gamma, but not PKCalpha, may be implicated.


Assuntos
Cálcio/metabolismo , Colo/inervação , Proteína Quinase C/metabolismo , Receptores Opioides mu/fisiologia , Sistema Nervoso Simpático/fisiologia , Animais , Western Blotting , Denervação , Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-Encefalina/farmacologia , Cobaias , Imuno-Histoquímica , Masculino
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Neuroepidemiology ; 27(1): 33-8, 2006.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16804332

RESUMO

The authors describe the design and the general, ultrasonographic, neuropsychological methodology of an observational epidemiological population survey, named REMEMBER (Registry Evaluation Memory in Buttrio e Remanzacco) conducted in the northeast of Italy in a randomized stratified sample of 1,026 subjects (554 F and 472 M) aged 55-98 years. The study was planned as cross-sectional and longitudinal survey of cognitive impairment, cardiovascular risk factors, carotid atherosclerosis in a midlife and older Italian population sample. The objectives of the first phase are to assess the prevalence of the different types of dementia, the cognitive impairment non-dementia, the cardiovascular risk factors, the carotid intima-media thickness and arterial distensibility, and of depression. The conclusions of this study will make it possible to organize preventive and interventional strategies for these epidemic conditions.


Assuntos
Doença de Alzheimer/epidemiologia , Doenças das Artérias Carótidas/epidemiologia , Transtornos Cognitivos/epidemiologia , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Doenças das Artérias Carótidas/diagnóstico por imagem , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Programas de Rastreamento/métodos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prevalência , Fatores de Risco , Inquéritos e Questionários , Ultrassonografia
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