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Arch Plast Surg ; 47(3): 235-241, 2020 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32453932

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BACKGROUND: This is the first clinical study conducted among Asian women using breast implants manufactured by an Asian company. Four-year data regarding the safety and efficacy of BellaGel breast implants have already been published, and we now report 6-year data. METHODS: This study was designed to take place over 10 years. It included 103 patients who underwent breast reconstruction or augmentation using BellaGel breast implants. The rates of implant rupture and capsular contracture were measured and analyzed to evaluate the effectiveness of the breast implant. RESULTS: At patients' 6-year postoperative visits, the implant rupture and capsular contracture rates were 1.15% and 2.30%, respectively. The implant rupture rate was 3.77% among reconstruction cases and 0% among augmentation cases. The capsular contracture rate was 5.66% among reconstruction cases and 0.83% among augmentation cases. CONCLUSIONS: The 6-year data from this planned 10-year study suggest that the BellaGel cohesive silicone gel-filled breast implant is an effective and safe medical device that can be used in breast reconstruction and augmentation.

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J Cell Biol ; 162(2): 293-303, 2003 Jul 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12860966

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Homers are scaffolding proteins that bind G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) receptors (IP3Rs), ryanodine receptors, and TRP channels. However, their role in Ca2+ signaling in vivo is not known. Characterization of Ca2+ signaling in pancreatic acinar cells from Homer2-/- and Homer3-/- mice showed that Homer 3 has no discernible role in Ca2+ signaling in these cells. In contrast, we found that Homer 2 tunes intensity of Ca2+ signaling by GPCRs to regulate the frequency of [Ca2+]i oscillations. Thus, deletion of Homer 2 increased stimulus intensity by increasing the potency for agonists acting on various GPCRs to activate PLCbeta and evoke Ca2+ release and oscillations. This was not due to aberrant localization of IP3Rs in cellular microdomains or IP3R channel activity. Rather, deletion of Homer 2 reduced the effectiveness of exogenous regulators of G proteins signaling proteins (RGS) to inhibit Ca2+ signaling in vivo. Moreover, Homer 2 preferentially bound to PLCbeta in pancreatic acini and brain extracts and stimulated GAP activity of RGS4 and of PLCbeta in an in vitro reconstitution system, with minimal effect on PLCbeta-mediated PIP2 hydrolysis. These findings describe a novel, unexpected function of Homer proteins, demonstrate that RGS proteins and PLCbeta GAP activities are regulated functions, and provide a molecular mechanism for tuning signal intensity generated by GPCRs and, thus, the characteristics of [Ca2+]i oscillations.


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Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismo , Proteínas Ativadoras de GTPase/metabolismo , Isoenzimas/metabolismo , Neuropeptídeos/metabolismo , Proteínas RGS/metabolismo , Fosfolipases Tipo C/metabolismo , Animais , Bombesina/farmacologia , Cálcio/metabolismo , Cálcio/farmacocinética , Sinalização do Cálcio , ATPases Transportadoras de Cálcio/antagonistas & inibidores , ATPases Transportadoras de Cálcio/metabolismo , Carbacol/farmacologia , Proteínas de Transporte/química , Proteínas de Transporte/genética , Colecistocinina/farmacologia , Agonistas Colinérgicos/farmacologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Ligação ao GTP/agonistas , Deleção de Genes , Proteínas de Arcabouço Homer , Indóis/farmacologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Neuropeptídeos/química , Neuropeptídeos/genética , Pâncreas/citologia , Pâncreas/efeitos dos fármacos , Pâncreas/metabolismo , Fosfatidilinositol 4,5-Difosfato/metabolismo , Fosfolipase C beta , Isoformas de Proteínas/genética , Isoformas de Proteínas/metabolismo , ATPases Transportadoras de Cálcio do Retículo Sarcoplasmático
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