Gustavo Eustáquio Brito Alvim de Melo

Infrared Thermography is Applicable in Differentiating the Effectiveness of Anti- Inflammatory Drugs: A Complementary Test

Agnes Batista Meireles, Timilly Mayra Martins da Cruz, Izabela Cristina Brandão Moreira, Valéria Gomes de Almeida, Bethânia Alves de Avelar-Freitas, Marcelo Henrique Fernandes Ottoni, Gustavo Eustáquio Brito Alvim de Melo, Patricia Furtado Gonçalves, Cíntia Tereza Pimenta de Araújo & Wagner de Fatima Pereira · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2023

Aims: Images obtained by infrared thermography (IT) have potential to become a useful and low-cost tool for a wide range of biological in vivo studies, including topical inflammation models. Local temperature is one of the cardinal signs of inflammation, although it is not common...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2023/v35i215231

Furosemide Reduces TNF Levels and Increases Antioxidant Activity in Animal Models of Nephrotic Syndrome

Bianca Lara Silva Amaral, Tatiele Pereira dos Santos, Rafaela Mendes dos Santos, Pedro Figueiredo Pereira de Andrade, Arthur Rocha-Gomes, Vinícius Jaskolka Lages, Karine Beatriz Costa, Daniel Almeida Freitas, Bruno Ferreira Mendes, Gustavo Eustáquio Brito Alvim de Melo & Wagner de Fatima Pereira · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2023

Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is a renal condition characterized by proteinuria, edema formation, hypoalbuminemia and dyslipidemia. Evidence indicates that the immune response plays a fundamental role in disease evolution and maintenance. Although diuretics are used in the NS treatment...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2023/v35i215213