Nutrição e Exposição aos metais tóxicos e efeitos à saúde – Artigo 6

Cadmium Handling, Toxicity and Molecular Targets Involved during Pregnancy: Lessons from Experimental Models Abstract: Even decades after the discovery of Cadmium (Cd) toxicity, research on this heavy metal is still a hot topic in scientific literature: as we wrote this review, more than 1440 scientific articles had been published and listed by the PubMed.gov website during 2017. Cadmium is one of the most common and harmful heavy metals ...

Nutrição e Exposição aos metais tóxicos e efeitos à saúde – Artigo 5

Associations between toxic and essential trace elements in maternal blood and fetal congenital heart defects A B S T R A C T Prenatal exposure to toxic trace elements, including heavy metals, is an important public health concern. Few studies have assessed if individual and multiple trace elements simultaneously affect cardiac development. The current study evaluated the association between maternal blood lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), chromium ...

Nutrição e Exposição aos metais tóxicos e efeitos à saúde – Artigo 4

Association of adverse birth outcomes with prenatal exposure to vanadium: a population-based cohort study Summary Background Vanadium, an important pollutant produced from anthropogenic activities, has been suggested to be embryotoxic and fetotoxic in animal studies. However, little is known about its effects on humans. We aimed to assess the association of prenatal exposure to vanadium with the risk of adverse birth outcomes in babies ...

Nutrição e Exposição aos metais tóxicos e efeitos à saúde – Artigo 3

Association between cadmium exposure and urolithiasis risk A systematic review and meta-analysis Abstract Background: We performed a meta-analysis to determine whether a consistent relationship exists between cadmium exposure and urolithiasis in humans. Accordingly, we summarized and reviewed previously published quantitative studies. Methods: Eligible studies with reference lists published before June 1, 2017 were obtained from ...

Nutrição e Exposição aos metais tóxicos e efeitos à saúde – Artigo 2

Assessment of the potential health risks associated with the aluminium, arsenic, cadmium and lead content in selected fruits and vegetables grown in Jamaica A B S T R A C T Thirteen Jamaican-grown food crops − ackee (Blighia sapida), banana (Musa acuminate), cabbage (Brassica oleracea), carrot (Daucus carota), cassava (Manihot esculenta), coco (Xanthosoma sagittifolium), dasheen (Colocasia esculenta), Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum), ...

Nutrição e Exposição aos metais tóxicos e efeitos à saúde – Artigo 1

A Case-Control Study of Skin Cancer and Exposure of Toxic Heavy Metals Dear Editor: The prevalence of skin cancer is increasing in Korea1. Although increased public awareness has contributed to this trend, other risk factors or mechanisms in addition to ultraviolet-exposure may be involved. It is known that exposure to heavy metals contributes to the development of skin cancers2. The main threats to human health are associated with ...

Nutrição e Saúde Mitocondrial – Artigo 20

Skeletal Muscle-Specific Overexpression of PGC-1α Induces Fiber-Type Conversion through Enhanced Mitochondrial Respiration and Fatty Acid Oxidation in Mice and Pigs Abstract Individual skeletal muscles in the animal body are heterogeneous, as each is comprised of different fiber types. Type I muscle fibers are rich with mitochondria, and have high oxidative metabolisms while type IIB fibers have few mitochondria and high glycolytic ...

Nutrição e Saúde Mitocondrial – Artigo 19

Sesamol Induces Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells Apoptosis by Impairing Mitochondrial Function and Suppressing Autophagy Sesamol, a nutritional phenolic antioxidant compound enriched in sesame seeds, has been shown to have potential anticancer activities. This study aims at characterizing the antitumor efficacy of sesamol and unveiling the importance of mitochondria in sesamol-induced effects using a human hepatocellular carcinoma ...