Simvastatin improves the healing of infected skin wounds of rats A sinvastatina melhora a cicatrização de feridas infectadas da pele de ratos

Simvastatin improves the healing of infected skin wounds of rats A sinvastatina melhora a cicatrização de feridas infectadas da pele de ratos

PURPOSE: This study explores the potential of the simvastatin to ameliorate inflammation and infection in open infected skin wounds of rats. METHODS: Fourteen Wistar rats weighing 285±12g were used. The study was done in a group whose open infected skin wounds were treated with topical ap...

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Main Authors: Amália Cínthia Meneses do Rego, Irami Araújo Filho, Bolívar P G L Damasceno, Eryvaldo Sócrates Tabosa Egito, Ivanaldo Amâncio da Silveira, José Brandão-Neto, Aldo Cunha Medeiros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2007-01-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
Subjects:
Estatinas
Inflamação
Cicatrização de Feridas
Rato Wistar
Pele
Citocinas
Statin
Inflammation
Wound Healing
Wistar rat
Skin
Cytokine
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