L-Alanyl-Glutamine dipeptide pretreatment attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat testis Pré-tratamento com o dipeptídeo L-Alanil-glutamina atenua a lesão por isquemia e reperfusão no testículo do rato

PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of alanyl-glutamine dipeptide (L-Ala-Gln) pre-treatment on ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury after unilateral testicular torsion-detorsion in a comparative controlled experiment. METHODS: Forty-eight rats (150-200 g) randomly distributed into 4 groups (n=12), and d...

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Main Authors: João Paulo de Vasconcelos Leitão, Jefferson Menezes Viana Santos, Raquel Cavalcante de Vasconcelos, José Huygens Parente Garcia, Paulo Roberto Leitão de Vasconcelos, Sergio Botelho Guimarães
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2011-01-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502011000700005