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Bone histomorphometry values for normal individuals within different populations have been well established. We studied iliac crest bone samples from 125 healthy Brazilian subjects. The effect of sex, race, and age variables on histomorphometric parameters was evaluated. Bone volume showed a trend to decrease with age in both sexes, being significantly higher in black females and Caucasian males. Interactions among sex, race, and age had no effect on trabecular thickness (Tb.Th) and trabecular separation (Tb.Sp). However, age had a significant effect on Tb.Th and Tb.Sp, and sex had an impact on Tb.Sp. Trabecular number (Tb.N) was higher in black females than in males and was higher in Asian males than in females. Among females, Tb.N was lower in Asians than in other races and was higher in blacks than in Caucasians and or in those of mulattos. In addition, Tb.N was higher in males under 10 than in males over 50 years old, was higher in females under 10 than in females in any other age bracket, and was lower in females in the 41-50 age bracket than in younger females. Osteoid volume and osteoid surface were significantly higher in males than in females, and a significant age-related difference in osteoid thickness was observed. No significant sex-related or race-related differences were found in terms of resorption, although eroded surface decreased with age. In conclusion, sex, race, and age, as well as interactions among these three variables, were found to affect some static histomorphometric indexes in healthy Brazilian subjects.
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Envelhecimento/fisiologia , Osso e Ossos/fisiologia , Grupos Raciais , Caracteres Sexuais , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Brasil , Criança , Feminino , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMO
The objective of this study was to determine whether short-term exposures to concentrated ambient particles (CAPs) alter the morphology of small pulmonary arteries in normal rats and rats with chronic bronchitis (CB). Sprague-Dawley male rats were exposed to CAPs, using the Harvard Ambient Particle Concentrator, or to particle-free air (sham) under identical conditions during 3 consecutive days (5 hr/day) in six experimental sets. CB was induced by exposure to 276 +/- 9 ppm of sulfur dioxide (5 hr/day, 5 days/week, 6 weeks). Physicochemical characterization of CAPs included measurements of particle mass, size distribution, and composition. Rats were sacrificed 24 hr after the last CAPs exposure. Histologic slides were prepared from random sections of lung lobes and coded for blinded analysis. The lumen/wall area (L/W) ratio was determined morphometrically on transverse sections of small pulmonary arteries. When all animal data (normal and CB) were analyzed together, the L/W ratios decreased as concentrations of fine particle mass, silicon, lead, sulfate, elemental carbon, and organic carbon increased. In separate univariate analyses of animal data, the association for sulfate was significant only in normal rats, whereas silicon was significantly associated in both CB and normal rats. In multivariate analyses including all particle factors, the association with silicon remained significant. Our results indicate that short-term CAPs exposures (median, 182.75 micro g/m3; range, 73.50-733.00 micro g/m3) can induce vasoconstriction of small pulmonary arteries in normal and CB rats. This effect was correlated with specific particle components and suggests that the pulmonary vasculature might be an important target for ambient air particle toxicity.
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Poluentes Atmosféricos/efeitos adversos , Bronquite Crônica/complicações , Artéria Pulmonar/efeitos dos fármacos , Artéria Pulmonar/patologia , Vasoconstrição/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Bronquite Crônica/veterinária , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Masculino , Tamanho da Partícula , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-DawleyRESUMO
A osteomalacia é uma doença ósteo-metabólica em que há deficiente mineralização do osso, e é definida pela histomorfometria óssea por apre-sentar espessura do rebordo osteóide (O.Th) maior do que 15µm, e inter-valo de tempo para mineralização (MLT) maior do que 100 dias. As princi-pais etiologias de osteomalacia são a deficiência de ação da vitamina D e a hipofosfatemia. Neste trabalho, 14 pacientes com osteomalacia diag-nosticados clínica e laboratorialmente foram divididos em dois grupos: 6 pacientes com deficiente ação de vitamina D e 8 hipofosfatêmicos. Todos os pacientes apresentaram ao exame histomorfométrico aumento do O.Th e do MLT compatível com o diagnóstico de osteomalacia. A superfície de reabsorção óssea estava aumentada no grupo com defi-ciência de ação da vitamina D. Em seis pacientes hipofosfatêmicos, a superfície de reabsorção óssea estava ausente, em um paciente dentro da normalidade mas em um paciente encontrava se aumentada. Con-clusão: a histomorfometria dinâmica óssea através da análise dos parâmetros de formação confirmam o diagnóstico de osteomalacia, enquanto que os parâmetros de reabsorção permitem uma orientação etiológica.