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The mucormicosis is an entity mentioned many years ago, in which the etiology may be oportunistic, it is commonly described in people, whit a certain degree of immunocompromised. Mucormicosis is not usually recognized as a life-threatening pathology in a patient therefore more diffusion of information about it is necessary. Objective: To expose a case of mucormicosis of an active military patient with no history of previous pathology and trauma that required management in the AICU (Adult Intensive Care Unit). Design: A case report and literature review. Location: Adult Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital Central Militar Patient: Young male patient in which a trauma was performed and required treatment at UCI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It has been recently reported that mesenchymal progenitor/stem cells isolated from the Wharton's Jelly (WJ) of umbilical cords (UC) ameliorate the condition of animals suffering from central nervous system (CNS)-related conditions. However, little is known on the mechanisms that regulate these actions. Therefore, the objective of the present work was to determine how the conditioned media (CM) of a population of mesenchymal progenitors present in the UC WJ, known as human umbilical cord perivascular cells (HUCPVCs), regulate processes such as cell viability, survival, and proliferation of postnatal hippocampal neurons and glial cells. For this purpose primary hippocampal and cortical cultures of neurons and glial cells, respectively, were incubated with CM from HUCPVCs. Results revealed that HUCPVCs CM increase glial cell viability and proliferation. Furthermore, it was observed that glial cell cultures exhibited higher numbers of GFAP-positive cells (astrocytes) and O4-positive cells (oligodendrocytes) when incubated with the CM. Additionally, it was also observed that the growth factors presents in the CM did not induce an increase on the microglial cells number. For hippocampal neurons similar results were obtained, as cultures exposed to HUCPVCs CM disclosed higher numbers of MAP-2-positive cells. Moreover it was also observed that the cell viability and proliferation in this primary hippocampal cell culture system was also higher, when compared to control cultures. From these results it was possible to conclude that HUCPVCs release neuroregulatory factors that have a direct impact on the densities, viability, and proliferation of glial cells and hippocampal primary cultures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The interaction between two serum blood proteins, namely human serum albumin (HSA) and human immunoglobulin G (IgG), with 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (DMPC) liposomes has been studied in detail using dynamic light scattering, flow cytometry, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), electrophoretic mobility, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and surface tension measurements. HSA and IgG interact with liposomes forming molecular aggregates that remain stable at protein concentrations beyond those of total liposome coverage. Both HSA and IgG penetrate into the liposome bilayer. An ELISA assay indicates that the Fc region of IgG is the one that is immersed in the DMPC membrane. The liposome−protein interaction is mainly of electrostatic nature, but an important hydrophobic contribution is also present. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]