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| Author(s): |
Daiane Thaís Meneguzzo
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN/BT) |
| Defense date: | 2010-10-21 |
| Examining board members: |
Martha Simões Ribeiro;
Maria Cristina Chavantes;
Rodrigo Alvaro Brandão Lopes Martins;
Silvia Cristina Nunez;
Nivaldo Antonio Parizotto
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| Advisor: | Martha Simões Ribeiro |
| Abstract | |
The importance of modulation of inflammation on the treatment of inflammatory diseases and the difficulty in determining the laser irradiation parameters has led us to study the effects of different protocols of phototherapy with low intensity laser (power, energy, time and place of irradiation) in the treatment and prevention of edema in acute inflammatory process using the experimental model of paw edema induced by carrageenan (CGN) in three strains of mice (Balb-c, Swiss and C57BL/6). The first stage of the study evaluated different combinations of energy (1J and 3J) with different powers (30, 60 and 100mW) in Balb-C mice paw irradiated 1 and 2h after injection of CGN. The second stage studied different combinations of location (foot, inguinal lymph nodes and both) and exposure time (2 and 1h before, 1h and immediately before the CGN, 1 and 2h and 3.5 and 4.5h after CGN) using fixed irradiation parameters (1J, 100mW, 35J/cm2, spot area of 0.028 cm2). The third stage compared different strains of mice Balb-c and C57BL/6) in the best local and time parameters found in step 2. At all stages, we evaluated the change in paw volume by plethysmography and inflammatory infiltrate by histomorphometry or analysis of myeloperoxidase (MPO). The results showed that laser phototherapy treated and prevented edema and modulated the inflammatory process with paw and inguinal lymph nodes irradiations accordingly with the parameters and mice strain used. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 08/00723-4 - Low Power Laser Therapy on Acute Inflammatory Processes- A Dosimetry Study |
| Grantee: | Daiane Thais Meneguzzo |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |