ABCD: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva (Dec 2015)

URIC ACID AND TISSUE REPAIR

  • Rodrigo Araldi NERY,
  • Barbara Stadler KAHLOW,
  • Thelma L SKARE,
  • Fernando Issamu TABUSHI,
  • Adham do Amaral e CASTRO

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-6720201500040018
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 4
pp. 290 – 292

Abstract

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Uric acid, a metabolic product of purines, may exert a role in tissue healing. In this review we will explore its role as an alarm initiating the inflammatory process that is necessary for tissue repair, as a scavenger of oxygen free radicals, as a mobilizer of progenitor endothelial cells and as supporter of adaptive immune system.

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