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Moreira da Silva J, Menezes J, Fernandes L, Marques C, Costa SS, Timofte D, Amaral A, Pomba C. Dynamics of bla OXA-23 gene transmission in Acinetobacter spp. from contaminated veterinary environmental surfaces: an emerging One Health threat? J Hosp Infect 2024; 146:116-124. [PMID: 38365067 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2024.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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BACKGROUND Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is a common pathogen associated with healthcare-acquired infections, and robust infection prevention and control protocols exist in human healthcare settings. In contrast, infection prevention and control (IPC) standards are limited in veterinary medicine, necessitating further investigation. AIM Examine the possible transmission of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. in a veterinary practice where a cat was diagnosed with an OXA-23-producing A. baumannii ST2 strain. METHODS Environmental samples together with nasal and hand swabs from the veterinary personnel were collected. All swabs were screened for the presence of extended-spectrum-β-lactamase- and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales, meticillin-resistant staphylococcus and multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter spp. Whole-genome sequencing was performed for carbapenemase-producing strains. RESULTS Of the veterinary staff, 60% carried meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis. Environmental evaluation showed that 40% (N=6/15) of the surfaces analysed by contact plates and 40% (N=8/20) by swabs failed the hygiene criteria. Assessment of the surfaces revealed contamination with five OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter spp. strains: an OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter schindleri on the weight scale in the waiting room; and four OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter lwoffii strains, on different surfaces of the treatment room. The blaOXA-23 gene was located on the same plasmid-carrying Tn2008 across the different Acinetobacter spp. strains. These plasmids closely resemble a previously described OXA-23-encoding plasmid from a human Portuguese nosocomial Acinetobacter pittii isolate. Distinctly, the OXA-23-producing A. baumannii ST2 clinical strain had the resistant gene located on Tn2006, possibly inserted on the chromosome. CONCLUSION The detection of an OXA-23-producing A. baumannii ST2 veterinary clinical strain is of concern for companion animal health and infection, prevention and control. This study established the dynamic of transmission of the plasmid-mediated blaOXA-23 gene on critical surfaces of a small animal veterinary practice. The genetic resemblance to a plasmid found in human nosocomial settings suggests a potential One Health link.
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- J Moreira da Silva
- CIISA - Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; AL4AnimalS - Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CIISA - Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; AL4AnimalS - Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CIISA - Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; AL4AnimalS - Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CIISA - Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; AL4AnimalS - Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lusófona University, University Centre of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Associate Laboratory in Translation and Innovation Towards Global Health, LA-REAL, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology, School of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Leahurst, UK
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- CIISA - Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; AL4AnimalS - Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal; Science and Technology School, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- CIISA - Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; AL4AnimalS - Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal; Genevet™, Veterinary Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Carnaxide, Portugal.
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Nogueira S, Rodrigues D, Barros M, Menezes J, Guimarães-Pereira L. Chronic pain after breast surgery: incidence, risk factors and impact on quality of life. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim (Engl Ed) 2024:S2341-1929(24)00002-7. [PMID: 38242359 DOI: 10.1016/j.redare.2024.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy, and chronic pain after breast surgery (CPBS) is an increasingly recognized therapy-related problem. We evaluated CPBS incidence, characteristics, associated factors, and impact on patient quality of life (QoL). MATERIALS AND METHODS Six-month observational prospective study conducted in patients undergoing breast surgery in a tertiary university hospital. Data were collected using several questionnaires: Pain Catastrophizing Scale, Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form, Douleur Neuropathique 4 Questionnaire, and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire and its Breast Cancer Module. RESULTS A total of 112 patients completed the study. Approximately, one third (34.8%) developed CPBS, and almost all with potentially neuropathic pain. CPBS interfered with patients' daily life and reduced their QoL. Diabetes (p = 0.028), catastrophizing (p = 0.042), and acute postoperative pain severity (p < 0.001) were associated with CPBS. CONCLUSIONS This study broadens our understanding of CPBS and shows the impact of this syndrome. Healthcare workers need to be aware of CPBS and take steps to prevent and treat it, and provide patients with adequate information.
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- S Nogueira
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, Portugal.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, Portugal; Cardiovascular R&D Centre - UnIC@RISE, Surgery and Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, UnIC, CIM-FMUP, R. Dr. Plácido da Costa, Porto, Portugal
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Menezes J, Rangel E. Spatial dynamics of synergistic coinfection in rock-paper-scissors models. Chaos 2023; 33:093115. [PMID: 37699118 DOI: 10.1063/5.0160753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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We investigate the spatial dynamics of two-disease epidemics reaching a three-species cyclic model. Regardless of their species, all individuals are susceptible to being infected with two different pathogens, which spread through person-to-person contact. We consider that the simultaneous presence of multiple infections leads to a synergistic amplification in the probability of host mortality due to complications arising from any of the co-occurring diseases. Employing stochastic simulations, we explore the ramifications of this synergistic coinfection on spatial configurations that emerge from stochastic initial conditions. Under conditions of pronounced synergistic coinfection, we identify the emergence of zones inhabited solely by hosts affected by a singular pathogen. At the boundaries of spatial domains dominated by a single disease, interfaces of coinfected hosts appear. The dynamics of these interfaces are shaped by curvature-driven processes and display a scaling behavior reflective of the topological attributes of the underlying two-dimensional space. As the lethality linked to coinfection diminishes, the evolution of the interface network's spatial dynamics is influenced by fluctuations stemming from waves of coinfection that infiltrate territories predominantly occupied by a single disease. Our analysis extends to quantifying the implications of synergistic coinfection at both the individual and population levels Our outcomes show that organisms' infection risk is maximized if the coinfection increases the death due to disease by 30% and minimized as the network dynamics reach the scaling regime, with species populations being maximum. Our conclusions may help ecologists understand the dynamics of epidemics and their impact on the stability of ecosystems.
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- J Menezes
- School of Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, P.O. Box 1524, Natal 59072-970, RN, Brazil
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Computer Engineering and Automation, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Av. Senador Salgado Filho 300, Natal 59078-970, Brazil
- Edmond and Lily Safra International Neuroscience Institute, Santos Dumont Institute, Av Santos Dumont 1560, 59280-000 Macaiba, RN, Brazil
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Menezes J, Rangel E. Locally adaptive aggregation of organisms under death risk in rock-paper-scissors models. Biosystems 2023; 227-228:104901. [PMID: 37121500 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2023.104901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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We run stochastic simulations of the spatial version of the rock-paper-scissors game, considering that individuals use sensory abilities to scan the environment to detect the presence of enemies. If the local dangerousness level is above a tolerable threshold, individuals aggregate instead of moving randomly on the lattice. We study the impact of the locally adaptive aggregation on the organisms' spatial organisation by measuring the characteristic length scale of the spatial domains occupied by organisms of a single species. Our results reveal that aggregation is beneficial if triggered when the local density of opponents does not exceed 30%; otherwise, the behavioural strategy may harm individuals by increasing the average death risk. We show that if organisms can perceive further distances, they can accurately scan and interpret the signals from the neighbourhood, maximising the effects of the locally adaptive aggregation on the death risk. Finally, we show that the locally adaptive aggregation behaviour promotes biodiversity independently of the organism's mobility. The coexistence probability rises if organisms join conspecifics, even in the presence of a small number of enemies. We verify that our conclusions hold for more complex systems by simulating the generalised rock-paper-scissors models with five and seven species. Our discoveries may be helpful to ecologists in understanding systems where organisms' self-defence behaviour adapts to local environmental cues.
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- J Menezes
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands; School of Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Caixa Postal 1524, 59072-970, Natal, RN, Brazil.
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- School of Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Caixa Postal 1524, 59072-970, Natal, RN, Brazil; Department of Computer Engineering and Automation, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Av. Senador Salgado Filho 300, Natal, 59078-970, Brazil
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Menezes J, Batista S, Tenorio M, Triaca E, Moura B. How local antipredator response unbalances the rock-paper-scissors model. Chaos 2022; 32:123142. [PMID: 36587336 DOI: 10.1063/5.0106165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Antipredator behavior is a self-preservation strategy present in many biological systems, where individuals join the effort in a collective reaction to avoid being caught by an approaching predator. We study a nonhierarchical tritrophic system, whose predator-prey interactions are described by the rock-paper-scissors game rules. We perform a set of spatial stochastic simulations where organisms of one out of the species can resist predation in a collective strategy. The drop in predation capacity is local, which means that each predator faces a particular opposition depending on the prey group size surrounding it. Considering that the interference in a predator action depends on the prey's physical and cognitive ability, we explore the role of a conditioning factor that indicates the fraction of the species apt to perform the antipredator strategy. Because of the local unbalancing of the cyclic predator-prey interactions, departed spatial domains mainly occupied by a single species emerge. Unlike the rock-paper-scissors model with a weak species because of a nonlocal reason, our findings show that if the predation probability of one species is reduced because individuals face local antipredator response, the species does not predominate. Instead, the local unbalancing of the rock-paper-scissors model results in the prevalence of the weak species' prey. Finally, the outcomes show that local unevenness may jeopardize biodiversity, with the coexistence being more threatened for high mobility.
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- J Menezes
- School of Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, 59072-970, P.O. Box 1524, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- School of Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, 59072-970, P.O. Box 1524, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- School of Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, 59072-970, P.O. Box 1524, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Av. Senador Salgado Filho, 300 Lagoa Nova, 59078-970 Natal, RN, Brazil, Brasil
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Av. Senador Salgado Filho 300, Lagoa Nova, 59078-970, Natal, RN, Brazil
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Menezes J, Batista S, Rangel E. Spatial organisation plasticity reduces disease infection risk in rock-paper-scissors models. Biosystems 2022; 221:104777. [PMID: 36070849 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2022.104777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We study a three-species cyclic game system where organisms face a contagious disease whose virulence may change by a pathogen mutation. As a responsive defence strategy, organisms' mobility is restricted to reduce disease dissemination in the system. The impact of the collective self-preservation strategy on the disease infection risk is investigated by performing stochastic simulations of the spatial version of the rock-paper-scissors game. Our outcomes show that the mobility control strategy induces plasticity in the spatial patterns with groups of organisms of the same species inhabiting spatial domains whose characteristic length scales depend on the level of dispersal restrictions. The spatial organisation plasticity allows the ecosystems to adapt to minimise the individuals' disease contamination risk if an eventual pathogen alters the disease virulence. We discover that if a pathogen mutation makes the disease more transmissible or less lethal, the organisms benefit more if the mobility is not strongly restricted, thus forming large spatial domains. Conversely, the benefits of protecting against a pathogen causing a less contagious or deadlier disease are maximised if the average size of groups of individuals of the same species is significantly limited, reducing the dimensions of groups of organisms significantly. Our findings may help biologists understand the effects of dispersal control as a conservation strategy in ecosystems affected by epidemic outbreaks.
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- J Menezes
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands; School of Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, 59072-970, P.O. Box 1524, Natal, RN, Brazil.
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- School of Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, 59072-970, P.O. Box 1524, Natal, RN, Brazil.
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- School of Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, 59072-970, P.O. Box 1524, Natal, RN, Brazil.
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John T, Ciuleanu TE, Cobo Dols M, Schenker M, Zurawski B, Menezes J, Richardet E, Bennouna J, Cheng Y, Felip E, Juan Vidal O, Alexandru A, Paz-Ares L, Lu S, Reck M, Hu N, Zhang X, Grootendorst D, Eccles L, Carbone D. 1049P Clinical outcomes in patients (pts) with tumor PD-L1 < 1% with first-line (1L) nivolumab (NIVO) + ipilimumab (IPI) + 2 cycles of chemotherapy (chemo) vs chemo alone for metastatic NSCLC (mNSCLC): Results from CheckMate 9LA. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.1175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Hodi F, Tawbi H, Lipson E, Schadendorf D, Ascierto P, Matamala L, Salman P, Gutierrez E, Rutkowski P, Gogas H, Lao C, Menezes J, Dalle S, Arance Fernandez A, Grob J, Keidel S, Rodriguez S, Wang P, Dolfi S, Long G. 817P Nivolumab (NIVO) + relatlimab (RELA) vs NIVO in previously untreated metastatic or unresectable melanoma: Additional response outcomes from RELATIVITY-047. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Antipredator behavior is present in many biological systems where individuals collectively react to an imminent attack. The antipredator response may influence spatial pattern formation and ecosystem stability but requires an organism's cost to contribute to the collective effort. We investigate a nonhierarchical tritrophic system, whose predator-prey interactions are described by the rock-paper-scissors game rules. In our spatial stochastic simulations, the radius of antipredator response defines the maximum prey group size that disturbs the predator's action, determining the individual cost to participate in antipredator strategies. We consider that each organism contributes equally to the collective effort, having its mobility limited by the proportion of energy devoted to the antipredator reaction. Our outcomes show that the antipredator response leads to spiral patterns, with the segregation of organisms of the same species occupying departed spatial domains. We found that a less localized antipredator response increases the average size of the single-species patches, improving the protection of individuals against predation. Finally, our findings show that although the increase of the predation risk for a more localized antipredator response, the high mobility constraining benefits species coexistence. Our results may help ecologists understand the mechanisms leading to the stability of biological systems where locality is crucial to behavioral interactions among species.
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- J Menezes
- Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Caixa Postal 1524, 59072-970 Natal, RN, Brazil.,Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Av. Senador Salgado Filho, 300, 59078-970 Natal, RN, Brazil.,Edmond and Lily Safra International Neuroscience Institute, Santos Dumont Institute Av Santos Dumont, 1560, 59280-000 Macaiba, RN, Brazil
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Reck M, Ciuleanu TE, Cobo M, Schenker M, Zurawski B, Menezes J, Richardet E, Bennouna J, Felip E, Juan-Vidal O, Alexandru A, Sakai H, Lingua A, Reyes F, Souquet PJ, De Marchi P, Martin C, Pérol M, Scherpereel A, Lu S, Paz-Ares L, Carbone DP, Memaj A, Marimuthu S, Zhang X, Tran P, John T. Corrigendum to 'First-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab with 2 cycles of chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone (4 cycles) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: CheckMate 9LA 2-year update': [ESMO Open Volume 6, Issue 5, October 2021, 100273]. ESMO Open 2021; 6:100345. [PMID: 34864501 PMCID: PMC8649668 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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- M Reck
- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, LungClinic, Grosshansdorf, Germany.
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- Department of Oncology, Institutul Oncologic Prof Dr Ion Chiricuta and UMF Iuliu Hatieganu, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Unidad de Gestión Clínica Intercentros de Oncología Médica, Hospitales Universitarios Regional y Virgen de la Victoria, IBIMA, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, SF Nectarie Oncology Center, Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Ambulatorium Chemioterapii, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Oncology, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Instituto Oncológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, University Hospital of Nantes and INSERM, CRCINA, Nantes, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, Institute of Oncology Prof Dr Alexandru Trestioreanu Bucha, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Instituto Medico Rio Cuarto, SA, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fundación Arturo López Pérez, Santiago, Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Pneumology, Hôpital Lyon Sud, Lyon, Pierre Bénite, France
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- Department of Oncology, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Instituto Alexander Fleming, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Léon Bérard Cancer Center, Lyon, France
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- Department of Pulmonary and Thoracic Oncology, University of Lille, CHU Lille, INSERM U1189, OncoThAI, Lille, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, CNIO-H12o Lung Cancer Clinical Research Unit, Universidad Complutense & CiberOnc, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, USA
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- Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, USA
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- Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, USA
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- Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Australia
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Reck M, Ciuleanu TE, Cobo M, Schenker M, Zurawski B, Menezes J, Richardet E, Bennouna J, Felip E, Juan-Vidal O, Alexandru A, Sakai H, Lingua A, Reyes F, Souquet PJ, De Marchi P, Martin C, Pérol M, Scherpereel A, Lu S, Paz-Ares L, Carbone DP, Memaj A, Marimuthu S, Zhang X, Tran P, John T. First-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab with two cycles of chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone (four cycles) in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: CheckMate 9LA 2-year update. ESMO Open 2021; 6:100273. [PMID: 34607285 PMCID: PMC8493593 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To further characterize survival benefit with first-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab with two cycles of chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone, we report updated data from the phase III CheckMate 9LA trial with a 2-year minimum follow-up. PATIENTS AND METHODS Adult patients were treatment naïve, with stage IV/recurrent non-small-cell lung cancer, no known sensitizing EGFR/ALK alterations, and an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≤1. Patients were randomized 1 : 1 to nivolumab 360 mg every 3 weeks plus ipilimumab 1 mg/kg every 6 weeks with two cycles of chemotherapy, or four cycles of chemotherapy. Updated efficacy and safety outcomes are reported, along with progression-free survival (PFS) after next line of treatment (PFS2), treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) by treatment cycle, and efficacy outcomes in patients who discontinued all treatment components in the experimental arm due to TRAEs. RESULTS With a median follow-up of 30.7 months, nivolumab plus ipilimumab with chemotherapy continued to prolong overall survival (OS) versus chemotherapy. Median OS was 15.8 versus 11.0 months [hazard ratio 0.72 (95% confidence interval 0.61-0.86)]; 2-year OS rate was 38% versus 26%. Two-year PFS rate was 20% versus 8%. ORR was 38% versus 25%, respectively; 34% versus 12% of all responses were ongoing at 2 years. Median PFS2 was 13.9 versus 8.7 months. Improved efficacy outcomes in the experimental versus control arm were observed across most subgroups, including by programmed death-ligand 1 and histology. No new safety signals were observed; onset of grade 3/4 TRAEs was mostly observed during the first two treatment cycles in the experimental arm. In patients who discontinued all components of nivolumab plus ipilimumab with chemotherapy treatment due to TRAEs (n = 61) median OS was 27.5 months; 56% of responders had an ongoing response ≥1 year after discontinuation. CONCLUSIONS With a 2-year minimum follow-up, nivolumab plus ipilimumab with two cycles of chemotherapy provided durable efficacy benefits over chemotherapy with a manageable safety profile and remains an efficacious first-line treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.
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- M Reck
- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, LungClinic, Grosshansdorf, Germany.
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- Department of Oncology, Institutul Oncologic Prof Dr Ion Chiricuta and UMF Iuliu Hatieganu, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Unidad de Gestión Clínica Intercentros de Oncología Médica, Hospitales Universitarios Regional y Virgen de la Victoria, IBIMA, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, SF Nectarie Oncology Center, Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Ambulatorium Chemioterapii, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Oncology, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Instituto Oncológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, University Hospital of Nantes and INSERM, CRCINA, Nantes, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, Institute of Oncology Prof Dr Alexandru Trestioreanu Bucha, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Instituto Medico Rio Cuarto, SA, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fundación Arturo López Pérez, Santiago, Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Pneumology, Hôpital Lyon Sud, Lyon, Pierre Bénite, France
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- Department of Oncology, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Instituto Alexander Fleming, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Léon Bérard Cancer Center, Lyon, France
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- Department of Pulmonary and Thoracic Oncology, University of Lille, CHU Lille, INSERM U1189, OncoThAI, Lille, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, CNIO-H12o Lung Cancer Clinical Research Unit, Universidad Complutense & CiberOnc, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, USA
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- Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, USA
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- Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, USA
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- Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Australia
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Graça R, Fernandes R, Alves A, Menezes J, Romão L, Bourbon M. Characterisation of LDLR variants in the initiation codon. Atherosclerosis 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.06.571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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When faced with an imminent risk of predation, many animals react to escape consumption. Antipredator strategies are performed by individuals acting as a group to intimidate predators and minimize the damage when attacked. We study the antipredator prey response in spatial tritrophic systems with cyclic species dominance using the rock-paper-scissors game. The impact of the antipredator behavior is local, with the predation probability reducing exponentially with the number of prey in the predator's neighborhood. In contrast to the standard Lotka-Volterra implementation of the rock-paper-scissors model, where no spiral waves appear, our outcomes show that the antipredator behavior leads to spiral patterns from random initial conditions. The results show that the predation risk decreases exponentially with the level of antipredator strength. Finally, we investigate the coexistence probability and verify that antipredator behavior may jeopardize biodiversity for high mobility. Our findings may help biologists to understand ecosystems formed by species whose individuals behave strategically to resist predation.
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- J Menezes
- Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Caixa Postal 1524, 59072-970 Natal, RN, Brazil and Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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The spatial segregation of species is fundamental to ecosystem formation and stability. Behavioural strategies may determine where species are located and how their interactions change the local environment arrangement. In response to stimuli in the environment, individuals may move in a specific direction instead of walking randomly. This behaviour can be innate or learned from experience, and allow the individuals to conquer or the maintain territory, foraging or taking refuge. We study a generalisation of the spatial rock-paper-scissors model where individuals of one out of the species may perform directional movement tactics. Running a series of stochastic simulations, we investigate the effects of the behavioural tactics on the spatial pattern formation and the maintenance of the species diversity. We also explore a more realistic scenario, where not all individuals are conditioned to perform the behavioural strategy or have different levels of neighbourhood perception. Our outcomes show that self-preservation behaviour is more profitable in terms of territorial dominance, with the best result being achieved when all individuals are conditioned and have a long-range vicinity perception. On the other hand, invading is more advantageous if part of individuals is conditioned and if they have short-range neighbourhood perception. Finally, our findings reveal that the self-defence strategy is the least jeopardising to biodiversity which can help biologists to understand population dynamics in a setting where individuals may move strategically.
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- B Moura
- Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Caixa Postal 1524, Natal, RN, 59072-970, Brazil
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- Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Caixa Postal 1524, Natal, RN, 59072-970, Brazil. .,Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Reck M, Ciuleanu TE, Cobo M, Schenker M, Zurawski B, Menezes J, Richardet E, Bennouna J, Cheng Y, Paz-Ares L, Lu S, John T, Padilla B, Sun X, Moisei A, Yan J, Yuan Y, Blum S, Carbone D. LBA59 First-line nivolumab (NIVO) + ipilimumab (IPI) combined with 2 cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy (chemo) vs 4 cycles of chemo in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) from CheckMate 9LA. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.2292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Rodrigues IBBE, Silva RL, Menezes J, Machado SCA, Rodrigues DP, Pomba C, Abreu DLC, Nascimento ER, Aquino MHC, Pereira VLA. High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Nontyphoidal Salmonella Recovered from Broiler Chickens and Chicken Carcasses in Brazil. Braz J Poult Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1590/1806-9061-2019-1206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
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- Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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- Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
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Avelino PP, Menezes J, de Oliveira BF, Pereira TA. Expanding spatial domains and transient scaling regimes in populations with local cyclic competition. Phys Rev E 2019; 99:052310. [PMID: 31212535 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.99.052310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We investigate a six-species class of May-Leonard models leading to the formation of two types of competing spatial domains, each one inhabited by three species with their own internal cyclic rock-paper-scissors dynamics. We study the resulting population dynamics using stochastic numerical simulations in two-dimensional space. We find that as three-species domains shrink, there is an increasing probability of extinction of two of the species inhabiting the domain, with the consequent creation of one-species domains. We determine the critical initial radius beyond which these one-species spatial domains are expected to expand. We further show that a transient scaling regime, with a slower average growth rate of the characteristic length scale L of the spatial domains with time t, takes place before the transition to a standard L∝t^{1/2} scaling law, resulting in an extended period of coexistence.
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- P P Avelino
- Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Universidade do Porto, CAUP, Rua das Estrelas, PT4150-762 Porto, Portugal.,Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, PT4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Universidade do Porto, CAUP, Rua das Estrelas, PT4150-762 Porto, Portugal.,Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Caixa Postal 1524, 59072-970 Natal, RN, Brazil.,Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física Teórica e Experimental, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59078-970 Natal, RN, Brazil
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Mcdonough S, Aiyer A, Velasco Roth A, Menezes J, Vora A, Schulz J, Degrandpre J, Mina E, Shaw J. P2.01-99 Can NGS NSCLC Testing Be Implemented Without in House Expertise? Clinical Utility of the First FDA-Approved Lung Cancer NGS End-To-End Solution. J Thorac Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.08.1153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Avelino PP, Bazeia D, Losano L, Menezes J, de Oliveira BF, Santos MA. How directional mobility affects coexistence in rock-paper-scissors models. Phys Rev E 2018; 97:032415. [PMID: 29776155 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.97.032415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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This work deals with a system of three distinct species that changes in time under the presence of mobility, selection, and reproduction, as in the popular rock-paper-scissors game. The novelty of the current study is the modification of the mobility rule to the case of directional mobility, in which the species move following the direction associated to a larger (averaged) number density of selection targets in the surrounding neighborhood. Directional mobility can be used to simulate eyes that see or a nose that smells, and we show how it may contribute to reduce the probability of coexistence.
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- P P Avelino
- Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Universidade do Porto, CAUP, Rua das Estrelas, PT4150-762 Porto, Portugal.,Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, PT4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal da Paraíba 58051-900 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal da Paraíba 58051-900 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
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- Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Universidade do Porto, CAUP, Rua das Estrelas, PT4150-762 Porto, Portugal.,Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Caixa Postal 1524, 59072-970, Natal, RN, Brazil.,Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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Menezes J, Frago C, Laot T, Chansinghakul D, Wartel T, Zambrano B, Bouckenooghe A, Noriega F. Integrated analysis of immunogenicity data from 11 dengue vaccine trials across 14 countries at risk for dengue. Int J Infect Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.02.899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Boggavarapu NR, Berger C, von Grothusen C, Menezes J, Gemzell-Danielsson K, Lalitkumar PGL. Effects of low doses of mifepristone on human embryo implantation process in a three-dimensional human endometrial in vitro co-culture system. Contraception 2016; 94:143-51. [PMID: 27001000 DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2016.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Revised: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We wanted to explore the effects of two different low doses (0.5μM and 0.05μM) of mifepristone, exposed during the receptive period, on the human embryo implantation process, using a well-established three-dimensional in vitro cell culture model, specifically developed to study this process. METHODS An in vitro three-dimensional cell culture model was constructed using human endometrial cells isolated from the endometrium of proven fertile women, collected on cycle day LH+4. After 5 days of culture, supernumerary human embryos were added and cultured for another 5 days with mifepristone 0.5μM (n=8) or 0.05μM (n=10) or vehicle as control (n=10). The cultures were checked for embryo attachment and terminated. We studied the expression of 16 reported endometrial receptivity markers in the endometrial constructs using real-time polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS None of the embryos in 0.5μM of mifepristone attached to the endometrial constructs (p=.004), whereas 4 out of 10 in 0.05μM (p=.3698) and 7 out of 10 embryos in the control group attached to the cultures. We found that most of the studied receptivity markers were significantly altered with mifepristone exposure in a similar direction in both treatment groups. Only IL6 was significantly differentially expressed between the treatment groups (p=.017). CONCLUSION We report for the first time that exposure to a low concentration (0.5μM) of mifepristone during the receptive period successfully inhibits human embryo implantation process in vitro. Further, we observed a dose-dependent effect of mifepristone on endometrial receptivity at the functional level. IMPLICATION This study contributes new knowledge that low dose of mifepristone during the short period of receptive phase can inhibit endometrial receptivity, which further promotes mifepristone as a contraceptive agent. This could give women a treatment choice to avoid unwanted pregnancy with high efficacy and minimal side effects.
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- N R Boggavarapu
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska University Hospital, S-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska University Hospital, S-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska University Hospital, S-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Fertilitetscentrum, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska University Hospital, S-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska University Hospital, S-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Favoretto SM, daSilva EG, Menezes J, Guerra RR, Campos DB. Reproductive System of Brown-throated Sloth (Bradypus variegatus, Schinz 1825, Pilosa, Xenarthra): Anatomy and Histology. Anat Histol Embryol 2015; 45:249-59. [DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- S. M. Favoretto
- Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencia Animal; Centro de Ciencias Agrarias; Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Areia Brazil
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- Curso de Medicina Veterinaria; Centro de Ciencias Agrarias; Universidade Federal da Paraiba; Areia Brasil
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- Curso de Medicina Veterinaria; Centro de Ciencias Agrarias; Universidade Federal da Paraiba; Areia Brasil
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- Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencia Animal; Centro de Ciencias Agrarias; Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Areia Brazil
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- Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencia Animal; Centro de Ciencias Agrarias; Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Areia Brazil
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Berger C, Boggavarapu NR, Menezes J, Lalitkumar PGL, Gemzell-Danielsson K. Effects of ulipristal acetate on human embryo attachment and endometrial cell gene expression in an in vitro co-culture system. Hum Reprod 2015; 30:800-11. [PMID: 25740886 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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STUDY QUESTION Does ulipristal acetate (UPA) used for emergency contraception (EC) interfere with the human embryo implantation process? SUMMARY ANSWER UPA, at the dosage used for EC, does not affect human embryo implantation process, in vitro. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY A single pre-ovulatory dose of UPA (30 mg) acts by delaying or inhibiting ovulation and is recommended as first choice among emergency contraceptive pills due to its efficacy. The compound has also been demonstrated to have a dose-dependent effect on the endometrium, which theoretically could impair endometrial receptivity but its direct action on human embryo implantation has not yet been studied. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION Effect of UPA on embryo implantation process was studied in an in vitro endometrial construct. Human embryos were randomly added to the cultures and cultured for 5 more days with UPA (n = 10) or with vehicle alone (n = 10) to record the attachment of embryos. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS Endometrial biopsies were obtained from healthy, fertile women on cycle day LH+4 and stromal and epithelial cells were isolated. A three-dimensional in vitro endometrial co-culture system was constructed by mixing stromal cells with collagen covered with a layer of epithelial cells and cultured in progesterone containing medium until confluence. The treatment group received 200 ng/ml of UPA. Healthy, viable human embryos were placed on both control and treatment cultures. Five days later the cultures were tested for the attachment of embryos and the 3D endometrial constructs were analysed for endometrial receptivity markers by real-time PCR. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE There was no significant difference in the embryo attachment rate between the UPA treated group and the control group as 5 out of 10 human embryos exposed to UPA and 7 out of 10 embryos in the control group attached to the endometrial cell surface (P = 0.650). Out of 17 known receptivity genes studied here, only 2 genes, HBEGF (P = 0.009) and IL6 (P = 0.025) had a significant up-regulation and 4 genes, namely HAND2 (P = 0.003), OPN (P = 0.003), CALCR (P = 0.016) and FGF2 (P = 0.023) were down-regulated with the exposure of UPA, compared with control group. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION This proof of concept study was conducted with a few human embryos, as their availability was limited. Although the 3D model used for this study is well established and the artificial endometrial luminal epithelium shown to express progesterone regulated markers of endometrial receptivity it is still an in vitro model, lacking all cell types that constitute the receptive endometrium in vivo. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS This study provides new insights on the mechanism of action of UPA on human embryo implantation, demonstrating that UPA in a dosage used for EC does not affect embryo viability and the implantation process of embryo. Progesterone receptor modulators (PRMs) hold the potential to be attractive estrogen- and gestagen-free contraceptives and thus may be made available to a larger proportion of women globally due to these findings. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTERESTS Swedish Research Council (K2010-54X-14212-09-3) and support provided through the regional agreement on medical training and clinical research (ALF) between Stockholm County Council and Karolinska University Hospital.
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- C Berger
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska University Hospital, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska University Hospital, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Fertilitetscentrum, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska University Hospital, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska University Hospital, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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Avelino PP, Bazeia D, Losano L, Menezes J, de Oliveira BF. Interfaces with internal structures in generalized rock-paper-scissors models. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2014; 89:042710. [PMID: 24827281 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.89.042710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In this work we investigate the development of stable dynamical structures along interfaces separating domains belonging to enemy partnerships in the context of cyclic predator-prey models with an even number of species N≥8. We use both stochastic and field theory simulations in one and two spatial dimensions, as well as analytical arguments, to describe the association at the interfaces of mutually neutral individuals belonging to enemy partnerships and to probe their role in the development of the dynamical structures at the interfaces. We identify an interesting behavior associated with the symmetric or asymmetric evolution of the interface profiles depending on whether N/2 is odd or even, respectively. We also show that the macroscopic evolution of the interface network is not very sensitive to the internal structure of the interfaces. Although this work focuses on cyclic predator-prey models with an even number of species, we argue that the results are expected to be quite generic in the context of spatial stochastic May-Leonard models.
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- P P Avelino
- Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto, 4150-762 Porto, Portugal and Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal da Paraíba 58051-970 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal da Paraíba 58051-970 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
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- Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Caixa Postal 1524, 59072-970, Natal, RN, Brazil and Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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Menezes J, Salgado RN, Acquadro F, Gómez-López G, Carralero MC, Barroso A, Mercadillo F, Espinosa-Hevia L, Talavera-Casañas JG, Pisano DG, Álvarez S, Cigudosa JC. ASXL1, TP53 and IKZF3 mutations are present in the chronic phase and blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukemia. Blood Cancer J 2013; 3:e157. [PMID: 24212482 PMCID: PMC3880437 DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2013.54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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- J Menezes
- Molecular Cytogenetics Group, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Center–CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Molecular Cytogenetics Group, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Center–CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Molecular Cytogenetics Group, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Center–CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Bioinformatic Unit, Structural Biology and Biocomputing Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Center–CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Molecular Cytogenetics Group, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Center–CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Human Genetics Group, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Center–CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Clinic Familial Cancer Unit, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Center–CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Molecular Cytogenetics Group, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Center–CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Hematology and Hemotherapy Service, Ntra. Sra. de Candelaria Hospital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Bioinformatic Unit, Structural Biology and Biocomputing Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Center–CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Molecular Cytogenetics Group, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Center–CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Molecular Cytogenetics Group, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Center–CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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Menezes J, Makishima H, Gomez I, Acquadro F, Gómez-López G, Graña O, Dopazo A, Alvarez S, Trujillo M, Pisano DG, Maciejewski JP, Cigudosa JC. CSF3R T618I co-occurs with mutations of splicing and epigenetic genes and with a new PIM3 truncated fusion gene in chronic neutrophilic leukemia. Blood Cancer J 2013; 3:e158. [PMID: 24212483 PMCID: PMC3880438 DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2013.55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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- J Menezes
- Molecular Cytogenetics Group, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre-CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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Castro-Lopes J, Menezes J, Mendonça L, Costa-Pereira A, Azevedo L. The impact of post-herpetic neuralgia: A prospective multicentre study on pain and health related quality of life. Eur Geriatr Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2013.07.260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Montgomery S, Duffy S, Bowman N, Sedler M, Campbell A, Fishel S, Scaruffi P, Stigliani S, Venturini PL, Anserini P, Ferreira RC, Figueira RCS, Braga DPAF, Setti AS, Iaconelli A, Borges E, Novo S, Penon O, Nogues C, Barrios L, Santalo J, Duch M, Gomez-Martinez R, Perez-Garcia L, Plaza JA, Ibanez E, Menezes J, Lalitkumar PGL, Borg P, Vaegter K, Wramsby M, Wramsby H, Ma W, Liang X, Huang X, Yang X, Wei L. Session 02: From oocyte to blastocyst. Hum Reprod 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Avelino PP, Bazeia D, Losano L, Menezes J. von Neummann's and related scaling laws in rock-paper-scissors-type games. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2012; 86:031119. [PMID: 23030878 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.86.031119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We introduce a family of rock-paper-scissors-type models with Z(N) symmetry (N is the number of species), and we show that it has a very rich structure with many completely different phases. We study realizations that lead to the formation of domains, where individuals of one or more species coexist, separated by interfaces whose (average) dynamics is curvature driven. This type of behavior, which might be relevant for the development of biological complexity, leads to an interface network evolution and pattern formation similar to the ones of several other nonlinear systems in condensed matter and cosmology.
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- P P Avelino
- Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto, Rua das Estrelas, 4150-762 Porto, Portugal
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Avelino PP, Bazeia D, Losano L, Menezes J, Oliveira BF. Junctions and spiral patterns in generalized rock-paper-scissors models. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2012; 86:036112. [PMID: 23030985 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.86.036112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2012] [Revised: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We investigate the population dynamics in generalized rock-paper-scissors models with an arbitrary number of species N. We show that spiral patterns with N arms may develop both for odd and even N, in particular in models where a bidirectional predation interaction of equal strength between all species is modified to include one N-cyclic predator-prey rule. While the former case gives rise to an interface network with Y-type junctions obeying the scaling law L∝t1/2, where L is the characteristic length of the network and t is the time, the latter can lead to a population network with N-armed spiral patterns, having a roughly constant characteristic length scale. We explicitly demonstrate the connection between interface junctions and spiral patterns in these models and compute the corresponding scaling laws. This work significantly extends the results of previous studies of population dynamics and could have profound implications for the understanding of biological complexity in systems with a large number of species.
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- P P Avelino
- Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto, Rua das Estrelas, 4150-762 Porto, Portugal
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Nesbitt-Hawes E, Campbell N, Won H, Maley P, Henry A, Abbott J, Potdar N, Mason-Birks S, Elson CJ, Gelbaya TA, Nardo LG, Stavroulis A, Nnoaham K, Hummelshoj L, Zondervan K, Saridogan E, GSWH Consortium WERF, Chamie LP, Soares ACP, Kimati CT, Gomes C, Fettback P, Riboldi M, Serafini P, Lalitkumar S, Menezes J, Evdokia D, Gemzell-Danielsson K, Lalitkumar PGL, Bailey J, Newman TA, Johnston A, Zisimopoulou K, White M, Sadek K, Shreeve N, Macklon N, Cheong Y, Al-Akoum M, Akoum A, Giles J, Garrido N, Vidal C, Mondion M, Gallo C, Ramirez J, Pellicer A, Remohi J, Ghosh S, Chattopadhyay R, Jana S, Goswami SK, Bose G, Chakravarty M, Chowdhuri K, Chakravarty BN, Kendirci Ceviren A, Ozcelik Tanriverdi N, Urfan A, Donmez L, Isikoglu M, Romano A, Schreinemacher MH, Backes WH, Slenter JM, Xanthoulea SA, Delvoux B, van Winden L, Beets-Tan RG, Evers JLH, Dunselman GAJ, Jana SK, Chaudhury K, Chattopadhyay R, Chakravarty BN, Maruyama T, Yamasaki A, Miyazaki K, Arase T, Uchida H, Yoshimura Y, Kaser D, Ginsburg E, Missmer S, Correia K, Racowsky C, Streuli I, Chouzenoux S, de Ziegler D, Chereau C, Weill B, Chapron C, Batteux F, Arianmanesh M, Fowler PA, Al-Gubory KH, Urata Y, Osuga Y, Izumi G, Nagai M, Takamura M, Yamamoto N, Saito A, Hasegawa A, Takemura Y, Harada M, Hirata T, Hirota Y, Yoshino O, Koga K, Taketani Y, Mohebbi A, Janan A, Nasri S, Lakpour MR, Ramazanali F, Moini A, Aflatoonian R, Germeyer A, Novak O, Renke T, Jung M, Jackus J, Toth B, Strowitzki T, Bhattacharya J, Mitra A, Kundu S, Pal M, Kundu A, Gumusel A, Basar M, Yaprak E, Aslan E, Arda O, Ilvan S, Kayisli U, Guzel E, Haouzi D, Monzo C, Lehmann S, Hirtz C, Tiers L, Hamamah S, Choi D, Choi J, Jo M, Lee E, Shen X, Wang BIN, Li X, Tamura I, Maekawa R, Asada H, Tamura H, Sugino N, Tamura H, Tamura I, Maekawa R, Asada H, Sugino N, Liu H, Jiang Y, Chen J, Zhu L, Shen X, Wang B, Yan G, Sun H, Coughlan C, Sinagra M, Ledger W, Li TC, Laird SM, Dafopoulos K, Vrekoussis T, Chalvatzas N, Messini CI, Kalantaridou S, Georgoulias P, Messinis IE, Makrigiannakis A, Xue Q, Xu Y, Zuo WL, Zhang L, Shang J, Zhu SN, Bulun SE, Tomassetti C, Geysenbergh B, Meuleman C, Fieuws S, D'Hooghe T, Suginami K, Sato Y, Horie A, Matsumoto H, Fujiwara H, Konishi I, Jung Y, Cho S, Choi Y, Lee B, Seo S, Urman B, Yakin K, Oktem O, Alper E, Taskiran C, Aksoy S, Takeuchi K, Kurematsu T, Yu-ki Y, Fukumoto Y, Homan Y, Sata Y, Kuroki Y, Takeuchi M, Awata S, Muneyyirci-Delale O, Charles C, Anopa J, Osei-Tutu N, Dalloul M, Weedon J, Muney A, Stratton P, Yilmaz B, Kilic S, Aksakal O, Kelekci S, Aksoy Y, Lordlar N, Sut N, Gungor T, Chan J, Tan CW, Lee YH, Tan HH, Choolani M, Griffith L, Oldeweme J, Barcena de Arellano ML, Reichelt U, Schneider A, Mechsner S, Barcena de Arellano ML, Munch S, Vercellino GF, Chiantera V, Schneider A, Mechsner S, Santoro L, D'Onofrio F, Campo S, Ferraro PM, Tondi P, Gasbarrini A, Santoliquido A, Jung MH, Kim HY, Barcena de Arellano ML, Arnold J, Vercellino GF, Chiantera V, Schneider A, Mechsner S, Arnold J, Barcena de Arellano ML, Buttner A, Vercellino GF, Chiantera V, Schneider A, Mechsner S, Karaer A, Celik O, Bay Karabulut A, Celik E, Kiran TR, Simsek OY, Yilmaz E, Turkcuoglu I, Tanrikut E, Alieva K, Kulakova E, Ipatova M, Smolnikova V, Kalinina E. ENDOMETRIOSIS, ENDOMETRIUM, IMPLANTATION AND FALLOPIAN TUBE. Hum Reprod 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/27.s2.78] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Ahlstrom A, Westin C, Wikland M, Hardarson T, Mitsoli A, Kolibianakis EM, Loutradi K, Venetis CA, Triantafilidis S, Makedos A, Chatzimeletiou K, Zepiridis L, Bili H, Pados G, Tzamtzoglou A, Tarlatzis BC, Musters A, Wely van M, Verhoeve H, Repping S, Veen van der F, Mochtar MH, Menezes J, Sjoblom P, Tristen C, Wramsby H, Ivec M, Kovacic B, Vlaisavljevic V, Ghoshdastidar S, Ghoshdastidar B, Chakraborty C. SELECTED ORAL COMMUNICATION SESSION, SESSION 02: EMBRYOLOGY - QUALITY AND DEVELOPMENT Monday 4 July 2011 10:00 - 11:30. Hum Reprod 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/26.s1.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Menezes J, Clancy P, Tao W, Qureshi M, Willins J, Russo G, Kachnic L. Daily Kilovoltage Orthogonal Images Enhance Setup Accuracy for Conformal Pelvic Radiation Delivery in the Prone Position on a Bowel Displacement Device. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Zhang R, Lu P, Wang T, Zhang D, Zou L, Sheng J, Huang H, Petitbarat M, Dubanchet S, Serazin V, Morvan C, Wainer R, Chaouat G, Ledee N, Lalitkumar S, Menezes J, Wramsby H, Gemzell-Danielsson K, Lalitkumar PGL, Cloke B, Shah K, Kaneda H, Lavery S, Trew G, Fusi L, Higham J, Dina R, Ghaem-Maghami S, Ellis P, Christian M, Brosens J. Session 46: Endometrial Function During Implantation Window. Hum Reprod 2010. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/de.25.s1.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Chian RC, Yan J, Suzuki JJ, Yu XM, Wang J, Tan SL, Kan FWK, Liu P, Qiao J, Vanderzwalmen P, Wirleitner B, Stecher A, Lejeune B, Puissant F, Vanderzwalmen S, Schwerda D, Baramsai B, Zech NH, Antinori M, Licata E, Dani G, Cerusico F, Versaci C, Antinori S, Menezes J, Sjoblom P, Brask K, Nordqvist S, Wramsby H, Rodriguez-Wallberg KA, Borgstrom B, Sheikhi M, Lundqvist ML, Hovatta O, Trapphoff T, El Hajj N, Haaf T, Eichenlaub-Ritter U, Gomes C, Alegretti JR, Rocha AM, Motta ELA, Serafini P, Hassun PA, Baracat EC, Smith GD. Session 65: Fertility Preservation 3. Hum Reprod 2010. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/de.25.s1.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ahmad R, Bassam SE, Cordeiro P, Menezes J. 319 Upregulation of IL-15 gene expression in human monocytic cells by HSV-1 is mediated by TLR2 signalling. Cytokine 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2008.07.402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Dardari R, Dalle JH, Menezes J, Cordeiro P, Champagne M, Duval M. 368: Thymoglobulin Binds Natural Killer Cells and Induces Activation and Interferon-γ Production. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2007.12.378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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El Bassam S, Ahmad R, Laberge S, Menezes J. 31: Upregulation of IL-21 gene expression by HHV-6: contribution of CD4+ T cells to host's anti-viral innate immune response. J Clin Virol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6532(06)70050-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Dalle JH, Menezes J, Champagne M, Michel D. Cord blood natural killer T (NKT) cells. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2003.12.291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We investigate the presence of defects in systems described by real scalar field in (D,1) spacetime dimensions. We show that when the potential assumes specific form, there are models which support stable global defects for D arbitrary. We also show how to find first-order differential equations that solve the equations of motion, and how to solve models in D dimensions via soluble problems in D=1. We illustrate the procedure examining specific models and finding explicit solutions.
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, C.P. 5008, 58051-970 João Pessoa PB, Brazil
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Sindhu STAK, Ahmad R, Blagdon M, Ahmad A, Toma E, Morisset R, Menezes J. Virus load correlates inversely with the expression of cytotoxic T lymphocyte activation markers in HIV-1-infected/AIDS patients showing MHC-unrestricted CTL-mediated lysis. Clin Exp Immunol 2003; 132:120-7. [PMID: 12653846 PMCID: PMC1808669 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02120.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) are key players to suppress viral load (VL) but CTL responses become compromised with progression of HIV-infection/AIDS. Some progressors develop MHC-unrestricted CTL with anti-CD4+ cytocidal activity. Immune activation status of these CTL and its significance in disease progression are unknown. To determine the relationship between VL and T cell activation, a cross-sectional study was carried out using blood samples from 13 HIV-1-infected/AIDS patients at various stages of progression and seven age-matched seronegative controls. We examined expression of HLA-DR and CD38 activation markers on purified CTL. MHC-unrestricted killing by these CTL was also evaluated against uninfected, allogeneic CD4+ T cells as well as several human cell lines. The expression of activation markers correlated inversely (rs = - 0.91, P < 0.0001) with VL of the subjects. CTL effectors of these patients killed targets expressing or lacking CD4+, independently of MHC class I recognition. Interestingly, the patients with higher VL showed an increased number of gammadeltaTCR-bearing CTL in blood and their MHC-unrestricted killing activity was blocked significantly (P < 0.01) by gammadeltaTCR-specific monoclonal antibody. CD3+ T counts of these patients were also consistently subnormal. Inverse correlation between VL and CD8+ T cell activation markers seems to be an indicator of CTL-associated immunopathogenesis in HIV patients with elevated gammadeltaCTL in the peripheral blood.
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- S T A K Sindhu
- Laboratory of Immunovirology, St Justine Hospital, Montreal, Canada
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Sanjay OP, Kadam VR, Menezes J, Prashanth P, Tauro DI. Thoracic epidural infusions for post thoracotomy pain relief: a clinical study to compare the efficacy of fentanyl — bupivicaine mixtures versus fentanyl alone. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003. [DOI: 10.1007/s12055-003-0025-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Duval M, Dalle J, Wagner E, Blagdon M, Champagne J, Champagne M, Menezes J. 19 Maturation stage of cord blood natural killer cells. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1083-8791(03)80020-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sathananthan AH, Ratnasooriya WD, de Silva PK, Menezes J. Characterization of human gamete centrosomes for assisted reproduction. Ital J Anat Embryol 2002; 106:61-73. [PMID: 11732597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Centrosomes of human gametes need to be characterised in more detail, since it was recently shown in 1991 that the human embryo inherits the dominant paternal centrosome at fertilization. Thus there has been a resurgence of centrosomal research in the last decade. The sperm centrosome, containing a single centriole, is preserved and dominant while the egg centrosome is reduced and inactivated during oogenesis, since there should be only one functional centrosome to ensure normal development. This presentation reviews the ultrastructure of gamete centrosomes and attempts to define their respective roles in assisted fertilization. Human testicular and ovarian tissues, sperm, eggs and zygotes were examined by routine TEM. Developing sperm cells and oogonia have two functional centrioles (diplosomes) in their centrosomes, showing the typical "9+0" organisation of microtubule triplets--common to somatic cells. The diplosomes are surrounded by pericentriolar material (PCM), which nucleate microtubules (MT) that organize the cytoskeleton and mitotic spindles. During spermiogenesis, when the spermatids transform into mature sperm, there is a partial reduction of the male centrosome, during which the proximal centriole (PC) is retained intact in the sperm neck, proximal to the nucleus, while the distal centriole (DC) which gave rise to the sperm flagellum, is partially reduced and merges distally with the sperm axoneme in the midpiece and tail. The proximal functional centriole is located in a "black box" in the neck, composed of the capitulum beneath the basal plate and flanked laterally by 9 segmented columns and shows the typical "9+0" organisation of triplets of MT. The PC contains dense material both within and outside the triplets, and the central doublet of axonemal MT terminates in a clump of dense material below its lower vault. The DC is disorganised proximally showing loss of triplets and cannot function as a typical centriole, since the central doublets of axonemal MT traverse through it. Oogonia present a pair of well-defined centrioles, which are involved in cell division. These are lost during oogenesis and the mature oocyte is devoid of centrioles, as in most mammals. Neither does the human oocyte have granular centrosomal material at meiotic spindle poles, in contrast to mouse oocytes which have a dominant maternal centrosome. Thus the oocyte centrosome is greatly reduced and inactivated. Functional centrosomal structure is, however, restored after fertilization in the zygote with some maternal input around the sperm centriole, which duplicates at the pronuclear stage, forms a sperm aster and proceeds to form the first mitotic spindle. This is the ancestor of centrosomes in embryonic, foetal and adult somatic cells. In 1991 (Sathananthan, 1991), we postulated that sperm centrosomal dysfunction could lead to aberrant embryonic development based on centriolar defects in sperm with impaired motility. This hypothesis has now gained acceptance and further evidence to support this theory of infertility is presented.
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- A H Sathananthan
- Monash Institute of Reproduction Development, Melbourne, Australia.
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Sharif-Askari E, Fawaz LM, Tran P, Ahmad A, Menezes J. Interleukin 15-mediated induction of cytotoxic effector cells capable of eliminating Epstein-Barr virus-transformed/immortalized lymphocytes in culture. J Natl Cancer Inst 2001; 93:1724-32. [PMID: 11717333 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/93.22.1724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Interleukin 15 (IL-15) activates cytotoxic lymphocytes and drives the expansion of memory T cells. Its role in immune control of virus-transformed cells and other tumor cells remains to be elucidated. We investigated the role of IL-15 in controlling Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed/immortalized lymphocytes in culture. EBV is a highly potent lymphocyte-transforming and opportunistic oncogenic herpesvirus associated with several human tumors. METHODS Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from healthy donors were infected with EBV and cultured with either IL-15 or IL-15 plus anti-IL-15 antibodies for 3-4 weeks. We monitored EBV-induced transformation by assessing the clearly visible cell clusters by microscopy and analyzing the expression of EBV-encoded latent membrane oncoprotein-1 (LMP-1) and the EBV nuclear antigen (EBNA) complex by immunoblotting and immunofluorescence techniques, respectively. We depleted EBV-infected cultures of PBMCs of specific effector cell populations to investigate the effector cells involved in mediating IL-15 effect. RESULTS The presence of IL-15 resulted in the complete elimination of EBV-transformed cells in PBMC cultures. Western blot and immunofluorescence analyses performed 3-4 weeks after infection showed no detectable levels of LMP-1 and EBNA in IL-15-treated EBV-infected cultures, whereas IL-15-untreated EBV-infected cultures and IL-15/anti-IL-15-treated cultures expressed both proteins. IL-15 mediated its anti-EBV effect through early and late response mechanisms, i.e., by first activating natural killer (NK) cells and subsequently inducing cytolytic NK-T cells. The presence of anti-IL-15 neutralizing antibodies abrogated IL-15's effect on both mechanisms. CONCLUSION In vitro, IL-15 mediated complete elimination of EBV-infected/transformed lymphocytes via successive activation of NK and NK-T cytotoxic effectors. If these in vitro findings reflect in vivo mechanisms, then IL-15 might be considered for cytokine-based immunotherapy in patients with EBV-associated lymphoproliferative disorders/malignancies.
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- E Sharif-Askari
- Laboratory of Immunovirology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Pediatric Research Center, University of Montreal and Sainte-Justine Hospital, Montreal, PQ, Canada
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