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Baptista L, Fassio G, Gofas S, Oliverio M, P Ávila S, M Santos A. Evaluating the taxonomic status of the large sized Tricolia Risso, 1826 in the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2023:107857. [PMID: 37315708 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107857] [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: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Despite a long history of taxonomic studies on the genus Tricolia Risso, 1826, there is a shortfall on thorough systematic molecular reviews of the taxon from the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. Aiming to assess the genetic distinctness among morphospecies and the taxonomic status of currently accepted large sized species in these areas, we conducted a molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus based on one mitochondrial (cox1) and two nuclear (28S and ITS2) markers. Seven Tricolia species were consistently retrieved in the analyses, including a new genetic lineage in the NE Atlantic designated as Tricolia sp. 1. Molecular analyses revealed that only one species, T. azorica, occurs in the NE Atlantic archipelagos. The sister taxa T. pullus (Mediterranean) and T. picta (NE Atlantic) should be classified as distinct species, instead of subspecies of the T. pullus group (sensu Gofas 1982). Tricolia miniata is also a complex of species in the Mediterranean and future studies across the distribution range are necessary to clarify its status.
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- Lara Baptista
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal; MPB-Marine Palaeontology and Biogeography Lab, University of the Azores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal; UNESCO Chair - Land Within Sea: Biodiversity & Sustainability in Atlantic Islands, Universidade dos Açores, R. Mãe de Deus 13A, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal; Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 1021/1055, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie 'Charles Darwin', Sapienza Università di Roma, Viale dell'Università 32, I-00185, Rome, Italy and NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo 90133, Italy
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- Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de MálagaE-29071 Málaga, Spain; Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie 'Charles Darwin', Sapienza Università di Roma, Viale dell'Università 32, I-00185, Rome, Italy and NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo 90133, Italy
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal; MPB-Marine Palaeontology and Biogeography Lab, University of the Azores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal; UNESCO Chair - Land Within Sea: Biodiversity & Sustainability in Atlantic Islands, Universidade dos Açores, R. Mãe de Deus 13A, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal; Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 1021/1055, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal; Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
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- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal; Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 1021/1055, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal; CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Campus de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, no. 7, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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Baptista L, Berning B, Curto M, Waeschenbach A, Meimberg H, Santos AM, Ávila SP. Morphospecies and molecular diversity of ‘lace corals’: the genus Reteporella (Bryozoa: Cheilostomatida) in the central North Atlantic Azores Archipelago. BMC Ecol Evol 2022; 22:128. [PMCID: PMC9635095 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-022-02080-z] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Background As in most bryozoans, taxonomy and systematics of species in the genus Reteporella Busk, 1884 (family Phidoloporidae) has hitherto almost exclusively been based on morphological characters. From the central North Atlantic Azores Archipelago, nine Reteporella species have historically been reported, none of which have as yet been revised. Aiming to characterise the diversity and biogeographic distribution of Azorean Reteporella species, phylogenetic reconstructions were conducted on a dataset of 103 Azorean Reteporella specimens, based on the markers cytochrome C oxidase subunit 1, small and large ribosomal RNA subunits. Morphological identification was based on scanning electron microscopy and complemented the molecular inferences. Results Our results reveal two genetically distinct Azorean Reteporella clades, paraphyletic to eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean taxa. Moreover, an overall concordance between morphological and molecular species can be shown, and the actual bryozoan diversity in the Azores is greater than previously acknowledged as the dataset comprises three historically reported species and four putative new taxa, all of which are likely to be endemic. The inclusion of Mediterranean Reteporella specimens also revealed new species in the Adriatic and Ligurian Sea, whilst the inclusion of additional phidoloporid taxa hints at the non-monophyly of the genus Reteporella. Conclusion Being the first detailed genetic study on the genus Reteporella, the high divergence levels inferred within the genus Reteporella and family Phidoloporidae calls for the need of further revision. Nevertheless, the overall concordance between morphospecies and COI data suggest the potential adequacy of a 3% cut-off to distinguish Reteporella species. The discovery of new species in the remote Azores Archipelago as well as in the well-studied Mediterranean Sea indicates a general underestimation of bryozoan diversity. This study constitutes yet another example of the importance of integrative taxonomical approaches on understudied taxa, contributing to cataloguing genetic and morphological diversity. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12862-022-02080-z.
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- Lara Baptista
- grid.5808.50000 0001 1503 7226Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, CIBIO, InBIO Laboratório Associado, 9501-801 Pólo dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal ,grid.5808.50000 0001 1503 7226BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal ,grid.7338.f0000 0001 2096 9474MPB-Marine Palaeontology and Biogeography Lab, Universidade dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal ,grid.5808.50000 0001 1503 7226Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 1021/1055, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal ,grid.5173.00000 0001 2298 5320University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Institute for Integrative Nature Conservation Research, Vienna, Austria
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- grid.5808.50000 0001 1503 7226Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, CIBIO, InBIO Laboratório Associado, 9501-801 Pólo dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal ,grid.7338.f0000 0001 2096 9474MPB-Marine Palaeontology and Biogeography Lab, Universidade dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal ,Oberösterreichische Landes-Kultur GmbH, Geowissenschaftliche Sammlungen, 4060 Leonding, Austria
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- grid.5173.00000 0001 2298 5320University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Institute for Integrative Nature Conservation Research, Vienna, Austria ,grid.9983.b0000 0001 2181 4263MARE, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- grid.5173.00000 0001 2298 5320University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Institute for Integrative Nature Conservation Research, Vienna, Austria
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- grid.5808.50000 0001 1503 7226Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 1021/1055, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal ,grid.5808.50000 0001 1503 7226Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, CIBIO, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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- grid.5808.50000 0001 1503 7226Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, CIBIO, InBIO Laboratório Associado, 9501-801 Pólo dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal ,grid.5808.50000 0001 1503 7226BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal ,grid.7338.f0000 0001 2096 9474MPB-Marine Palaeontology and Biogeography Lab, Universidade dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal ,grid.5808.50000 0001 1503 7226Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 1021/1055, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal ,grid.7338.f0000 0001 2096 9474Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
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Correia MS, Santos ENA, Magalhães PKA, Santos AM, Messias MICSD, Santos Júnior JC, Carvalho Neto APM, Souza MA, Fonseca SA, Ferreira Júnior GC, Cavalcanti MGS, Costa JG, Miranda PRB, Rocha TJM. Physicochemical, microbiological and parasitological analysis of water for human consumption in a quilombola community in Alagoas. BRAZ J BIOL 2022; 82:e260905. [PMID: 35857949 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.260905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Water is the indispensable natural resource for all living beings. For human consumption, it must be potable, so as not to pose a risk to health, and can be used for ingestion, food preparation and personal hygiene. Knowing this importance, this study aimed to carry out physical-chemical, microbiological and parasitological analyzes of water for human consumption in a quilombola community of Santa Luzia do Norte in Alagoas. A cross-sectional, experimental and quantitative study was carried out between January and December 2019. The physical-chemical parameters of residual chlorine, turbidity, fluoride, fluoridation, color and pH were analyzed, microbiological analyses were based on the research of total and thermotolerant coliforms (E. coli) and parasitological analyses were performed based on the research of protozoa and intestinal helminths. Some physical-chemical parameters (turbidity and pH) were observed outside the limits required by the Ministry of Health, and the presence of total coliforms in some of the analyzed samples (17.85%), characterizing this community at risk related to waterborne diseases. The samples analyzed did not present infecting forms of parasitic species. Regarding the variables evaluated, the results found showed that the lack of adequate basic sanitation affects the quality of water used for human consumption by the quilombola population of Santa Luzia do Norte-AL.
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- M S Correia
- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil.,Instituto Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil.,Instituto Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil.,Instituto Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Acre, Xapuri, AC, Brasil
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- Embrapa Alimentos e Territórios, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil.,Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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Sá-Sousa A, Rodrigues T, Fernandes S, Santos AM, Garcia-Lema I, Costa ED, Chaves Loureiro C, Boechat JL, Baía Reis A, Figueiredo D, Fonseca JA, Neves AL, Jácome C. ConectAR: Collaborative network of patients with asthma and carers actively involved in health research. A protocol for patient and public involvement. Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol 2022. [PMID: 35261226 DOI: 10.23822/eurannaci.1764-1489.249] [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] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Summary Patients and Public Involvement in every stage of the patient-centred health research cycle is the key to the development of innovative solutions with an impact on patients' care. This protocol describes the development of ConectAR, a network to promote the involvement of patients with asthma and their carers in the health research cycle. This protocol comprehends 4 tasks: 1) define the mission, vision, governance and activities of the network through focus groups; 2) establish the communication strategy and tools; 3) test the feasibility of the network in a Delphi study on the research priorities for asthma in Portugal; and 4) coordination and dissemination activities. This network will improve research by ensuring that patients and carers have an active role in the co-creation of impactful solutions for asthma.
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- A Sá-Sousa
- Department of Community Medicine, Health Information and Decision (MEDCIDS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS.UP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS.UP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia Espinho (CHVNGE), Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal
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- Human Reproduction Unit, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Community Medicine, Health Information and Decision (MEDCIDS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS.UP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Pneumology Unit, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.,Centre of Pneumology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS.UP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Basic and Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal
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- Centre for Media and Communication, University of Passau, Passau, Germany
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- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS.UP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS.UA), School of Health Sciences, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Community Medicine, Health Information and Decision (MEDCIDS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS.UP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Allergy Unit, Instituto CUF Porto e Hospital CUF Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Community Medicine, Health Information and Decision (MEDCIDS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS.UP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Imperial NIHR Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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- Department of Community Medicine, Health Information and Decision (MEDCIDS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS.UP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Baptista L, Meimberg H, Ávila SP, Santos AM, Curto M. Dispersal ability, habitat characteristics, and sea-surface circulation shape population structure of Cingula trifasciata (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) in the remote Azores Archipelago. BMC Ecol Evol 2021; 21:128. [PMID: 34157972 PMCID: PMC8218459 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-021-01862-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Background In the marine realm, dispersal ability is among the major factors shaping the distribution of species. In the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, the Azores Archipelago is home to a multitude of marine invertebrates which, despite their dispersal limitations, maintain gene flow among distant populations, with complex evolutionary and biogeographic implications. The mechanisms and factors underlying the population dynamics and genetic structure of non-planktotrophic gastropods within the Azores Archipelago and related mainland populations are still poorly understood. The rissoid Cingula trifasciata is herewith studied to clarify its population structure in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and factors shaping it, with a special focus in intra-archipelagic dynamics. Results Coupling microsatellite genotyping by amplicon sequencing (SSR-GBAS) and mitochondrial datasets, our results suggest the differentiation between insular and continental populations of Cingula trifasciata, supporting previously raised classification issues and detecting potential cryptic diversity. The finding of connectivity between widely separated populations was startling. In unique ways, dispersal ability, habitat type, and small-scale oceanographic currents appear to be the key drivers of C. trifasciata’s population structure in the remote Azores Archipelago. Dispersal as non-planktotrophic larvae is unlikely, but its small-size adults easily engage in rafting. Although the typical habitat of C. trifasciata, with low hydrodynamics, reduces the likelihood of rafting, individuals inhabiting algal mats are more prone to dispersal. Sea-surface circulation might create dispersal pathways for rafts, even between widely separated populations/islands. Conclusions Our results show that gene flow of a marine non-planktotrophic gastropod within a remote archipelago can reveal unanticipated patterns, such that the understanding of life in such areas is far from well-understood. We expect this work to be the starting of the application of SSR-GBAS in other non-model marine invertebrates, providing insights on their population dynamics at distinct geographical scales and on hidden diversity. How transversal is the role played by the complex interaction between functional traits, ecological features, and sea-surface circulation in the population structure of marine invertebrates can be further addressed by expanding this approach to more taxa. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12862-021-01862-1.
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- L Baptista
- Institute for Integrative Nature Conservation Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria. .,CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, 9501-801, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal. .,MPB-Marine Palaeontology and Biogeography Lab, Universidade Dos Açores, 9501-801, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal. .,Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua Do Campo Alegre, 1021/1055, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal.
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- Institute for Integrative Nature Conservation Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, 9501-801, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal.,MPB-Marine Palaeontology and Biogeography Lab, Universidade Dos Açores, 9501-801, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal.,Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua Do Campo Alegre, 1021/1055, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal.,Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Dos Açores, 9501-801, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua Do Campo Alegre, 1021/1055, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal.,Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, CIBIO, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Campus de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, no. 7, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- Institute for Integrative Nature Conservation Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria.,MARE, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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Magalhães PKA, Araujo EN, Santos AM, Vanderlei MB, Souza CCL, Correia MS, Fonseca SA, Pavão JMJS, Souza MA, Costa JG, Santos AF, Matos-Rocha TJ. Ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological study of medicinal plants used by a traditional community in Brazil's northeastern. BRAZ J BIOL 2021; 82:e237642. [PMID: 34105672 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.237642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The aim of this research is to make a survey of the socio-environmental characteristics and the ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in a traditional community in the Brazilian Northeast, Alagoas. The study was made based on visits with the application of a questionnaire with questions related to the socio-economic element and on the diversity of plants used in herbal medicine. The research was made from March/2019 to February/2020, where families and interviewed plant exhibitors were interviewed for botanical identification. The studied community, which were 24 interviewees, was compiled by residents of the Quilombola community from Pau D'arco in Arapiraca city - Alagoas. Residents interviewed, 15 (62.5%) attended between 56 to 80 years, 11 interviewees about 46% were born in the community and 13 (54%) had a fundamentally incomplete nature. At the end, there were mentioned 30 plant species used for phytotherapeutic purposes, from which presents bigger usage as plants against arterial hypertension (Salvia rosmarinus Schleid), diabetes Mellitos (Croton heliotropiifolius Kunth), pain and inflammation (Alternanthera tenella Colla), present the biggest number of species in the community. The species cited are related to numerous medicinal uses, among which there will be predominant associations associated with cardiovascular and inflammatory processes. The tea is the main way of preparing plants. It is perceived that medicinal plants are only widely used by this Quilombola community of and growth of the crops in the backyard are considered a tradition.
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- P K A Magalhães
- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil.,Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas - UNCISAL, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas - UFAL, Arapiraca, AL, Brasil
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- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil.,Instituto Federal de Alagoas - IFAL, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil.,Universidade Estadual de Alagoas - UNEAL, Arapiraca, AL, Brasil
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- Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil.,Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas - UNCISAL, Maceió, AL, Brasil
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Martínez-Laiz G, Ros M, Guerra-García JM, Faasse M, Santos AM, Cabezas MP. Using molecular data to monitor the post-establishment evolution of the invasive skeleton shrimp Caprella scaura. Mar Environ Res 2021; 166:105266. [PMID: 33588115 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105266] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The study aims to monitor the post-establishment success of the invasive skeleton shrimp Caprella scaura in the Atlantic-Mediterranean transition zone and understand its connectivity with other world areas, providing new information on the status of the introduced population and its global distribution. By using mitochondrial markers (16S and COI) we examined the temporal variation of populations in Cadiz Bay, Spain (hotspot for introductions in Europe) in between 2010 and 2017; as well as their linkage with foreign populations in its native and introduced distribution ranges. Cadiz Bay populations exhibited a connection with several European introduced populations (Iberian Peninsula, Canary Islands, Mediterranean Sea and The Netherlands), eastern USA, Sea of Japan and Australia. We found no evidence to support a Brazilian origin (one potential native area) of the Iberian Peninsula populations. We identified a progressive decrease in haplotype diversity and a low connectivity at the end of the monitoring period in one of the stations. Human-mediated changes in propagule pressure, and unfavorable environmental fluctuations are probably responsible for this. Meanwhile, populations in Cadiz Bay count on numerous foreign donors that could easily refuel the propagule input by exchanging gene flow. This implies that a vector regulation strategy has the potential of compromising the success of established non-native populations, which usually undergo vulnerability periods due to the challenging conditions of marinas. The use of molecular tools in a time series approach is then useful to identify the ideal time window to put in action management measures so that they are cost-effective.
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- G Martínez-Laiz
- Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.
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- Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain; Departamento de Biología, CASEM, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden & Eurofins AquaSense, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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Santos AM, Furtado DA, Morais FTL, Silva RC, Lopes Neto JP. Dust in the Housing of Laying Hens: A case study. Braz J Poult Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1590/1806-9061-2020-1411] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- AM Santos
- Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
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- Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
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- Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
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- Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
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Soares Filho LC, Batista RFL, Cardoso VC, Simões VMF, Santos AM, Coelho SJDDAC, Silva AAM. Body image dissatisfaction and symptoms of depression disorder in adolescents. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 54:e10397. [PMID: 33295537 PMCID: PMC7727113 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x202010397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of body image dissatisfaction on symptoms of depressive disorder in adolescents. This is a cross-sectional study that included 2,162 adolescents ages 18-19 born in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, which was part of the joint RPS cohort (Brazilian birth cohorts of Ribeirão Preto-SP, Pelotas-RS, and São Luís-MA). Socioeconomic characteristics, nutritional status, mental health, and body image characteristics were evaluated. Body image was assessed by Stunkard’s silhouettes scale. The presence of symptoms indicative of depressive disorder was investigated through a diagnostic interview MINI (Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview). A theoretical model was built in a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) in order to investigate the relationship between the variables of the study. The relationship was estimated weighting the inverse probability of selection for the variables of adjustment: sex and nutritional status. Among the dissatisfied adolescents due to overweight, 66.54% were girls, 32.85% were overweight, and 11.99% were obese (P<0.01). There was a significant association between dissatisfaction due to overweight and symptoms of depressive disorder (P=0.01), and there was no evidence of the same association with dissatisfaction due to thinness. Therefore, only dissatisfaction due to overweight was associated with the symptoms of depressive disorder in the evaluated adolescents.
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- L C Soares Filho
- Departamento de Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Puericultura e Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Medicina I, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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Freitas CAM, Carvalho VN, Jesus NN, Bezerra MVR, Kochergin KN, Santos AM, Prado NMBL. Health policies and organization of services for the LGBT population: Literature review. Eur J Public Health 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background
Historically, the fight for the right to health was one of the paths taken by many LGBT collectives, seeking recognition of their citizenship. However, the policy guidelines have been aligned with the Social determinants in health. In this article, we identify the scope of public health policies for the LGBT population in countries of the European continent, North America and Oceania in order to identify differences and similarities about the content and organization of care services and programs.
Methods
Literature review in scientific databases Science Direct, Web of Science e BVS. 24 articles constituted the corpus. This review followed the recommendations of PRISMA. The instrument proposed by the CASP was used to assess the methodological quality of the selected studies.
Results
Health systems in the countries analyzed, with the exception of the USA, although they have ideological and structural distinctions, were inspired by the Welfare State, broad social protection systems with which they reorganized societies into more egalitarian arrangements in correspondence to the social structure and dynamics of each country. The results reveal different scopes of health policies that influence the process of organizing actions and services in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK. The productions analyzed focused on the provision of specific health services such as population care in cases of HIV, cases of cancer, transgender health care during the transition process, mental health care, health promotion focusing on body weight, smoking cessation program and LGBT population aging Project.
Conclusions
Greater integration between research is proposed, with evaluations going beyond structural aspects, encompassing the comparison of care models and problematizing the qualification of care provided to the LGBT population, to promote services that are more inclusive and equally accessible to all.
Key messages
Contributing to the updating of knowledge, with information that can be implemented in the health care practice of the LGBT population. Give visibility to advances and vulnerabilities in different societal contexts, and contribute to policies and programs and the integration of human rights into public health programming.
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- C A M Freitas
- Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil
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- Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil
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- Programa de pós-graduação de Memória: linguagem e sociedade, Universidade Estadual da Bahia, Vitoria da conquista, Brazil
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- Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil
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- Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil
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- Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil
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- Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil
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Freitas CAM, Carvalho VN, Jesus NN, Bezerra MVR, Kochergin KN, Santos AM, Prado NMBL. Health curricular training with a focus on gender diversity in selected countries. Eur J Public Health 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
The discussion on the inclusion of sexuality in the school curriculum is old, but the same cannot be said of the proposition of this theme as a guide of national public policies in the area of education. We discussed in this article, how the absence of the biopsychosocial dimension of sexuality in the training of health professionals compromises the recognition of people's diversity, assistance and the guarantee of human rights.
Methods
Review of the literature in the scientific databases Science Direct, Web of Science and BVS. 16 articles constituted the corpus. This review followed the recommendations of PRISMA. The instrument proposed by CASP was used to evaluate the methodological quality of the selected studies.
Results
The publications on health training highlighted several aspects, from the need for training for the team of health professionals, regarding the reception and clinical care of LGBT people until the creation of teaching materials to fill the curriculum gaps on this subject. Several studies discuss the near absence of LGBT teaching hours in the medical and nursing curricula. The low permeability of LGBT discussions in academia reinforces a sexist, heterocisnormative training that has repercussions on the low quality of care provided to these individuals.
Conclusions
It makes it necessary to understand the uniqueness of the LGBT community for health support for different sexual genders. The inclusion of these themes in the training path can make possible a professional practice that overcomes the prejudices, violence and binarism present in a sexist and heteronormative society and implies breaking with hegemonic power relations. The construction of a pedagogy that values the diversities and a curriculum that does not standardize the subjects from standards, whatever they are, and that even meet those who are on the borders, is necessary for a true democratization.
Key messages
We cannot deny the constant setbacks in the scope of these policies guided in a conservative society in a kind of political and social game with confrontations sometimes aggressive. Promote the longitudinal improvement and insertion along the training, in the interface with other determinants that go through the health care of the integral being.
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- C A M Freitas
- Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
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- Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
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- Programa de pós-graduação de Memória: linguagem e sociedade, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
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- Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
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- Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
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- Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
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- Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
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Louro B, De Moro G, Garcia C, Cox CJ, Veríssimo A, Sabatino SJ, Santos AM, Canário AVM. A haplotype-resolved draft genome of the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus). Gigascience 2019; 8:5494541. [PMID: 31112613 PMCID: PMC6528745 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giz059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 09/26/2018] [Revised: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background The European sardine (Sardina pilchardus Walbaum, 1792) is culturally and economically important throughout its distribution. Monitoring studies of sardine populations report an alarming decrease in stocks due to overfishing and environmental change, which has resulted in historically low captures along the Iberian Atlantic coast. Important biological and ecological features such as population diversity, structure, and migratory patterns can be addressed with the development and use of genomics resources. Findings The genome of a single female individual was sequenced using Illumina HiSeq X Ten 10x Genomics linked reads, generating 113.8 gigabase pairs of data. Three draft genomes were assembled: 2 haploid genomes with a total size of 935 megabase pairs (N50 103 kilobase pairs) each, and a consensus genome of total size 950 megabase pairs (N50 97 kilobase pairs). The genome completeness assessment captured 84% of Actinopterygii Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologs. To obtain a more complete analysis, the transcriptomes of 11 tissues were sequenced to aid the functional annotation of the genome, resulting in 40,777 genes predicted. Variant calling on nearly half of the haplotype genome resulted in the identification of >2.3 million phased single-nucleotide polymorphisms with heterozygous loci. Conclusions A draft genome was obtained, despite a high level of sequence repeats and heterozygosity, which are expected genome characteristics of a wild sardine. The reference sardine genome and respective variant data will be a cornerstone resource of ongoing population genomics studies to be integrated into future sardine stock assessment modelling to better manage this valuable resource.
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- Bruno Louro
- CCMAR Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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- CCMAR Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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- CCMAR Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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- CCMAR Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- CCMAR Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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Monteiro Júnior FC, Mandarino NR, Santos EM, Santos AM, Salgado JV, Brito DJA, Salgado BJL, Lages JS, Castelo Branco G, Salgado Filho N. Correlation between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and carotid intima-media thickness in a Brazilian population descended from African slaves. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 51:e7185. [PMID: 29490002 PMCID: PMC5856431 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20177185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Hypovitaminosis D has been identified as a possible new cardiovascular risk factor. However, the results of studies correlating serum vitamin D levels with markers of subclinical atherosclerosis have been conflicting. The aim of this study was to correlate serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] with carotid intima-media thickness (C-IMT) and conventional cardiovascular risk factors in Afro-descendants. A cross-sectional analysis was performed on a sample of 382 individuals from a cohort of descendants of African slaves, inhabitants of “Quilombola” communities, with a mean age of 57.79 ±15.3 years, 54.5% of whom were women. Socio-demographic and clinical data were collected and biochemical tests were performed, including serum levels of 25(OH)D by electrochemiluminescence and urinary albumin excretion, evaluated by the albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR) in a spot urine sample. All participants underwent high-resolution ultrasonography for C-IMT measurement. Hypovitaminosis D was defined as serum 25(OH)D levels <30 ng/mL. The mean serum 25(OH)D levels were 50.4±13.5 ng/mL, with a low prevalence of hypovitaminosis D (4.86%). By simple linear correlation, a significant inverse association between 25(OH)D levels and C-IMT (r=-0.174, P=0.001) was observed. However, after multiple linear regression analysis, the significance of the association between serum levels of 25(OH)D and C-IMT measurement was lost (β=-0.039, P=0.318) and only male gender, age, smoking, systolic blood pressure, glucose and low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol remained significantly associated with C-IMT. Levels of 25(OH)D were independently and positively associated with HDL-cholesterol and inversely associated with age and ACR. In conclusion, no independent association between 25(OH)D levels and C-IMT was observed in this population. On the other hand, there was an inverse association with albuminuria, a marker of endothelial lesion.
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- F C Monteiro Júnior
- Serviço de Cardiologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Serviço de Nefrologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Serviço de Cardiologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Serviço de Nefrologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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Mitja D, Delaître E, Santos AM, Miranda I, Coelho RFR, Macedo DJ, Demagistri L, Petit M. Correction to: Satellite Images Combined with Field Data Reveal Negative Changes in the Distribution of Babassu Palms after Clearing off Amazonian Forests. Environ Manage 2018; 61:337-338. [PMID: 29313069 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-017-0985-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The original article has been corrected.
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- D Mitja
- UMR 228 ESPACE DEV (IRD-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UM-Université de Montpellier, UG-Université de Guyane, UR-Université de La Réunion, UA-Université des Antilles), MTD-IRD, 500 Rue Jean François Breton, 34093, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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- UMR 228 ESPACE DEV (IRD-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UM-Université de Montpellier, UG-Université de Guyane, UR-Université de La Réunion, UA-Université des Antilles), MTD-IRD, 500 Rue Jean François Breton, 34093, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- UMR 228 ESPACE DEV (IRD-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UM-Université de Montpellier, UG-Université de Guyane, UR-Université de La Réunion, UA-Université des Antilles), MTD-IRD, 500 Rue Jean François Breton, 34093, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- ISARH-Instituto Ambiental e de Recursos Hídricos, UFRAUniversidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, CP.917, 66077-530, Belém, Pará, Brazil
- IEDAR-Instituto de Estudos em Desenvolvimento Agrário e Regional (UNIFESSPA-Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará), Folha 31 Quadra 07 Lote Especial, Nova Marabá, 68507-590, Marabá, Pará, Brazil
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- ISARH-Instituto Ambiental e de Recursos Hídricos, UFRAUniversidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, CP.917, 66077-530, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- IFPA-Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará- Campus Castanhal, Br-316 km 62s/n. Bairro Saudades II -Cristo Redentor, 68740-970, Castanhal, Pará, Brazil
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- UMR 228 ESPACE DEV (IRD-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UM-Université de Montpellier, UG-Université de Guyane, UR-Université de La Réunion, UA-Université des Antilles), MTD-IRD, 500 Rue Jean François Breton, 34093, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- UMR 228 ESPACE DEV (IRD-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UM-Université de Montpellier, UG-Université de Guyane, UR-Université de La Réunion, UA-Université des Antilles), MTD-IRD, 500 Rue Jean François Breton, 34093, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- IRD, 911 avenue agropolis, 34394, Montpellier, France
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Mitja D, Delaître E, Santos AM, Miranda I, Coelho RFR, Macedo DJ, Demagistri L, Petit M. Satellite Images Combined with Field Data Reveal Negative Changes in the Distribution of Babassu Palms after Clearing off Amazonian Forests. Environ Manage 2018; 61:321-336. [PMID: 29185008 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-017-0965-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 11/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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When the Amazonian rain forest is cut to create pasture, some of the original vegetal species survive clearing, even expressing their ability to invade agro-systems. It is true of the babassu palm, which can be considered, paradoxically, a natural resource by the "Interstate Movement of Babassu Fruit Breaker Women" or as native weed by land owners-farmers. To manage potential conflict of land uses, we study here the current density of this palm tree in different habitats, based on a combination of field data and remote sensing data. Firstly, we checked that the field survey methodology (i.e., counting free-trunk palm trees over 20 cm in circumference) provides density values compatible with those stemming from satellite images interpretation. We can see then that, a PA-Benfica Brazilian territory revealed an average density of the babassu lower in pastures (2.86 ind/ha) than in the dense forest (4.72 ind/ha) from which they originate and than in fallow land (4.31 ind/ha). We analyze in detail density data repartition in three habitats and we discuss results from the literature on the density of this palm tree versus its resilience at different developmental stages after forest clearing, depending on anthropogenic-or not-factors, including solar radiation, fire, weeding, clear cutting, burying fruit, and competition with forage grass. All these results can be exploited for the design of future management plans for the babassu palm and we think that the linked methodology and interdisciplinary approach can be extended to others palms and trees species in similar problematic issues.
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- D Mitja
- UMR 228 ESPACE DEV (IRD-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UM-Université de Montpellier, UG-Université de Guyane, UR-Université de La Réunion, UA-Université des Antilles), MTD-IRD, 500 Rue Jean François Breton, 34093, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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- UMR 228 ESPACE DEV (IRD-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UM-Université de Montpellier, UG-Université de Guyane, UR-Université de La Réunion, UA-Université des Antilles), MTD-IRD, 500 Rue Jean François Breton, 34093, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- UMR 228 ESPACE DEV (IRD-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UM-Université de Montpellier, UG-Université de Guyane, UR-Université de La Réunion, UA-Université des Antilles), MTD-IRD, 500 Rue Jean François Breton, 34093, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- ISARH-Instituto Ambiental e de Recursos Hídricos, UFRA-Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, CP.917, 66077-530, Belém, Pará, Brazil
- IEDAR-Instituto de Estudos em Desenvolvimento Agrário e Regional (UNIFESSPA-Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará), Folha 31 Quadra 07 Lote Especial, Nova Marabá, 68507-590, Marabá, Pará, Brazil
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- ISARH-Instituto Ambiental e de Recursos Hídricos, UFRA-Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, CP.917, 66077-530, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- IFPA-Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará- Campus Castanhal, Br-316 km 62s/n. Bairro Saudades II - Cristo Redentor, 68740-970, Castanhal, Pará, Brazil
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- UMR 228 ESPACE DEV (IRD-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UM-Université de Montpellier, UG-Université de Guyane, UR-Université de La Réunion, UA-Université des Antilles), MTD-IRD, 500 Rue Jean François Breton, 34093, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- UMR 228 ESPACE DEV (IRD-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UM-Université de Montpellier, UG-Université de Guyane, UR-Université de La Réunion, UA-Université des Antilles), MTD-IRD, 500 Rue Jean François Breton, 34093, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- IRD, 911 avenue agropolis, 34394, Montpellier, France
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Tavares AI, Cabezas MP, Xavier R, Branco M, Lima FP, Seabra R, Ribeiro PA, Lopes EP, Santos AM. Phylogeography and phylogeny of the genusAcanthonyx(Decapoda, Epialtidae) in the north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean. ZOOL SCR 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Ana I. Tavares
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Campus Agrário de Vairão 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
- Faculdade de Ciências; Universidade do Porto; Rua do Campo Alegre s/n 4169-007 Porto Portugal
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Campus Agrário de Vairão 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
- UniCV; Universidade de Cabo Verde; Cabo Verde
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Campus Agrário de Vairão 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
- UniCV; Universidade de Cabo Verde; Cabo Verde
- School of Biological Sciences; Cardiff University; Cardiff CF10 3AX UK
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Campus Agrário de Vairão 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
- UniCV; Universidade de Cabo Verde; Cabo Verde
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Campus Agrário de Vairão 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
- UniCV; Universidade de Cabo Verde; Cabo Verde
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Campus Agrário de Vairão 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
- UniCV; Universidade de Cabo Verde; Cabo Verde
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre & IMAR - Institute of Marine and Okeanos- R&D Center; University of the Azores; 9901-862 Horta Portugal
- Okeanos - R&D Center; University of the Azores; 9901-862 Horta Portugal
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Campus Agrário de Vairão 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
- Faculty of Engineering and Marine Sciences; Cabo Verde University; Mindelo São Vicente Cabo Verde
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Campus Agrário de Vairão 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
- Faculdade de Ciências; Universidade do Porto; Rua do Campo Alegre s/n 4169-007 Porto Portugal
- UniCV; Universidade de Cabo Verde; Cabo Verde
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Seabra R, Wethey DS, Santos AM, Gomes F, Lima FP. Equatorial range limits of an intertidal ectotherm are more linked to water than air temperature. Glob Chang Biol 2016; 22:3320-3331. [PMID: 27109165 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2015] [Revised: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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As climate change is expected to impose increasing thermal stress on intertidal organisms, understanding the mechanisms by which body temperatures translate into major biogeographic patterns is of paramount importance. We exposed individuals of the limpet Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758, to realistic experimental treatments aimed at disentangling the contribution of water and air temperature for the buildup of thermal stress. Treatments were designed based on temperature data collected at the microhabitat level, from 15 shores along the Atlantic European coast spanning nearly 20° of latitude. Cardiac activity data indicated that thermal stress levels in P. vulgata are directly linked to elevated water temperature, while high air temperature is only stressful if water temperature is also high. In addition, the analysis of the link between population densities and thermal regimes at the studied locations suggests that the occurrence of elevated water temperature may represent a threshold P. vulgata is unable to tolerate. By combining projected temperatures with the temperature threshold identified, we show that climate change will likely result in the westward expansion of the historical distribution gap in the Bay of Biscay (southwest France), and northward contraction of the southern range limit in south Portugal. These findings suggest that even a minor relaxing of the upwelling off northwest Iberia could lead to a dramatic increase in thermal stress, with major consequences for the structure and functioning of the intertidal communities along Iberian rocky shores.
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- Rui Seabra
- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, R. Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, R. Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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Cortez-Pinto H, Borralho P, Machado J, Lopes MT, Gato IV, Santos AM, Guerreiro AS. Microbiota Modulation With Synbiotic Decreases Liver Fibrosis in a High Fat Choline Deficient Diet Mice Model of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). GE Port J Gastroenterol 2016; 23:132-141. [PMID: 28868449 PMCID: PMC5580012 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpge.2016.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2015] [Accepted: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gut microbiota may play a role in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Previous studies showed that prebiotics and probiotics might halt the progression of steatohepatitis. AIM To clarify the potential effect of Synbiotic 2000®Forte (Synb) in preventing or ameliorating diet induced steatohepatitis, particularly in fibrosis progression and how this intervention correlates with gut microbiota composition and endotoxinemia. METHODS Twenty-seven C57BL/6 mice were divided into three groups: chow diet (CD, n = 7); high-fat choline deficient diet (HFCD, n = 10) and HFCD diet supplemented with Synbiotic 2000®Forte (four probiotic strains and four prebiotics mixture) (HFCD + Synb, n = 10). At 6 and 18 weeks, blood samples (lipopolysaccharides assay - LPS), cecal feaces (gut microbiota) and liver tissue (histology) were collected for analysis. RESULTS Both HCFD diet mice developed steatohepatitis with ballooning at 6 and 18 weeks, opposite to CD. Comparison of histological scores in HFCD and HFCD + Synb, at 6 and 18 weeks showed no significant difference regarding steatosis, inflammation, or ballooning. Evaluating fibrosis with Sirius Red, and degree of smooth-muscle cell activation, HFCD mice had significantly more fibrosis; addition of Synb significantly reduced fibrosis at 6 weeks and 18 weeks. Serum endotoxin levels were similarly increased in HFCD and HFCD + Synb at week 6; however at week 18 HFCD + Synb had significantly lower endotoxin levels than HFCD. Gut microbiota of HFCD vs CD, showed no significant differences regarding the phyla Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes, either at 6 or 18 weeks; Proteobacteria increased at 6 week (3.3) and 18 week (7.5), while the addition of Synb resulted in a decrease at week 18 (-3.90). Fusobacteria markedly increase at week 18 (10.0), but less so with the addition of Synb (5.2). CONCLUSION Synbiotic 2000®Forte is able to modulate the mouse gut microbiota reducing the degree of fibrosis while simultaneously decreasing endotoxemia.
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- Helena Cortez-Pinto
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal.,Nutrition Laboratory, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Pathology Institut, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CEDOC - Chronic Diseases Research Center, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CEDOC - Chronic Diseases Research Center, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CEDOC - Chronic Diseases Research Center, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Lima FP, Gomes F, Seabra R, Wethey DS, Seabra MI, Cruz T, Santos AM, Hilbish TJ. Loss of thermal refugia near equatorial range limits. Glob Chang Biol 2016; 22:254-263. [PMID: 26426985 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2015] [Revised: 09/21/2015] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This study examines the importance of thermal refugia along the majority of the geographical range of a key intertidal species (Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758) on the Atlantic coast of Europe. We asked whether differences between sun-exposed and shaded microhabitats were responsible for differences in physiological stress and ecological performance and examined the availability of refugia near equatorial range limits. Thermal differences between sun-exposed and shaded microhabitats are consistently associated with differences in physiological performance, and the frequency of occurrence of high temperatures is most probably limiting the maximum population densities supported at any given place. Topographical complexity provides thermal refugia throughout most of the distribution range, although towards the equatorial edges the magnitude of the amelioration provided by shaded microhabitats is largely reduced. Importantly, the limiting effects of temperature, rather than being related to latitude, seem to be tightly associated with microsite variability, which therefore is likely to have profound effects on the way local populations (and consequently species) respond to climatic changes.
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- Fernando P Lima
- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da, Universidade do Porto, R. Campo Alegre, s/n, Porto, 4169-007, Portugal
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório de Ciências do Mar (CIEMAR), Universidade de Évora, Avenida Vasco da Gama, Apartado 190, Sines, 7520-903, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório de Ciências do Mar (CIEMAR), Universidade de Évora, Avenida Vasco da Gama, Apartado 190, Sines, 7520-903, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Évora, Évora, 7002-554, Portugal
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- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da, Universidade do Porto, R. Campo Alegre, s/n, Porto, 4169-007, Portugal
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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Pinho JD, Rivas PMS, Mendes MBP, Soares REP, Costa GC, Nascimento FRF, Paiva MFL, Aquino DMC, Figueireido IA, Santos AM, Pereira SRF. Presence of Mycobacterium leprae DNA and PGL-1 antigen in household contacts of leprosy patients from a hyperendemic area in Brazil. Genet Mol Res 2015; 14:14479-87. [PMID: 26600506 DOI: 10.4238/2015.november.18.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Leprosy is a highly infectious disease endemic to underdeveloped countries. In Maranhão State, Northeastern Brazil, the hyperendemic rate of 56.11 cases/100,000 inhabitants increased the necessity of better understanding the epidemiological profile of this population, particularly regarding efficient methods for evaluating individuals residing with diagnosed patients to understand disease transmission and the risk of infection. In this study, we examined the percentage of contacts with positive indices for Mycobacterium leprae DNA and phenol-glycolipid-1 antigen (PGL-1). PGL-1 was analyzed by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, the ML-Flow test, and polymerase chain reaction of oral and nasal secretions of 808 leprosy contacts from Maranhão. PGL-1 was detected in 14.0% of patients and differed by operational classification of the index case (P < 0.05). Seropositive results of ML-Flow were 15.0% and identified individuals with and without Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine scars. Molecular diagnosis detected M. leprae DNA in 5.6% of oral samples and 4.6% of nasal tissues, and 87% of subjects resided with high bacillary load patients. This study reinforces the efficacy of combining molecular and serological techniques to identify potential bacillus carriers in the asymptomatic stage of infection, such as in household contacts, highlighting the importance of these meth-ods for monitoring hyperendemic populations.
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- J D Pinho
- Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Imunofisiologia, Departamento de Patologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Imunofisiologia, Departamento de Patologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Medicina I, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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Barbosa BC, Fagundes R, Silva LF, Tofoli JFV, Santos AM, Imai BYP, Gomes GG, Hermidorff MM, Ribeiro SP. Evidences that human disturbance simplify the ant fauna associated a Stachytarpheta glabra Cham. (Verbenaceae) compromising the benefits of ant-plant mutualism. BRAZ J BIOL 2015; 75:58-68. [PMID: 25945621 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.07213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Accepted: 09/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Interaction among species, like ants and plants through extrafloral nectaries (EFNs), are important components of ecological communities' evolution. However, the effect of human disturbance on such specific interactions and its ecological consequences is poorly understood. This study evaluated the outcomes of mutualism between ants and the EFN-bearing plant Stachytarpheta glabra under anthropogenic disturbance. We compared the arthropod fauna composition between two groups of twenty plant individuals, one in an area disturbed by human activities and one in a preserved area. We also check the plant investment in herbivory defense and the consequential leaf damage by herbivore. Our results indicate that such disturbances cause simplification of the associated fauna and lack of proper ant mutualist. This led to four times more herbivory on plants of disturbed areas, despite the equal amount of EFN and ant visitors and low abundance of herbivores. The high pressure of herbivory may difficult the re-establishment of S. glabra, an important pioneer species in ferruginous fields, therefore it may affect resilience of this fragile ecological community.
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- B C Barbosa
- Laboratório de Ecologia Evolutiva de Insetos de Dossel e Sucessão Natural, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Evolução e Meio Ambiente, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação de Recursos Naturais, Departamento de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Evolutiva de Insetos de Dossel e Sucessão Natural, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Evolução e Meio Ambiente, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Evolutiva de Insetos de Dossel e Sucessão Natural, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Evolução e Meio Ambiente, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Microbiologia Agrícola, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Zoologia dos Vertebrados, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Evolução e Meio Ambiente, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioquímica Agrícola, Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Evolutiva de Insetos de Dossel e Sucessão Natural, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Evolução e Meio Ambiente, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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Santos AM, Lopes T, Oleastro M, Gato IV, Floch P, Benejat L, Chaves P, Pereira T, Seixas E, Machado J, Guerreiro AS. Curcumin inhibits gastric inflammation induced by Helicobacter pylori infection in a mouse model. Nutrients 2015; 7:306-20. [PMID: 25569625 PMCID: PMC4303841 DOI: 10.3390/nu7010306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection triggers a sequence of gastric alterations starting with an inflammation of the gastric mucosa that, in some cases, evolves to gastric cancer. Efficient vaccination has not been achieved, thus it is essential to find alternative therapies, particularly in the nutritional field. The current study evaluated whether curcumin could attenuate inflammation of the gastric mucosa due to H. pylori infection. Twenty-eight C57BL/6 mice, were inoculated with the H. pylori SS1 strain; ten non-infected mice were used as controls. H. pylori infection in live mice was followed-up using a modified 13C-Urea Breath Test (13C-UBT) and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Histologically confirmed, gastritis was observed in 42% of infected non-treated mice at both 6 and 18 weeks post-infection. These mice showed an up-regulation of the expression of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, as well as of toll-like receptors (TLRs) and MyD88, at both time points. Treatment with curcumin decreased the expression of all these mediators. No inflammation was observed by histology in this group. Curcumin treatment exerted a significant anti-inflammatory effect in H. pylori-infected mucosa, pointing to the promising role of a nutritional approach in the prevention of H. pylori induced deleterious inflammation while the eradication or prevention of colonization by effective vaccine is not available.
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- António M Santos
- Serviço de Medicina 4-Hospital de Santa Marta/Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Rua de Santa Marta, 50, 1169-024 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- CEDOC-Nova Medical School-Faculdade de Ciências Médicas Campo Mártires da Pátria 130, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Avenida Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Avenida Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Bacteriology Laboratory, Bordeaux University, 146 rue Léo Saignat F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
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- Bacteriology Laboratory, Bordeaux University, 146 rue Léo Saignat F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
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- Serviço de Anatomia Patológica-Instituto Português de Oncologia Dr. Francisco Gentil, R. Prof. Lima Basto, 1099-023 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Serviço de Anatomia Patológica-Instituto Português de Oncologia Dr. Francisco Gentil, R. Prof. Lima Basto, 1099-023 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- CEDOC-Nova Medical School-Faculdade de Ciências Médicas Campo Mártires da Pátria 130, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Avenida Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Serviço de Medicina 4-Hospital de Santa Marta/Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Rua de Santa Marta, 50, 1169-024 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Gonzalez MM, Timerman S, Gianotto-Oliveira R, Polastri TF, Canesin MF, Schimidt A, Siqueira AW, Pispico A, Longo A, Pieri A, Reis A, Tanaka ACS, Santos AM, Quilici AP, Ribeiro ACL, Barreto ACP, Pazin-Filho A, Timerman A, Machado CA, Franchin Neto C, Miranda CH, Medeiros CR, Malaque CMS, Bernoche C, Gonçalves DM, Sant'Ana DG, Osawa EA, Peixoto E, Arfelli E, Evaristo EF, Azeka E, Gomes EP, Wen FH, Ferreira FG, Lima FG, Mattos FR, Galas FG, Marques FRB, Tarasoutchi F, Mancuso FJN, Freitas GR, Feitosa-Filho GS, Barbosa GC, Giovanini GR, Miotto HC, Guimarães HP, Andrade JP, Oliveira-Filho J, Fernandes JG, Moraes Junior JBMX, Carvalho JJF, Ramires JAF, Cavalini JF, Teles JMM, Lopes JL, Lopes LNGD, Piegas LS, Hajjar LA, Brunório L, Dallan LAP, Cardoso LF, Rabelo MMN, Almeida MFB, Souza MFS, Favarato MH, Pavão MLRC, Shimoda MS, Oliveira Junior MT, Miura N, Filgueiras Filho NM, Pontes-Neto OM, Pinheiro PAPC, Farsky OS, Lopes RD, Silva RCG, Kalil Filho R, Gonçalves RM, Gagliardi RJ, Guinsburg R, Lisak S, Araújo S, Martins SCO, Lage SG, Franchi SM, Shimoda T, Accorsi TD, Barral TCN, Machado TAO, Scudeler TL, Lima VC, Guimarães VA, Sallai VS, Xavier WS, Nazima W, Sako YK. [First guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Cardiovascular Emergency Care]. Arq Bras Cardiol 2014; 101:1-221. [PMID: 24030145 DOI: 10.5935/abc.2013s006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Santos AM, Wijffels RH, Lamers PP. pH-upshock yields more lipids in nitrogen-starved Neochloris oleoabundans. Bioresour Technol 2013; 152:299-306. [PMID: 24296123 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.10.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Revised: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/26/2013] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This study explores the influence of alkaline pH and light intensity on the performance of Neochloris oleoabundans in two-stage batch cultivation: a first stage for nitrogen-sufficient growth followed by a second stage for lipid accumulation under nitrogen starvation. The highest TAG yield on absorbed light was obtained at low light conditions when pre-cultivation occurred at pH 8 and lipid accumulation was induced at pH 10. However, a higher alkaline pH by itself appears not to enhance the starvation-induced increase in lipid contents, except when combined with high light and pre-cultivation occurs at those same conditions. Such strategy however also results in low biomass and TAG yields on absorbed light. Fatty acid composition analysis revealed that the relative fatty acid contents of the TAG pool are nevertheless independent from the light intensity and pH applied at either cultivation stage, suggesting a high specificity of N. oleoabundans cell machinery towards TAG production.
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- A M Santos
- Wetsus - Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, P.O. Box 1113, 8900 CC Leeuwarden, The Netherlands; Bioprocess Engineering, AlgaePARC, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 8129, 6700 EV Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Bioprocess Engineering, AlgaePARC, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 8129, 6700 EV Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bioprocess Engineering, AlgaePARC, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 8129, 6700 EV Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Beleza S, Santos AM, McEvoy B, Alves I, Martinho C, Cameron E, Shriver MD, Parra EJ, Rocha J. The timing of pigmentation lightening in Europeans. Mol Biol Evol 2012; 30:24-35. [PMID: 22923467 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The inverse correlation between skin pigmentation and latitude observed in human populations is thought to have been shaped by selective pressures favoring lighter skin to facilitate vitamin D synthesis in regions far from the equator. Several candidate genes for skin pigmentation have been shown to exhibit patterns of polymorphism that overlap the geospatial variation in skin color. However, little work has focused on estimating the time frame over which skin pigmentation has changed and on the intensity of selection acting on different pigmentation genes. To provide a temporal framework for the evolution of lighter pigmentation, we used forward Monte Carlo simulations coupled with a rejection sampling algorithm to estimate the time of onset of selective sweeps and selection coefficients at four genes associated with this trait in Europeans: KITLG, TYRP1, SLC24A5, and SLC45A2. Using compound haplotype systems consisting of rapidly evolving microsatellites linked to one single-nucleotide polymorphism in each gene, we estimate that the onset of the sweep shared by Europeans and East Asians at KITLG occurred approximately 30,000 years ago, after the out-of-Africa migration, whereas the selective sweeps for the European-specific alleles at TYRP1, SLC24A5, and SLC45A2 started much later, within the last 11,000-19,000 years, well after the first migrations of modern humans into Europe. We suggest that these patterns were influenced by recent increases in size of human populations, which favored the accumulation of advantageous variants at different loci.
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- Sandra Beleza
- IPATIMUP, Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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Queiroz N, Humphries NE, Noble LR, Santos AM, Sims DW. Spatial dynamics and expanded vertical niche of blue sharks in oceanographic fronts reveal habitat targets for conservation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e32374. [PMID: 22393403 PMCID: PMC3290575 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2011] [Accepted: 01/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Dramatic population declines among species of pelagic shark as a result of overfishing have been reported, with some species now at a fraction of their historical biomass. Advanced telemetry techniques enable tracking of spatial dynamics and behaviour, providing fundamental information on habitat preferences of threatened species to aid conservation. We tracked movements of the highest pelagic fisheries by-catch species, the blue shark Prionace glauca, in the North-east Atlantic using pop-off satellite-linked archival tags to determine the degree of space use linked to habitat and to examine vertical niche. Overall, blue sharks moved south-west of tagging sites (English Channel; southern Portugal), exhibiting pronounced site fidelity correlated with localized productive frontal areas, with estimated space-use patterns being significantly different from that of random walks. Tracked female sharks displayed behavioural variability in diel depth preferences, both within and between individuals. Diel depth use ranged from normal DVM (nDVM; dawn descent, dusk ascent), to reverse DVM (rDVM; dawn ascent, dusk descent), to behavioural patterns where no diel differences were apparent. Results showed that blue sharks occupy some of the most productive marine zones for extended periods and structure diel activity patterns across multiple spatio-temporal scales in response to particular habitat types. In so doing, sharks occupied an extraordinarily broad vertical depth range for their size (1.0–2.0 m fork length), from the surface into the bathypelagic realm (max. dive depth, 1160 m). The space-use patterns of blue sharks indicated they spend much of the time in areas where pelagic longlining activities are often highest, and in depth zones where these fisheries particularly target other species, which could account for the rapid declines recently reported for blue sharks in many parts of the world's oceans. Our results provide habitat targets for blue shark conservation that may also be relevant to other pelagic species.
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- Nuno Queiroz
- Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- CIBIO – U.P., Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, Vairão, Portugal
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- Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- School of Marine Science and Engineering, Marine Institute, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- CIBIO – U.P., Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, Vairão, Portugal
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- Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Xavier R, Santos AM, Harris DJ, Sezgin M, Machado M, Branco M. Phylogenetic analysis of the north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean species of the genus Stenosoma (Isopoda, Valvifera, Idoteidae). ZOOL SCR 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00537.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Santos AM, Janssen M, Lamers PP, Evers WAC, Wijffels RH. Growth of oil accumulating microalga Neochloris oleoabundans under alkaline-saline conditions. Bioresour Technol 2012; 104:593-9. [PMID: 22115529 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.10.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2011] [Revised: 10/20/2011] [Accepted: 10/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The effect of elevated pH and salt concentration on the growth of the freshwater microalga Neochloris oleoabundans was investigated. A study was conducted in 24-well plates on the design of a growth medium and subsequently applied in a photobioreactor. An artificial seawater medium with reduced Ca(2+) and PO(4)(3-) could prevent mineral precipitation at high pH levels. Growth was characterized in this new medium at pH 8.1 and at pH 10.0, with 420 mM of total salts. Specific growth rates of 0.08 h(-1) at pH 8.1 and 0.04 h(-1) at pH 10.0 were obtained under controlled turbidostat cultivation. The effect of nitrogen starvation on lipid accumulation was also investigated. Fatty acids content increased not only with nitrogen limitation but also with a pH increase (up to 35% in the dry biomass). Fluorescence microscopy gave visual proof that N. oleoabundans accumulates oil bodies when growing in saline conditions at high pH.
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- A M Santos
- Wetsus - Center of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, P.O. Box 1113, 8900 CC Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
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Barbosa LR, Rego MAS, Santos AM, Colacioppo S. Hand hygiene compliance at neonate intensive care unit in a Brazilian hospital. BMC Proc 2011. [PMCID: PMC3239542 DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-5-s6-p128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Santos AM, Vieira JW. 'Voxelization' of Alderson-Rando phantom for use in numerical dose measuring. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 2009; 55:7-12. [PMID: 20003805] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2008] [Accepted: 10/01/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The use of computational models of the human body (anthropomorphic phantoms) assists in the estimation of the dose absorbed in organs or tissues of people exposed to sources of radiation which are external or internal to them. Nowadays, more realistic anthropomorphic phantoms are based on volume elements, well-known as voxels, and they are constructed from real images obtained through the scanning of people by Computed Tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The existence of artifacts in original images CT or MRI indicates the necessity of utilizing filtering processes before segmentation with the purpose of eliminating noises, improving contrasts and also to detect contours of organs regions. This study presents the methodology used for the creation of a phantom of voxels from tomographic images of Alderson-Rando (AR) physical phantom and the development of a computational model of exposure formed by phantoms resulting from "voxelization" of AR connected to Monte Carlo EGS4 code, added by algorithms to simulate radioactive sources in internal dose measuring.
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- A M Santos
- Federal Center of Technological Education of Piauí, Liberdade Square, 1597, 64000-040, Teresina city, Piauí state, Brazil.
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Xavier R, Santos AM, Lima FP, Branco M. Invasion or invisibility: using genetic and distributional data to investigate the alien or indigenous status of the Atlantic populations of the peracarid isopod, Stenosoma nadejda (Rezig 1989). Mol Ecol 2009; 18:3283-90. [PMID: 19555413 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2009.04260.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The peracarid isopod, Stenosoma nadejda (Rezig 1989), until recently considered to be endemic of the Mediterranean region, was first reported in the Atlantic coast of southern Spain in 2001, and in 2006 abundant populations were discovered throughout the southwestern Portuguese coast. This fast expansion was intriguing because, as a direct brooder, this species has limited mechanisms for dispersal, such as rafting on seaweeds. Did S. nadejda recently extend its range into the Atlantic or was it overlooked in the past? We examined the patterns of genetic diversity and population differentiation accordingly by sequencing the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I mitochondrial gene from 75 individuals collected in five locations in Atlantic Iberia and one in the Mediterranean. Our results indicate that the newly discovered Atlantic populations of S. nadejda appear to be old and have long persisted on Atlantic shores rather than being a recent introduction. High levels of genetic diversity and geographic structure were uncovered in what was initially suspected to be an 'invasive' species. Recent changes in population dynamics may have made S. nadejda more conspicuous in the Atlantic shores, or a more comprehensive survey led to the recognition of this species where it was not expected.
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- R Xavier
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal.
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Ribeiro VS, Figueiredo FP, Silva AAM, Batista RLF, Barbieri MA, Lamy Filho F, Alves MTSSB, Santos AM, Bettiol H. Do socioeconomic factors explain why maternal smoking during pregnancy is more frequent in a more developed city of Brazil? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 40:1203-10. [PMID: 17713662 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2006005000146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2006] [Accepted: 06/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The prevalence of smoking during pregnancy in Ribeirão Preto, a rich Brazilian city, was significantly higher (21.4%) than in São Luís (5.9%), a less developed city. To assess which variables explain the difference in prevalence of smoking during pregnancy, data from two birth cohorts were used, including 2846 puerperae from Ribeirão Preto, in 1994, and 2443 puerperae from São Luís, in 1997/98. In multivariable analysis, risk of maternal smoking during pregnancy was higher in São Luís for mothers living in a household with five or more persons (OR = 1.72, 95%CI = 1.12-2.64), aged 35 years or older (OR = 1.98, 95%CI = 0.99-3.96), who had five or more children (OR = 2.10, 95%CI = 1.16-3.81), and whose companion smoked (OR = 2.20, 95%CI = 1.52-3.18). Age of less than 20 years was a protective factor (OR = 0.55, 95%CI = 0.33-0.92). In Ribeirão Preto there was association with maternal low educational level (OR = 2.18, 95%CI = 1.30-3.65) and with a smoking companion (OR = 3.25, 95%CI = 2.52-4.18). Receiving prenatal care was a protective factor (OR = 0.24, 95%CI = 0.11-0.49). Mothers from Ribeirão Preto who worked outside the home were at a higher risk and those aged 35 years or older or who attended five or more prenatal care visits were at lower risk of smoking during pregnancy as compared to mothers from São Luís. Smoking by the companion reduced the difference between smoking rates in the two cities by 10%. The socioeconomic variables in the model did not explain the higher prevalence of smoking during pregnancy in the more developed city.
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- V S Ribeiro
- Departamento de Medicina III, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil.
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AIMS To determine the potential virulence factors produced by culture supernatants of clinical isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. METHODS AND RESULTS Culture supernatants of clinical isolates of S. maltophilia were assayed for haemolytic, enzymatic (lipase, protease and phospholipase) and cytotoxic activity. Cytotoxic activity was assayed in Vero (African green monkey), HeLa (human cervix) and HEp-2 (human larynx epidermoid carcinoma) cells. Microscopic analyses revealed intensive rounding, loss of intercellular junctions and membrane alterations (blebbing) followed by death of HEp-2 cells. In Vero and HeLa cells, the cytotoxic effects were characterized by vigorous endocytosis and cell aggregation. The viability of cultured mammalian cells was determined with neutral red and demonstrated that the sensitivity among the cells was different. This activity was inactivated by heating at 56 degrees C for 15 min and protease inhibitors did not inhibit cytotoxic activity. The clinical S. maltophilia presented a cell-free haemolytic activity similar to the 'hot-cold' haemolysins. CONCLUSIONS S. maltophilia culture supernatants caused vigorous endocytosis and cell aggregation in HeLa and Vero cells, produced haemolytic and enzymatic activities. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This work revealed the presence of putative virulence factors that could be associated with human infections involving Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strains.
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- P M S Figueirêdo
- Departamento de Microbiologia e Imunologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Santos AM, Vasconcelos T, Mateus E, Farrall MH, Gomes da Silva MDR, Paiva MR, Branco M. Characterization of the volatile fraction emitted by phloems of four pinus species by solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2006; 1105:191-8. [PMID: 16309694 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.10.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2005] [Revised: 10/18/2005] [Accepted: 10/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Pine forests constitute some of the most important renewable resources supplying timber, paper and chemical industries, among other functions. Characterization of the volatiles emitted by different Pinus species has proven to be an important tool to decode the process of host tree selection by herbivore insects, some of which cause serious economic damage to pines. Variations in the relative composition of the bouquet of semiochemicals are responsible for the outcome of different biological processes, such as mate finding, egg-laying site recognition and host selection. The volatiles present in phloem samples of four pine species, P. halepensis, P. sylvestris, P. pinaster and P. pinea, were identified and characterized with the aim of finding possible host-plant attractants for native pests, such as the bark beetle Tomicus piniperda. The volatile compounds emitted by phloem samples of pines were extracted by headspace solid-phase micro extraction, using a 2cm 50/30mm divinylbenzene/carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane table flex solid-phase microextraction fiber and its contents analyzed by high-resolution gas chromatography, using flame ionization and a non polar and chiral column phases. The components of the volatile fraction emitted by the phloem samples were identified by mass spectrometry using time-of-flight and quadrupole mass analyzers. The estimated relative composition was used to perform a discriminant analysis among pine species, by means of cluster and principal component analysis. It can be concluded that it is possible to discriminate pine species based on the monoterpenes emissions of phloem samples.
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- A M Santos
- GUECKO/Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, FCT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa 2829-516 Campus de Caparica, Portugal
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Kramer R, Santos AM, Brayner CAO, Khoury HJ, Vieira JW, Lima FRA. Application of the MAX/EGS4 exposure model to the dosimetry of the Yanango radiation accident. Phys Med Biol 2005; 50:3681-95. [PMID: 16077221 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/16/003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 11/11/2022]
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According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), industrial radiography accounts for approximately half of all reported accidents for the nuclear related industry. Detailed information about these accidents have been published by the IAEA in its Safety Report Series, one of which describes the radiological accident which happened in 1999 in Yanango/Peru. Under unsettled circumstances an 192Ir source was lost from an industrial radiographic camera and later picked up by a welder, who normally had nothing to do with the radiographic work. The man put the source into the right back pocket of his jeans and continued working for at least another 6.5 h. This study uses the MAX/EGS4 exposure model in order to determine absorbed dose distributions in the right thigh of the MAX phantom, as well as average absorbed doses to radiosensitive organs and tissues. For this purpose, the Monte Carlo code for standard exposure situations has been modified in order to match the irradiation conditions of the accident as closely as possible. The results present the maximum voxel absorbed dose, voxel depth absorbed dose and voxel surface absorbed dose distributions, average organ and tissue doses and a maximum surface absorbed dose for zero depth.
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- R Kramer
- Departamento de Energia Nuclear, UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil.
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Prazeres TJV, Santos AM, Martinho JMG, Elaïssari A, Pichot C. Adsorption of oligonucleotides on PMMA/PNIPAM core-shell latexes: polarity of the PNIPAM shell probed by fluorescence. Langmuir 2004; 20:6834-6840. [PMID: 15274592 DOI: 10.1021/la049609u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The adsorption of a rhodamine X labeled oligonucleotide composed of 25-mers of thymine (dT(25)-ROX) onto the thermosensitive shell of PMMA/PNIPAM core-shell latex particles was studied at 22 and 40 degrees C, below and above the T(VPT) (volume phase transition temperature) of the PNIPAM shell, respectively. The experimental binding isotherms were well fitted with the cooperative Hill model. The Hill coefficient is lower than 1 at both temperatures showing that the adsorption is anticooperative. The polarity of the shell was probed by both the lifetimes and solvatochromic shifts of the zwitterionic form of rhodamine X. For temperatures below the shell T(VPT) has a polarity similar to that of water, while for temperatures above the transition the polarity is equivalent to that of a water/dioxane mixture with 30% (v/v) water.
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- T J V Prazeres
- Centro de Química-Física Molecular, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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Santos MM, Vieira N, Reis-Henriques MA, Santos AM, Gomez-Ariza JL, Giraldez I, Ten Hallers-Tjabbes CC. Imposex and butyltin contamination off the Oporto Coast (NW Portugal): a possible effect of the discharge of dredged material. Environ Int 2004; 30:793-798. [PMID: 15120197 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2004.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 09/05/2003] [Accepted: 01/22/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Imposex in the gastropod Hinia reticulata, a bioindicator for tributyltin (TBT) contamination, was investigated in locations at different distances from the Oporto harbour-dredged material discharge site. The degree of imposex found was inversely related to the distance to the discharge site, the highest imposex frequency being found closest to the discharge area. However, the levels of imposex found were low when compared with those reported for H. reticulata populations from moderately TBT-contaminated areas. Despite detectable levels of dibutyltin (DBT) and monobutyltin (MBT) in snail tissues (total butyltins ranging from 84 to 410 ng/g Sn dry wt.), TBT was below detection limit in all snail samples collected in open sea.
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- M M Santos
- Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Pr. Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Oporto, Portugal.
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Martinho JMG, Santos AM, Fedorov A, Baptista RP, Taipa MA, Cabral JMS. Fluorescence of the single tryptophan of cutinase: temperature and pH effect on protein conformation and dynamics. Photochem Photobiol 2003; 78:15-22. [PMID: 12929743 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)078<0015:fotsto>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 11/19/2022]
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The cutinase from Fusarium solani pisi is an enzyme with a single L-tryptophan (Trp) involved in a hydrogen bond with an alanine (Ala) residue and located close to a cystine formed by a disulfide bridge between two cysteine (Cys) residues. The Cys strongly quenches the fluorescence of Trp by both static and dynamic quenching mechanisms. The Trp fluorescence intensity increases by about fourfold on protein melting because of the disruption of the Ala-Trp hydrogen bond that releases the Trp from the vicinity of the cystine residue. The Trp forms charge-transfer complexes with the disulfide bridge, which is disrupted by UV light irradiation of the protein. This results in a 10-fold increase of the Trp fluorescence quantum yield because of the suppression of the static quenching by the cystine residue. The Trp fluorescence anisotropy decays are similar to those in other proteins and were interpreted in terms of the wobbling-in-cone model. The long relaxation time is attributed to the Brownian rotational correlation time of the protein as a whole below the protein-melting temperature and to protein-backbone dynamics above it. The short relaxation time is related to the local motion of the Trp, whose mobility increases on protein denaturation.
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- J M G Martinho
- Centro de Química-Física Molecular, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Baptista RP, Santos AM, Fedorov A, Martinho JMG, Pichot C, Elaïssari A, Cabral JMS, Taipa MA. Activity, conformation and dynamics of cutinase adsorbed on poly(methyl methacrylate) latex particles. J Biotechnol 2003; 102:241-9. [PMID: 12730007 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1656(03)00033-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 11/22/2022]
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The adsorption of a recombinant cutinase from Fusarium solani pisi onto the surface of 100 nm diameter poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) latex particles was evaluated. Adsorption of cutinase is a fast process since more than 70% of protein molecules are adsorbed onto PMMA at time zero of experiment, irrespective of the tested conditions. A Langmuir-type model fitted both protein and enzyme activity isotherms at 25 degrees C. Gamma(max) increased from 1.1 to 1.7 mg m(-2) and U(max) increased from 365 to 982 U m(-2) as the pH was raised from 4.5 to 9.2, respectively. A decrease (up to 50%) in specific activity retention was observed at acidic pH values (pH 4.5 and 5.2) while almost no inactivation (eta(act) congruent with 87-94%) was detected upon adsorption at pH 7.0 and 9.2. Concomitantly, far-UV circular dichroism (CD) spectra evidenced a reduction in the alpha-helical content of adsorbed protein at acidic pH values while at neutral and alkaline pH the secondary structure of adsorbed cutinase was similar to that of native protein. Fluorescence anisotropy decays showed the release of some constraints to the local motion of the Trp69 upon protein adsorption at pH 8.0, probably due to the disruption of the tryptophan-alanine hydrogen bond when the tryptophan interacts with the PMMA surface. Structural data associated with activity measurements at pH 7.0 and 9.2 showed that cutinase adsorbs onto PMMA particles in an end-on orientation with active site exposed to solvent and full integrity of cutinase secondary structure. Hydrophobic interactions are likely the major contribution to the adsorption mechanism at neutral and alkaline pH values, and a higher amount of protein is adsorbed to PMMA particles with increasing temperature at pH 9.2. The maximum adsorption increased from 88 to 140 mg cutinase per g PMMA with temperature raising from 25 to 50 degrees C, at pH 9.2.
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- R P Baptista
- Centro de Engenharia Biológica e Quïmica, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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Roads and cities represent huge sources of degradation for adjacent ecosystems regarding nutrient cycling, energy, water flow and species composition. In this study we test the hypothesis that distance from roads and cities is associated with habitat loss and fragmentation in the caatinga vegetation--a dry forest to scrub vegetation that covers ca. 736,000 km2 of northeast Brazil. The study site comprised a 2,828.8 km2 piece (64 km x 44.2 km) of Xingó region (09 degrees 36'S, 37 degrees 50'W), which is located between the States of Alagoas and Sergipe. Based on satellite imagery we mapped the remaining vegetation, 145 km of paved roads and the seven small-sized cities set in the study site. A positive correlation was found between the combined distance from roads and cities and the percentage of remaining vegetation as it dropped from 18% at 12 km distant to 5.9% at 1 km distant from cities and roads. Thus, remaining vegetation was reduced by one third near cities and roads. A positive correlation was also found between distance from cities and roads and the percentage of fragments larger than 200 ha, which ranged from 3.6% (within 3 km distance class) to 23.3% (15 km distance class) of all fragments. Our results suggest a road/city-effect zone of 12 to 15 km width, over which habitat loss and fragmentation extend throughout the caatinga vegetation. These findings should be considered in the regional polices for biodiversity conservation and economic development of the caatinga region.
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- A M Santos
- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Morais Rego, s/n, Cidade Universitária, CEP 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil
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Griebenow K, Vidal M, Baéz C, Santos AM, Barletta G. Nativelike enzyme properties are important for optimum activity in neat organic solvents. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:5380-1. [PMID: 11457414 PMCID: PMC4681493 DOI: 10.1021/ja015889d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- K Griebenow
- University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 23346 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3346, USA.
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Ogata SK, Kawakami E, Patrício FR, Pedroso MZ, Santos AM. Evaluation of invasive and non-invasive methods for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in symptomatic children and adolescents. SAO PAULO MED J 2001; 119:67-71. [PMID: 11276169 DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802001000200006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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CONTEXT Multiple diagnostic methods are available for the detection of Helicobacter pylori infection, but at present no single one can be used as the gold standard. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of 3 invasive and 2 non-invasive methods for detection of Helicobacter pylori infection in symptomatic children and adolescents. DESIGN Prospective cohort study SETTING Peptic Disease outpatients service, Discipline of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo / Escola Paulista de Medicina. PATIENTS Forty-seven patients who underwent endoscopy because of dyspeptic symptoms. DIAGNOSTIC METHODS Endoscopy with gastric biopsies for 3 invasive (rapid urease test, histology and culture) and 2 non-invasive methods (a commercial ELISA serology and 13carbon urea breath test - isotope ratio mass spectrometry) for detection of Helicobacter pylori infection. MAIN MEASUREMENTS Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of each method and agreement and disagreement rates between the methods. RESULTS Forty-seven patients [mean age, 11y9mo (SD 2y10mo), 27 female and 20 male]; 62% of them were Helicobacter pylori-positive. All methods agreed in 61%, and were negative in 21% and positive in 40%. The greatest concordance between 2 methods occurred between the invasive methods: histology and rapid urease test (89.6%) and histology and culture (87.5%). The greatest sensitivity, considering Helicobacter pylori-positive cases, for any combination of 3 or more tests, was achieved by the rapid urease test (S=100%), followed by histology, serology and 13carbon-urea breath test (S=93.1%) and lastly by culture (S=79.3%). The highest specificity was obtained by histology (100%) and culture (100%), followed by the rapid urease test (84.2%), serology (78.9%) and 13carbon-urea breath test (78.9%). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that among invasive methods, an association between the rapid urease test and histology constituted the best choice for the detection of Helicobacter pylori infection. If results of histology and the rapid urease test are different, serology may be recommended.
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- S K Ogata
- Pediatric Department, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
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OBJECTIVE: To present a case of acute appendicitis in a premature infant. METHODS: Retrospective review of the literature using Medline and Lilacs databases, as well as the necropsy report. CLINICAL REPORT: A white male preterm infant born at 34 weeks of gestation weighing 1,750g to a primiparous mother. The Apgar score was 4 and 8 at 1st and 5th minutes, respectively. The physical exam was normal until the 9th day of life when the child developed clinical features suggestive of acute abdomen, possibly due to necrotizing enterocolitis with perforation. He was submitted to exploratory laparotomy, which leaded to the diagnostic of acute appendicitis. CONCLUSION: Acute appendicitis must be discarded on the differential diagnostic when there is a suspicion of necrotizing enterocolitis with perforation, and risk factors are not present.
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- A D Barbosa
- Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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Xavier GF, Oliveira-Filho FJ, Santos AM. Dentate gyrus-selective colchicine lesion and disruption of performance in spatial tasks: difficulties in "place strategy" because of a lack of flexibility in the use of environmental cues? Hippocampus 2000; 9:668-81. [PMID: 10641760 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1063(1999)9:6<668::aid-hipo8>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [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: 01/07/2023]
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The effects of intradentate colchicine injections on the performance of tasks requiring spatial working and reference memory are controversial. Multiple-site colchicine injections (7 microg/microl; via a drawn micropipette) throughout the dentate gyrus (DG) of rats (nine sites in each hemisphere, 0.06 microl at each site) selectively destroy about 90% of the DG granule cells, as revealed by quantitative stereological estimates; stereology also revealed minor neuronal losses in the CA4 (33%) and CA1 (23%) subfields, but lack of damage to the CA3 hippocampal subfield. Spatial reference and working memory were assessed in Morris' water maze; in the reference memory task, the rats were required to learn a single, fixed location for the platform over several days of training; in the working memory task, animals were required to learn a new platform location every day, in a matching-to-place procedure. Compared to sham-operated controls, lesioned rats showed significant disruption in acquisition of the reference memory water maze task; however, the data reveal that these rats did acquire relevant information about the task, probably based on guidance and orientation strategies. In a subsequent probe test, with the platform removed, lesioned rats showed disruption in precise indexes of spatial memory (e.g., driving search towards the surroundings of the former platform location), but not in less precise indexes of spatial location. Finally, the lesioned rats showed no improvement in the match-to-place procedure, suggesting that their working memory for places was disrupted. Thus, although capable of acquiring relevant information about the task, possibly through guidance and/or orientation strategies, DG-lesioned rats exhibit a marked difficulty in place strategies. This is particularly evident when these rats are required to deal with one-trial place learning in a familiar environment, such as in the working memory version of the water maze task, which requires flexibility in the use of previously acquired information.
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- G F Xavier
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Canena J, Leitão J, Turpin S, Penedo J, Pinto A, Reis J, Santos AM, Baptista C, Dias R, Ramos M, Quina M. [Refractory severe ulcerative colitis. Experience with cyclosporine]. ACTA MEDICA PORT 1998; 11:385-91. [PMID: 9644851] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A case of severe ulcerative colitis refractory to steroid therapy is reported. The authors look at cyclosporine use in this clinical setting and make a short review of cyclosporine usefulness and major side effects.
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- J Canena
- Serviço de Medicina Interna e Gastrenterologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova, Lisboa
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Canena J, Reis J, Pinto AS, Santos AM, Leitão J, Pinheiro T, Quina MG. Distribution of bismuth in the rat after oral dosing with ranitidine bismuth citrate and bismuth subcitrate. J Pharm Pharmacol 1998; 50:279-83. [PMID: 9600719 DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.1998.tb06861.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bismuth preparations are used world-wide for the management of peptic ulcer disease, for eradication of Helicobacter pylori, and in the prevention and treatment of diarrhoea. However neurological toxicity of bismuth has always been a major concern and evidence has been found of the absorption of bismuth. Recent studies have suggested that the absorption of bismuth increases when bismuth salts are used with ranitidine hydrochloride. The absorption and deposition of bismuth as a result of the use of the new drug ranitidine bismuth citrate have not been yet clarified. After 15 days of twice daily oral gavage with bismuth subcitrate, 13.7 mg kg(-1) day(-1) to eight rats, deposition of bismuth was found in all the tissues studied, especially the kidney (30.81 +/- 8.59 microg g(-1) dry weight). A similar pattern of distribution and tissue concentrations was found when bismuth subcitrate was given with ranitidine hydrochloride 8.6 mg kg(-1) day(-1) to another eight rats, although this combination resulted in lower brain levels (3.12 + 1.31 microg g(-1) dry weight) than after administration of bismuth subcitrate alone (4.77 +/- 0.97 microg g(-1) dry weight). When six rats were given ranitidine bismuth citrate by gavage at 22.8 mg kg(-1) day(-1) for 15 days, kidney levels were lower (4.24 +/- 1.75 microg g(-1) dry weight) and brain levels were below detection limits; the bismuth concentrations in the faeces from this group were also significantly lower (1603 +/- 104.0 microg g(-1) dry weight) than for the two other groups. After dosing with bismuth alone or in association with ranitidine hydrochloride, bismuth was detected in several organs and deposition was not influenced by gastric pH. Blood levels correlate poorly with organ deposition and brain deposition was not always associated with encephalopathy. After administration of ranitidine bismuth citrate, significantly lower concentrations of bismuth were found in the kidney and bismuth was not detectable in the brain, suggesting lower bismuth absorption. This was confirmed by higher levels in the faeces after dosing with ranitidine bismuth citrate. Thirty days after dosing with ranitidine bismuth citrate or bismuth subcitrate, bismuth could not be detected in any of the organs examined but could be found in the urine. In conclusion, bismuth was deposited in the kidney, brain, lung and liver of rats after oral dosing with bismuth subcitrate. After oral dosing with an equivalent amount of bismuth in the form of ranitidine bismuth citrate, significantly lower concentrations of bismuth were deposited in the kidney; in the brain bismuth was not detectable.
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- J Canena
- Clínica Universitária de Medicina Interna e Gastrenterologia da Universidade, Nova de Lisboa--Hospital de Pulido Valente, Lisbon, Portugal
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Rowland FS, Blake DR, Larsen BR, Lindskog A, Peterson PJ, Williams WP, Wallington TJ, Pilling MJ, Carslaw N, Creasey DJ, Heard DE, Jacobs P, Lee J, Lewis AC, McQuaid JB, Stockwell WR, Frank H, Sacco P, Cocheo V, Lynge E, Andersen A, Nilsson R, Barlow L, Pukkala E, Nordlinder R, Boffetta P, Grandjean P, Heikkil P, Hürte LG, Jakobsson R, Lundberg I, Moen B, Partanen T, Riise T, Borowiak A, De Saeger E, Schnitzler KG, Gravenhorst G, Jacobi HW, Moelders S, Lammel G, Busch G, Beese FO, Dentener FJ, Feichter J, Fraedrich K, Roelofs GJ, Friedrich R, Reis S, Voehringer F, Simpson D, Moussiopoulos N, Sahm P, Tourlou PM, Salmons R, Papameletiou D, Maqueda JM, Suhr PB, Bell W, Paton-Walsh C, Woods PT, Partridge RH, Slemr J, Slemr F, Schmidbauer N, Ravishankara AR, Jenkin ME, de Leeuw G, van Eijk AM, Flossmann AI, Wobrock W, Mestayer PG, Tranchant B, Ljungström E, Karlsson R, Larsen SE, Roemer M, Builtjes PJ, Koffi B, Koffi EN, De Saeger E, Ro-Poulsen H, Mikkelsen TN, Hummelshøj P, Hovmand MF, Simoneit BR, van der Meulen A, Meyer MB, Berndt T, Böge O, Stratmann F, Cass GR, Harrison RM, Shi JP, Hoffmann T, Warscheid B, Bandur R, Marggraf U, Nigge W, Kamens R, Jang M, Strommen M, Chien CJ, Leach K, Ammann M, Kalberer M, Arens F, Lavanchy V, Gâggeler HW, Baltensperger U, Davies JA, Cox RA, Alonso SG, Pastor RP, Argüello GA, Willner H, Berndt T, Böge O, Bogillo VI, Pokrovskiy VA, Kuraev OV, Gozhyk PF, Bolzacchini E, Bruschi M, Fantucci P, Meinardi S, Orlandi M, Rindone B, Bolzacchini E, Bohn B, Rindone B, Bruschi M, Zetzsch C, Brussol C, Duane M, Larsen B, Carlier P, Kotzias D, Caracena AB, Aznar AM, Ferradás EG, Christensen CS, Skov H, Hummelshøj P, Jensen NO, Lohse C, Cocheo V, Sacco P, Chatzis C, Cocheo V, Sacco P, Boaretto C, Quaglio F, Zaratin L, Pagani D, Cocheo L, Cocheo V, Asnar AM, Baldan A, Ballesta PP, Boaretto C, Caracena AB, Ferradas EG, Gonzalez-Flesca N, Goelen E, Hansen AB, Sacco P, De Saeger E, Skov H, Consonni V, Gramatica P, Santagostino A, Galvani P, Bolzacchini E, Consonni V, Gramatica P, Todeschini R, Dippel G, Reinhardt H, Zellner R, Dämmer K, Bednarek G, Breil M, Zellner R, Febo A, Allegrini I, Giliberti C, Perrino C, Fogg PG, Geiger H, Barnes I, Becker KH, Maurer T, Geyskens F, Bormans R, Lambrechts M, Goelen E, Giese M, Frank H, Glasius M, Hornung P, Jacobsen JK, Klausen HS, Klitgaard KC, Møller CK, Petersen AP, Petersen LS, Wessel S, Hansen TS, Lohse C, Boaretto E, Heinemeier J, Glasius M, Di Bella D, Lahaniati M, Calogirou A, Jensen NR, Hjorth J, Kotzias D, Larsen BR, Gonzalez-Flesca N, Cicolella A, Bates M, Bastin E, Gurbanov MA, Akhmedly KM, Balayev VS, Haselmann KF, Ketola R, Laturnus F, Lauritsen FR, Grøn C, Herrmann H, Ervens B, Reese A, Umschlag T, Wicktor F, Zellner R, Herrmann H, Umschlag T, Müller K, Bolzacchini E, Meinardi S, Rindone B, Jenkin ME, Hayman GD, Jensen NO, Courtney M, Hummelshøj P, Christensen CS, Larsen BR, Johnson MS, Hegelund F, Nelander B, Kirchner F, Klotz B, Barnes I, Sørensen S, Becker KH, Etzkorn T, Platt U, Wirtz K, Martín-Reviejo M, Laturnus F, Martinez E, Cabañas B, Aranda A, Martín P, Salgado S, Rodriguez D, Masclet P, Jaffrezo JL, Hillamo R, Mellouki A, Le Calvé S, Le Bras G, Moriarty J, O'Donnell S, Wenger J, Sidebottom H, Mingarrol MT, Cosin S, Pastor RP, Alonso SG, Sanz MJ, Bravo I, Gonzalez D, Pérez MA, Mustafaev I, Mammadova S, Noda J, Hallquist M, Langer S, Ljungström E, Nohara K, Kutsuna S, Ibusuki T, Oehme M, Kölliker S, Brombacher S, Merz L, Pastor RP, Alonso SG, Cabezas AQ, Peeters J, Vereecken L, El Yazal J, Pfeffer HU, Breuer L, Platz J, Nielsen OJ, Sehested J, Wallington TJ, Ball JC, Hurley MD, Straccia AM, Schneider WF, Pérez-Casany MP, Nebot-Gil I, Sánchez-Marín J, Putz E, Folberth G, Pfister G, Weissflog L, Elansky NP, Sørensen S, Barnes I, Becker KH, Shao M, Heiden AC, Kley D, Rockel P, Wildt J, Silva GV, Vasconcelos MT, Fernandes EO, Santos AM, Skov H, Hansen A, Løfstrøm P, Lorenzen G, Stabel JR, Wolkoff P, Pedersen T, Strom AB, Skov H, Hertel O, Jensen FP, Hjorth J, Galle B, Wallin S, Theloke J, Libuda HG, Zabel F, Touaty M, Bonsang B, Ullerstam M, Langer S, Ljungström E, Wenger J, Bonard A, Manning M, Nolan S, O'Sullivan N, Sidebottom H, Wenger J, Collins E, Moriarty J, O'Donnell S, Sidebottom H, Wenger J, Collins E, Moriarty J, O'Donnell S, Sidebottom H, Wenger J, Sidebottom H, Chadwick P, O'Leary B, Treacy J, Wolkoff P, Clausen PA, Wilkins CK, Hougaard KS, Nielsen GD, Zilinskis V, Jansons G, Peksens A, Lazdins A, Arinci YV, Erdöl N, Ekinci E, Okutan H, Manlafalioglu I, Bakeas EB, Siskos PA, Viras LG, Smirnioudi VN, Bottenheim JW, Biesenthal T, Gong W, Makar P, Delmas V, Menard T, Tatry V, Moussafir J, Thomas D, Coppalle A, Ellermann T, Hertel O, Skov H, Frohn L, Manscher OH, Friis J, Girgzdiene R, Girgzdys A, Gurevich NA, Gårdfeldt K, Langer S, Hermans C, Vandaele AC, Carleer M, Fally S, Colin R, Bernath PF, Jenouvrier A, Coquart B, Mérienne MF, Hertel O, Frohn L, Skov H, Ellermann T, Huntrieser H, Schlager H, Feigl C, Kemp 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BD, Sklyadneva TK, Behnke W, Elend M, Krüger U, Zetzsch C, Belan BD, Arshinov MY, Davydov DK, Kovalevskii VK, Plotnikov AP, Pokrovskii EV, Rasskazchikova TM, Sklyadneva TK, Tolmachev GN, Belan BD, Arshinov MY, Simonenkov DV, Tolmachev GN, Bilde M, Aker PM, Börensen C, Kirchner U, Scheer V, Vogt R, Ellermann T, Geernaert LL, Pryor SC, Barthelmie RJ, Feilberg A, Nielsen T, Kamens RM, Freitas MC, Marques AP, Reis MA, Alves LC, Ilyinskikh NN, Ilyinskikh IN, Ilyinskikh EN, Johansen K, Stavnsbjerg P, Gabrielsson P, Bak F, Andersen E, Autrup H, Kamens R, Jang M, Strommen M, Leach K, Kirchner U, Scheer V, Börensen C, Vogt R, Igor K, Svjatoslav G, Anatoliy B, Komov IL, Istchenko AA, Lourenço MG, Mactavish D, Sirois A, Masclet P, Jaffrezo JL, van der Meulen A, Milukaite A, Morkunas V, Jurgutis P, Mikelinskiene A, Nielsen T, Feilberg A, Binderup ML, Pineda M, Palacios JM, Garcia E, Cilleruelo C, Moliner R, Popovitcheva OB, Trukhin ME, Persiantseva NM, Buriko Y, Starik AM, Demirdjian B, Suzanne J, Probst TU, Rietz B, Alfassi ZB, Pokrovskiy VA, Zenobi R, Bogatyr'ov VM, Gun'ko VM, Querol X, Alastuey A, Lopez-Soler A, Mantilla E, Plana F, Artiño B, Rauterberg-Wulff A, Israël GW, Rocha TA, Duarte AC, Röhrl A, Lammel G, Spindler G, Müller K, Herrmann H, Strommen MR, Vignati E, de Leeuw G, Berkowicz R. 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- F S Rowland
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 92697, California, USA
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Coutinho LH, Brereton ML, Santos AM, Ryder WD, Chang J, Harrison CJ, Yin JA, Dexter TM, Testa NG. Evaluation of cytogenetic conversion to Ph- haemopoiesis in long-term bone marrow culture for patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia on conventional hydroxyurea therapy, on pulse high-dose hydroxyurea and on interferon-alpha. Br J Haematol 1996; 93:869-77. [PMID: 8703819 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1733.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 02/01/2023]
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Long-term bone marrow culture (LTBMC) has been used successfully in autologous transplantation in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). However, variation between patients in the recovery of Ph- cells in culture limits the application of this procedure to a minority. Treatment that effectively reduces in vivo tumour burden prior to initiation of LTBMC may improve the selection of Ph- cells in culture. To test this hypothesis we evaluated the frequency and degree of cytogenetic conversion to Ph- haemopoiesis in LTBMC from four independent groups of CML patients: Untreated (n = 19); conventional dosage of hydroxyurea (HU) (n = 10); pulse high-dose HU (P-HU) (n = 22) and interferon (IFN)-alpha (n = 12). In this study IFN-alpha therapy resulted in a significantly higher incidence of patients with detectable Ph- clonogenic cells in the marrow (P = 0.01) and with > or = 50% Ph- haemopoiesis in LTBMC as compared to newly diagnosed patients (P = 0.05). Also, sequential culture studies undertaken in 14 CML patients at diagnosis and following the start of pulse highdose HU therapy showed that in eight patients the average proportion of Ph- metaphases detected in LTBMC substantially increased from 1.7% (range 0-7) at diagnosis to levels of 71% (range 14-100) after treatment. Therefore we conclude that the use of IFN or pulse high-dose HU in early stage disease appears to create an opportunity to harvest the marrow for long-term culture (LTC) purging with reduced leukaaemic burden.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Bone Marrow/pathology
- Female
- Hematopoiesis
- Humans
- Hydroxyurea/administration & dosage
- Interferon-alpha/administration & dosage
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic, Atypical, BCR-ABL Negative/pathology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic, Atypical, BCR-ABL Negative/therapy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- L H Coutinho
- CRC Department of Experimental Haematology, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester
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de Moraes-Pinto MI, Almeida AC, Kenj G, Filgueiras TE, Tobias W, Santos AM, Carneiro-Sampaio MM, Farhat CK, Milligan PJ, Johnson PM, Hart CA. Placental transfer and maternally acquired neonatal IgG immunity in human immunodeficiency virus infection. J Infect Dis 1996; 173:1077-84. [PMID: 8627057 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.5.1077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Transplacental transfer of specific IgG antibodies was studied in 46 pairs of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-seropositive women and their neonates and in 53 pairs of healthy HIV-seronegative mothers and their newborns. Neonatal and maternal sera were assessed by nephelometry for total levels of serum IgG and by ELISA for IgG antibodies to herpes simplex virus (HSV), varicella-zoster virus (VZV), measles virus, tetanus toxoid, streptolysin O, and Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular antigens. Placental transfer of IgG antibodies to VZV, tetanus toxoid, measles, streptolysin O, and S. pneumoniae was decreased by maternal HIV infection. Maternal levels of total IgG had an independent effect on transfer of antibodies to HSV, VZV, measles, and S. pneumoniae. Neonatal antibody levels to tetanus toxoid, measles, and S. pneumoniae were significantly lower in the HIV group. Both maternal hypergammaglobulinemia and maternal HIV infection may contribute to these low antibody levels at birth and thus lead to early infection in this high-risk population.
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Tanoue K, Tarnawski AS, Santos AM, Hanke S, Sugimachi K, Sarfeh IJ. Reduced expression of basic fibroblast growth factor and its receptor mRNAs and proteins in portal hypertensive esophageal mucosa: a mechanism responsible for muscularis mucosae thinning and variceal rupture. Surgery 1996; 119:424-30. [PMID: 8644008 DOI: 10.1016/s0039-6060(96)80143-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) enhances cell migration, proliferation, and tissue integrity. This especially pertinent to the smooth muscle cells in which it stimulates cell proliferation and promotes their growth. The aim of this study was to determine whether expression of bFGF and its receptors (FGFR-1 and -2) is altered in portal hypertensive esophageal mucosa, especially in the muscularis mucosal layer, which constitutes a physical barrier to variceal rupture. METHODS Portal hypertension (PHT) was produced by staged portal vein ligation. In 30 PHT rats and 30 sham-operated controls 2 weeks after operation, specimens of lower esophagus were obtained for (1) quantitative histologic assessment including thickness of epithelium and muscularis mucosae; (2) immunostaining with specific antibodies against bFGF and its receptors 1 and 2 (intensity of bFGF, FGFR-1 and FGFR-2 immunostaining in esophageal structures was measured with a video image system); and (3) expression of bFGF and FGFR-1 and -2 mRNAs was assessed with reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS The esophageal muscularis mucosae and epithelium overlaying large submucosal veins in PHT rats significatly thinner than those in controls (muscularis mucosae, 28.3 +/- 1.4 versus 52.2 +/- 8.0 micrometer, respectively, p<0.05); epithelium, 39.0+/- 7.1 versus 49.3 +/- 1.9 micrometer, respectively, p<0.05). The immunostaining intensity of bFGF and FGFR-2 was significantly reduced in PHT rats (42.1 +/- 2.3 and 71.3 +/- 6.5 units, respectively) versus controls (49.5 +/- 5.6 and 78.6 +/- 5.7 units, respectively, p< 0.05). Expressions of bFGF and FGFR-2 mRNAs in PHT esophageal mucosa were significantly reduced versus controls by 30.8% and 30.3%, respectively (p < 0.01, p 0.05). CONCLUSIONS (1) Esophageal mucosa of PHT rats has thinner muscularis mucosae and reduced bFGF and FGFR-2 mRNAs and proteins. (2) Because bFGF stimulates smooth muscle cell proliferation and their growth, our findings can explain thinning of esophageal muscularis mucosae in PHT rats, thus indicating a possible mechanism for rupture of varices in the esophagus.
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- K Tanoue
- Department of Surgery, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California 90822, USA
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