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2. The diversification of species in crop rotation increases the profitability of grain production systems
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Bruno Volsi, Gabriel Eiji Higashi, Ivan Bordin, and Tiago Santos Telles
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract Crop rotation with species diversification contributes to the control of pests, diseases and weeds and improves soil fertility and conservation, which can lead to increased profitability in grain production systems. The objectives of this study were to determine whether grain production systems that employ crop rotation with species diversification are more productive and profitable than double-cropping rotations without diversification and to analyze the revenues and production costs of these cropping systems. An experiment was conducted in a region with subtropical climate between the crop years of 2014–2015 and 2019–2020. The experiment consisted of a randomized block design with six treatments and four replicates. The treatments consisted of six grain production systems, including five rotations with varied levels of species diversification and a corn–soybean rotation without species diversification, all under no-tillage. Productivity, revenue, production cost and profit indicators were analyzed. Productivity was compared by Duncan’s test (p ≤ 0.05). The grain production systems with species diversification showed better productivity and profitability than the corn–soybean system. The profit of the systems with species diversification was on average 37% higher than that of the system with corn–soybean rotation. In summary, grain production systems that employ crop rotation with species diversification showed higher productivity and profitability than the corn–soybean rotation without species diversification.
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- 2022
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3. Label-free imaging flow cytometry for analysis and sorting of enzymatically dissociated tissues
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Maik Herbig, Karen Tessmer, Martin Nötzel, Ahsan Ahmad Nawaz, Tiago Santos-Ferreira, Oliver Borsch, Sylvia J. Gasparini, Jochen Guck, and Marius Ader
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract Biomedical research relies on identification and isolation of specific cell types using molecular biomarkers and sorting methods such as fluorescence or magnetic activated cell sorting. Labelling processes potentially alter the cells’ properties and should be avoided, especially when purifying cells for clinical applications. A promising alternative is the label-free identification of cells based on physical properties. Sorting real-time deformability cytometry (soRT-DC) is a microfluidic technique for label-free analysis and sorting of single cells. In soRT-FDC, bright-field images of cells are analyzed by a deep neural net (DNN) to obtain a sorting decision, but sorting was so far only demonstrated for blood cells which show clear morphological differences and are naturally in suspension. Most cells, however, grow in tissues, requiring dissociation before cell sorting which is associated with challenges including changes in morphology, or presence of aggregates. Here, we introduce methods to improve robustness of analysis and sorting of single cells from nervous tissue and provide DNNs which can distinguish visually similar cells. We employ the DNN for image-based sorting to enrich photoreceptor cells from dissociated retina for transplantation into the mouse eye.
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- 2022
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4. Volunteer contributions to Wikipedia increased during COVID-19 mobility restrictions
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Thorsten Ruprechter, Manoel Horta Ribeiro, Tiago Santos, Florian Lemmerich, Markus Strohmaier, Robert West, and Denis Helic
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract Wikipedia, the largest encyclopedia ever created, is a global initiative driven by volunteer contributions. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out and mobility restrictions ensued across the globe, it was unclear whether contributions to Wikipedia would decrease in the face of the pandemic, or whether volunteers would withstand the added stress and increase their contributions to accommodate the growing readership uncovered in recent studies. We analyze $$\mathbf {223}$$ 223 million edits contributed from 2018 to 2020 across twelve Wikipedia language editions and find that Wikipedia’s global volunteer community responded resiliently to the pandemic, substantially increasing both productivity and the number of newcomers who joined the community. For example, contributions to the English Wikipedia increased by over $$\mathbf {20\%}$$ 20 % compared to the expectation derived from pre-pandemic data. Our work sheds light on the response of a global volunteer population to the COVID-19 crisis, providing valuable insights into the behavior of critical online communities under stress.
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- 2021
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5. Medical School, Cardiovascular Surgery, and Education: how we do it in Brazil’s scenario?
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Tiago Santos Ribeiro, Renato Max Faria, and Magaly Arrais dos Santos
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Medical School ,Students ,Medical ,Cardiac Surgery ,Internship and Residency ,Specialties ,Surgical ,Medicine ,Surgery ,RD1-811 ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,RC666-701 - Abstract
Abstract Choosing a surgical specialty can be a hard decision for a medical student. Several studies present data showing that most medical students fear the surgical field and end up switching to another specialty. For cardiovascular surgery, the scenario is very similar. In the last decades, the interest in cardiovascular surgery has been decreasing worldwide and the cardiothoracic surgical societies across the globe have been trying to understand the factors that push away medical students and general surgical residents from the specialty. In this regard, our work aims to focus on describe the access of students to cardiovascular surgery, especially during medical school, as well as to provide a brief report of our current data regarding the specialty.
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- 2021
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6. Evidence Associated with the Use of Oxazolidinones in the Treatment of Skin and Skin Structure Infections: A Retrospective Study
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Tiago Santos, Rui Carvalho, Miguel Araújo Abreu, Ernestina Reis, and André Couto de Carvalho
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Hospitalization ,Oxazolidinones ,Skin Diseases ,Bacterial/drug therapy ,Soft Tissue Infections/drug therapy ,Medicine ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
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- 2020
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7. G-Quadruplexes and Their Ligands: Biophysical Methods to Unravel G-Quadruplex/Ligand Interactions
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Tiago Santos, Gilmar F. Salgado, Eurico J. Cabrita, and Carla Cruz
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G-quadruplex ,ligands ,molecular interactions ,biophysical methods ,Medicine ,Pharmacy and materia medica ,RS1-441 - Abstract
Progress in the design of G-quadruplex (G4) binding ligands relies on the availability of approaches that assess the binding mode and nature of the interactions between G4 forming sequences and their putative ligands. The experimental approaches used to characterize G4/ligand interactions can be categorized into structure-based methods (circular dichroism (CD), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography), affinity and apparent affinity-based methods (surface plasmon resonance (SPR), isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and mass spectrometry (MS)), and high-throughput methods (fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-melting, G4-fluorescent intercalator displacement assay (G4-FID), affinity chromatography and microarrays. Each method has unique advantages and drawbacks, which makes it essential to select the ideal strategies for the biological question being addressed. The structural- and affinity and apparent affinity-based methods are in several cases complex and/or time-consuming and can be combined with fast and cheap high-throughput approaches to improve the design and development of new potential G4 ligands. In recent years, the joint use of these techniques permitted the discovery of a huge number of G4 ligands investigated for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Overall, this review article highlights in detail the most commonly used approaches to characterize the G4/ligand interactions, as well as the applications and types of information that can be obtained from the use of each technique.
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- 2021
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8. The dynamics of coffee production in Brazil.
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Bruno Volsi, Tiago Santos Telles, Carlos Eduardo Caldarelli, and Marcia Regina Gabardo da Camara
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Coffee is a crop of significant importance for Brazilian agrobusiness. There is evidence that both the geographic distribution of coffee production, and the varieties of coffee produced, have changed throughout Brazil over the course of time. Furthermore, it appears that these developments are associated with structural changes resulting from reductions in government intervention and its effects on prices in the coffee market, which has established a new dynamic of coffee production in the country. In this context, this study's objective is to analyze the dynamics of coffee production in Brazil, to identify the Brazilian micro-regions specializing in coffee activities, and to track how the spatial distribution of these micro-regions has varied over time. In so doing, the study aims to identify defining economic characteristics of primary coffee-producing regions. Drawing primarily on data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the study proceeds by applying Pearson correlation, Granger causality test, location quotient, principal components, and clustering analyses to explore how, during the 1984-2015 period, significant changes occurred in the distribution of regions specializing in coffee production. States such as Paraná and São Paulo, historically important coffee producers, declined in importance, leaving only a few micro-regions in these states specialized in coffee production. During the 2014/15 biennium, 80% of the coffee-specialized micro-regions were concentrated in the states of Minas Gerais, Bahia, Rondônia, and Espírito Santo. Minas Gerais and Bahia primarily produced arabica coffee, while Rondônia specialized in conilon (robusta) coffee. Overall, coffee produced in Brazil improved in quality and value-added over this period.
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- 2019
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9. Locking up the AS1411 Aptamer with a Flanking Duplex: Towards an Improved Nucleolin-Targeting
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André Miranda, Tiago Santos, Eric Largy, and Carla Cruz
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AS1411 derivative ,G-quadruplex ,DNA aptamers ,biophysical characterization ,Medicine ,Pharmacy and materia medica ,RS1-441 - Abstract
We have designed AS1411-N6, a derivative of the nucleolin (NCL)-binding aptamer AS1411, by adding six nucleotides to the 5′-end that are complementary to nucleotides at the 3′-end forcing it into a stem-loop structure. We evaluated by several biophysical techniques if AS1411-N6 can adopt one or more conformations, one of which allows NCL binding. We found a decrease of polymorphism of G-quadruplex (G4)-forming sequences comparing to AS1411 and the G4 formation in presence of K+ promotes the duplex folding. We also studied the binding properties of ligands TMPyP4, PhenDC3, PDS, 360A, and BRACO-19 in terms of stability, binding, topology maintenance of AS1411-N6, and NCL recognition. The melting experiments revealed promising stabilizer effects of PhenDC3, 360A, and TMPyP4, and the affinity calculations showed that 360A is the most prominent affinity ligand for AS1411-N6 and AS1411. The affinity determined between AS1411-N6 and NCL denoting a strong interaction and complex formation was assessed by PAGE in which the electrophoretic profile of AS1411-N6 showed bands of the dimeric form in the presence of the ligands and NCL.
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- 2021
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10. Características Epidemiológicas e Demográficas dos Doentes Portadores de Tumores da Cabeça e Pescoço no Norte de Portugal: Impacto na Sobrevivência
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Roberto Estêvão, Tiago Santos, Ana Ferreira, Anabela Machado, João Fernandes, and Eurico Monteiro
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Factores de Risco ,Factores Socioeconómicos ,Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/epidemiologia ,Portugal. ,Medicine ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Introdução: Em Portugal não existem, ainda, estudos epidemiológicos e demográficos realizados em doentes portadores de tumores da cabeça e pescoço. Os objectivos desta análise são descrever os aspectos epidemiológicos e demográficos dos doentes portadores de tumores malignos da cabeça e do pescoço, referenciados ao serviço de Otorrinolaringologia de um centro oncológico do norte de Portugal e avaliar o impacto destas características na sobrevivência. Material e Métodos: Estudo retrospectivo descritivo, dos doentes referenciados entre janeiro de 2011 e dezembro de 2013 ao Serviço de Otorrinolaringologia do Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto. Foram incluídos 566 doentes. As variáveis analisadas foram a localização anatómica dos tumores, o estadiamento, o género e a idade dos doentes, o distrito de proveniência, os hábitos etílicos e tabágicos, o nível educacional, a profissão, o estado civil e a estrutura familiar. Resultados: Os 566 doentes estudados correspondem a 498 homens e 68 mulheres, com idade média de 58,1 ± 12,2 anos. A maioria (80,5%) foi referenciada com doença em estadio avançado (III e IV). Verificamos hábitos etílicos moderados a excessivos em 78% dos doentes e 69% eram fumadores. A grande maioria dos doentes (82,3%) tinha apenas o ensino básico. Os doentes com tumores da hipofaringe e com hábitos etílicos excessivos foram referenciados em estadios mais avançados e apresentaram pior sobrevivência (p < 0,001). Os doentes casados foram referenciados em estadios mais precoces (p = 0,020) e os doentes sem apoio familiar apresentaram pior sobrevivência (p = 0,030). Discussão: Os dados epidemiológicos encontrados estão de acordo com a literatura internacional. A elevada taxa de doentes referenciados em estádio avançado pode ser atribuída ao atraso na procura de cuidados médicos ou a factores inerentes ao sistema de referenciação. A vigilância e o suporte familiar têm um papel fundamental na referenciação precoce e sobrevivência destes doentes. Conclusão: Este estudo caracteriza um perfil populacional que pode beneficiar de maior grau de vigilância, de campanhas de consciencialização e/ou rastreios. Algumas das variáveis estudadas podem influenciar significativamente o estadio dos tumores e a sobrevivência.
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- 2016
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11. Activation of type 1 cannabinoid receptor (CB1R) promotes neurogenesis in murine subventricular zone cell cultures.
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Sara Xapelli, Fabienne Agasse, Laura Sardà-Arroyo, Liliana Bernardino, Tiago Santos, Filipa F Ribeiro, Jorge Valero, José Bragança, Clarissa Schitine, Ricardo A de Melo Reis, Ana M Sebastião, and João O Malva
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
The endocannabinoid system has been implicated in the modulation of adult neurogenesis. Here, we describe the effect of type 1 cannabinoid receptor (CB1R) activation on self-renewal, proliferation and neuronal differentiation in mouse neonatal subventricular zone (SVZ) stem/progenitor cell cultures. Expression of CB1R was detected in SVZ-derived immature cells (Nestin-positive), neurons and astrocytes. Stimulation of the CB1R by (R)-(+)-Methanandamide (R-m-AEA) increased self-renewal of SVZ cells, as assessed by counting the number of secondary neurospheres and the number of Sox2+/+ cell pairs, an effect blocked by Notch pathway inhibition. Moreover, R-m-AEA treatment for 48 h, increased proliferation as assessed by BrdU incorporation assay, an effect mediated by activation of MAPK-ERK and AKT pathways. Surprisingly, stimulation of CB1R by R-m-AEA also promoted neuronal differentiation (without affecting glial differentiation), at 7 days, as shown by counting the number of NeuN-positive neurons in the cultures. Moreover, by monitoring intracellular calcium concentrations ([Ca(2+)]i) in single cells following KCl and histamine stimuli, a method that allows the functional evaluation of neuronal differentiation, we observed an increase in neuronal-like cells. This proneurogenic effect was blocked when SVZ cells were co-incubated with R-m-AEA and the CB1R antagonist AM 251, for 7 days, thus indicating that this effect involves CB1R activation. In accordance with an effect on neuronal differentiation and maturation, R-m-AEA also increased neurite growth, as evaluated by quantifying and measuring the number of MAP2-positive processes. Taken together, these results demonstrate that CB1R activation induces proliferation, self-renewal and neuronal differentiation from mouse neonatal SVZ cell cultures.
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- 2013
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12. Outer segment formation of transplanted photoreceptor precursor cells.
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Dominic Eberle, Thomas Kurth, Tiago Santos-Ferreira, John Wilson, Denis Corbeil, and Marius Ader
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Transplantation of photoreceptor precursor cells (PPCs) into the retina represents a promising treatment for cell replacement in blinding diseases characterized by photoreceptor loss. In preclinical studies, we and others demonstrated that grafted PPCs integrate into the host outer nuclear layer (ONL) and develop into mature photoreceptors. However, a key feature of light detecting photoreceptors, the outer segment (OS) with natively aligned disc membrane staples, has not been studied in detail following transplantation. Therefore, we used as donor cells PPCs isolated from neonatal double transgenic reporter mice in which OSs are selectively labeled by green fluorescent protein while cell bodies are highlighted by red fluorescent protein. PPCs were enriched using CD73-based magnetic associated cell sorting and subsequently transplanted into either adult wild-type or a model of autosomal-dominant retinal degeneration mice. Three weeks post-transplantation, donor photoreceptors were identified based on fluorescent-reporter expression and OS formation was monitored at light and electron microscopy levels. Donor cells that properly integrated into the host wild-type retina developed OSs with the formation of a connecting cilium and well-aligned disc membrane staples similar to the surrounding native cells of the host. Surprisingly, the majority of not-integrated PPCs that remained in the sub-retinal space also generated native-like OSs in wild-type mice and those affected by retinal degeneration. Moreover, they showed an improved photoreceptor maturation and OS formation by comparison to donor cells located on the vitreous side suggesting that environmental cues influence the PPC differentiation and maturation. We conclude that transplanted PPCs, whether integrated or not into the host ONL, are able to generate the cellular structure for effective light detection, a phenomenon observed in wild-type as well as in degenerated retinas. Given that patients suffering from retinitis pigmentosa lose almost all photoreceptors, our findings are of utmost importance for the development of cell-based therapies.
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- 2012
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13. O medicamento, a ansiedade e a depressão.
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Luiz Miguel Santiago, Maria Glória Neto, Paula Miranda, Inês Rosendo, Liliana Constantino, Catarina Matias, Tiago Santos, Catarina Neves, and Maria Prazeres Francisco
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Medicine ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
To ascertain the opinion about anxiety, depression and the medicines to treat them by gender, labour activity and age.validated questionnaire; patients attending a Central Portugal Health Centre; doctors and nurses that proposed the questionnaire to all attending patients. Cross sectional observational study, by anonymous and secret self-fulfilment, in a convenience sample drawn from a population composed by all those attending the Health Centre between the 22nd June and the 3rd July (both inclusive) 2009. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed by means of a SPSS 11.0 statistical package. Age groups were defined as: < 36 years, 36-55 years, =56 years and professional activity groups as non-actives (students, retired and unemployed) and actives (housewives, and workers in primary, secondary and tertiary sectors).A n = 281 sample was studied age distribution of < 36 years = 47,7%, 36-55 years = 36,7% and = 56 years = 15,6%, mostly active (69,4% actives) and predominantly female (71,6% women). Age distribution is normal (Kolmogorov-Smirnov Z = 1,644 2 tailed p = 0,009). As results of agreement vs disagreement, showing the significant differences, 'In general medicines for anxiety and for depression are capable of making me feel well' (71,4% vs 15,2%, p = 0,035 by age group), 'In general medicines can relieve the unpleasant sensations caused by day by day stress of actual society' (67,7% vs 22,6%, ns), 'If necessary medicines can relieve my anxiety or depression problems' (52,0% vs 34,1%, p = 0,000 by gender) and 'Anxiety and depression problems are displays of body illnesses' (42,8% vs 33,2%, ns). There is a majority of disagreement for 'In general medicines can, by themselves cure depression or anxiety' (72,5% vs 20,7%, p = 0,013 by sex), 'In general medicines for anxiety or depression can help change the way one sees the problems' (49,4% vs 43,4%, p = 0,041 by age group, p = 0,004 by sex, p = 0,002 by group of professional activity), 'I can feel good just by taking medicines' (71,4% vs 19,8%, p =0,008 by sex, p = 0,006 by professional activity group) and 'Medicines can bring more joy to my life' (58,5% vs 23,9%, p = 0,008 by sex, p = 0,006 by professional activity group). Anxiety problems and depression problems are demonstrations of body diseases, 42,8% vs 33,2%, ns).The pharmacological treatment for anxiety or depression must be individualised by sex, gender, age and activity of patients. In general medicines are judged capable of curing anxiety and depression problems but in the particular own case their activity is considered. Anxiety problems and depression problems are considered as manifestations of the body's disease.
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- 2010
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14. Trichobezoars: One good reason for a better liaison Psychiatry
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Tiago Santos
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Medicine - Published
- 2013
15. Wear of zirconia/leucite glass-ceramics composites: A chewing simulator study
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A.C. Branco, Ana Paula Serro, Tiago Santos, Rogério Colaço, C.G. Figueiredo-Pina, and Mário Polido
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Toughness ,Materials science ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Tribology ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Abrasion (geology) ,visual_art ,Materials Chemistry ,Ceramics and Composites ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,medicine ,Cubic zirconia ,Veneer ,Ceramic ,Composite material ,Dental restoration ,Leucite ,Simulation - Abstract
Leucite and zirconia are commonly used in the production of prosthetic dental materials. Leucite presents attractive optical properties but low toughness and wear resistance, which limits its use. Zirconia has much higher toughness, but due to aesthetic reasons and ageing issues, needs to be glass veneered. Chipping of such veneer is usually responsible for the abnormal wear induced on the antagonist teeth. Leucite reinforced with 25% of nano-zirconia is a promising alternative to overcome these issues, allowing the production of dental restorations without veneer. This study aims to investigate if leucite-zirconia composites have suitable optical, mechanical and tribological properties to be used in dental restoration. Samples with different compositions of leucite and/or nano-zirconia were produced by unidirectional compression and characterized concerning density, surface morphology, roughness, hardness, toughness, and translucency. Wear tests were performed in a chewing simulator using human cusps as counterbodies. Tests were also performed in glazed zirconia for comparison. 25% ZrO2 leads to the lowest wear of the tribological pair among the studied systems, except 100% ZrO2. This can be attributed to the toughening effect of zirconia and reduced size of third body particles. Abrasion was the main wear mechanism observed in this pair. In addition, this was the composite that presented the highest translucency.
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- 2022
16. Papillary thyroid cancer in a patient with germline CHEK2 mutation: A case report
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Nataliya Tkachenko, André Couto de Carvalho, and Tiago Santos
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Endocrinology ,business.industry ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Mutation (genetic algorithm) ,Cancer research ,Medicine ,General Medicine ,business ,medicine.disease ,CHEK2 ,Germline ,Papillary thyroid cancer - Published
- 2021
17. Eating disorders and psychosis: a review and case report
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Rita Almeida Leite, Tiago Santos, Patrícia Nunes, and Isabel Brandão
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Transtornos da alimentação e da ingestão de alimentos ,Medicine (General) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Psychosis ,Anorexia Nervosa ,Comorbidade ,MEDLINE ,Comorbidity ,Feeding and Eating Disorders ,Phenomenology (philosophy) ,R5-920 ,mental disorders ,medicine ,Humans ,Schizophrenia, paranoid ,Bulimia ,Esquizofrenia paranoide ,Psychiatry ,Psychotic disorders ,Bulimia nervosa ,Anorexia nervosa ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Shared paranoid disorder ,Shared Psychotic Disorder ,Feeding and eating disorders ,Transtornos psicóticos ,Eating disorders ,Psychotic Disorders ,Shared Paranoid Disorder ,Female ,Transtorno paranoide compartilhado ,Psychology - Abstract
SUMMARY INTRODUCTION: The interplay between eating disorders and psychosis is a challenging field to which little attention has been paid. Its study raises conceptual and methodological questions in both areas, making the diagnosis and management of patients difficult. Such questions are addressed and illustrated with a review and case report. METHODS: The authors present the case of a woman with Anorexia Nervosa and with comorbid Shared Psychotic Disorder, based on a literature review regarding the comorbidity between eating disorders and psychosis. The authors conducted a non-systematic review by searching the PubMed database, using the Mesh Terms “anorexia nervosa”, “bulimia nervosa”, “comorbidity” and “psychotic disorders”. RESULTS: The findings suggest that studies on the subject are limited by issues regarding data on the prevalence of comorbidities, phenomenological aspects of eating disorders, and the interface and integration with psychotic symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: The case presented illustrates the difficulties in managing a patient with a comorbid eating disorder and psychosis. In order to ensure a rigorous assessment of both psychotic and eating disorder symptoms, the focus should be on the pattern of appearance or emergence of symptoms, their phenomenology, clinical and family background of the patient, and clinical status on follow-up. RESUMO INTRODUÇÃO: A interface entre perturbação do comportamento alimentar e psicose é um campo desafiador para o qual pouca atenção foi direcionada. O seu estudo levanta algumas questões conceituais e metodológicas em ambas as áreas, dificultando o diagnóstico e o manejo dos pacientes. Essas questões são abordadas e ilustradas neste trabalho com uma revisão e um relato de caso. MÉTODOS: Os autores apresentam o caso de uma mulher com anorexia nervosa e perturbação psicótica partilhada comórbida, com base numa revisão da literatura sobre a comorbilidade entre perturbação do comportamento alimentar e psicose. Os autores realizaram uma revisão não sistemática, por meio de pesquisa no banco de dados PubMed, utilizando os termos “anorexia nervosa”, “bulimia nervosa”, “comorbilidade” e “perturbações psicóticas”. RESULTADOS: Os resultados sugerem que os estudos sobre o tema são limitados por questões inerentes a escassos dados sobre prevalência de comorbilidades, aspectos fenomenológicos das perturbações alimentares, e sua interface e integração com sintomas psicóticos. CONCLUSÕES: O caso apresentado ilustra as dificuldades no manejo de uma paciente com perturbação alimentar e psicose. A fim de garantir uma abordagem rigorosa dos sintomas psicóticos e alimentares, a avaliação do paciente deve focar o padrão de emergência dos sintomas, a sua fenomenologia, antecedentes clínicos e familiares e o seu status clínico.
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- 2020
18. G-Quadruplexes and Their Ligands: Biophysical Methods to Unravel G-Quadruplex/Ligand Interactions
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Carla Cruz, Gilmar F. Salgado, Eurico J. Cabrita, and Tiago Santos
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Circular dichroism ,G-quadruplex ,Ligand ,Chemistry ,ligands ,Pharmaceutical Science ,Isothermal titration calorimetry ,Review ,Combinatorial chemistry ,RS1-441 ,Pharmacy and materia medica ,Förster resonance energy transfer ,Affinity chromatography ,Drug Discovery ,Medicine ,Molecular Medicine ,DNA microarray ,Surface plasmon resonance ,biophysical methods ,molecular interactions - Abstract
Progress in the design of G-quadruplex (G4) binding ligands relies on the availability of approaches that assess the binding mode and nature of the interactions between G4 forming sequences and their putative ligands. The experimental approaches used to characterize G4/ligand interactions can be categorized into structure-based methods (circular dichroism (CD), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography), affinity and apparent affinity-based methods (surface plasmon resonance (SPR), isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and mass spectrometry (MS)), and high-throughput methods (fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-melting, G4-fluorescent intercalator displacement assay (G4-FID), affinity chromatography and microarrays. Each method has unique advantages and drawbacks, which makes it essential to select the ideal strategies for the biological question being addressed. The structural- and affinity and apparent affinity-based methods are in several cases complex and/or time-consuming and can be combined with fast and cheap high-throughput approaches to improve the design and development of new potential G4 ligands. In recent years, the joint use of these techniques permitted the discovery of a huge number of G4 ligands investigated for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Overall, this review article highlights in detail the most commonly used approaches to characterize the G4/ligand interactions, as well as the applications and types of information that can be obtained from the use of each technique.
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- 2021
19. Sublingual epidermoid cyst: unusual diagnosis in Otorhinolaringology
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Carlos Carvalho, Vera Miranda, Guilherme Machado de Carvalho, Hugo Marcos, Tiago Santos, Débora Gonçalves, and Paulo Bayard Dias Gonçalves
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Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,medicine ,Epidermoid cyst ,medicine.disease ,business - Abstract
Dermoid and epidermoid cysts are rare in the head and neck, specially in the oral cavity, accounting for 1.6 %. It represents an even smaller percentage of all the oral cysts, less than 0.01%. Usually asymptomatic, however, occasionally, obstructive symptoms like dysphagia or speech difficulties are found. We present a case of a 32 years old female patient with a sublingual epidermoid cyst. The patient was referred to our ENT department with complaints of an oral mass, speech difficulties and solid food dysphagia for 1 month. Physical examination revealed a well circumscribed symmetrical mass on the floor of the mouth with no inflammatory signs, tender and fluctuant on palpation. Computed tomography (CT) was requested. CT scan showed a sublingual cystic mass inferiorly limited by the mylohyoid muscle. Aspiration was performed to improve symptoms until surgery. The liquid that resulted from aspiration showed a granulated white cheesy material. Enucleation of the cyst was performed intraorally in the operating room. Histopathologic investigation confirmed the diagnosis of epidermoid cyst. The patient fully recovered and there was no recurrence. Although rare, cases like this exist. There are several differential diagnoses and a high level of suspicion is necessary for a correct workup, diagnosis and follow-up. Surgical excision is usually necessary and curative.
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- 2021
20. Bone mineral density evolution following long-term simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation in type 1 diabetes
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Tiago Santos, La Salete Martins, Catarina A. Pereira, Jorge Dores, Santos Monteiro Sílvia, Filipa Martins Silva, and Diana Borges Duarte
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Bone mineral ,Type 1 diabetes ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation ,medicine ,Urology ,medicine.disease ,business ,Density evolution ,Term (time) - Published
- 2021
21. Predictive factors for postoperative hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy
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Carvalho André, Moreira da Costa, Tiago Santos, Maria Helena Cardoso, Freitas Cláudia, and da Inez Correia Raquel
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Total thyroidectomy ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Postoperative hypoparathyroidism ,business.industry ,Medicine ,business ,Surgery - Published
- 2021
22. Label-free imaging flow cytometry: analysis and sorting of enzymatically dissociated tissues
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Marius Ader, Maik Herbig, Oliver Borsch, Karen Tessmer, Sylvia J Gasparini, Ahsan Ahmad Nawaz, Tiago Santos-Ferreira, Martin Nötzel, and Jochen Guck
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Transplantation ,Retina ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Sorting algorithm ,Magnetic-activated cell sorting ,Chemistry ,Nervous tissue ,Sorting ,medicine ,Cell sorting ,Cytometry ,Cell biology - Abstract
Biomedical research often relies on identification and isolation of specific cell types using molecular biomarkers and sorting methods such as fluorescence or magnetic activated cell sorting. Labelling processes potentially alter the cells’ properties and should be avoided, especially when purifying cells for clinical applications. A promising alternative is the label-free identification of cells based on their physical properties. Sorting real-time deformability and fluorescence cytometry (soRT-FDC) is a microfluidic technique for label-free analysis and sorting of single cells. In soRT-FDC, bright-field images of cells are analyzed by a deep neural net (DNN) to obtain a sorting decision, but sorting was so far only demonstrated for blood cells which show clear morphological differences and are naturally in suspension. Most cells, however, grow in tissues, requiring dissociation before cell sorting which is associated with additional challenges including survival, changes in morphology, or presence of aggregates. Here, we introduce methods for robust analysis and sorting of single cells from mammalian nervous tissue and provide DNNs which are capable of distinguishing visually similar cells. Exemplarily, we employ the DNN for image-based sorting to enrich photoreceptor cells from dissociated retina for transplantation into the mouse eye. Results provide evidence that the combination of machine learning and soRT-FDC allows label-free enrichment of target cells from dissociated tissues.
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- 2021
23. Probiotic mixture containing Lactobacillus spp. and Bifidobacterium spp. attenuates 5-fluorouracil-induced intestinal mucositis in mice
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Marielle Pires Quaresma, André Luiz dos Reis Barbosa, F. W. S. Lima, Emmanuel P. Souza, Marcos Antonio Pereira de Lima, Marcellus H.L.P. Souza, Carlos Eduardo da Silva Monteiro, Priscilla F. C. Justino, Samara R.B. Damasceno, Pedro Marcos Gomes Soares, and Tiago Santos Mendes
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0301 basic medicine ,Cancer Research ,030109 nutrition & dietetics ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,food and beverages ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Microbiology ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,Probiotic ,fluids and secretions ,0302 clinical medicine ,Oncology ,law ,Fluorouracil ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Lactobacillus ,Mucositis ,medicine ,medicine.drug ,Bifidobacterium - Abstract
Lactobacillus spp. and Bifidobacterium spp. was used to protect against gastrointestinal disorders. The present study evaluated the effects of probiotic mixture (PM) containing Lactobacillus spp. a...
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- 2019
24. SAZED: parameter-free domain-agnostic season length estimation in time series data
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Maximilian Toller, Tiago Santos, and Roman Kern
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Computational complexity theory ,Series (mathematics) ,Computer Networks and Communications ,Computer science ,Autocorrelation ,02 engineering and technology ,Seasonality ,Binary logarithm ,medicine.disease ,Synthetic data ,Computer Science Applications ,Noise ,020204 information systems ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,medicine ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,Time series ,Algorithm ,Information Systems - Abstract
Season length estimation is the task of identifying the number of observations in the dominant repeating pattern of seasonal time series data. As such, it is a common pre-processing task crucial for various downstream applications. Inferring season length from a real-world time series is often challenging due to phenomena such as slightly varying period lengths and noise. These issues may, in turn, lead practitioners to dedicate considerable effort to preprocessing of time series data since existing approaches either require dedicated parameter-tuning or their performance is heavily domain-dependent. Hence, to address these challenges, we propose SAZED: spectral and average autocorrelation zero distance density. SAZED is a versatile ensemble of multiple, specialized time series season length estimation approaches. The combination of various base methods selected with respect to domain-agnostic criteria and a novel seasonality isolation technique, allow a broad applicability to real-world time series of varied properties. Further, SAZED is theoretically grounded and parameter-free, with a computational complexity of $$\mathcal {O}(n\log n)$$ , which makes it applicable in practice. In our experiments, SAZED was statistically significantly better than every other method on at least one dataset. The datasets we used for the evaluation consist of time series data from various real-world domains, sterile synthetic test cases and synthetic data that were designed to be seasonal and yet have no finite statistical moments of any order.
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- 2019
25. Morpho‐Rheological Fingerprinting of Rod Photoreceptors Using Real‐Time Deformability Cytometry
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Marius Ader, Jochen Guck, Stylianos Michalakis, Oliver Otto, Madalena Carido, Mike O. Karl, Tiago Santos-Ferreira, and Maik Herbig
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0301 basic medicine ,retina ,Histology ,genetic structures ,Cell Separation ,Biology ,Pathology and Forensic Medicine ,Flow cytometry ,Immunophenotyping ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Mice ,0302 clinical medicine ,Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells ,ddc:570 ,cytology [Embryonic Stem Cells] ,medicine ,Animals ,Outer nuclear layer ,Embryonic Stem Cells ,morpho‐mechanical properties ,Retina ,methods [Cell Separation] ,Magnetic-activated cell sorting ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,cytology [Organoids] ,genetics [Cell Differentiation] ,methods [Flow Cytometry] ,Retinal ,cytology [Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells] ,Cell Differentiation ,Cell Biology ,Original Articles ,Flow Cytometry ,Embryonic stem cell ,cytology [Retina] ,photoreceptor ,embryonic stem cell ,Cell biology ,Transplantation ,Organoids ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,metabolism [Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells] ,Original Article ,sense organs ,Cytometry - Abstract
Distinct cell‐types within the retina are mainly specified by morphological and molecular parameters, however, physical properties are increasingly recognized as a valuable tool to characterize and distinguish cells in diverse tissues. High‐throughput analysis of morpho‐rheological features has recently been introduced using real‐time deformability cytometry (RT‐DC) providing new insights into the properties of different cell‐types. Rod photoreceptors represent the main light sensing cells in the mouse retina that during development forms apically the densely packed outer nuclear layer. Currently, enrichment and isolation of photoreceptors from retinal primary tissue or pluripotent stem cell‐derived organoids for analysis, molecular profiling, or transplantation is achieved using flow cytometry or magnetic activated cell sorting approaches. However, such purification methods require genetic modification or identification of cell surface binding antibody panels. Using primary retina and embryonic stem cell‐derived retinal organoids, we characterized the inherent morpho‐mechanical properties of mouse rod photoreceptors during development based on RT‐DC. We demonstrate that rods become smaller and more compliant throughout development and that these features are suitable to distinguish rods within heterogenous retinal tissues. Hence, physical properties should be considered as additional factors that might affect photoreceptor differentiation and retinal development besides representing potential parameters for label‐free sorting of photoreceptors. © 2019 The Authors. Cytometry Part A published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Society for Advancement of Cytometry.
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- 2019
26. Patterns of macular inner retinal layers involvement in eyes with optic nerve head drusen
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Renata A. S. Modesto, Tiago Santos Prata, Carolina Pb Gracitelli, Ana Luiza Bassoli Scoralick, Elson Cabral Velanes Neto, Diego Torres Dias, Ricia N. P. Moura, Michele Ushida, Fabio N. Kanadani, and Syril Dorairaj
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Retinal ,Drusen ,medicine.disease ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Ophthalmology ,medicine ,Optic nerve ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Head (vessel) ,business ,General Environmental Science - Published
- 2019
27. Medical School, Cardiovascular Surgery, and Education: how we do it in Brazil’s scenario?
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Magaly Arrais dos Santos, Renato Max Faria, and Tiago Santos Ribeiro
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medicine.medical_specialty ,RD1-811 ,Cardiac Surgery ,education ,Specialty ,Globe ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Medical ,Surgical ,Humans ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,Medicine ,Point-of-View ,Students ,Schools, Medical ,Students medical ,Medical School ,Career Choice ,business.industry ,Medical school ,Internship and Residency ,General Medicine ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,RC666-701 ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Surgical Specialty ,Specialties ,Brazil - Abstract
Choosing a surgical specialty can be a hard decision for a medical student. Several studies present data showing that most medical students fear the surgical field and end up switching to another specialty. For cardiovascular surgery, the scenario is very similar. In the last decades, the interest in cardiovascular surgery has been decreasing worldwide and the cardiothoracic surgical societies across the globe have been trying to understand the factors that push away medical students and general surgical residents from the specialty. In this regard, our work aims to focus on describe the access of students to cardiovascular surgery, especially during medical school, as well as to provide a brief report of our current data regarding the specialty.
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- 2021
28. Hybrid Repair versus Conventional Open Repair Approaches for Aortic Arch Disease: a Comprehensive Review
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Hernani de Paiva Gadelha Júnior, Tiago Santos Ribeiro, and Magaly Arrais dos Santos
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Aortic arch ,medicine.medical_specialty ,RD1-811 ,Conventional surgery ,MEDLINE ,Aorta, Thoracic ,Review Article ,Disease ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation ,03 medical and health sciences ,Postoperative Complications ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine.artery ,medicine ,Humans ,Cardiovascular Surgical Procedure ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,Postoperative Period ,Retrospective Studies ,Surgical team ,business.industry ,General surgery ,Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures ,Endovascular Procedures ,General Medicine ,Treatment Outcome ,Aortic, Thoracic ,RC666-701 ,Inclusion and exclusion criteria ,Open repair ,Surgery ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Objective: To investigate whether hybrid repair has supremacy over conventional open repair in aortic arch diseases. Methods: A comprehensive search was undertaken in two major databases (PubMed and MEDLINE) to identify all studies comparing the two surgical techniques in five years, up to December 2018, that met the established criteria in this study. The search returned 310 papers, and 305 were selected after removing duplicates. The abstracts of the remaining articles were assessed, resulting in 15 studies that went to full-text analysis. After application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 8 papers remained for the final revision. Results: Eight studies met the criteria, with the inclusion of 1,837 patients. From a short-term perspective, hybrid repair and conventional open repair had similar outcomes in terms of postoperative mortality and acute neurological events. Hybrid repair was associated with less respiratory complications and risk of new intervention, as well as reduced hospital length of stay. Conventional open repair showed better mid- and long-term outcomes. Conclusion: Hybrid repair should be used in selected patients, with a high risk or very high-risk profile for conventional surgery. Finally, since most of the current data were obtained from limited to large samples, with narrow follow-up and had great heterogeneity, the best approach to the aortic arch is still variable. Therefore, the decision of the approach should be individualized and evaluated by the whole Heart Team, considering the expertise of the surgical team.
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- 2021
29. C-Terminal Binding Proteins Promote Neurogenesis and Oligodendrogenesis in the Subventricular Zone
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Catarina Serra-Almeida, Cláudia Saraiva, Marta Esteves, Raquel Ferreira, Tiago Santos, Ana Clara Cristóvão, and Liliana Bernardino
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0301 basic medicine ,Subventricular zone ,Biology ,Cell and Developmental Biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,oligodendrogenesis ,Neuroblast ,medicine ,Progenitor cell ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Transcription factor ,Original Research ,neural stem cells ,Cell growth ,Neurogenesis ,subventricular zone ,Cell Biology ,Neural stem cell ,Cell biology ,neurogenesis ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,nervous system ,Corepressor ,C-terminal binding proteins ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
C-terminal binding proteins (CtBPs) are transcriptional modulators that can regulate gene expression through the recruitment of a corepressor complex composed of chromatin-modifying enzymes and transcriptional factors. In the brain, CtBPs have been described as regulators of cell proliferation, differentiation, and survival. Nevertheless, the role of CtBPs on postnatal neural stem cells (NSCs) fate is not known yet. Herein, we evaluate the expression and functions of CtBPs in postnatal NSCs from the subventricular zone (SVZ). We found that CtBPs were expressed in immature/progenitor cells, neurons and glial cells in the SVZ niche. Using the CtBPs modulator 4-methylthio 2-oxobutyric acid (MTOB), our results showed that 1 mM of MTOB induced cell death, while 5, 25, and 50 μM increased the number of proliferating neuroblasts, mature neurons, and oligodendrocytes. Interestingly, it also increased the dendritic complexity of immature neurons. Altogether, our results highlight CtBPs putative application for brain regenerative applications.
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- 2021
30. Sickle Cell Anemia: Variants in the CYP2D6, CAT, and SLC14A1 Genes Are Associated With Improved Hydroxyurea Response
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Sètondji Cocou Modeste Alexandre Yahouédéhou, Joelma Santana dos Santos Neres, Caroline Conceição da Guarda, Suellen Pinheiro Carvalho, Rayra Pereira Santiago, Camylla Vilas Boas Figueiredo, Luciana Magalhães Fiuza, Uche Samuel Ndidi, Rodrigo Mota de Oliveira, Cleverson Alves Fonseca, Valma Maria Lopes Nascimento, Larissa Carneiro Rocha, Corynne Stéphanie Ahouéfa Adanho, Tiago Santos Carvalho da Rocha, Elisângela Vitória Adorno, and Marilda Souza Goncalves
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0301 basic medicine ,CYP2D6 ,CYP3A4 ,Single-nucleotide polymorphism ,hydroxyurea ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,sickle cell anemia ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Medicine ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Gene ,Pharmacology ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,business.industry ,Therapeutic effect ,lcsh:RM1-950 ,CAT ,medicine.disease ,Sickle cell anemia ,030104 developmental biology ,Enzyme ,lcsh:Therapeutics. Pharmacology ,chemistry ,Genetic marker ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Immunology ,SLC14A1 ,business - Abstract
Differences in hydroxyurea response in sickle cell anemia may arise due to a series of factors with genetic factors appearing to be predominant. This study aims to investigate the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes encoding drug-metabolizing enzymes and solute carriers on hydroxyurea response, in patients with sickle cell anemia. For that purpose, a total number of 90 patients with sickle cell anemia were recruited, 45 were undergoing hydroxyurea treatment, while 45 were not under the treatment. Association analyses were performed between CYP3A4 (rs2740574), CYP2D6 (rs3892097), CAT (rs7943316 and rs1001179), and SLC14A1 (rs2298720) variants and laboratory parameters. According to our findings, patients with hydroxyurea treatment demonstrated higher HbF levels and a significant improvement in hemolytic, hepatic, inflammatory, and lipid parameters in comparison to those without the treatment. We also found significant associations between the CYP2D6 (rs3892097), CAT (rs7943316 and rs1001179), and SLC14A1 (rs2298720) variants and an improvement of the therapeutic effects, specifically the hemolytic, hepatic, inflammatory, lipid, and renal parameters. In conclusion, our results highlight the importance of the investigated variants, and their strong association with hydroxyurea efficacy in patients with sickle cell anemia, which may be considered in the future as genetic markers.
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- 2020
31. Glycemic variability in type 1 diabetes
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Helena Cardoso, Tiago Santos, Bruno Soares, Isabel Inácio, Joana Vilaverde, and Sofia Teixeira
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Type 1 diabetes ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,medicine.disease ,business ,Glycemic - Published
- 2020
32. Flash glucose monitoring in type 1 diabetes: Real world data
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Liliana Fonseca, Maria Helena Cardoso, Duarte Diana Borges, Sofia Teixeira, Tiago Santos, and Joana Vilaverde
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Flash (photography) ,Type 1 diabetes ,Computer science ,Real-time computing ,medicine ,medicine.disease ,Real world data - Published
- 2020
33. Twin pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus: Maternal and fetal outcomes
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Inês Nunes, Fernando Pichel, Rosa Rodrigues, Tiago Santos, Clara Pinto, Joana Vilaverde, Liliana Fonseca, Jorge Dores, Miguel Saraiva, and Teresa Pereira
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Gestational diabetes ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Fetus ,business.industry ,Obstetrics ,Medicine ,business ,medicine.disease ,Twin Pregnancy - Published
- 2020
34. The influence of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation on the evolution of diabetic foot lesions and peripheral arterial disease
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Joana Martins, Andre Carvalho, Claudia Amaral, Luís Loureiro, Diana Borges Duarte, Claudia Freitas, Rui Carvalho, Filipa Martins Silva, Sílvia Monteiro, Tiago Santos, Catarina A. Pereira, La Salete Martins, and Jorge Dores
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Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Arterial disease ,business.industry ,Simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation ,Medicine ,business ,medicine.disease ,Diabetic foot ,Peripheral - Published
- 2020
35. Nucleolin as a potential biomarker for canine malignant neoplasia
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Leonor Delgado, Luís Montenegro, Carla Cruz, Daniela Talhada, Augusto Q. Pedro, Patricia N R Pereira, Artur Paiva, Mónica Andrade, Tiago Santos, João A. Queiroz, Marta Pinto, and Josué Carvalho
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Male ,Cytoplasm ,040301 veterinary sciences ,Pilot Projects ,Biology ,Flow cytometry ,0403 veterinary science ,03 medical and health sciences ,symbols.namesake ,Dogs ,Neoplasms ,medicine ,Animals ,Dog Diseases ,RNA, Messenger ,030304 developmental biology ,Sanger sequencing ,Cell Nucleus ,0303 health sciences ,Messenger RNA ,General Veterinary ,Cluster of differentiation ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,RNA-Binding Proteins ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,Amplicon ,Phosphoproteins ,Molecular biology ,Blot ,symbols ,Biomarker (medicine) ,Female ,Nucleolin ,Biomarkers - Abstract
Human nucleolin (NCL) is a multifunctional protein that is involved in diverse pathological processes. Recent evidences have shown that NCL is markedly overexpressed on the surface of most human cancer cells when compared to normal cells, being overexpressed in several malignant cells. Based on the exposed, the purpose of this pilot study is to investigate the expression pattern of NCL in canine malignant neoplasia and control groups. NCL expression at both messenger RNA and protein levels in the subcellular fractions were respectively detected by RT-PCR and western blotting, allowing to infer the NCL positivity rate in canine neoplasia. The identity of NCL amplicons obtained by RT-PCR was confirmed by Sanger sequencing and found to correspond to Canis lupus familiaris. Using flow cytometry, the blood cells expressing NCL from canine neoplasms were also identified using several cell surface markers and their levels quantified. These results showed that NCL expressed in lymphocytes, monocytes and neutrophils in dogs with malignant neoplasia is higher (> 50%) when compared with the control group. We found an increased expression of surface and cytoplasmic NCL in canine malignant neoplasia group, while nuclear NCL is predominantly found in the control group. Overall, this study discloses and identifies for the first time the presence of NCL in canine blood.
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- 2020
36. STRUCTURAL BASES OF GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY CHANGES IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE: STUDY IN RATS
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José Ronaldo Vasconcelos da Graça, Lissiana Magna Vasconcelos Aguiar, Annyta Fernandes Frota, José Cirlanio Sousa Albuquerque, Maria Girlane Sousa Albuquerque Brandão, Tiago Santos Mendes, and Thomas Dominik De Souza Dos Reis
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Constipação ,Parkinson's disease ,RD1-811 ,medicine.medical_treatment ,6-Hydroxidopamine ,RC799-869 ,Vagotomia ,Vagotomy ,Gastroenterology ,Pathophysiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Ganglionectomy ,Rats, Wistar ,Neurodegeneration ,Gastrointestinal Transit ,Neurodegeneração ,Saline ,Gastric emptying ,business.industry ,6-Hidroxidopamina ,digestive, oral, and skin physiology ,Parkinson Disease ,General Medicine ,Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology ,medicine.disease ,digestive system diseases ,Rats ,Fisiopatologia ,030104 developmental biology ,Gastric Emptying ,Surgery ,Original Article ,Gastrointestinal Motility ,Splanchnic ,business ,Constipation ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Background: Gastrointestinal disorders are frequently reported in patients with Parkinson’s disease whose disorders reduce the absorption of nutrients and drugs, worsening the clinical condition of patients. However, the mechanisms involved in modifying gastrointestinal pathophysiology have not yet been fully explained. Aim: To evaluate its effects on gastrointestinal motility and the involvement of the vagal and splanchnic pathways. Methods: Male Wistar rats (250-300 g, n = 84) were used and divided into two groups. Group I (6-OHDA) received an intrastriatal injection of 6-hydroxydopamine (21 µg/animal). Group II (control) received a saline solution (NaCl, 0.9%) under the same conditions. The study of gastric emptying, intestinal transit, gastric compliance and operations (vagotomy and splanchnotomy) were performed 14 days after inducing neurodegeneration. Test meal (phenol red 5% glucose) was used to assess the rate of gastric emptying and intestinal transit. Results: Parkinson’s disease delayed gastric emptying and intestinal transit at all time periods studied; however, changes in gastric compliance were not observed. The delay in gastric emptying was reversed by pretreatment with vagotomy and splanchnotomy+celiac gangliectomy, thus suggesting the involvement of such pathways in the observed motor disorders. Conclusion: Parkinson’s disease compromises gastric emptying, as well as intestinal transit, but does not alter gastric compliance. The delay in gastric emptying was reversed by truncal vagotomy, splanchnotomy and celiac ganglionectomy, suggesting the involvement of such pathways in delaying gastric emptying.
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- 2020
37. Hypocalcemic cardiomyopathy - A rare and reversible entity
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André Couto de Carvalho and Tiago Santos
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Cardiac function curve ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Thyroidectomy ,Cardiomyopathy ,chemistry.chemical_element ,General Medicine ,Calcium ,medicine.disease ,Contractility ,Hypoparathyroidism ,chemistry ,Internal medicine ,Heart failure ,Emergency Medicine ,Cardiology ,Medicine ,Hypocalcaemia ,business - Abstract
Calcium plays a vital key role in cardiac automatism and excitation-contraction coupling, with low serum levels associated with myocardial contractility compromise especially if myocardial sarcoplasmic reticulum is unable to maintain enough calcium content to initiate normal cardiac contraction. We present a 42-year-old woman with postsurgical untreated hypoparathyroidism and severe hypocalcaemia manifested as acute heart failure, without underlying known cardiac disease. Hypocalcaemia is a rare and potentially reversible cause of cardiomyopathy, with very few cases reported in the literature. Restoration to normal serum calcium levels usually leads to a rapid improvement of cardiac function. This rare case report highlights the importance of considering hypocalcaemia as a potentially reversible cause of severe cardiac dysfunction. Exclusion of hypocalcemia due to surgical hypoparathyroidism is mandatory in any individual with acute heart failure previously subjected to thyroidectomy.
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- 2022
38. Environmental superbugs: The case study of Pedobacter spp
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Ana Teresa Viana, Tiago Santos, Sónia Mendo, Tânia Caetano, and Cláudia Covas
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Ertapenem ,0301 basic medicine ,Imipenem ,Cefotaxime ,food.ingredient ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,030106 microbiology ,Microbial Sensitivity Tests ,Biology ,beta-Lactams ,Toxicology ,Meropenem ,beta-Lactamases ,Microbiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,food ,Bacterial Proteins ,Ciprofloxacin ,Escherichia coli ,polycyclic compounds ,medicine ,Humans ,Pedobacter ,Drug Resistance, Microbial ,General Medicine ,Pollution ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Multiple drug resistance ,030104 developmental biology ,chemistry ,Colistin ,Thienamycins ,Cephamycins ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The environment is one of the main reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) but multidrug resistant (MDR) environmental isolates are barely characterised. As suggested by the name, Pedobacter species have been predominantly isolated from soils, but are also recovered from water (including drinking water), chilled food, fish, compost, sludge, glaciers and other extreme environments. The susceptibility phenotype of Pedobacter lusitanus NL19 (isolated from a deactivated uranium mine), its closely related species and the genus type strain were investigated. All strains are MDR bacteria, resistant to β-lactams, colistin, aminoglycosides and ciprofloxacin. Therefore, Pedobacter spp. are likely intrinsically resistant to β-lactams (including ertapenem) and to other three classes of antibiotics. 6%–8% of their total protein-encoding genes encode a diverse collection of putative ARGs, including β-lactamases. These enzymes are highly abundant in all the other Pedobacter strains with sequenced genomes, especially class C, class B3 and class A. LUS-1 and PLN-1 were further characterised in E. coli. LUS-1 is a class A β-lactamase and it conferred an increase in the MIC of cefotaxime, albeit very low. PLN-1 is a class B3 β-lactamase with carbapenemase activity, conferring resistance to ertapenem and a 66x and 16x increase in the MIC of imipenem and meropenem, respectively. PLN-1 also hydrolyses ampicillin, 1st and 3rd generation cephalosporins, and at a lower extent cephamycins and 4th generation cephalosporins. Therefore, Pedobacter spp. encode a large and diverse arsenal of resistance mechanisms that make them environmental superbugs.
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- 2018
39. Evidência Associada ao Uso de Oxazolidinonas no Tratamento de Infecções da Pele e das Estruturas da Pele: Estudo Retrospectivo
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Ernestina Reis, Miguel Araújo Abreu, Rui A. Carvalho, Tiago Santos, and André Couto de Carvalho
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medicine.medical_specialty ,lcsh:R5-920 ,business.industry ,Soft Tissue Infections ,lcsh:R ,lcsh:Medicine ,Retrospective cohort study ,Bacterial/drug therapy ,General Medicine ,Dermatology ,Skin Diseases ,Hospitalization ,bacterial/drug therapy ,skin diseases ,Vancomycin ,Skin structure ,medicine ,Soft Tissue Infections/drug therapy ,soft tissue infections/drug therapy ,Humans ,business ,lcsh:Medicine (General) ,Oxazolidinones ,hospitalization ,Retrospective Studies - Abstract
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- 2019
40. Micronuclei and other nuclear anomalies in exfoliated buccal cells of urban solid waste collectors and recyclers in southern Brazil
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Luciano Basso da Silva, Patrícia Ardenghi, Karisa Roxo Brina, and Tiago Santos Carvalho
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Adult ,Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Environmental Engineering ,Municipal solid waste ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Binucleated cells ,Buccal swab ,010501 environmental sciences ,Biology ,Solid Waste ,medicine.disease_cause ,01 natural sciences ,Toxicology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Occupational Exposure ,medicine ,Humans ,Environmental Chemistry ,Recycling ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Pollutant ,Micronucleus Tests ,Waste management ,Karyorrhexis ,Mouth Mucosa ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,General Medicine ,General Chemistry ,Pollution ,Refuse Disposal ,030104 developmental biology ,Micronucleus test ,Micronucleus ,Brazil ,Genotoxicity - Abstract
Workers involved in urban solid waste collection may be exposed to various environmental contaminants, including chemical pollutants, which might be mutagenic and increase the risk of diseases such as cancer. Evaluation of DNA damage in workers in this field are still scarce. This study aims to evaluate mutagenic and cytotoxic effects in workers involved in the collection and segregation of urban solid waste generated in southern Brazil. Municipal solid waste collectors were recruited in two municipalities of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The control group was composed of workers of the education and commerce areas, with no exposure to known genotoxic agents. Slides of exfoliated buccal cells were analyzed to estimate the frequency of micronuclei (MN) as well as other nuclear abnormalities, such as broken-egg/bud, binucleation and karyorrhexis. The analyses of 44 workers and 45 control subjects have shown that the frequencies of MN, binucleated cells and karyorrhexis in the exposed workers were significantly higher than in the control group. In the exposed group, frequencies of MN and binucleated cells showed a significant positive correlation. The other cytogenetic parameters were not correlated among each other or with age and exposure time. These results indicate that the workers involved in urban solid waste collection are exposed to mutagenic and cytotoxic agents.
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- 2018
41. Analysis of ocular pulse amplitude values in different pregnancy stages as measured by dynamic contour tonometry
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Luciana Arias Fernandez, Tiago Santos Prata, Carlos Alexandre de Amorim Garcia Filho, Larissa Marimoto Doi, Syril Dorairaj, Aline Katia Siqueira Sousa, and Augusto Paranhos
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Pregnancy ,Materials science ,Pulse-amplitude modulation ,medicine ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,medicine.disease ,General Environmental Science ,Biomedical engineering - Published
- 2018
42. Perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes com leishmaniose tegumentar americana no município de Ilhéus – Bahia
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Soraya Sena Campos, Tiago Santos Silva, Glayciane Costa Gois, and Fleming Sena Campos
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Public health ,Outbreak ,Leishmaniasis ,Disease ,medicine.disease ,Pentavalent antimonial ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Environmental health ,National system ,Epidemiology ,Medicine ,Effective treatment ,business - Abstract
Objetivou-se analisar o perfil epidemiológico de 442 pacientes com leishmaniose tegumentar americana no município de Ilhéus entre os anos de 2007 a 2012. A coleta de dados foi realizada na vigilância epidemiológica do município Ilhéus, utilizando como banco de dados os casos notificados e digitados no sistema nacional de notificação de agravos de leishmaniose tegumentar americana. Foram analisadas informações sobre, sexo, faixa etária, escolaridade, critério de confirmação, tipo da leishmaniose, medicação utilizada, conclusão do caso. No município de Ilhéus a letalidade em leishmaniose tegumentar americana foi nula durante o período de estudo e a partir do ano de maior ocorrência houve um decréscimo dos casos positivos. Os indivíduos mais propícios à doença são do sexo masculino, entre 20 a 49 anos, residente em áreas rurais, pardos, autóctone. A forma mais incidente é a cutânea e a droga mais utilizada para o tratamento é a antimonial pentavalente. Não foi confirmada a sazonalidade da doença entre os meses e anos observados e nenhum surto da doença durante o período estudado no município de Ilhéus – Bahia. As informações deste estudo servirão para auxiliar o planejamento de ações epidemiológicas de saúde pública, visando medidas particulares de proteção conforme caracterização local. A partir destes resultados, espera-se mostrar a importância da notificação de investigação, diagnóstico precoce e tratamento eficaz para reduzir sequelas, bem como contribuir para a prevenção e controle da doença na cidade.
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43. Aptamer-based approaches to detect nucleolin in prostate cancer
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Daniela Alexandre, Andreia Jardim, Virgílio Vaz, João Pedro Conde, André Miranda, Tiago Santos, CatarinaR.F. Caneira, Virginia Chu, Bruno Jorge Pereira, Ricardo Godinho, Josué Carvalho, Carla Cruz, and Duarte Vieira e Brito
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Male ,Aptamer ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Peripheral blood mononuclear cell ,Analytical Chemistry ,Prostate cancer ,medicine ,Humans ,Whole blood ,Chemistry ,010401 analytical chemistry ,Prostatic Neoplasms ,RNA-Binding Proteins ,Elisa assay ,Aptamers, Nucleotide ,Phosphoproteins ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,medicine.disease ,Molecular biology ,0104 chemical sciences ,Oligodeoxyribonucleotides ,As1411 aptamer ,Human plasma ,Leukocytes, Mononuclear ,0210 nano-technology ,Nucleolin - Abstract
We have investigated the expression of nucleolin (NCL) in liquid biopsies of prostate cancer (PCa) patients and healthy controls to determine its correlation with tumor prognosis. To detect NCL we used a modified AS1411 aptamer designated by AS1411-N5. In presence of NCL, AS1411-N5 increases the fluorescence by assuming a G-quadruplex (G4) structure, while in the absence of NCL the fluorescence signal remains quenched. The structural characterization of AS1411-N5 was performed by biophysical studies, which demonstrated the formation of G4 parallel conformation in the presence of 100 mM K+ and the ability to recognize NCL with high affinity (KD = 138.1 ± 5.5 nM). Furthermore, the clinical relevance of NCL in PCa liquid biopsies was assessed by using an NCL-based ELISA assay. The protein was measured in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) cell lysate of 158 individuals, including PCa patients and healthy individuals. The results depicted a remarkable increase of NCL levels in the PBMC's lysate of PCa patients (mean of 626.1 pg/mL whole blood) when compared to healthy individuals (mean of 198.5 pg/mL whole blood). The ELISA results also provided evidence for the usefulness of determining NCL levels in advanced PCa stages. Furthermore, a microfluidic assay showed the ability of AS1411-N5 in recognizing NCL in spiked human plasma samples.
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44. Challenging the great vascular wall: Can we envision a simple yet comprehensive therapy for stroke?
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Marta Machado-Pereira, Tiago Santos, Lino Ferreira, Liliana Bernardino, and Raquel Ferreira
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Regeneration (biology) ,Mesenchymal stem cell ,Biomedical Engineering ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Context (language use) ,Disease ,medicine.disease ,Blood–brain barrier ,Surgery ,Biomaterials ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,medicine ,Progenitor cell ,business ,Intensive care medicine ,Stroke ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Cause of death - Abstract
Stroke is a leading cause of death in adult life, closely behind ischemic heart disease, and causes a significant and abiding socioeconomic burden. However, current therapies are not able to ensure full neurologic and/or sequelae-free recovery to all stroke survivors. We believe treatment efficacy and patient rehabilitation could be enhanced significantly by targeting blood-brain barrier (BBB) deregulation and inflammation-induced barrier loss that occurs after stroke. In this pathological context, bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) enter the bloodstream towards the lesion site, but their insufficient numbers and impaired angiogenic ability compromise neurovascular regeneration. In this context, cell-based therapies have become increasingly appealing since treating patients with large numbers of mesenchymal or hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells alone may boost repair. However, this approach could be met with several challenges in terms of logistics and cost; hence, the development of a drug delivery system suitable for intravenous administration and functionalized for selective uptake by circulating EPC could enhance their restorative potential without perceived complications. The ability to encapsulate proangiogenic and anti-inflammatory agents, such as retinoic acid, and to safely and easily deliver them systemically may open new therapeutic perspectives for the treatment of cerebrovascular disorders. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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45. Lipocalin-2 regulates adult neurogenesis and contextual discriminative behaviours
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Ashley Cruz Novais, Nuno Sousa, Fernanda Marques, Joana Almeida Palha, Liliana Bernardino, Paula Ludovico, João Carlos Sousa, Ana C. Ferreira, Belém Sampaio-Marques, Margarida Correia-Neves, Tiago Santos, Sandro Da Mesquita, and Universidade do Minho
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Neurogenesis ,Medicina Básica [Ciências Médicas] ,Population ,Endogeny ,Lipocalin ,Hippocampal formation ,medicine.disease_cause ,Hippocampus ,Mice ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,Discrimination, Psychological ,0302 clinical medicine ,Lipocalin-2 ,Neural Stem Cells ,Cell Movement ,medicine ,Animals ,education ,Molecular Biology ,Cell Proliferation ,Mice, Knockout ,Neurons ,education.field_of_study ,Science & Technology ,Cell Differentiation ,Fear ,Neural stem cell ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,030104 developmental biology ,Dentate Gyrus ,Ciências Médicas::Medicina Básica ,Psychology ,Neuroscience ,G1 phase ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Oxidative stress - Abstract
In the adult mammalian brain, newborn granule cells are continuously integrated into hippocampal circuits, and the fine-tuning of this process is important for hippocampal function. Thus, the identification of factors that control adult neural stem cells (NSCs) maintenance, differentiation and integration is essential. Here we show that the deletion of the iron trafficking protein lipocalin-2 (LCN2) induces deficits in NSCs proliferation and commitment, with impact on the hippocampal-dependent contextual fear discriminative task. Mice deficient in LCN2 present an increase in the NSCs population, as a consequence of a G0/G1 cell cycle arrest induced by increased endogenous oxidative stress. Of notice, supplementation with the iron-chelating agent deferoxamine rescues NSCs oxidative stress, promotes cell cycle progression and improves contextual fear conditioning. LCN2 is, therefore, a novel key modulator of neurogenesis that, through iron, controls NSCs cell cycle progression and death, self-renewal, proliferation and differentiation and, ultimately, hippocampal function., AC Ferreira is a recipient of PhD fellowship and B Sampaio-Marques is a recipient of postdoctoral fellowship from the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal)/FEDER. F Marques is an assistant researcher IF/00231/2013 of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal). This work was supported by Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and COMPETE through the project EXPL/NEU-OSD/2196/2013 (to F Marques) and by the Bial Foundation through Grant 217/12 (to JC Sousa). The work at ICVS/3B's has been developed under the scope of the project NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000013, supported by the Northern Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020), under the Portugal 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER), and funded by FEDER funds through the Competitiveness Factors Operational Programme (COMPETE), and by National funds, through the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), under the scope of the project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007038. The work at CICS-UBI has the support of FEDER funds through the POCI - COMPETE 2020 - Operational Programme Competitiveness and Internationalisation in Axis I - Strengthening research, technological development and innovation (Project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007491) and National Funds by Foundation for Science and Technology (Project UID/Multi /00709/2013)., info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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46. Avaliação da ideação delirante : uma revisão narrativa dos instrumentos de autorresposta
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Paula Castilho, Prazeres Santos, António Macedo, Filipa Tróia, Ana Telma Pereira, Maria João Martins, Célia Barreto-Carvalho, Ondina Matos, and Tiago Santos
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Self-report Measures ,Psychosis ,Coping (psychology) ,Psicose ,assessment ,lcsh:BF1-990 ,Assessment ,Delusions ,Avaliação ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Rating scale ,Self-report study ,medicine ,avaliação ,psychosis ,Self report ,instrumentos de autorresposta ,self-report measures ,Instrumentos de Autorresposta ,psicose ,Delírios ,General Medicine ,Ideation ,medicine.disease ,delírios ,Confirmatory factor analysis ,030227 psychiatry ,lcsh:Psychology ,delusions ,Conviction ,Psychology ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
According to recent models of recovery in psychosis, the patients’ perspectives about their own difficulties, symptoms and goals (health-related and in other areas) are of major importance in intervention. Self-report measures have been increasingly studied and several authors have pointed out their validity, reliability and clinical utility in people with psychotic-disorders. The present study sought to review and critically analyse the available self-report instruments for assessing delusions. Four instruments met the inclusion criteria: Characteristics of Delusions Rating Scale; Beliefs Rating Scale; Peters Delusions Inventory; and Conviction of Delusional Beliefs Scale. All scales assess delusions in a multidimensional perspective and present adequate psychometric properties, although with high variability within studies. Refining the psychometric studies of the existing instruments (mainly confirmatory factor analysis, reliability and diagnostic accuracy analyses) and developing new instruments focused on coping are future areas of research interest., As perspetivas dos pacientes acerca das suas próprias dificuldades, sintomas e objetivos (relacionados com a sua saúde e outras áreas) são de extrema importância para as intervenções, principalmente tendo em conta modelos recentes baseados na recuperação (no original recovery) das perturbações psicóticas. Cada vez mais os instrumentos de autorresposta têm sido estudados, sendo que vários autores têm defendido a sua validade, fiabilidade e utilidade clínica para pessoas com o diagnóstico de uma perturbação psicótica. Este estudo teve como objetivo rever e analisarde forma crítica os instrumentos de autorresposta existentes para a avaliação da ideação delirante. Quatro instrumentos preencheram os critérios de inclusão: a escala de características dos delírios (Characteristics of Delusions Rating Scale), a escala de avaliação das crenças (Beliefs Rating Scale), o inventário de delírios de Peters (Peters Delusions Inventory) e a escala de convicção nas ideias delirantes (Conviction of Delusional Beliefs Scale). Todas as escalas avaliam as ideias delirantes de uma perspetiva multidimensional e todas apresentam propriedades psicométricas adequadas. Noentanto elevada variablidade foi encontrada entre os estudos. O refinar dos estudos psicométricos destes instrumentos (principalmente o investimento em análises de estrutura factorial, fiabilidade e acuidade diagnóstica) e o desenvolvimento de novos instrumentos focados no coping com os delírios são áreas de investigação de interesse para o futuro.
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47. Photorezeptortransplantation in die degenerative Netzhaut
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Marius Ader, Tiago Santos-Ferreira, and Oliver Borsch
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0301 basic medicine ,Transplantation ,Gynecology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Ophthalmology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,030104 developmental biology ,business.industry ,Treatment outcome ,Medicine ,business - Abstract
ZusammenfassungSehbeeinträchtigungen und Erblindung aufgrund des Verlusts von Photorezeptoren stellen einen der Hauptgründe für Behinderungen in industrialisierten Gesellschaften dar. Während Stäbchenphotorezeptoren Seheindrücke unter schwachen Lichtverhältnissen vermitteln, liefern Zapfenphotorezeptoren fokussierte visuelle Eindrücke bei Tageslicht und erlauben die Wahrnehmung von Farben. Verschiedene therapeutische Strategien, zu denen auch zellbasierte Interventionen zählen, werden derzeit zur Behandlung eines Sehverlusts entwickelt. Während der letzten Dekade konnten große Fortschritte im Ersatz von Photorezeptoren in vorklinischen Tiermodellen erzielt werden. Dies beinhaltete die Klärung notwendiger Voraussetzungen, wie dem optimalen ontogenetischen Stadium für transplantierbare Photorezeptoren, zellspezifische Anreicherungsmethoden und robuste Transplantationstechniken. Außerdem konnten erste Studien Hinweise auf funktionale Verbesserungen nach Photorezeptortransplantation in Mausmodelle mit retinaler Dysfunktion liefern. Des Weiteren erlauben bedeutende Fortschritte in der Zellkulturtechnik die Generierung von photorezeptorenthaltenden retinalen Organoiden, die aus pluripotenten Stammzellen gewonnen werden und eine theoretisch unbegrenzte Quelle zur Produktion von Photorezeptortransplantaten darstellen. Interessanterweise könnte der kürzlich beschriebene Transfer von zytoplasmatischem Material zwischen Spender- und Empfängerphotorezeptoren eine weitere Behandlungsoption für Ansätze zur Zelltransplantation darstellen. In dieser Übersicht fokussieren wir uns auf die wichtigsten Entwicklungen innerhalb des Feldes der Photorezeptortransplantation, wobei wir Fortschritte, Herausforderungen und Hürden zur Entwicklung von Photorezeptortransplantationen hin zu klinischen Anwendungen diskutieren.
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48. Anti-Inflammatory Strategy for M2 Microglial Polarization Using Retinoic Acid-Loaded Nanoparticles
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Liliana Bernardino, Lino Ferreira, Tiago Santos, Raquel Ferreira, and Marta Machado-Pereira
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Lipopolysaccharides ,0301 basic medicine ,Article Subject ,Cell Survival ,medicine.drug_class ,Immunology ,Anti-Inflammatory Agents ,Retinoic acid ,Tretinoin ,Biology ,Hippocampus ,Neuroprotection ,Anti-inflammatory ,Cell Line ,Nitric oxide ,Mice ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Postsynaptic potential ,lcsh:Pathology ,medicine ,Animals ,Microglia ,Cell Biology ,Immunohistochemistry ,Cell biology ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Nitric oxide synthase ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,Cell culture ,biology.protein ,Nanoparticles ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Research Article ,lcsh:RB1-214 - Abstract
Inflammatory mechanisms triggered by microglial cells are involved in the pathophysiology of several brain disorders, hindering repair. Herein, we propose the use of retinoic acid-loaded polymeric nanoparticles (RA-NP) as a means to modulate microglia response towards an anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective phenotype (M2). RA-NP were first confirmed to be internalized by N9 microglial cells; nanoparticles did not affect cell survival at concentrations below 100 μg/mL. Then, immunocytochemical studies were performed to assess the expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory mediators. Our results show that RA-NP inhibited LPS-induced release of nitric oxide and the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and promoted arginase-1 and interleukin-4 production. Additionally, RA-NP induced a ramified microglia morphology (indicative of M2 state), promoting tissue viability, particularly neuronal survival, and restored the expression of postsynaptic protein-95 in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures exposed to an inflammatory challenge. RA-NP also proved to be more efficient than the free equivalent RA concentration. Altogether, our data indicate that RA-NP may be envisioned as a promising therapeutic agent for brain inflammatory diseases.
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49. Delirium as the first presentation of lung adenocarcinoma brain metastasis
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Tiago Santos, José Coutinho Costa, and Rita Almeida Leite
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Oncology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Medicine (General) ,Lung Neoplasms ,Biopsy ,Adenocarcinoma of Lung ,Bone and Bones ,Fatal Outcome ,R5-920 ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Radionuclide Imaging ,Lung ,Brain Neoplasms ,business.industry ,Delirium ,Endoscopy ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Adenocarcinoma ,Presentation (obstetrics) ,medicine.symptom ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,business ,Head ,Brain metastasis - Published
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50. Characterization of CCDC103 expression profiles: further insights in primary ciliary dyskinesia and in human reproduction
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T. Barbosa, Rute Pereira, P. Gonçalves, Márcia E. Oliveira, Ana Barros, Elsa Oliveira, Soraia Pinto, Jorge Oliveira, Rosário Santos, L. Ferraz, Tiago Santos, Mário Sousa, Ângela Alves, and Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,Axoneme ,Somatic cell ,Immunocytochemistry ,Biology ,Frameshift mutation ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Western blot ,Genetics ,medicine ,Humans ,Gene ,Genetics (clinical) ,Infertility, Male ,Primary ciliary dyskinesia ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Kartagener Syndrome ,Cilium ,Reproduction ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Dyneins ,General Medicine ,Immunogold labelling ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Situs Inversus ,Cell biology ,030104 developmental biology ,Reproductive Physiology and Disease ,Reproductive Medicine ,Sperm Tail ,Mutation ,Female ,Microtubule-Associated Proteins ,Developmental Biology ,Ciliary Motility Disorders - Abstract
PROPOSE: To study CCDC103 expression profiles and understand how pathogenic variants in CCDC103 affect its expression profile at mRNA and protein level. METHODS: To increase the knowledge about the CCDC103, we attempted genotype-phenotype correlations in two patients carrying novel homozygous (missense and frameshift) CCDC103 variants. Whole-exome sequencing, quantitative PCR, Western blot, electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, immunocytochemistry, and immunogold labelling were performed to characterize CCDC103 expression profiles in reproductive and somatic cells. RESULTS: Our data demonstrate that pathogenic variants in CCDC103 gene negatively affect gene and protein expression in both patients who presented absence of DA on their axonemes. Further, we firstly report that CCDC103 is expressed at different levels in reproductive tissues and somatic cells and described that CCDC103 protein forms oligomers with tissue-specific sizes, which suggests that CCDC103 possibly undergoes post-translational modifications. Moreover, we reported that CCDC103 was restricted to the midpiece of sperm and is present at the cytoplasm of the other cells. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, our data support the CCDC103 involvement in PCD and suggest that CCDC103 may have different assemblies and roles in cilia and sperm flagella biology that are still unexplored. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s10815-019-01509-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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