619 results on '"Cristina Sanchez"'
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252. Superresolution imaging of the cytoplasmic phosphatase PTPN22 links integrin-mediated T cell adhesion with autoimmunity
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Juliette Griffié, Garth L. Burn, Dylan M. Owen, Katarzyna Potrzebowska, Rebecca J. Brownlie, Malin Samuelsson, Nicolas Pernodet, Georgina H. Cornish, Sophie Minoughan, Mark Yates, George W. Ashdown, Cristina Sanchez-Blanco, Harriet A. Purvis, Timothy J. Vyse, Lena Svensson, Vicky L. Morrison, Fiona Clarke, Andrew P. Cope, and Rose Zamoyska
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0301 basic medicine ,musculoskeletal diseases ,Cell signaling ,T-Lymphocytes ,Integrin ,Mutation, Missense ,Autoimmunity ,Protein tyrosine phosphatase ,Biochemistry ,03 medical and health sciences ,Mice ,0302 clinical medicine ,immune system diseases ,Cell Adhesion ,Cytotoxic T cell ,Animals ,Humans ,Antigen-presenting cell ,Cell adhesion ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Molecular Biology ,Mice, Knockout ,biology ,ZAP70 ,Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 22 ,Cell Biology ,Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 ,Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 ,Cell biology ,030104 developmental biology ,Amino Acid Substitution ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,biology.protein ,Phosphorylation - Abstract
Integrins are heterodimeric transmembrane proteins that play a fundamental role in the migration of leukocytes to sites of infection or injury. We found that protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor type 22 (PTPN22) inhibits signaling by the integrin lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) in effector T cells. PTPN22 colocalized with its substrates at the leading edge of cells migrating on surfaces coated with the LFA-1 ligand intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1). Knockout or knockdown of PTPN22 or expression of the autoimmune disease-associated PTPN22-R620W variant resulted in the enhanced phosphorylation of signaling molecules downstream of integrins. Superresolution imaging revealed that PTPN22-R620 (wild-type PTPN22) was present as large clusters in unstimulated T cells and that these disaggregated upon stimulation of LFA-1, enabling increased association of PTPN22 with its binding partners at the leading edge. The failure of PTPN22-R620W molecules to be retained at the leading edge led to increased LFA-1 clustering and integrin-mediated cell adhesion. Our data define a previously uncharacterized mechanism for fine-tuning integrin signaling in T cells, as well as a paradigm of auto-immunity in humans in which disease susceptibility is underpinned by inherited phosphatase mutations that perturb integrin function. 2016
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- 2016
253. Do current smoking COPD patients exacerbate more often?
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Patricia Sobradillo Ecenarro, Igor Murga Arizabaleta, Amanda Lopez Picado, Ana Gomez Larrauri, Ester Marijuán Gómez, Jose Luis Lobo Beristain, Cristina Sanchez Vieco, and Olatz Llaguno Ochandiano
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COPD ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Copd patients ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Retrospective cohort study ,Disease ,Emergency department ,Abstinence ,Airflow obstruction ,medicine.disease ,humanities ,respiratory tract diseases ,Internal medicine ,Physical therapy ,Medicine ,Smoking status ,business ,media_common - Abstract
Introduction: COPD and smoking are closely linked to each other. Aim: Compare main characteristics between current and former COPD smokers and analyze the association between smoking status and development of exacerbations and mortality. Methods: Retrospective study with COPD patients from the specialist clinic. Severe exacerbations (requiring hospitalization or visit to the emergency department) in the following 2 years after inclusion were recorded. Disease impact was measured by the CAT questionnaire. Results: Patients main characteristics are displayed in table 1. Focusing on the number of exacerbations,no differences were found between groups (table 2). No correlation was found between the number of years of abstinence and the number of exacerbations (Graphic 2). Conclusions: 33% of COPD patients were active smokers. Current smokers were younger, with a higher pack-years index, were diagnosed earlier, had less severe airflow obstruction, and similar disease impact. No correlation was found between smoking status and development of exacerbations. No mortality differences were found between groups.
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- 2016
254. How has lung cancer changed in women over the past years?
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José Luis Lobo, David Bravo, Ester Marijuan, Olatz Llaguno, Patricia Sobradillo, Cristina Sanchez, Amanda Lopez, Igor Murga, and Ana Gomez Larrauri
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Gynecology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Lung ,Smoking habit ,business.industry ,Mortality rate ,medicine.disease ,respiratory tract diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Lung tumor ,Lung cancer ,business ,Survival rate - Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Lung cancer has the highest mortality rate and it is rising in women and non-smokers.Due to the increase in smoking habit of women the data have become similar. OBJECTIVE: To determine the development of lung cancer in women comparing clinical-epidemiological features and survival rates of two cohorts from different decades. METHODS: Descriptive retrospective study.Two cohorts of women diagnosed with lung cancer.The data were presented at Lung Tumor Committee of our hospital from 2000-2002 and 2011-2013.Chi square and Student t-test were used.Survival was assessed in 2004 and 2015.Level of significance was set at p RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: Age at which lung cancer in women is diagnosed has not been modified.There is an increase of active smokers although the majority are former smokers.Adenocarcinoma is still the most frequent histological type.There are no significant differences between patients in operable and inoperable stages of cancer.The majority of tumors are still diagnosed in late stages.Death due to lung cancer has been significantly reduced from 60.9%to31.8%(p=0.02).There are no significant differences in two-year survival rate when compared with the past decade.
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- 2016
255. Are babies getting heavier? Birth weight trends in England and Wales 1986 to 2012
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Anna Freni Sterrantino, Cristina Sanchez, Rebecca Ghosh, Anna Hansell, and Jacob Dag Berild
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business.industry ,Birth weight ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Medicine ,business ,General Environmental Science ,Demography - Published
- 2016
256. Long-term data from a small mammal community reveal loss of diversity and potential effects of local climate change
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M. Carmen Fernández, Sacramento Moreno, Maura B. Kufner, Simone Santoro, Carlos Rouco, L. Javier Palomo, and Cristina Sanchez-Suarez
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0106 biological sciences ,Mediterranean climate ,N-mixture models ,Mus spretus ,Crocidura russula ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Rodents ,Abundance (ecology) ,biology.animal ,spain ,Eliomys ,Climate change ,Count data ,biology ,Ecology ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Shrew ,Articles ,biology.organism_classification ,count data ,Wood mouse ,climate change ,Spain ,rodents ,Apodemus ,Animal Science and Zoology - Abstract
Climate change affects distribution and persistence of species. However, forecasting species’ responses to these changes requires long-term data series that are often lacking in ecological studies. We used 15 years of small mammal trapping data collected between 1978 and 2015 in 3 areas at Do~nana National Park (southwest Spain) to (i) describe changes in species composition and (ii) test the association between local climate conditions and size of small mammal populations. Overall, 5 species were captured: wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus, algerian mouse Mus spretus, greater whitetoothed shrew Crocidura russula, garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus, and black rat Rattus rattus. The temporal pattern in the proportion of captures of each species suggests that the small mammal diversity declined with time. Although the larger species (e.g., E. quercinus), better adapted to colder climate, have disappeared from our trapping records, M. spretus, a small species inhabiting southwest Europe and the Mediterranean coast of Africa, currently is almost the only trapped species. We used 2- level hierarchical models to separate changes in abundance from changes in probability of capture using records of A. sylvaticus in all 3 areas and of M. spretus in 1. We found that heavy rainfall and low temperatures were positively related to abundance of A. sylvaticus, and that the number of extremely hot days was negatively related to abundance of M. spretus. Despite other mechanisms are likely to be involved, our findings support the importance of climate for the distribution and persistence of these species and raise conservation concerns about potential cascading effects in the Do~nana ecosystem
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- 2016
257. Effects of the presence of nutrients in the removal of high concentrations of Cr(III) by Typha domingensis
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M.C. Pedro, G. A. Di Luca, M. M. Mufarrege, M. A. Maine, Gabriela Cristina Sanchez, and H. R. Hadad
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Typha domingensis ,0208 environmental biotechnology ,Soil Science ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,NUTRIENTS ,01 natural sciences ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,Metal ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Chromium ,Nutrient ,Botany ,Environmental Chemistry ,MACROPHYTES ,Effluent ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Earth-Surface Processes ,Water Science and Technology ,Global and Planetary Change ,biology ,EFFLUENTS ,Sediment ,Geology ,biology.organism_classification ,Pollution ,020801 environmental engineering ,Macrophyte ,chemistry ,Chlorophyll ,Environmental chemistry ,visual_art ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,METALS ,Meteorología y Ciencias Atmosféricas ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS - Abstract
The aim of this work was to study the influence of nutrients on the tolerance, removal efficiency and accumulation of high concentration of Cr(III) by Typha domingensis. This species was exposed to the following Cr(III) treatments, arranged in triplicate: 200 mg L−1 Cr; 600 mg L−1 Cr; 200 mg L−1 Cr + 50 mg L−1 P + 50 mg L−1 N; 600 mg L−1 Cr + 50 mg L−1 P + 50 mg L−1 N; without metal or nutrient additions (control 1); 50 mg L−1 P + 50 mg L−1 N, without metal addition (control 2). In order to simulate extreme events, the concentrations studied were higher than the concentrations commonly found in constructed wetlands. Cr and nutrient concentrations in water decreased in all treatments along time. Nutrient addition did not affect Cr removal for the two concentrations studied. In tissues, the highest Cr concentrations were observed in roots in all treatments. The mass balance showed that sediment showed the highest accumulation of Cr. Metals caused growth inhibition and a decrease in chlorophyll concentration. Despite these sublethal effects, T. domingensis demonstrated that it could accumulate Cr. These results confirm the high tolerance of this species ensuring the survival plant and wetland efficiency in time. Fil: Mufarrege, María de Las Mercedes. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química; Argentina Fil: Di Luca, Gisela Alfonsina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química; Argentina Fil: Sánchez, Gabriela Cristina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química; Argentina Fil: Hadad, Hernán Ricardo. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias; Argentina Fil: Pedro, María del Carmen. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química; Argentina Fil: Maine, Maria Alejandra. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina
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- 2016
258. Bioactive Properties of Tagetes erecta Edible Flowers: Polyphenol and Antioxidant Characterization and Therapeutic Activity against Ovarian Tumoral Cells and Caenorhabditis elegans Tauopathy
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Lorenzo Rivas-García, Lara Crespo-Antolín, Tamara Y. Forbes-Hernández, Jose M. Romero-Márquez, María D. Navarro-Hortal, Miguel Arredondo, Juan Llopis, José L. Quiles, and Cristina Sánchez-González
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cancer ,tau protein ,mitochondria ,polyphenols ,apoptosis ,oxidative stress ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 ,Chemistry ,QD1-999 - Abstract
Tagetes erecta is an edible flower deeply rooted in traditional Mexican culture. It holds a central role in the most popular and iconic Mexican celebration, “the Day of the Dead”. Furthermore, it is currently receiving interest as a potential therapeutic agent, motivated mainly by its polyphenol content. The present study aims to evaluate the biological activity of an extract synthesized from the petals of the edible flower T. erecta. This extract showed significant antioxidant scores measured by the most common in vitro methodologies (FRAP, ABTS, and DPPH), with values of 1475.3 μM trolox/g extr, 1950.3 μM trolox/g extr, and 977.7 μM trolox/g extr, respectively. In addition, up to 36 individual polyphenols were identified by chromatography. Regarding the biomedical aspects of the petal extract, it exhibited antitumoral activity against ovarian carcinoma cells evaluated by the MTS assay, revealing a lower value of IC50 compared to other flower extracts. For example, the extract from T. erecta reported an IC50 value half as low as an extract from Rosa × hybrida and six times lower than another extract from Tulbaghia violacea. This antitumoral effect of T. erecta arises from the induction of the apoptotic process; thus, incubating ovarian carcinoma cells with the petal extract increased the rate of apoptotic cells measured by flow cytometry. Moreover, the extract also demonstrated efficacy as a therapeutic agent against tauopathy, a feature of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in the Caenorhabditis elegans experimental model. Treating worms with the experimental extract prevented disfunction in several motility parameters such as wavelength and swimming speed. Furthermore, the T. erecta petal extract prevented the release of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), which are associated with the progression of AD. Thus, treatment with the extract resulted in an approximate 20% reduction in ROS production. These findings suggest that these petals could serve as a suitable source of polyphenols for biomedical applications.
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- 2023
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259. DNA damage precedes apoptosis during the regression of the interdigital tissue in vertebrate embryos
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Juan M. Hurle, Carlos I. Lorda-Diez, Juan A. García-Porrero, Juan A. Montero, Cristina Sanchez-Fernandez, and Universidad de Cantabria
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0301 basic medicine ,Senescence ,Programmed cell death ,DNA Repair ,DNA repair ,DNA damage ,Embryonic Development ,Fluorescent Antibody Technique ,Apoptosis ,Chick Embryo ,Article ,Histones ,Mice ,03 medical and health sciences ,Animals ,Cellular Senescence ,Caspase ,Genetics ,Multidisciplinary ,Cell Death ,biology ,Immunohistochemistry ,Embryonic stem cell ,MDC1 ,Cell biology ,Oxidative Stress ,030104 developmental biology ,Caspases ,Vertebrates ,biology.protein ,Chondrogenesis ,DNA Damage - Abstract
DNA damage independent of caspase activation accompanies programmed cell death in different vertebrate embryonic organs. We analyzed the significance of DNA damage during the regression of the interdigital tissue, which sculpts the digits in the embryonic limb. Interdigit remodeling involves oxidative stress, massive apoptosis and cell senescence. Phosphorylation of H2AX mediated by ATM precedes caspase dependent apoptosis and cell senescence during interdigit regression. The association of γH2AX with other downstream DNA repair factors, including MDC1, Rad50 and 53BP1 suggests a defensive response of cells against DNA damage. The relative distribution of cells γH2AX-only positive, TUNEL-only positive, and cells double positive for both markers is consistent with a sequence of degenerative events starting by damage of the DNA. In support of this interpretation, the relative number of γH2AX-only cells increases after caspase inhibition while the relative number of TUNEL-only cells increases after inhibition of ATM. Furthermore, cultured interdigits survived and maintained intense chondrogenic potential, even at advanced stages of degeneration, discarding a previous commitment to die. Our findings support a new biological paradigm considering embryonic cell death secondary to genotoxic stimuli, challenging the idea that considers physiological cell death a cell suicide regulated by an internal death clock that pre-programmes degeneration.
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- 2016
260. Genocídio Armênio: A História e a 'Verdade' Oficial
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Ligia Cristina Sanchez de Almeida
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O Genocídio Armênio (1915-16) é negado até hoje com veemência pelo governo turco, com apoio de várias nações interessadas em manter a versão oficial em detrimento da verdade histórica. Infelizmente, as vozes dos sobreviventes demoraram demais para serem ouvidas e registradas enquanto testemunhos. Detalhes sobre esta tragédia, considerada como o protótipo do genocídio moderno, foram esquecidos por tempo suficiente para que Hitler proferisse a famosa frase: “afinal, quem fala da aniquilação dos Armênios hoje?”.
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- 2012
261. EXERCÍCIOS MULTIFUNCIONAIS PARA PESSOAS COM DEFICIÊNCIA FÍSICA: UM ESTUDO EXPLORATÓRIO
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Everton Luiz de Oliveira, Maicon Henrique Alves, Claudia Teixeira-Arroyo, Marcelo Porto, and Gabrielle Cristina Sanchez
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General Medicine - Abstract
este estudo objetivou desenvolver e verificar o efeito de um programa de exercícios físicos multifuncionais no desempenhode capacidades e habilidades motoras de pessoas com deficiência física. Participaram do estudo 10 pessoas com deficiência física (cadeirantes), de ambos os sexos (média de idade de 43,6±10,31 anos). Os participantes responderam um questionário de anamnese e tiveram suas capacidades motoras avaliadas por meio dos seguintes testes: tempo de reação da mão; velocidade de 20 metros e resistência de força de membros superiores. O programa de exercícios multifuncionais foi desenvolvido em oito semanas, com frequência de duas sessões semanais, com duração de 90 minutos cada sessão. Os resultados apontaram significativa melhora com relação ao desempenho no tempo de reação em 66% dos participantes; além disso, 50% melhoraram sua velocidade sobre a cadeira de rodas e 86% melhoraram a resistência de força de membros superiores. Assim, pode-se dizer que o programa foi eficiente em melhorar as capacidades físicas avaliadas.
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- 2015
262. Armênios e Gregos Otomanos: a polêmica de um genocídio
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Ligia Cristina Sanchez de Almeida, Maria Luiza Tucci Carneiro, Carlos Eduardo de Abreu Boucault, and Peter Robert Demant
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O Genocídio Armênio (1914-1916), reconhecido por alguns estudiosos como o protótipo do genocídio moderno, é negado até hoje pelo governo turco, apesar dos protestos da comunidade armênia dispersa em todo o mundo. Oficialmente, a Turquia reconhece que ocorreram muitas mortes, mas nega a intenção estatal do ato genocida. Na mesma época ou até mesmo um pouco antes, os gregos a outra grande minoria cristã do Império Otomano também sofreram massacres e perseguições, com um saldo de centenas de milhares de mortos, vivenciando situações semelhantes às sofridas pelos armênios. Sob este mesmo viés, movimentos nacionalistas e imperialistas europeus levaram à perda significativa de territórios do Império Otomano, forçando, em consequência, a mobilização de centenas de milhares de muçulmanos que, fugindo do domínio cristão, instalaram-se na Anatólia, fortalecendo as questões etno-religiosas. Hoje, essas histórias seguem sendo motivo de questionamento, ainda que esquecidas ou silenciadas por alguns grupos. O objetivo deste estudo é contribuir para a elucidação desta polêmica, reunindo um conjunto de informações que permita uma compreensão mais ampla do assunto. Com base na historiografia especializada no tema, procuramos inventariar e comparar as versões de diversos autores, cujos discursos são complementares ou mesmo antagônicos, bem como a posição oficial do governo turco, postada no site do Ministério das Relações Internacionais da Turquia. Somam-se aqui os testemunhos de sobreviventes e as declarações de diplomatas e missionários estrangeiros que presenciaram os acontecimentos. The Armenian Genocide (1914-1916), recognized by some scholars as the prototipe of the modern genocide, is denied by the turkish government even today, despite the protests of the armenian community around the world. Officially, Turkey recognizes that many people died in the period, but denies the genocidal intent. At the same time or little before. The greeks the other major minority of the Ottoman Empire also suffered with massacres and persecutions, resulting in hundreds of thousands dead, experiencing similar situations as those suffered by the Armenians. In the same period, nationalist and imperialist movements led to great losses of territory of the Ottoman Empire, forcing, as a result, the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of muslims, escaping from the Christian rule, who settled at Anatólia, stressing the etno-religious conflicts. Today, those stories are still a reason to argue, even if forgotten or silenced by some groups. The intention of this work is help on the elucidation of the polemica, collecting a set of informations that may allow a wider understanding of the subject. Using the specialized historiography, we tried to catalogue and compare the many opinions of authors, whose speeches are complementary or even opposing, as well as the official version of the Turkish government, posted at the Ministery of Foreign Affairs website. Here is added the voices of the survivors and the statements of foreign missionaries and diplomats, who witnessed the events.
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- 2015
263. Metal retention and distribution in the sediment of a constructed wetland for industrial wastewater treatment
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G. A. Di Luca, M. M. Mufarrege, Gabriela Cristina Sanchez, M. A. Maine, H. R. Hadad, and Carlos Alberto Bonetto
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Environmental Engineering ,Chemistry ,Environmental engineering ,Sediment ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Macrophyte ,Industrial wastewater treatment ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Wastewater ,Environmental chemistry ,Constructed wetland ,Carbonate ,Organic matter ,Sewage treatment ,Nature and Landscape Conservation - Abstract
A free water surface wetland was built in 2002 to treat wastewater from a tool factory containing metals (Cr, Ni, Zn and Fe), nutrients and organic matter. Until 2006, the last reported period, the wetland retained metals and stored them primarily in the bottom sediment and in the biomass of macrophytes secondarily. The aim of this work was to study metal retention and distribution in the sediment of a constructed wetland for industrial wastewater treatment. Total concentrations and fractions (exchangeable, carbonate-bound, Fe–Mn oxides-bound, organic matter-bound and residual) of metals in sediment were analyzed in this treatment wetland, in order to estimate the fate of metals over time. Metal concentrations were significantly higher in the inlet than in the outlet sediment; concentrations in the latter remained without significant differences throughout the testing period. Metal concentrations and redox potential decreased with depth within the sediment. The lowest metal concentrations and pH and the highest redox values were attained in spring, in agreement with the period of maximum macrophyte growth. Ni and Zn were mainly stored associated with the carbonate fraction; Cr was mainly associated with the Fe–Mn oxides fraction, while Fe was mainly associated with the residual fraction, probably as pyrite. The incoming wastewater composition containing high pH, carbonate, calcium and Fe concentrations favored the observed association in the surface sediment. It would be expected that sediment will continue retaining metals in fractions that will not release them into the water while the chemical and environmental conditions remain unchanged.
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- 2011
264. Comparison between universal molecular screening for Lynch syndrome and revised Bethesda guidelines in a large population-based cohort of patients with colorectal cancer
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María Luisa De-Castro, Lucía Pérez-Carbonell, Virginia Piñol, Carla Guarinos, Rosa M. Xicola, Xavier Bessa, Artemio Payá, Maria Rodriguez-Soler, Cecilia Egoavil, Adela Castillejo, Antoni Castells, Cristina Sanchez-Fortun, Montserrat Andreu, Sergi Castellví-Bel, Cristina Alenda, Clara Ruiz-Ponte, Rodrigo Jover, José Luis Soto, Angel Carracedo, Alejandro Brea, Xavier Llor, Nuria Acame, Víctor Manuel Barberá, Francesc Balaguer, Luis Bujanda, Transducción de Señales en Bacterias, and Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología
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Adult ,Male ,Oncology ,Universal molecular screening ,congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,Gene mutation ,MLH1 ,DNA Mismatch Repair ,Internal medicine ,Revised Bethesda criteria ,medicine ,PMS2 ,Humans ,Genetic Testing ,neoplasms ,Germ-Line Mutation ,Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ,Aged ,Genetic testing ,Aged, 80 and over ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Genetic Carrier Screening ,Gastroenterology ,Nuclear Proteins ,nutritional and metabolic diseases ,Microsatellite instability ,DNA Methylation ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Genética ,Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis ,Immunohistochemistry ,digestive system diseases ,Lynch syndrome ,MSH6 ,MutS Homolog 2 Protein ,MSH2 ,Lynch Syndrome ,Practice Guidelines as Topic ,Female ,Microsatellite Instability ,Colorectal Neoplasms ,MutL Protein Homolog 1 ,business - Abstract
Background: The selection of patients for genetic testing to rule out Lynch syndrome is currently based on fulfilment of at least one of the revised Bethesda criteria followed by mismatch repair (MMR) status analysis. A study was undertaken to compare the present approach with universal MMR study-based strategies to detect Lynch syndrome in a large series of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Methods: 2093 patients with CRC from the EPICOLON I and II cohorts were included. Immunohistochemistry for MMR proteins and/or microsatellite instability (MSI) analysis was performed in tumour tissue. Germline MLH1 and MSH2 mutation analysis was performed in patients whose tumours showed loss of MLH1 or MSH2 staining, respectively. MSH6 genetic testing was done in patients whose tumours showed lack of MSH6 expression or a combined lack of MSH2 and MSH6 expression but did not have MSH2 mutations. PMS2 genetic testing was performed in patients showing isolated loss of PMS2 expression. In patients with MSI tumours and normal or not available MMR protein expression, all four MMR genes were studied. Results: A total of 180 patients (8.6%) showed loss of expression of some of the MMR proteins and/or MSI. Four hundred and eighty-six patients (23.2%) met some of the revised Bethesda criteria. Of the 14 (0.7%) patients who had a MMR gene mutation, 12 fulfilled at least one of the revised Bethesda criteria and two (14.3%) did not. Conclusions: Routine molecular screening of patients with CRC for Lynch syndrome using immunohistochemistry or MSI has better sensitivity for detecting mutation carriers than the Bethesda guidelines. Instituto de Salud Carlos III (INT09/208 and PI08/0726). Fundación de la CV para la Investigación en el Hospital General Universitario de Alicante. Grant SAF 07-64873 from the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Funds from the AGAUR (2009 SGR 849) Instituto de Salud Carlos III (FI07/00303) CIBERehd is funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Grant from Conselleria d’Educació de la Generalitat Valenciana (VALi+d).
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- 2011
265. Why isPTPN22a good candidate susceptibility gene for autoimmune disease?
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Cristina Sanchez-Blanco, Manoj Saini, Garth L. Burn, Andrew P. Cope, and Lena Svensson
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endocrine system diseases ,Graves' disease ,Biophysics ,Arthritis ,Autoimmunity ,Vitiligo ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Major histocompatibility complex ,Biochemistry ,White People ,Autoimmune Diseases ,PTPN22 ,Psoriatic arthritis ,immune system diseases ,Structural Biology ,Phosphatase ,Genetics ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Molecular Biology ,Lyp ,Autoimmune disease ,Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 22 ,Cell Biology ,medicine.disease ,Immunology ,biology.protein ,Mutant Proteins - Abstract
The PTPN22 locus is one of the strongest risk factors outside of the major histocompatability complex that associates with autoimmune diseases. PTPN22 encodes lymphoid protein tyrosine phosphatase (Lyp) which is expressed exclusively in immune cells. A single base change in the coding region of this gene resulting in an arginine to tryptophan amino acid substitution within a polyproline binding motif associates with type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosis, Hashimotos thyroiditis, Graves disease, Addison’s disease, Myasthenia Gravis, vitiligo, systemic sclerosis juvenile idiopathic arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. Here, we review the current understanding of the PTPN22 locus from a genetic, geographical, biochemical and functional perspective.
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- 2011
266. Chronic inhibition of the mitochondrial ATP synthase in skeletal muscle triggers sarcoplasmic reticulum distress and tubular aggregates
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Cristina Sánchez-González, Juan Cruz Herrero Martín, Beñat Salegi Ansa, Cristina Núñez de Arenas, Brina Stančič, Marta P. Pereira, Laura Contreras, José M. Cuezva, and Laura Formentini
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Cytology ,QH573-671 - Abstract
Abstract Tubular aggregates (TA) are honeycomb-like arrays of sarcoplasmic-reticulum (SR) tubules affecting aged glycolytic fibers of male individuals and inducing severe sarcomere disorganization and muscular pain. TA develop in skeletal muscle from Tubular Aggregate Myopathy (TAM) patients as well as in other disorders including endocrine syndromes, diabetes, and ageing, being their primary cause unknown. Nowadays, there is no cure for TA. Intriguingly, both hypoxia and calcium dyshomeostasis prompt TA formation, pointing to a possible role for mitochondria in their setting. However, a functional link between mitochondrial dysfunctions and TA remains unknown. Herein, we investigate the alteration in muscle-proteome of TAM patients, the molecular mechanism of TA onset and a potential therapy in a preclinical mouse model of the disease. We show that in vivo chronic inhibition of the mitochondrial ATP synthase in muscle causes TA. Upon long-term restrained oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), oxidative soleus experiments a metabolic and structural switch towards glycolytic fibers, increases mitochondrial fission, and activates mitophagy to recycle damaged mitochondria. TA result from the overresponse of the fission controller DRP1, that upregulates the Store-Operate-Calcium-Entry and increases the mitochondria-SR interaction in a futile attempt to buffer calcium overloads upon prolonged OXPHOS inhibition. Accordingly, hypoxic muscles cultured ex vivo show an increase in mitochondria/SR contact sites and autophagic/mitophagic zones, where TA clusters grow around defective mitochondria. Moreover, hypoxia triggered a stronger TA formation upon ATP synthase inhibition, and this effect was reduced by the DRP1 inhibitor mDIVI. Remarkably, the muscle proteome of TAM patients displays similar alterations in mitochondrial dynamics and in ATP synthase contents. In vivo edaravone treatment in mice with restrained OXPHOS restored a healthy phenotype by prompting mitogenesis and mitochondrial fusion. Altogether, our data provide a functional link between the ATP synthase/DRP1 axis and the setting of TA, and repurpose edaravone as a possible treatment for TA-associated disorders.
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- 2022
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267. Experience and results after the implementation of a radiology day unit in a reference hospital
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Nuria Roson, Andreu Antolin, Richard Mast, Cristina Sanchéz-Tirado, Jesús Griñón, Jordi Andreu, Mercedes Perez Lafuente, Alejandro Tomasello, and Manuel Escobar
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Radiology (Interventional) ,Patient care ,Radiologists ,Hospitals ,Surveys and questionaries ,Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine ,R895-920 - Abstract
Abstract Background Interventional radiological procedures have significantly increased in recent years. Most of them are minimally invasive and require a short hospitalization, mainly done in other non-radiological units nowadays. Limited bed availability and high occupancy rates in these units create longer waiting lists and cancellations. The aim of this retrospective study is to assess the creation and functioning of a Radiology Day Unit (RDU) and evaluating its outcomes. For this purpose, data about interventional procedures and its complications, incidents, patient safety, quality and satisfaction rates were collected from May 2018 to December 2020, and posteriorly analyzed to evaluate its implementation. Results During the assessed period, 3841 patients were admitted into the RDU, with a net increase of 13% and 26% in the second and third year, respectively. Procedures performed by the Abdominal Radiology section were the most frequent (76–85%) followed by Interventional Vascular Radiology and Thoracic Radiology. Complication rates were low (1.5%) and most of them were self-limited and managed in the own department. Waiting lists were significantly reduced, from 2 months to 1 week in case of procedures performed by the Abdominal Radiology section. Patient satisfaction was higher than 80% in all the items evaluated with a global satisfaction of 93%. Conclusion The RDU in our hospital has become a vital section for the management and post-procedure caring of patients undergoing interventional procedures in the Radiology Service with low complication rates and overall high levels of quality and patient safety, allowing the reduction of waiting lists and occupancy rates.
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268. Las transformaciones silenciosas del régimen patrimonial. Participación y conflictos en torno al patrimonio cultural
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Cristina Sánchez-Carretero
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transformaciones silenciosas ,giro participativo ,régimen patrimonial ,violencia ,fisterra ,Geography. Anthropology. Recreation ,Anthropology ,GN1-890 - Abstract
En las dos últimas décadas, en un afán de democratizar y contrarrestar la visión elitista de las instituciones encargadas de la gestión del patrimonio cultural vinculadas al proyecto de la modernidad, se ha producido un giro participativo en las políticas patrimoniales. Este artículo analiza las transformaciones silenciosas en las que se produce este cambio, así como la violencia sistémica y simbólica que implica el régimen patrimonial. Para hacerlo se analizan dos dimensiones: (1) las tecnologías legales en las que se ha reflejado el imperativo de la participación, como la incorporación del requisito de la participación en normas, convenciones y otros aparatos legales patrimoniales, particularmente en el caso del Estado español; y (2) la base conflictual del mismo a través de un ejemplo del proyecto de investigación ParticiPAT. En la primera dimensión, entre los principales corpus legales que han introducido los procesos participativos en la gestión patrimonial destacan la Convención del Patrimonio Inmaterial de la Unesco de 2003, La Convención de Faro del Consejo de Europa de 2005 o las Recomendaciones de la Unesco sobre Paisajes Históricos Urbanos de 2011. En la segunda dimensión, se analizan los conflictos que surgieron a raíz de pintar de azul la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora das Areas en Fisterra (Galicia, España) y la petición de participación en la toma de decisiones por parte de las asociaciones de la zona. Para analizar estas dos dimensiones, se parte de tres conceptos: régimen patrimonial, transformaciones silenciosas de François Jullien y los modelos de violencia de John Galtung.
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269. FORMAS DE APLICAÇÃO DE MICRONUTRIENTES NA CULTURA DA CANA-DE-AÇUCAR
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Gisele Herbst VAZQUEZ and Andréa Cristina Sanchez
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270. Cardiorespiratory capacity and body mass index in a periodization of the adult female futsal team from Universidade Norte do Paraná – Londrina
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Túlio Rangel de Camargo Pacheco, Vanda Cristina Sanchez, Antonio Carlos Gomes, Abdallah Achour Junior, Mario Carlos W. Balvedi, and Rosangela Marques Busto
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Introducao: Avaliacoes fisicas sao necessarias para se propor treinamento fisico, particularmente numa periodizacao de treinamento no futsal feminino, tema sobre o qual ha poucos estudos. Este estudo teve como objetivo verificar a alteracao cardiorrespiratoria (VO2maximo) e o indice de massa corporea (IMC) numa periodizacao de treinamento de jogadoras de futsal feminino adulto da Universidade Norte do Parana. Materiais e Metodos: A amostra foi composta por 12 jogadoras de futsal feminino da categoria adulta (idade=23±4 anos), nivel nacional. Apos a leitura e assinatura do termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido, calculou-se o IMC e foi utilizado o Shuttle Run Test, proposto por Leger e Lambert. Resultados: O IMC nao variou significativamente (p=0,93) entre os periodos competitivos, apresentando uma discreta diminuicao de 0,31±0,02%; quanto ao VO2maximo, houve alteracao significativa (p=0,0005), correspondendo a 8,31±0,06% de um periodo para o outro. A correlacao entre VO2maximo e o IMC, por sua vez, nao foi significativa (p=0,28; p=0,15). Discussao: Os dados obtidos nos levam a inferir que as atletas nao alteraram significativamente o IMC; no entanto, melhoraram a sua condicao cardiorrespiratoria, respondendo de forma positiva aos estimulos do treinamento.
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271. Assessing English Language Learners: A Perplexing Puzzle
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Margo Gottlieb and Cristina Sanchez-Lopez
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Language transfer ,Intersection ,Language assessment ,Cultural diversity ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,English studies ,Language education ,Sociology ,Special education ,Linguistics ,Natural language - Abstract
The intersection of language education and special education is not clearly marked for linguistically and culturally diverse students; some qualify as English language learners; others as English language learners with disabilities or specific language impairment; still others with only disabilities or specific language impairment. It is often perplexing to try to decipher which category is most appropriate and, consequently, how best to serve these students. Assessment data, if reliable and valid, coupled with historical information, can help define the pathway to educational success for the fastest growing segment of our school population. This article shares the challenges facing educators of English language learners and attempts to show how proper assessment can guide educational decision making. We pose that for English language learners, assessment must entail the gathering of information from multiple sources on their language proficiency and academic achievement in both English and their native language. In that way, we obtain a comprehensive portrait of the students' full complement of knowledge and skills. Ultimately, English as a Second Language or bilingual teachers working along with speech-language pathologists need to collaborate in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data to afford English language learners optimal opportunities for success in school.
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272. The Brazilian Electricity Supply for 2030: A Projection Based on Economic, Environmental and Technical Criteria
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Moore, Claudia Cristina Sanchez, primary, Rego, Erik Eduardo, additional, and Kulay, Luiz, additional
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273. Mixed Adenoneuroendocrine Carcinoma in the Transverse Colon: An Infrequent Neoplasm in an Unusual Location
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Cendra, Cristina Sanchez, primary, Anton Pascual, Beatriz, additional, Losada Vila, Beatriz, additional, Gonzalez, Maria del Carmen Pantin, additional, Rubia Maestu, Javier de la, additional, Juez Martel, Ignacio, additional, and Rocabado, Rocio S Cardozo, additional
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274. Discovery of the Streamlined Haloarchaeon Halorutilus salinus, Comprising a New Order Widespread in Hypersaline Environments across the World
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Ana Durán-Viseras, Cristina Sánchez-Porro, Tomeu Viver, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, and Antonio Ventosa
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hypersaline environments ,Halorutilales ord. nov. ,comparative genomics ,streamlining ,RuBisCO ,microbial ecology ,Microbiology ,QR1-502 - Abstract
ABSTRACT The class Halobacteria is one of the most diverse groups within the Euryarchaeota phylum, whose members are ubiquitously distributed in hypersaline environments, where they often constitute the major population. Here, we report the discovery and isolation of a new halophilic archaeon, strain F3-133T exhibiting ≤86.3% 16S rRNA gene identity to any previously cultivated archaeon, and, thus, representing a new order. Analysis of available 16S rRNA gene amplicon and metagenomic data sets showed that the new isolate represents an abundant group in intermediate-to-high salinity ecosystems and is widely distributed across the world. The isolate presents a streamlined genome, which probably accounts for its ecological success in nature and its fastidious growth in culture. The predominant osmoprotection mechanism appears to be the typical salt-in strategy used by other haloarchaea. Furthermore, the genome contains the complete gene set for nucleotide monophosphate degradation pathway through archaeal RuBisCO, being within the first halophilic archaea representatives reported to code this enzyme. Genomic comparisons with previously described representatives of the phylum Euryarchaeota were consistent with the 16S rRNA gene data in supporting that our isolate represents a novel order within the class Halobacteria for which we propose the names Halorutilales ord. nov., Halorutilaceae fam. nov., Halorutilus gen. nov. and Halorutilus salinus sp. nov. IMPORTANCE The discovery of the new halophilic archaeon, Halorutilus salinus, representing a novel order, family, genus, and species within the class Halobacteria and phylum Euryarchaeota clearly enables insights into the microbial dark matter, expanding the current taxonomical knowledge of this group of archaea. The in-depth comparative genomic analysis performed on this new taxon revealed one of the first known examples of an Halobacteria representative coding the archaeal RuBisCO gene and with a streamlined genome, being ecologically successful in nature and explaining its previous non-isolation. Altogether, this research brings light into the understanding of the physiology of the Halobacteria class members, their ecological distribution, and capacity to thrive in hypersaline environments.
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275. Kinetics of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) removal from water by two floating macrophytes
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Maria Alejandra Maine, Gabriela Cristina Sanchez, H. R. Hadad, M.C. Pedro, and S.E. Caffaratti
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Chromium ,0208 environmental biotechnology ,Otras Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,Plant Science ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Plant Roots ,Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente ,Industrial wastewater treatment ,Aquatic plant ,Environmental Chemistry ,Araceae ,Effluent ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,WETLANDS ,Metallurgy ,Pollution ,020801 environmental engineering ,Phytoremediation ,Kinetics ,Biodegradation, Environmental ,Wastewater ,chemistry ,UPTAKE EFFICIENCY ,Bioaccumulation ,METAL ,Ferns ,Water treatment ,PHYTOREMEDIATION ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,Water Pollutants, Chemical ,Nuclear chemistry - Abstract
The aim of this work was to compare Cr(III) and Cr(VI) removal kinetics from water by Pistia stratiotes and Salvinia herzogii. The accumulation in plant tissues and the effects of both Cr forms on plant growth were also evaluated. Plants were exposed to 2 and 6 mg L−1 of Cr(III) or Cr(VI) during 30 days. At the end of the experiment, Cr(VI) removal percentages were significantly lower than those obtained for Cr(III) for both macrophytes. Cr(III) removal kinetics involved a fast and a slow component. The fast component was primarily responsible for Cr(III) removal while Cr(VI) removal kinetics involved only a slow process. Cr accumulated principally in the roots. In the Cr(VI) treatments a higher translocation from roots to aerial parts than in Cr(III) treatments was observed. Both macrophytes demonstrated a high ability to remove Cr(III) but not Cr(VI). Cr(III) inhibited the growth at the highest studied concentration of both macrophytes while Cr(VI) caused senescence. These results have important implications in the use of constructed wetlands for secondary industrial wastewater treatment. Common primary treatments of effluents containing Cr(VI) consists in its reduction to Cr(III). Cr(III) concentrations in these effluents are normally below the highest studied concentrations in this work. Fil: Maine, Maria Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química. Laboratorio de Química Analitica; Argentina Fil: Hadad, Hernán Ricardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química. Laboratorio de Química Analitica; Argentina Fil: Sánchez, Gabriela Cristina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química. Laboratorio de Química Analitica; Argentina Fil: Caffaratti, Sandra Ester. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química. Laboratorio de Química Analitica; Argentina Fil: Pedro, María del Carmen. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química. Laboratorio de Química Analitica; Argentina
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276. Nutrient and metal removal in a constructed wetland for wastewater treatment from a metallurgic industry
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N. Suñe, Carlos Alberto Bonetto, Maria Alejandra Maine, Gabriela Cristina Sanchez, and H. R. Hadad
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Eichhornia crassipes ,geography ,Environmental Engineering ,Denitrification ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Typha domingensis ,biology ,Wetland ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,biology.organism_classification ,Macrophyte ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Agronomy ,Wastewater ,Nitrate ,chemistry ,Constructed wetland ,Environmental science ,Nature and Landscape Conservation - Abstract
This contribution summarizes the nutrient and metal removal of a free water surface constructed wetland, compares it with the previous small-scale prototype and discusses the observed differences. Several locally available macrophyte species were transplanted into the wetland. Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth) showed a fast growth and it soon became dominant, attaining 80% cover of the wetland surface. Typha domingensis (cattail) and Panicum elephantipes (elephant panicgrass) developed as accompanying species attaining 14 and 4% cover. The wetland removed 86% of Cr and 67% of Ni. Zn concentrations were below 50 μg l−1 in most samplings. The FeS precipitation probably caused the high retention of Fe (95%). The outcoming water was anoxic in most samplings. Phosphate and ammonium were not retained within the wetland while 70% and 60% of the incoming nitrate and nitrite were removed. Large denitrification losses are suggested. Cr, Ni and Zn were retained by the macrophytes in the larger wetland and in sediment in the small-scale one. Differences in the retention mechanism of the two wetlands are discussed.
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277. In vivo potential antidiabetic activity of a novel zinc coordination compound based on 3-carboxy-pyrazole
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López-Viseras, Marta E., Fernández, Belén, Hilfiker, Sabine, González, Cristina Sánchez, González, Juan Llopis, Calahorro, Antonio J., Colacio, Enrique, and Rodríguez-Diéguez, Antonio
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278. Synthesis, characterization and electrochemical study of layered double hydroxides intercalated with 2-thiophenecarboxylate anions
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Kátia Cristina Sanchez, Eduardo Luis Crepaldi, João Barros Valim, Stanlei Ivair Klein, Jairo Tronto, and Zeki Naal
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biology ,Chemistry ,Coprecipitation ,Inorganic chemistry ,Layered double hydroxides ,Ionic bonding ,General Chemistry ,engineering.material ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Electrochemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Zinc hydroxide ,biology.protein ,engineering ,General Materials Science ,Lamellar structure ,Hybrid material ,Organic anion - Abstract
The synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical study of the Zn(II)–Al(III) and Zn(II)–Cr(III) Layered Double Hydroxides (LDHs) containing 2-thiopenecarboxylate as the interlayer anions are described. The LDHs were prepared by the constant pH coprecipitation technique followed by hydrothermal treatment for 72 h. The materials were analyzed by PXRD, FT-IR, 13 C CP-MAS, EDX, TEM, and CV. The presence of the organic heterocyclic anions was confirmed by FT-IR and the related solid-state 13 C NMR data strongly suggested that these were dimerised during coprecipitation. Accordingly, the basal spacing found by the X-ray technique was ∼15.3 A, a distance coincident with the formation of bilayers of the intercalated anions. The structural organization of all the new materials was greatly enhanced by hydrothermal treatment, as shown by PXRD. The improved organization of the bilayered structures had a strong influence in the electrochemical behaviour of clay-modified electrodes produced with these materials, such as the diminished resistance to the ionic flow through the LDHs films.
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279. Colaboradores
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Acabá-Berrocal, Luis A., Civera, Alfredo Adán, de Toledo, Clara Álvarez, Gómez, Luis Amselem, Iribarren, Javier Araiz, Barquet, Luis Arias, Maresca, Félix Armada, Sánchez, Carolina Arruabarrena, Rementeria, Ernesto Basauri, Herreros, Javier Benítez, Berrocal, María H., Boyd, Samuel, Boyd, Carmen G., López, Francisco Cabrera, Mitjana, José M. Caminal, Navarro, Verónica Castro, Valenciano, Carlos Cava, Taulet, Enrique Cervera, Corral, Ana Clement, Fernández, Francisco Clement, Martín, Rosa Coco, Coma, Miguel Cordero, Dorta, Luis Cordovés, González, Eduardo Esteban, González, Álvaro Fernández-Vega, Sanz, Álvaro Fernández-Vega, Figueroa, Marta S., Rius, Alejandro Filloy, Moreno, Ignacio Flores, Arumí, José García, Fusté, Claudia García-Arumí, Layana, Alfredo García, Martínez, María Gil, Gómez-Benlloch, Alba, de Irazázabal, Francisco Gómez-Ulla, Grigera, Julio Daniel, Mestre, Ignasi Jürgens, Belles, Víctor Llorenç, Gálvez, María Isabel López, Guajardo, Lorenzo López, Parra, Daniel Lorenzo, da Silva, Rufino Martins, Hernández, Javier Montero, Moreno, Javier A. Montero, Reus, Jeroni Nadal, Vallejo, José Luis Olea, Bernardes, João Filipe Pedrosa, Pinilla, Carlos M., Bustamante, Antonio Piñero, Poposki, Vladimir, Quiroz-Mercado, Hugo, Torrente, Amanda Rey, Calixto, Hernán Andrés Ríos, Rodríguez, Francisco J., Rojas, Jimena, Medrano, Jorge Ruiz, Moreno, José María Ruiz, de Viteri Vázquez, Manuel Sáenz, Santos, Idaira Sánchez, Vega, Cristina Sánchez, Saravia, Mario Joaquín, Ledesma, Belén Torres, Vilaplana, Daniel, Vilaplana, Ferran, Wu, Andrés, Wu, Lihteh, Zambrano, Alberto, and Victori, Miguel Ángel Zapata
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280. On Expletive mismo
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Luis Eguren and Cristina Sánchez López
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anaphoric relations ,apposition ,emphatic mismo ,identifying mismo ,relative clause ,Language and Literature - Abstract
This paper deals with the so-called ‘expletive’ mismo ‘same’, a non-comparative emphatic use of the prenominal adjective in appositions, which is currently attested in many varieties of American Spanish (e.g., Finalmente, Laura se sentó y aceptó el cigarrillo, mismo que nunca encendió ‘lit. Laura finally sat down and accepted the cigarette, same that she never lighted up’). On the basis of corpus data, the geographical distribution of this form is precisely specified, and a novel analysis of its interpretive and combinatorial properties is provided. It is argued, in particular, that expletive mismo functions as an anaphoric reinforcer that is preceded by a null definite determiner and combines with an empty noun that takes a restrictive relative clause as its complement.
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281. Comparative Analysis of Heart Regeneration: Searching for the Key to Heal the Heart—Part II: Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Regeneration
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Juan Manuel Castillo-Casas, Sheila Caño-Carrillo, Cristina Sánchez-Fernández, Diego Franco, and Estefanía Lozano-Velasco
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cardiac disease ,myocardial infarction ,molecular pathways ,hypoxia ,metabolism ,inflammation ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,RC666-701 - Abstract
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, among which ischemic heart disease is the most representative. Myocardial infarction results from occlusion of a coronary artery, which leads to an insufficient blood supply to the myocardium. As it is well known, the massive loss of cardiomyocytes cannot be solved due the limited regenerative ability of the adult mammalian hearts. In contrast, some lower vertebrate species can regenerate the heart after an injury; their study has disclosed some of the involved cell types, molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways during the regenerative process. In this ‘two parts’ review, we discuss the current state-of-the-art of the main response to achieve heart regeneration, where several processes are involved and essential for cardiac regeneration.
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282. Determination of organophosphate esters in air samples by dynamic sonication-assisted solvent extraction coupled on-line with large-volume injection gas chromatography utilizing a programmed-temperature vaporizer
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Cristina Sanchez, Anders Colmsjö, Magnus Ericsson, and Håkan Carlsson
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Detection limit ,Chromatography, Gas ,Chromatography ,Chemistry ,Air ,Organic Chemistry ,Extraction (chemistry) ,Temperature ,Analytical chemistry ,Esters ,Fraction (chemistry) ,General Medicine ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Biochemistry ,Analytical Chemistry ,Organophosphorus Compounds ,Linear range ,Volume (thermodynamics) ,Solvents ,Sample preparation ,Vaporizer ,Gas chromatography - Abstract
An on-line method for the determination of airborne organophosphate esters based on dynamic sonication-assisted solvent extraction and large-volume injection (LVI) gas chromatography with nitrogen-phosphorous detection is introduced. The LVI is performed with a programmed-temperature vaporizer. The entire extracted fraction of 800 microl (hexane-methyl-tert.-butyl ether, 7:3, v/v) is introduced directly into the GC system without any clean-up step following extraction. The extraction and analysis step were completed in less than 15 min. The limit of detection of the investigated organophosphate esters was established to be in the range of 5-32 pg/filter. The correlation coefficients (r2) were investigated in the linear range study of the entire system and established to be approximately 0.9900 for all the investigated organophosphates esters. Applications of the method was demonstrated with the extraction of air samples collected onto glass fiber filters from different indoor environments. Six organophosphate esters were found at the levels 0.4-138 ng/m3.
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283. Reaction of the tamoxifen cation and the bis-(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl cation in aqueous solutions containing 2'-deoxyguanosine
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Effiette L. O. Sauer, Sinisa Vukovic, Cristina Sanchez, and Robert A. McClelland
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Allylic rearrangement ,Aqueous solution ,Chemistry ,Organic Chemistry ,General Chemistry ,Carbocation ,Photochemistry ,Medicinal chemistry ,Catalysis ,Adduct ,Reaction rate constant ,Flash photolysis ,Reactivity (chemistry) ,Solvolysis - Abstract
The competition between 2'-deoxyguanosine (dG) and water has been quantitatively evaluated for the allylic carbocation derived from tamoxifen and for the stabilized diarylmethyl cation (bis-(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl). Both systems were examined by the competition kinetics method, in which the products were quantitatively analyzed after the SN1 solvolysis of the corresponding acetate esters in aqueous solutions containing the nucleoside. The principal product of the reaction of both cations with dG is the adduct at the NH2 group, a characteristic of delocalized carbocations. The tamoxifen cation was also examined by laser flash photolysis, with absolute rate constants for the reaction with dG and water being obtained and converted into rate constant ratios. The principal result of this study is that there is a three orders of magnitude difference in the reactivity of these cations towards the neutral form of dG and its conjugate base. Under acidic conditions where the reaction occurs with neutral dG, the guaninewater selectivity is low. Even at relatively high concentrations of dG, the majority of the product is alcohol derived from the water reaction. At pH 10 to 11, in contrast, dG is present as the anion and this is highly competitive. Yields of adduct as high as 90% can be attained. A consequence of the large difference in reactivities is that at neutral pH the majority of the reaction of the cation with dG is actually occurring via the small amount of conjugate base present. A further feature of the results is that the NH2 adduct is the predominant stable product from the anion. To explain the high rate constant for the reaction forming this product, a mechanism is proposed whereby one of the protons of the NH2 group is transferred to N1 as the N2-cation bond is forming.Key words: guanine, DNA adduct, carbocation, tamoxifen.
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284. Prediction of serious complications in patients with pulmonary thromboembolism and solid cancer: Validation of the EPIPHANY Index in a prospective cohort of patients from the PERSEO study.
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Manuel Sánchez-Cánovas, Paula Jimenez-Fonseca, David Fernández Garay, Mónica Cejuela Solís, Diego Casado Elía, Eva Coma Salvans, Irma de la Haba Vacas, David Gómez Sánchez, Ana Fernández Montés, Roberto Morales Giménez, Mercedes Biosca Gómez de Tejada, Virginia Arrazubi Arrula, Silvia Sequero López, Remedios Otero Candelera, Cristina Sánchez Cendra, Marina Justo de la Peña, Diana Moreno Muñoz, Mayra Orillo Sarmiento, Eva Martínez de Castro, Ignacio García Escobar, Alejandro Bernal Vidal, Laura Ortega Moran, Andrés J Muñoz Martín, Rodrigo Sánchez Bayona, María José Martínez Ortiz, Francisco Ayala de la Peña, Vicente Vicente, and Alberto Carmona-Bayonas
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IntroductionThere is currently no validated score capable of classifying cancer-associated pulmonary embolism (PE) in its full spectrum of severity. This study has validated the EPIPHANY Index, a new tool to predict serious complications in cancer patients with suspected or unsuspected PE.MethodThe PERSEO Study prospectively recruited individuals with PE and active cancer or receiving antineoplastic therapy from 22 Spanish hospitals. The estimation of the relative frequency θ of complications based on the EPIPHANY Index categories was made using the Bayesian alternative for the binomial test.ResultsA total of 900 patients, who were diagnosed with PE between October 2017 and January 2020, were enrolled. The rate of serious complications at 15 days was 11.8%, 95% highest density interval [HDI], 9.8-14.1%. Of the EPIPHANY low-risk patients, 2.4% (95% HDI, 0.8-4.6%) had serious complications, as did 5.5% (95% HDI, 2.9-8.7%) of the moderate-risk participants and 21.0% (95% HDI, 17.0-24.0%) of those with high-risk episodes. The EPIPHANY Index was associated with overall survival (OS) in patients with different risk levels: median OS was 16.5, 14.4, and 4.4 months for those at low, intermediate, and high risk, respectively. Both the EPIPHANY Index and the Hestia criteria exhibited greater negative predictive value and a lower negative likelihood ratio than the remaining models. The incidence of bleeding at 6 months was 6.2% (95% HDI, 2.9-9.5%) in low/moderate-risk vs 12.7% (95% HDI, 10.1-15.4%) in high-risk (p-value = 0.037) episodes. Of the outpatients, serious complications at 15 days were recorded in 2.1% (95% HDI, 0.7-4.0%) of the cases with EPIPHANY low/intermediate-risk vs 5.3% (95% HDI, 1.7-11.8%) in high-risk cases.ConclusionWe have validated the EPIPHANY Index in patients with incidental or symptomatic cancer-related PE. This model can contribute to standardize decision-making in a scenario lacking quality evidence.
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285. Larva currens secundaria a corticoterapia. Reporte de un caso
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Katiuska H. Liendo-Martínez, Rosa Gómez-García, Cristhian Correa-Gutiérrez, Cristina Sánchez-Fernández, Luis Puente-Maestu, and Javier de Miguel-Díez
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Larva currens. Strongyloides stercoralis. SARS-CoV-2. Caso clínico. ,Diseases of the respiratory system ,RC705-779 - Abstract
La infección por el nuevo coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) tuvo un tratamiento debatido debido a la incógnita sobre su patogenia, que con el pasar del tiempo se aclaró evidenciándose un componente inflamatorio, siendo la corticoterapia una opción terapéutica. En pacientes con corticoides es primordial conocer las posibles reacciones colaterales por su efecto inmunosupresor. Presentamos el caso de un varón de origen ecuatoriano, de 48 años, que tras infección por SARS-CoV-2 tratada con corticoides presentó exantema serpiginoso que tras serología para Strongyloides stercoralis se confirmó el diagnóstico de larva currens.
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286. Biotin pathway in novel Fodinibius salsisoli sp. nov., isolated from hypersaline soils and reclassification of the genus Aliifodinibius as Fodinibius
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Cristina Galisteo, Rafael R. de la Haba, Cristina Sánchez-Porro, and Antonio Ventosa
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Balneolaceae ,hypersaline soils ,phylogenomics ,biotin biosynthesis ,genomic analysis ,moderate halophile ,Microbiology ,QR1-502 - Abstract
Hypersaline soils are extreme environments that have received little attention until the last few years. Their halophilic prokaryotic population seems to be more diverse than those of well-known aquatic systems. Among those inhabitants, representatives of the family Balneolaceae (phylum Balneolota) have been described to be abundant, but very few members have been isolated and characterized to date. This family comprises the genera Aliifodinibius and Fodinibius along with four others. A novel strain, designated 1BSP15-2V2T, has been isolated from hypersaline soils located in the Odiel Saltmarshes Natural Area (Southwest Spain), which appears to represent a new species related to the genus Aliifodinibius. However, comparative genomic analyses of members of the family Balneolaceae have revealed that the genera Aliifodinibius and Fodinibius belong to a single genus, hence we propose the reclassification of the species of the genus Aliifodinibius into the genus Fodinibius, which was first described. The novel strain is thus described as Fodinibius salsisoli sp. nov., with 1BSP15-2V2T (=CCM 9117T = CECT 30246T) as the designated type strain. This species and other closely related ones show abundant genomic recruitment within 80–90% identity range when searched against several hypersaline soil metagenomic databases investigated. This might suggest that there are still uncultured, yet abundant closely related representatives to this family present in these environments. In-depth in-silico analysis of the metabolism of Fodinibius showed that the biotin biosynthesis pathway was present in the genomes of strain 1BSP15-2V2T and other species of the family Balneolaceae, which could entail major implications in their community role providing this vitamin to other organisms that depend on an exogenous source of this nutrient.
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287. Intracellular virion traffic to the endosome driven by cell type specific sialic acid receptors determines parvovirus tropism
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Tania Calvo-López, Esther Grueso, Cristina Sánchez-Martínez, and José M. Almendral
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icosahedral capsid engineering ,parvovirus ,VEGF ,tropism ,sialic acid ,virus entry and traffic ,Microbiology ,QR1-502 - Abstract
Parvoviruses are promising anticancer and gene therapy agents, but a deep knowledge of the entry process is crucial to exploit their therapeutic potential. We addressed this issue while attempting to retarget the oncolytic parvovirus minute virus of mice (MVMp) to the tumor vasculature. Residues at three functional domains of the icosahedral capsid were substituted by rational design with peptides competing with the vascular endothelial growth factor. Most substitutions impaired virus maturation, though some yielded infectious chimeric virions, and substitutions in a dimple at the twofold axis that allocates sialic acid (SIA) receptors altered viral tropism. One dimple-modified chimeric virion was efficiently attached as MVMp to α2-linked SIA moieties, but the infection was impaired by the binding to some inhibitory α2-3,-6,-8 SIA pseudoreceptors, which hampers intracellular virus traffic to the endosome in a cell type-dependent manner. Infectious from nonproductive traffic could be mechanistically discriminated by an endosomal drastic capsid structural transition comprising the cleavage of some VP2-Nt sequences and its associated VP1-Nt exposure. Correspondingly, neuraminidase removal of inhibitory SIA moieties enhanced the infection quantitatively, correlating to the restored virus traffic to the endosome and the extent of VP2-Nt cleavage/VP1-Nt exposure. This study illustrates (i) structural constraints to retarget parvoviruses with evolutionary adopted narrow grooves allocating small SIA receptors, (ii) the possibility to enhance parvovirus oncolysis by relaxing the glycan network on the cancer cell surface, and (iii) the major role played by the attachment to cell type-specific SIAs in the intracellular virus traffic to the endosome, which may determine parvovirus tropism and host range.
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288. Genomic-based phylogenetic and metabolic analyses of the genus Natronomonas, and description of Natronomonas aquatica sp. nov.
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Alicia García-Roldán, Ana Durán-Viseras, Rafael R. de la Haba, Paulina Corral, Cristina Sánchez-Porro, and Antonio Ventosa
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Natronomonas ,hypersaline environments ,salterns ,extremophiles ,haloarchaea ,metabolism ,Microbiology ,QR1-502 - Abstract
The genus Natronomonas is classified on the family Haloarculaceae, within the class Halobacteria and currently includes six species isolated from salterns, saline or soda lakes, and salt mines. All are extremely halophilic (optimal growth at 20–25% [w/v] NaCl) and neutrophilic, except Natronomonas pharaonis, the type species of the genus, that is haloalkaliphilic (showing optimal growth at pH 9.0) and possesses distinct phenotypic features, such as a different polar lipid profile than the rest of species of the genus. We have carried out a genome-based study in order to determine the phylogenetic structure of the genus Natronomonas and elucidate its current taxonomic status. Overall genomic relatedness indexes, i.e., OrthoANI (Average Nucleotide Identity), dDDH (digital DNA–DNA hybridization), and AAI (Average Amino acid Identity), were determined with respect to the species of Natronomonas and other representative taxa of the class Halobacteria. Our data show that the six species of Natronomonas constitute a coherent cluster at the genus level. Besides, we have characterized a new haloarchaeon, strain F2-12T, isolated from the brine of a pond of a saltern in Isla Cristina, Huelva, Spain, and we determined that it constitutes a new species of Natronomonas, for which we propose the name Natronomonas aquatica sp. nov. Besides, the metabolic analysis revealed a heterotrophic lifestyle and a versatile nitrogen metabolism for members of this genus. Finally, metagenomic fragment recruitments from a subset of hypersaline habitats, indicated that the species of Natronomonas are widely distributed in saline lakes and salterns as well as on saline soils. Species of this haloarchaeal genus can be considered as ubiquitous in intermediate to high salinity habitats.
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- 2023
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289. Genomic study and lipidomic bioassay of Leeuwenhoekiella parthenopeia: A novel rare biosphere marine bacterium that inhibits tumor cell viability
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Giuliano Gattoni, Rafael R. de la Haba, Jesús Martín, Fernando Reyes, Cristina Sánchez-Porro, Antonia Feola, Candida Zuchegna, Shaday Guerrero-Flores, Mario Varcamonti, Ezio Ricca, Nelly Selem-Mojica, Antonio Ventosa, and Paulina Corral
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Leeuwenhoekiella ,rare biosphere ,diel vertical migration (DVM) ,biosynthetic profiling ,membrane lipids ,antiproliferative ,Microbiology ,QR1-502 - Abstract
The fraction of low-abundance microbiota in the marine environment is a promising target for discovering new bioactive molecules with pharmaceutical applications. Phenomena in the ocean such as diel vertical migration (DVM) and seasonal dynamic events influence the pattern of diversity of marine bacteria, conditioning the probability of isolation of uncultured bacteria. In this study, we report a new marine bacterium belonging to the rare biosphere, Leeuwenhoekiella parthenopeia sp. nov. Mr9T, which was isolated employing seasonal and diel sampling approaches. Its complete characterization, ecology, biosynthetic gene profiling of the whole genus Leeuwenhoekiella, and bioactivity of its extract on human cells are reported. The phylogenomic and microbial diversity studies demonstrated that this bacterium is a new and rare species, barely representing 0.0029% of the bacterial community in Mediterranean Sea metagenomes. The biosynthetic profiling of species of the genus Leeuwenhoekiella showed nine functionally related gene cluster families (GCF), none were associated with pathways responsible to produce known compounds or registered patents, therefore revealing its potential to synthesize novel bioactive compounds. In vitro screenings of L. parthenopeia Mr9T showed that the total lipid content (lipidome) of the cell membrane reduces the prostatic and brain tumor cell viability with a lower effect on normal cells. The lipidome consisted of sulfobacin A, WB 3559A, WB 3559B, docosenamide, topostin B-567, and unknown compounds. Therefore, the bioactivity could be attributed to any of these individual compounds or due to their synergistic effect. Beyond the rarity and biosynthetic potential of this bacterium, the importance and novelty of this study is the employment of sampling strategies based on ecological factors to reach the hidden microbiota, as well as the use of bacterial membrane constituents as potential novel therapeutics. Our findings open new perspectives on cultivation and the relationship between bacterial biological membrane components and their bioactivity in eukaryotic cells, encouraging similar studies in other members of the rare biosphere.
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- 2023
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290. Physiological and biochemical responses of Eichhornia crassipes exposed to Cr (III)
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César Iván González, Jimena Cazenave, M. A. Maine, Gabriela Cristina Sanchez, and Maria Patricia Benavides
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Eichhornia crassipes ,Chromium ,Antioxidant ,LIPID PEROXIDATION ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Glutathione reductase ,Adaptation, Biological ,Plant Roots ,Ciencias Biológicas ,Superoxide dismutase ,Lipid peroxidation ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Malondialdehyde ,MACROPHYTE ,medicine ,Environmental Chemistry ,Homeostasis ,Food science ,OXIDATIVE STRESS ,Peroxidase ,biology ,Superoxide Dismutase ,ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME DEFENSE SYSTEM ,BIOACCUMULATION ,General Medicine ,Pigments, Biological ,Bioquímica y Biología Molecular ,biology.organism_classification ,Catalase ,Pollution ,Glutathione Reductase ,chemistry ,Biochemistry ,biology.protein ,Chromium toxicity ,Oxidation-Reduction ,HORMESIS ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS - Abstract
The effect of exposure of Eichhornia crassipes to Cr (III) was assessed by measuring changes in photosynthetic pigments, malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase, glutathione reductase, catalase, and guaiacol peroxidase activities, as well as Cr concentration in tissues. Cr concentration in roots was significantly higher than in aerial parts and increased with Cr concentration in water. Photosynthetic pigments increased significantly, whereas the activities of antioxidant enzymes varied differently in plant tissues. Low Cr concentrations induced a rapid response of E. crassipes during short-term exposure, implying that the antioxidant system conferred redox homeostasis. Results showed that Cr (III) was more toxic at the two highest concentrations and long-term exposure, while it was not harmful but beneficial at the two lowest concentrations and short-term exposure. This work concludes that E. crassipes was able to grow under Cr (III) stress by protecting itself with an increase in the activity of its antioxidant system. Fil: González, César Iván. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química. Laboratorio de Química Analítica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Maine, Maria Alejandra. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química. Laboratorio de Química Analítica; Argentina Fil: Cazenave, Jimena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto Nacional de Limnología. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto Nacional de Limnología; Argentina Fil: Sanchez, Gabriela Cristina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química. Laboratorio de Química Analítica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Benavides, Maria Patricia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Biológica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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- 2014
291. The tamoxifen cation reacts to give indene products
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Robert A. McClelland and Cristina Sanchez
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Organic Chemistry ,General Chemistry ,Carbocation ,Medicinal chemistry ,Catalysis ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Ionization ,medicine ,Organic chemistry ,Sulfate ,Indene ,Tamoxifen ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The tamoxifen carbocation (Ph(Ar)C=CPh-CH+-CH3, Ar = 4-Me2NCH2CH2OC6H4) is generated from acetate and sulfate precursors by SN1 ionization in water. The cation exists in (E) and (Z) forms which equilibrate before reaction. The major products are the α-hydroxytamoxifens Ph(Ar)C=CPh-CHOH-CH3, both (E) 64% and (Z) 29%, with the ratio independent of the configuration of the starting ester. Two minor products with a total yield of 7% account for the rest of the products. These have been characterized as indenes derived from intramolecular cyclization, a 4.5% yield of the indene derived from cyclization into the Ar ring with 2.5% due to cyclization into the phenyl ring. Experiments in acid solutions (0.01-0.1 M HCl) starting with pure (E)- or (Z)-α-hydroxytamoxifen reveal that the two alcohols equilibrate. This occurs by H+-catalyzed formation of the carbocation followed by water capture. Occurring about 10-fold slower than this isomerization is an irreversible process resulting in the two indenes. This cyclization will result in the destruction of the α-hydroxytamoxifens upon exposure to acidic conditions and also makes the direct observation of the tamoxifen carbocation under super-acid conditions difficult, if not impossible. The indenes do form in low yield whenever the tamoxifen carbocation is generated from an SN1 precursor. Thus these products could serve as markers for the formation of the tamoxifen carbocation in cellular systems or in in vivo experiments.Key words: carbocation, indene, allylic cation, isomerization.
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292. The tamo×ifen cation reacts to give indene products
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Cristina Sanchez and Robert A. McClelland
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Organic Chemistry ,General Chemistry ,Catalysis - Published
- 2000
293. Environmental and energy assessment of the substitution of chemical fertilizers for industrial wastes of ethanol production in sugarcane cultivation in Brazil
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Moore, Claudia Cristina Sanchez, primary, Nogueira, Alex Rodrigues, additional, and Kulay, Luiz, additional
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- 2016
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294. Diagnosis of Spondylodiscitis with 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Scan in a Patient with Bacteriemia
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Leon Ramirez, Luisa Fernanda, primary, Ballve, Ana Jimenez, additional, Perez Castejon, Maria Jesus, additional, Bolton, Roberto Delgado, additional, Enrique, Cristina Sanchez, additional, Vilacosta, Isidre, additional, and Delgado, Jose L Carreras, additional
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- 2016
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295. Empirically-derived food patterns and the risk of total mortality and cardiovascular events in the PREDIMED study
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Medicina i Cirurgia, Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Martinez-Gonzalez, Miguel A.; Zazpe, Itziar; Razquin, Cristina; Sanchez-Tainta, Ana; Corella, Dolores; Salas-Salvado, Jordi; Toledo, Estefania; Ros, Emilio; Angel Munoz, Miguel; Recondo, Javier; Gomez-Gracia, Enrique; Fiol, Miguel; Lapetra, Jose; Buil-Cosiales, Pilar; Serra-Majem, Lluis; Pinto, Xavier; Schroeder, Helmut; Tur, Josep A.; Sorli, Jose V.; Lamuela-Raventos, Rosa M.; Estruch, Ramon;PREDIMED GRP, Medicina i Cirurgia, Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, and Martinez-Gonzalez, Miguel A.; Zazpe, Itziar; Razquin, Cristina; Sanchez-Tainta, Ana; Corella, Dolores; Salas-Salvado, Jordi; Toledo, Estefania; Ros, Emilio; Angel Munoz, Miguel; Recondo, Javier; Gomez-Gracia, Enrique; Fiol, Miguel; Lapetra, Jose; Buil-Cosiales, Pilar; Serra-Majem, Lluis; Pinto, Xavier; Schroeder, Helmut; Tur, Josep A.; Sorli, Jose V.; Lamuela-Raventos, Rosa M.; Estruch, Ramon;PREDIMED GRP
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There is little evidence on post hoc-derived dietary patterns (DP) and all-cause mortality in Southern-European populations. Furthermore, the potential effect modification of a DP by a nutritional intervention has not been sufficiently assessed. We assessed the association between a posteriori defined baseline major DP and total mortality or cardiovascular events within each of the three arms of a large primary prevention trial (PREDIMED) where participants were randomized to two active interventions with Mediterranean-type diets or to a control group (allocated to a low-fat diet).We followed-up 7216 participants for a median of 4.3 years. A validated 137-item food-frequency questionnaire was administered. Baseline DP were ascertained through factor analysis based on 34 predefined groups. Cox regression models were used to estimate multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (HR) for cardiovascular disease (CVD) or mortality across quartiles of DP within each of the three arms of the trial.We identified two major baseline DP: the first DP was rich in red and processed meats, alcohol, refined grains and whole dairy products and was labeled Western dietary pattern (WDP). The second DP corresponded to a "Mediterranean-type" dietary pattern (MDP). During follow-up, 328 participants died. After controlling for potential confounders, higher baseline adherence to the MDP was associated with lower risk of CVD (adjusted HR for fourth vs. first quartile: 0.52; 95% CI (Confidence Interval): 0.36, 0.74; p-trend <0.001) and all-cause mortality (adjusted HR: 0.53; 95% CI: 0.38, 0.75; p-trend <0.001), regardless of the allocated arm of the trial. An increasing mortality rate was found across increasing quartiles of the WDP in the control group (allocated to a low-fat diet), though the linear
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296. Structure and rheology of heat-set gels of globular proteins
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Ana Cristina Sanchez-Gimeno, Denis Renard, and Jacques Lefebvre
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Chromatography ,biology ,Globular protein ,Thermodynamics ,Percolation threshold ,Neutron scattering ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Viscoelasticity ,Viscosity ,chemistry ,Rheology ,biology.protein ,General Materials Science ,Steady state (chemistry) ,Bovine serum albumin - Abstract
The structure and the rheology of systems resulting from heating at 80°C isoelectric solutions of bovine serum albumin (BSA) in the concentration range 10–200mg/ml were studied. Small-angle neutron scattering measurements view the systems as being formed of large aggregates of micrometric size with a close packed arrangement of denatured protein molecules. No indication of a fractal structure stands out. The viscoelastic behaviour is linear up to about 5% strain, except in the BSA concentration range 30–90mg/ml where the linearity limit is below 1% strain. The viscoelastic response was analysed in the linear domain, or as close as possible to it, by combining the results of dynamic and creep recovery measurements. The dependence on concentration of the steady state viscosity, of the steady state compliance, and of the average retardation time shows a marked change around a concentration C0∼50mg/ml, corresponding probably to a percolation threshold.
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297. Differences in maternal and neonatal cardiometabolic markers and placenta status by foetal sex. The GESTAFIT project
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Virginia A Aparicio, Laura Baena-García, Marta Flor-Alemany, Luis J Martínez-González, Alfonso Varela-López, Cristina Sánchez, and José L Quiles
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Aims: To explore the differences in some maternal-neonatal metabolic markers and placenta status by foetal sex. Methods: One hundred thirty-nine Caucasian pregnant women from the GESTAFIT project and their new-borns were included in the present cross-sectional study. Serum cardiometabolic markers (i.e. lipid and glycaemic profile and uric acid) were analysed at late pregnancy and at birth. In placenta, telomeres length, proportion of deleted mitochondrial-DNA and mitochondrial-DNA density, some minerals and interleukin 8, epidermal growth factor, fibroblast growth factor-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor were measured. The study was run between November 2015 and April 2018. Results: Mothers carrying a male showed higher serum triglycerides than mothers carrying a female at late pregnancy ( p
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- 2022
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298. El modelo Flipped Learning enriquecido con plataformas educativas gamificadas para el aprendizaje de la geometría
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Silvia Natividad Moral-Sánchez, María Teresa Sánchez Compaña, and Cristina Sánchez-Cruzado
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Flipped Learning ,gamificación ,TIC ,educación matemática ,geometría ,Theory and practice of education ,LB5-3640 ,Technology ,Social Sciences - Abstract
El objetivo de este trabajo es evidenciar las mejoras producidas, dentro del marco de una investigación-acción, del uso del modelo Flipped Learning, en combinación con técnicas de gamificación, en un aula de secundaria para trabajar la geometría. La investigación se ha llevado a cabo durante dos cursos académicos, con el mismo grupo-clase. En una etapa inicial, se parte de un modelo tradicional, que pasa a una etapa intermedia en la que se utiliza el modelo Flipped Learning, y una etapa final, en la que dicho modelo se mejora, con una plataforma educativa que integra elementos de gamificación (Classcraft). Para comparar los resultados de cada etapa, se consideran evidencias analizadas desde la dimensión cognitiva, la dimensión social y la dimensión motivacional. Las mejoras se van produciendo secuencialmente desde la etapa inicial, siendo en la última etapa, donde se alcanzan los mejores resultados en cuanto a rendimiento académico, participación y motivación del alumnado, interacción social y atención a la diversidad.
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299. Su1301 - Prognostic Factors and Long-Term Results Following Laparoscopic Gastrectomy and Lymphadenectomy for the Treatment of Gastric Cancer: A Single Center Study
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Campos, Adriana Ruano, Jiménez, Aida Elisa Pérez, Alonso, Daniel Rivera, Pueblo, Cristina Sánchez del, Eguizabal, Pablo Talavera, Torres, Antonio J., Antona, Esteban Martín, and Sánchez-Pernaute, Andrés
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300. Photoacoustic effect measurement in aqueous suspensions of gold nanorods caused by low-frequency and low-power near-infrared pulsing laser irradiation
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Cristina Sanchez Lopez de Pablo, Francisco del Pozo Guerrero, Tamara Fernández Cabada, José Javier Serrano Olmedo, and Julio Alberto Ramos Ávila
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Shock wave ,Materials science ,Light ,Cell Survival ,Medicina ,Matemáticas ,Metal Nanoparticles ,02 engineering and technology ,Low frequency ,010402 general chemistry ,Interference (wave propagation) ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Optics ,law ,Cell Line, Tumor ,Pressure ,Humans ,Ultrasonics ,Low-Level Light Therapy ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Engineering (miscellaneous) ,Photoacoustic effect ,Telecomunicaciones ,Nanotubes ,Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared ,business.industry ,Pulse (signal processing) ,Lasers ,Acoustics ,Equipment Design ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Laser ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,0104 chemical sciences ,Intensity (physics) ,Amplitude ,Gold ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
When aqueous suspensions of gold nanorods are irradiated with a pulsing laser (808 nm), pressure waves appear even at low frequencies (pulse repetition rate of 25 kHz). We found that the pressure wave amplitude depends on the dynamics of the phenomenon. For fixed concentration and average laser current intensity, the amplitude of the pressure waves shows a trend of increasing with the pulse slope and the pulse maximum amplitude. We postulate that the detected ultrasonic pressure waves are a sort of shock waves that would be generated at the beginning of each pulse, because the pressure wave amplitude would be the result of the positive interference of all the individual shock waves.
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