Search Results - "Alves, P. M"

Completion of the gut microbial epi-bile acid pathway by Doden, Heidi L., Wolf, Patricia G., Gaskins, H. Rex, Anantharaman, Karthik, Alves, João M. P., Ridlon, Jason M.

“…Bile acids are detergent molecules that solubilize dietary lipids and lipid-soluble vitamins. Humans synthesize bile acids with α-orientation hydroxyl groups…”
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Clostridium scindens ATCC 35704: Integration of Nutritional Requirements, the Complete Genome Sequence, and Global Transcriptional Responses to Bile Acids by Devendran, Saravanan, Shrestha, Rachana, Alves, João M P, Wolf, Patricia G, Ly, Lindsey, Hernandez, Alvaro G, Méndez-García, Celia, Inboden, Ashley, Wiley, J'nai, Paul, Oindrila, Allen, Avery, Springer, Emily, Wright, Chris L, Fields, Christopher J, Daniel, Steven L, Ridlon, Jason M

“…In the human gut, ATCC 35704 is a predominant bacterium and one of the major bile acid 7α-dehydroxylating anaerobes. While this organism is well-studied…”
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Confined Silver Nanoparticles in Ionic Liquid Films by Alves, Alexandre C P M, Santos, Luís M N B F, Bastos, Margarida, Costa, José C S

“…This work reports the formation of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) by sputter deposition in thin films of three different ionic liquids (ILs) with the same anion…”
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Advances in on-line monitoring and control of mammalian cell cultures: Supporting the PAT initiative by Teixeira, A.P., Oliveira, R., Alves, P.M., Carrondo, M.J.T.

“…In recent years, much attention has been directed towards the development of global methods for on-line process monitoring, especially since the Food and Drug…”
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Editorial: Symbioses Between Protists and Bacteria/Archaea by Kostygov, Alexei Yu, Alves, João M. P., Yurchenko, Vyacheslav

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Formation of secondary allo-bile acids by novel enzymes from gut Firmicutes by Lee, Jae Won, Cowley, Elise S., Wolf, Patricia G., Doden, Heidi L., Murai, Tsuyoshi, Caicedo, Kelly Yovani Olivos, Ly, Lindsey K., Sun, Furong, Takei, Hajime, Nittono, Hiroshi, Daniel, Steven L., Cann, Isaac, Gaskins, H. Rex, Anantharaman, Karthik, Alves, João M. P., Ridlon, Jason M.

“…The gut microbiome of vertebrates is capable of numerous biotransformations of bile acids, which are responsible for intestinal lipid digestion and function as…”
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Subsarcolemmal and intermyofibrillar mitochondria proteome differences disclose functional specializations in skeletal muscle by Ferreira, Rita, Vitorino, Rui, Alves, Renato M.P, Appell, Hans Joachim, Powers, Scott K, Duarte, José Alberto, Amado, Francisco

“…Skeletal muscle is a highly specialized tissue that contains two distinct mitochondria subpopulations, the subsarcolemmal (SS) and the intermyofibrillar (IMF)…”
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Biosynthesis of vitamins and cofactors in bacterium-harbouring trypanosomatids depends on the symbiotic association as revealed by genomic analyses by Klein, Cecilia C, Alves, João M P, Serrano, Myrna G, Buck, Gregory A, Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza R, Sagot, Marie-France, Teixeira, Marta M G, Camargo, Erney P, Motta, Maria Cristina M

“…Some non-pathogenic trypanosomatids maintain a mutualistic relationship with a betaproteobacterium of the Alcaligenaceae family. Intensive nutritional…”
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Endosymbiosis in trypanosomatids: the genomic cooperation between bacterium and host in the synthesis of essential amino acids is heavily influenced by multiple horizontal gene transfers by Alves, João M P, Klein, Cecilia C, da Silva, Flávia Maia, Costa-Martins, André G, Serrano, Myrna G, Buck, Gregory A, Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza R, Sagot, Marie-France, Teixeira, Marta M G, Motta, Maria Cristina M, Camargo, Erney P

“…Trypanosomatids of the genera Angomonas and Strigomonas live in a mutualistic association characterized by extensive metabolic cooperation with obligate…”
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Genomic sequence analysis and characterization of Sneathia amnii sp. nov by Harwich, Jr, Michael D, Serrano, Myrna G, Fettweis, Jennifer M, Alves, João M P, Reimers, Mark A, Buck, Gregory A, Jefferson, Kimberly K

“…Bacteria of the genus Sneathia are emerging as potential pathogens of the female reproductive tract. Species of Sneathia, which were formerly grouped with…”
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Safety and immunogenicity of neoadjuvant treatment using WT1-immunotherapeutic in combination with standard therapy in patients with WT1-positive Stage II/III breast cancer: a randomized Phase I study by Higgins, M., Curigliano, G., Dieras, V., Kuemmel, S., Kunz, G., Fasching, P. A., Campone, M., Bachelot, T., Krivorotko, P., Chan, S., Ferro, A., Schwartzberg, L., Gillet, M., De Sousa Alves, P. M., Wascotte, V., Lehmann, F. F., Goss, P.

“…Purpose This Phase I, multicenter, randomized study (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01220128) evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of recombinant Wilms’ tumor 1…”
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A collection of bacterial isolates from the pig intestine reveals functional and taxonomic diversity by Wylensek, David, Hitch, Thomas C. A., Riedel, Thomas, Afrizal, Afrizal, Kumar, Neeraj, Wortmann, Esther, Liu, Tianzhe, Devendran, Saravanan, Lesker, Till R., Hernández, Sara B., Heine, Viktoria, Buhl, Eva M., M. D’Agostino, Paul, Cumbo, Fabio, Fischöder, Thomas, Wyschkon, Marzena, Looft, Torey, Parreira, Valeria R., Abt, Birte, Doden, Heidi L., Ly, Lindsey, Alves, João M. P., Reichlin, Markus, Flisikowski, Krzysztof, Suarez, Laura Navarro, Neumann, Anthony P., Suen, Garret, de Wouters, Tomas, Rohn, Sascha, Lagkouvardos, Ilias, Allen-Vercoe, Emma, Spröer, Cathrin, Bunk, Boyke, Taverne-Thiele, Anja J., Giesbers, Marcel, Wells, Jerry M., Neuhaus, Klaus, Schnieke, Angelika, Cava, Felipe, Segata, Nicola, Elling, Lothar, Strowig, Till, Ridlon, Jason M., Gulder, Tobias A. M., Overmann, Jörg, Clavel, Thomas

“…Our knowledge about the gut microbiota of pigs is still scarce, despite the importance of these animals for biomedical research and agriculture. Here, we…”
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Synthesis and Optimization of Lectin Functionalized Nanoprobes for the Selective Recovery of Glycoproteins from Human Body Fluids by Ferreira, José A, Daniel-da-Silva, Ana Luísa, Alves, Renato M. P, Duarte, Daniel, Vieira, Igor, Santos, Lúcio Lara, Vitorino, Rui, Amado, Francisco

“…Biomedical sciences, and in particular biomarker research, demand efficient glycoprotein enrichment platforms. Herein magnetic nanoprobes (MNP), after being…”
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Identification and phylogenetic analysis of heme synthesis genes in trypanosomatids and their bacterial endosymbionts by Alves, João M P, Voegtly, Logan, Matveyev, Andrey V, Lara, Ana M, da Silva, Flávia Maia, Serrano, Myrna G, Buck, Gregory A, Teixeira, Marta M G, Camargo, Erney P

“…It has been known for decades that some insect-infecting trypanosomatids can survive in culture without heme supplementation while others cannot, and that this…”
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The Evolutionary Loss of RNAi Key Determinants in Kinetoplastids as a Multiple Sporadic Phenomenon by Matveyev, Andrey V., Alves, João M. P., Serrano, Myrna G., Lee, Vladimir, Lara, Ana M., Barton, William A., Costa-Martins, André G., Beverley, Stephen M., Camargo, Erney P., Teixeira, Marta M. G., Buck, Gregory A.

“…We screened the genomes of a broad panel of kinetoplastid protists for genes encoding proteins associated with the RNA interference (RNAi) system using probes…”
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Purification of recombinant baculoviruses for gene therapy using membrane processes by Vicente, T, Peixoto, C, Carrondo, M J T, Alves, P M

“…Recombinant baculoviruses (rBVs) are widely used as vectors for the production of recombinant proteins in insect cells. More recently, these viral vectors have…”
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Correction: Absence of Zika virus among pregnant women in Vietnam in 2008 by Chiu, Y-C, Baud, D, Fahmi, A, Zumkehr, B, Vouga, M, Pomar, L, Musso, D, Thuong, B C, Alves, M P, Stojanov, M

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Merozoite surface protein-1 genetic diversity in Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium brasilianum from Brazil by Guimarães, Lilian O, Wunderlich, Gerhard, Alves, João M P, Bueno, Marina G, Röhe, Fabio, Catão-Dias, José L, Neves, Amanda, Malafronte, Rosely S, Curado, Izilda, Domingues, Wilson, Kirchgatter, Karin

“…The merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP1) gene encodes the major surface antigen of invasive forms of the Plasmodium erythrocytic stages and is considered a…”
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Production of canine adenovirus type 2 in serum-free suspension cultures of MDCK cells by Castro, R, Fernandes, P, Laske, T, Sousa, M. F. Q, Genzel, Y, Scharfenberg, K, Alves, P. M, Coroadinha, A. S

“…The potential of adherent Madin Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) cells for the production of influenza viruses and canine adenovirus type 2 (CAV-2) for vaccines or…”
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Metabolism of Oxo-Bile Acids and Characterization of Recombinant 12α-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases from Bile Acid 7α-Dehydroxylating Human Gut Bacteria by Doden, Heidi, Sallam, Lina A, Devendran, Saravanan, Ly, Lindsey, Doden, Greta, Daniel, Steven L, Alves, João M P, Ridlon, Jason M

“…Bile acids are important cholesterol-derived nutrient signaling hormones, synthesized in the liver, that act as detergents to solubilize dietary lipids. Bile…”
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