Search Results - "M Moraes"
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Transmission mechanisms shape pathogen effects on host–vector interactions: evidence from plant viruses
Published in Functional ecology (01-10-2012)“…Summary 1. Vector‐borne pathogens and parasites can induce changes in the phenotypes of their hosts that influence the frequency and nature of host–vector…”
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Double power-law viscoelastic relaxation of living cells encodes motility trends
Published in Scientific reports (16-03-2020)“…Living cells are constantly exchanging momentum with their surroundings. So far, there is no consensus regarding how cells respond to such external stimuli,…”
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Using Micropropagation to Develop Medicinal Plants into Crops
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (21-03-2021)“…Medicinal plants are still the major source of therapies for several illnesses and only part of the herbal products originates from cultivated biomass. Wild…”
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The Macrophage Switch in Obesity Development
Published in Frontiers in immunology (05-01-2016)“…Immune cell infiltration in (white) adipose tissue (AT) during obesity is associated with the development of insulin resistance. In AT, the main population of…”
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Discovery of a Class of Endogenous Mammalian Lipids with Anti-Diabetic and Anti-inflammatory Effects
Published in Cell (09-10-2014)“…Increased adipose tissue lipogenesis is associated with enhanced insulin sensitivity. Mice overexpressing the Glut4 glucose transporter in adipocytes have…”
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The chemical ecology of tropical forest diversity: Environmental variation, chemical similarity, herbivory, and richness
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-09-2022)“…Species richness in tropical forests is correlated with other dimensions of diversity, including the diversity of plant–herbivore interactions and the…”
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Model for clustering of living species
Published in Europhysics letters (01-01-2020)“…Clusters appear in nature in a diversity of contexts, involving distances as long as the cosmological ones, and down to atoms and molecules and the very small…”
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Malaria-induced changes in host odors enhance mosquito attraction
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (29-07-2014)“…Vector-borne pathogens may alter traits of their primary hosts in ways that influence the frequency and nature of interactions between hosts and vectors…”
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Deceptive chemical signals induced by a plant virus attract insect vectors to inferior hosts
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (23-02-2010)“…Previous studies have shown that vector-borne pathogens can alter the phenotypes of their hosts and vectors in ways that influence the frequency and nature of…”
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Global change and plant–pollinator communities in Mediterranean biomes
Published in Global ecology and biogeography (01-11-2023)“…Abstract Aim Occurring in five distinct global regions, Mediterranean‐type ecosystems (MTEs) include both centres of agricultural production and hotspots of…”
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Chondrogenesis of human amniotic fluid stem cells in Chitosan-Xanthan scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering
Published in Scientific reports (04-02-2021)“…Articular chondral lesions, caused either by trauma or chronic cartilage diseases such as osteoarthritis, present very low ability to self-regenerate. Thus,…”
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Low levels of realized seed and pollen gene flow and strong spatial genetic structure in a small, isolated and fragmented population of the tropical tree Copaifera langsdorffii Desf
Published in Heredity (01-01-2011)“…Over the past century, the Brazilian Atlantic forest has been reduced to small, isolated fragments of forest. Reproductive isolation theories predict a loss of…”
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IL‐3–producing basophils are required to exacerbate airway hyperresponsiveness in a murine inflammatory model
Published in Allergy (Copenhagen) (01-12-2018)“…Background Basophils are commonly associated with allergic responses because of their ability to produce large amounts of pro‐Th2 cytokines and histamine…”
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Aphids harbouring different endosymbionts exhibit differences in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles that can be recognized by ant mutualists
Published in Scientific reports (01-10-2021)“…Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) have important communicative functions for ants, which use CHC profiles to recognize mutualistic aphid partners. Aphid…”
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STING regulates metabolic reprogramming in macrophages via HIF-1α during Brucella infection
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-05-2021)“…Macrophages metabolic reprogramming in response to microbial insults is a major determinant of pathogen growth or containment. Here, we reveal a distinct…”
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Effects of pathogens on sensory-mediated interactions between plants and insect vectors
Published in Current opinion in plant biology (01-08-2016)“…[Display omitted] •Interactions between plants and insect disease vectors are mediated by sensory cues.•Pathogen effects on vector behaviour may be direct or…”
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Non-glandular trichomes of Solanum carolinense deter feeding by Manduca sexta caterpillars and cause damage to the gut peritrophic matrix
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (22-02-2017)“…Plant trichomes constitute a first line of defence against insect herbivores. The pre- and post-ingestive defensive functions of glandular trichomes are well…”
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Co-infection by multiple vector-borne agents in wild ring-tailed coatis (Nasua nasua) from Iguaçu National Park, southern Brazil
Published in Scientific reports (01-02-2023)“…The present study aimed to detect molecularly the presence of co-infections by vector-borne agents (VBA) in ring-tailed coatis’ ( Nasua nasua ) blood samples…”
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Leptin in the regulation of the immunometabolism of adipose tissue‐macrophages
Published in Journal of leukocyte biology (01-09-2019)“…Obesity is a pandemic disease affecting around 15% of the global population. Obesity is a major risk factor for other conditions, such as type 2 diabetes and…”
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Experimental warming increases the vulnerability of high‐elevation plant populations to a specialist herbivore
Published in Functional ecology (01-06-2023)“…Ongoing climate change may impact alpine plant populations via both direct effects of increased temperature and climate‐driven changes in interactions between…”
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