Search Results - "Ruiz, Jeronimo Conceição"
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Microfluidics and organ-on-a-chip technologies: A systematic review of the methods used to mimic bone marrow
Published in PloS one (11-12-2020)“…Bone marrow (BM) is an organ responsible for crucial processes in living organs, e. g., hematopoiesis. In recent years, Organ-on-a-Chip (OoC) devices have been…”
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A chimeric vaccine combined with adjuvant system induces immunogenicity and protection against visceral leishmaniasis in BALB/c mice
Published in Vaccine (12-05-2021)“…In Brazil, canine visceral leishmaniasis is an important public health problem due to its alarming growth. The high prevalence of infected dogs reinforces the…”
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Transcriptomic analysis of benznidazole-resistant and susceptible Trypanosoma cruzi populations
Published in Parasites & vectors (22-05-2023)“…Chagas disease (CD), caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is a serious public health concern in Latin America. Nifurtimox and benznidazole (BZ), the only…”
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Characterization of the small RNA content of Trypanosoma cruzi extracellular vesicles
Published in Molecular and biochemical parasitology (01-02-2014)“…•The small RNAs contained in vesicles originate from multiple sources.•Results revealed differences in the variety of small RNAs between parasite stages.•The…”
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Perspectives From Systems Biology to Improve Knowledge of Leishmania Drug Resistance
Published in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology (30-04-2021)“…Neglected Tropical Diseases include a broad range of pathogens, hosts, and vectors, which represent evolving complex systems. Leishmaniasis, caused by…”
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TriatoKey: a web and mobile tool for biodiversity identification of Brazilian triatomine species
Published in Database : the journal of biological databases and curation (2017)“…Abstract Triatomines are blood-sucking insects that transmit the causative agent of Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi. Despite being recognized as a difficult…”
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Hypervirulence and cross-resistance to a clinical antifungal are induced by an environmental fungicide in Cryptococcus gattii
Published in The Science of the total environment (20-10-2020)“…The increasing human population requires ongoing efforts in food production. This is frequently associated with an increased use of agrochemicals, leading to…”
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Proteomic analysis reveals differentially abundant proteins probably involved in the virulence of amastigote and promastigote forms of Leishmania infantum
Published in Parasitology research (1987) (01-02-2021)“…Owing to the importance and clinical diversity of Leishmania infantum , studying its virulence factors is promising for understanding the relationship between…”
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A specific Leishmania infantum polyepitope vaccine triggers Th1-type immune response and protects against experimental visceral leishmaniasis
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Diversity and genome mapping assessment of disordered and functional domains in trypanosomatids
Published in Journal of proteomics (15-09-2020)“…The proteins that have structural disorder exemplify a class of proteins which is part of a new frontier in structural biology that demands a new understanding…”
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Comparative transcriptomic analysis of antimony resistant and susceptible Leishmania infantum lines
Published in Parasites & vectors (30-11-2020)“…One of the major challenges to leishmaniasis treatment is the emergence of parasites resistant to antimony. To study differentially expressed genes associated…”
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Tumor Neoepitope-Based Vaccines: A Scoping Review on Current Predictive Computational Strategies
Published in Vaccines (Basel) (24-07-2024)“…Therapeutic cancer vaccines have been considered in recent decades as important immunotherapeutic strategies capable of leading to tumor regression. In the…”
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Identification and characterization of microsatellite markers for population genetic studies of Panstrongylus megistus (Burmeister, 1835) (Triatominae: Reduviidae)
Published in Parasites & vectors (22-05-2021)“…Panstrongylus megistus is the most important vector of Chagas disease in Brazil. Studies show that the principal factor hindering the control of triatomines is…”
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Genome size, karyotype polymorphism and chromosomal evolution in Trypanosoma cruzi
Published in PloS one (12-08-2011)“…The Trypanosoma cruzi genome was sequenced from a hybrid strain (CL Brener). However, high allelic variation and the repetitive nature of the genome have…”
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Chimeric Vaccines Designed by Immunoinformatics-Activated Polyfunctional and Memory T Cells That Trigger Protection against Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis
Published in Vaccines (Basel) (27-05-2020)“…Many vaccine candidates against visceral leishmaniasis (VL) have been proposed; however, to date, none of them have been efficacious for the human or canine…”
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Synthetic Peptides Elicit Strong Cellular Immunity in Visceral Leishmaniasis Natural Reservoir and Contribute to Long-Lasting Polyfunctional T-Cells in BALB/c Mice
Published in Vaccines (Basel) (28-10-2019)“…Reverse vaccinology or immunoinformatics is a computational methodology which integrates data from in silico epitope prediction, associated to other important…”
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Identification and characterization of expressed retrotransposons in the genome of the Paracoccidioides species complex
Published in BMC genomics (12-05-2015)“…Species from the Paracoccidioides complex are thermally dimorphic fungi and the causative agents of paracoccidioidomycosis, a deep fungal infection that is the…”
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The level of ascorbate peroxidase is enhanced in benznidazole-resistant populations of Trypanosoma cruzi and its expression is modulated by stress generated by hydrogen peroxide
Published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (01-06-2012)“…Ascorbate peroxidases (APX) are class I heme-containing enzymes that convert hydrogen peroxide into water molecules. The gene encoding APX has been…”
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In silico analysis of putative dormancy genes in Plasmodium vivax
Published in Acta tropica (01-10-2018)“…[Display omitted] •Mauritanian I and North Korean are the highest diverse P. vivax genomes.•Selected putative dormancy genes are conserved and under purifying…”
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Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) in trypanosomatids
Published in BMC genomics (13-12-2014)“…Proteins are composed of one or more amino acid chains and exhibit several structure levels. IDPs (intrinsically disordered proteins) represent a class of…”
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