Search Results - "Tiago Guimarães, João"
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Epidemiological Changes in Respiratory Viral Infections in Children: The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Published in Viruses (01-09-2023)“…Background: Viruses are the major cause of acute respiratory infections in children, causing important morbimortality. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, in…”
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated with severe tuberculosis evades cytosolic surveillance systems and modulates IL-1β production
Published in Nature communications (23-04-2020)“…Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis affects immune responses and clinical outcomes of tuberculosis (TB). However, how bacterial diversity…”
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Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 interferon gamma release assay in BNT162b2 vaccinated healthcare workers
Published in PloS one (10-05-2024)“…To predict protective immunity to SARS-CoV-2, cellular immunity seems to be more sensitive than humoral immunity. Through an Interferon-Gamma (IFN-γ) Release…”
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Bone formation and resorption markers at 7 years of age: Relations with growth and bone mineralization
Published in PloS one (22-08-2019)“…We aimed to describe bone formation and resorption markers in generally healthy prepubertal children using total alkaline phosphatase (tALP), osteocalcin (OC)…”
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Prognostic value of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in acute heart failure
Published in International journal of cardiology (30-04-2013)“…Abstract Background The identification of patients at risk for worse outcome is still a challenge. We hypothesized that cystatin C, a marker of renal function,…”
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Serum Levels of Vitamin D and Dental Caries in 7-Year-Old Children in Porto Metropolitan Area
Published in Nutrients (01-01-2021)“…Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with significant changes in dental structures. In children, it can induce enamel and dentin defects, which have been…”
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Decreased renal function in overweight and obese prepubertal children
Published in Pediatric research (01-10-2015)“…Background: Obesity is a potentially modifiable risk factor for the development and progression of kidney disease, both in adults and children. We aim to study…”
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Unveiling the Metabolic Effects of Glycomacropeptide
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (08-09-2021)“…For many years, the main nitrogen source for patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) was phenylalanine-free amino acid supplements. Recently, casein…”
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Association of thyroid function, within the euthyroid range, with cardiovascular risk: The EPIPorto study
Published in Frontiers in endocrinology (Lausanne) (28-11-2022)“…Thyroid hormones are important modulators of cardiovascular function. Both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism are known to contribute to an increased…”
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Iron Related Biomarkers Predict Disease Severity in a Cohort of Portuguese Adult Patients during COVID-19 Acute Infection
Published in Viruses (10-12-2021)“…Large variability in COVID-19 clinical progression urges the need to find the most relevant biomarkers to predict patients' outcomes. We evaluated iron…”
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Heterogeneous Streptomycin Resistance Level Among Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains From the Same Transmission Cluster
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (11-06-2021)“…Widespread and frequent resistance to the second-line tuberculosis (TB) medicine streptomycin, suggests ongoing transmission of low fitness cost streptomycin…”
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Field and Molecular Epidemiology: How Viral Sequencing Changed Transmission Inferences in the First Portuguese SARS-CoV-2 Infection Cluster
Published in Viruses (10-06-2021)“…Field epidemiology and viral sequencing provide a comprehensive characterization of transmission chains and allow a better identification of superspreading…”
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Vitamin D, parathyroid hormone and metabolic syndrome - the PORMETS study
Published in BMC endocrine disorders (17-11-2017)“…Vitamin D (VitD) and parathyroid hormone (PTH) play important roles in calcium metabolism and skeletal homeostasis. Estimates of the VitD status in several…”
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Assessing SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies after BNT162b2 Vaccination and Their Correlation with SARS-CoV-2 IgG Anti-S1, Anti-RBD and Anti-S2 Serological Titers
Published in Diagnostics (Basel) (15-01-2022)“…The humoral response through neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) is a key component of the immune response to COVID-19. However, the plaque reduction neutralization…”
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Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin in the Diagnosis of Type 1 Cardio-Renal Syndrome in the General Ward
Published in Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology (01-03-2011)“…The early identification of acute heart failure (HF) patients with type 1 cardio-renal syndrome should be the first step for developing prevention and…”
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A Prediction Rule to Stratify Mortality Risk of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Published in PloS one (16-09-2016)“…Tuberculosis imposes high human and economic tolls, including in Europe. This study was conducted to develop a severity assessment tool for stratifying…”
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Anti-Remodeling Effects of Xanthohumol-Fortified Beer in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Mediated by ERK and AKT Inhibition
Published in Nutrients (09-03-2019)“…Polyphenols present in some alcoholic beverages have been linked to beneficial effects in preventing cardiovascular diseases. Polyphenols found in beer with…”
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Effect of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation on arterial stiffness and inflammatory and endothelial dysfunction biomarkers: A randomized controlled trial of myocardial infarction patients
Published in Atherosclerosis (01-03-2015)“…Abstract Background Arterial stiffness have shown an independent predictive value for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. Objective This study sought to…”
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Association of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration with Pulmonary Function in Young Adults
Published in Nutrients (11-11-2018)“…The role of vitamin D on pulmonary function is unclear and is mostly studied in patients, smokers and elderly people. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the…”
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Immunological Trajectories of White Blood Cells from Adolescence to Adulthood: Description and Determinants
Published in Diagnostics (Basel) (08-11-2021)“…Background: The immune system gradually matures early in life in the face of internal and external stimuli. Whether the immune responses are lasting and stable…”
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