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Brazilian Maize Landraces Silks as Source of Lutein: An Important Carotenoid in the Prevention of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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Food and Nutrition Sciences 2012年第11期3卷 1609-1614页

作者： Shirley Kuhnen Paulo Fernando Dias Juliana Bernardi Ogliari Marcelo Maraschin Biochemistry and Animal Morphophysiology Laboratory Departament of Zootechny and Rural Development CCA Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) Florianopolis-SC Brazil Laboratory of Studies in Bioactivity and Animal Morphogenesis departament of Cell biology Embriology and Genetics CCB Block-D Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) Florianopolis-SC Brazil Plant Morphogenesis and Biochemistry Laboratory CCA Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) Florianopolis-SC Brazil. Studying Group in Agricultural Biodiversity Departament of Phytotechny CCA Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) Florianopolis-SC Brazil

The carotenoid composition of the silk tissue of Zea mays (L.) has not been investigated despite its large occurrence in maize grains. For the purpose of evaluating maize silk as a source of carotenoids, samples from eight landraces developed and cultivated in Southern Brazil were assayed. The silk samples were harvested from individual plants through the fourth and seventh day after they emerged, frozen in liquid N2, and lyophilized. The carotenoids were extracted with a MeOH/toluene solution (1:1, v/v), 30 min, and saponified (15% KOH, 12 h, 40℃). The RP-HPLC-UV-visible analysis revealed lutein as the main carotenoid (88.75%) in maize silks, with a wide range of contents (dry weight), i.e. 39.11 ?g?g-1 (Palha Roxa 18) to 176.12 ?g?g-1 (Língua de Papagaio) among the studied genotypes. Smaller amounts of trans-β-carotene, α-carotene, and zeaxanthin were also detected. The results revealed that in parallel to the claimed high genetic variability of maize landraces, a quite variable carotenoidic composition of silk tissue seems to occur in the germoplasm cultivated in Southern Brazil. Taking into account the usage of lutein for the prevention of several pathologies, especially the age related macular degeneration, some maize landraces (e.g. Língua de Papagaio and Rosado) might be interesting sources of a lutein-rich extract that could add value to an underutilized biomass.

关键词： Lutein Maize Landraces Silks

Give progesterone a chance

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Neural Regeneration Research 2014年第15期9卷 1422-1424页

作者： Florencia Labombarda Daniel Garcia-Ovejero Laboratory of Neuroendocrine Biochemistry Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine CONICET Vuelta de Obligado 2490Buenos AiresArgentina departament of Human Biochemistry School of MedicineBuenos Aires University Paraguay 2155Buenos AiresArgentina Neuroinflammation Laboratory National Hospital For Paraplegics(SESCAM) ToledoSpain

There is currently no standard pharmacological treatment for spinal cord injury. Here, we suggest that progesterone, a steroid hormone, may be a promising therapeutical candidate as it is already for traumatic brain injury, where it has reached phase II clinical trials. We rely on previous works showing anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective and promyelinating roles for progesterone after spinal cord injury and in our recent paper, in which we demonstrate that progesterone diminishes lesion, preserves white matter integrity and improves locomotor recovery in a clinically relevant model of spinal cord lesion.

关键词： spinal cord injury myelin trauma neuroprotection progesterone

Retrospective study of HIV drug resistance in Mexican children with vertically transmitted infection

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World Journal of Pediatrics 2022年第7期18卷 505-510页

作者： Cristina de Jesus Herrera-Castillo Angelica Maldonado-Rodriguez Othon Rojas-Montes Ana Maria Cevallos JoséGuillermo Vazquez-Rosales Rosalia Lira Infectious Diseases Department Pediatrics Hospital"Silvestre Frenk Freund"National Medical Center"Siglo ⅩⅪ".Mexican Social Sccurity Instiute(IMSS).Mexico City.Mexico Infectious and Parasitie Dise ases Medical Research Unit Pediatrics Hospital"Silvestre Frenk Freund"National Medical Center“Siglo ⅩⅪ”Mexican Social Security Institute(IMSS).Col.Cuauhtemoc.Av.Cuauhtemoc 33006720 Mexico CityMexico departament of Molecular biology and Biotechnology Biomedical Research InstituteNational Autonomous University of MexicoUNAMMexico City.Mexico

According to World Health Organization(WHO)estimates,in 2020,there were 1.8 million human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)-infected children below 15 years old living with HIV and 150,000 children who acquired the infection[1].Every year,110,000 children die as a consequence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome-related causes[2].As in adults,optimal management of infected children depends on early diagnosis and treatment with antiretroviral drugs based on their viral genotype.

关键词： infection diagnosis drugs

Viscum Album Modulates Apoptotic Related Genes in Melanoma Tumor of Mice

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American Journal of Molecular biology 2014年第2期4卷 49-58页

作者： Anamaria da Silva Facina Gil Facina Ismael Dale Cotrim Guerreiro da Silva Giovana Aparecida Goncalves Fernando Augusto de Almeida Silvana Aparecida Alves Correa de Noronha Samuel Marcos Ribeiro de Noronha Mary Uchiyama Nakamura departament of Dermatology Federal University of Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil Department of Gynecology Federal University of Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil Department of Surgery Federal University of Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil departament of Obstetrics Federal University of Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil

Cancer is a major public health problem throughout the world. It is estimated that one third of the American population will develop the disease at some time during their lifetimes. Among these, melanoma will account for 7% of the cases. In Brazil, in 2012, it is estimated that over six thousand new melanoma cases occurred. During recent years, the incidence of melanoma has increased, mainly due to a more constant exposure of the skin to sunlight. In this work, our aim is to assess the expression of apoptotis-related genes melanoma tumors in mice treated with Viscum album (VA). This will allow us to better understand the molecular mechanisms underlying tumor cell death activation caused by this compound. Our results clearly demonstrate upregulation of pro apoptotic genes (Trp53bp2, Nol3, Fadd, Tnfsf10, Traf1, Traf2, Cflar, Card10, Nod1, Casp 2, Casp7, Xiap, Dad1, and Dffb). Further bioinformatics-based tool analysis allowed us to assess which specific cell death-related intracellular pathways were activated by VA treatment. Two major effects of VA in melanoma cells could be observed: generation of an immunomudulatory Th-1 like action, recruiting several interleukines, and cell death activation through Caspase7, associated uspstream with Card10 and downstream with CAD. In summary, VA modulates apoptosis related genes in cancer melanoma cells. Although a deeper study should be conducted, VA seems to interfere with important signaling pathways within melanoma cells that control the cellular mechanisms of apoptosis activation. Therapeutic approaches using VA as an antineoplastic and adjuvant medication compounding should be considered.

关键词： Viscum Album Melanoma Apoptosis Pathways PCR Array Immunohistochemistry

Evaluating seroprevalence to circumsporozoite protein to estimate exposure to three species of Plasmodium in the Brazilian Amazon

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Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2018年第1期7卷 448-459页

作者： Virginia Araujo Pereira Juan Camilo Sanchez-Arcila Mariana Pinheiro Alves Vasconcelos Amanda Ribeiro Ferreira Lorene de Souza Videira Antonio Teva Daiana Perce-da-Silva Maria Teresa Queiroz Marques Luzia Helena de Carvalho Dalma Maria Banic Luiz Cristovao Sobrino Porto Joseli Oliveira-Ferreira Laboratory of Immunoparasitology Oswaldo Cruz Institute/FiocruzAv.Brasil 4365ManguinhosRio de JaneiroBrazil Institute of Infectology Emilio Ribas São PauloSao PauloBrazil Laboratory of Immunodiagnosis Departament of Biological SciencesNational School of Public Health/FiocruzRio de JaneiroBrazil Laboratory of Clinical Immunology Oswaldo Cruz Institute/FiocruzRio de JaneiroBrazil Laboratory of Histocompatibility and Cryopreservation–HLA of DHE/IBRAG/UERJ Rio de JaneiroBrazil Molecular biology and Malaria Immunology Research Group Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou/FiocruzBelo HorizonteMinas GeraisBrazil

Background:Brazil has seen a great decline in malaria and the country is moving towards ***,for eventual elimination,the control program needs efficient tools in order to monitor malaria exposure and *** this study,we aimed to evaluate whether seroprevalence to the circumsporozoite protein(CSP)is a good tool for monitoring the exposure to and/or evaluating the burden and distribution of Plasmodium species in the Brazilian ***:Cross-sectional surveys were conducted in a rural area of Porto Velho,Rondônia *** infection was detected by microscopy and polymerase chain *** to the sporozoite CSP repeats of Plasmodium vivax,***,and ***(PvCS,PfCS,and PmCS)were detected using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay *** leukocyte antigen(HLA)-DRB1 and DQB1 genes were typed using Luminex®xMAP®***:The prevalence of immunoglobulin G against *** CSP peptide(62%)was higher than ***(49%)and ***(46%)CSP *** of the studied individuals had antibodies to at least one of the three peptides(72%),34%had antibodies to all three peptides and 28%were *** the majority of the population was not infected at the time of the survey,74.3%of parasite-negative individuals had antibodies to at least one of the ***,among individuals carrying the haplotypes DRB1*04~DQB1*03,there was a significantly higher frequency of PfCS responders,and DRB1*16~DQB1*03 haplotype for PvCS and PfCS *** contrast,HLA-DRB1*01 and HLA-DQB1*05 allelic groups were associated with a lack of antibodies to *** and *** CSP repeats,and the haplotype DRB1*01~DQB1*05 was also associated with non-responders,including non-responders to ***:Our results show that in low transmission settings,naturally acquired antibody responses against the CSP repeats of ***,***,and *** in a single cross-sectional study may n

关键词： Malaria Circumsporozoite protein Serological marker Human leucocyte antigen IgG antibody Porto Velho Rondônia Brazil

Impact of co-infections with enteric pathogens on children suffering from acute diarrhea in southwest China

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Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2016年第1期5卷 534-546页

作者： Shun-Xian Zhang Yong-Ming Zhou Wen Xu Li-Guang Tian Jia-Xu Chen Shao-Hong Chen Zhi-Sheng Dang Wen-Peng Gu Jian-Wen Yin Emmanuel Serrano Xiao-Nong Zhou National Institute of Parasitic Diseases Chinese Center for Disease Control and PreventionShanghai 200025People’s Republic of China Key Laboratory for Parasite and Vector biology Ministry of Health of ChinaWHO Collaborating Center for Tropical DiseasesNational Center for International Research on Tropical DiseasesShanghai 200025People’s Republic of China Yunnan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention KunmingPeople’s Republic of China Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies Departamento de BiologíaUniversidade de AveiroAveiroPortugal Servei d’Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia AnimalsUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBellaterraSpain

Background:Acute diarrhea is a global health problem,resulting in high morbidity and mortality in *** has been suggested that enteric pathogen co-infections play an important role in gastroenteritis,but most research efforts have only focused on a small range of species belonging to a few pathogen *** study aimed to assess the impact of co-infections with a broad range of enteric pathogens on children aged below five years who suffer from acute diarrhea in southwest ***:A total of 1020 subjects(850 diarrhea cases and 170 healthy controls)were selected from four sentinel hospitals in Kunming,Yunnan province,southwest China,from June 2014 to July *** specimens were collected to detect five virus(rotavirus group A,RVA;norovirus,NoV;Sapovirus,SaV;astrovirus,As;and adenovirus,Ad),seven bacterial(diarrheagenic Escherichia coli,DEC;non-typhoidal Salmonella,NTS;Shigella spp.;Vibrio cholera;Vibrio parahaemolyticus;Aeromonas spp.;and Plesiomonas spp.),and three protozoan(Cryptosporidium spp.,Giardia lamblia,and Blastocystis hominis,***)species using standard microbiologic and molecular *** were analyzed using the partial least square regression technique and chi-square ***:At least one enteric pathogen was detected in 46.7%(n=397)of acute gastroenteritis cases and 13.5%(n=23)of healthy controls(χ^(2)=64.4,P<0.05).Single infection with RVA was associated with acute diarrhea(26.5%vs.5.8%,P<0.05).The prevalence of a single infection with *** in diarrhea cases was higher than in healthy controls(3.1%vs.0.5%,OR=4.7,95%CI:1.01–112.0).Single infection with NoV GII was not associated with diarrhea(4.4%vs.3.5%,OR=1.2,95%CI:0.5–3.3).Single infections with bacterial species were not *** prevalence of co-infections with two enteric pathogens in diarrhea cases was higher than in asymptomatic children(20.1%vs.5.3%,P<0.05).RVA-NoV GII was the most common co-infection in symptomatic children(4.4%),with it aggravating the

关键词： Co-infection Diarrhea Bacteria Virus Intestinal protozoa Children Severity Kunming Yunnan China

Yacon Product(PBY)Modulates Intestinal Constipation and Protects the Integrity of Crypts in Wistar Rats

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Food and Nutrition Sciences 2018年第12期9卷 1391-1407页

作者： Monica de Souza Lima Sant’Anna Vivian Carolina Rodrigues Tatiane Ferreira Araujo Tania Toledo de Oliveira Maria do Carmo Gouveia Peluzio Celia Lucia de Luces Fortes Ferreira Nutrition Course.Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Campus MacaéMacaéBrazil Department of Food Technology Federal University of VicosaVicosaBrazil Nutrition Course Pitagoras CollegeIpatingaBrazil Department of Biochemistry and Molecular biology Federal University of VicosaVicosaBrazil departament of Nutrition and Health Federal University of VicosaVicosaBrazil

This study investigated the use of a product based on yacon (PBY) in microbiological, physical-chemical and intestinal characteristics of Wistar rats artificially constipated with Loperamide®. Thirty-two rats were divided into four groups: Control (C), Constipated Control (CC), PBY (not constipated) and Constipated PBY (PBYC). The dosage of 0.14 g of FOS+ inulin/kg was tested. Microbiota, pH and faeces characteristics of faeces and caecal contents were evaluated. Caecal weight, morphometry of caecal villi and the concentration of short-chain fatty acids were determined. Higher caecal weight was identified in the PBYC animals as well as higher width, height and depth of cripts. The PBY group showed the highest (p < 0.05) concentration of butyrate (93.2 ± 65.5 mmol/L). The supplementation with PBY positively altered the intestine epithelial tissue in constipated animals, keeping the integrity of the caecum crypts.

关键词： Prebiotic Yacon Single Chain Fatty Acid Constipation

PLEIOTROPIC REGULATORY LOCUS 1 （PRL1） Integrates the Regulation of Sugar Responses with Isoprenoid Metabolism in Arabidopsis

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Molecular Plant 2010年第1期3卷 101-112页

作者： Ursula Flores-Perez Jordi Perez-Gil Marta Closa Louwrance R Wright Patricia Botella-Pavia Michael A. Phillips Albert Ferrer Jonathan Gershenzon Manuel Rodriguez-Concepcion Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB Jordi Girona 18 08034 Barcelona Spain departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular Facultat de Farmacia Universitat de Barcelona Avda. Diagonal 643 08028 Barcelona Spain Department of Biochemistry Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology D-07745 Jena Germany Present address: Department of biology University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH United Kingdom

The biosynthesis of isoprenoids in plant cells occurs from precursors produced in the cytosol by the mevalonate （MVA） pathway and in the plastid by the methylerythritol 4-phosphate （MEP） pathway, but little is known about the mechanisms coordinating both pathways. Evidence of the importance of sugar signaling for such coordination in Arabi- dopsis thaliana is provided here by the characterization of a mutant showing an increased accumulation of MEP-derived isoprenoid products （chlorophylls and carotenoids） without changes in the levels of relevant MEP pathway transcripts, proteins, or enzyme activities. This mutant was found to be a new loss-of-function allele of PRL1 （Pleiotropic Regulatory Locus 1）, a gene encoding a conserved WD-protein that functions as a global regulator of sugar, stress, and hormone responses, in part by inhibition of SNFl-related protein kinases （SnRK1）. Consistent with the reported role of SnRK1 kinases in the phosphorylation and inactivation of the main regulatory enzyme of the MVA pathway （hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme-A reductase）, its activity but not transcript or protein levels was reduced in prll seedlings. However, the accumulation of MVA-derived end products （sterols） was unaltered in mutant seedlings. Sucrose supplementation to wild- type seedlings phenocopied the prll mutation in terms of isoprenoid metabolism, suggesting that the observed isoprenoid phenotypes result from the increased sugar accumulation in the prll mutant. In summary, PRL1 appears to coordinate isoprenoid metabolism with sugar, hormone, and stress responses.

关键词： Carbohydrate metabolism metabolic regulation secondary metabolism--terpenoids, isoprenoids, and carotenoids Arabidopsis.

Comparison of different statistical approaches to evaluate morphometric sperm subpopulations in men

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Asian Journal of Andrology 2016年第6期18卷 819-823页

作者： Jesus L Yaniz Sandra Vicente-Fiel Caries Soler Pilar Recreo Teresa Carretero Araceli Bono Jose M Berne Pilar Santolaria TECNOGAM research group Environmental Sciences Institute (IUCA) Department of Animal Production and Food Sciences Higher Polytechnic School University of Zaragoza Ctra. Cuarte S/N 22071 Huesca Spain Department of Functional biology and Physical Anthropology University of Valencia 46100 Burjassot Valencia Spain R+D Department Proiser R+D Scientific Park University of Valencia 46980 Paterna Valencia Spain TECNOGAM research group Environmental Sciences Institute (IUCA) Departament of Human Anatomy and Histology Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences of Huesca Plaza Universidad 3 22002 Huesca Spain TECNOGAM research group Environmental Sciences Institute (IUCA) Hospital General San Jorge de Huesca Area de Urologla Av. Martfnez de Velasco 36 22004 Huesca Spain

This study was designed to characterize morphometric sperm subpopulations in normozoospermic men by using different statistical methods and examining their suitability to classify correctly different sperm nuclear morphologies present in human ejaculates. Ejaculates from 21 normozoospermic men were collected for the study. After semen collection and analysis, samples were prepared for morphometric determination. At least 200 spermatozoa per sample were assessed for sperm morphometry by computer-assisted sperm morphometry analysis （CASA-Morph） using fluorescence. Clustering and discriminant procedures were performed to identify sperm subpopulations from the morphometric data obtained. Clustering procedures resulted in the classification of spermatozoa into three morphometric subpopulations （large-round 30.4%, small-round 46.6%, and large-elongated 22.9%）. In the second analysis, using discriminant methods, the classification was made independently of size and shape. Three morphological categories according to nuclear size （small 〈10.90 μm^2, intermediate 10.91-13.07 μm^2, and large 〉13.07 μm^2） and four categories were defined on 400 canonical cells （100 × 4） from 10 men according to sperm nuclear shape （oval, pyriform, round, and elongated）. Thereafter, the resulting classification functions were used to categorize 4200 spermatozoa from 21 men. Differences in the class distribution were observed among men from both clustering and discriminant procedures. It was concluded that the combination of CASA-Morph fluorescence-based technology with multivariate cluster or discriminant analyses provides new information on the description of different morphometric sperm subpopulations in normal individuals, and that important variations in the distribution of morphometric sperm subpopulations may exist between men, with possible functional implications.

关键词： computer-assisted sperm morphometry analysis man sperm subpopulations