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Relationship between ebv infection and expression of cellular proteins c-Myc, B...
Lima, Marcos A. P.; Ferreira, Márcia V. P.; Barros, Marcos A. P.; Pardini, Maria I. M. C.; Ferrasi, Adriana C.; Mota, Rosa M. S.Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T18:55:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-06-01; BACKGROUND: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been related to tumorigenesis in about 10% of all gastric carcinomas. Several studies have demonstrated strong evidence of its involvement in this process, but most of the mechanisms used by the virus to control this process are still unknown. Previous studies in...
Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae for better understanding of leprosy transmis...
Fontes, Amanda N. B.; Lima, Luana N. G. C.; Mota, Rosa M. S.; Almeida, Rosa Lívia Freitas de; Pontes, Maria A.; Gonçalves, Heitor de S.Leprosy is endemic in large part of Brazil with 28,761 new patients in 2015, the second largest number worldwide and reaches 9/10.000 in highly endemic regions and 2.7/10.000 in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Northeast Brazil. For better understanding of risk factors for leprosy transmission, we conducted an epidemiologic study supplemented by 17 locus VNTR and SNP 1–4 typing of Mycobacterium leprae in skin biop...
Acute kidney injury after snakebite accident treated in a Brazilian tertiary ca...
Albuquerque, Polianna Lemos Moura Moreira; Silva Junior, Geraldo B.; Jacinto, Camilla N.; Lima, Julianna B.; Lima, Caroline B.; Amaral, Yago SucupiraAim: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in cases of envenomation by venomous snakes. The present study was carried out to investigate the clinical and laboratory manifestations in accidents with venomous snakes and the risk factors associated with AKI in these accidents. Methods: A retrospective study was carried out with patients victims of snakebite admitted to a re...
Effects of glutamine alone or in combination with zinc and vitamin A on growth,...
Lima, Aldo A. M.; Anstead, Gregory M.; Zhang, Qiong; Figueiredo, Ìtalo L.; Soares, Alberto M.; Mota, Rosa M. S.; Lima, Noélia L.; Guerrant, Richard L.OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of supplemental zinc, vitamin A, and glutamine alone or in combination on growth, intestinal barrier function, stress and satiety-related hormones among Brazilian shantytown children with low median height-for-age z-scores. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted in children aged two months to nine years from the urban shanty compound commun...
Factors associated with thrombocytopenia in severe leptospirosis (Weil’s disease)
Daher, Elizabeth de Francesco; Silva Junior, Geraldo B.; Silveira, Charles O.; Falcão, Felipe S.; Alves, Marília P.; Mota, Jório A. A. A.OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to investigate factors associated with thrombocytopenia in a large cohort of patients with leptospirosis in an endemic area. METHODS: This retrospective study included 374 consecutive patients with leptospirosis who were admitted to tertiary hospitals in Fortaleza, Brazil. All patients had a diagnosis of severe leptospirosis (Weil’s disease). Acute kidney injury was defined a...
Zinc, vitamin A, and glutamine supplementation in Brazilian shantytown children...
Lima, Aldo A. M.; Kvalsund, Michelle P.; Souza, Paula P. E. de; Figueiredo, Ítalo L; Soares, Alberto M.; Mota, Rosa M. S.; Lima, Noélia L.OBJECTIVE: To identify the impact of supplemental zinc, vitamin A, and glutamine, alone or in combination, on long-term cognitive outcomes among Brazilian shantytown children with low median height-for-age z-scores. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted in children aged three months to nine years old from the urban shanty compound community of Fortaleza, Brazil. Demographic...
Zinc, vitamin A, and glutamine supplementation in Brazilian shantytown children...
Lima, Aldo A. M.; Kvalsund, Michelle P.; Souza, Paula P. E. de; Figueiredo, Ítalo L; Soares, Alberto M.; Mota, Rosa M. S.; Lima, Noélia L.OBJECTIVE: To identify the impact of supplemental zinc, vitamin A, and glutamine, alone or in combination, on long-term cognitive outcomes among Brazilian shantytown children with low median height-for-age z-scores. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted in children aged three months to nine years old from the urban shanty compound community of Fortaleza, Brazil. Demographic...
Apolipoprotein E4 influences growth and cognitive responses to micronutrient su...
Mitter, Sumeet S; Oriá, Reinaldo B; Kvalsund, Michelle P; Pamplona, Paula; Joventino, Emanuella Silva; Mota, Rosa M. S.; Gonçalves, Davi COBJECTIVE: Apolipoprotein E4 may benefit children during early periods of life when the body is challenged by infection and nutritional decline. We examined whether apolipoprotein E4 affects intestinal barrier function, improving short-term growth and long-term cognitive outcomes in Brazilian shantytown children. METHODS: A total of 213 Brazilian shantytown children with below-median height-for-age z-scores (HA...