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A Compendium of Physical Exercise-related Human Genes: An'OMIC Scale Analysi
Pacheco, Christina; Felipe, Stela Mirla da Silva; Soares, Milca Magalhães Dias de Carvalho; Alves, Juliana Osório; Soares, Paula Matias: Regular exercise is an exogenous factor of gene regulation with numerous health benefits. The study aimed to evaluate human genes linked to physical exercise in an ‘omic scale, addressing biological questions to the generated database. Three literature databases were searched with the terms ‘exercise’, ‘fitness’, ‘physical activity’, ‘genetics’ and ‘gene expression’. For additional references, papers were scr...
Direct from the COVID-19 crisis : research and innovation sparks in Brazil
Rosa, Mário Fabrício Fleury; Silva, Everton Nunes da; Pacheco, Christina; Diógenes, Marcos Vinícius Pereira; Millett, ChristopherBackground The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread throughout more than 160 countries, infecting millions of people worldwide. To address this health emergency, countries have organized the flow of production and innovation to reduce the impact on health. This article shows the response of the Brazilian scientific community to meet the urgent needs of the public unified health system [SUS], ...
Identification of physical activity level of school adolescents: sports basedhi...
Vasconcelos-Filho, Francisco Sérgio Lopes; Rocha-e-Silva, Roberta Cristina da; Costa, Vitor Viana da; Pacheco, Christina; Magalhães, Saulo ChavesThis study aimed to identify undertaken activities during Physical Education (PE) school classes, such as their content and intensity, and investigate the relationship between PE school classes and the level of physical activity of the students. Fifty school adolescents averagely aging 14.3 years, 1.63m, height and 57.4kg body mass were evaluated. Intensity of PE classes was measured by heart rate monitoring. A...
Neuromuscular, cognitive and metabolic implications of McArdle Syndrome : a glo...
Vieira, Lucas Lima; Soares, Rafaela de Lima Gomes; Felipe, Stela Mirla da Silva; Moura, Felipe Carmo de; Pacheco, Christina; Ceccatto, Vânia MarilandeCarbohydrates are the main source of body energy and they can be stored in the organism in form of glycogen and degraded when there is a need for energy. However, McArdle Syndrome patients exhibit problems to degrade glycogen due to a deficiency in myophosphorylase enzyme, making these patients intolerant to high intensity exercises because a lack of ATP available in muscle cells. It has been found muscular wea...