Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T10:57:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-06-01; Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Based on the antimicrobial activity of bothropstoxin-I (BthTX-I) and on the premise that a C-terminal ...
Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-12T01:33:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-09-01; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the continuous irradiation with low intensity (continuous mode) and fractioned irradiation with high intensity (fractionated mod...
Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-12T01:47:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-03-01; Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES); Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Ulster University; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Breast cancer is a serious public health problem that causes thousands of deaths an...
Made available in DSpace on 2019-10-06T17:19:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-01-01; The self-produced extracellular polymeric matrix of biofilms renders them difficult to eliminate once they are established. This makes the inhibition of biofilm formation key to successful treatment of biofilm infection. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) and antimicrobial peptides offer a new ap...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:04:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-05-20; Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is increasingly being explored for treatment of periodontitis. Here, we investigated the effect of aPDT on human dental plaque bacteria in suspensions and biofilms in vitro using methylene blue (MB)-loaded poly(lactic-co-glycolic) (PLGA) nanoparticles (MB-NP) an...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T16:51:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-01-01; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Bacterial resistance to available antibiotics nowadays is a global threat leading researchers around the world to study new treatment modalities for infections. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has been considered an effective and p...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T16:51:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-02-01; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); The prevalence profile of periodontal pathogens in dental plaque can vary as a function of the detection method; however, the sampling technique may also play a role in determining dental plaque microbial profiles. We sought to determine the...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:31:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2017-02-10; Background: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has proven to be a promising alternative to current cancer treatments, especially if combined with conventional approaches. The technique is based on the administration of a non-toxic photosensitizing agent to the patient with subsequent localized exposure to a lig...