Publications by authors named "A Tinajas Saldana"
Worldwide comparison of carbon stocks and fluxes between native and non-native forests.
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
December 2024
Climate change is one of the main challenges that human societies are currently facing. Given that forests represent major natural carbon sinks in terrestrial ecosystems, administrations worldwide are launching broad-scale programs to promote forests, including stands of non-native trees. Yet, non-native trees may have profound impacts on the functions and services of forest ecosystems, including the carbon cycle, as they may differ widely from native trees in structural and functional characteristics.
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- Paramphistomids, trematodes affecting the rumen, are increasingly found in sheep in northwestern Spain, with 14% of the sheep and 44% of the farms testing positive for infection.
- The study analyzed 826 fecal samples and identified risk factors such as age, farm management practices, and environmental conditions that influence infection rates and egg shedding of these parasites.
- Molecular identification confirmed the presence of Calicophoron daubneyi, marking the first time this species has been identified in Spanish sheep, highlighting the growing concern of paramphistomid infections in this region.
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- Researchers studied 100 isolates from patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Panama collected between 2016 and 2022, identifying multiple Leishmania species and genetic variants present in the samples.
- The study found the presence of the Leishmania RNA virus 1 (LRV-1) in 9% of the isolates, with specific cases recorded in various locations.
- Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the LRV-1 isolates were mostly of genotype A, suggesting a connection between the virus's distribution and the geographical areas where the host species are found.
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of malignancy-related deaths among American men. Active surveillance is a safe option for many men with less aggressive disease, yet definitively determining low-risk cancer is challenging with biopsy alone. Herein, we sought to identify prostate-derived microRNAs in patient sera and serum extracellular vesicles, and determine if those microRNAs improve upon the current clinical risk calculators for prostate cancer prognosis before and after biopsy.
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