Publications by authors named "Francisco Ambrosio"

The retina may serve as putative window into neuropathology of synaptic loss in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we investigated synapse-rich layers versus layers composed by nuclei/cell bodies in an early stage of AD. In addition, we examined the associations between retinal changes and molecular and structural markers of cortical damage.

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Electrostatic interactions between phosphate anions and Toll-like receptor 4 / Myeloid differentiation factor-2 (TLR4/MD-2) protein complexes of human, murine, equine and canine species were computed. Such knowledge can provide mechanistic information about recognising LPS-like ligands, since anionic phosphate groups belong to the structural features of LPS with their diphosphorylated diglucosamine backbone. Sequence composition analyses, electrostatic interaction potentials and docked energies as well as molecular dynamics studies evaluated the phosphate interactions within the triangular LPS binding site (wedge).

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This systematic determination of morphological and phytochemical data was conducted with the purpose of conserving and identifying the phylogenetic relationship among the Vanilla species of the Totonacapan region in Mexico to increase awareness of the genetic biodiversity. Samples of Vanilla planifolia, V. planifolia cv.

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