Publications by authors named "Juliana F de Santana"

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  • * In silico tools were utilized to predict these epitopes, and their predictions were validated through experimental methods, showing agreement between the two approaches.
  • * The identified synthetic peptides demonstrated promising diagnostic performance, distinguishing leprosy sera from other conditions, suggesting their potential as effective serological biomarkers for leprosy.
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The biotechnological evolution towards the development of antigens to detect leprosy has been progressing. However, the identification of leprosy in paucibacillary patients, based solely on the antigen-antibody interaction still remains a challenge. The complexity of clinical manifestations requires innovative approaches to improve the sensitivity of assays to detect leprosy before the onset of symptoms, thus avoiding disabilities and contributing, indirectly, to reduce transmission.

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The present work reports the spectroscopic and thermo-optical properties of CdSe/ZnS and CdSe/CdS core-shell quantum dots (QDs) embedded in synthetic saliva. Spectroscopy studies were performed applying nonfunctionalized CdSe/ZnS QDs (3.4, 3.

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