Publications by authors named "Sara Pacchini"
Antarctica is the continent with the lowest local human impact; however, it is susceptible to pollution from external sources. Emerging pollutants such as perfluoroalkyl substances pose an increasing threat to this environment and therefore require more in-depth investigations to understand their environmental fate and biological impacts. The present study focuses on expression analysis at the transcriptional level of genes coding for four antioxidant enzymes (, , , and ) in the liver and kidney of an Antarctic fish species, (, ).
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- Researchers studied how well an Antarctic fish can handle rising levels of copper and cadmium in its body by looking at metal accumulation and metallothionein (MT) expression in its gills and liver.
- * The experiment involved collecting fish from Terra Nova Bay and exposing them to controlled levels of these metals, leading to significant metal buildup and increased expression of the MT-1 gene, especially in response to cadmium exposure.
- * Findings suggest that this fish species has developed an ability to adapt to high metal concentrations in its environment and could potentially cope with increasing toxicity in the world.
Four untrained standardbred horses performed a standardized exercise test on the treadmill and an automated blood collection system programmed to obtain blood samples every 15 s was used for blood collection in order to evaluate the kinetics of adrenaline and noradrenaline. The highest average values obtained for adrenaline and noradrenaline were 15.0 +/- 3.
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