Publications by authors named "Tiago Henriques"

Adaptive metabolic switches are proposed to underlie conversions between cellular states during normal development as well as in cancer evolution. Metabolic adaptations represent important therapeutic targets in tumors, highlighting the need to characterize the full spectrum, characteristics, and regulation of the metabolic switches. To investigate the hypothesis that metabolic switches associated with specific metabolic states can be recognized by locating large alternating gene expression patterns, we developed a method to identify interspersed gene sets by massive correlated biclustering and to predict their metabolic wiring.

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Introduction: Empowerment lifestyle programs are needed to reduce the risk of hypertension. Our study compared the effectiveness of two empowerment-based approaches toward blood pressure (BP) reduction: salt reduction-specific program vs. healthy lifestyle general program.

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The emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic highlighted the importance of disinfection processes in health safety. Textiles and footwear have been identified as vectors for spreading infections. Therefore, their disinfection can be crucial to controlling pathogens' dissemination.

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Article Synopsis
  • Glial-like supporting cells in the olfactory epithelium play key roles in producing substances like endocannabinoids and ATP, and help regulate the ionic makeup of mucus.
  • These cells express metabotropic P2Y purinergic receptors which promote calcium signaling and are associated with a specific channel called TMEM16A.
  • Research shows that TMEM16A is crucial for calcium-activated chloride currents in these supporting cells and may have a significant role in ATP-mediated signaling within the olfactory system.
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TMEM16A/ANO1 is a calcium-activated chloride channel expressed in several types of epithelia and involved in various physiological processes, including proliferation and development. During mouse embryonic development, the expression of TMEM16A in the olfactory epithelium is dynamic. TMEM16A is expressed at the apical surface of the entire olfactory epithelium at embryonic day E12.

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Purpose: Enrichment of glucose position 5 (H5) from deuterated water ((2)H2O) is widely used for quantifying gluconeogenesis. Exchanges of hexose and triose phosphates mediated by transaldolase have been postulated to enrich H5 independently of gluconeogenesis, but to date this mechanism has not been proven. We determined the enrichment of glucose-6-phosphate (G6P), the immediate precursor of endogenously produced glucose, from (2)H2O in erythrocyte hemolysate preparations.

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