474 results match your criteria: "Biological Sciences Center[Affiliation]"
Front Microbiol
May 2022
Department of Microbiology, Biological Sciences Center, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil.
Considering the worrying emergence of multidrug resistance, including in animal husbandry and especially in food-producing animals, the need to detect antimicrobial resistance strains in poultry environments is relevant, mainly considering a One Health approach. Thus, this study aimed to conduct longitudinal monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in broiler chicken farms, with an emphasis on evaluating the frequency of resistance to fosfomycin and β-lactams. was isolated from broiler chicken farms (cloacal swabs, meconium, poultry feed, water, poultry litter, and ) in northern Paraná from 2019 to 2020 during three periods: the first period (1st days of life), the second period (20th to 25th days of life), and third period (40th to 42nd days of life).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMol Biol Rep
August 2022
Graduate Program in Biochemistry, Biological Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Background: Head and neck cancer (HNC) comprises a spectrum of neoplasms that affect the upper aerodigestive tract and are the sixth most common cancers worldwide. Individuals with HNC exhibit various symptoms and metabolic changes, including immune alterations and alterations of the purinergic pathway, which may signal worse outcomes. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to measure the activity of purinergic ectoenzymes and interleukins in patients with HNC, oral cavity cancer, and larynx cancer.
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September 2022
Biosciences Institute, São Paulo State University - UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.; Speech and Hearing Therapy Department, São Paulo State University - UNESP, Marília, São Paulo, Brazil.. Electronic address:
Pentaclethra macroloba (Willd.) Kuntze seeds oil has been used as a topical healing agent, applied mainly to parturients and snake bites. The objective was to investigate the effects of pracaxi oil (POP) on HepG2/C3A cells under cytogenotoxicity, cell cycle and apoptosis influence, and expression of metabolism and other related cell types proliferation genes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTher Innov Regul Sci
November 2022
Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool Health Partners, Liverpool, UK.
The concept of health equity-the attainment of the highest possible level of health for all members of society-requires equitable access to all aspects of healthcare, including pediatric drug development. However, many communities are under-represented in pediatric drug development programs. Barriers to participation include geographic, economic, racial/ethnic bias, legal, cultural, linguistic, and other factors.
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August 2022
Sports Traumatology Center (Cete) and Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP-EPM), São Paulo, Brazil.
Lesions in the lateral region of the knee can result in severe disability due to instability and articular degeneration. The structures in the posterolateral side of the knee function as a unit contributes to rotation and translation limits. Anatomical descriptions of the lateral corner of the knee are incomplete and contradictory.
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March 2022
Division of Biological Sciences & Center for Structural & Functional Neuroscience, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
Constitutive vesicle trafficking is the default pathway used by all cells for movement of intracellular cargoes between subcellular compartments and in and out of the cell. Classically, constitutive trafficking was thought to be continuous and unregulated, in contrast to regulated secretion, wherein vesicles are stored intracellularly until undergoing synchronous membrane fusion following a Ca signal. However, as shown in the literature reviewed here, many continuous trafficking steps can be up- or down-regulated by Ca, including several steps associated with human pathologies.
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August 2023
Department of Chemical Engineering, Technology Center, State University of Maringa, Maringa, Brazil.
Eutrophicating compounds promote the growth of cyanobacteria, which has the potential of releasing toxic compounds. Alternative raw materials, such as residues, have been used in efficient adsorption systems in water treatment. The aim of the present study was to apply the residue Okara in its original form and modified by hydrolysis with immobilization of magnetic nanoparticles as an adsorbent.
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April 2022
Department of Pathology, Biological Sciences Center, Londrina State University, Londrina, Brazil.
Background: Despite the wide variety of Covid-19 symptoms, pain and the related mechanisms underlying unsettled nociceptive status are still under-prioritized. Understanding the complex network of Covid-19-related pain may result in new lines of study. It is unknown whether patient's immunological background influences pain in the acute phase of Covid-19, including musculoskeletal pain.
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January 2022
Department of General Biology, Biological Sciences Center, State University of Londrina - UEL, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil. Electronic address:
Aluminium (Al) is an important metal, but it can be toxic including for prostate tissue. This study aimed to evaluate whether exposure to aluminium chloride (AlCl3) during the peripubertal period affects ventral prostate development in rats. Male Wistar rats (30 days old) were distributed into three experimental groups: control (sterile 0.
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March 2022
Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Department of Pathological Sciences, Biological Sciences Center, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
Objective: Caffeine has been studied as a potentiating agent in chemotherapy against some types of cancer, but there are few reports on its effects on melanoma. This study aimed to investigate caffeine's ability to enhance the effects of dacarbazine in vitro.
Materials And Methods: Murine melanoma B16F10 cells were treated 24 h with 1-40 µM caffeine.
Reprod Toxicol
January 2022
Department of General Biology, Biological Sciences Center, State University of Londrina - UEL, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445, 86057-970, Londrina, Parana, Brazil. Electronic address:
Cyantraniliprole is a synthetic insecticide used to control pests of up to 23 different types of crops. It is able to modulate ryanodine-like calcium channels, which are widely found in the organism of insects and mammals. The objective of this research was to verify the possible reproductive effects of adult female Wistar rats exposure to cyantraniliprole.
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June 2022
Laboratory of Biotechnology of Animal Reproduction; Department of Veterinary Clinics; Center of Agrarian Sciences; State University of Londrina; Londrina, Parana, Brazil.
Nanomaterials (Basel)
November 2021
Laboratory of Basic and Applied Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology, Biological Sciences Center, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, Brazil.
In view of the current Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak, the research community is focusing on development of diagnostics, treatment, and vaccines to halt or reverse this scenario. Although there are already various vaccines available, adaptive mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome can alter its pathogenic potential and, at the same time, increase the difficulty of developing drugs or immunization by vaccines. Nanotechnology carries a potential to act in all stages in fighting this viral disease, with several possibilities of strategies such as applying nanoparticles directly as antivirals in delivery systems against these viruses or incorporating them in materials, with power of achievement in therapeutics, vaccines and prevention.
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June 2023
Department of Nutrition, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
This study assessed the effects of a mixed formulation containing Limosilactobacillus (L.) fermentum 139, L. fermentum 263, and L.
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July 2022
Department of Nutrition and Health, Ed. Biological Sciences Center II, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Avenida Peter Henry Rolfs, S/no., University Campus, Viçosa, MG, CEP: 36570-900, Brazil.
Purpose: To systematically review studies on the relationship between physical activity (PA) and quality of life (QOL) in university students without comorbidities for cardiometabolic diseases from around the world.
Methods: We included observational studies with university students of both sexes, from public or private institutions, and that investigated the association or correlation between physical activity and quality of life among these students, without delimitation of date, language, or location. Reviews, letters to the editors, studies with qualitative methodologies, case studies, book chapters, articles with college students who had some specific disease or condition, such as obesity, diabetes, and others; studies with children of parents with chronic diseases, and those that were institutions aimed only at very specific populations, were excluded.
Mar Environ Res
January 2022
Coastal Plant Ecology Laboratory, Institute of Oceanography, Federal University of Rio Grande, Av. Italia, km 08, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, CEP: 96201-900, Brazil.
Functional redundancy can stabilize ecological functions as asynchronous fluctuations among functionally similar species may buffer environmental changes. We investigated the temporal dynamics of a subtidal macroalgal community in the warm temperate Southwestern Atlantic coast (SWA) to evaluate whether functional redundancy stabilize ecosystems functions through compensatory dynamics under realistic environmental scenarios. Despite temporal variations in the community structure occurred, a high stability in macroalgal coverage was found at the community-level driven by taxa asynchronous fluctuations.
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February 2022
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology, Department of Pathological Sciences, Biological Sciences Center, State University of Londrina, PR 445 Km 380 Celso Garcia Cid highway, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil. Electronic address:
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most frequent etiological agent sexually transmitted. In the context of the immune response, NF-kB pathway plays an important role controlling the expression of several genes essential to cellular activity and structural and/or functional changes in components of this pathway can promote the development of several tumors. Thus, the study purpose was to evaluate the influence of NFKB1 rs28362491 and NFKBIA rs696 genetic variants on HPV infection and cervical lesions development.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim
October 2021
Laboratory of Animal Reproduction (REPROA), State University of Londrina (UEL), Londrina, PR, Brazil.
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
February 2022
Laboratory of Pharmacology of Reproduction, Biological Sciences Center, Department of Physiological Sciences, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil.
Triclosan (TCS) is a phenolic compound with broad-spectrum antimicrobial action that has been incorporated into a variety of personal care products and other industry segments such as toys, textiles, and plastics. Due to its widespread use, TCS and its derivatives have been detected in several environmental compartments, with potential bioaccumulation and persistence. Indeed, some studies have demonstrated that TCS may act as a potential endocrine disruptor for the reproductive system.
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February 2022
Laboratory of Endocrine Pancreas and Metabolism, Obesity and Comorbidities Research Center (OCRC), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil.
Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP or amylin) is a hormone co-secreted with insulin by pancreatic β-cells and is the major component of islet amyloid. Islet amyloid is found in the pancreas of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and may be involved in β-cell dysfunction and death, observed in this disease. Thus, investigating the aspects related to amyloid formation is relevant to the development of strategies towards β-cell protection.
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August 2021
Laboratory of DNA Polymorphisms and Immunology, Department of Pathological Sciences, Biological Sciences Center, Londrina State University, Paraná, Brazil.
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol
December 2021
Department of Physiological Sciences, Biological Sciences Center, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil.
Paracetamol (PAR) is the most common over-the-counter drug recommended by physicians for treatment of pain and fever during gestation. This drug is not teratogenic, being considered safe for fetus; however, PAR crosses the blood-placental barrier. Considering that, the present study aimed to evaluate the vascular and metabolic safety of PAR exposure during intrauterine and neonatal development in adult male and female-exposed offspring.
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September 2021
Health Sciences Center, Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Paraiba, João Pessoa 58051900, PB, Brazil.
High-fat diet (HFD) consumption has been linked to dyslipidemia, low-grade inflammation and oxidative stress. This study investigated the effects of a mixed formulation with 139, 263 and 296 on cardiometabolic parameters, fecal short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) contents and biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress in colon and heart tissues of male rats fed an HFD. Male Wistar rats were grouped into control diet (CTL, n = 6), HFD (n = 6) and HFD with formulation (HFD-Lf, n = 6) groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReprod Sci
January 2022
Department of General Biology, Biological Sciences Center, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
The hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) is toxic to the cells and associated with several diseases. Clinical studies have shown changes in plasma concentrations of Hcy after physical exercise. This study aimed to assess the effect of HHcy on testis, epididymis and sperm quality and to investigate whether voluntary exercise training protects this system against damage caused by HHcy in Swiss mice.
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October 2021
Department of Biotechnology, Genetics, and Cell Biology, State University of Maringá (UEM), Av. Colombo, 5790, CEP: 87020-900 Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Metformin (Met) is widely used to control blood glucose levels and acts on various organs, including reproductive tissues, to improve reproductive and lifespan. This study evaluated whether neonatal Met exposure prevented male reproductive dysfunction caused by being overweight during adulthood. Randomized Wistar rat pups received an intraperitoneal injection from postnatal days (PNDs) 1 to 12of saline (Sal; 0.
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