Importance of CD8 T cell-mediated immune response during intracellular parasitic infections and its implications for the development of effective vaccines.

abstract：:To understand the increasingly tenuous relationship between ourselves and the finite resource base upon which we depend for all sustenance, an exploration of recent history and basic human behavior is warranted. An attempt is made to shed light on how short-term economic demands have come to take priority over nearly ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Swing K

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A soil isolate, Penicillium janthinellum sw09 has been found to produce significant amounts of an extracellular pectinase subsequently characterized as exo-polygalacturonase (exo-PG). By optimizing growth conditions, P. janthinellum sw09 produced high amount of exo-PG (16.54 units/mL). The crude enzyme was purified by...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Ma Y,Sun S,Hao H,Xu C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated an artificial tritrophic exposure system for use in ecotoxicological evaluations of environmental stressors on aphidophagous predators. It consists of an acrylic tube with a Parafilm M sachet containing liquid aphid diet, into which can be added environmental stressors. Immature Cycloneda sanguinea, Harmo...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Paula DP,Souza LM,Andow DA,Sousa AA,Pires CS,Sujii ER

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observations on the ecology of silvatic Triatominae are still fragmentary, principally because target species in control process are almost exclusively domestic. Report of silvatic species invading human dwellings must lead research to be focused on their original ecology, in order to assist in understanding their pro...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Noireau F,Carbajal-de-la-Fuente AL,Lopes CM,Diotaiuti L

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this trial was to evaluate the behavioral patterns and performance of lactating sows and their litters under the effect of artificial vocalization. Twenty-eight sows and their litters were distributed in a completely randomized design in a 2x2 factorial scheme (artificial vocalization x lactation week...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Moreira RHR,Oliveira RF,Palencia JYP,Lemes MAG,Silva MD,Garbossa CAP,Abreu MLT,Moura GB,Ferreira RA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1) The presence of histamine in prickles and lead and stem tissues of Cnidosculus oligandrus (Mull. Arg) Pax & Hoffm (Euphorbiaceae) is reported. 2) Prickles on stems and leaves have larger amounts of histamine, as determined by the isolated guinea-pig ileum and by fluorimetry of the condensation product of the histam...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Cordeior RS,Aragão JB,Morhy L

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolated chick retina provides an in vitro tissue model, in which two protocols were developed to verify the efficacy of a peptide in the excitability control of the central gray matter. In the first, extra-cellular potassium homeostasis is challenged at long intervals and in the second, a wave is trapped in a rin...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Lima VM,Piqueira JR,Hanke W

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses the facies distribution of Mesozoic eolian sandstones between the Sanga do Cabral and Botucatu formations and also their contact relationships, in São Leopoldo area, State of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), southern Brazil. The main distinctive characteristics regarding these sandstones and formations are...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Nowatzki CH,Kern HP

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we analyzed morphological and metabolic alterations in dams nursing small litters and their consequences to offspring throughout lactation. Offspring sizes were adjusted to Small Litter (SL, 3 pups/ dam) and Normal Litter (NL, 9 pups/ dam). Body weight, food intake, white adipose tissue (WAT) cont...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Xavier JLP,Scomparin DX,Pontes CC,Ribeiro PR,Cordeiro MM,Marcondes JA,Mendonça FO,Silva MTD,Oliveira FB,Franco GCN,Grassiolli S

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Life history traits are considered key indicators of plant invasibility. Among them, the germination behavior of seeds is of major relevance because it is influenced by environmental factors of invaded ecosystem. Here, we investigated how seed traits and seed tolerance to environmental factors on seed germination of C...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Leal LC,Meiado MV,Lopes AV,Leal IR

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most frequent and lethal neoplastic disease among women worldwide. Psidium Guajava is a promising functional food against cancer, owing to a variety of bioactive compounds. This study aimed to evaluate the anticarcinogenic potential of Pedro Sato (PS), Hitigio (HI) and Tsumori (TS) guava cultivars...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Correa MG,Couto JS,Trindade BB,Abreu JP,Nakajima VM,Oliveira FL,Farah A,Teodoro AJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analogue experiments were carried out to get insights into the processes governing positive inversion during the foreland propagating thrust tectonics in the southern Serra do Espinhaço, a Brasiliano/Panafrican foldthrust belt in southeast Brazil. In particular, model listric half-grabens were inverted by applying con...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Gomes CJ,Martins-Neto MA,Ribeiro VE

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the influence of environmental factors in spatial and temporal distribution of the seabob shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri in Santos Bay and São Vicente Estuary, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Monthly samples were obtained, from May 2008 through April 2010, from four locations in the estuary and four in the ba...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Heckler GS,Lopes M,Simões SM,Shimizu RM,Costa RC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the physiological effects of a pesticide based on Bacillus thuringiensis (Dipel-WP®) added in the water and diet of Piaractus mesopotamicus during 24 and 48 h. It was added 0.13 g of de B. thuringiensis per kg of commercial feed; and for the fish subjected to the biopesticide in the water of th...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Mariano WS,Azevedo SB,Gomes FL,Lima LBD,Moron SE,Tavares-Dias M

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Pterosaurs possess skeletal pneumatization, which can be assessed externally through the observation of pneumatic foramina. These foramina vary in position, shape, and number among taxa. Here we propose new characters referring to the position and number of pneumatic foramina present in cervical and dorsal vertebrae o...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Buchmann R,Rodrigues T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used skeletochronology to compare age, size, reproductive parameters and growth patterns of two related, anuran amphibians from Northern Argentina: Leptodactylus bufonius (n=69) and L. latinasus (n=56), in order to better understand their coexistence in syntopy. Previous studies showed that the two species overlap ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Marangoni F,Courtis A,Piñeiro JM,Ingaramo MDR,Cajade R,Stănescu F

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A new discrete distribution is introduced. The distribution involves the negative binomial and size biased negative binomial distributions as sub-models among others and it is a weighted version of the two parameter discrete Lindley distribution. The distribution has various interesting properties, such as bathtub sha...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Bakouch HS

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Commelina erecta L. (C. erecta) also known as erva-de-santa-luzia is reported by local population to have medical properties against some pathological conditions. In this study, two extracts of C. erecta leaves (aqueous and ethanolic) were phytochemically analysed and evaluated for their in-vitro antioxidant activ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Otsuka FAM,Santos RB,Chaves LF,Santos RS,Chaves Filho AB,Miyamoto S,Matos HR

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report for the first time the occurrence of organic-walled microfossils in Ediacaran limestones and marls of the Frecheirinha Formation, Ubajara Group, and the first Precambrian acritarchs so far reported for northeastern Brazil. The assemblage of the Frecheirinha Formation represents a low-diversity microflora com...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Chiglino L,Gaucher C,Sial AN,Ferreira VP

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The infrared spectrum (amide I' region) of Kunitz soybean trypsin inhibitor (SBTI) was obtained in D2O solution and resolved into Gaussian components. A prominent broad band centered at 1643 cm-1 is shown on the unresolved spectrum, which is usually assigned to N-deuterated peptide groups in an unordered structure, si...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Ventura MM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract: Riostegotherium yanei from the Itaboraí Basin, Brazil, is the oldest known Xenarthra. This paper aims to describe the internal morphology of the osteoderms of Riostegotherium yanei from the perspective of histology and micro-CT approaches, expanding the available data on cingulate osteoderm microstructure. ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Bergqvist LP,Pereira PVLGC,Machado AS,Castro MC,Melki LB,Lopes RT

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cesium atomic beam clocks have been the workhorse for many demanding applications in science and technology for the past four decades. Tests of the fundamental laws of physics and the search for minute changes in fundamental constants, the synchronization of telecommunication networks, and realization of the satellite...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Ahmed M,Magalhães DV,Bebeachibuli A,Müller ST,Alves RF,Ortega TA,Weiner J,Bagnato VS

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although recently developed drugs have brought significant improvement, the treatment of psychotic disorders still presents serious drawbacks. Since inherent complexity and lack of satisfactory understanding of the underlying pathophysiology impose limits for rational drug design, resourceful approaches in the search ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Costa-Campos L,Elisabetsky E,Lara DR,Carlson TJ,King SR,Ubillas R,Nunes DS,Iwu MM,Nkemjika CO,Ozioko A,Agwu CO

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiopharmaceuticals play a critical role in modern medicine primarily for diagnostic purposes, but also for monitoring disease progression and response to treatment. As the use of image has been increased, so has the use of prescription medications. These trends increase the risk of interactions between medications a...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Santos-Oliveira R,Smith SW,Carneiro-Leão AM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific concept of G. geckoides was initially ascertained based on a topotypical sample from Salvador, Bahia. Geographic differentiation was studied through the analysis of two meristic characters (tubercles in a paramedian row and fourth toe lamellae) and color pattern of 327 specimens from 23 localities. It is ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Vanzolini PE

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the ageing process the enteric nervous system undergoes morphofunctional changes, such as enteric neurodegeneration. Neuronal death can be attributed to increase radicals free, and ascorbic acid (AA), known antioxidant, could minimize damage cause by oxidative stress. The objective of this study is to analyse t...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Mello SA,Marese AC,Brancalhão RM,Zanoni JN,Natali MR

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical transformations of eremantholide C (1), a sesquiterpene lactone that was isolated from Lychnophora trichocarpha Spreng. led to five new derivatives: 1',2'- epoxyeremantholide C (2), 5-n-propylamine-4,5-dihydro-1',2'-epoxyeremantholide C (3), 5-n-propylammonium-4,5-dihydro-1',2'-epoxyeremantholide C chloride (...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Saúde-Guimarães DA,Raslan DS,Chiari E,De Oliveira AB

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) is cultivated mainly for biodiesel production because of its oil-rich seeds; it is assumed to be an anemophylous species. But pollination deficit can lead to low productivity often attributed to other reasons. In this paper, we investigated pollination requirements, pollination mechan...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Rizzardo RA,Milfont MO,Silva EM,Freitas BM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of urea with lysozyme was studied in the 192-240 nm spectral region by spectrophotometry. The far and middle ultraviolet protein bands records undergo a non-linear "red shift" and "hypochromic effect" under urea titration. These spectral shifts are interpreted basically in terms of decreasing in molar ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Hampe OG,Hampe MM,Zinner K

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work was carried out in two small fishing communities, Barra de Mamanguape and Tramataia, Northeastern Brazil. The aim was to study these traditional fishermen's knowledge and perception about tide and wind classifications, as well as their fishing strategies and techniques. Our research methodology involved vari...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Bezerra DM,Nascimento DM,Ferreira EN,Rocha PD,Mourão JS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00