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Souza-Silva G, de Souza CR, Pereira CADJ, Dos Santos Lima W, Mol MPG, Silveira MR. Using freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818) as a biological model for ecotoxicology studies: a systematic review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:28506-28524. [PMID: 36701061 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25455-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Over time, a growing increase in human pollutants in the aquatic environment has been observed. The global presence of residues in water bodies reinforces the need to develop improved methods to detect them and evaluate their ecotoxicological effects in aquatic environments. Thus, this study aimed to present the main assays using Biomphalaria glabrata as a biological model for ecotoxicological studies. We performed a systematic literature review with data published up to June 2022 on the Web of Science, SCOPUS, Science Direct, PubMed, and SciELO databases. Thirty studies were selected for this review after screening. Biomphalaria glabrata has been studied as an ecotoxicological model for different substances through toxicity, embryotoxicity, cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, and bioaccumulation assays. Studies evaluating the impact of B. glabrata exposure to several substances have reported effects on their offspring, as well as toxicity and behavioral and reproductive effects. This review presents various assays using B. glabrata as a biological model for ecotoxicological studies. The use of a representative species of ecosystems from tropical regions is a necessary tool for tropical environmental monitoring. It was observed that the freshwater snail B. glabrata was effective for the evaluation of the ecotoxicity of several types of chemical substances, but further studies are needed to standardize the model.
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- Gabriel Souza-Silva
- Postgraduate Program in Medicines and Pharmaceutical Assistance, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais-Belo Horizonte/MG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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- Postgraduate Program in Medicines and Pharmaceutical Assistance, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais-Belo Horizonte/MG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais-Belo Horizonte/MG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais-Belo Horizonte/MG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Research and Development, Ezequiel Dias Foundation-Belo Horizonte/MG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Medicines and Pharmaceutical Assistance, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais-Belo Horizonte/MG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Wang D, Murtaza M, Wood SA, Mellick GD, Miao WG, Guymer GP, Forster PI, Feng Y, Quinn RJ. A Grand Challenge. 3. Unbiased Phenotypic Function of Metabolites from Australia Plants Gloriosa superba and Alangium villosum against Parkinson's Disease. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2020; 83:1440-1452. [PMID: 32372642 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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As part of a continuing research program aiming to identify chemical probes to interrogate Parkinson's disease (PD), we have investigated the Australian plants Gloriosa superba and Alangium villosum. The chemical investigations of G. superba resulted in the isolation of four new alkaloids, β-lumicolchicosides A-C (1-3) and γ-lumicolchicoside A (4), together with four lumicolchicine derivatives (5-8) and six colchicine analogues (9-14) as known structures. The chemical investigations of A. villosum resulted in the isolation of four new benzoquinolizidine N-oxides, tubulosine Nβ5-oxide (15), isotubulosine Nα5-oxide (16), 9-demethyltubulosine Nβ5-oxide (17), and 9-demethylisotubulosine Nα5-oxide (18), together with five known benzoquinolizidine alkaloids (19-23). The chemical structures of the new compounds (1-4 and 15-18) were characterized unambiguously by extensive analysis of their NMR and MS data. Unbiased multidimensional profiling was used to investigate the phenotypic profiles of all of the metabolites. The results show that the lead probes have different effects on cellular organelles that are implicated in PD in patient-derived cells.
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- Dongdong Wang
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia
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- Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, QLD 4066, Australia
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- Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, QLD 4066, Australia
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia
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Effects of abnormal temperature and starvation on the internal defense system of the schistosome-transmitting snail Biomphalaria glabrata. J Invertebr Pathol 2016; 138:18-23. [PMID: 27261059 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2016.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Revised: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Climate change may affect the internal defense system (IDS) of freshwater snails, and as a result their capacity to transmit disease. We examined effects of short-term exposure to supra- and sub-optimal temperatures or starvation on 3 parameters of the IDS of the schistosome-resistant Salvador strain of Biomphalaria glabrata - hemocyte concentrations, cell division in the amebocyte-producing organ (APO), and resistance to infection with Schistosoma mansoni. Adult snails were exposed to 1 of 3 temperatures, 20°C, 27°C (controls), or 33°C, for 1 or 2weeks, with food. A fourth group was maintained at 27°C, but without food. Compared to the controls, starved snails had significantly higher hemocyte counts at both 1 and 2weeks, although mitotic activity in the APO was significantly lower at both time periods. Exposure to 20°C or 33°C for 1 or 2weeks did not affect hemocyte numbers. However, APO mitotic activity in snails exposed to 20°C was significantly higher at both 1 and 2weeks, whereas mitotic activity in snails exposed to 33°C was significantly lower at 1week but normal at 2weeks. None of the treatments altered the resistance phenotype of Salvador snails. In a follow-up experiment, exposure to 33°C for 4-5h, a treatment previously reported to both induce expression of heat shock proteins (Hsps) and abrogate resistance to infection, caused immediate upregulation of Hsp 70 and Hsp 90 expression, but did not alter resistance, and Hsp expression levels returned to baseline after 2weeks at 33°C. Results of this study indicate that abnormal environmental conditions can have both stimulatory and inhibitory effects on the IDS in adult B. glabrata, and that some degree of acclimation to abnormal temperatures may occur.
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Forkpah C, Dixon LR, Fahrbach SE, Rueppell O. Xenobiotic effects on intestinal stem cell proliferation in adult honey bee (Apis mellifera L) workers. PLoS One 2014; 9:e91180. [PMID: 24608542 PMCID: PMC3946715 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2013] [Accepted: 02/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The causes of the current global decline in honey bee health are unknown. One major group of hypotheses invokes the pesticides and other xenobiotics to which this important pollinator species is often exposed. Most studies have focused on mortality or behavioral deficiencies in exposed honey bees while neglecting other biological functions and target organs. The midgut epithelium of honey bees presents an important interface between the insect and its environment. It is maintained by proliferation of intestinal stem cells throughout the adult life of honey bees. We used caged honey bees to test multiple xenobiotics for effects on the replicative activity of the intestinal stem cells under laboratory conditions. Most of the tested compounds did not alter the replicative activity of intestinal stem cells. However, colchicine, methoxyfenozide, tetracycline, and a combination of coumaphos and tau-fluvalinate significantly affected proliferation rate. All substances except methoxyfenozide decreased proliferation rate. Thus, the results indicate that some xenobiotics frequently used in apiculture and known to accumulate in honey bee hives may have hitherto unknown physiological effects. The nutritional status and the susceptibility to pathogens of honey bees could be compromised by the impacts of xenobiotics on the maintenance of the midgut epithelium. This study contributes to a growing body of evidence that more comprehensive testing of xenobiotics may be required before novel or existing compounds can be considered safe for honey bees and other non-target species.
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- Cordelia Forkpah
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America
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Interaction of Schistosoma mansoni Sporocysts and Hemocytes of Biomphalaria. J Parasitol Res 2012; 2012:743920. [PMID: 22811885 PMCID: PMC3395257 DOI: 10.1155/2012/743920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2012] [Accepted: 05/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Human infection by Schistosoma mansoni affects more than 100 million people worldwide, most often in populations of developing countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The transmission of S. mansoni in human populations depends on the presence of some species of Biomphalaria that act as an intermediate host. The compatibility between S. mansoni and its intermediate host is influenced by behavioral, physiological, and genetical factors of the mollusc and the parasite. The susceptibility level of the mollusc has been attributed to the capacity of internal defense system (IDS)—hemocytes and soluble components of the hemolymph—to recognize and destroy the parasite, and this will be the center of interest of this paper. The schistosome-resistant Biomphalaria can be an alternative strategy for the control of schistosomiasis.
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Kun-Hua W, Jian-Hua M, He-Ping H, Shan-Lin G. Generation of autotetraploid plant of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) and its quality evaluation. Pharmacogn Mag 2011; 7:200-6. [PMID: 21969790 PMCID: PMC3173894 DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.84230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2011] [Revised: 02/28/2011] [Accepted: 08/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Zingiber officinale Rosc. is not only an important medical plant in China, but also one of the most commonly used plant spices around the world. Early researches in Z. officinale Rosc. were focused on rapid propagation, germplasm preservation, and somatic embryogenesis, only a few reports focused on the generation of tetraploid ginger plants with colchicines treatment in vitro. MATERIALS AND METHODS The adventitious buds were submerged into different concentrations of colchicine water solution for different time to induce polyploid plants, and the induced buds were identified by root-tip chromosome determination and stomatal apparatus observation. Eighteen selected tetraploid lines were transferred to the field, and the leaf characteristics, rhizome yield, contents of volatile oil and gingerol were respectively evaluated to provide evidence of high-yield and good qualities of tetraploid ginger. RESULTS The induction rate reached as high as 33.3% of treated buds. More than 48 lines of autotetraploid plants were obtained. All tetraploid plants showed typical polyploidy characteristics. All of the 18 selected tetraploid lines possessed higher rhizome yield and overall productivity of volatile oil and gingerol than those of the control. CONCLUSION Five elite lines have been selected for further selection and breeding new varieties for commercial production in agricultural production.
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- Wei Kun-Hua
- Department of Genetics and Breeding, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu – 211198, People's Republic of China
- Guangxi key Laboratory of Medicinal Resources Conservation and Genetic Improvement, Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Nanning, Guangxi – 530023, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi key Laboratory of Medicinal Resources Conservation and Genetic Improvement, Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Nanning, Guangxi – 530023, People's Republic of China
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- Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui – 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Genetics and Breeding, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu – 211198, People's Republic of China
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Kun-Hua W, Shan-Lin G, He-Ping H. Tissue culture and generation of autotetraploid plants of Sophora flavescens Aiton. Pharmacogn Mag 2010; 6:286-92. [PMID: 21120030 PMCID: PMC2992141 DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.71793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2010] [Revised: 09/01/2010] [Accepted: 10/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sophora flavescens Aiton is an important medicinal plant in China. Early in vitro researches of S. flavescens were focused on callus induction and cell suspension culture, only a few were concerned with in vitro multiplication. OBJECTIVE To establish and optimize the rapid propagation technology of S. flavescens and to generate and characterize polyploid plants of S. flavescens. MATERIALS AND METHODS The different concentrations of 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP), indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and kinetin (KT) were used to establish and screen the optimal rapid propagation technology of S. flavescens by orthogonal test; 0.2% colchicine solution was used to induce polyploid plants and the induced buds were identified by root-tip chromosome determination and stomatal apparatus observation. RESULTS A large number of buds could be induced directly from epicotyl and hypocotyl explants on the Murashige and Skoog medium (MS; 1962) supplemented with 1.4-1.6 mg/l 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) and 0.3 mg/l indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). More than 50 lines of autotetraploid plants were obtained. The chromosome number of the autotetraploid plantlet was 2n = 4× = 36. All tetraploid plants showed typical polyploid characteristics. CONCLUSION Obtained autotetraploid lines will be of important genetic and breeding value and can be used for further selection and plant breeding.
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- Wei Kun-Hua
- Department of Genetics and Breeding, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu - 211 198, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Genetics and Breeding, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu - 211 198, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Genetics and Breeding, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu - 211 198, People’s Republic of China
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Salamat Z, Sullivan JT. In vitro mitotic responses of the amebocyte-producing organ of Biomphalaria glabrata to extracts of Schistosoma mansoni. J Parasitol 2009; 94:1170-3. [PMID: 18973421 DOI: 10.1645/ge-1554.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2007] [Accepted: 02/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Amebocyte-producing organs (APOs) of Biomphalaria glabrata were maintained in nonnutritive saline with, or without, extracts of miracidia and adults of Schistosoma mansoni, and examined histologically. The hematopoietic cells remained viable and showed measurable mitotic activity for up to 6 days, with little evidence of tissue death. APOs accumulated fluid and became swollen by as soon as 24 hr, but no cell exomigration was observed. Parasite extracts elicited an increase in the number of dividing cells in the APO, suggesting that the extract may directly stimulate a response from the hematopoietic cells by providing either nutrients or mitogenic growth factors.
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- Zahra Salamat
- Department of Biology, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94117, USA
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Sullivan JT. Mitotic responses to injected extracts of larval and adult Schistosoma mansoni in Biomphalaria glabrata: effects of dose and colchicine treatment. J Parasitol 2007; 93:213-5. [PMID: 17436970 DOI: 10.1645/ge-956r.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Biomphalaria glabrata snails injected with extracts of Schistosoma mansoni miracidia, mother sporocyst excretory-secretory product, cercariae, and adults, showed increased mitotic activity in histological sections of the amebocyte-producing organ (APO) relative to water-injected controls. The mitotic response was generally higher to extracts adjusted to 1.0 mg protein/ml than to a 10-fold lower concentration, although in most cases this increase was not statistically significant. Colchicine treatment prior to fixation significantly increased the number of mitotic figures in APOs of all groups of extract-injected snails, both with respect to water-injected controls and, with 1 exception, relative to matched colchicine-untreated snails. Extracts of adult worms elicited a pronounced mitotic response, suggesting that adults may share a mitogenic molecule with larvae. The high variability in counts of mitotic figures may limit the usefulness of this histological method.
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- John T Sullivan
- Department of Biology, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94117, USA.
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Souza SDS, Andrade ZA. On the origin of the Biomphalaria glabrata hemocytes. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2006; 101 Suppl 1:213-8. [PMID: 17308772 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762006000900033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2006] [Accepted: 06/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A histologic, morphometric and ultrastructural study performed on Biomphalaria glabrata submitted to infection with Schistosoma mansoni miracidia failed to provide significant evidences that the so-called amebocyte-producing organ (APO) is really the central organ for hemocyte production. In infected snails no general reactive changes appeared in the APO, the mitoses were seen only occasionally, and the possibility of cellular hyperplasia was ruled out by morphometric measurements. Under the electron microscope the APO cells presented an essentially epithelial structure, without features indicative of transition toward hemocytes. On the other hand, the present findings pointed to a multicentric origin for the mollusc hemocytes, as earlier studies had indicated. Dense foci of hemocyte collections appeared sometimes around disintegrating sporocysts and cercariae in several organs and tissues of the infected snails, including a curious accumulation of such cells inside the ventricular cavity of the heart. In the heart and other sites, features suggestive of transformation of vascular space endothelial lining cells into hemocytes were apparent. To some extent, the postulated multicentric origin for B. glabrata hemocytes recapitulates earlier embryologic findings in vertebrates, when mesenchymal vascular spaces generate the circulating and phagocytic blood cells.
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- Samaly dos Santos Souza
- Laboratório de Patologia Experimental, Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz-Fiocruz, Rua Valdemar Falcão 121, 40295-001 Salvador, BA, Brazil
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