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Muñoz-Diaz P, Jiménez K, Luraschi R, Cornejo F, Figueroa M, Vera C, Rivas-Pardo A, Sandoval JM, Vásquez C, Arenas F. Anaerobic RSH-dependent tellurite reduction contributes to Escherichia coli tolerance against tellurite. Biol Res 2022; 55:13. [PMID: 35313991 PMCID: PMC8935827 DOI: 10.1186/s40659-022-00383-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tellurium is a rare metalloid that exerts high toxicity on cells, especially on bacteria, partly due to reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Moreover, it has also been observed that tellurite can target free cell thiols groups (RSH) (i.e. reduced glutathione (GSH)), enhancing the cellular redox imbalance. Additionally, in vitro experiments have suggested that several enzymes can reduce tellurite (IV) to its elemental form (0); where RSH present on their active sites may be responsible for the process. Nevertheless, the mechanisms implemented by bacteria for tellurite reduction and its role in resistance have not been evaluated in vivo. RESULTS This work shows that tellurite reduction to elemental tellurium is increased under anaerobic conditions in E. coli cells. The in vivo tellurite reduction is related to the intracellular concentration of total RSH, in the presence and absence of oxygen. This metabolization of tellurite directly contributes to the resistance of the bacteria to the oxyanion. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that in vivo tellurite reduction is related to the intracellular thiol concentration, i.e. large availability of cellular RSH groups, results in a more significant reduction of tellurite. Furthermore, we observed that, when the bacterium exhibits less resistance to the oxyanion, a decreased tellurite reduction was seen, affecting the growth fitness. Together, these results let us propose that tellurite reduction and the intracellular RSH content are related to the oxyanion bacterial resistance, this tripartite mechanism in an oxygen-independent anaerobic process.
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- P Muñoz-Diaz
- Laboratorio Microbiología Molecular, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química Y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio Microbiología Molecular, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química Y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio Microbiología Molecular, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química Y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio Microbiología Molecular, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química Y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio Microbiología Molecular, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química Y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio Microbiología Molecular, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química Y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Genómica Microbiana, Centro de Genómica Y Bioinformática, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique, Chile
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- Laboratorio Microbiología Molecular, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química Y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio Microbiología Molecular, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química Y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Romero C, Lobos L, Hurtado I, Vera C, Gallegos I, Chnaiderman J, Vega M, Selman A, Gayan P. PO-321 MicroRNA-145 and COX2 levels are regulated by nerve growth factor (NGF) in epithelial ovarian cancer. ESMO Open 2018. [DOI: 10.1136/esmoopen-2018-eacr25.834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Vera C, Alvarez-Orozco JA, Maiza A, Chantepie S, Chehin RN, Ouidja MO, Papy-Garcia D. [Heparan sulphates, amyloidosis and neurodegeneration]. Rev Neurol 2017; 65:457-468. [PMID: 29130469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION A number of neurodegenerative disorders have been linked directly to the accumulation of amyloid fibres. These fibres are made up of proteins or peptides with altered structures and which join together in vivo in association with heparan sulphate-type polysaccharides. AIMS To examine the most recent concepts in the biology of heparan sulphates and their role in the aggregation of the peptide Abeta, of tau protein, of alpha-synuclein and of prions. The study also seeks to analyse their implications in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease and prion diseases. DEVELOPMENT In vitro, heparan sulphates have played an important role in the process of oligomerisation and fibrillation of amyloidogenic proteins or peptides, in the stabilisation of these bodies and their resistance to proteolysis, thereby participating in the formation of a wide range of amyloid fibres. Heparan sulphates have also been related to the internalisation of pro-amyloid fibres during the process of intercellular propagation (spreading), which is considered to be crucial in the development of proteinopathies, the best example of which is Alzheimer's disease. CONCLUSION This study suggests that the fine structures of heparan sulphates, their localisation in cells and tissues, together with their local concentration, may regulate the amyloidosis processes. The advances made in the understanding of this area of glyconeurobiology will make it possible to improve the understanding of the cell and molecular mechanisms underlying the neurodegenerative process.
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- C Vera
- Universite Paris Est Creteil, Universite Paris Est, Creteil, Francia
- Instituto de Quimica Biologica Dr. Bernabe Bloj, San Miguel Tucuman, Argentina
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- Universite Paris Est Creteil, Universite Paris Est, Creteil, Francia
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- Universite Paris Est Creteil, Universite Paris Est, Creteil, Francia
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- Instituto de Quimica Biologica Dr. Bernabe Bloj, San Miguel Tucuman, Argentina
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- Universite Paris Est Creteil, Universite Paris Est, Creteil, Francia
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- Universite Paris Est Creteil, Universite Paris Est, Creteil, Francia
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Rizzi I, Vera C, Chirife CR, Álvarez R. PARASITE LOAD EVALUATION IN GOATS DIVISION OF DIDACTIC FARM OF THE FACULTY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE-UNA, USING FRESHWATER DIATOMITE. Compend cienc vet 2017. [DOI: 10.18004/compend.cienc.vet.2017.07.01.46-49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Jarde A, Lutsiv O, Park CK, Barrett J, Beyene J, Saito S, Dodd JM, Shah PS, Cook JL, Biringer AB, Giglia L, Han Z, Staub K, Mundle W, Vera C, Sabatino L, Liyanage SK, McDonald SD. Preterm birth prevention in twin pregnancies with progesterone, pessary, or cerclage: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BJOG 2017; 124:1163-1173. [DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.14513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- A Jarde
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; McMaster University Hamilton, ON Canada
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- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Toronto ON Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; McMaster University Hamilton, ON Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; University of Toyama; Toyama Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; University of Adelaide; Adelaide Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics; University of Toronto; Toronto ON Canada
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- The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada; Ottawa ON Canada
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine; University of Toronto; Toronto ON Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an Shaanxi Province China
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- Canadian Premature Babies Foundation; Sherwood Park AB Canada
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- Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic; Windsor Regional Hospital; Windsor ON Canada
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- Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Escuela de Medicina; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Santiago Chile
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- Midwifery Education Program; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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Ovejero S, Iza M, Vallejo S, Vera C, Sedano A, Álvarez R, Mata L, Sánchez-Alonso S. Use of inhaled loxapine in acute psychiatric agitation. Eur Psychiatry 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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ObjectivesThe aim of this work is to study the efficacy of loxapine inhalation powder on agitated patients in a psychiatric inpatient unit.MethodsNineteen patients sample, with an average age of 39.4 years old, diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder. Patients inhaled loxapine 10 mg, using the staccato system, when they suffered a psychomotor agitation. The clinical efficacy was measured as a change from baseline in the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale-Excited Component (PANSS-EC) and in the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) one hour after the administration of loxapine.ResultsA mean of 9.8 points reduction (22.6 at baseline and 12.7 one hour after the administration) was found on the PANSS-EC (t-test, P < .001) and 68.4% of the patients were considered responders as they obtained a reduction of at least 40% of the basal score. On 10 of the total of the agitated patients showed an improvement of the psychomotor excitement, and this allowed the clinicians to remove the physical restraint; on 6 of the agitated patients the physical restraint could be avoided during the whole treatment; and 3 of the patients experienced a reduction of the excitement. The reduction on PANNS-EC on the latest group was not statistically significant (t-test, P = .121).ConclusionsInhaled loxapine was a non-invasive, rapid and effective alternative treatment for acute agitation in a psychiatric inpatient unit. It resulted more effective on mild and moderate cases; not been significantly effective on the severe cases of agitation.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Carrara N, Badano J, Betti C, Lederhos C, Rintoul I, Coloma-Pascual F, Vera C, Quiroga M. Selective hydrogenation by novel composite supported Pd egg-shell catalysts. CATAL COMMUN 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2014.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Gulppi M, Vejar N, Tamayo L, Azocar M, Vera C, Silva C, Zagal J, Scholz F, Páez M. Stripping voltammetry microprobe (SPV): A new approach in electroanalysis. Electrochem commun 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2014.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Lutsiv O, Pullenayegum E, Foster G, Vera C, Giglia L, Chapman B, Fusch C, McDonald SD. Women's intentions to breastfeed: a population-based cohort study. BJOG 2013; 120:1490-8. [DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- O Lutsiv
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health; McGill University; Montreal QC Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
- Centre for Evaluation of Medicines; St Joseph's Healthcare; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
- Biostatistics Unit; Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre; St Joseph's Healthcare; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Departmento de Obstetricia y Ginecologia; Escuela de Medicina; Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Santiago Chile
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- Division of General Pediatrics; Department of Pediatrics; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Better Outcomes Registry and Network (BORN) Ontario (formerly OPSS); Ottawa ON Canada
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- Division of Neonatology; Department of Pediatrics; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine; Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Diagnostic Imaging; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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Vera C, Tapia V, Kohan K, Gabler F, Ferreira A, Selman A, Vega M, Romero C. Nerve growth factor induces the expression of chaperone protein calreticulin in human epithelial ovarian cells. Horm Metab Res 2012; 44:639-43. [PMID: 22773372 DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1311633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Epithelial ovarian cancer is highly angiogenic and high expression of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), a proangiogenic protein. Calreticulin is a multifunctional protein with anti-angiogenic properties and its translocation to the tumor cell membrane promotes recognition and engulfment by dendritic cells. The aim of this work was to evaluate calreticulin expression in human normal ovaries, benign and borderline tumors, and epithelial ovarian cancer samples and to evaluate whether NGF regulates calreticulin expression in human ovarian surface epithelium and in epithelial ovarian cancer cell lines. Calreticulin mRNA and protein levels were analyzed using RT-PCR, Western blot and immunohistochemistry in 67 human ovarian samples obtained from our Institution. Calreticulin expression induced by NGF stimulation in cell lines was evaluated using RT-PCR, Western blot and immunocytochemistry. We found a significant increase of calreticulin mRNA levels in epithelial ovarian cancer samples as compared to normal ovaries, benign tumors, and borderline tumors. Calreticulin protein levels, evaluated by Western blot, were also increased in epithelial ovarian cancer with respect to benign and borderline tumors. When HOSE and A2780 cell lines were stimulated with Nerve Growth Factor, we found an increase in calreticulin protein levels compared to controls. This effect was reverted by GW441756, a TRKA specific inhibitor. These results suggest that NGF regulates calreticulin protein levels in epithelial ovarian cells through TRKA receptor activation.
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- C Vera
- Laboratorio de Endocrinología y Biología de la Reproducción, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Mandato K, Johnson J, Siskin G, Englander M, Vera C, Herr A. Abstract No. 34: The incidence of May-Thurner syndrome in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) undergoing endovascular treatment for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI). J Vasc Interv Radiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2011.01.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Guerrero C, Vera C, Huerta L, Plou F, Illanes A. Effect of reaction conditions and enzyme source on the selectivity of lactulose synthesis. J Biotechnol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.09.530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Vera C, Barange M, Dube O, Goddard L, Griggs D, Kobysheva N, Odada E, Parey S, Polovina J, Poveda G, Seguin B, Trenberth K. Needs Assessment for Climate Information on Decadal Timescales and Longer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2010.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Illanes A, Huerta M, Guerrero C, Vera C. Synthesis of galacto-oligosaccharides with immobilized biocatalysts based on Aspergillus oryzae beta-galactosidase. N Biotechnol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2009.06.498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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González CA, Villanueva C, Vera C, Flores O, Reyes RD, Rubinsky B. The detection of brain ischaemia in rats by inductive phase shift spectroscopy. Physiol Meas 2009; 30:809-19. [PMID: 19567939 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/30/8/006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Ischaemia in the brain is an important clinical problem that is often monitored and studied with expensive devices such as MRI and PET, which are not readily available in low economical resource parts of the world. We have developed a new less expensive tool for non-invasive monitoring of ischaemia in the brain. This is a first feasibility study describing the concept. The system is based on the hypothesis that electromagnetic properties of the tissue change during ischaemia and that measuring the electromagnetic properties of the bulk of the brain with non-contact means can detect these changes. The apparatus we have built and whose design we describe here consists of two electromagnetic coils placed around the head. The system measures the bulk change in time of the phase difference between the electromagnetic signal on the two coils in a range of frequencies. A mathematical model simulating the device and the measurement is also introduced. Ischaemia was induced in the brain of rats by occlusion of the right cerebral and carotid arteries. Experimental subjects were monitored for 24 h. Inductive phase shift measurements were made at five frequencies in the range of 0.1-50 MHz eight times during the observation period. An ex vivo estimation of the percentage of necrosis in the ischemic subjects at t = 24 h was done. The mathematical model was also applied to the experimental tested situation. The results of both experiments and theory show significant phase shifts increase as a function of frequency and ischaemia time. The theoretical and experimental results suggest that the tested technique has the potential to detect the processes and level of ischaemia in the brain by non-invasive, continuous, bulk volumetric monitoring with a simple and inexpensive apparatus.
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- C A González
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional/Escuela Superior de Medicina-Sección de Investigación y Posgrado, DF, Mexico.
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Balbinot L, Schuchardt U, Vera C, Sepúlveda J. Oxidation of cyclohexanol to epsilon-caprolactone with aqueous hydrogen peroxide on H3PW12O40 and Cs2.5H0.5PW12O40. CATAL COMMUN 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2008.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Zhu Q, Vera C, Asaro R, Skelton R, Sung L. Hybrid model of the erythrocyte membrane skeleton coupled with its lipid bilayer. J Biomech 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9290(06)84303-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Skelton R, de Oliveira M, Vera C, Sung L. Nano-mechanics of a tensegrity network for the erythrocyte membrane skeleton. J Biomech 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9290(06)84304-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Garba A, Campagne G, Tassie JM, Barkire A, Vera C, Sellin B, Chippaux JP. [Long-term impact of a mass treatment by praziquantel on morbidity due to Schistosoma haematobium in two hyperendemic villages of Niger]. Bull Soc Pathol Exot 2004; 97:7-11. [PMID: 15104149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Although it is established that the treatment by praziquantel reduces the urinary lesions due to Schistosoma haematobium, the frequency of mass treatment necessary to maintain a low morbidity level remains poorly known. The objective of this work was to study the impact over three years of a single praziquantel mass treatment on schistosomiasis morbidity in two different systems of disease transmission in Niger. The study was performed in 2 villages hyperendemic for schistosomiasis in the South-West of Niger presenting respectively 2 different systems of schistosomiasis transmission: Koutoukalé-Zéno (K Zéno), located close to an irrigated area of the Niger River Valley where the transmission is permanent, and Téguey located along a temporary pond where the transmission is seasonal. After the initial evaluation (1994), we carried out a survey 3 years later (1997) except in K. Zéno where an intermediate evaluation was performed 10 months after the initial survey (1995). Approximately 300 randomised people have been examined as follows: macroscopic examination of urine and reagent sticks for macro- and micro-haematuria, filtration and microscopic examination of urine for Schistosoma eggs, and ultrasound scan of the urinary tract for morbidity. The therapeutic coverage has reached 69.9% in K. Zéno and 78.2% in Téguey. The prevalence of infestation decreased from 74.1% to 56.4 % in K. Zéno (p < 0.001) and from 65.3% to 30.4% in Téguey (p < 0.001) at the end of the 3 years. The prevalence of heavy infestation (eggs > or = 50) went in the same time from 9.9% to 12.8% (p = 0.3) in K. Zéno and from 9.1% to 3.3% in Téguey (p = 0.01). Using ultrasound scan, the prevalence of the bladder lesions reached its previous level in both villages. However the prevalence of hydronephrosis decreased from 21.1% to 3.9% in K. éno (p < 0.001) and from 12.6% to 4.2% in Téguey (p < 0.001). Three years after the single mass treatment, the morbidity did not reach the initial level. The effectiveness of the treatment is better in the pond system where the transmission is seasonal. The lesions of the upper tract decreased more slowly than the bladder lesions, but a long time after the treatment. The re-infestation induced the re-appearance of the bladder lesions sooner than the lesions of the upper tract. The periodicity of the treatment should be variable according to the transmission system. It should occur every 2 years in irrigated areas and could be delayed (3 years) in temporary ponds. The control was beneficial in the pond system and induced a significant reduction of the severe lesions.
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- A Garba
- Centre de recherches médicale et sanitaires (CERMES), Ministère de la santé publique et de la lutte contre les endémies, BP 10887 Niamey, Niger.
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Díaz Fuenzalida A, Vera C, Santamarina J, Izarduy L, Bagnasco R, Grinspon S, Khoury M, Rodríguez CH, Luna CM. [Community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly requiring hospitalization. Clinical features and prognosis]. Medicina (B Aires) 2001; 59:731-8. [PMID: 10752217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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We evaluated retrospectively 96 patients older than 64 years admitted with the diagnosis of Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) in order to describe the clinical features, evaluate severity and assess prognostic factors. During an 18-month period 100 cases of CAP were included. Average age was 82.3 years +/- 8.3 (+/- SD). By the time of admission, cough and fever were found in 35% of cases and 48% had altered mental status. Fourteen per cent needed mechanical ventilation. Etiology was determined in 21% of cases. Most common pathogens were S. pneumoniae (38.1%), S. aureus (19%) and H. infuenzae (14.3%). Overall mortality was 29%. The most commonly present criteria of severity were tachypnea (respiratory rate > 30) and a PaO2/FIO2 ratio < 250. Severe pneumonia was found in 60% of patients and mortality in that group was 40%. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that some independent prognostic factors were associated with higher mortality: requirement of vasopressors (Odds Ratio [OR] = 22.0; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.9-249.5), oliguria (OR = 9.9; CI = 1.5-66.2), previous neurologic disease (OR = 8.2; CI = 1.8-36.6), PaCO2 > 44 mm/Hg (OR = 6.9; CI = 1.1-43.2), and creatinine > 1.4 mg/dl (OR = 4.7; CI = 1.2-19.1). We conclude that CAP features in elderly patients requiring hospitalization are atypical, severe presentations are frequent and mortality is high. Prognostic factors as found in this study can help the evaluating physician to identify those who require special care.
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- A Díaz Fuenzalida
- Va Cátedra de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Garba A, Aboubacar A, Barkire A, Vera C, Sellin B, Chippaux JP. [Impact of health education programs on the control of urinary bilharziasis in Niger]. Sante 2001; 11:35-42. [PMID: 11313230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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The objective of this study was to assess the effect of health education in the control of bilharziasis, as a part of an investigation on anti-urinary bilharziasis campaign in Niger. We carried out a survey in two groups of endemic villages on the Niger, one group of villages where there are health education campaigns (target villages) and a control village (no education campaign). Five hundred and seventy-seven people were interviewed in the area. The bilharziasis project has been the main source of information on bilharziasis of people in the project zone. The awareness of measures to fight against bilharziasis has been moderate. Indeed, 46.6% of people interrogated in the project area couldn't cite any means for containing bilharziasis. In the area of intervention, 41.5% of people interrogated were unaware of the intervention of an intermediate host in the transmission of the urinary bilharziasis. The notion of reinfestation remains little known. Behaviours that favour the illness were ignored by 1/3 of people interrogated in the project area. However, there was an increase in knowledge about the illness in the program zone in comparison with the control area. Despite the increase in knowledge level, changes in behaviour in relation to the illness remained low. Risky behaviour continued in about 2/3 of people interrogated. Only 33% of persons of the project area declared having adopted at least a single good behaviour. Changes of behaviour are slow to take place. Activities of health education must be sustained throughout a long period of time for sustainable profits of control actions to occur.
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- A Garba
- Centre de recherche sur les méningites et les schistosomoses (CERMES), BP 10887, Niamey, Niger.
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Campagne G, Garba A, Barkiré H, Vera C, Sidiki A, Chippaux JP. [Continued ultrasonic follow-up of children infected with Schistosoma haematobium after treatment with praziquantel]. Trop Med Int Health 2001; 6:24-30. [PMID: 11263461 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00660.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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During a Schistosoma haematobium morbidity control program in Niger, we conducted a survey to describe rhe resolution of lesions after treatment with praziquantel. to determine reinfection rates and to define retreatment schedules. 114 schoolchildren (7-15 years old) living in an hyperendemic village underwent 10 successive examinations over 34 months following an initial evaluation and the administration of 40 mg/kg of praziquantel. All children, whether apparently infected with S. haematobium or not, were treated. Egg output, microhaematuria, visual aspect of urine and abnormalities of the urinary tract by ultrasound were assessed. The initial prevalence tif infection was 74.5%. Reinfection began 5 months after treatment and the final prevalence was 47.1%. Bladder abnormalities decreased rapidly, but incompletely, probably due to reinfestation: initial prevalence: 89.5%). Their prevalence increased 8 months after treatment to 72.4% at month 34. Dilatations of the upper urinary tract regressed more slowly but constantly until the end of the study (initial prevalence: 43%; 4.6% at month 34), Three years after treatment, despite reinfection, the general morbidity level (prevalence and severity of lesions) was lower than at baseline in our cohort, which would suggest the advantage of a long interval between mass treatments in the epidemiological context of our survey.
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- G Campagne
- Coopération Française, CERMES, Niamey, Niger.
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Manzur A, Macaya R, Vera C, Bianchi M, Durruty G, Zeidan R. Predictive Value of a Single β-hCG Level Performed 13 to 17 Days After Ovulation in Single In Vivo Fertilization Pregnancies. Fertil Steril 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(00)00892-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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McCormick L, Nielsen T, Ptito M, Ptito A, Villemure JG, Vera C, Montplaisir J. Sleep in right hemispherectomized patients: evidence of electrophysiological compensation. Clin Neurophysiol 2000; 111:1488-97. [PMID: 10904231 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(00)00319-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The goal of this study is to provide a better understanding of the role of the cortex in sleep's macro- and microstructure modulation. METHODS Sleep architecture and phasic events were investigated in 4 patients having undergone right functional or anatomical hemispherectomy and 8 control subjects. Between-groups differences were assessed using the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. RESULTS Findings provide evidence for overall similarity between patients' and control subjects' left hemispheric sleep architecture. In addition, results clearly indicate that it is possible to detect electrical activity over the operated side of a hemispherectomized patient's brain, even when resection of the hemi-cortex has been complete. Finally, findings provide evidence for similar left and right hemispheric relative spectral activities and for an increase in fast activity bands over the intact hemisphere in anatomical hemispherectomized patients. CONCLUSIONS This study provides evidence that right hemispherectomy does not produce significant sleep architecture alterations as recorded over the intact hemisphere. In addition, residual activity detected over the operated side in anatomical hemispherectomized patients is interpreted as resulting from volume conduction originating from generators located in the intact hemisphere. Finally, there is strong evidence for electrophysiological compensation in the intact hemisphere following complete resection of the contralateral hemi-cortex.
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- L McCormick
- Laboratoire du Sommeil, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Vera C, Sood A, Gao KM, Yee LJ, Lin JJ, Sung LA. Tropomodulin-binding site mapped to residues 7-14 at the N-terminal heptad repeats of tropomyosin isoform 5. Arch Biochem Biophys 2000; 378:16-24. [PMID: 10871039 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.1802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Tropomodulin is a globular protein that caps the pointed end of actin filaments by complexing with the N-terminus of a tropomyosin (TM) molecule. TM consists of coiled coils except for the N-terminus, which may be globular. Here we report that human TM isoform 5 (hTM5) lacking the N-terminal 18 residues lost its binding activity toward tropomodulin. We further characterized the tropomodulin-binding site by creating a series of deletion and missense mutations within this region, followed by a solid-phase binding assay. I7, V10, and I14, hydrophobic residues located at the a and d positions of N-terminal heptad repeats involving intertwine, are essential for tropomodulin binding. R12, a positively charged residue at the f position, is also involved in recognition. In contrast, A2R and G3Y mutations, each creating a bulky N-terminus, did not alter the binding. In addition, rat TM5b, which differs from hTM5 in residues 4-6, exhibits a similar binding affinity. The tropomodulin-binding site, therefore, is mapped to residues 7-14 at the beginning of the long heptad repeats. Column chromatography revealed that hTM5 mutants remained capable of dimerization. Results also suggest tropomodulin has a groove-type, rather than a cavity-type, binding site for hTM5. We also mapped the epitope of monoclonal antibody LC1 to residues 4-10 of hTM5 and showed the competition between mAb LC1 and tropomodulin in hTM5 binding. Since the N-terminal residues need to overlap with the C-terminus of TM in their head-to-tail association, this investigation elucidates the mechanisms by which the tropomodulin-hTM5 complex is formed and functions in regulating the actin filaments.
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- C Vera
- Department of Bioengineering and Center for Molecular Genetics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093, USA
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Campagne G, Vera C, Barkire H, Tinni A, Tassie JM, Garba A, Sellin B, Chippaux JP. [Preliminary evaluation of usable indicators during a control program for urinary bilharziosis in Niger]. Med Trop (Mars) 2000; 59:243-8. [PMID: 10701201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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The performance of several indirect screening tests was evaluated during the start-up phase of a urinary schistosomiasis control program in Niger. Urine tests were carried out on a total of 354 children attending 3 primary schools on five consecutive days. Tests included filtration of 10 ml of urine, search for microscopic hematuria using reagent strips, and gross examination of urine. In addition a questionnaire was administered on the first day to identify signs of dysuria and hematuria. Repeat testing had a strong effect on the epidemiological profile of urinary schistosomiasis in the 3 schools. Although day-to-day counts varied greatly, egg excretion could be considered as high in all infected subjects. The screening sensitivity of urine filtration was low when the level of endemicity was moderate (up to 55 p. 100). Microscopic hematuria was common. However the sensitivity of this method was overestimated in comparison with urine filtration alone and use of reagent strips can be inconvenient. Using carefully defined diagnostic criteria, gross examination of urine was as effective as urine filtration and easier to perform. The value of the questionnaire for evaluation of morbidity was low despite relatively good performance of the diagnostic techniques. The children's responses concerning hematuria were not objective and questions concerning dysuria were poorly understood and time-consuming. In the next phase of study, these findings will be validated by ultrasound imaging.
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- G Campagne
- Centre Hospitalier de la Côte Basque, Bayonne, France.
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Campagne G, Garba A, Barkire H, Vera C, Boulanger D, Chippaux JP. [Quality control during ultrasonographic evaluation of morbidity due to Schistosoma haematobium in Niger]. Med Trop (Mars) 2000; 60:35-41. [PMID: 10989785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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Within the framework of a campaign to control urinary schistosomiasis in Niger, a quality control audit was performed on ultrasonographic assessment of morbidity due to Schistosoma haematobium. The purpose of this audit was to determine variance and reproductibility of epidemiological data provided by two trained independent observers. Three parameters were studied, i.e.,: interobserver variability on matched data, interobserver variance at the community level on the same or different subjects, including some after treatment with praziquantel, and intra-observer variance. A total of 1750 ultrasound examinations were carried out on 1416 inhabitants from 10 hyperendemic villages (70 p. 100 schoolchildren) according to a slightly modified version of the WHO Cairo protocol. Inter-observer variance at the individual level was high for some elementary abnormalities of the bladder. Variance was around 20 p. 100 for the 2 main indicators, i.e. presence of at least one bladder lesion and dilatation of the upper urinary tract. At the community level, inter-observer variance was moderate and the two observers' global assessment of morbidity due to Schistosoma haematobium was the same. Variations of morbidity related to level of endemicity were given perceived in parallel. Similar findings were noted for the intra-observer variability at the individual or community level. Ultrasound examination is supposed to furnish reliable morbidity data for selecting communities at risk and scheduling treatments during schistosomiasis control programs. The results of this study show that the level of inter- and intra-observer variance in ultrasonographic assessment in Niger is compatible with this critical role.
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- G Campagne
- Centre Hospitalier de la Côte Basque, Bayonne, France.
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Campagne G, Garba A, Vera C, Barkiré H, Boulanger D, Sellin B, Chippaux J. Variability in ultrasonographical assessment of Schistosoma haematobium-related morbidity. Parasitol Int 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5769(98)80919-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We report a Mexican family in which two sibs were identified as "classic" XX males without genital ambiguities. Molecular studies revealed that both patients were negative for several Y sequences, including SRY. A review of familial cases disclosed that this is the first family where a complete male phenotype was observed in Y-negative XX male non-twin brothers. These data suggest that an inherited loss-of-function mutation, in a gene participating in the sex-determining cascade, can induce normal male sexual differentiation in the absence of SRY.
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- J C Zenteno
- Servicio de Genética, Hospital General de México-Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, México, D. F., México
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McCormick L, Nielsen T, Ptito M, Hassainia F, Ptito A, Villemure JG, Vera C, Montplaisir J. REM sleep dream mentation in right hemispherectomized patients. Neuropsychologia 1997; 35:695-701. [PMID: 9153032 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3932(96)00113-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Investigations of dream mentation in brain damaged patients have shed some light on the controversial issue of cerebral lateralization of dreaming. To examine further the relationships between brain function and dreaming, we studied REM sleep dream recall and content in four patients having undergone right functional or anatomical hemispherectomy and eight matched control subjects. Patients were found to have the capacity to report dreams to much the same extent as control subjects. Further, the patients' dream content was overall similar to that of the control subjects. The results provide strong evidence that dreaming is not a right-hemisphere function, and that the left hemisphere may be more critical for the generation of dreams. In addition, some characteristics of hemispherectomized patients' dream content (characters, smells) are consistent with the possibility that a history of epilepsy may influence REM sleep imagery over the long term.
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- L McCormick
- Laboratoire du sommeil, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Ibarrola DA, Ibarrola MH, Vera C, Montalbetti Y, Ferro EA. Hypotensive effect of crude root extract of Solanum sisymbriifolium (Solanaceae) in normo- and hypertensive rats. J Ethnopharmacol 1996; 54:7-12. [PMID: 8941862 DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(96)01442-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The hypotensive effect of the crude hydroalcoholic extract from root of Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam. (Solanaceae) was investigated both in normotensive and hypertensive rats. The intravenous administration of the extract (50 and 100 mg/kg) produced a significant decrease in blood pressure in anaesthetized hypertensive (adrenal regeneration hypertension + deoxycorticosterone acetate (ARH + DOCA)) rats. Oral administration of the extract (10, 50, 100 and 250 mg/kg) also produced a dose-dependent hypotensive effect in conscious hypertensive animals. In anaesthetized normotensive rats, the extract (50 and 100 mg/kg, i.v.) also induced hypotension in a dose-dependent manner. Lastly, no significant effect on blood pressure was produced by the extract when administered orally (10, 50, 100, 250, 500 and 1000 mg/kg) to conscious normotensive rats.
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- D A Ibarrola
- Research Department, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, National University of Asuncion, Paraguay
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Nuclear morphometry was performed in 159 adenocarcinomas of the kidney. The mean and SD of the following nuclear parameters were calculated: area, perimeter, major axis, minor axis and a shape factor. Median survival, including all stages, was 72 months and cumulative survival at 5, 10 and 15 years of 50, 42 and 33%, respectively. Values of morphometric parameters, except for shape factor, tend to increase in proportion to stage. Nuclear area was the best parameter to predict the variability in survival time. The Cox regression model was performed for each stage, and the relationship with length of survival time was studied. For stage T1-2 N0 M0, nuclear area was the only variable chosen as an independent significant predictor of outcome. For the rest of the stages, no variables were selected as predictors at any significant level.
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- J L Ruiz
- Department of Urology, La Fé Hospital, Valencia, Spain
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Lobos P, Ortega R, Vera C, Poblete P, Saéz C. [Prevalence of false seropositivity for syphilis in a population of pregnant women]. Rev Med Chil 1992; 120:1121-6. [PMID: 1341773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A retrospective chart review of 439 pregnant women with positive syphilis serology detected with VDRL was made. One hundred twenty two women (27.7%), aged 17 to 43 years and with a gestational age ranging from 8 to 38 weeks, had false positive VDRL tests. None of these patients had a titer over 1:4 and 65% had a weakly reactive VDRL. Forty percent of women were diagnosed as having an early latent syphilis and 20% as late latent syphilis. Due to the high frequency of these later diagnoses in women with VDRL titers below 1:2, with no risk factors and negative sexual partners, post partum follow up is essential to detect cases with false positive FTA-ABs tests.
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- P Lobos
- Servico de Dermatología, Hospital del Salvador, Santiago de Chile
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The host-parasite relationships of a Schistosoma haematobium isolate, originating from Niger, and the white mouse are described. Swiss OF1 albino mice were exposed individually to 200 cercariae and worms were recovered 9, 12, 16 and 20 weeks post infection. The mean worm returns ranged between 10.54 and 13.05% and did not alter significantly between 9 and 20 weeks post infection. The sex ratio of worms was always in favour of males; from 7.09:1 at 9 weeks after infection it decreased regularly to 3.28:1 at 20 weeks. Male worms reached a mean length of 8.72 mm at 20 weeks. From the 12th week post infection, a high number of eggs was found in the liver and gut. At 20 weeks, eggs were also found in the bladder. Viable eggs and infective miracidia were obtained. The infection of Bulinus truncatus from Niger succeeded with a mean rate of 61% after the first passage through mice. The isolate of S. haematobium was maintained in the laboratory during 3 successive passages through mice. These entirely new results are very probably linked to genetic characteristics peculiar to the S. haematobium populations from Niger.
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- D Imbert-Establet
- Laboratoire de Biologie Animale, U.R.A. CNRS 698, Université, Perpignan, France
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Vera C, Mouchet F, Bremond P, Sidiki A, Sellin E, Sellin B. Natural infection of Bulinus senegalensis by Schistosoma haematobium in a temporary pool focus in Niger: characterization by cercarial emergence patterns. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1992; 86:62. [PMID: 1566309 DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(92)90442-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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- C Vera
- Laboratoire des Schistosomiases, CERMES, OCCGE-ORSTOM, Niamey, Niger
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We present 2 patients with late recurrence 16 and 11 years after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma. Metastases were solitary and their location very uncommon (vastus externo muscle and colon). In the reviewed series of 5,758 patients with renal cell carcinoma only a temporal muscle metastasis and another in the colon were observed but none of them was solitary.
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- J L Ruiz
- Department of Urology, La Fe Hospital, Valencia, Spain
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Oliver F, Llopis B, Vera C, Domínguez C, Vidal J, Gallego J, Jiménez JF. [Directed chemotherapy in superficial carcinoma of the bladder conditioned by the knowledge of recurrence factors]. Actas Urol Esp 1989; 13:41-3. [PMID: 2496584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A retrospective study of 56 patients (23 primary and 36 relapsing) with superficial vesical carcinoma and treated with transurethral resection and directed chemoprophylaxis was done. Directed chemoprophylaxis is define as a specific type of adjuvant therapy where the drug is determined by a previous study with multivariant analysis of the relapse risk factors of a group of 385 cases, where the chemotherapeutic agent was also a variable. The drug is specified by the data introduced in a microprocessor program. Such chemoprophylactic approach has achieved a marked reduction in the relapse rate and increased the disease-free interval from 8 to 3 and from 70 to 83.5 respectively, with regard to the free drug choice approach.
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Oliver F, Llopis B, Domínguez C, Vera C, Jiménez JF. [Renal trauma. Our diagnostic and therapeutic approach]. Actas Urol Esp 1988; 12:549-57. [PMID: 3232562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Oliver F, Llopis B, Vera C, Iranzo S, Broseta E, Moreno B, Jiménez JF. [New protocol in the follow-up of superficial bladder carcinoma]. Actas Urol Esp 1988; 12:415-8. [PMID: 3064563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Oliver F, Llopis B, Vera C, Domínguez C, Vidal J, Gallego J, Jiménez JF. [Directed chemotherapy in superficial carcinoma conditioned by the knowledge of relapse factors]. Actas Urol Esp 1988; 12:419-23. [PMID: 3218579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Escobar H, Arroyo M, Suárez L, Camarero C, Crespo E, Vera C. [Copper and zinc levels in nails of children with cystic fibrosis, carriers and healthy controls (author's transl)]. An Esp Pediatr 1980; 13:127-132. [PMID: 7396268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Authors study copper and zinc levels and the ratio zinc/copper, by atomic absorption spectrophotometry, in nails of children with cystic fibrosis, suspected carriers, relatives of patients, and healthy controls, the latest forming two different groups. A significant increase of copper and zinc levels in nails of cystic fibrosis patients compared to the controls is found. However, there were no significant differences with regard to the carriers. It is concluded that, in spite of significant findings, this method should not be used routinely because of the large fluctuations produced by the weight of nails, the sensitivity of the resonance line and the variations in these elements concentration on nails surface.
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Broughton R, Vera C, Meier-Ewert K, Ebe M, Andermann F. H reflex studies and the effects of intravenous diazepam(valium) in subacute sclerosing leucoencephalitis. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1968; 24:288. [PMID: 4170245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Bailey CP, Hirose T, Aventura A, Yamamoto N, Brancato R, Vera C, O'Connor R. Revascularization of the ischemic posterior myocardium. Calif Med 1967; 52:273-85. [PMID: 6039687 DOI: 10.1378/chest.52.3.273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Luco JV, Vera C. Sensitivity to acetylcholine of the nictitating membrane reinnervated by cholinergic fibers. Acta Physiol Lat Am 1964; 14:289-294. [PMID: 5873245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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