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Ortega-Villaizan M, Mercado L, Chico V. Editorial: Antiviral immune response in fish and shellfish. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1155538. [PMID: 37056766 PMCID: PMC10086535 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1155538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- M. Ortega-Villaizan
- Instituto de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Biotecnología Sanitaria de Elche (IDiBE), Universidad Miguel Hernández (IDiBE-UMH), Elche, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Instituto de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Biotecnología Sanitaria de Elche (IDiBE), Universidad Miguel Hernández (IDiBE-UMH), Elche, Spain
- *Correspondence: V. Chico,
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Sendra M, Pereiro P, Yeste MP, Mercado L, Figueras A, Novoa B. Size matters: Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model to study toxicity of nanoplastics from cells to the whole organism. Environ Pollut 2021; 268:115769. [PMID: 33070068 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Revised: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The contamination of the aquatic environment by plastic nanoparticles is becoming a major concern due to their potential adverse effects in aquatic biota. Therefore, in-depth knowledge of their uptake, trafficking and effects at cellular and systemic levels is essential to understand their potential impacts for aquatic species. In this work, zebrafish (Danio rerio) was used as a model and our aims were: i) to determine the distribution, uptake, trafficking, degradation and genotoxicity of polystyrene (PS) NPs of different sizes in a zebrafish cell line; ii) to study PS NPs accumulation, migration of immune cells and genotoxicity in larvae exposed to PS NPs; and iii) to assess how PS NPs condition the survival of zebrafish larvae exposed to a pathogen and/or how they impact the resistance of an immunodeficient zebrafish. Our results revealed that the cellular distribution differed depending on the particle size: the 50 nm PS NPs were more homogeneously distributed in the cytoplasm and the 1 μM PS NPs more agglomerated. The main endocytic mechanisms for the uptake of NPs were dynamin-dependent internalization for the 50 nm NPs and phagocytosis for the 1 μm nanoparticles. In both cases, degradation in lysosomes was the main fate of the PS NPs, which generated alkalinisation and modified cathepsin genes expression. These effects at cellular level agree with the results in vivo, since lysosomal alkalization increases oxidative stress and vice versa. Nanoparticles mainly accumulated in the gut, where they triggered reactive oxygen species, decreased expression of the antioxidant gene catalase and induced migration of immune cells. Finally, although PS NPs did not induce mortality in wild-type larvae, immunodeficient and infected larvae had decreased survival upon exposure to PS NPs. This fact could be explained by the mechanical disruption and/or the oxidative damage caused by these NPs that increase their susceptibility to pathogens.
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- M Sendra
- Institute of Marine Research (IIM), National Research Council (CSIC), Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208, Vigo, Spain
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- Institute of Marine Research (IIM), National Research Council (CSIC), Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Material Science, Metallurgical Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cádiz, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Institute of Marine Research (IIM), National Research Council (CSIC), Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208, Vigo, Spain
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- Institute of Marine Research (IIM), National Research Council (CSIC), Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208, Vigo, Spain.
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Soto-Covasich J, Reyes-Farias M, Torres R, Vasquez K, Duarte L, Quezada J, Jimenez P, Pino M, Garcia-Nannig L, Mercado L, Garcia-Diaz D. A polyphenol-rich Calafate (Berberis microphylla) extract rescues glucose tolerance in mice fed with cafeteria diet. J Funct Foods 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2020.103856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 01/22/2023] Open
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Muñoz K, Flores-Herrera P, Gonçalves AT, Rojas C, Yáñez C, Mercado L, Brokordt K, Schmitt P. The immune response of the scallop Argopecten purpuratus is associated with changes in the host microbiota structure and diversity. Fish Shellfish Immunol 2019; 91:241-250. [PMID: 31100440 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Revised: 05/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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All organisms live in close association with a variety of microorganisms called microbiota. Furthermore, several studies support a fundamental role of the microbiota on the host health and homeostasis. In this context, the aim of this work was to determine the structure and diversity of the microbiota associated with the scallop Argopecten purpuratus, and to assess changes in community composition and diversity during the host immune response. To do this, adult scallops were immune challenged and sampled after 24 and 48 h. Activation of the immune response was established by transcript overexpression of several scallop immune response genes in hemocytes and gills, and confirmed by protein detection of the antimicrobial peptide big defensin in gills of Vibrio-injected scallops at 24 h post-challenge. Then, the major bacterial community profile present in individual scallops was assessed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of 16S rDNA genes and dendrogram analyses, which indicated a clear clade differentiation of the bacterial communities noticeable at 48 h post-challenge. Finally, the microbiota structure and diversity from pools of scallops were characterized using 16S deep amplicon sequencing. The results revealed an overall modulation of the microbiota abundance and diversity according to scallop immune status, allowing for prediction of some changes in the functional potential of the microbial community. Overall, the present study showed that changes in the structure and diversity of bacterial communities associated with the scallop A. purpuratus are detected after the activation of the host immune response. Now, the relevance of microbial balance disruption in the immune capacity of the scallop remains to be elucidated.
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- K Muñoz
- Laboratorio de Genética e Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Genética e Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología y Genómica Acuícola - Centro Interdisciplinario para la Investigación Acuícola (INCAR), Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Genética e Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratory of Marine Physiology and Genetics (FIGEMA), Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA) and Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Genética e Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
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Maturano Y, Lerena M, Mestre M, Casassa L, Toro M, Vazquez F, Mercado L, Combina M. Inoculation strategies to improve persistence and implantation of commercial S. cerevisiae strains in red wines produced with prefermentative cold soak. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2018.07.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Oyanedel D, Gonzalez R, Flores-Herrera P, Brokordt K, Rosa RD, Mercado L, Schmitt P. Molecular characterization of an inhibitor of NF-κB in the scallop Argopecten purpuratus: First insights into its role on antimicrobial peptide regulation in a mollusk. Fish Shellfish Immunol 2016; 52:85-93. [PMID: 26993612 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Revised: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Inhibitors of nuclear factor kappa B (IκBs) are major control components of the Rel/NF-κB signaling pathway, a key regulator in the modulation of the expression of immune-related genes in vertebrates and invertebrates. The activation of the Rel/NF-κB signaling pathway depends largely in the degradation of IκB proteins and thus, IκBs are a main target for the identification of genes whose expression is controlled by Rel/NF-κB pathway. In order to identify such regulation in bivalve mollusks, the cDNA sequence encoding an IκB protein was characterized in the scallop Argopecten purpuratus, ApIκB. The cDNA sequence of ApIκB is comprised of 1480 nucleotides with a 1086 bp open reading frame encoding for 362 amino acids. Bioinformatics analysis showed that ApIκB displays the conserved features of IκB proteins. The deduced amino acid sequence consists of a 39.7 kDa protein, which has an N-terminal degradation motif, six ankyrin repeats and a C-terminal phosphorylation site motif. Phylogenetic analysis revealed a high degree of identity between ApIκB and other IκBs from mollusks, but also to arthropod cactus proteins and vertebrate IκBs. Tissue expression analysis indicated that ApIκB is expressed in all examined tissues and it is upregulated in circulating hemocytes from scallops challenged with the pathogenic Gram-negative bacterium Vibrio splendidus. After inhibiting ApIκB gene expression using the RNA interference technology, the gene expression of the antimicrobial peptide big defensin was upregulated in hemocytes from non-challenged scallops. Results suggest that ApIκB may control the expression of antimicrobial effectors such as big defensin via a putative Rel/NF-κB signaling pathway. This first evidence will help to deepen the knowledge of the Rel/NF-κB conserved pathway in scallops.
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- D Oyanedel
- Laboratorio de Genética e Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2373223 Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología y Genética Marina (FIGEMA), Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas, Universidad Católica Del Norte, 1781421 Coquimbo, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Genética e Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2373223 Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología y Genética Marina (FIGEMA), Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas, Universidad Católica Del Norte, 1781421 Coquimbo, Chile
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- Laboratory of Immunology Applied to Aquaculture, Department of Cell Biology, Embryology and Genetics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Genética e Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2373223 Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Genética e Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2373223 Valparaíso, Chile.
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Rojas V, Camus-Guerra H, Guzmán F, Mercado L. Pro-inflammatory caspase-1 activation during the immune response in cells from rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum 1792) challenged with pathogen-associated molecular patterns. J Fish Dis 2015; 38:993-1003. [PMID: 25477241 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Revised: 08/26/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In response to pathogens, the higher vertebrate innate immune system activates pro-inflammatory caspase-1 which is responsible for the processing and secretion of several important cytokines involved in the host's defence against infection. To date, caspase-1 has been described in few teleost fish, and its activity has been demonstrated through substrate cleavage and inhibition by pharmacological agents. In this study, the detection of the active form of caspase-1 during the immune response in salmonid fish is described, where two antibodies were produced. These antibodies differentially recognize the structural epitopes of the inactive pro-caspase-1 and the processed active form of the caspase. Firstly, caspase-1 activation was demonstrated in vitro by ELISA, Western blotting and immunocytochemistry in rainbow trout macrophages exposed to different pathogen-associated molecular patterns plus the pathogen Aeromonas hydrophila. This activity was clearly abrogated by a caspase inhibitor and seems to be unrelated to IL-1β secretion. Caspase-1 activation was then validated in vivo in gill cells from fish challenged with Aeromonas salmonicida. These results represent the first demonstration of caspase-1 activation in salmonids, and the first evidence of the putative regulatory role which this protease plays in inflammatory response in this fish group, as described for some other teleosts and mammals.
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- V Rojas
- Laboratorio de Genética e Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Genética e Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Núcleo Biotecnológico de Curauma, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Genética e Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
- Núcleo Biotecnológico de Curauma, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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Chirapatpimol K, Shabestari MH, Lindgren RA, Smith LC, Annand JRM, Higinbotham DW, Moffit B, Nelyubin V, Norum BE, Allada K, Aniol K, Ardashev K, Armstrong DS, Arndt RA, Benmokhtar F, Bernstein AM, Bertozzi W, Briscoe WJ, Bimbot L, Camsonne A, Chen JP, Choi S, Chudakov E, Cisbani E, Cusanno F, Dalton MM, Dutta C, Egiyan K, Fernàndez-Ramìrez C, Feuerbach R, Fissum KG, Frullani S, Garibaldi F, Gayou O, Gilman R, Gilad S, Goity J, Gomez J, Hahn B, Hamilton D, Hansen JO, Huang J, Igarashi R, Ireland D, de Jager CW, Jin X, Jiang X, Jinasundera T, Kellie J, Keppel CE, Kolb N, LeRose J, Liyanage N, Livingston K, McNulty D, Mercado L, Michaels R, Mihovilovič M, Qian S, Qian X, Mailyan S, Mamyan V, Marrone S, Monaghan P, Nanda S, Perdrisat CF, Piasetzky E, Protopopescu D, Punjabi V, Qiang Y, Rachek IA, Rakhman A, Riordan S, Ron G, Rosner G, Saha A, Sawatzky B, Shahinyan A, Širca S, Sparveris N, Subedi RR, Suleiman R, Strakovsky I, Sulkosky V, Moinelo J, Voskanyan H, Wang K, Wang Y, Watson J, Watts D, Wojtsekhowski B, Workman RL, Yao H, Zhan X, Zhang Y. Precision Measurement of the p(e,e^{'}p)π^{0} Reaction at Threshold. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 114:192503. [PMID: 26024167 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.192503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
New results are reported from a measurement of π^{0} electroproduction near threshold using the p(e,e^{'}p)π^{0} reaction. The experiment was designed to determine precisely the energy dependence of s- and p-wave electromagnetic multipoles as a stringent test of the predictions of chiral perturbation theory (ChPT). The data were taken with an electron beam energy of 1192 MeV using a two-spectrometer setup in Hall A at Jefferson Lab. For the first time, complete coverage of the ϕ_{π}^{*} and θ_{π}^{*} angles in the pπ^{0} center of mass was obtained for invariant energies above threshold from 0.5 up to 15 MeV. The 4-momentum transfer Q^{2} coverage ranges from 0.05 to 0.155 (GeV/c)^{2} in fine steps. A simple phenomenological analysis of our data shows strong disagreement with p-wave predictions from ChPT for Q^{2}>0.07 (GeV/c)^{2}, while the s-wave predictions are in reasonable agreement.
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- K Chirapatpimol
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
- Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand 50200
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
- Mississipi State University, Starkville, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, USA
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- Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, USA
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- Institut de Physique Nucleaire, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Sanità, I-00161 Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Sanità, I-00161 Rome, Italy
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, USA
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, 0036 Armenia
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Lund, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Sanità, I-00161 Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Sanità, I-00161 Rome, Italy
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada S7N 0W0
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- University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ Scotland, United Kingdom
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada S7N 0W0
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ Scotland, United Kingdom
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- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
- Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, 83209, USA
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- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, 0036 Armenia
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Sanità, I-00161 Rome, Italy
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia 23504, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Budker Institute, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel 91904
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- University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, 0036 Armenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid 98040, Spain
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, 0036 Armenia
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
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- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Rojo M, Arroyo López F, Lerena M, Mercado L, Torres A, Combina M. Evaluation of different chemical preservatives to control Zygosaccharomyces rouxii growth in high sugar culture media. Food Control 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Wang D, Pan K, Subedi R, Deng X, Ahmed Z, Allada K, Aniol KA, Armstrong DS, Arrington J, Bellini V, Beminiwattha R, Benesch J, Benmokhtar F, Camsonne A, Canan M, Cates GD, Chen JP, Chudakov E, Cisbani E, Dalton MM, de Jager CW, De Leo R, Deconinck W, Deur A, Dutta C, El Fassi L, Flay D, Franklin GB, Friend M, Frullani S, Garibaldi F, Giusa A, Glamazdin A, Golge S, Grimm K, Hafidi K, Hansen O, Higinbotham DW, Holmes R, Holmstrom T, Holt RJ, Huang J, Hyde CE, Jen CM, Jones D, Kang H, King P, Kowalski S, Kumar KS, Lee JH, LeRose JJ, Liyanage N, Long E, McNulty D, Margaziotis DJ, Meddi F, Meekins DG, Mercado L, Meziani ZE, Michaels R, Mihovilovic M, Muangma N, Myers KE, Nanda S, Narayan A, Nelyubin V, Oh Y, Parno D, Paschke KD, Phillips SK, Qian X, Qiang Y, Quinn B, Rakhman A, Reimer PE, Rider K, Riordan S, Roche J, Rubin J, Russo G, Saenboonruang K, Saha A, Sawatzky B, Shahinyan A, Silwal R, Sirca S, Souder PA, Suleiman R, Sulkosky V, Sutera CM, Tobias WA, Urciuoli GM, Waidyawansa B, Wojtsekhowski B, Ye L, Zhao B, Zheng X. Measurements of parity-violating asymmetries in electron-deuteron scattering in the nucleon resonance region. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 111:082501. [PMID: 24016222 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.082501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We report on parity-violating asymmetries in the nucleon resonance region measured using inclusive inelastic scattering of 5-6 GeV longitudinally polarized electrons off an unpolarized deuterium target. These results are the first parity-violating asymmetry data in the resonance region beyond the Δ(1232). They provide a verification of quark-hadron duality-the equivalence of the quark- and hadron-based pictures of the nucleon-at the (10-15)% level in this electroweak observable, which is dominated by contributions from the nucleon electroweak γZ interference structure functions. In addition, the results provide constraints on nucleon resonance models relevant for calculating background corrections to elastic parity-violating electron scattering measurements.
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- D Wang
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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Bethke J, Rojas V, Berendsen J, Cárdenas C, Guzmán F, Gallardo JA, Mercado L. Development of a new antibody for detecting natural killer enhancing factor (NKEF)-like protein in infected salmonids. J Fish Dis 2012; 35:379-388. [PMID: 22458735 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2012.01354.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The main cellular responses of innate immunity are phagocytic activity and the respiratory burst, which produces a high amount of reactive oxygen species. Natural killer enhancing factor (NKEF) belongs to the peroxiredoxin family that has an antioxidant function and enhances cytotoxic cell activity. This molecule may play a key role in macrophage and cytotoxic cell communication during the innate immune response of fish against pathogens. In fish, the NKEF gene has been characterized in some species as showing an up-regulation in infected fish, suggesting a trigger effect upon NK-like cells. To detect and localize this molecule in salmonids at protein level, a monospecific polyclonal antibody was generated. A probable NKEF-like protein epitope region was identified and characterized using bioinformatic tools, and the sequence was chemically synthesized using Fmoc strategy, analysed by RP-HPLC and its molecular weight confirmed by mass spectrometry. The synthetic peptide was immunized and antibodies from ascitic fluid were obtained. The resulting antibody is a versatile tool for detecting NKEF by different immune techniques such as ELISA, Western blotting and immunohistochemistry. Analysis of NKEF-like protein is a useful method for characterizing immune properties of this molecule in fish during response to pathogens.
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- J Bethke
- Laboratorio de Genética e Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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Abrahamyan S, Ahmed Z, Albataineh H, Aniol K, Armstrong DS, Armstrong W, Averett T, Babineau B, Barbieri A, Bellini V, Beminiwattha R, Benesch J, Benmokhtar F, Bielarski T, Boeglin W, Camsonne A, Canan M, Carter P, Cates GD, Chen C, Chen JP, Hen O, Cusanno F, Dalton MM, De Leo R, de Jager K, Deconinck W, Decowski P, Deng X, Deur A, Dutta D, Etile A, Flay D, Franklin GB, Friend M, Frullani S, Fuchey E, Garibaldi F, Gasser E, Gilman R, Giusa A, Glamazdin A, Gomez J, Grames J, Gu C, Hansen O, Hansknecht J, Higinbotham DW, Holmes RS, Holmstrom T, Horowitz CJ, Hoskins J, Huang J, Hyde CE, Itard F, Jen CM, Jensen E, Jin G, Johnston S, Kelleher A, Kliakhandler K, King PM, Kowalski S, Kumar KS, Leacock J, Leckey J, Lee JH, LeRose JJ, Lindgren R, Liyanage N, Lubinsky N, Mammei J, Mammoliti F, Margaziotis DJ, Markowitz P, McCreary A, McNulty D, Mercado L, Meziani ZE, Michaels RW, Mihovilovic M, Muangma N, Muñoz-Camacho C, Nanda S, Nelyubin V, Nuruzzaman N, Oh Y, Palmer A, Parno D, Paschke KD, Phillips SK, Poelker B, Pomatsalyuk R, Posik M, Puckett AJR, Quinn B, Rakhman A, Reimer PE, Riordan S, Rogan P, Ron G, Russo G, Saenboonruang K, Saha A, Sawatzky B, Shahinyan A, Silwal R, Sirca S, Slifer K, Solvignon P, Souder PA, Sperduto ML, Subedi R, Suleiman R, Sulkosky V, Sutera CM, Tobias WA, Troth W, Urciuoli GM, Waidyawansa B, Wang D, Wexler J, Wilson R, Wojtsekhowski B, Yan X, Yao H, Ye Y, Ye Z, Yim V, Zana L, Zhan X, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Zheng X, Zhu P. Measurement of the neutron radius of 208Pb through parity violation in electron scattering. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:112502. [PMID: 22540469 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.112502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report the first measurement of the parity-violating asymmetry A(PV) in the elastic scattering of polarized electrons from 208Pb. A(PV) is sensitive to the radius of the neutron distribution (R(n)). The result A(PV)=0.656±0.060(stat)±0.014(syst) ppm corresponds to a difference between the radii of the neutron and proton distributions R(n)-R(p)=0.33(-0.18)(+0.16) fm and provides the first electroweak observation of the neutron skin which is expected in a heavy, neutron-rich nucleus.
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Ahmed Z, Allada K, Aniol KA, Armstrong DS, Arrington J, Baturin P, Bellini V, Benesch J, Beminiwattha R, Benmokhtar F, Canan M, Camsonne A, Cates GD, Chen JP, Chudakov E, Cisbani E, Dalton MM, de Jager CW, De Leo R, Deconinck W, Decowski P, Deng X, Deur A, Dutta C, Franklin GB, Friend M, Frullani S, Garibaldi F, Giusa A, Glamazdin A, Golge S, Grimm K, Hansen O, Higinbotham DW, Holmes R, Holmstrom T, Huang J, Huang M, Hyde CE, Jen CM, Jin G, Jones D, Kang H, King P, Kowalski S, Kumar KS, Lee JH, LeRose JJ, Liyanage N, Long E, McNulty D, Margaziotis D, Meddi F, Meekins DG, Mercado L, Meziani ZE, Michaels R, Muñoz-Camacho C, Mihovilovic M, Muangma N, Myers KE, Nanda S, Narayan A, Nelyubin V, Oh Y, Pan K, Parno D, Paschke KD, Phillips SK, Qian X, Qiang Y, Quinn B, Rakhman A, Reimer PE, Rider K, Riordan S, Roche J, Rubin J, Russo G, Saenboonruang K, Saha A, Sawatzky B, Silwal R, Sirca S, Souder PA, Sperduto M, Subedi R, Suleiman R, Sulkosky V, Sutera CM, Tobias WA, Urciuoli GM, Waidyawansa B, Wang D, Wexler J, Wilson R, Wojtsekhowski B, Zhan X, Yan X, Yao H, Ye L, Zhao B, Zheng X. New precision limit on the strange vector form factors of the proton. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:102001. [PMID: 22468841 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.102001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The parity-violating cross-section asymmetry in the elastic scattering of polarized electrons from unpolarized protons has been measured at a four-momentum transfer squared Q2 = 0.624 GeV2 and beam energy E(b) = 3.48 GeV to be A(PV) = -23.80 ± 0.78(stat) ± 0.36(syst) parts per million. This result is consistent with zero contribution of strange quarks to the combination of electric and magnetic form factors G(E)(s) + 0.517G(M)(s) = 0.003 ± 0.010(stat) ± 0.004(syst) ± 0.009(ff), where the third error is due to the limits of precision on the electromagnetic form factors and radiative corrections. With this measurement, the world data on strange contributions to nucleon form factors are seen to be consistent with zero and not more than a few percent of the proton form factors.
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- Z Ahmed
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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Ordás MC, Cuesta A, Mercado L, Bols NC, Tafalla C. Viral hemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) up-regulates the cytotoxic activity and the perforin/granzyme pathway in the rainbow trout RTS11 cell line. Fish Shellfish Immunol 2011; 31:252-259. [PMID: 21642001 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2011.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2011] [Revised: 05/11/2011] [Accepted: 05/11/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A survey of immune-relevant genes that might be up-regulated in response to viral hemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) in the rainbow trout monocyte-macrophage cell line, RTS11, unexpectedly revealed an increased expression of perforin (PRF) and granzyme (GRZ) genes, which represent components of the major cytotoxic pathway. The natural killer-enhancing factor (NKEF), also known to modulate cytotoxic activity, was up-regulated at the gene but strikingly down-regulated at protein level. The expression of these genes was not affected in head kidney leukocytes (HKLs) infected with VHSV, leading us to evaluate the potential cytotoxic activity of RTS11 and HKLs. For the first time, the cytotoxic activity of RTS11 against xenogeneic targets has been demonstrated, although this was modest relative to HKLs. Yet the activity in RTS11 was significantly increased by VHSV, as in HKLs. This cytotoxic activity elicited by viral infection appeared to require viral gene expression because inactivated VHSV failed to increase RTS11 cytotoxic activity. As for other immune functions, RTS11 cells provide a model for further studying cytotoxic activities of fish monocyte-macrophages.
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- M C Ordás
- Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA-INIA), Carretera de Algete a El Casar km. 8.1, Valdeolmos 28130, Madrid, Spain
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Guzman F, Berendsen J, Gonzalez M, Arenas G, Mercado L. Epitope design and chemical synthesis to develop antibodies against heat shock protein (Hsp70) in different animal models of stress. N Biotechnol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2009.06.094] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Combina M, Daguerre C, Massera A, Mercado L, Sturm M, Ganga A, Martinez C. Yeast identification in grape juice concentrates from Argentina. Lett Appl Microbiol 2007; 46:192-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2007.02291.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Mercado L, Dalcero A, Masuelli R, Combina M. Diversity of Saccharomyces strains on grapes and winery surfaces: analysis of their contribution to fermentative flora of Malbec wine from Mendoza (Argentina) during two consecutive years. Food Microbiol 2006; 24:403-12. [PMID: 17189766 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2006.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2006] [Revised: 06/01/2006] [Accepted: 06/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Spontaneous fermentations are still conducted by several wineries in different regions of Argentina as a common practice. Native Saccharomyces strains associated with winery equipment, grape and spontaneous fermentations of Malbec musts from "Zona Alta del Río Mendoza" region (Argentina) were investigated during 2001 and 2002 in the same cellar. Low occurrence of Saccharomyces on grapes and their limited participation during fermentation were confirmed. Strain sequential substitution during fermentation was observed. Between 30% and 60% of yeast population at the end of fermentation was coming from yeasts already present in the winery. A stable and resident Saccharomyces micro-flora in the winery was confirmed. It exhibited a dynamic behaviour during season and between years. Commercial strains were found during fermentation in different percentages, but their presence on winery equipment was low. The present work represents a first approach to winery yeast and spontaneous fermentation Saccharomyces population dynamics in an important viticultural region from Argentina that has never been characterized before. The results obtained have an important significance for the local industry, showing for the first time the real situation of the microbial ecology of alcoholic fermentation in an industrial winery from Mendoza, Argentina.
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- L Mercado
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, EEA Mendoza and EEA La Consulta, Mendoza, Argentina
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AIMS The aims of this work were to evaluate different pre-isolation treatments applied to complete yeast extraction from grapes and to identify the yeast microflora associated to Malbec grapes from two vineyards located in Mendoza, Argentina. METHODS AND RESULTS The pre-isolation treatments evaluated were shaking, jet streaming with pressurized water and grape blending. The overall results clearly indicated that when a more vigorous and disruptive pre-isolation treatment was applied; larger numbers of yeast species were recovered. The yeast population on healthy and ripe Malbec grapes was in the order of 10(5)-10(6) CFU g(-1). Eight different yeast species were isolated from berries, including Kloeckera apiculata, Metschnikowia pulcherrima, Pichia membranifaciens, Saccharomycodes ludwigii, Candida species (Candida stellata and Candida raghi), Issatchenkia orientalis and Rhodotorula spp. CONCLUSIONS Grape blending gave the highest yeast counts. Rainfall near grape harvest time quantitatively and qualitatively modifies the yeast microflora. The yeast species identified on ripe grapes from the Mendoza region, partially match those previously documented in different parts of the world related. S. ludwigii has not been previously reported in grapes. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The report is on yeast microbiota in grapes from Mendoza, Argentina. Saccharomycodes ludwigii was found in high percentage (17%), this species has not been described before on grapes surface. The importance of pre-isolation steps to the recovery of high number of yeasts was shown. Influence of climatic conditions near harvest time on microflora was confirmed.
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- M Combina
- Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Mendoza, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Mendoza, Argentina.
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Combina M, Elía A, Mercado L, Catania C, Ganga A, Martinez C. Dynamics of indigenous yeast populations during spontaneous fermentation of wines from Mendoza, Argentina. Int J Food Microbiol 2005; 99:237-43. [PMID: 15808358 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2004] [Revised: 08/09/2004] [Accepted: 08/26/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Fermentation of wine is a complex microbial reaction, which involves the sequential development of various species of yeasts and lactic acid bacteria. Of these, yeasts are the main group responsible for alcoholic fermentation. The aim of this work was to study, under industrial conditions, the evolution of yeast populations and to describe the individual evolution of the most important yeasts during three spontaneous fermentations of Malbec musts from Argentina. This work shows the significant participation of non-Saccharomyces yeasts during spontaneous fermentation of musts, with the ubiquitous presence of three main species: Kloeckera apiculata, Candida stellata and Metschnikowia pulcherrima.
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- M Combina
- Centro de Estudios Enológicos-Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Mendoza, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, San Martín 3853 (5507) Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina.
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Mercado L, Arenas G. [Escherichia coli L-asparaginase induces phosphorylation of endogenous polypeptides in human immune cells]. Sangre (Barc) 1999; 44:438-42. [PMID: 10822757] [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: 02/16/2023]
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PURPOSE To detect patterns of endogenous polypeptide phosphorylation in monocyte, lymphocyte, and polymorphonuclear leukocyte populations, induced by the products of the catalytic action of L-asparaginase (EcA). MATERIALS AND METHODS Monocytes, polymorphonuclear cells and lymphocytes were isolated from heparinized blood from healthy, voluntary donors. The samples were incubated in 0.4 mCi/ml of [gamma-32P]H3PO4, with: 1 microgram/microliter of EcA, EcA and the substrate or with the products of EcA's catalytic activity: NH4+ and aspartate. The cells were lysated and electrophoresed using denaturing polyacrylamide gels that were then exposed on radiographic plates. The levels of polypeptide phosphorylation were quantified by computer densitometric analysis. RESULTS The autoradiographs and the densitometric quantification of the electrophoretic profiles of monocytes, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, and lymphocytes revealed an increase in polypeptide phosphorylation when the cells were incubated with the enzyme and its substrate, ammonium and aspartate, or ammonium, which demonstrates that the NH4+ triggers intracellular phosphotransferase activity. A 58 kDa phosphoprotein outstood, it being common to the three cell populations studied. There were also specific phosphorylable polypeptides in monocytes, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, and lymphocytes. CONCLUSIONS Escherichia coli L-asparaginase, binds the plasma membrane in normal human immune cells, catalyzing the L-asparagine substrate. The products of its activity: aspartate and NH4+ modify the extracellular environment, particularly the latter since it could diffuse into the cytosol and modify the pH, which would activate signal transduction pathways associated with the phosphorylation of substrates.
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- L Mercado
- Laboratorio de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Chile
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Lombardino LJ, Morris D, Mercado L, DeFillipo F, Sarisky C, Montgomery A. The Early Reading Screening Instrument: a method for identifying kindergarteners at risk for learning to read. Int J Lang Commun Disord 1999; 34:135-150. [PMID: 15587010 DOI: 10.1080/136828299247478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This study was designed to provide speech-language pathologists and educators with a method for identifying children at risk for reading failure. The Early Reading Screening Instrument (ERSI) was given to 149 end-of-the-year kindergarten children. Half of the sample was tested 1 year later with standardized reading measures. Total ERSI scores from the kindergarten children strongly correlated with reading skills in first grade. Reading comprehension in first grade was the skill most strongly predicted by the subjects' total ERSI scores. The word recognition and invented spelling subtests of the ERSI were the best variables to be selected as predictors of first grade word analysis, word identification, and passage comprehension skills. A split-half reliability study of the ERSI showed that a shortened form could be used with the same degree of predictive validity. The ERSI or similar tools can be used to assess reading readiness in kindergarten children so that we can promptly begin an intervention to prevent or, at the very least, to diminish risk for reading failure. For screening reading readiness across different languages or cultures, the content of the four ERSI subtests can easily be modified.
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- L J Lombardino
- Department of Communication Processes and Disorders, 464 Dauer Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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Berrios J, Osses N, Opazo C, Arenas G, Mercado L, Benos DJ, Reyes JG. Intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis in rat round spermatids. Biol Cell 1998; 90:391-8. [PMID: 9835013] [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: 02/09/2023]
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Intracellular calcium, [Ca2+]i, can regulate meiotic progression of mammalian oocytes. However, the role of [Ca2+]i in the regulation of the spermatogenic process and its cellular homeostatic mechanisms in spermatogenic cells has not been elucidated. Using intracellular fluorescent probes for Ca2+ and immunodetection of plasma membrane (PM) Ca(2+)-ATPases, we report that: a) rat round spermatids maintain [Ca2+]i levels of 60 +/- 5 nM (SEM), as estimated with fluo-3 in single cells or fura-2 in cells in suspension; b) these cells regulate [Ca2+]i by actively extruding it using a PM Ca(2+)-ATPase; c) rat spermatids also actively transport Ca2+ by sarco-endoplasmic reticulum type ATPases (SERCA); d) rat spermatids possess non-mitochondrial intracellular Ca2+i stores insensitive to thapsigargin but releasable by ionomycin; and e) rat spermatids do not activate Ca2+ entry mechanisms by the release of Ca2+ from SERCA-regulated stores. These results demonstrate that rat round spermatids can generate modulated intracellular Ca2+ signals upon activation of Ca2+ channels or Ca2+ release from intracellular stores.
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- J Berrios
- Instituto de Quimica, Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile
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Rasgon S, James-Rogers A, Chemleski B, Ledezma M, Mercado L, Besario M, Trivedi J, Miller M, Dee L, Pryor L, Yeoh H. Maintenance of employment on dialysis. Adv Ren Replace Ther 1997; 4:152-9. [PMID: 9113231 DOI: 10.1016/s1073-4449(97)70042-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This article describes the components of a multidisciplinary effort focused on promoting, among other goals, continued employment during end-stage renal disease (ESRD) treatment. The education and guidance of the patient begin during the pre-ESRD period, intensify through dialysis treatment, and continue even through posttransplantation follow-up. Such focused programs support patients in retaining their usual lifestyle, staying in their current jobs where possible, and maximizing self-esteem and quality of life.
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- S Rasgon
- Department of Nephrology, Southern California-Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles Medical Center 90027, USA
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Gordillo-Paniagua G, Valencia-Mayoral P, Mercado L, Medina-Mercado M. [Bone disorders in children with chronic renal insufficiency exposed to high ingestion of aluminum]. Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex 1990; 47:336-41. [PMID: 2390188] [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: 12/31/2022] Open
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Bone disorders in 28 children with chronic renal failure exposed to aluminum intoxication were studied. All of the children were in the dialysis program. Aluminum blood levels were higher than normal in all of the children and without any correlation to the magnitude of hypocalcemia or with the increase of the parathormone, which were found in different amounts in all of the children. All of the children had various degrees of skeletal retardation and only one had pathological fractures. The bone biopsy showed hypocellular marrow, decreased osteoclastic activity in the majority of the cases same as trabecular mineralization, although the amount of osteoid was lacking in the trabeculae in the majority of the cases. The deposit of aluminum was detected in a great number of them. It is concluded that osteodystrophy recognizes a number of factors as may be hypocalcemia due to a decrease in the production of 1,25-cholecalciferol, an increase in the parathyroid hormone and the deposit of aluminum, coming mainly from water, in the trabeculae which interfere with the incorporation of calcium in the formation of new bone.
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- G Gordillo-Paniagua
- Departamento de Investigaciones Nefrológicas, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México, D.F
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Gordillo-Paniagua G, Mercado L, Medina M, Malagón-Valdez J, Olmos-García de Alba G, Rosete de Díaz M. [Neurologic disorders in children with chronic terminal renal insufficiency]. Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex 1989; 46:389-94. [PMID: 2751840] [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: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Neurological alterations are very frequent in children with end stage renal disease (ESRD). In order to assess the type of these complications, a neurological study was undertaken in 30 children with ESRD. Three of the patients had convulsions and hyperreflexia was the only clinical sign found in all the patients. Low serum levels of hemoglobin and calcium and high concentrations of phosphates, aluminum and parathyroid hormone were found in all cases, but correlations with any neurological alteration were not made. Abnormal EEG with slow waves in the occipital region were obtained in 23 patients. Sensorial hypoacusia was registered in 6 children who were previously treated with aminoglucosides. The cerebral tomography showed calcifications in three instances, but only in one patient were of clinical significance. In five, out of the 30 patients, cerebral atrophy was detected. In conclusion, assessment of the neurological condition is mandatory in children with ESRD before renal transplantation is performed, since the complication itself or the therapy may interfere with rehabilitation.
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