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Berghmans T, Brandão M, Ilzkovitz M, Meert AP. [Severe complications of systemic treatment in thoracic oncology]. Rev Mal Respir 2024; 41:317-324. [PMID: 38461088 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2024.02.014] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
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Primary thoracic cancers affect a large number of patients, mainly those with lung cancer and to a lesser extent those with pleural mesothelioma and thymic tumours. Given their frequency and associated comorbidities, in patients whose mean age is high, these diseases are associated with multiple complications. This article, the last of a series dedicated to emergencies in onco-haematological patients, aims to present a clinical picture of the severe complications (side effects, immune-related adverse events) associated with systemic treatments, excluding infections and respiratory emergencies, with which general practitioners and specialists can be confronted. New toxicities are to be expected with the implementation of innovative therapeutic approaches, such as CAR-T cells, along with immunomodulators and antibody-drug conjugates.
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- T Berghmans
- Clinique d'oncologie thoracique, institut Jules-Bordet, rue Meylemeersch 90, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgique.
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- Clinique d'oncologie thoracique, institut Jules-Bordet, rue Meylemeersch 90, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgique
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- Service de médecine interne, institut Jules-Bordet, hôpital universitaire de Bruxelles, université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgique
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- Service de médecine interne, institut Jules-Bordet, hôpital universitaire de Bruxelles, université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgique
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Meng F, Brandão M, Cullen JM. Replacing Plastics with Alternatives Is Worse for Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Most Cases. Environ Sci Technol 2024; 58:2716-2727. [PMID: 38291786 PMCID: PMC10867844 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c05191] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Plastics are controversial due to their production from fossil fuels, emissions during production and disposal, potential toxicity, and leakage to the environment. In light of these concerns, calls to use less plastic products and move toward nonplastic alternatives are common. However, these calls often overlook the environmental impacts of alternative materials. This article examines the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission impact of plastic products versus their alternatives. We assess 16 applications where plastics are used across five key sectors: packaging, building and construction, automotive, textiles, and consumer durables. These sectors account for about 90% of the global plastic volume. Our results show that in 15 of the 16 applications a plastic product incurs fewer GHG emissions than their alternatives. In these applications, plastic products release 10% to 90% fewer emissions across the product life cycle. Furthermore, in some applications, such as food packaging, no suitable alternatives to plastics exist. These results demonstrate that care must be taken when formulating policies or interventions to reduce plastic use so that we do not inadvertently drive a shift to nonplastic alternatives with higher GHG emissions. For most plastic products, increasing the efficiency of plastic use, extending the lifetime, boosting recycling rates, and improving waste collection would be more effective for reducing emissions.
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- Fanran Meng
- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 100-44, Sweden
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- Department
of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, United Kingdom
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Kirschbaum MUF, Cowie AL, Peñuelas J, Smith P, Conant RT, Sage RF, Brandão M, Cotrufo MF, Luo Y, Way DA, Robinson SA. Is tree planting an effective strategy for climate change mitigation? Sci Total Environ 2024; 909:168479. [PMID: 37951250 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168479] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/13/2023]
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The world's forests store large amounts of carbon (C), and growing forests can reduce atmospheric CO2 by storing C in their biomass. This has provided the impetus for world-wide tree planting initiatives to offset fossil-fuel emissions. However, forests interact with their environment in complex and multifaceted ways that must be considered for a balanced assessment of the value of planting trees. First, one needs to consider the potential reversibility of C sequestration in trees through either harvesting or tree death from natural factors. If carbon storage is only temporary, future temperatures will actually be higher than without tree plantings, but cumulative warming will be reduced, contributing both positively and negatively to future climate-change impacts. Alternatively, forests could be used for bioenergy or wood products to replace fossil-fuel use which would obviate the need to consider the possible reversibility of any benefits. Forests also affect the Earth's energy balance through either absorbing or reflecting incoming solar radiation. As forests generally absorb more incoming radiation than bare ground or grasslands, this constitutes an important warming effect that substantially reduces the benefit of C storage, especially in snow-covered regions. Forests also affect other local ecosystem services, such as conserving biodiversity, modifying water and nutrient cycles, and preventing erosion that could be either beneficial or harmful depending on specific circumstances. Considering all these factors, tree plantings may be beneficial or detrimental for mitigating climate-change impacts, but the range of possibilities makes generalisations difficult. Their net benefit depends on many factors that differ between specific circumstances. One can, therefore, neither uncritically endorse tree planting everywhere, nor condemn it as counter-productive. Our aim is to provide key information to enable appropriate assessments to be made under specific circumstances. We conclude our discussion by providing a step-by-step guide for assessing the merit of tree plantings under specific circumstances.
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- Miko U F Kirschbaum
- Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Private Bag 11052, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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- NSW Department of Primary Industries/University of New England, Armidale, Australia
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit, CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, 23 St Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, UK
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- Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3B2, Canada
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, Stockholm 100-44, Sweden
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; Department of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future & Centre for Sustainable Ecosystem Solutions, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia
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Ferreira MB, Kobayashi M, Costa RQ, Fonseca T, Brandão M, Oliveira JC, Marinho A, Cyrne Carvalho H, Rodrigues P, Zannad F, Rossignol P, Barros AS, Ferreira JP. Unsupervised clustering to differentiate rheumatoid arthritis patients based on proteomic signatures. Scand J Rheumatol 2023; 52:619-626. [PMID: 37083270 DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2023.2196781] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have different presentations and prognoses. Cluster analysis based on proteomic signatures creates independent phenogroups of patients with different pathophysiological backgrounds. We aimed to identify distinct pathophysiological clusters of RA patients based on circulating proteomic biomarkers. METHOD This was a cohort study including 399 RA patients. Clustering was performed on 94 circulating proteins (92 CVDII Olink®, high-sensitivity troponin T, and C-reactive protein). Unsupervised clustering was performed using a partitioning cluster algorithm. RESULTS The clustering algorithm identified two distinct clusters: cluster 1 (n = 223) and cluster 2 (n = 176). Compared with cluster 1, cluster 2 included older patients with a higher burden of comorbidities (cardiovascular and RA related), more erosive and longer RA duration, more dyspnoea and fatigue, walking a shorter distance in the Six-Minute Walk Test, with more severe diastolic dysfunction, and a 4.5-fold higher risk of death or hospitalization for cardiovascular reasons. Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) receptor superfamily-related pathways were mainly responsible for the model's discriminative ability. CONCLUSION Using unsupervised cluster analysis based on proteomic phenotypes, we identified two clusters of RA patients with distinct biomarkers profiles, clinical characteristics, and different outcomes that could reflect different pathophysiological backgrounds. TNF receptor superfamily-related proteins may be used to distinguish subgroups.
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- M B Ferreira
- UMIB - Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica, ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Internal Medicine Department, Hospital da Luz Arrábida, Porto, Portugal
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- Université de Lorraine, INSERM, Centre d'Investigations Cliniques Plurithématique 1433, Inserm U1116, CHRU de Nancy and F-CRIN INI-CRCT, Nancy, France
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- Internal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar de Entre o Douro e Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Internal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Unidade de Imunologia Clínica, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Unidade de Imunologia Clínica, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Clinical Chemistry Service, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- UMIB - Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica, ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Unidade de Imunologia Clínica, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- UMIB - Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica, ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Université de Lorraine, INSERM, Centre d'Investigations Cliniques Plurithématique 1433, Inserm U1116, CHRU de Nancy and F-CRIN INI-CRCT, Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, INSERM, Centre d'Investigations Cliniques Plurithématique 1433, Inserm U1116, CHRU de Nancy and F-CRIN INI-CRCT, Nancy, France
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- UnIC@RISE, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Heart Failure Clinic, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Portugal
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- Université de Lorraine, INSERM, Centre d'Investigations Cliniques Plurithématique 1433, Inserm U1116, CHRU de Nancy and F-CRIN INI-CRCT, Nancy, France
- UnIC@RISE, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Heart Failure Clinic, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Portugal
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Berghmans T, Brandão M. [Olimetastatic disease: Current status and perspectives in non-small cell lung cancer]. Rev Mal Respir 2023; 40:684-691. [PMID: 37500325 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2023.07.002] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
Abstract
The concept of oligometastatic disease was first introduced in the late 1990s to describe an situation more or less midway between locally advanced tumours and multifocal metastatic cancer. Four concepts are currently used: synchronous oligometastatic disease, metachronous oligometastatic disease (or oligo-recurrence), oligo-persistence and oligo-progression. Some phase II studies, randomised or not, have validated this concept in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and suggest the interest of adding local ablative therapy to systemic treatment. That said, numerous questions remain, and the impact of this therapeutic approach in the framework of immunotherapies and targeted therapies has yet to be assessed. Which of these new treatments offer hope of significantly improved long-term survival in stage IV NSCLC? This article appraises current knowledge and therapeutic regarding oligometastatic NSCLC.
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- T Berghmans
- Service d'oncologie médicale, clinique d'oncologie thoracique, Institut Jules-Bordet, hôpitaux universitaires de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, rue Meylemeersch, 90, 1170 Bruxelles, Belgique.
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- Service d'oncologie médicale, clinique d'oncologie thoracique, Institut Jules-Bordet, hôpitaux universitaires de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, rue Meylemeersch, 90, 1170 Bruxelles, Belgique
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Jahanshahi A, Lopes M, Brandão M, De Castro EA. Development of bioenergy technologies: A scientometric analysis. Heliyon 2023; 9:e20000. [PMID: 37810100 PMCID: PMC10559684 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20000] [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: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
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Bioenergy has the potential to substitute the current demand for fossil fuels in various applications. Recovering energy from bio-based materials due to environmental considerations has been adopted as a policy objective by governments and international organizations, which led to both vast financial investment and scientific research, especially in the last two decades. So far, various feedstocks and technologies have been scrutinised by the research community, although not all of them are commercially adopted due to sustainability considerations. This study employs scientometric analysis to survey the progress of scientific development in the field of bioenergy from 1966 to 2022, using ten parameters including publication year, type of document, categories, countries, affiliations, document citations, co-authorship, author citation networks, journal citation networks, and keywords. A total of 51,905 scientific documents were collected from the Web of Science, involving more than 96,000 authors from 162 countries. The dispersion of studies followed an ascending distribution with a sharp increase in the second half of the 2000s. The evolution of keywords in terms of burst strength confirmed the advancements of technologies from primary first-generation to advanced fourth-generation bioenergies. Based on the evolution of science in this area, it is concluded that integrated sustainability assessment studies, covering technical, economical, environmental, and social aspects, are needed to bridge the gap between abundant theoretical endeavours and limited commercial use of this energy source.
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- Akram Jahanshahi
- Department of Environment and Planning, Center for Environmental and Marine Studies, CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Environment and Planning, Center for Environmental and Marine Studies, CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences (DCSPT), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Castelo-Branco L, Lee R, Brandão M, Cortellini A, Freitas A, Garassino M, Geukens T, Grivas P, Halabi S, Oliveira J, Pinato DJ, Ribeiro J, Peters S, Pentheroudakis G, Warner JL, Romano E. Learning lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for real-world evidence research in oncology-shared perspectives from international consortia. ESMO Open 2023; 8:101596. [PMID: 37418836 PMCID: PMC10277850 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2023.101596] [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: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023] Open
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- L Castelo-Branco
- Scientific and Medical Division, ESMO (European Society for Medical Oncology), Lugano, Switzerland; NOVA National School of Public Health, NOVA University, Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester; Medical Oncology Department, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Medical Oncology Department, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium
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- Medical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, Italy; Department of Surgery and Cancer, Hammersmight Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, London
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- Department of Computer Science/CRUK Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; IDIAP Research Institute, Martigny, Switzerland
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- Department of medicine, Hematology Oncology section, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
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- Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle; Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Instituto Português de Oncologia, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK; Division of Oncology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Gustave Roussy, Department of Cancer Medicine, Villejuif, France
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- Oncology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Scientific and Medical Division, ESMO (European Society for Medical Oncology), Lugano, Switzerland
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- Center for Clinical Cancer Informatics and Data Science, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, USA
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- Emanuela Romano Center of Cancer Immunotherapy, Department of Oncology, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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Agostinetto E, De Angelis C, Brandão M, Flamen P, Piccart M, de Azambuja E, Gebhart G. 230P Early metabolic response by FDG-PET scan predicts survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer receiving CDK4/6 inhibitors: Preliminary results from the PUCCINI study. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.269] [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: 11/01/2022] Open
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González-García S, Almeida F, Moreira MT, Brandão M. Evaluating the environmental profiles of winter wheat rotation systems under different management strategies. Sci Total Environ 2021; 770:145270. [PMID: 33515895 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145270] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Climate change poses a remarkable challenge to global food security, for which wheat is one of the main staple agricultural commodities. The cultivation of different varieties of winter wheat in Galicia (commercial and native) under rotation systems with potato, maize and oilseed rape was evaluated from an environmental point of view. The general approach of this study included the gathering of the inventory data of the different crops, the quantification of their environmental impacts and economic benefits, to identify the best land management system. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was used as environmental tool. The environmental profiles of each rotation system were reported in terms of nine impact categories. Crop rotations were analysed both per hectare and per € of gross margin, so that the information can be relevant to land-management decisions. Preference ranks were established based on an environmental normalized score for both units. The results suggest that arable operations contribute decisively to the environmental profile of the rotations. The avoided mineral fertilization processes, the carbon storage in the soil when returning straw to the field, as well as the electricity production clearly influence the environmental impact of the rotations. Scenarios that include native wheat under organic management are always the environmentally preferred ones while the preferred alternate crop depends on the reference unit. Concerning the margin gross, scenarios including the native variety report the highest profits, being the potato the preferred alternate crop. Further assessment needs to be undertaken to identify differences in the results of different ways of conducting LCA, i.e. attributional vs consequential approaches.
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- Sara González-García
- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED), KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Grupo Da Cunha, 15175 Carral, Spain; Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED), KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Khan SZ, Garza CV, Sirohi B, Ponde N, Habeeb B, Brandão M, Azim H, Chowdhury A, Spasojevic I, Kovalenko I, Odhiambo A, Seid F, Mutombo A, Petracci F, Vidra R, Mujica SA, Gyawali B, Trapani D, Tagliamento M, Lambertini M. 8P Knowledge, practice and attitudes of physicians in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) on fertility and pregnancy-related issues in young breast cancer patients. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.10.028] [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: 10/22/2022] Open
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Sousa Morais J, Oliveira DG, Faria R, Almeida A, Brandão M, Marinho A, Almeida I, Farinha F, Vasconcelos C. AB0406 HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV) VACCINATION SAFETY IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS COHORT - PORTUGUESE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SINGLE-CENTER COHORT STUDY. Ann Rheum Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.4816] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
Background:Cervical cancer is a potentially preventable consequence of Human Papillomavirus (HPV). HPV vaccination is recommended in most countries for all young women, preferentially before sexual activity begins. In Portugal, HPV vaccination is available in either bivalent (genotypes 6, 18) or tetravalent (6, 11, 16 e 18) vaccines. Both have aluminum as an adjuvant, a substance arguably capable of inducing inflammatory adjuvant syndromes. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) mostly afflicts women of childbearing age, the very target population for HPV vaccination. There are conflicting reports in the literature regarding both the efficacy and safety of this vaccine in SLE patients. This question is particularly pressing as HPV infection prevalence seems to be increased in SLE patients.Objectives:To analyze the safety of HPV vaccination in a SLE patient cohort followed at a university hospital.Methods:Retrospective single-center (35 year long, 436 SLE patient cohort) review of all female SLE patients’ local and online national records on HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening. Data on activity (using SLEDAI-2K scoring) and concomitant drug use were reviewed for the two years before and after vaccination date.Results:Of the 463 SLE patients, 420 were women (91%), of which 322 had clinical information about yes/no HPV vaccination. Twenty-seven of the patients (8%) had one of HPV vaccines, but only 13 (4%) had full information on activity before and after vaccination. Mean current age was 33,8 years and a minimum of 8,4 years of follow-up after HPV vaccination. Twenty-there (85%) were vaccinated with the tetravalent vaccine. Pre-vaccination mean SLEDAI score of was 5.9: due to arthritis (n= 5; 38,5%), low complement (n=4; 31%), dsDNA (n=4; 31%); with a medium dose of 10mg prednisolone/day and 265mg/day of hydroxychloroquine. Post-vaccination mean SLEDAI was 5.8: due to arthritis (n=6; 46%), rash (n= 5; 38,5%) and low complement (n=6; 46%); with a medium dose of 8mg prednisolone/day and 288mg/day of hydroxychloroquine. There was not a difference in organ involvement before and after vaccination, but rash was slightly more prevalent after vaccination.Conclusion:In our population, HPV vaccination didn’t significantly change disease activity and organ involvement or mean dose need of prednisolone or hydroxychloroquine. Although it is a small size SLE sample, it suggests that is safe to administer HPV vaccination to SLE patients.References:[1]eularSegal Yahel, Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Tel Aviv (2017), “HPV and systemic lupus erythematosus: a mosai of potential crossreaction”, SLE Research and Clinical Update, 23 January 2017[2]Geier David Institute of Chronic Illnesses, USA, (2016), “Quadrivalent human pappilomavirus vaccine and autoimmune adverse events: a case-control assessment of the vaccine adverse event reporting system (VAERS) database, Environment and Autoimmunity, 13 July 2016Disclosure of Interests: :None declared
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Sousa Morais J, Oliveira DG, Faria R, Almeida A, Brandão M, Marinho A, Almeida I, Farinha F, Vasconcelos C. AB0407 HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV) INFECTION AND CERVICAL CANCER PREVALENCE IN A PORTUGUESE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SINGLE-CENTER SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS COHORT. Ann Rheum Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.5181] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Background:About 12% of women worldwide are infected with Human Papillomavirus (HPV), the most frequent cause of cervical cancer (CC) - very prevalent (~ 7,5%) and preventable. National screening efforts are in use in several countries, including Portugal. Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) are at increased risk of HPV infection and CC when compared to the healthy population.Objectives:To evaluate the prevalence of HPV infection and rate of incidence of cervical neoplastic lesions in a SLE patient cohort followed at a university hospital.Methods:Retrospective single-center (35 year long, 463 SLE patient cohort) review of all female SLE patients’ local and online national health care records on HPV vaccination and CC screening.Results:Of the 463 SLE patients, 420 were women (91%), of which 322 had records on of HPV infection or CC developed. Mean patients’ current age was 48 years and all had screening for cervical pathology in the last 3 years. Thirty-three patients (11%) had HPV infection diagnosed at a mean age of 44 years. Twenty-seven (8%) of SLE patients were vaccinated for HPV: 8 (22%) of the infected patients had the vaccine, half after the HPV infection. Despite HPV infection, 49 patients (15%) had developed some cervical lesion, of which 41 (84% of cervical lesion) were suggestive of malignancy, and ultimately CC was diagnosed in 20 women (41%; 6% of total women), with a mean age at diagnosis of 45 years. All CC patients had history of HPV infection, but only 3 women (15%; 0,9% of total women) had been vaccinated against HPV, 2 after the diagnoses of CC and 1 before.Conclusion:In our population the prevalence of HPV was higher than reported for the general population using the World Health Organization database, conforming the higher risk of HPV infection in SLE patients. The prevalence of cervical cancer, however, was similar to the healthy population.References:[1]https://www.who.int/immunization/diseases/hpv/en/[2]Forman David (2012); “Global Burden of Human Papillomavirus and Related Diseases”, Vaccine, Elsevier Volume 30, Supplement 5, 20 November 2012[3]Grein Ingrid (2016), Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Netherland (2016), HPV infection and vaccination in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients: what we really should know, Pediatric Rheumatology, 2016Disclosure of Interests: :None declared
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Brandão M, Caparica R, Eiger D, de Azambuja E. Biomarkers of response and resistance to PI3K inhibitors in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer patients and combination therapies involving PI3K inhibitors. Ann Oncol 2019; 30:x27-x42. [PMID: 31859350 PMCID: PMC6923785 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In this review, we discuss biomarkers of response and resistance to PI3K inhibitors (PI3Ki) in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, both in the early and advanced settings. We analyse data regarding PIK3CA mutations, PI3K pathway activation, PTEN expression loss, Akt signalling, insulin levels, 18FFDG-PET/CT imaging, FGFR1/2 amplification, KRAS and TP53 mutations. Most of the discussed data comprise retrospective and exploratory studies, hence many results are not conclusive. Therefore, among all of these biomarkers, only PIK3CA mutations have proved to have a predictive value for treatment with the α-selective PI3Ki alpelisib (SOLAR-1 trial) and the β-sparing PI3Ki taselisib (SANDPIPER trial) in the advanced setting. Since the accuracy of current individual biomarkers is not optimal, a composite biomarker, including DNA, RNA and protein expression data, to more precisely assess the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway activation status, may arise as a promising approach. Finally, we describe the rational for new combination therapies involving PI3Ki and anti-HER2 agents, chemotherapy, CDK4/6 inhibitors, mTOR inhibitors or new endocrine treatments and discuss the ongoing trials in this field.
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- Academic Trials Promoting Team
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- Academic Trials Promoting Team
- Medical Oncology Department, Institut Jules Bordet
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- M Brandão
- Medical Oncology Department, Academic Trials Promoting Team - Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.), Brussels, Belgium
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- Medical Oncology Department, Academic Trials Promoting Team - Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.), Brussels, Belgium.
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Vanham D, Leip A, Galli A, Kastner T, Bruckner M, Uwizeye A, van Dijk K, Ercin E, Dalin C, Brandão M, Bastianoni S, Fang K, Leach A, Chapagain A, Van der Velde M, Sala S, Pant R, Mancini L, Monforti-Ferrario F, Carmona-Garcia G, Marques A, Weiss F, Hoekstra AY. Environmental footprint family to address local to planetary sustainability and deliver on the SDGs. Sci Total Environ 2019; 693:133642. [PMID: 31635013 PMCID: PMC6853168 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The number of publications on environmental footprint indicators has been growing rapidly, but with limited efforts to integrate different footprints into a coherent framework. Such integration is important for comprehensive understanding of environmental issues, policy formulation and assessment of trade-offs between different environmental concerns. Here, we systematize published footprint studies and define a family of footprints that can be used for the assessment of environmental sustainability. We identify overlaps between different footprints and analyse how they relate to the nine planetary boundaries and visualize the crucial information they provide for local and planetary sustainability. In addition, we assess how the footprint family delivers on measuring progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), considering its ability to quantify environmental pressures along the supply chain and relating them to the water-energy-food-ecosystem (WEFE) nexus and ecosystem services. We argue that the footprint family is a flexible framework where particular members can be included or excluded according to the context or area of concern. Our paper is based upon a recent workshop bringing together global leading experts on existing environmental footprint indicators.
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- Davy Vanham
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- Global Footprint Network, 18 Avenue Louis-Casai, 1219 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Institute for Ecological Economics, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Animal Production and Health Division, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy; Animal Production Systems group, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, the Netherlands; Teagasc - Crops, Environment and Land Use Programme, Johnstown Castle, Wexford, Ireland
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- European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESSP), Avenue du Dirigeable 8, 1170 Brussels, Belgium
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- R2Water Research and Consultancy, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Institute for Sustainable Resources, Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources, University College London, WC1H 0NN London, UK
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- KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, Stockholm SE-100 44, Sweden
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- Ecodynamics Group - Department of Earth, Environmental and Physical Sciences, University of Siena, Pian dei Mantellini 44, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Natural Resources, The Environment and The Sustainability Institute, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
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- University of Free State, 205 Nelson Mandela Dr, Park West, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- Twente Water Centre, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, Enschede, Netherlands; Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Brandão M, Coens C, Ignatiadis M. Patient-reported outcomes and genomic signatures: tools to tailor adjuvant endocrine treatment? Ann Oncol 2019; 30:1677-1681. [PMID: 31613310 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- M Brandão
- Medical Oncology Department, Academic Trials Promoting Team, Institut Jules Bordet and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Biostatistics, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), Brussels, Belgium
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- Medical Oncology Department, Academic Trials Promoting Team, Institut Jules Bordet and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
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Conde B, Martins N, Brandão M, Pimenta AC, Winck JC. Upper Airway Video Endoscopy: Assessment of the response to positive pressure ventilation and mechanical in-exsufflation. Pulmonology 2019; 25:299-304. [PMID: 31000441 DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2019.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Upper airways (UA) include the nasal cavities, pharynx, and larynx, and its main function is to warm and filter the inspired air. UA dysfunction is in the pathogenesis of various disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and vocal cord dysfunction. In addition, in some neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - ALS), UA dysfunction may also compromise the effective use of ventilatory support (VS). In this context, the endoscopic evaluation of UA may be useful in understanding the OSAS mechanisms, in determining the causes for treatment-induced airway obstruction and even in helping to titrate noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in ALS patients with bulbar or pseudo-bulbar (spastic) dysfunction. Specifically, in OSAS patients, when residual obstructive events persist, although an optimal ventilatory mode has been apparently achieved, along with interface and equipment, the endoscopic evaluation of UA seems to be a valuable tool in understanding its mechanisms, even assisting adjustments to NIV parameters. In addition, it has also been described as being useful in laryngeal response to mechanical in-exsufflation (MI-E) and Exercise-Induced Laryngeal Obstruction (EILO). However, no protocol has yet been published or validated for this. For this reason, a literature review was conducted on UA function and its response to positive pressure and MI-E. Special emphasis has also been given to the current indication for video endoscopy in chronically ventilated patients.
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- Centro Hospitalar Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, EPE, Vila Real, Portugal.
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- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S), Porto, Portugal
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- Centro Hospitalar Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, EPE, Vila Real, Portugal
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- Centro Hospitalar Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, EPE, Vila Real, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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de Araujo Barbosa P, da Rocha Medeiros F, Brandão M, de Souza Oliveira T, Fachin Martins E. Modeling health information for measurement of health state descriptions coded by ICF: Requirements for software development. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.1266] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Dolly S, Brandão M, Taylor C, Gunapala R, Myerson J, Waddell T, Popat S, Bhosle J, O’Brien M. The impact of the UK Government ‘two week rule’ (TWR) on lung cancer stage and 5-year survival – a decade of experience from the Royal Marsden Hospital (RMH). Lung Cancer 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(18)30070-9] [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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Novaes RML, Pazianotto RAA, Brandão M, Alves BJR, May A, Folegatti-Matsuura MIS. Estimating 20-year land-use change and derived CO 2 emissions associated with crops, pasture and forestry in Brazil and each of its 27 states. Glob Chang Biol 2017; 23:3716-3728. [PMID: 28370797 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 11/16/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Land-use change (LUC) in Brazil has important implications on global climate change, ecosystem services and biodiversity, and agricultural expansion plays a critical role in this process. Concerns over these issues have led to the need for estimating the magnitude and impacts associated with that, which are increasingly reported in the environmental assessment of products. Currently, there is an extensive debate on which methods are more appropriate for estimating LUC and related emissions and regionalized estimates are lacking for Brazil, which is a world leader in agricultural production (e.g. food, fibres and bioenergy). We developed a method for estimating scenarios of past 20-year LUC and derived CO2 emission rates associated with 64 crops, pasture and forestry in Brazil as whole and in each of its 27 states, based on time-series statistics and in accordance with most used carbon-footprinting standards. The scenarios adopted provide a range between minimum and maximum rates of CO2 emissions from LUC according to different possibilities of land-use transitions, which can have large impacts in the results. Specificities of Brazil, like multiple cropping and highly heterogeneous carbon stocks, are also addressed. The highest CO2 emission rates are observed in the Amazon biome states and crops with the highest rates are those that have undergone expansion in this region. Some states and crops showing large agricultural areas have low emissions associated, especially in southern and eastern Brazil. Native carbon stocks and time of agricultural expansion are the most decisive factors to the patterns of emissions. Some implications on LUC estimation methods and standards and on agri-environmental policies are discussed.
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Pulawy, Poland
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- Embrapa Milho e Sorgo, Sete Lagoas, MG, Brazil
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Ferreira Filho M, Dias R, Brandão M, Saad S. New Genetic Variants in Familial Cases of Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Myeloproliferative Neoplasm. Leuk Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0145-2126(17)30287-4] [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: 10/19/2022]
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Riechelmann R, Coutinho AK, Weschenfelder RF, Andrade DE Paulo G, Fernandes GDS, Gifoni M, Oliveira MDL, Gansl R, Gil R, Luersen G, Lucas L, Reisner M, Vieira FM, Machado MA, Murad A, Osvaldt A, Brandão M, Carvalho E, Souza T, Pfiffer T, Prolla G. GUIDELINE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF BILE DUCT CANCERS BY THE BRAZILIAN GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR GROUP. Arq Gastroenterol 2017; 53:5-9. [PMID: 27276097 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-28032016000100003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The Brazilian Gastrointestinal Tumor Group developed guidelines for the surgical and clinical management of patients with billiary cancers. The multidisciplinary panel was composed of experts in the field of radiology, medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiotherapy, endoscopy and pathology. The panel utilized the most recent literature to develop a series of evidence-based recommendations on different treatment and diagnostic strategies for cholangiocarcinomas and gallbladder cancers.
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- Rachel Riechelmann
- Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo SP , Brasil.,Hospital Sírio Libanês, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, Hospital Sírio Libanês, São Paulo SP , Brazil
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- Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre RS , Brazil
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- Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo SP , Brasil
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- Oncologia, Hospital Sírio Libanês, Brasília, DF, Brasil, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, Hospital Sírio Libanês, Brasília DF , Brazil
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- Clínica Fujiday Oncologia, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil, Clínica Fujiday Oncologia, Fortaleza CE , Brasil
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- Centro Paulista de Oncologia, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, Centro Paulista de Oncologia, São Paulo SP , Brasil
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- Instituto Nacional do Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, Instituto Nacional do Câncer, Instituto Nacional do Câncer, Rio de Janeiro RJ , Brazil
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- Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre RS , Brazil
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- Hospital de Base, Brasília, DF, Brasil, Hospital de Base, Brasília DF , Brasil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro RJ , Brazil
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- Instituto COI de Pesquisa, Educação e Gestão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, Instituto COI de Pesquisa, Educação e Gestão, Rio de Janeiro RJ , Brasil
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- Hospital Sírio Libanês, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, Hospital Sírio Libanês, São Paulo SP , Brazil
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- Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte MG , Brazil
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- Hospital de Clínicas, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil, Hospital de Clínicas, Porto Alegre RS , Brasil
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- Clínica AMO, Salvador, BA, Brasil, Clínica AMO, Salvador BA , Brasil
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- Hospital Português, Salvador, BA, Brasil, Hospital Português, Hospital Português, Salvador BA , Brazil
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- Hospital Aliança, Salvador, BA, Brasil, Hospital Aliança, Salvador BA , Brasil
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- Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo SP , Brasil
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- Hospital Mãe de Deus, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil, Hospital Mãe de Deus, Hospital Mãe de Deus, Porto Alegre RS , Brazil
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Mohammadi A, Cowie A, Mai TLA, de la Rosa RA, Brandão M, Kristiansen P, Joseph S. Quantifying the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Benefits of Utilising Straw Biochar and Enriched Biochar. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.10.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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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Duprat JP, Brechtbülh ER, Costa de Sá B, Enokihara M, Fregnani JH, Landman G, Maia M, Riccardi F, Belfort FA, Wainstein A, Moredo LF, Steck H, Brandão M, Moreno M, Miranda E, Santos IDDO. Absence of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Is a Reproducible Predictive Factor for Sentinel Lymph Node Metastasis: A Multicenter Database Study by the Brazilian Melanoma Group. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148160. [PMID: 26859408 PMCID: PMC4747578 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Aims The aim of this study is to confirm the function of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastasis. Materials and Methods This retrospective study included 633 patients with invasive melanoma who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy in 7 referral centers certified by the Brazilian Melanoma Group. Independent risk factors of sentinel node metastasis (SNL) were identified by multiple logistic regression. Results SLN metastasis was detected in 101 of 633 cases (16.1%) and in 93 of 428 patients (21.7%) when melanomas ≤ 1mm were excluded. By multiple logistic regression, the absence of TILs was as an independent risk factor of SLN metastasis (OR = 1.8; 95%CI: 1.1–3.0), in addition to Breslow index (greater than 2.00 mm), lymph vascular invasion, and presence of mitosis. Conclusion SLNB can identify patients who might benefit from immunotherapy, and the determination of predictors of SLNB positivity can help select the proper population for this type of therapy. The absence of TILs is a reproducible parameter that can predict SLNB positivity in melanoma patients, since this study was made with several centers with different dermatopathologists.
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- Medical School, São Paulo Federal University, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Medical School, São Paulo Federal University, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Santa Casa de Misericórdia, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Medical School, Community University of Chapecó Region, Chapecó, Brazil
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Alves R, Lima S, Faria R, Machado A, Lopes J, Costa R, Brandão M, Vasconcelos C. AB0386 Infection as a Comorbidity in a Cohort of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients from Clinical Immunology Unit – Centro Hospitalar do Porto. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.6154] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Alves R, Lima S, Faria R, Machado A, Lopes J, Costa R, Brandão M, Vasconcelos C. SAT0420 Infection as a Comorbidity in a Cohort of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients from Clinical Immunology Unit – Centro Hospitalar do Porto. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.6427] [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]
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Brandão M, Camacho C, Faustino C, Sousa N, Mauricio J. Effectiveness of Combination Gemcitabine/Paclitaxel After Failure of Platinum-Based Chemotherapy for Metastatic Urothelial Cancer. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu337.61] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Moares G, Pantoja M, Godoy P, Dos Santos M, Miranda M, Novais G, Brandão M. Crit Care 2003; 7:P47. [DOI: 10.1186/cc2243] [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: 11/10/2022] Open
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In this study, we screened sixty medicinal plant species from the Brazilian savanna ("cerrado") that could contain useful compounds for the control of tropical diseases. The plant selection was based on existing ethnobotanic information and interviews with local healers. Plant extracts were screened for: (a) molluscicidal activity against Biomphalaria glabrata, (b) toxicity to brine shrimp (Artemia salina L.), (c) antifungal activity in the bioautographic assay with Cladosporium sphaerospermum and (d) antibacterial activity in the agar diffusion assay against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Forty-two species afforded extracts that showed some degree of activity in one or more of these bioassays.
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- Laboratório de Química de Produtos Naturais, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30190-002, Brasil
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Marinho A, Luzio J, Prospero F, Lopes L, Fernandes M, Azevedo A, Brandão M. Mortality and outcome in different subgroups of patients admitted in an ICU. Crit Care 2000. [PMCID: PMC3333147 DOI: 10.1186/cc943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Themido R, Loureiro M, Pecegueiro M, Brandão M, Campos MC. Methotrexate hepatotoxicity in psoriatic patients submitted to long-term therapy. Acta Derm Venereol 1993; 72:361-4. [PMID: 1361285 DOI: 101080/000155572361364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Eighty-four patients with severe psoriasis who required methotrexate (MTX) therapy have been reviewed. A total of 134 liver biopsies were performed. The lack of correlation between alcohol intake and the use of potential hepatotoxic drugs with pretreatment liver biopsies is noted. A review of 30 patients who had liver biopsies performed before and after MTX treatment showed no statistically significant difference between the histological grades before and after treatment. Nor was there any absolute correlation between the cumulative MTX doses and the histological changes of follow-up biopsies. In this group of patients, 15 (50%) developed fibrosis, which was severe in 2 patients, after 3,431 mg MTX average dose. Cirrhosis was observed in 3 patients (10%) after 1,667 mg MTX average dose. Follow-up liver biopsies are recommended for patients treated with MTX.
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- R Themido
- Department of Dermatology, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
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Bacchi CE, Schmidt RA, Brandão M, Scapulatempo R, Costa JC, Schmitt FC. Paraganglioma of the spermatic cord. Report of a case with immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1990; 114:899-901. [PMID: 2198006] [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: 12/30/2022]
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We describe a case of paraganglioma arising in the spermatic cord, which is an extremely rare location. Immunohistochemical studies characterized two types of cells: (1) polygonal cells expressing neuron-specific enolase, chromogranin A, and synaptophysin and (2) S100 protein-positive sustentacular cells. Electron microscopy revealed that within the cytoplasm of the polygonal cells, there were electron-dense granules whose morphological appearance was consistent with that of neurosecretory granules. Paraganglioma of the spermatic cord may originate from embryonic chromaffin cells that have followed the testis into the scrotum.
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- C E Bacchi
- Department of Pathology, Botucatu School of Medicine, State University of São Paulo, Brazil
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A primary carcinoid tumour of the breast in a 66-year-old man was diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology. The nature of the lesion was proved by histochemical and immunocytochemical studies. The importance of a conclusive diagnosis is discussed and the value of immunocytochemical analysis as an aid to cytomorphologic diagnosis is demonstrated.
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- F C Schmitt
- Department of Pathology, Botucatu School of Medicine, UNESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Tomaz C, Brandão M, Bagri A, Carrive P, Schmitt P. Flight behavior induced by microinjection of GABA antagonists into periventricular structures in detelencephalated rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1988; 30:337-42. [PMID: 3174763 DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(88)90464-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 01/04/2023]
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Behavioral effects of unilateral microinjections into periventricular structures of bicuculline, a classic GABA-A antagonist, and semicarbazide, a glutamic acid decarboxylase blocker, were studied in detelencephalated rats. These drugs produced a behavioral activation together with jumps. However, the characteristics of this behavioral activation differed as the injections were made in dorsal periaqueductal gray matter or medial hypothalamus. These data show close similarities to those observed with intact animals suggesting that GABA-A receptors are involved in the neural control of expression of flight behavior and functions in an intact manner and possibly independent of influences from forebrain structures. At variance with intact animals, these drugs produced contralateral turning behavior when locally injected into MH, pointing to some kind of inhibitory control exerted by telencephalic structures on the expression of circling behavior from diencephalic regions.
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- C Tomaz
- Laboratory of Psychobiology, F.F.C.L.R.P., University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brasil
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- A Dinis
- Department of Dermatology, Santa Maria Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
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31 patients allergic to Hirudoid cream were patch tested with the ingredients. 29 were allergic to the cream base and 16 to one or more components. The most common allergens were myristyl alcohol, cetostearyl alcohol and parabens. 14 patients reacted only to the base. The results are discussed.
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- M Pecegueiro
- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Sta Maria, Lisboa, Portugal
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