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Universal tick vaccines : candidates and remaining challenges
(2023) [Journal article]Recent advancements in molecular biology, particularly regarding massively parallel sequencing technologies, have enabled scientists to gain more insight into the physiology of ticks. While there has been progress in ... -
Unmet needs in countries participating in the undiagnosed diseases network international : an international survey considering national health care and economic indicators
(2022) [Journal article]Background: Patients, families, the healthcare system, and society as a whole are all significantly impacted by rare diseases (RDs). According to various classifications, there are currently up to 9,000 different rare ... -
Unraveling oxidative stress response in the cestode parasite Echinococcus granulosus
(2019) [Journal article]Cystic hydatid disease (CHD) is a worldwide neglected zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus. The parasite is well adapted to its host by producing protective molecules that modulate host immune response. An ... -
Unraveling rice tolerance mechanisms against schizotetranychus oryzae mite infestation
(2018) [Journal article]Rice is the staple food for over half of the world’s population. Infestation of Schizotetranychus oryzae (Acari: Tetranychidae) causes great losses in rice productivity. To search for rice genotypes that could better ... -
Unravelling MADS-box gene family in Eucalyptus spp. : a starting point to an understanding of their developmental role in trees
(2005) [Journal article]MADS-box genes encode a family of transcription factors which control diverse developmental processes in flowering plants ranging from root to flower and fruit development. Members of the MADS-box gene family share a highly ... -
Unravelling the transcriptome profile of the swine respiratory tract mycoplasmas
(2014) [Journal article]The swine respiratory ciliary epithelium is mainly colonized by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Mycoplasma flocculare and Mycoplasma hyorhinis. While colonization by M. flocculare is virtually asymptomatic, M. hyopneumoniae and ... -
Unrevealing Parasitic Trophic Interactions— A Molecular Approach for Fluid-Feeding Fishes
(2018) [Journal article]Fish diets have been traditionally studied through the direct visual identification of food items found in their stomachs. Stomach contents of Vandeliinae and Stegophilinae (family Trichomycteridae) parasite catfishes, ... -
Unveiling fungal community structure along different levels of anthropic disturbance in a South American subtropical lagoon
(2023) [Journal article]Studies of fungal communities through amplicon metagenomics in aquatic environments, particularly in freshwater ecosystems, are still relatively recent. Unfortunately, many of these water bodies are facing growing threats ... -
Unveiling the germination requirements for Cereus hildmannianus (Cactaceae), a potential new crop from southern and southeastern Brazil
(2021) [Journal article]Cereus hildmannianus K. Schum is a columnar cactus native to South and Southeast Brazil. The cultivation of this species seems justifiable for several reasons: its fruits are spineless and edible; it is not threatened with ... -
Updated birth prevalence and relative frequency of mucopolysaccharidoses across Brazilian regions
(2021) [Journal article]The mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a group of lysosomal storage disorders caused by 11 enzyme deficiencies, classified into seven types. Data on the birth prevalence of each MPS type are available for only a few countries, ... -
Updates on extratropical region climbing plant flora : news regarding a still-neglected diversity
(2019) [Journal article]Most studies concerning climbing plants have focused on lianas, forest ecosystems, and tropical regions. Thus, the majority of existing information is not relevant to all climbing plants (lianas and vines) or all ecoregions ... -
A urbanização na Zona Costeira : processos locais e regionais e as transformações ambientais - o caso do Litoral Norte do Rio Grande do Sul
(2015) [Journal article]A urbanização ampliou a utilização dos recursos naturais do Litoral Norte do RS, comprometendo a sua qualidade ambiental e, por outro lado, possibilitou a diversificação econômica e sociocultural da região, contribuindo ... -
Ureases display biological effects independent of enzymatic activity. Is there a connection to diseases caused by urease-producing bacteria?
(2006) [Journal article]Ureases are enzymes from plants, fungi and bacteria that catalyze the hydrolysis of urea to form ammonia and carbon dioxide. While fungal and plant ureases are homo-oligomers of 90-kDa subunits, bacterial ureases are ... -
Urinary endogenous peptides as biomarkers for prostate cancer
(2023) [Journal article]Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most prevalent types of cancer in men worldwide; however, the main diagnostic tests available for PCa have limitations and a biopsy is required for histopathological confirmation of the ... -
Urinary peptidomics and bioinformatics for the detection of diabetic kidney disease
(2020) [Journal article]The aim of this study was to establish a peptidomic profle based on LC-MS/MS and random forest (RF) algorithm to distinguish the urinary peptidomic scenario of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients with diferent stages ... -
URS Campestre seedless orange : a new mutant with female sterility
(2017) [Journal article]Seedlessness in fruit is a trait that is much sought after by juice making industries. Close to the city of São Sebastião do Caí, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil, a new mutant orange originating from natural ... -
A useful routine for biochemical detection and diagnosis of mucopolysaccharidoses
(1998) [Journal article]Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) constitute, owing to their biochemical, genetical and clinical characteristics, a large and heterogeneous subgroup among the lysosomal storage diseases (LSD). They are caused by deficiency of ... -
Use of viminol in acute pain management after third molars extraction : case report
(2018) [Journal article]BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Acute postoperative pain of the third molars requires not only the ability of the dental surgeon in removing them but also the correct pharmacological control of this incidental pain that will ... -
Using ancient DNA to unravel taxonomic puzzles : the identity of Deuterodon pedri (Ostariophysi: Characidae)
(2017) [Journal article]Accurate identification is essential for any study exploring biodiversity. Unfortunately, museum type specimens preserved for more than a hundred years are often not informative enough for precise identification of the ... -
Uso da combinação dos anestésicos tiletamina e zolazepam na imobilização de Ctenomys lami (Rodentia - Ctnenomyidae) no sul do Brasil
(2009) [Journal article]Estudos sobre contenção química de animais silvestres são de extrema importância para a manipulação destes, minimizando o estresse e garantindo segurança no procedimento anestésico tanto para os animais quanto para a equipe ...
