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    • Mucopolissacaridose tipo I em cão 

      Amaral, Andreza da Silva; Sales, Nathali Adrielli Agassi de; Rosado, Isabel Rodrigues; Giugliani, Roberto; Burin, Maira Graeff; Baldo, Guilherme; Martin, Ian; Alves, Endrigo Gabellini Leonel (2021) [Journal article]
      Background: Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a group of rare illnesses caused by deficient activity of enzymes required for degradation of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Each type of MPS is caused by mutations in one of the ...

    • Mucopolysaccharidoses : from understanding to treatment, a century of discoveries 

      Giugliani, Roberto (2012) [Journal article]
      After the first description of a patient recognized as a MPS case was made in 1917, several similar cases were described and identified. Observations reported in the middle of the twentieth century concerning the presence ...

    • Mucopolysaccharidoses in northern Brazil : targeted mutation screening and urinary glicosaminoglycan excretion in patients undergoing enzyme replacement therapy 

      Viana, Gustavo Monteiro; Lima, Nathalia Oliveira de; Cavaleiro, Rosely Maria dos Santos; Alves, Erik Artur Cortinhas; Souza, Isabel Cristina Neves de; Feio, Raimunda Helena Ferreira; Leistner-Segal, Sandra; Schwartz, Ida Vanessa Doederlein; Giugliani, Roberto; Silva, Luiz Carlos Santana da (2011) [Journal article]
      Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are rare lysosomal disorders caused by the deficiency of specific lysosomal enzymes responsible for glycosaminoglycan (GAG) degradation. Enzyme Replacement Therapy (ERT) has been shown to reduce ...

    • Mucopolysaccharidosis I, II, and VI : brief review and guidelines for treatment 

      Giugliani, Roberto; Federhen, Andressa; Munõz Rojas, Maria Verônica; Vieira, Taiane Alves; Artigalas, Osvaldo Alfonso Pinto; Pinto, Louise Lapagesse de Camargo; Azevedo, Ana Cecília Medeiros Mano; Acosta, Angelina Xavier; Bonfim, Carmem Maria Sales; Lourenço, Charles Marques; Kim, Chong Ae; Horovitz, Dafne Dain Gandelman; Bonfim, Denize; Norato, Denise Y.J.; Marinho, Diane Ruschel; Palhares, Durval; Santos, Emerson Santana; Ribeiro, Erlane Marques; Valadares, Eugênia Ribeiro; Guarany, Fábio Coelho; Lucca, Gisele Rosone de; Pimentel, Helena; Souza, Isabel Neves de; Corrêa Neto, Jordão; Fraga, José Carlos Soares de; Góes, José Eduardo Coutinho; Cabral, José Maria; Simionato, José; Llerena Junior, Juan Clinton; Jardim, Laura Bannach; Giuliani, Liane de Rosso; Silva, Luiz Carlos Santana da; Santos, Mara Lúcia Ferreira; Moreira, Maria Ângela Fontoura; Kerstenetzky, Marcelo; Ribeiro, Márcia Gonçalves; Ruas, Nicole; Barrios, Patricia Martins Moura; Aranda, Paulo Cesar; Honjo, Raquel S.; Boy, Raquel; Costa, Ronaldo David da; Souza, Carolina Fischinger Moura de; Alcântara, Flavio F.; Avilla, Sylvio Gilberto A.; Fagondes, Simone Chaves; Martins, Ana Maria (Medicina) (2010) [Journal article]
      Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are rare genetic diseases caused by the deficiency of one of the lysosomal enzymes involved in the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) breakdown pathway. This metabolic block leads to the accumulation of ...

    • Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI (Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome) : assessment of joint mobility and grip and pinch strength 

      Santos, Antonio Cardoso dos; Azevedo, Ana Cecília Medeiros Mano; Fagondes, Simone Chaves; Burin, Maira Graeff; Giugliani, Roberto; Schwartz, Ida Vanessa Doederlein (2008) [Journal article]
      Objetivo: Descrever o perfil de mobilidade articular e das forças de garra e de pinça de indivíduoscomMPSVI, além de sua correlação com a excreção urinária de glicosaminoglicanos, atividade da ARSB e distância percorrida ...

    • Mucopolysaccharidosis VII in Brazil : natural history and clinical findings 

      Giugliani, Roberto; Garcia, Daniel (2021) [Journal article]
      Background: Mucopolysaccharidosis type VII (MPS VII), also known as Sly syndrome, caused by defciency of the lysosomal enzyme β-glucuronidase, is an ultra-rare disorder with scarce epidemiological data and few publications ...

    • As mudanças nas concepções de ciência e educação na história do ocidente : a conjunturalidade dessas noções e suas adaptações para o século XXI 

      Camargo, Thiago Dutra de; Camargo, Tatiana Souza de; Souza, Diogo Onofre Gomes de (2020) [Journal article]
      As concepções que temos de ciência e educação são historicamente construídas de acordo com especificidades conjunturais, passando ora por visões simplistas, ora por visões mais complexas. Passamos por mudanças de paradigmas ...

    • Multicentric glioblastoma arising in two unusual sites : cerebellum and thalamus 

      Cambruzzi, Eduardo; Pêgas, Karla Lais; Simão, Mariana Fernandez; Stüker, Guilherme (2013) [Journal article]
      Multicentric glioblastomas (MGBM) arising in infra/supratentorial regions are uncommon lesions. The authors report a case of MGBM in a 61 year-old female patient, who presented a sudden onset of left hemiplegia. The magnetic ...

    • Multi-criteria analysis applied to landslide susceptibility mapping 

      Brito, Mariana Madruga de; Weber, Eliseu Jose; Silva Filho, Luiz Carlos Pinto da (2017) [Journal article]
      This paper presents the application of a multi-criteria analysis (MCA) tool for landslide susceptibility assessment in Porto Alegre municipality, southern Brazil. A knowledge driven approach was used, aiming to ensure an ...

    • Multidrug resistance in Enterococci isolated from wild pampas foxes (Lycalopex gymnocercus) and Geoffroy's Cats (Leopardus geoffroyi) in the Brazilian pampa biome 

      Araujo, Gabriella Oliveira de; Huff, Rosana; Favarini, Marina Ochoa; Mann, Michele Bertoni; Peters, Felipe Bortolotto; Frazzon, Jeverson; Frazzon, Ana Paula Guedes (2020) [Journal article]
      Enterococci are ubiquitous microorganisms present in various environments and within the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and other animals. Notably, fecal enterococci are suitable indicators for monitoring antimicrobial ...

    • Multifocal pseudotumorous form of neuroparacoccidioidomycosis in an immunocompetent patient : a clinicopathological review based on a case report 

      Cambruzzi, Eduardo; Pêgas, Karla Lais; Nascimento, Gabriella Bezerra Cortês; Silva, Jose Nathan Andrade Muller da; Zandoná, Natália Brandelli; Kus, Willian Pegoraro; Schiavo, Felipe Lourenzon; Santos, Samir Cezimbra dos (2021) [Journal article]
      Neuroparacoccidiodimycosis (NPDM) is an uncommon granulomatous disease, which more frequently affects immunocompromised male patients over 30 years of age in the course of chronic lung disease. Paracoccidioides brasiliensis ...

    • A multigene and morphological analysis expands the diversity of the seabod shrimp Xiphopenaeus Smith, 1869 (Decapoda: Penaeidae), with descriptions of two new species 

      Batista, Abner Carvalho; Terossi, Mariana; Zara, Fernando Jose; Mantelatto, Fernando L.; Costa, Rogerio Caetano (2019) [Journal article]
      After being stable for nearly a century, the taxonomic history of the genus Xiphopenaeus has been marked by many changes in the last three decades. The taxonomic status of the Atlantic species has a low resolution, and ...

    • Multiple introductions and gene flow in subtropical South American populations of the fireweed, Senecio madagascariensis (Asteraceae) 

      Mader, Geraldo; Castro, Luana; Bonatto, Sandro Luis; Freitas, Loreta Brandão de (2016) [Journal article]
      Non-indigenous plants exhibit different attributes that make them aggressive competitors with indigenous plants and serious threats to biodiversity. Senecio madagascariensis (fireweed, Asteraceae), a native from southern ...

    • Multiple markers, niche modelling, and bioregions analyses to evaluate the genetic diversity of a plant species complex 

      Segatto, Ana Lúcia Anversa; Kortmann, Maikel Reck; Turchetto, Caroline; Freitas, Loreta Brandão de (2017) [Journal article]
      Background: The classification of closely related plants is not straightforward. These morphologically similar taxa frequently maintain their inter-hybridization potential and share ancestral polymorphisms as a consequence ...

    • Multiplex PCR followed by restriction length polymorphism analysis for the subtyping of bovine herpesvirus 5 isolates 

      Maidana, Silvina Soledad; Morano, Cintia Debora; Cianfrini, Daniela; Campos, Fabrício Souza; Roehe, Paulo Michel; Siedler, Bianca Sica; De Stefano, Gabriel; Mauroy, Axel; Thiry, Etienne; Romera, Sonia Alejandra (2013) [Journal article]
      Background: Several types and subtypes of bovine herpesviruses 1 and 5 (BoHV-1 and BoHV-5) have been associated to different clinical conditions of cattle, making type/subtype differentiation essential to understand the ...

    • Muscarynic metabotropic receptor M4 modulates the hippocampal CA1 LTP possibly through local GABAergic interneurons 

      Zanona, Querusche Klippel; Boos, Flávia Zacouteguy; Crestani, Ana Paula; Molina, Johanna Marcela Duran; Calcagnotto, Maria Elisa; Quillfeldt, Jorge Alberto (2014) [Journal article]

    • Museu virtual do corpo humano : ambiente virtual de aprendizagem para o ensino de Ciências Morfológicas 

      Montanari, Tatiana; Borges, Eliane de Oliveira (2012) [Journal article]
      Um ambiente virtual de aprendizagem foi desenvolvido para apoiar o ensino de Biologia celular, Histologia e Embriologia, disciplinas da área das Ciências Morfológicas. O recurso educacional consiste em um museu virtual, ...

    • Museu virtual do corpo humano : ludicidade no ensino de Ciências Morfológicas 

      Montanari, Tatiana; Borges, Eliane de Oliveira; Pescke, Ismael Krüger (2017) [Journal article]
      A criação do Museu virtual do corpo humano visa promover de forma dinâmica a compreensão dos constituintes do corpo humano e de seu desenvolvimento. Espera-se que o aluno-internauta se familiarize com conceitos da área ...

    • Music genetics research : association with musicality of a polymorphism in the AVPR1A gene 

      Mariath, Luiza Monteavaro; Kowalski, Thayne Woycinck; Gattino, Gustavo Schulz; Figueiredo, Felipe Grahl; Ribeiro, Alice Tagliani; Roman, Tatiana; Vianna, Fernanda Sales Luiz; Faccini, Lavinia Schuler; Schuch, Jaqueline Bohrer (2017) [Journal article]
      Musicality is defined as a natural tendency, sensibility, knowledge, or talent to create, perceive, and play music. Musical abilities involve a great range of social and cognitive behaviors, which are influenced by both ...

    • Mycoplasma non-coding RNA: identification of small RNAs and targets 

      Siqueira, Franciele Maboni; Morais, Guilherme Loss de; Higashi, Susan; Beier, Laura Scherer; Breyer, Gabriela Merker; Godinho, Caio Padoan de Sá; Sagot, Marie France; Schrank, Irene Silveira; Zaha, Arnaldo (2016) [Journal article]
      Background: Bacterial non-coding RNAs act by base-pairing as regulatory elements in crucial biological processes. We performed the identification of trans-encoded small RNAs (sRNA) from the genomes of Mycoplama hyopneumoniae, ...