The peritoneal osmotic conductance is low well before the diagnosis of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis is made (2010)
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(2010). The peritoneal osmotic conductance is low well before the diagnosis of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis is made. Kidney International, 611 - 618. https://doi.org/10.1038/ki.2010.186

Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is a serious condition whose frequency is increasing the longer the duration of peritoneal dialysis. To identify prognostic indicators of EPS, we studied here longitudinal changes in peritoneal membrane functi... Read More about The peritoneal osmotic conductance is low well before the diagnosis of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis is made.

Synthetic sex pheromone attracts the leishmaniasis vector Lutzomyia longipalpis to experimental chicken sheds treated with insecticide (2010)
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(2010). Synthetic sex pheromone attracts the leishmaniasis vector Lutzomyia longipalpis to experimental chicken sheds treated with insecticide. Parasites and Vectors, 16 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-3-16

Current strategies for controlling American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) have been unable to prevent the spread of the disease across Brazil. With no effective vaccine and culling of infected dogs an unpopular and unsuccessful alternative, new tools... Read More about Synthetic sex pheromone attracts the leishmaniasis vector Lutzomyia longipalpis to experimental chicken sheds treated with insecticide.

Effects of larval growth condition and water availability on desiccation resistance and its physiological basis in adult Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (2010)
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(2010). Effects of larval growth condition and water availability on desiccation resistance and its physiological basis in adult Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto. Malaria Journal, 225 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-225

BACKGROUND: Natural populations of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae s.s. are exposed to large seasonal and daily fluctuations in relative humidity and temperature, which makes coping with drought a crucial aspect of their ecology. METHODS: To b... Read More about Effects of larval growth condition and water availability on desiccation resistance and its physiological basis in adult Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto.

Hydric stress-dependent effects of Plasmodium falciparum infection on the survival of wild-caught Anopheles gambiae female mosquitoes. (2010)
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(2010). Hydric stress-dependent effects of Plasmodium falciparum infection on the survival of wild-caught Anopheles gambiae female mosquitoes. Malaria Journal, 243 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-243

BACKGROUND: Whether Plasmodium falciparum, the agent of human malaria responsible for over a million deaths per year, causes fitness costs in its mosquito vectors is a burning question that has not yet been adequately resolved. Understanding the evol... Read More about Hydric stress-dependent effects of Plasmodium falciparum infection on the survival of wild-caught Anopheles gambiae female mosquitoes..

PfeIK1, a eukaryotic initiation factor 2a kinase of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, regulates stress-response to amino-acid starvation (2009)
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Russo. (2009). PfeIK1, a eukaryotic initiation factor 2a kinase of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, regulates stress-response to amino-acid starvation. Malaria Journal, 99 - 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-99

Background: Post-transcriptional control of gene expression is suspected to play an important role in malaria parasites. In yeast and metazoans, part of the stress response is mediated through phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation fact... Read More about PfeIK1, a eukaryotic initiation factor 2a kinase of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, regulates stress-response to amino-acid starvation.

Fatty acid acylation regulates trafficking of the unusual Plasmodium falciparum calpain to the nucleolus (2009)
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Russo. (2009). Fatty acid acylation regulates trafficking of the unusual Plasmodium falciparum calpain to the nucleolus. Molecular Microbiology, 229 - 245. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06639.x

The Plasmodium falciparum genome encodes a single calpain. By generating P. falciparum clones expressing C-terminally tagged calpain, we localized this protein to the nucleolus. Pf_calpain possesses an unusual and long N-terminal domain in which we i... Read More about Fatty acid acylation regulates trafficking of the unusual Plasmodium falciparum calpain to the nucleolus.

Molecular and behavioral differentiation among Brazilian populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) (2009)
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(2009). Molecular and behavioral differentiation among Brazilian populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, e365 -?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000365

Lutzomyia longipalpis is the primary vector of American visceral leishmaniasis. There is strong evidence that L. longipalpis is a species complex, but until recently the existence of sibling species among Brazilian populations was considered a contro... Read More about Molecular and behavioral differentiation among Brazilian populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae).

Exported proteins required for virulence and rigidity of Plasmodium falciparum-infected human erythrocytes. (2008)
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(2008). Exported proteins required for virulence and rigidity of Plasmodium falciparum-infected human erythrocytes. Cell, 48 - 61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2008.04.051

A major part of virulence for Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection, the most lethal parasitic disease of humans, results from increased rigidity and adhesiveness of infected host red cells. These changes are caused by parasite proteins exported to... Read More about Exported proteins required for virulence and rigidity of Plasmodium falciparum-infected human erythrocytes..

An informatic pipeline for the data capture and submission of quantitative proteomic data using iTRAQ. (2007)
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(2007). An informatic pipeline for the data capture and submission of quantitative proteomic data using iTRAQ. Proteome Science, 4 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-5956-5-4

BACKGROUND: Proteomics continues to play a critical role in post-genomic science as continued advances in mass spectrometry and analytical chemistry support the separation and identification of increasing numbers of peptides and proteins from their c... Read More about An informatic pipeline for the data capture and submission of quantitative proteomic data using iTRAQ..

Water quality and immatures of the M and S forms of Anopheles gambiae s.s. and An. arabiensis in a Malian village (2006)
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(2006). Water quality and immatures of the M and S forms of Anopheles gambiae s.s. and An. arabiensis in a Malian village. Malaria Journal, 35 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-5-35

INTRODUCTION: The associations between the immatures of Anopheles gambiae s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae), its M and S forms, and Anopheles arabiensis among and within larval breeding habitats in Banambani, Mali were investigated under varying conditions o... Read More about Water quality and immatures of the M and S forms of Anopheles gambiae s.s. and An. arabiensis in a Malian village.

PEDRo: a database for storing, searching and disseminating experimental proteomics data. (2004)
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(2004). PEDRo: a database for storing, searching and disseminating experimental proteomics data. BMC Genomics, 68 - ?

BACKGROUND: Proteomics is rapidly evolving into a high-throughput technology, in which substantial and systematic studies are conducted on samples from a wide range of physiological, developmental, or pathological conditions. Reference maps from 2D g... Read More about PEDRo: a database for storing, searching and disseminating experimental proteomics data..

The use of sewage sludges as nitrogenous fertilizers for grassland
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(1982). The use of sewage sludges as nitrogenous fertilizers for grassland

The value of liquid anaerobically digested (LDS), liquid activated (LAS) and pressed cake (PC) as nitrogen fertilizers for grassland was compared to that of ammonium nitrate (AH) in a field trial containing 16 treatments applied to 1.5m x 10m plots r... Read More about The use of sewage sludges as nitrogenous fertilizers for grassland.

Effects of genetic and environmental factors on reproductive success in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae Sensu Stricto
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(2013). Effects of genetic and environmental factors on reproductive success in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae Sensu Stricto

Anopheles gambiae is a major vector of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Given the widespread emergence of pesticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae populations, vector control programs involving the release of sterile males or genetically-modified male... Read More about Effects of genetic and environmental factors on reproductive success in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae Sensu Stricto.

Structural studies of surfactant protein D in complex with bacterial lipopolysaccharide ligands
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bacterial lipopolysaccharide ligands

This work is focused on the recognition of natural lipopolysaccharide (LPS) by the innate immune protein human lung surfactant protein D (hSP-D) in the form of a biologically active recombinant fragment (rfhSP-D), containing the a-helical coiled-coil... Read More about Structural studies of surfactant protein D in complex with bacterial lipopolysaccharide ligands.

Stathmin is enriched in the developing corticospinal tract
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Fuller, H. R., Slade, R., Jovanov-Milošević, N., Babić, M., Sedmak, G., Šimić, G., …Gates, M. A. (2015). Stathmin is enriched in the developing corticospinal tract. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 12-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcn.2015.09.003

Understanding the intra- and extracellular proteins involved in the development of the corticospinal tract (CST) may offer insights into how the pathway could be regenerated following traumatic spinal cord injury. Currently, however, little is known... Read More about Stathmin is enriched in the developing corticospinal tract.