Project description:This study identified and compared the bacterial diversity and the antimicrobial resistance profile of clinically relevant isolates around a newly developed hospital and university precinct
Project description:The current project is within the range of molecular immunogenetic auto immune diseases and refers to the comparative study of promiscuous gene expression of tissue-specific antigens (TSAs) in the thymus of NOD mice line (non obese diabetic) who plays the auto-immune diabetes mellitus type 1, during the transition from state pre-diabetics to diabetics. Use the technology of oligo arrays to investigate the expression of miRNAs and cDNA microarrays to investigate the expression of genes encoding the messenger RNAs including TSAs (tissue specific antigens). Use the technology of oligo arrays to investigate the expression of miRNAs and cDNA microarrays to investigate the expression of genes encoding the messenger RNAs including TSAs (tissue specific antigens). Female NOD mice were born in specific pathogen free (SPF) conditions at the CEMIB-UNICAMP animal facility (University of Campinas, SP, Brazil) and maintained in SPF mini-isolators in our laboratory at the University of S�o Paulo, Campus of Ribeir�o Preto, Brazil. We studied both pre-diabetic (8�2 week-old) and diabetic (20�2 week-old) animals. Diabetes was confirmed by blood glucose levels (?250 mg glucose/dL) using the Accu Check � Active Kit (Roche Diagn�stica Brasil, S�o Paulo, Brazil). The thymic stroma was separated from the whole thymus, as previously described (Gray et al. 2002). The central idea is to trace signatures of differential gene expression of the thymus at different stages (transition from state pre-diabetics to diabetics) and, using bioinformatics programs, applied to the analysis of data from arrays [Cluster & Tree View (for signatures of expression), SAM (for statistical analysis of the miRNAs and differentially expressed genes from TSAs), GenMiR++ and Cytoscape (to establish networks between miRNAs genes and genes of TSAs)].
Project description:Female NOD mice were born in specific pathogen free (SPF) conditions at the CEMIB-UNICAMP animal facility (University of Campinas, S�o Paulo, Brazil) and maintained in SPF mini-isolators in our laboratory at the University of S�o Paulo, Campus of Ribeir�o Preto, Brazil. We studied both pre-diabetic (8�2 week-old) and diabetic (20�2 week-old) animals. Diabetes was confirmed by blood glucose levels (?250 mg glucose/dL) using the Accu Check � Active Kit (Roche Diagn�stica Brasil, S�o Paulo, Brazil). The thymic stroma was separated from the whole thymus. The mTEC 3.10 medullary thymic epithelial cell line was established from C57BL/6 mice, and the original medullary phenotype was confirmed by immunostaining with anti-cytokeratin monoclonal antibodies. In addition, the CD80+ phenotype was confirmed using fluorescent activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis. Cells were cultured in 10% fetal bovine serum-supplemented RPMI 1640 medium at 37oC and 5% CO2. Total RNA was extracted from 1x107 stromal cells (from pre-diabetic and diabetic animals) and 1x107 mTEC 3.10 cells using Trizol� Reagent and following the manufacturer�s instructions (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA). RNA preparations were confirmed to be free of proteins and phenol using UV spectrophotometry and the state of degradation was assessed using agarose gel electrophoresis (ethidium bromide staining).
Project description:A field experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Sciences Center of the Federal University of Sao Carlos in Araras (22'21'25'S and 47'23'3'W) in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Trial plots of SP-3280 consisted of four rows of 10 m long and spaced 1.35m apart. The field experiment was initiated in October 2012 and extended up until November 2013, representing the conditions under which ?one-year? sugarcane crops are cultivated.
Project description:A field experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Sciences Center of the Federal University of Sao Carlos in Araras (22°21'25''S and 47°23'3''W) in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Trial plots of SP-3280 consisted of four rows of 10 m long and spaced 1.35m apart. The field experiment was initiated in April 2012 and extended up until May 2013, representing the conditions under which one-year-and-a-half sugarcane crops are cultivated.
Project description:Patients were recruited at the Hospital do Cancer AC Camargo (São Paulo/Brazil), Instituto de Enfermedades Neoplasicas - INEN (Lima, Peru), Hospital Araujo Jorge (Goiania, Brazil) and Hospital Heliopolis (São Paulo, Brazil).All patients signed a pre-informed consent and the study was approved by the internal ethics committee. Tissue samples were snap frozen in liquid nitrogen . Before RNA extraction histopathological diagnosis was re-confirmed, all samples were micro-dissected and only tissues with at least 70% of tumor cells and no visible infiltrating inflammatory cells were used as tumor. Morphologically disease-free tissue obtained from surgical margins was considered as normal. A total of 38 samples were analyzed: 8 normal tissues, 10 goiters, 10 adenomas and 10 papillary carcinomas. Keywords: other
Project description:Sixteen paired matched samples from primary breast cancers and brain metastases diagnosed between April 1, 2001 and December 31, 2012 were collected from 8 institutions. Brain metastases were identified based on magnetic resonance imaging and/or computed tomography findings. The clinical characteristics of all the patients were obtained from their medical records. This study was approved by the institutional review board of each participating institute (Tokai University School of Medicine; National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital; Kinki University School of Medicine; Niigata Cancer Center Hospital; Shizuoka General Hospital; Hokkaido Cancer Center; National Hospital Organization, Tokyo Medical Center; and Gunma Prefectural Cancer Center). Matching primary breast cancers and brain metastases Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) specimens for gene expression analysis were collected into RNA. RNA from specimens was isolated, and quantity and quality of the each RNA was using an Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer (Agilent Technologies). Genome-wide expression levels of transcripts were analyzed using the Affymetrix U133A gene chips (Affymetrix) according to the manufacture’s instructions.
Project description:Children with acute measles were admitted to the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. Peripheral blood was collected at hospital entry, discharge and 1-month follow-up. Control samples were also collected from uninfected children. All children were HIV negative. Keywords: Clinical timecourse