Efeitos toxicogenômicos tardios de terapias antineoplásicas para linfomas

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Sexagem molecular em aves: contribuições à conservação biológica e á divulgação científica

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Genética) - IBB

Aedes aegypti on Madeira Island (Portugal): genetic variation of a recently introduced dengue vector

The increasing population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes on Madeira Island (Portugal) resulted in the first autochthonous dengue outbreak, which occurred in October 2012. Our study establishes the first genetic evaluation based on the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genes [cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 (ND4)] and knockdown resistance ( kdr ) mutations exploring the colonisation history and the genetic diversity of this insular vector population. We included mosquito populations from Brazil and Venezuela in the analysis as putative geographic sources. The Ae. aegyptipopulation from Madeira showed extremely low mtDNA genetic variability, with a single haplotype for COI and ND4. We also detected the presence of two important kdr mutations and the quasi-fixation of one of these mutations (F1534C). These results are consistent with a unique recent founder event that occurred on the island of Ae. aegyptimosquitoes that carry kdr mutations associated with insecticide resistance. Finally, we also report the presence of the F1534C kdr mutation in the Brazil and Venezuela populations. To our knowledge, this is the first time this mutation has been found in South American Ae. aegypti mosquitoes. Given the present risk of Ae. aegypti re-invading continental Europe from Madeira and the recent dengue outbreaks on the island, this information is important to plan surveillance and control measures.

Association among XRCC1, XRCC3, and BLHX gene polymorphisms and chromosome instability in lymphocytes from patients with endometriosis and ovarian cancer

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Análise histomorfológica e molecular de lesões granulomatosas sugestivas de tuberculose bovina

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

DNA methylation patterns of the CDHI, RARB, and SFN genes in choroid plexus tumors

Genetic and epigenetic alterations in choroid plexus tumors, a rare neuroepithelial neoplasm most frequently detected in children, are poorly characterized. Epigenetic silencing associated with aberrant CpG island methylation is one mechanism leading to the loss of tumor suppressor functions in cancer cells. Using methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction, the methylation patterns of the genes CDH1 (E-cadherin), RARB (retinoic acid receptor, beta), and SFN (stratifin; 14-3-3 sigma) were retrospectively investigated in eight choroid plexus tumors (five papillomas, two atypical papillomas, and one carcinoma), as well as in two normal cortexes obtained after autopsy from male individuals aged 6 months and 64 years. Among the six pediatric tumors, the mean age at diagnosis was 1.8 years old (range, 0.2-6) and the two adult tumors were detected in a 66-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman. A high frequency of hypermethylation was detected in CDH1 and SFN genes in tumoral and normal cortex tissues. Tumor-specific RARB hypermethylation was observed in four papillomas. Further studies are required to evaluate the role of aberrant methylation in choroid plexus tumor progression. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Chromosomal mapping of repetitive DNAs in the beetle Dichotomius geminatus provides the first evidence for an association of 5S rRNA and histone H3 genes in insects, and repetitive DNA similarity between the B chromosome and A complement

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Production of DNA microarray and expression analysis of genes from Xylella fastidiosa in different culture media

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Variabilidade genética de três colônias de Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843), (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), oriundas do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, avaliadas por meio do seqüenciamento de genes do DNA mitocondrial e ribossomal

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Influência do padrão alimentar e dos polimorfismos dos genes GSTM1, GSTT1, GSTP1, CYP2E1, XRCC1, MTHFR e TS sobre os níveis de danos oxidativos no DNA e de uracilas incorporadas ao DNA

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Identificação e análise da expressão de genes relacioanados com tolerância à seca em soja através de microarranjos de DNA e PCR em tempo real

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Influência dos caretonóides, retinol e α-Tocoferol e dos polimorfismos dos genes CYP1A1, GSTP1, MTHFR (A1298C E C6777) E XRCC1 (194Trp E 399 Gln) sobre os níveis de danos oxidativos do DNA, de uracilas incorporadas ao DNA e da capacidade de reparo do DNA

Pós-graduação em Patologia - FMB

Epigenética do desenvolvimento em bovinos: DNA metiltransferases e genes imprinted em embriões, fetos e placentas

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Diversidade de Bacillus thuringiensis e seus genes cry e vip em amostras metagenômicas de DNA extraído do solo com cultivo de cana-de-açúcar e solo de floresta nativa em estações climáticas diferentes

Pós-graduação em Microbiologia Agropecuária - FCAV