Immunodiagnosis of paracoccidioidomycosis due to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis using a latex test: detection of specific antibody anti-gp43 and specific antigen gp43. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a life-threatening systemic disease and is a neglected public health problem in many endemic regions of Latin America.
Priscila Oliveira Dos Santos +5 more
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Detection of gp43 of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method [PDF]
FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2004 Paracoccichoidomycosis is a deep mycosis Caused by the thermo-dependent dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and is prevalent in Latin American countries. We detected the species specific gp43 gene of P. brasiliensis by loop-mediated isothermal
Giannina Ricci, Ayako Sano
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scFv from Antibody That Mimics gp43 Modulates the Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses during Experimental Paracoccidioidomycosis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), caused by Paracoccidioides species is a prevalent systemic and progressive mycosis that occurs in Latin America. It is caused by Paracoccidioides species. Immunization with dendritic cells transfected with a plasmid encoding
Grasielle Pereira Jannuzzi +5 more
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Peptides derived from gp43, the most antigenic protein from Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, form amyloid fibrils in vitro: implications for vaccine development [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Fungal infection is an important health problem in Latin America, and in Brazil in particular. Paracoccidioides (mainly P. brasiliensis and P. lutzii) is responsible for paracoccidioidomycosis, a disease that affects mainly the lungs.
Thyago R. Cardim-Pires +2 more
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Journal of Immunology Research, 2019 The glycoprotein gp43 is the major antigenic/diagnostic component of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, one of the etiologic agents of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM). Gp43 has protective roles in mice, but due to adhesive properties, this glycoprotein has also
Taiane Priscila Gardizani +6 more
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Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells Can Revert In Vitro Antigen-Specific Cellular Anergy in Active Human Paracoccidioidomycosis [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2021 We investigated the in vitro effects of two Paracoccidioides brasiliensis antigens on monocyte-derived dendritic cells (moDCs) from patients with paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM).
Paula Keiko Sato +8 more
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Molecular epidemiology of Paracoccidiodes spp. recovered from patients with paracoccidioidomycosis in a teaching hospital from Minas Gerais State of Brazil. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 IntroductionParacoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is caused by several species of the Paracoccidioides genus which can be differentiated by interspecific genetic variations, morphology and geographic distribution.
Juliana Andrade-Silva +9 more
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Antifungal and antitumor models of bioactive protective peptides [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2009 Peptides are remarkably reactive molecules produced by a great variety of species and able to display a number of functions in uni-and multicellular organisms as mediators, agonists and regulating substances. Some of them exert cytotoxic effects on cells
Elaine G. Rodrigues +3 more
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Two Cases of Lacaziosis in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Japan
Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine, 2013 Lacaziosis, formerly called lobomycosis, caused by Lacazia loboi, is a zoonotic mycosis found in humans and dolphins and is endemic in the countries on the Atlantic Ocean.
Keiichi Ueda +11 more
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In situ structures of the contractile nanomachine myophage Mu in both its extended and contracted states [PDF]
Journal of VirologyMyophage Mu is a representative of contractile nanomachines with a simple tail baseplate. It has the capacity to infect a range of intestinal bacteria and has extensive applications in genetic engineering research.
Junquan Zhou +7 more
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