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Using umbilical cord blood as a source of paediatric packed red blood cells: Processing and quality control
; Deffune, Elenice
; (Vox Sanguinis, 2023) [Artigo]
Background and Objectives: Umbilical cord blood (UCB) has been used as a source of red blood cells (RBCs) for neonatal/paediatric transfusion purposes. This study adopted two different procedures to obtain umbilical RBC ... -
Siloxane-modified bacterial cellulose as a promising platform for cell culture
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Deffune, Elenice et al. (Cellulose, 2022) [Artigo]
Cellulose is a versatile tunable material that finds application in the biomedical field as substrate for cell culture. However, few studies have been done to explore the use of bacterial cellulose (BC), a naturally occurring ... -
Fat grafting: Lipofragmentation X Liposuction
Mendes, Flavio Henrique; Viterbo, Fausto ; Deffune, Elenice ; Domingues, Maria Aparecida Custódio ; Golim, Marjorie Assis ; Gabas, José Marcos ; Rossoni, Renan Roldi ; Nunes, Helga Caputo (Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plastica, 2019) [Artigo]
Introduction: Aiming to obtain autogenous and injectable lipografts from resected tissues in dermolipectomies, this study proposes a new method for harvesting and processing adipose tissue through a specific fragmenting ... -
Proteoglycans orchestrate remodeling of prostatic cytoarchitecture after androgenic blockade in old gerbils
Campos, Silvana G. P.; Gonçalves, Bianca F. ; ; ; ; ; Goes, Rejane M. ; Taboga, Sebastião R. (Prostate, 2023) [Artigo]
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate modifications in proteoglycan morphology and composition in the prostatic stroma of 18-month-old gerbils after surgical castration, in association or not with an androgenic ... -
How I Do It: Transperineal prostate biopsy using local anesthetic in an outpatient setting
Ordones, Flavio Vasconcelos; ; ; ; ; ; ; (Canadian Journal Of Urology, 2023) [Artigo]
Transperineal prostate biopsy (TPPB) is proven to be an effective diagnostic tool for prostate cancer detection. It allows satisfactory sampling of apical and anterior areas which is not well achieved with the transrectal ... -
Bisphenol A and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin at non-cytotoxic doses alter the differentiation potential and cell function of rat adipose-stem cells
Nunes, Helga Caputo; Tavares, Samara Costa ; Garcia, Heloísa Vicente ; Cucielo, Maira Smaniotto ; dos Santos, Sérgio Alexandre Alcântara ; Aal, Mirian Carolini Esgoti ; de Golim, Marjorie Assis ; Justulin, Luís Antônio ; Ribeiro, Amanda Oliveira ; Deffune, Elenice et al. (Environmental Toxicology, 2022) [Artigo]
The possibility of chemical contamination is an important issue to consider when designing a cell therapy strategy. Both bisphenol A (BPA) and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) are among the most environmentally ... -
Alzheimer's disease diagnosis based on detection of autoantibodies against Aβ using Aβ40 peptide in liposomes
; ; de Carvalho Bovolato, Ana Lívia; Schelp, Arthur Oscar ; Ribeiro, Sidney José Lima ; Deffune, Elenice ; (Clinica Chimica Acta, 2022) [Artigo]
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and affect more than 50 million people worldwide. Thus, there is a high demand by non-invasive methods for an early diagnosis. This work explores the ... -
Fasting and 24-h urine pH in patients with urolithiasis using potassium citrate
Silva, Isabela Bertanholi Leme da; Amarol, Carmen Petean ; Amaro, Joao Luiz ; Cunha, Natalia Baraldi ; Callegari, Matheus Augusto ; Yamamoto, Hamilto Akihissa ; Guerra, Rodrigo ; Quitzan, Juliany Gomes ; ; Kawano, Paulo Roberto (American Journal Of Clinical And Experimental Urology, 2022) [Artigo]
Purpose: To evaluate the correlation between the pH readings in 24 h urine and the random fasting specimen in patients with urolithiasis using 2 methods. Methods: A total of 114 patients with urinary lithiasis using potassium ... -
Acute graft thrombosis in patients who underwent renal transplant and received anticoagulant or antiplatelet agents. A systematic review and meta-analysis
Guerra, Rodrigo; Kawano, Paulo Roberto ; ; Yamamoto, Hamilto Akihissa ; Gomes Filho, Fernando Ferreira ; Amaro, Joao Luiz ; El Dibl, Regina Paolucci ; ; (American Journal Of Clinical And Experimental Urology, 2022) [Resenha]
Objectives: Thrombosis is a major cause of early allograft loss in renal transplantation. Herein, we assessed the frequency of acute graft thrombosis in patients who underwent renal transplant and received anticoagulant ... -
3-D Printed prostate cancer model prior to Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Initial experience and a surgeon, patient, radiologist, and pathologist point of view
; Araujo, L. F. Takano de; ; Artioli, B. A. Olivetti ; Kawano, P. K. Roberto ; Amaro, J. L. ; (European Urology, 2022) [Resumo]
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Screen-Printed Electrodes on Tyvek Substrate as Low-Cost Device to Applications in Alzheimer's Disease Detection
; ; ; ; ; Bovolato, Ana Lívia De Carvalho; Deffune, Elenice ; Schelp, Arthur Oscar ; ; (Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2022) [Artigo]
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by impairment of cognitive functions and memory deterioration, which requires an early diagnosis for effective treatment. The use of ... -
Penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) determine antibiotic action in Langmuir monolayers as nanoarchitectonics mimetic membranes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
; Deffune, Elenice; ; (Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2022) [Artigo]
The membrane of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) contains penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) in the phospholipidic bilayer, with the protein PBP2a being linked with the resistance mechanism. In this work ... -
Anti-aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G colorimetric detection by silver nanoparticles
; ; ; ; ; ; ; Deffune, Elenice; Bovolato, Ana Lívia C. ; et al. (Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 2022) [Artigo]
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an inflammatory and autoimmune disease whose biomarker is the anti-AQP4-IgG autoantibody that binds to aquaporin-4 (AQP4) protein. We introduced a nanosensor with a sensitivity ... -
Probeless and label-free impedimetric biosensing of D-dimer using gold nanoparticles conjugated with dihexadecylphosphate on screen-printed carbon electrodes
; ; Deffune, Elenice; ; ; (Electrochimica Acta, 2021) [Artigo]
D-dimer (DD) is a clinical biomarker of emerging significance. Its fast analysis and quantification, preferably by the bedside, helps a medical doctor make crucial decisions. Electrochemical biosensors are point-of-care ... -
Xeroderma pigmentosum: Low prevalence of germline XPA mutations in a brazilian XP population
(International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2015) [Artigo]Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by DNA repair defects that cause photophobia, sunlight-induced cancers, and neurodegeneration. Prevalence of germline mutations in the nucleotide ... -
Development of a rabbit's urethral sphincter deficiency animal model for anatomical-functional evaluation
(International Braz J Urol, 2012) [Artigo]Objective: The aim of the study was to develop a new durable animal model (using rabbits) for anatomical-functional evaluation of urethral sphincter deficiency. Materials and Methods: A total of 40 new Zealand male rabbits, ... -
Bladder augmentation in rabbits with anionic collagen membrane, with or without urotelial preservation. Cistometric and hystologic evaluation
(International Braz J Urol, 2002) [Artigo]Introduction: The use of bowel segments to perform bladder augmentation is associated with several metabolic and surgical complications. A great variety of synthetic materials, biodegradable or not, have been tested. ... -
Multiple analyses suggests texture features can indicate the presence of tumor in the prostate tissue
Souza, Sérgio Augusto Santana; ; Alves, Allan Felipe Fattori ; Silva, Letícia Cotinguiba ; ; ; ; Amaro, João Luiz ; ; Trindade, André Petean et al. (Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 2022) [Artigo]
Several studies have demonstrated statistical and texture analysis abilities to differentiate cancerous from healthy tissue in magnetic resonance imaging. This study developed a method based on texture analysis and machine ... -
Multiple Tolerization Subtractive Immunization (MTSI) Protocol: Effects on Mice and Monoclonal Antibody Specificity
de Lima Fontes, Marina; Neves, Franciny Mara de Lima ; Santos, Kelvin Sousa ; Fusco-Almeida, Ana Marisa ; Giannini, Maria José Soares Mendes ; Felisbino, Sergio Luis ; Deffune, Elenice ; Moroz, Andrei (Frontiers in Immunology, 2021) [Artigo]
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have been a valuable tool to elucidate several biological processes, such as stem cell differentiation and cancer, and contributed to virtually all areas of biomedical sciences. Yet, it remains ... -
A comparative analisys of pelvic floor muscle strength in women with stress and urge urinary incontinence
Gameiro, Monica Orsi; ; Ferrari, Renata Spagnoli ; Kawano, Paulo Roberto ; Padovani, Carlos Roberto ; Amaro, João Luiz (International Braz J Urol, 2012) [Artigo]
Aims: To assess pelvic floor muscle (PFM) strength in women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and urge urinary incontinence (UUI). Materials and Methods: 51 women were prospectively divided into two groups, according ...