A5077648041- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Bird parasitology and diseases
- Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Mast cells and histamine
- Inflammasome and immune disorders
- Thermal Regulation in Medicine
- Law, logistics, and international trade
- Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
- International Arbitration and Investment Law
- Fibroblast Growth Factor Research
- Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
Universidade de São Paulo
2012-2025
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
2014-2017
Univar (United Kingdom)
2016
Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
2016
Immune activity is temperature-dependent and strongly related to thermal biology in ectotherms. Eurythermic, vs stenothermic, species commonly show a broader range of immune responses. Furthermore, the development behavioral fever ectotherms correlated with improved function. Although amphibians generally restricted capacity for thermoregulation field, has been documented laboratory several anurans. However, match between response at preferendum still be determined these animals. In this...
Spleen-derived LTB 4 primes liver cells to generate the proinflammatory cytokine TNF during systemic inflammation.
Large numbers of parasites are found in various organs anuran amphibians, with parasite intensities thought to modulate the host's Darwinian fitness traits. Interaction between hosts and their multiple should phenotypic characteristic, such as those associated high energetic demand (such calling effort locomotor performance), energy balance (standard metabolic rate), morphological plasticity (as indicated by organ masses). The present study investigated impact on behavioral, physiological,...
Glucocorticoid hormone levels increase in the blood stream response to a large range of social and physical stressors, affecting variables associated fitness, such as reproductive output immunocompetence. Although quantification plasma glucocorticoids has been used an indicator environmental stress different clades vertebrates, existence interspecific differences magnitude response, their functional bases ecological correlates remain poorly investigated. In present study, we tested following...
Ectothermic vertebrates develop behavioral fever in response to bacterial products, with potential corresponding metabolic costs associated immune stimulation. Although has been described several taxa under laboratory conditions, some important questions regarding products at different temperatures and effectiveness of remain open. Many ectotherms, such as nocturnal anurans, may be active the field environmental conditions that restrict thermoregulation during response. How does ecologically...
BAT and iWAT mTORC2 is inhibited by cold acclimation, but its residual activity required for cold-induced increases in total UCP-1 content thermogenic capacity, not glucose uptake mTORC1 activity. The impaired capacity induced adipocyte deficiency are compensated activation of muscle shivering cold-acclimated mice.
Most of the evidence for deleterious effects parasites on performance and body condition in their hosts results from experimental infection using one species parasite. However, field are normally infected by multiple parasite present different organs. We investigated relationship between intensity several phenotypic characters adult males Rhinella icterica (Cururu Toad) captured field. predicted that toads with higher would show lower locomotor performance, standard rates oxygen consumption,...
During the feeding process, mouthparts of hematophagous mosquitoes break skin barrier and probe host tissue to find blood. The saliva inoculated in this microenvironment modulates hemostasis, inflammation adaptive immune responses. However, mechanisms involved these biological activities remain poorly understood few studies explored potential roles mosquito on individual cellular components system. Here, we report immunomodulatory Aedes aegypti salivary cocktail murine peritoneal...
Uncontrolled vasodilation is known to account for hypotension in the advanced stages of sepsis and other systemic inflammatory conditions, but mechanisms earlier such conditions are not clear. By monitoring hemodynamics with highest temporal resolution unanesthetized rats, combination ex-vivo assessment vascular function, we found that early development following injection bacterial lipopolysaccharide brought about by a fall resistance when arterioles still fully responsive vasoactive...
Introduction: Researchers have noted an association between maturity and well-being. However, this body of research uses different measures conceptualizations (e.g., ego development, psychosocial maturity) often only a few indicators In the present research, we examined associations single self-rated measure variety Furthermore, across samples. We hypothesized that will show positive relationship with related to Methods: Samples college students (Studies 1, 3, 4), Star Wars fans (Study 2),...
ABSTRACT There is evidence to suggest that the hypothermia observed in most severe cases of systemic inflammation or sepsis a regulated response with potential adaptive value, but mechanisms involved are poorly understood. Here, we investigated interplay between brain oxygenation (assessed by tissue PO 2 ) and development unanesthetized rats challenged hypotension-inducing dose bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 1 mg/kg i.v.). At an ambient temperature 22 °C, oxygen consumption (V̇O began...