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| Andrade,Elisabete; Rocha,Daniele; Fontana-Maurell,Marcela; Costa,Elaine; Ribeiro,Marisa; Godoy,Daniela Tupy de; Ferreira,Antonio G.P.; Tanuri,Amilcar; Brindeiro,Rodrigo; Alvarez,Patrícia. |
| Abstract Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a worldwide health problem. Nowadays, direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) are the main treatment for HCV; however, the high level of virus variability leads to the development of resistance-associated variants (RAVs). Thus, assessing RAVs in infected patients is important for monitoring treatment efficacy. The aim of our study was to investigate the presence of naturally occurring resistance mutations in HCV NS3 and NS5 regions in treatment-naïve patients. Ninety-six anti-HCV positive serum samples from blood donors at the Center of Hematology and Hemotherapy of Santa Catarina State (HEMOSC) were collected retrospectively in 2013 and evaluated in this study. HCV 1a (37.9%), 1b (25.3%), and 3a (36.8%) subtypes... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Direct-acting antivirals; Resistance-associated substitutions; Blood donors; NS3; NS5b. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572020000100107 |
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| Pessoa,Luciana Santos; Vidal,Luãnna Liebscher; Costa,Emmerson C.B. da; Abreu,Celina Monteiro; Cunha,Rodrigo Delvecchio da; Valadão,Ana Luiza Chaves; Santos,André Felipe dos; Tanuri,Amilcar. |
| Abstract Approximately 185 million people worldwide are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). The first-wave of approved NS3 protease inhibitors (PIs) were Telaprevir and Boceprevir, which are currently discontinued. Simeprevir is a second-wave PI incorporated into the Brazilian hepatitis C treatment protocol. Drug resistance plays a key role in patients' treatment regimen. Here, we developed a simple phenotypic assay to evaluate the impact of resistance mutations in HCV NS3 protease to PIs, using a protein expression vector containing wild type NS3 protease domain and NS4A co-factor. We analyzed the impact of five resistance mutations (T54A, V36M, V158I, V170I and T54S+V170I) against Telaprevir, Boceprevir and Simeprevir. Protein... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Protease inhibitor; Phenotypic test; Hepatitis C virus; HCV NS3 protease; Resistance mutation. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572016000300358 |
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| Nerys-Junior,Arildo; Costa,Lendel C.; Braga-Dias,Luciene P.; Oliveira,Márcia; Rossi,Átila D.; Cunha,Rodrigo Delvecchio da; Gonçalves,Gabriel S.; Tanuri,Amilcar. |
| Engineered nucleases such as zinc finger nucleases (ZFN) and transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALEN) are one of the most promising tools for modifying genomes. These site-specific enzymes cause double- strand breaks that allow gene disruption or gene insertion, thereby facilitating genetic manipulation. The major problem associated with this approach is the labor-intensive procedures required to screen and confirm the cellular modification by nucleases. In this work, we produced a TALEN that targets the human CCR5 gene and developed a heteroduplex mobility assay for HEK 293T cells to select positive colonies for sequencing. This approach provides a useful tool for the quick detection and easy assessment of nuclease activity. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: CCR5; Genome editing; Gene knockout; TALEN; HMA. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572014000100018 |
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| Machado,Elizabeth S.; Lambert,John S.; Afonso,Adriana O.; Cunha,Silvia M.; Oliveira,Ricardo H.; Tanuri,Amilcar; Sill,Anne M.; Soares,Marcelo A.. |
| Although mother-to-child HIV transmission prevention has slowed down pediatric HIV infection in developed countries, large numbers of infants still become infected in developing nations. Data on pediatric HIV infection is however largely scarce. In this study, we have overviewed clinical, laboratory and genotypic data from a large cohort of HIV-infected infants regularly followed at two pediatric HIV outpatient clinics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Children on antiretroviral therapy, as well as drug-naïve, newly diagnosed infants were analyzed. Prevalence of drug resistance mutations, as well as immunological and virological responses to therapy were evaluated. Additionally, HIV-1 subtype frequencies and their distribution over the course of the epidemic were... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HIV-1; Pediatric; Drug resistance; Clinical; Genotyping; Subtype. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652004000400008 |
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| Martínez,Ana M.B.; Hora,Vanusa P. da; Santos,Adriana L. dos; Mendoza-Sassi,Raul; Von Groll,Andréa; Soares,Esmeralda A.J.M.; D'Ávila,Nildo; Silveira,Jussara; Leal,Renata G.; Tanuri,Amilcar; Soares,Marcelo A.. |
| Different human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtypes may have distinct biological, immunological and pathogenic properties. Efficiency of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) may be among those properties, but few and controversial results have been described so far. In this study, 102 children born from HIV-1-infected mothers between 1998 and 2004 in the city of Rio Grande, Brazil were analyzed for potential risk factors associated with MTCT. That geographic region is characterized by a high proportion of subtype C-infected subjects, and it allowed comparison between subtypes B and C and their influence on MTCT. The analysis also included clinical, obstetric and immunological parameters. Multivariate regression analyses were conducted to evaluate... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HIV; MTCT; Vertical transmission; Subtype C; Molecular epidemiology. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652006000100011 |
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| Andrade,Elisabete; Rocha,Daniele; Fontana-Maurell,Marcela; Costa,Elaine; Ribeiro,Marisa; de Godoy,Daniela Tupy; Ferreira,Antonio G.P.; Tanuri,Amilcar; Alvarez,Patrícia; Brindeiro,Rodrigo. |
| ABSTRACT The Brazilian Public Health Service provides freely αPEG-IFN to treat patients infected with HCV. The primary goal of HCV therapy is the long-term elimination of HCV from the blood to reduce the risk of HCV associated complications and death. Patient viremia affects the treatment duration and response, thus influencing clinical decisions. We developed a high-throughput method to perform the quantification of RNA hepatitis C virus (HCV) virus load in plasma samples to monitor patients under treatment. The method is based on a duplex detection, in a one-step real-time RT-PCR assay and it has been validated according to the rules established by the official Brazilian regulatory agency (ANVISA). This new method was compared to a commercial kit... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HCV; Viral load; Real Time PCR; Monitoring patients. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702018000500418 |
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| Vasconcellos,Isabelle; Mariani,Diana; Azevedo,Marcelo C.V.M. de; Ferreira Jr.,Orlando C.; Tanuri,Amilcar. |
| ABSTRACT A new point-of-care HIV viral load, mPIMA HIV-1/2 VL, Abbott, USA, has been recently developed. This point-of-care viral load requires no skilled person to run and uses a small plasma volume (50 µL). However, obtaining 50 µL of plasma can be a challenge in limited resource settings. We validated a simple and easy method to obtain enough amount of plasma to run a point-of-care viral load. The study utilized 149 specimens from patients failing antiretroviral therapy. At least 250 µL of whole blood was collected in a microtube/EDTA from fingerstick (fs-plasma) and immediately centrifuged. Parallel collection of venous blood to obtain plasma (vp-plasma) was used to compare performance in a point-of-care viral load assay and in methodology used in... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: POC VL; HIV viral load; HIV; Point-of-care; Fingerstick-plasma; MPIMA. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702020000100030 |
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