18 Result(s)

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Histone deacetylase inhibitors interrupt HSP90•RASGRP1 and HSP90•CRAF interactions to upregulate BIM and circumvent drug resistance in lymphoma cells

Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, which are approved for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and multiple myeloma, are undergoing evaluation in other lymphoid neoplasms. How they kill susceptible c...

H Ding, K L Peterson, C Correia, B Koh, P A Schneider, G S Nowakowski… in Leukemia (2017)

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Study of the effects of foliar application of ABA during acclimatization

This study aims to elucidate the effects of abscisic acid (ABA) foliar application on plant hardening during ex vitro acclimatization using a forest model species Ulmus minor L. Plant leaves were sprayed with ABA...

M. C. Dias, C. Correia, J. Moutinho-Pereira… in Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTO… (2014)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Assessment of the Pulse Wave Variability for a New Non-invasive Device

The main motivation of this work was to provide a valid contribution for the assessment of the cardiovascular condition by the analysis of several Arterial Pressure Waveform (APW) parameters collected by a new...

V. G. Almeida, H. C. Pereira, T. Pereira… in The International Conference on Health Inf… (2014)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Clinical Test for Validation of a New Optical Probe for Hemodynamic Parameters Assessment

The assessment of the cardiovascular system condition based on multiple parameters allows a more precise and accurate diagnosis of the heart and arterial tree condition. For this reason, the interest in non-in...

T. Pereira, I. Santos, T. Oliveira, P. Vaz… in Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technol… (2014)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Characterization of an Acoustic Based Device for Local Arterial Stiffness Assessment

Arterial stiffness, recognized as an independent predictor of cardiovascular events, can be assessed non-invasively by regional and local methods. The present work proposes and describes a novel and low-cost d...

H. C. Pereira, J. Maldonado, T. Pereira… in Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technol… (2014)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Non-contact Pulse Wave Velocity Assessment Using Optical Methods

The clinical relevance of pulse wave velocity (PWV), as an indicator of cardiac risk associated to arterial stiffness, has gained clinical relevance over the last years. Optic sensors are an attractive instrum...

T. Pereira, M. Cabeleira, P. Matos… in Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technol… (2013)

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A Raman laser intensity sensor induced by the cooperative Rayleigh scattering in a ring configuration

In this work, a laser sensor is described that uses the multipath interference produced inside a ring cavity to measure the power loss induced by a moving taper intensity sensor. The laser is created due to th...

J. M. Baptista, C. Correia, M. B. Marques, O. Frazão in Laser Physics (2011)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Optically Isolated Current Source

This work addresses two different issues associated with the design voltage controlled current sources (VCSS): galvanic isolation between the load and the control voltage and loss of performance due to operati...

E. Borges, E. Figueiras, H. C. Pereira… in World Congress on Medical Physics and Biom… (2010)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Programmable Test Bench for Hemodynamic Studies

The non-invasive assessment of hemodynamic parameters has been a permanent challenge posed to the scientific community. The literature shows many contributions to this quest expressed as algorithms dedicated t...

H. C. Pereira, J. M. Cardoso, V. G. Almeida… in World Congress on Medical Physics and Biom… (2010)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Slit-lamp Based Ocular Fluorometry Scanning

The aim of this work is to develop and present new slit-lamp based instrumentation and methods to measure anterior segment ocular fluorescence with clinical significance, mainly in diabetic patients. With thos...

José P. Domingues, M. Alberto, C. Correia… in 14th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedica… (2008)

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Gas exchange and water relations of three Vitis vinifera L. cultivars growing under Mediterranean climate

Optical characteristics, contents of photosynthetic pigments, total soluble sugars, and starch, rates of gas exchange, chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence, and leaf water relations were analysed in three Vitis vinif...

J. Moutinho-Pereira, N. Magalhães, B. Gonçalves, E. Bacelar, M. Brito… in Photosynthetica (2007)

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SEPT2 is a new fusion partner of MLL in acute myeloid leukemia with t(2;11)(q37;q23)

We have identified a new mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) gene fusion partner in a patient with treatment-related acute myeloid leukemia (AML) presenting a t(2;11)(q37;q23) as the only cytogenetic abnormality. Fluore...

N Cerveira, C Correia, S Bizarro, C Pinto, S Lisboa, J M Mariz, M Marques… in Oncogene (2006)

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Frequency of NUP98-NSD1 fusion transcript in childhood acute myeloid leukaemia

N Cerveira, C Correia, S Dória, S Bizarro, P Rocha, P Gomes, L Torres, L Norton… in Leukemia (2003)