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  1. Article ; Online: Bridging Genetic Insights with Neuroimaging in Autism Spectrum Disorder-A Systematic Review.

    Vilela, Joana / Rasga, Célia / Santos, João Xavier / Martiniano, Hugo / Marques, Ana Rita / Oliveira, Guiomar / Vicente, Astrid Moura

    International journal of molecular sciences

    2024  Volume 25, Issue 9

    Abstract: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is an early onset neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and repetitive patterns of behavior. Family studies show that ASD is highly heritable, and hundreds of genes have ...

    Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is an early onset neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and repetitive patterns of behavior. Family studies show that ASD is highly heritable, and hundreds of genes have previously been implicated in the disorder; however, the etiology is still not fully clear. Brain imaging and electroencephalography (EEG) are key techniques that study alterations in brain structure and function. Combined with genetic analysis, these techniques have the potential to help in the clarification of the neurobiological mechanisms contributing to ASD and help in defining novel therapeutic targets. To further understand what is known today regarding the impact of genetic variants in the brain alterations observed in individuals with ASD, a systematic review was carried out using Pubmed and EBSCO databases and following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. This review shows that specific genetic variants and altered patterns of gene expression in individuals with ASD may have an effect on brain circuits associated with face processing and social cognition, and contribute to excitation-inhibition imbalances and to anomalies in brain volumes.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Autism Spectrum Disorder/genetics ; Autism Spectrum Disorder/diagnostic imaging ; Neuroimaging/methods ; Brain/diagnostic imaging ; Brain/pathology ; Brain/metabolism ; Electroencephalography ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-30
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Systematic Review ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2019364-6
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    ISSN (online) 1422-0067
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    DOI 10.3390/ijms25094938
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  2. Article: Identification of Neurotransmission and Synaptic Biological Processes Disrupted in Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Interaction Networks and Community Detection Analysis.

    Vilela, Joana / Martiniano, Hugo / Marques, Ana Rita / Santos, João Xavier / Asif, Muhammad / Rasga, Célia / Oliveira, Guiomar / Vicente, Astrid Moura

    Biomedicines

    2023  Volume 11, Issue 11

    Abstract: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by communication deficits and repetitive behavioral patterns. Hundreds of candidate genes have been implicated in ASD, including neurotransmission and synaptic (NS) genes; ... ...

    Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by communication deficits and repetitive behavioral patterns. Hundreds of candidate genes have been implicated in ASD, including neurotransmission and synaptic (NS) genes; however, the genetic architecture of this disease is far from clear. In this study, we seek to clarify the biological processes affected by NS gene variants identified in individuals with ASD and the global networks that link those processes together. For a curated list of 1216 NS candidate genes, identified in multiple databases and the literature, we searched for ultra-rare (UR) loss-of-function (LoF) variants in the whole-exome sequencing dataset from the Autism Sequencing Consortium (N = 3938 cases). Filtering for population frequency was carried out using gnomAD (N = 60,146 controls). NS genes with UR LoF variants were used to construct a network of protein-protein interactions, and the network's biological communities were identified by applying the Leiden algorithm. We further explored the expression enrichment of network genes in specific brain regions. We identified 356 variants in 208 genes, with a preponderance of UR LoF variants in the
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-04
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2720867-9
    ISSN 2227-9059
    ISSN 2227-9059
    DOI 10.3390/biomedicines11112971
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  3. Article ; Online: Anti-

    Costa, Paulo Wbiratan Lopes / Oliveira, Clarisse Silva Menezes / Bezerra, Roberto Alves / Alvares, Felipe Boniedj Ventura / Formiga, Victor Hugo Alves Sousa / Martins, Marianne Rachel Domiciano Dantas / Feitosa, Thais Ferreira / Vilela, Vinícius Longo Ribeiro

    Tropical medicine and infectious disease

    2023  Volume 8, Issue 4

    Abstract: The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of anti- ...

    Abstract The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of anti-
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-20
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2414-6366
    ISSN (online) 2414-6366
    DOI 10.3390/tropicalmed8040234
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  4. Article ; Online: Seropositivity of Anti-

    Sousa Formiga, Victor Hugo Alves / Alvares, Felipe Boniedj Ventura / Anjos, Mariana Moreira / Freitas, Jefferson Vieira / Silva, Daiane Peixer / Parentoni, Roberta Nunes / Lima Brasil, Arthur Willian / Medeiros, Gláucia Diojânia Azevêdo / Feitosa, Thais Ferreira / Vilela, Vinícius Longo Ribeiro

    Tropical medicine and infectious disease

    2023  Volume 8, Issue 7

    Abstract: Toxoplasma ... ...

    Abstract Toxoplasma gondii
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-10
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2414-6366
    ISSN (online) 2414-6366
    DOI 10.3390/tropicalmed8070359
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  5. Article ; Online: Coinfección dengue y SARS-COV-2 en paciente HIV positivo.

    Salvo, Carolina P / Di Lella, Natalia / Solveyra López, Florencia / Hugo, Jorge / Gigena Zito, Julieta / Vilela, Andrés

    Medicina

    2021  Volume 80 Suppl 6, Page(s) 94–96

    Abstract: Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease confined to the geographical areas where its vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are present. The transmission occurs mainly during the summer but it can extend to autumn months in warm climates. In our ... ...

    Title translation Dengue and SARS-CoV-2 coinfection in an HIV positive patient.
    Abstract Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease confined to the geographical areas where its vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are present. The transmission occurs mainly during the summer but it can extend to autumn months in warm climates. In our country, this year the seasonal transmission o f dengue overlapped with the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus responsible of serious respiratory conditions with eventual fatal outcomes. On the other hand, the HIV is a retrovirus that causes disease by weakening the immune system, favoring infections by numerous opportunistic pathogens. We present the case of an untreated HIV patient who developed simultaneous infection with dengue and SARS-CoV-2 with favorable evolution.
    MeSH term(s) Aedes ; Animals ; COVID-19 ; Coinfection ; Dengue/complications ; Dengue/diagnosis ; Dengue/epidemiology ; Dengue Virus ; HIV Infections/complications ; Humans ; Mosquito Vectors ; Pandemics ; SARS-CoV-2
    Language Spanish
    Publishing date 2021-01-26
    Publishing country Argentina
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 411586-7
    ISSN 1669-9106 ; 0025-7680 ; 0325-951X
    ISSN (online) 1669-9106
    ISSN 0025-7680 ; 0325-951X
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  6. Article: Gene Variants Involved in Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay Suggest a Role in Autism Spectrum Disorder.

    Marques, Ana Rita / Santos, João Xavier / Martiniano, Hugo / Vilela, Joana / Rasga, Célia / Romão, Luísa / Vicente, Astrid Moura

    Biomedicines

    2022  Volume 10, Issue 3

    Abstract: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental condition with unclear etiology. Many genes have been associated with ASD risk, but the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. An important post-transcriptional regulatory ... ...

    Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental condition with unclear etiology. Many genes have been associated with ASD risk, but the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. An important post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism that plays an essential role during neurodevelopment, the Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay (NMD) pathway, may contribute to ASD risk. In this study, we gathered a list of 46 NMD factors and regulators and investigated the role of genetic variants in these genes in ASD. By conducting a comprehensive search for Single Nucleotide Variants (SNVs) in NMD genes using Whole Exome Sequencing data from 1828 ASD patients, we identified 270 SNVs predicted to be damaging in 28.7% of the population. We also analyzed Copy Number Variants (CNVs) from two cohorts of ASD patients (N = 3570) and discovered 38 CNVs in 1% of cases. Importantly, we discovered 136 genetic variants (125 SNVs and 11 CNVs) in 258 ASD patients that were located within protein domains required for NMD. These gene variants are classified as damaging using
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-13
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2720867-9
    ISSN 2227-9059
    ISSN 2227-9059
    DOI 10.3390/biomedicines10030665
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  7. Article: Disease similarity network analysis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and comorbid brain disorders.

    Vilela, Joana / Martiniano, Hugo / Marques, Ana Rita / Santos, João Xavier / Rasga, Célia / Oliveira, Guiomar / Vicente, Astrid Moura

    Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

    2022  Volume 15, Page(s) 932305

    Abstract: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with heterogeneous clinical presentation, variable severity, and multiple comorbidities. A complex underlying genetic architecture matches the clinical heterogeneity, and evidence indicates ... ...

    Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with heterogeneous clinical presentation, variable severity, and multiple comorbidities. A complex underlying genetic architecture matches the clinical heterogeneity, and evidence indicates that several co-occurring brain disorders share a genetic component with ASD. In this study, we established a genetic similarity disease network approach to explore the shared genetics between ASD and frequent comorbid brain diseases (and subtypes), namely Intellectual Disability, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and Epilepsy, as well as other rarely co-occurring neuropsychiatric conditions in the Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disease spectrum. Using sets of disease-associated genes curated by the DisGeNET database, disease genetic similarity was estimated from the Jaccard coefficient between disease pairs, and the Leiden detection algorithm was used to identify network disease communities and define shared biological pathways. We identified a heterogeneous brain disease community that is genetically more similar to ASD, and that includes Epilepsy, Bipolar Disorder, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder combined type, and some disorders in the Schizophrenia Spectrum. To identify loss-of-function rare
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-18
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2452967-9
    ISSN 1662-5099
    ISSN 1662-5099
    DOI 10.3389/fnmol.2022.932305
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  8. Article: Fluoroscopy only for the placement of long iliac screws: A study on 14 patients.

    Vilela, Marcelo D / Braga, Bruno P / Pedrosa, Hugo A S

    Surgical neurology international

    2018  Volume 9, Page(s) 108

    Abstract: Background: Iliac screw placement is challenging due to the particular anatomy of the ilium. Most series have reported the use of relatively short (≤90 mm in length) screws despite a long iliac buttress, which has an average length of 129 mm in females ... ...

    Abstract Background: Iliac screw placement is challenging due to the particular anatomy of the ilium. Most series have reported the use of relatively short (≤90 mm in length) screws despite a long iliac buttress, which has an average length of 129 mm in females and 141 mm in males. This study describes a series of 14 patients who underwent placement of long iliac screws (≥100 mm in length) as part of a spinopelvic fusion utilizing fluoroscopy alone.
    Methods: All patients who received at least one long iliac screw were included in this study. Placement accuracy, the average distance from the screw tip to the anterior inferior iliac spine (AIIS), neurovascular injuries, acetabulum and/or sciatic notch violations, and screw prominence were all measured.
    Results: Fourteen patients received 38 iliac screws, with 31 screws being ≥100 mm in length. The accuracy rate was 87.1% (27/31) for the long iliac screws. The average shortest distance from the iliac screw tip to the AIIS was 15.5 mm for the right-sided and 17.1 mm for the left-sided ilia. There were no neurovascular injuries, acetabulum, or sciatic notch violations, and no screws loosened or fractured. Of interest, only one patient required off-set connectors to link the rods to the iliac screws.
    Conclusions: Placement of long iliac screws under intraoperative fluoroscopy only was shown to be feasible, with a high accuracy rate and few complications, in this series of patients.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-05-25
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2229-5097
    ISSN 2229-5097
    DOI 10.4103/sni.sni_59_18
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  9. Article ; Online: Gene Variants Involved in Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay Suggest a Role in Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Ana Rita Marques / João Xavier Santos / Hugo Martiniano / Joana Vilela / Célia Rasga / Luísa Romão / Astrid Moura Vicente

    Biomedicines, Vol 10, Iss 665, p

    2022  Volume 665

    Abstract: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental condition with unclear etiology. Many genes have been associated with ASD risk, but the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. An important post-transcriptional regulatory ... ...

    Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental condition with unclear etiology. Many genes have been associated with ASD risk, but the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. An important post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism that plays an essential role during neurodevelopment, the Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay (NMD) pathway, may contribute to ASD risk. In this study, we gathered a list of 46 NMD factors and regulators and investigated the role of genetic variants in these genes in ASD. By conducting a comprehensive search for Single Nucleotide Variants (SNVs) in NMD genes using Whole Exome Sequencing data from 1828 ASD patients, we identified 270 SNVs predicted to be damaging in 28.7% of the population. We also analyzed Copy Number Variants (CNVs) from two cohorts of ASD patients (N = 3570) and discovered 38 CNVs in 1% of cases. Importantly, we discovered 136 genetic variants (125 SNVs and 11 CNVs) in 258 ASD patients that were located within protein domains required for NMD. These gene variants are classified as damaging using in silico prediction tools, and therefore may interfere with proper NMD function in ASD. The discovery of NMD genes as candidates for ASD in large patient genomic datasets provides evidence supporting the involvement of the NMD pathway in ASD pathophysiology.
    Keywords autism spectrum disorder ; nonsense-mediated mRNA decay ; single nucleotide variants ; copy number variants ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Subject code 570
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
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  10. Article: Long iliac screw fixation in a case of isthmic spondyloptosis.

    Vilela, Marcelo D / Braga, Bruno P / Pedrosa, Hugo A S

    Surgical neurology international

    2017  Volume 8, Page(s) 110

    Abstract: Background: We report the case of a patient with a spondyloptosis who presented with progressive deformity and worsening neurological deficits. The patient had two previous lumbosacral instrumented fusions.: Case description: A salvage revision ... ...

    Abstract Background: We report the case of a patient with a spondyloptosis who presented with progressive deformity and worsening neurological deficits. The patient had two previous lumbosacral instrumented fusions.
    Case description: A salvage revision surgery was performed, in which long iliac screws along with anterior column support at L5-S1 were used to immobilize the lumbosacral junction. Two years after the procedure a solid fusion is seen along with marked neurological improvement.
    Conclusions: Pelvic fixation using long iliac screws is a very useful technique that can be employed when revision surgery for high-grade spondylolisthesis is needed.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-06-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports
    ISSN 2229-5097
    ISSN 2229-5097
    DOI 10.4103/sni.sni_122_17
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