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Gene expression profile of mesenchymal stem cells from paired umbilical cord units: cord is different from blood.
Secco M, Moreira YB, Zucconi E, Vieira NM, Jazedje T, Muotri AR, Okamoto OK, Verjovski-Almeida S, Zatz M.
Stem Cell Rev. 2009 Dec; 5(4):387-401. PMID: 20058202


Long intronic noncoding RNA transcription: expression noise or expression choice?
Louro R, Smirnova AS, Verjovski-Almeida S.
Genomics. 2009 Apr; 93(4):291-8. Review. PMID: 19071207


Gene expression profiling reveals molecular marker candidates of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
Colombo J, Fachel AA, De Freitas Calmon M, Cury PM, Fukuyama EE, Tajara EH, Cordeiro JA, Verjovski-Almeida S, Reis EM, Rahal P.
Oncol Rep. 2009 Mar; 21(3):649-63. PMID: 19212623


Identification of protein-coding and intronic noncoding RNAs down-regulated in clear cell renal carcinoma.
Brito GC, Fachel AA, Vettore AL, Vignal GM, Gimba ER, Campos FS, Barcinski MA, Verjovski-Almeida S, Reis EM.
Mol Carcinog. 2008 Oct; 47(10):757-67. PMID: 18348187


Splice variants of TLE family genes and up-regulation of a TLE3 isoform in prostate tumors.
Nakaya HI, Beckedorff FC, Baldini ML, Fachel AA, Reis EM, Verjovski-Almeida S.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Dec 28; 364(4):918-23. PMID: 18273443


Genome mapping and expression analyses of human intronic noncoding RNAs reveal tissue-specific patterns and enrichment in genes related to regulation of transcription.
Nakaya HI, Amaral PP, Louro R, Lopes A, Fachel AA, Moreira YB, El-Jundi TA, da Silva AM, Reis EM, Verjovski-Almeida S.
Genome Biol. 2007; 8(3):R43. PMID: 17386095


Androgen responsive intronic non-coding RNAs.
Louro R, Nakaya HI, Amaral PP, Festa F, Sogayar MC, da Silva AM, Verjovski-Almeida S, Reis EM.
BMC Biol. 2007 Jan 30; 5:4. PMID: 17263875


Evaluation of reference-based two-color methods for measurement of gene expression ratios using spotted cDNA microarrays.
Peixoto BR, Vêncio RZ, Egidio CM, Mota-Vieira L, Verjovski-Almeida S, Reis EM.
BMC Genomics. 2006 Feb 24; 7:35. PMID: 16504121


Gene expression arrays in cancer research: methods and applications.
Brentani RR, Carraro DM, Verjovski-Almeida S, Reis EM, Neves EJ, de Souza SJ, Carvalho AF, Brentani H, Reis LF.
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2005 May; 54(2):95-105. Review. PMID: 15843092


As antisense RNA gets intronic.
Reis EM, Louro R, Nakaya HI, Verjovski-Almeida S.
OMICS. 2005 Spring; 9(1):2-12. Review. PMID: 15805775


Large-scale transcriptome analyses reveal new genetic marker candidates of head, neck, and thyroid cancer.
Reis EM, Ojopi EP, Alberto FL, Rahal P, Tsukumo F, Mancini UM, Guimarães GS, Thompson GM, Camacho C, Miracca E, Carvalho AL, Machado AA, Paquola AC, Cerutti JM, da Silva AM, Pereira GG, Valentini SR, Nagai MA, Kowalski LP, Verjovski-Almeida S, Tajara EH, Dias-Neto E, Bengtson MH, Canevari RA, Carazzolle MF, Colin C, Costa FF, Costa MC, Estécio MR, Esteves LI, Federico MH, Guimarães PE, Hackel C, Kimura ET, Leoni SG, Maciel RM, Maistro S, Mangone FR, Massirer KB, Matsuo SE, Nobrega FG, Nóbrega MP, Nunes DN, Nunes F, Pandolfi JR, Pardini MI, Pasini FS, Peres T, Rainho CA, dos Reis PP, Rodrigus-Lisoni FC, Rogatto SR, dos Santos A, dos Santos PC, Sogayar MC, Zanelli CF; Head and Neck Annotation Consortium.
Cancer Res. 2005 Mar 1; 65(5):1693-9. PMID: 15753364


Antisense intronic non-coding RNA levels correlate to the degree of tumor differentiation in prostate cancer.
Reis EM, Nakaya HI, Louro R, Canavez FC, Flatschart AV, Almeida GT, Egidio CM, Paquola AC, Machado AA, Festa F, Yamamoto D, Alvarenga R, da Silva CC, Brito GC, Simon SD, Moreira-Filho CA, Leite KR, Camara-Lopes LH, Campos FS, Gimba E, Vignal GM, El-Dorry H, Sogayar MC, Barcinski MA, da Silva AM, Verjovski-Almeida S.
Oncogene. 2004 Aug 26; 23(39):6684-92. PMID: 15221013


The generation and utilization of a cancer-oriented representation of the human transcriptome by using expressed sequence tags.
Brentani H, Caballero OL, Camargo AA, da Silva AM, da Silva WA Jr, Dias Neto E, Grivet M, Gruber A, Guimaraes PE, Hide W, Iseli C, Jongeneel CV, Kelso J, Nagai MA, Ojopi EP, Osorio EC, Reis EM, Riggins GJ, Simpson AJ, de Souza S, Stevenson BJ, Strausberg RL, Tajara EH, Verjovski-Almeida S, Acencio ML, Bengtson MH, Bettoni F, Bodmer WF, Briones MR, Camargo LP, Cavenee W, Cerutti JM, Coelho Andrade LE, Costa dos Santos PC, Ramos Costa MC, da Silva IT, Estécio MR, Sa Ferreira K, Furnari FB, Faria M Jr, Galante PA, Guimaraes GS, Holanda AJ, Kimura ET, Leerkes MR, Lu X, Maciel RM, Martins EA, Massirer KB, Melo AS, Mestriner CA, Miracca EC, Miranda LL, Nobrega FG, Oliveira PS, Paquola AC, Pandolfi JR, Campos Pardini MI, Passetti F, Quackenbush J, Schnabel B, Sogayar MC, Souza JE, Valentini SR, Zaiats AC, Amaral EJ, Arnaldi LA, de Araújo AG, de Bessa SA, Bicknell DC, Ribeiro de Camaro ME, Carraro DM, Carrer H, Carvalho AF, Colin C, Costa F, Curcio C, Guerreiro da Silva ID, Pereira da Silva N, Dellamano M, El-Dorry H, Espreafico EM, Scattone Ferreira AJ, Ayres Ferreira C, Fortes MA, Gama AH, Giannella-Neto D, Giannella ML, Giorgi RR, Goldman GH, Goldman MH, Hackel C, Ho PL, Kimura EM, Kowalski LP, Krieger JE, Leite LC, Lopes A, Luna AM, Mackay A, Mari SK, Marques AA, Martins WK, Montagnini A, Mourão Neto M, Nascimento AL, Neville AM, Nobrega MP, O'Hare MJ, Otsuka AY, Ruas de Melo AI, Paco-Larson ML, Guimarães Pereira G, Pereira da Silva N, Pesquero JB, Pessoa JG, Rahal P, Rainho CA, Rodrigues V, Rogatto SR, Romano CM, Romeiro JG, Rossi BM, Rusticci M, Guerra de Sá R, Sant' Anna SC, Sarmazo ML, Silva TC, Soares FA, Sonati Mde F, de Freitas Sousa J, Queiroz D, Valente V, Vettore AL, Villanova FE, Zago MA, Zalcberg H; Human Cancer Genome Project/Cancer Genome Anatomy Project Annotation Consortium; Human Cancer Genome Project Sequencing Consortium.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2003 Nov 11; 100(23):13418-23. PMID: 14593198



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Non-coding RNAs in schistosomes: an unexplored world.
Oliveira KC, Carvalho ML, Maracaja-Coutinho V, Kitajima JP, Verjovski-Almeida S.
An Acad Bras Cienc. 2011 Jun; 83(2):673-94 PMID: 21745473


Exploring the Schistosoma mansoni adult male transcriptome using RNA-seq.
Almeida GT, Amaral MS, Beckedorff FC, Kitajima JP, Demarco R, Verjovski-Almeida S.
Exp Parasitol. 2011 Jul 2. PMID: 21745473


Schistosoma mansoni: Molecular characterization of Alkaline Phosphatase and expression patterns across life cycle stages.
Araujo-Montoya BO, Rofatto HK, Tararam CA, Farias LP, Oliveira KC, Verjovski-Almeida S, Wilson RA, Leite LC.
Exp Parasitol. 2011 Jul 18. PMID: 21784070


Protein variation in blood-dwelling schistosome worms generated by differential splicing of micro-exon gene transcripts.
DeMarco R, Mathieson W, Manuel SJ, Dillon GP, Curwen RS, Ashton PD, Ivens AC, Berriman M, Verjovski-Almeida S, Wilson RA.
Genome Res. 2010 Aug; 20(8):1112-21. PMID: 20606017


Bursts of transposition from non-long terminal repeat retrotransposon families of the RTE clade in Schistosoma mansoni.
Venancio TM, Wilson RA, Verjovski-Almeida S, DeMarco R.
Int J Parasitol. 2010 May; 40(6):743-9. PMID: 20018191


Identification of the Schistosoma mansoni TNF-alpha receptor gene and the effect of human TNF-alpha on the parasite gene expression profile.
Oliveira KC, Carvalho ML, Venancio TM, Miyasato PA, Kawano T, DeMarco R, Verjovski-Almeida S.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009 Dec 1; 3(12):e556. PMID: 19956564


Interference with hemozoin formation represents an important mechanism of schistosomicidal action of antimalarial quinoline methanols.
Correa Soares JB, Menezes D, Vannier-Santos MA, Ferreira-Pereira A, Almeida GT, Venancio TM, Verjovski-Almeida S, Zishiri VK, Kuter D, Hunter R, Egan TJ, Oliveira MF.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009 Jul 14; 3(7):e477. PMID: 19597543


Schistosomes - proteomics studies for potential novel vaccines and drug targets.
DeMarco R, Verjovski-Almeida S.
Drug Discov Today. 2009 May; 14(9-10):472-8. Review. PMID: 19429506


Schistosoma mansoni tegument protein Sm29 is able to induce a Th1-type of immune response and protection against parasite infection.
Cardoso FC, Macedo GC, Gava E, Kitten GT, Mati VL, de Melo AL, Caliari MV, Almeida GT, Venancio TM, Verjovski-Almeida S, Oliveira SC.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 Oct 1; 2(10):e308. PMID: 18827884


The Brazilian contribution to the study of the Schistosoma mansoni transcriptome.
Oliveira G, Franco G, Verjovski-Almeida S.
Acta Trop. 2008 Nov-Dec; 108(2-3):179-82. Review. PMID: 18554565


Current developments on Schistosoma proteomics.
Verjovski-Almeida S, DeMarco R.
Acta Trop. 2008 Nov-Dec; 108(2-3):183-5. Review. PMID: 18539255


Analysis of Schistosoma mansoni genes shared with Deuterostomia and with possible roles in host interactions.
Venancio TM, DeMarco R, Almeida GT, Oliveira KC, Setubal JC, Verjovski-Almeida S.
BMC Genomics. 2007 Nov 8; 8:407. PMID: 17996068


A quantitative view of the transcriptome of Schistosoma mansoni adult-worms using SAGE.
Ojopi EP, Oliveira PS, Nunes DN, Paquola A, DeMarco R, Gregorio SP, Aires KA, Menck CF, Leite LC, Verjovski-Almeida S, Dias-Neto E.
BMC Genomics. 2007 Jun 21; 8:186. PMID: 17584941


Use of a 44k oligoarray to explore the transcriptome of Schistosoma mansoni adult worms.
Verjovski-Almeida S, Venancio TM, Oliveira KC, Almeida GT, DeMarco R.
Exp Parasitol. 2007 Nov; 117(3):236-45. PMID: 17517391


Characterization of Schistosoma mansoni ATPDase2 gene, a novel apyrase family member.
Levano-Garcia J, Mortara RA, Verjovski-Almeida S, DeMarco R.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Jan 12; 352(2):384-9. PMID: 17113569


SmTRC1, a novel Schistosoma mansoni DNA transposon, discloses new families of animal and fungi transposons belonging to the CACTA superfamily.
DeMarco R, Venancio TM, Verjovski-Almeida S.
BMC Evol Biol. 2006 Nov 7; 6:89. PMID: 17090310


Gender biased differential alternative splicing patterns of the transcriptional cofactor CA150 gene in Schistosoma mansoni.
DeMarco R, Oliveira KC, Venancio TM, Verjovski-Almeida S.
Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2006 Dec; 150(2):123-31. PMID: 16904200


Schistosoma mansoni TGF-beta receptor II: role in host ligand-induced regulation of a schistosome target gene.
Osman A, Niles EG, Verjovski-Almeida S, LoVerde PT.
PLoS Pathog. 2006 Jun; 2(6):e54. PMID: 16789838


Cloning the genes and DNA binding properties of High Mobility Group B1 (HMGB1) proteins from the human blood flukes Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum.
de Oliveira FM, de Abreu da Silva IC, Rumjanek FD, Dias-Neto E, Guimaraes PE, Verjovski-Almeida S, Stros M, Fantappie MR.
Gene. 2006 Aug 1; 377:33-45. PMID: 16644144


Schistosomiasis - a century searching for chemotherapeutic drugs.
Ribeiro-dos-Santos G, Verjovski-Almeida S, Leite LC.
Parasitol Res. 2006 Oct; 99(5):505-21. Review. PMID: 16636847


The tegument surface membranes of the human blood parasite Schistosoma mansoni : a proteomic analysis after differential extraction.
Braschi S, Curwen RS, Ashton PD, Verjovski-Almeida S, Wilson A.
Proteomics. 2006 Mar; 6(5):1471-82. PMID: 16447162


Identification of 18 new transcribed retrotransposons in Schistosoma mansoni.
DeMarco R, Machado AA, Bisson-Filho AW, Verjovski-Almeida S.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005 Jul 22; 333(1):230-40. PMID: 15939396


Schistosome transcriptome: insights and perspectives for functional genomics.
Verjovski-Almeida S, Leite LC, Dias-Neto E, Menck CF, Wilson RA.
Trends Parasitol. 2004 Jul; 20(7):304-8. Review. PMID: 15193558


Saci-1, -2, and -3 and Perere, four novel retrotransposons with high transcriptional activities from the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni.
DeMarco R, Kowaltowski AT, Machado AA, Soares MB, Gargioni C, Kawano T, Rodrigues V, Madeira AM, Wilson RA, Menck CF, Setubal JC, Dias-Neto E, Leite LC, Verjovski-Almeida S.
J Virol. 2004 Mar; 78(6):2967-78. Erratum in: J Virol. 2004 May; 78(9):4950. PMID: 14990715


Transcriptome analysis of the acoelomate human parasite Schistosoma mansoni.
Verjovski-Almeida S, DeMarco R, Martins EA, Guimaraes PE, Ojopi EP, Paquola AC, Piazza JP, Nishiyama MY Jr, Kitajima JP, Adamson RE, Ashton PD, Bonaldo MF, Coulson PS, Dillon GP, Farias LP, Gregorio SP, Ho PL, Leite RA, Malaquias LC, Marques RC, Miyasato PA, Nascimento AL, Ohlweiler FP, Reis EM, Ribeiro MA, Sa RG, Stukart GC, Soares MB, Gargioni C, Kawano T, Rodrigues V, Madeira AM, Wilson RA, Menck CF, Setubal JC, Leite LC, Dias-Neto E.
Nat Genet. 2003 Oct; 35(2):148-57. PMID: 12973350


Molecular characterization and immunolocalization of Schistosoma mansoni ATP-diphosphohydrolase.
DeMarco R, Kowaltowski AT, Mortara RA, Verjovski-Almeida S.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2003 Aug 8; 307(4):831-8. PMID: 12878186


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