Recent evidence has suggested that the carotid bodies might act as immunological sensors,
detecting pro-inflammatory mediators and signalling to the central nervous system, which, …

The idea that the nervous system communicates with the immune system to regulate
physiological and pathological processes is not new. However, there is still much to learn about …

… IP Leirão and CA Silva contributed equally to this study. … Animals were anaesthetized
with ketamine (100 mg kg −1 ; i.p.) and xylazine (15 mg kg −1 ; i.p.) to have the EMG and EEG …

Study Objectives Exposure to postnatal chronic intermittent hypoxia (pCIH), as experienced
in sleep-disordered breathing, is a risk factor for developing cardiorespiratory diseases in …

… Evangelista and Isabela Paula Leirão provided intellectual input and designed the review. …
Evangelista and Isabela de Paula Leirão corrected and approved the final version of the …

… Author links open overlay panel Isabela P. Leirão a , Débora SA Colombari a , Glauber SF
… These neurons compose the retrotrapeoid nucleus (RTN), express receptors for substance P …

Active expiration represents an important mechanism to improve ventilation in conditions of
augmented ventilatory demand, such as hypercapnia. While a rostral ventromedullary region…

… We downloaded all B.1.1.28, P.1, and P.2 high-coverage genomes available in GISAID on
… highlight P.1 and P.2 lineages. The aLRT support value for the branch holding P.1 and P.2 …

Patient-specific cardiomyocytes obtained from induced pluripotent stem cells (CM-iPSC)
offer unprecedented mechanistic insights in the study of inherited cardiac diseases. The …

Serological tests detect antibodies generated by infection or vaccination, and are indispensable
tools along different phases of a pandemic, from early monitoring of pathogen spread up …