Licarion Pinto

Dr. Licarion Pinto

Analytical Chemistry, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 July 2016 in Talanta
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MMMilagros Montemurro
Milagros Montemurro
Licarion PintoLicarion Pinto
Licarion Pinto
GVGermano Veras
Germano Veras
AGAdriano de Araujo Gomes
Adriano de Araujo Gomes
MCMaría J. Culzoni
María J. Culzoni
Hector GoicoecheaHector Goicoechea
Hector Goicoechea

1 January 2016 in Analytica Chimica Acta
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Licarion PintoLicarion Pinto
Licarion Pinto
CNCésar Horacio Díaz Nieto
César Horacio Díaz Nieto
MZMaría Alicia Zón
María Alicia Zón
HFHéctor Fernández
Héctor Fernández
MAMario Cesar Ugulino de Araujo
Mario Cesar Ugulino de Araujo


26 July 2020 in Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
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FNFilipe Tenorio Lira Neto
Filipe Tenorio Lira Neto
RMRonmilson Alves Marques
Ronmilson Alves Marques
AFAlexandre de Freitas Cavalcanti Filho
Alexandre de Freitas Cavalcanti Filho
LALeslie Clifford Noronha Araujo
Leslie Clifford Noronha Araujo
SLSalvador Vilar Correia Lima
Salvador Vilar Correia Lima
RSRicardo Oliveira Silva
Ricardo Oliveira Silva
Purpose “Omics” techniques have been used to understand and to identify biomarkers of male infertility. We report on the first metabonomics models created to diagnose varicocele and infertility among men with varicocele. Methods We recruited 35 infertile men with varicocele (VI group), 21 fertile men with varicocele (VF group) and 24 fertile men without varicocele (C group). All men underwent standard semen analysis, scrotal duplex ultrasonography, and sexual hormone level measurement. Hydrogen-1 nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectra of seminal plasma were used to create metabonomics models to discriminate between men with and without varicocele, and between fertile and infertile men with varicocele. Results Using the statistical formalisms partial least square discriminants analysis and genetic algorithm–based linear discriminant analysis (GA-LDA), we created two models that discriminated the three groups from each other with accuracy of 92.17%. We also created metabonomics models using orthogonal partial least square discriminants analysis and GA-LDA that discriminated VF group from VI group, with an accuracy of 94.64% and 100% respectively. We identified 19 metabolites that were important in group segregation: caprate, 2-hydroxy-3-methylvalerate, leucine, valine, 3-hydroxybutyrate, lactate, alanine, 4-aminobutyrate, isoleucine, citrate, methanol, glucose, glycosides, glycerol-3-phosphocoline, n-acetyltyrosine, glutamine, tyrosine, arginine, and uridine. Conclusions 1HNMR-based metabonomics of seminal plasma can be used to create metabonomics models to discriminate between men with varicocele from those without varicocele, and between fertile men with varicocele from those infertile with varicocele. Furthermore, the most important metabolites for group segregation are involved in the oxidative stress caused by varicocele.