Search Results - "Bezerra, Ohanna Cavalcanti de Lima"
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Association of NOD2 and IFNG single nucleotide polymorphisms with leprosy in the Amazon ethnic admixed population
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-05-2020)“…Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which affects skin and peripheral nerves. Polymorphisms in genes associated with…”
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Putative pathogen-selected polymorphisms in the PKLR gene are associated with mycobacterial susceptibility in Brazilian and African populations
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-08-2021)“…Pyruvate kinase (PK), encoded by the PKLR gene, is a key player in glycolysis controlling the integrity of erythrocytes. Due to Plasmodium selection, mutations…”
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Interferon-lambda 3 and 4 Polymorphisms Increase Sustained Virological Responses and Regulate Innate Immunity in Antiviral Therapy With Pegylated Interferon-Alpha
Published in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology (07-07-2021)“…Sustained virologic response (SVR) in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) treatment denotes that the host genetics controls the immune response and unequivocally…”
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Correction: Association of NOD2 and IFNG single nucleotide polymorphisms with leprosy in the Amazon ethnic admixed population
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (24-03-2023)“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008247.]…”
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Inflammasome Genetic Variants Are Associated with Protection to Clinical Severity of COVID-19 among Patients from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Published in BioMed research international (05-09-2022)“…COVID-19 has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations, from asymptomatic or mild/moderate symptoms to severe symptoms and death. The mechanisms underlying…”
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Association between Maternal Non-Coding Interferon-λ Polymorphisms and Congenital Zika Syndrome in a Cohort from Brazilian Northeast
Published in Viruses (10-11-2021)“…Congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) is characterized by a diverse group of congenital malformations induced by ZIKV infection during pregnancy. Type III interferons…”
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Congenital Zika Syndrome Is Associated With Interferon Alfa Receptor 1
Published in Frontiers in immunology (25-11-2021)“…Host factors that influence Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS) outcome remain elusive. Interferons have been reported as the main antiviral factor in Zika and…”
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Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and iron are required for Mycobacterium leprae survival
Published in Microbes and infection (01-11-2017)“…Our previous study has demonstrated that IL-10 may modulate both indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) and CD163 expression in lepromatous leprosy (LL) cells,…”
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