Search Results - "FERREIRA, BEATRIZ R."
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Profiling the immune epigenome across global cattle breeds
Published in Genome Biology (22-05-2023)“…Understanding the variation between well and poorly adapted cattle breeds to local environments and pathogens is essential for breeding cattle with improved…”
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A transcriptome and proteome of the tick Rhipicephalus microplus shaped by the genetic composition of its hosts and developmental stage
Published in Scientific reports (30-07-2020)“…The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus , is a monoxenous tick that co-evolved with indicine cattle on the Indian subcontinent. It causes massive damage to…”
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Mining a differential sialotranscriptome of Rhipicephalus microplus guides antigen discovery to formulate a vaccine that reduces tick infestations
Published in Parasites & vectors (26-04-2017)“…Ticks cause massive damage to livestock and vaccines are one sustainable substitute for the acaricides currently heavily used to control infestations. To guide…”
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An insight into the sialotranscriptome of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Published in BMC genomics (22-07-2010)“…Rhipicephalus sanguineus, known as the brown dog tick, is a common ectoparasite of domestic dogs and can be found worldwide. R.sanguineus is recognized as the…”
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Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Highly Selective Chemokine-binding Protein from the Tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (14-09-2007)“…Ticks are blood-feeding parasites that secrete a number of immuno-modulatory factors to evade the host immune response. Saliva isolated from different species…”
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The expression of genes coding for distinct types of glycine-rich proteins varies according to the biology of three metastriate ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Amblyomma cajennense
Published in BMC genomics (08-06-2010)“…Ticks secrete a cement cone composed of many salivary proteins, some of which are rich in the amino acid glycine in order to attach to their hosts' skin…”
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Patterns of chemokines and chemokine receptors expression in different forms of human periodontal disease
Published in Journal of periodontal research (01-04-2003)“…Current knowledge states that periodontal diseases are chronic inflammatory reactions raised in response to periodontopathogens. Many cell types and mediators,…”
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CCR5 Plays a Critical Role in the Development of Myocarditis and Host Protection in Mice Infected with Trypanosoma cruzi
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (15-02-2005)“…The pathogenesis of myocarditis during Trypanosoma cruzi infection is poorly understood. We investigated the role played by chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) in the…”
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IL-4 regulates susceptibility to intestinal inflammation in murine food allergy
Published in American journal of physiology: Gastrointestinal and liver physiology (01-03-2009)“…Allergies involve a state of immediate hypersensitivity to antigens, including food proteins. The mechanism underlying the initiation and development of…”
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Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans-induced periodontal disease in mice: patterns of cytokine, chemokine, and chemokine receptor expression and leukocyte migration
Published in Microbes and infection (01-04-2005)“…Although the pathogenesis of periodontal disease (PD) is not well known, cytokines, chemotactic factors and inflammatory cells are certainly involved in the…”
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Tick saliva inhibits differentiation, maturation and function of murine bone‐marrow‐derived dendritic cells
Published in Immunology (01-02-2005)“…Summary Haematophagous arthropod vectors such as mosquitoes, tsetse flies, sandflies and ticks have evolved salivary immunomodulatory factors that prevent the…”
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Neospora caninum excreted/secreted antigens trigger CC-chemokine receptor 5-dependent cell migration
Published in International journal for parasitology (01-06-2010)“…Neospora caninum, the causative agent of neosporosis, is an obligate intracellular parasite considered to be a major cause of abortion in cattle throughout the…”
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Deconstructing tick saliva: non-protein molecules with potent immunomodulatory properties
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (01-04-2011)“…Dendritic cells (DCs) are powerful initiators of innate and adaptive immune responses. Ticks are blood-sucking ectoparasite arthropods that suppress host…”
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Ticks produce highly selective chemokine binding proteins with antiinflammatory activity
Published in The Journal of experimental medicine (01-09-2008)“…Bloodsucking parasites such as ticks have evolved a wide variety of immunomodulatory proteins that are secreted in their saliva, allowing them to feed for long…”
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Matrix metalloproteinases, their physiological inhibitors and osteoclast factors are differentially regulated by the cytokine profile in human periodontal disease
Published in Journal of clinical periodontology (01-08-2004)“…Objective: Inflammatory reactions raised in response to periodontopathogens are thought to trigger pathways of periodontal tissue destruction. We therefore…”
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The involvement of CD4CD25 T cells in the acute phase of Trypanosoma cruzi infection
Published in Microbes and infection (01-06-2008)“…The infection with Trypanosoma cruzi leads to a vigorous and apparently uncontrolled inflammatory response in the heart. Although the parasites trigger…”
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The involvement of CD4 +CD25 + T cells in the acute phase of Trypanosoma cruzi infection
Published in Microbes and infection (01-06-2008)“…The infection with Trypanosoma cruzi leads to a vigorous and apparently uncontrolled inflammatory response in the heart. Although the parasites trigger…”
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Blood transcriptome profile induced by an efficacious vaccine formulated with salivary antigens from cattle ticks
Published in npj vaccines (18-12-2019)“…Ticks cause massive damage to livestock and vaccines are one sustainable alternative for the acaricide poisons currently heavily used to control infestations…”
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Tick saliva induces regulatory dendritic cells: MAP-kinases and Toll-like receptor-2 expression as potential targets
Published in Veterinary parasitology (10-02-2010)“…Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) are bloodsucking ectoparasitic arthropods of human and veterinary medical importance. Tick saliva has been shown to contain a wide…”
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Immunoagglutination Diagnosis with Acoustofluidic Technology
Published in 2024 IEEE UFFC Latin America Ultrasonics Symposium (LAUS) (08-05-2024)“…Immunoagglutination assays rely on the detection of the chemical interaction between antibodies (Ab) and antigens (Ag), which occurs through non-covalent…”
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