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Schistosomes Enhance Plasminogen Activation: The Role of Tegumental Enolase by Figueiredo, Barbara C, Da'dara, Akram A, Oliveira, Sergio C, Skelly, Patrick J

“…Schistosoma mansoni is a blood fluke parasite that causes schistosomiasis, a debilitating disease of global public health importance. These relatively large…”
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Schistosoma mansoni SmKI-1 serine protease inhibitor binds to elastase and impairs neutrophil function and inflammation by Morais, Suellen B, Figueiredo, Barbara C, Assis, Natan R G, Alvarenga, Debora M, de Magalhães, Mariana T Q, Ferreira, Rafaela S, Vieira, Angélica T, Menezes, Gustavo B, Oliveira, Sergio C

“…Protease inhibitors have important function during homeostasis, inflammation and tissue injury. In this study, we described the role of Schistosoma mansoni…”
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Schistosoma mansoni SmKI-1 or Its C-Terminal Fragment Induces Partial Protection Against S. mansoni Infection in Mice by Morais, Suellen B., Figueiredo, Barbara C., Assis, Natan R. G., Homan, Jane, Mambelli, Fábio S., Bicalho, Rodrigo M., Souza, Cláudia, Martins, Vicente P., Pinheiro, Carina S., Oliveira, Sergio C.

“…Current schistosomiasis control strategies are mainly based on chemotherapy, but the development of a vaccine against this parasitic disease would contribute…”
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Modulation of Microtubule Dynamics Affects Brucella abortus Intracellular Survival, Pathogen-Containing Vacuole Maturation, and Pro-inflammatory Cytokine Production in Infected Macrophages by Alves-Silva, Juliana, Tavares, Isabela P, Guimarães, Erika S, Costa Franco, Miriam M, Figueiredo, Barbara C, Marques, João T, Splitter, Gary, Oliveira, Sergio C

“…The microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton regulates several cellular processes related to the immune system. For instance, an intricate intracellular transport…”
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Sm10.3, a member of the micro-exon gene 4 (MEG-4) family, induces erythrocyte agglutination in vitro and partially protects vaccinated mice against Schistosoma mansoni infection by Martins, Vicente P, Morais, Suellen B, Pinheiro, Carina S, Assis, Natan R G, Figueiredo, Barbara C P, Ricci, Natasha D, Alves-Silva, Juliana, Caliari, Marcelo V, Oliveira, Sergio C

“…The parasitic flatworm Schistosoma mansoni is a blood fluke that causes schistosomiasis. Current schistosomiasis control strategies are mainly based on…”
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Schistosome syntenin partially protects vaccinated mice against Schistosoma mansoni infection by Figueiredo, Barbara C, Assis, Natan R G, Morais, Suellen B, Ricci, Natasha D, Pinheiro, Carina S, Martins, Vicente P, Bicalho, Rodrigo M, Da'dara, Akram A, Skelly, Patrick J, Oliveira, Sergio C

“…Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by several species of trematode of the genus Schistosoma. The disease affects more than 200 million…”
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Immunomodulatory properties of Schistosoma mansoni proteins Sm200 and SmKI-1 in vitro and in a murine model of allergy to the mite Blomia tropicalis by L. S. Alves, Camile, F. Santiago, Leonardo, B. R. Santana, Marina, C. P. Figueiredo, Barbara, B. Morais, Suellen, C. Oliveira, Sergio, G. C. Pacheco, Luis, M. Alcantara-Neves, Neuza, S. Pinheiro, Carina

“…•Helminths proteins, especially from Schistosoma mansoni, lead to reduction of symptoms of atopy and allergic diseases.•The S. mansoni proteins rSm200-3 and…”
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The use of gold nanorods as a new vaccine platform against schistosomiasis by Assis, Natan R.G., Caires, Anderson J., Figueiredo, Bárbara C., Morais, Suellen B., Mambelli, Fábio S., Marinho, Fábio V., Ladeira, Luís O., Oliveira, Sergio C.

“…Schistosomiasis is an important parasitic disease affecting >207 million people in 76 countries around the world and causing approximately 250,000 deaths per…”
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A double edged sword: Schistosoma mansoni Sm29 regulates both Th1 and Th2 responses in inflammatory mucosal diseases by Oliveira, Sergio C, Figueiredo, Barbara C, Cardoso, Luciana S, Carvalho, Edgar M

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Psychosocial adjustment and physical health in children of divorce by Nunes-Costa, Rui A, Lamela, Diogo J P V, Figueiredo, Bárbara F C

“…To review the literature on the effects of parental divorce over the psychological maladjustment and physical health problems in children of divorced parents,…”
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Vaccination with Enzymatically Cleaved GPI-Anchored Proteins from Schistosoma mansoni Induces Protection against Challenge Infection by Martins, Vicente P., Pinheiro, Carina S., Figueiredo, Bárbara C. P., Assis, Natan R. G., Morais, Suellen B., Caliari, Marcelo Vidigal, Azevedo, Vasco, Castro-Borges, William, Wilson, R. Alan, Oliveira, Sergio Costa

“…The flatworm Schistosoma mansoni is a blood fluke parasite that causes schistosomiasis, a debilitating disease that occurs throughout the developing world…”
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Computational Vaccinology : An Important Strategy to Discover New Potential S. mansoni Vaccine Candidates by Pinheiro, Carina S., Martins, Vicente P., Assis, Natan R. G., Figueiredo, Bárbara C. P., Morais, Suellen B., Azevedo, Vasco, Oliveira, Sergio Costa

“…The flatworm Schistosoma mansoni is a blood fluke parasite that causes schistosomiasis, a debilitating disease that occurs throughout the developing world…”
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Schistosomes Enhance Plasminogen Activation: The Role of Tegumental Enolase: e1005335 by Figueiredo, Barbara C, Oliveira, Sergio C, Skelly, Patrick J

“…Schistosoma mansoni is a blood fluke parasite that causes schistosomiasis, a debilitating disease of global public health importance. These relatively large…”
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Corrigendum to “Advances in Immunology of Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Control Tools and Prospects for Disease Elimination” by Marinho, Fabio Vitarelli, Pinheiro, Carina S., Figueiredo, Barbara C., Guerrero, Nestor Adrian

“…In the article titled “Advances in Immunology of Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Control Tools and Prospects for Disease Elimination” [1], author Nestor…”
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Classification of Wheezing Children in Rural Bangladesh by Intensity of Ascaris Infection, Total and Specific IgE Levels, History of Pneumonia, and Other Risk Factors by Iwata, Tsutomu, Hasan, S. M. Tafsir, Takanashi, Sayaka, Zaman, K., Khan, Md Alfazal, Takeuchi, Haruko, Yunus, Mohammad

“…Ascaris lumbricoides is the most common soil-transmitted helminth and infects 447 million people in impoverished areas worldwide. It causes serious morbidity…”
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Sm16, A Schistosoma mansoni Immunomodulatory Protein, Fails to Elicit a Protective Immune Response and Does Not Have an Essential Role in Parasite Survival in the Definitive Host by da Silva-Pereira, Rosiane Aparecida, Fonseca, Cristina Toscano, de Moraes Mourão, Marina, Teixeira, Sueleny Silva Ferreira, Dutra, Isabela Thamara Sabino, de Moura Coelho, Aline Thaynara, Alves, Clarice Carvalho, Carvalho, Gardênia Braz, de Araújo, Juliano Michel, Bernardes, Wilma Patrícia de Oliveira Santos, Ribeiro, R. I. M. A.

“…Sm16 is an immunomodulatory protein that seems to play a key role in the suppression of the cutaneous inflammatory response during Schistosoma mansoni…”
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Schistosome Syntenin Partially Protects Vaccinated Mice against Schistosoma mansoni Infection: e3107 by Figueiredo, Barbara C, Assis, Natan RG, Morais, Suellen B, Ricci, Natasha D, Pinheiro, Carina S, Martins, Vicente P, Bicalho, Rodrigo M, Skelly, Patrick J, Oliveira, Sergio C

“…Background Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by several species of trematode of the genus Schistosoma. The disease affects more than 200…”
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Schistosoma mansoni Sm KI-1 or Its C-Terminal Fragment Induces Partial Protection Against S. mansoni Infection in Mice by Morais, Suellen B, Figueiredo, Barbara C, Assis, Natan R G, Homan, Jane, Mambelli, Fábio S, Bicalho, Rodrigo M, Souza, Cláudia, Martins, Vicente P, Pinheiro, Carina S, Oliveira, Sergio C

“…Current schistosomiasis control strategies are mainly based on chemotherapy, but the development of a vaccine against this parasitic disease would contribute…”
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Sm10.3, a Member of the Micro-Exon Gene 4 (MEG-4) Family, Induces Erythrocyte Agglutination In Vitro and Partially Protects Vaccinated Mice against Schistosoma mansoni Infection: e2750 by Martins, Vicente P, Morais, Suellen B, Pinheiro, Carina S, Assis, Natan RG, Figueiredo, Barbara CP, Ricci, Natasha D, Alves-Silva, Juliana, Caliari, Marcelo V, Oliveira, Sergio C

“…Background The parasitic flatworm Schistosoma mansoni is a blood fluke that causes schistosomiasis. Current schistosomiasis control strategies are mainly based…”
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Vaccination with Enzymatically Cleaved GPI-Anchored Proteins from Schistosoma mansoni Induces Protection against Challenge Infection by Oliveira, Sérgio Costa, Wilson, R. Alan, Azevedo, Vasco, Caliari, Marcelo Vidigal, Morais, Suellen B., Assis, Natan R. G., Figueiredo, Bárbara C. P., Pinheiro, Carina S., Martins, Vicente P., Castro-Borges, William

“…The flatworm Schistosoma mansoni is a blood fluke parasite that causes schistosomiasis, a debilitating disease that occurs throughout the developing world…”
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