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Monocyte antigen-presenting capacity to iNKT cells is influenced by the blood collection conditions by Borges, Sofia M., Santos, Cláudia, Macedo, M. Fátima

“…It is widely accepted that different blood collection conditions, including anticoagulants, influence leukocyte phenotype and function. Buffy Coats originated…”
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Inherited Metabolic Disorders: From Bench to Bedside by Fonseca, Tiago, Macedo, M Fátima

“…Inherited metabolic disorders (IMDs), commonly referred to as inborn errors of metabolism, represent a spectrum of disorders with a defined (or presumed)…”
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Control of CD1d-restricted antigen presentation and inflammation by sphingomyelin by Melum, Espen, Jiang, Xiaojun, Baker, Kristi D., Macedo, M. Fatima, Fritsch, Jürgen, Dowds, C. Marie, Wang, Jing, Pharo, Anne, Kaser, Arthur, Tan, Corey, Pereira, Catia S., Kelly, Samuel L., Duan, Jingjing, Karlsen, Tom H., Exley, Mark A., Schütze, Stefan, Zajonc, Dirk M., Merrill, Alfred H., Schuchman, Edward H., Zeissig, Sebastian, Blumberg, Richard S.

“…Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells recognize activating self and microbial lipids presented by CD1d. CD1d can also bind non-activating lipids, such as…”
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Buffy Coat Processing Impacts on Monocytes' Capacity to Present Lipid Antigens by Mondragão-Rodrigues, Inês, Macedo, M Fátima

“…Buffy Coats, generated from a blood donor's whole blood bag unit, are commonly used in biomedical research as a source of leukocytes due to the high number of…”
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Leukocyte Imbalances in Mucopolysaccharidoses Patients by Lopes, Nuno, Maia, Maria L, Pereira, Cátia S, Mondragão-Rodrigues, Inês, Martins, Esmeralda, Ribeiro, Rosa, Gaspar, Ana, Aguiar, Patrício, Garcia, Paula, Cardoso, Maria Teresa, Rodrigues, Esmeralda, Leão-Teles, Elisa, Giugliani, Roberto, Coutinho, Maria F, Alves, Sandra, Macedo, M Fátima

“…Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPSs) are rare inherited lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) caused by deficient activity in one of the enzymes responsible for…”
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CD1-Restricted T Cells at the Crossroad of Innate and Adaptive Immunity by Pereira, Catia S., Macedo, M. Fatima

“…Lipid-specific T cells comprise a group of T cells that recognize lipids bound to the MHC class I-like CD1 molecules. There are four isoforms of CD1 that are…”
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From Lysosomal Storage Diseases to NKT Cell Activation and Back by Pereira, Cátia S, Ribeiro, Helena, Macedo, M Fatima

“…Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) are inherited metabolic disorders characterized by the accumulation of different types of substrates in the lysosome. With a…”
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Invariant natural killer T cells are phenotypically and functionally altered in Fabry disease by Pereira, Catia S., Azevedo, Olga, Maia, M. Luz, Dias, Ana F., Sa-Miranda, Clara, Macedo, M. Fatima

“…Fabry disease is a lysosomal storage disease belonging to the group of sphingolipidoses. In Fabry disease there is accumulation of mainly globotriaosylceramide…”
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Lipid Antigen Presentation by CD1b and CD1d in Lysosomal Storage Disease Patients by Pereira, Catia S, Pérez-Cabezas, Begoña, Ribeiro, Helena, Maia, M Luz, Cardoso, M Teresa, Dias, Ana F, Azevedo, Olga, Ferreira, M Fatima, Garcia, Paula, Rodrigues, Esmeralda, Castro-Chaves, Paulo, Martins, Esmeralda, Aguiar, Patricio, Pineda, Mercè, Amraoui, Yasmina, Fecarotta, Simona, Leão-Teles, Elisa, Deng, Shenglou, Savage, Paul B, Macedo, M Fatima

“…The lysosome has a key role in the presentation of lipid antigens by CD1 molecules. While defects in lipid antigen presentation and in invariant Natural Killer…”
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Transferrin is required for early T‐cell differentiation by Macedo, M. Fatima, De Sousa, Maria, Ned, Renee M., Mascarenhas, Claudia, Andrews, Nancy C., Correia‐Neves, Margarida

“…Summary Transferrin, the major plasma iron carrier, mediates iron entry into cells through interaction with its receptor. Several in vitro studies have…”
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The Biology of Lysosomes: From Order to Disorder by Amaral, Olga, Martins, Mariana, Oliveira, Ana Rita, Duarte, Ana Joana, Mondragão-Rodrigues, Inês, Macedo, M Fátima

“…Since its discovery in 1955, the understanding of the lysosome has continuously increased. Once considered a mere waste removal system, the lysosome is now…”
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Human iNKT Cells Modulate Macrophage Survival and Phenotype by Loureiro, J Pedro, Cruz, Mariana S, Cardoso, Ana P, Oliveira, Maria J, Macedo, M Fátima

“…CD1d-restricted invariant Natural Killer T (iNKT) cells are unconventional innate-like T cells whose functions highly depend on the interactions they establish…”
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Low serum transferrin levels in HFE C282Y homozygous subjects are associated with low CD8 + T lymphocyte numbers by Macedo, M. Fatima, Cruz, Eugenia, Lacerda, Rosa, Porto, Graça, de Sousa, Maria

“…Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is a genetic iron overload disease, in the majority of cases associated with homozygosity for the C282Y mutation of the HFE…”
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Inhibition of p38MAP kinase potentiates the JNK/SAPK pathway and AP-1 activity in monocytic but not in macrophage or granulocytic differentiation of HL60 cells by Wang, Xuening, Studzinski, George P.

“…Monocytic differentiation of HL60 cells induced by 1,25‐dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25 D3) has been recently shown (Exp Cell Res 258, 425, 2000) to be enhanced by…”
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Human T cell responses to endogenously presented HLA-A0201 restricted peptides of simian virus 40 large T antigen by Velders, Markwin P., Macedo, M. Fatima, Provenzano, Maurizio, Elmishad, Amira G., Holzhütter, Hermann-Georg, Carbone, Michele, Kast, W. Martin

“…Presence of the simian virus 40 (SV40) has recently been demonstrated in a relatively high percentage of human mesotheliomas and it is associated with the…”
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Identification of Peptides for Immunotherapy of Cancer. It is Still Worth the Effort by Velders, Markwin P., Nieland, John D., Rudolf, Michael P., Loviscek, Kathleen, Weijzen, Sanne, de Visser, Earin E., Macedo, M. Fatima, Carbone, Michele, Kast, W. Martin

“…As the nature of the T cell immune response is defined by T cell receptor recognition of small protein fragments, referred to as peptides, the identification…”
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