Search Results - "Oliveira, José Henrique M"
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The Dose Makes the Poison: Nutritional Overload Determines the Life Traits of Blood-Feeding Arthropods
Published in Trends in parasitology (01-08-2017)“…Vertebrate blood composition is heavily biased towards proteins, and hemoglobin, which is a hemeprotein, is by far the most abundant protein. Typically,…”
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Regulation of midgut cell proliferation impacts Aedes aegypti susceptibility to dengue virus
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (21-05-2018)“…Aedes aegypti is the vector of some of the most important vector-borne diseases like dengue, chikungunya, zika and yellow fever, affecting millions of people…”
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Exploring dose-response relationships in Aedes aegypti survival upon bacteria and arbovirus infection
Published in Journal of insect physiology (01-12-2023)“…A detailed understanding of how host fitness changes in response to variations in microbe density (an ecological measure of disease tolerance) is an important…”
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Catalase protects Aedes aegypti from oxidative stress and increases midgut infection prevalence of Dengue but not Zika
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (05-04-2017)“…Digestion of blood in the midgut of Aedes aegypti results in the release of pro-oxidant molecules that can be toxic to the mosquito. We hypothesized that after…”
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Microbiota activates IMD pathway and limits Sindbis infection in Aedes aegypti
Published in Parasites & vectors (23-02-2017)“…Aedes aegypti is the main vector of important arboviruses such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya. During infections mosquitoes can activate the immune pathways…”
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The use of a chemically defined artificial diet as a tool to study Aedes aegypti physiology
Published in Journal of insect physiology (01-12-2015)“…[Display omitted] •The use of a chemically defined artificial diet for Aedes aegypti was described.•The artificial diet was named as Substitute Blood Meal…”
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The role of reactive oxygen species in Anopheles aquasalis response to Plasmodium vivax infection
Published in PloS one (18-02-2013)“…Malaria affects millions of people worldwide and hundreds of thousands of people each year in Brazil. The mosquito Anopheles aquasalis is an important vector…”
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Amino acids trigger down-regulation of superoxide via TORC pathway in the midgut of Rhodnius prolixus
Published in Bioscience reports (01-04-2016)“…Sensing incoming nutrients is an important and critical event for intestinal cells to sustain life of the whole organism. The TORC is a major protein complex…”
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Tracking Resilience to Infections by Mapping Disease Space
Published in PLoS biology (18-04-2016)“…Infected hosts differ in their responses to pathogens; some hosts are resilient and recover their original health, whereas others follow a divergent path and…”
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Trypanosoma brucei brucei: Effects of ferrous iron and heme on ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase activity
Published in Experimental parasitology (01-02-2009)“…Trypanosoma brucei brucei is the causative agent of animal African trypanosomiasis, also called nagana. Procyclic vector form resides in the midgut of the…”
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The Aedes aegypti peritrophic matrix controls arbovirus vector competence through HPx1, a heme-induced peroxidase
Published in PLoS pathogens (13-02-2023)“…Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are the main vectors of arboviruses. The peritrophic matrix (PM) is an extracellular layer that surrounds the blood bolus. It acts as…”
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Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species modulate mosquito susceptibility to Plasmodium infection
Published in PloS one (18-07-2012)“…Mitochondria perform multiple roles in cell biology, acting as the site of aerobic energy-transducing pathways and as an important source of reactive oxygen…”
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Antioxidant pathways are up-regulated during biological nitrogen fixation to prevent ROS-induced nitrogenase inhibition in Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus
Published in Archives of microbiology (01-10-2010)“…Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, an endophyte isolated from sugarcane, is a strict aerobe that fixates N₂. This process is catalyzed by nitrogenase and…”
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Blood-Feeding Induces Reversible Functional Changes in Flight Muscle Mitochondria of Aedes aegypti Mosquito
Published in PloS one (16-11-2009)“…Background: Hematophagy poses a challenge to blood-feeding organisms since products of blood digestion can exert cellular deleterious effects. Mitochondria…”
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A Macrophage Colony-Stimulating-Factor-Producing γδ T Cell Subset Prevents Malarial Parasitemic Recurrence
Published in Immunity (Cambridge, Mass.) (20-02-2018)“…Despite evidence that γδ T cells play an important role during malaria, their precise role remains unclear. During murine malaria induced by Plasmodium…”
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An insight into the transcriptome of the digestive tract of the bloodsucking bug, Rhodnius prolixus
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-01-2014)“…The bloodsucking hemipteran Rhodnius prolixus is a vector of Chagas' disease, which affects 7-8 million people today in Latin America. In contrast to other…”
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Energy metabolism affects susceptibility of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes to Plasmodium infection
Published in Insect biochemistry and molecular biology (01-06-2011)“…Previous studies showed that Anopheles gambiae L3-5 females, which are refractory (R) to Plasmodium infection, express higher levels of genes involved in…”
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As estratégias de legitimação da umbanda durante o Estado Novo: institucionalização e evolucionismo
Published in Horizonte (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) (01-05-2009)Get full text
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Blood meal-derived heme decreases ROS levels in the midgut of Aedes aegypti and allows proliferation of intestinal microbiota
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-03-2011)“…The presence of bacteria in the midgut of mosquitoes antagonizes infectious agents, such as Dengue and Plasmodium, acting as a negative factor in the vectorial…”
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As estratégias de legitimação da umbanda durante o Estado Novo: institucionalização e evolucionismo
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