Search Results - "Oliveira, Milton A. P"
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Interleukin-32γ in the Control of Acute Experimental Chagas Disease
Published in Journal of immunology research (20-01-2022)“…Chagas disease (CD) is an important parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Interleukin-32 (IL-32) plays an important role in inflammation and in the…”
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Energetic metabolism of axenic promastigotes of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
Published in Experimental parasitology (01-08-2011)“…Chromatogram of organic acids detected from promastigotes of MHOM/BR/1975/M2903 strain, MHOM/BR/2003/IMG3 and MHOM/BR/2005/RPL5 isolates, logarithmic phase…”
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IFN-gamma role in granuloma formation in experimental subcutaneous cysticercosis
Published in Experimental parasitology (01-09-2016)“…Cysticercosis is an infection caused by the metacestode larval stage of Taenia parasites in tissues and elicits a host-parasite reaction in which the immune…”
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Mycoplasmal lipid-associated membrane proteins and Mycoplasma arthritidis mitogen recognition by serum antibodies from patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Published in Rheumatology international (01-07-2011)“…Mycoplasmal lipid-associated membrane proteins (LAMPs) and Mycoplasma arthritidis mitogen (MAM superantigen) are potent stimulators of the immune system. The…”
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Morphological alterations and growth inhibition of Leishmania (L.)amazonensis promastigotes exposed to zidovudine (AZT)
Published in Parasitology research (1987) (01-03-2011)“…Leishmania parasites cause a worldwide public health disease and its treatment is still based on pentavalent antimonials which present financial and…”
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Improvements in obtaining New World Leishmania sp from mucosal lesions: Notes on isolating and stocking parasites
Published in Experimental parasitology (01-10-2012)“…Interferon gamma-deficient mouse improves the isolation of New World Leishmania from mucosal leishmaniasis lesions, circumventing difficulties with culture…”
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Increase of NK Cells and Proinflammatory Monocytes Are Associated with the Clinical Improvement of Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis after Immunochemotherapy with BCG/Leishmania Antigens
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-09-2009)“…Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL) is characterized by disseminated lesions and the absence of a specific cellular immune response. Here, the…”
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dysflagellar mutant of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis isolated from a cutaneous leishmaniasis patient
Published in Parasites & vectors (11-01-2012)“…BACKGROUND: Parasites of the Leishmania genus alternate between the flagellated extracellular promastigote stage and intracellular amastigotes. Here we report…”
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Targeting the Annexin A1-FPR2/ALX pathway for host-directed therapy in dengue disease
Published in eLife (16-03-2022)“…Host immune responses contribute to dengue's pathogenesis and severity, yet the possibility that failure in endogenous inflammation resolution pathways could…”
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Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis amastigotes from patients with mucosal leishmaniasis have increased ability to disseminate and are controlled by nitric oxide at the early stage of murine infection
Published in Pathogens and disease (01-06-2016)“…Mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) caused by Leishmania (Vianna) braziliensis usually appears after the healing of the primary lesion when amastigotes disseminate from…”
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Case Report: Increase of NK Cells and Proinflammatory Monocytes Are Associated with the Clinical Improvement of Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis after Immunochemotherapy with BCG/Leishmania Antigens
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Taenia crassiceps antigens induce a Th2 immune response and attenuate injuries experimentally induced by neurotoxoplasmosis in BALB/c mice
Published in Parasitology international (01-02-2018)“…Toxoplasma gondii is a pathogenic agent responsible for causing both systemic and local disease which elicits a typically pro-inflammatory, Th1 immune…”
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Ecto-nucleotidase activities of promastigotes from Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis relates to parasite infectivity and disease clinical outcome
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-10-2012)“…Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis has been associated with a broad range of clinical manifestations ranging from a simple cutaneous ulcer to destructive…”
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Arginase activity is associated with fibrosis in experimental infection with Taenia crassiceps, but does not play a major role in resistance to infection
Published in Experimental parasitology (01-11-2013)“…•Arginase activity increases early after infection with Taenia crassiceps cysticerci.•Supplementation of l-arginine does not affect cysticerci number and…”
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Electroacupuncture at the ST36 acupoint increases interleukin-4 responsiveness in macrophages, generation of alternatively activated macrophages and susceptibility to Leishmania major infection
Published in Chinese medicine (28-07-2012)“…Electroacupuncture (EA) has been used to treat inflammatory diseases. Alternatively activated macrophages (AAMo) stimulated by cytokines such as interleukin…”
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Macrophages at intermediate stage of maturation produce high levels of IL-12 p40 upon stimulation with Leishmania
Published in Microbes and infection (01-02-2005)“…IL-12 is one of the main cytokines driving the immune response to a resistant phenotype in leishmaniasis and in several other diseases involving intracellular…”
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In-depth characterization of congenital Zika syndrome in immunocompetent mice: Antibody-dependent enhancement and an antiviral peptide therapy
Published in EBioMedicine (01-06-2019)“…Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy may cause major congenital defects, including microcephaly, ocular, articular and muscle abnormalities, which are…”
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Essential role of leukotriene B4 on Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis killing by human macrophages
Published in Microbes and infection (01-11-2014)“…Although Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is the most prevalent species that cause American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL), the immune response against this…”
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Essential role of leukotriene B sub(4) on Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis killing by human macrophages
Published in Microbes and infection (01-11-2014)“…Although Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is the most prevalent species that cause American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL), the immune response against this…”
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A dysflagellar mutant of Leishmania
Published in Parasites & vectors (11-01-2012)“…Parasites of the Leishmania genus alternate between the flagellated extracellular promastigote stage and intracellular amastigotes. Here we report the…”
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