Unleash IMM’s research excellence in immunity and infection through twinning to infect Lisbon and Portugal with its increase in competitiveness and innovation

Deliverables

EC KPI Widening indicator application for the 3-year window time prior to TwinnToInfect
Second TwinnToInfect Joint Summer School
KPIs definition for TwinnToInfect
First TwinnToInfect Joint Summer School

Communication package, including development of logo/brand, launch of website, brochure and flyer development

Publications

Tumor-associated neutrophils suppress pro-tumoral IL-17+ γδ T cells through induction of oxidative stress

Author(s): Sofia Mensurado, Margarida Rei, Telma Lança, Marianna Ioannou, Natacha Gonçalves-Sousa, Hiroshi Kubo, Marie Malissen, Venizelos Papayannopoulos, Karine Serre, Bruno Silva-Santos
Published in: PLOS Biology, Issue 16/5, 2018, Page(s) e2004990, ISSN 1545-7885
Publisher: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2004990

Innately versatile: γδ17 T cells in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases

Author(s): Pedro H. Papotto, Annika Reinhardt, Immo Prinz, Bruno Silva-Santos
Published in: Journal of Autoimmunity, Issue 87, 2018, Page(s) 26-37, ISSN 0896-8411
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2017.11.006

Thymic Determinants of γδ T Cell Differentiation

Author(s): Miguel Muñoz-Ruiz, Nital Sumaria, Daniel J. Pennington, Bruno Silva-Santos
Published in: Trends in Immunology, Issue 38/5, 2017, Page(s) 336-344, ISSN 1471-4906
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2017.01.007

Effector γδ T Cell Differentiation Relies on Master but Not Auxiliary Th Cell Transcription Factors

Author(s): Joana Barros-Martins, Nina Schmolka, Diana Fontinha, Marta Pires de Miranda, J. Pedro Simas, Ingrid Brok, Cristina Ferreira, Marc Veldhoen, Bruno Silva-Santos, Karine Serre
Published in: The Journal of Immunology, Issue 196/9, 2016, Page(s) 3642-3652, ISSN 0022-1767
Publisher: American Association of Immunologists
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1501921

TCR signal strength controls thymic differentiation of discrete proinflammatory γδ T cell subsets

Author(s): Miguel Muñoz-Ruiz, Julie C Ribot, Ana R Grosso, Natacha Gonçalves-Sousa, Ana Pamplona, Daniel J Pennington, José R Regueiro, Edgar Fernández-Malavé, Bruno Silva-Santos
Published in: Nature Immunology, Issue 17/6, 2016, Page(s) 721-727, ISSN 1529-2908
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3424

Delta One T Cells for Immunotherapy of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Clinical-Grade Expansion/Differentiation and Preclinical Proof of Concept

Author(s): A. R. Almeida, D. V. Correia, A. Fernandes-Platzgummer, C. L. da Silva, M. G. da Silva, D. R. Anjos, B. Silva-Santos
Published in: Clinical Cancer Research, Issue 22/23, 2016, Page(s) 5795-5804, ISSN 1078-0432
Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-16-0597

Subset-specific alterations in frequencies and functional signatures of γδ T cells in systemic sclerosis patients

Author(s): Ana Henriques, Cláudia Silva, Mariana Santiago, Maria João Henriques, António Martinho, Hélder Trindade, José António Pereira da Silva, Bruno Silva-Santos, Artur Paiva
Published in: Inflammation Research, Issue 65/12, 2016, Page(s) 985-994, ISSN 1023-3830
Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00011-016-0982-6

IL‐23 drives differentiation of peripheral γδ17 T cells from adult bone marrow‐derived precursors

Author(s): Pedro H Papotto, Natacha Gonçalves‐Sousa, Nina Schmolka, Andrea Iseppon, Sofia Mensurado, Brigitta Stockinger, Julie C Ribot, Bruno Silva‐Santos
Published in: EMBO reports, Issue 18/11, 2017, Page(s) 1957-1967, ISSN 1469-221X
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.15252/embr.201744200

Casein kinase 2 controls the survival of normal thymic and leukemic γδ T cells via promotion of AKT signaling

Author(s): S T Ribeiro, M Tesio, J C Ribot, E Macintyre, J T Barata, B Silva-Santos
Published in: Leukemia, Issue 31/7, 2016, Page(s) 1603-1610, ISSN 0887-6924
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/leu.2016.363

Primary Tumors Limit Metastasis Formation through Induction of IL15-Mediated Cross-Talk between Patrolling Monocytes and NK Cells

Author(s): Hiroshi Kubo, Sofia Mensurado, Natacha Gonçalves-Sousa, Karine Serre, Bruno Silva-Santos
Published in: Cancer Immunology Research, Issue 5/9, 2017, Page(s) 812-820, ISSN 2326-6066
Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research Inc.
DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-17-0082

γδ T cells get adaptive

Author(s): Bruno Silva-Santos, Jessica Strid
Published in: Nature Immunology, Issue 18/4, 2017, Page(s) 370-372, ISSN 1529-2908
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3705

Got my γδ17 T cells to keep me warm

Author(s): Pedro H. Papotto, Bruno Silva-Santos
Published in: Nature Immunology, Issue 19/5, 2018, Page(s) 427-429, ISSN 1529-2908
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41590-018-0090-6

Molecular Determinants of Target Cell Recognition by Human γδ T Cells

Author(s): André E. Simões, Biagio Di Lorenzo, Bruno Silva-Santos
Published in: Frontiers in Immunology, Issue 9, 2018, ISSN 1664-3224
Publisher: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00929

Low-dose ionizing radiation induces therapeutic neovascularization in a pre-clinical model of hindlimb ischemia

Author(s): Augusto Ministro, Paula de Oliveira, Raquel J. Nunes, André dos Santos Rocha, Adriana Correia, Tânia Carvalho, José Rino, Pedro Faísca, Jorg D. Becker, João Goyri-O’Neill, Filomena Pina, Esmeralda Poli, Bruno Silva-Santos, Fausto Pinto, Marc Mareel, Karine Serre, Susana Constantino Rosa Santos
Published in: Cardiovascular Research, Issue 113/7, 2017, Page(s) 783-794, ISSN 0008-6363
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvx065

MicroRNA-146a controls functional plasticity in γδ T cells by targeting NOD1

Author(s): Nina Schmolka, Pedro H. Papotto, Paula Vargas Romero, Tiago Amado, Francisco J. Enguita, Ana Amorim, Ana F. Rodrigues, Katrina E. Gordon, Ana S. Coroadinha, Mark Boldin, Karine Serre, Amy H. Buck, Anita Q. Gomes, Bruno Silva-Santos
Published in: Science Immunology, Issue 3/23, 2018, Page(s) eaao1392, ISSN 2470-9468
Publisher: Science Immunology
DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aao1392

The Emerging Complexity of γδT17 Cells

Author(s): Duncan R. McKenzie, Iain Comerford, Bruno Silva-Santos, Shaun R. McColl
Published in: Frontiers in Immunology, Issue 9, 2018, ISSN 1664-3224
Publisher: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00796

Control of T cell effector functions by miRNAs

Author(s): Daniel P. Inácio, Tiago Amado, Bruno Silva-Santos, Anita Q. Gomes
Published in: Cancer Letters, Issue 427, 2018, Page(s) 63-73, ISSN 0304-3835
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2018.04.011

Immunology's Twinning Triangle

Author(s): Bruno Silva-Santos, James Di Santo, Caetano Reis e Sousa
Published in: European Journal of Immunology, Issue 46/10, 2016, Page(s) 2283-2285, ISSN 0014-2980
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201670106

VEGFR2–Mediated Reprogramming of Mitochondrial Metabolism Regulates the Sensitivity of Acute Myeloid Leukemia to Chemotherapy

Author(s): Sandrina Nóbrega-Pereira, Francisco Caiado, Tânia Carvalho, Inês Matias, Gonçalo Graça, Luís G. Gonçalves, Bruno Silva-Santos, Haakan Norell, Sérgio Dias
Published in: Cancer Research, Issue 78/3, 2018, Page(s) 731-741, ISSN 0008-5472
Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-17-1166

Peripheral clonal selection shapes the human γδ T-cell repertoire

Author(s): Biagio Di Lorenzo, Julie Déchanet-Merville, Bruno Silva-Santos
Published in: Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Issue 14/9, 2017, Page(s) 733-735, ISSN 1672-7681
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/cmi.2017.51

Decrease of perforin positive CD3+γδ-T cells in patients with obstructive sleep disordered breathing

Author(s): Richard Staats, Raquel Rodrigues, André Barros, Leonor Bacelar-Nicolau, Margarida Aguiar, Dina Fernandes, Susana Moreira, André Simões, Bruno Silva-Santos, João Valença Rodrigues, Cristina Barbara, António Bugalho de Almeida, Luis Ferreira Moita
Published in: Sleep and Breathing, Issue 22/1, 2018, Page(s) 211-221, ISSN 1520-9512
Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-017-1602-6

Working in “NK Mode”: Natural Killer Group 2 Member D and Natural Cytotoxicity Receptors in Stress-Surveillance by γδ T Cells

Author(s): Bruno Silva-Santos, Jessica Strid
Published in: Frontiers in Immunology, Issue 9, 2018, ISSN 1664-3224
Publisher: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00851

Multifaceted CK2 in malignant and healthy T cells

Author(s): Sérgio T. Ribeiro, João T. Barata, Bruno Silva-Santos
Published in: Oncotarget, Issue 8/53, 2017, ISSN 1949-2553
Publisher: Impact Journals
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.21700

Calcium sequestration by fungal melanin inhibits calcium–calmodulin signalling to prevent LC3-associated phagocytosis

Author(s): Irene Kyrmizi, Helena Ferreira, Agostinho Carvalho, Julio Alberto Landero Figueroa, Pavlos Zarmpas, Cristina Cunha, Tonia Akoumianaki, Kostas Stylianou, George S. Deepe, George Samonis, João F. Lacerda, António Campos, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos, Kyung J. Kwon-Chung, Jamel El-Benna, Isabel Valsecchi, Anne Beauvais, Axel A. Brakhage, Nuno M. Neves, Jean-Paul Latge, Georgios
Published in: Nature Microbiology, Issue 3/7, 2018, Page(s) 791-803, ISSN 2058-5276
Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-018-0167-x

Diet-Derived Short Chain Fatty Acids Stimulate Intestinal Epithelial Cells To Induce Mucosal Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells

Author(s): Gera Goverse, Rosalie Molenaar, Laurence Macia, Jian Tan, Martje N. Erkelens, Tanja Konijn, Marlene Knippenberg, Emma C. L. Cook, Diana Hanekamp, Marc Veldhoen, Anita Hartog, Guus Roeselers, Charles R. Mackay, Reina E. Mebius
Published in: The Journal of Immunology, Issue 198/5, 2017, Page(s) 2172-2181, ISSN 0022-1767
Publisher: American Association of Immunologists
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600165

Low-dose IL-2 selectively activates subsets of CD4+ Tregs and NK cells

Author(s): Masahiro Hirakawa, Tiago Matos, Hongye Liu, John Koreth, Haesook T. Kim, Nicole E. Paul, Kazuyuki Murase, Jennifer Whangbo, Ana C. Alho, Sarah Nikiforow, Corey Cutler, Vincent T. Ho, Philippe Armand, Edwin P. Alyea, Joseph H. Antin, Bruce R. Blazar, Joao F. Lacerda, Robert J. Soiffer, Jerome Ritz
Published in: JCI Insight, Issue 1/18, 2016, ISSN 2379-3708
Publisher: AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC
DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.89278

Trypanosoma brucei Parasites Occupy and Functionally Adapt to the Adipose Tissue in Mice

Author(s): Sandra Trindade, Filipa Rijo-Ferreira, Tânia Carvalho, Daniel Pinto-Neves, Fabien Guegan, Francisco Aresta-Branco, Fabio Bento, Simon A. Young, Andreia Pinto, Jan Van Den Abbeele, Ruy M. Ribeiro, Sérgio Dias, Terry K. Smith, Luisa M. Figueiredo
Published in: Cell Host & Microbe, Issue 19/6, 2016, Page(s) 837-848, ISSN 1931-3128
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.05.002

Recognition of DHN-melanin by a C-type lectin receptor is required for immunity to Aspergillus

Author(s): Mark H. T. Stappers, Alexandra E. Clark, Vishukumar Aimanianda, Stefan Bidula, Delyth M. Reid, Patawee Asamaphan, Sarah E. Hardison, Ivy M. Dambuza, Isabel Valsecchi, Bernhard Kerscher, Anthony Plato, Carol A. Wallace, Raif Yuecel, Betty Hebecker, Maria da Glória Teixeira Sousa, Cristina Cunha, Yan Liu, Ten Feizi, Axel A. Brakhage, Kyung J. Kwon-Chung, Neil A. R. Gow, Matteo Zanda, Monica Piras,
Published in: Nature, Issue 555/7696, 2018, Page(s) 382-386, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/nature25974

Interleukin 17 is a chief orchestrator of immunity

Author(s): Marc Veldhoen
Published in: Nature Immunology, Issue 18/6, 2017, Page(s) 612-621, ISSN 1529-2908
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3742

IL-10 overexpression predisposes to invasive aspergillosis by suppressing antifungal immunity

Author(s): Cristina Cunha, Samuel M. Gonçalves, Cláudio Duarte-Oliveira, Luís Leite, Katrien Lagrou, António Marques, Carmen B. Lupiañez, Inês Mesquita, Joana Gaifem, Ana Margarida Barbosa, Carlos Pinho Vaz, Rosa Branca, Fernando Campilho, Fátima Freitas, Dário Ligeiro, Cornelia Lass-Flörl, Jürgen Löffler, Manuel Jurado, Margarida Saraiva, Oliver Kurzai, Fernando Rodrigues, António G. Castro, Ric
Published in: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Issue 140/3, 2017, Page(s) 867-870.e9, ISSN 0091-6749
Publisher: Mosby Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.02.034

Trypanosoma brucei metabolism is under circadian control

Author(s): Filipa Rijo-Ferreira, Daniel Pinto-Neves, Nuno L. Barbosa-Morais, Joseph S. Takahashi, Luisa M. Figueiredo
Published in: Nature Microbiology, Issue 2, 2017, Page(s) 17032, ISSN 2058-5276
Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2017.32

Trypanosoma brucei triggers a marked immune response in male reproductive organs

Author(s): Tânia Carvalho, Sandra Trindade, Sílvia Pimenta, Ana B. Santos, Filipa Rijo-Ferreira, Luísa M. Figueiredo
Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Issue 12/8, 2018, Page(s) e0006690, ISSN 1935-2735
Publisher: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006690

Two flagellar BAR domain proteins in Trypanosoma brucei with stage-specific regulation

Author(s): Zdenka Cicova, Mario Dejung, Tomas Skalicky, Nicole Eisenhuth, Steffen Hanselmann, Brooke Morriswood, Luisa M. Figueiredo, Falk Butter, Christian J. Janzen
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 6/1, 2016, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/srep35826

Unbalanced recovery of regulatory and effector T cells after allogeneic stem cell transplantation contributes to chronic GVHD

Author(s): A. C. Alho, H. T. Kim, M. J. Chammas, C. G. Reynolds, T. R. Matos, E. Forcade, J. Whangbo, S. Nikiforow, C. S. Cutler, J. Koreth, V. T. Ho, P. Armand, J. H. Antin, E. P. Alyea, J. F. Lacerda, R. J. Soiffer, J. Ritz
Published in: Blood, Issue 127/5, 2016, Page(s) 646-657, ISSN 0006-4971
Publisher: American Society of Hematology
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2015-10-672345

Fungal Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics: Current Concepts and Future Challenges

Author(s): Agostinho Carvalho, Cláudio Duarte-Oliveira, Samuel M. Gonçalves, António Campos, João F. Lacerda, Cristina Cunha
Published in: Current Fungal Infection Reports, Issue 11/1, 2017, Page(s) 16-24, ISSN 1936-3761
Publisher: Current Medicine Group
DOI: 10.1007/s12281-017-0272-y

Do Cryptic Reservoirs Threaten Gambiense-Sleeping Sickness Elimination?

Author(s): Philippe Büscher, Jean-Mathieu Bart, Marleen Boelaert, Bruno Bucheton, Giuliano Cecchi, Nakul Chitnis, David Courtin, Luisa M. Figueiredo, José-Ramon Franco, Pascal Grébaut, Epco Hasker, Hamidou Ilboudo, Vincent Jamonneau, Mathurin Koffi, Veerle Lejon, Annette MacLeod, Justin Masumu, Enock Matovu, Raffaele Mattioli, Harry Noyes, Albert Picado, Kat S. Rock, Brice Rotureau, Gustave Simo, Sophie T
Published in: Trends in Parasitology, Issue 34/3, 2018, Page(s) 197-207, ISSN 1471-4922
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.11.008

Genetic deficiency of NOD2 confers resistance to invasive aspergillosis

Author(s): Mark S. Gresnigt, Cristina Cunha, Martin Jaeger, Samuel M. Gonçalves, R. K. Subbarao Malireddi, Anne Ammerdorffer, Rosalie Lubbers, Marije Oosting, Orhan Rasid, Grégory Jouvion, Catherine Fitting, Dirk J. de Jong, João F. Lacerda, António Campos, Willem J. G. Melchers, Katrien Lagrou, Johan Maertens, Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, Agostinho Carvalho, Oumaima Ibrahim-Granet, Frank L. van de Veerdon
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 9/1, 2018, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04912-3

Transient inhibition of ROR-γt therapeutically limits intestinal inflammation by reducing TH17 cells and preserving group 3 innate lymphoid cells

Author(s): David R Withers, Matthew R Hepworth, Xinxin Wang, Emma C Mackley, Emily E Halford, Emma E Dutton, Clare L Marriott, Verena Brucklacher-Waldert, Marc Veldhoen, Judith Kelsen, Robert N Baldassano, Gregory F Sonnenberg
Published in: Nature Medicine, Issue 22/3, 2016, Page(s) 319-323, ISSN 1078-8956
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/nm.4046

Widening the spectrum of deletions and molecular mechanisms underlying alpha-thalassemia

Author(s): José Ferrão, Marisa Silva, Lúcia Gonçalves, Susana Gomes, Pedro Loureiro, Andreia Coelho, Armandina Miranda, Filomena Seuanes, Ana Batalha Reis, Francisca Pina, Raquel Maia, Paula Kjöllerström, Estela Monteiro, João F. Lacerda, João Lavinha, João Gonçalves, Paula Faustino
Published in: Annals of Hematology, Issue 96/11, 2017, Page(s) 1921-1929, ISSN 0939-5555
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-017-3090-y

Sleeping sickness is a circadian disorder

Author(s): Filipa Rijo-Ferreira, Tânia Carvalho, Cristina Afonso, Margarida Sanches-Vaz, Rui M Costa, Luísa M. Figueiredo, Joseph S. Takahashi
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 9/1, 2018, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02484-2

Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

Author(s): Andrea Cossarizza, Hyun-Dong Chang, Andreas Radbruch, Mübeccel Akdis, Immanuel Andrä, Francesco Annunziato, Petra Bacher, Vincenzo Barnaba, Luca Battistini, Wolfgang M. Bauer, Sabine Baumgart, Burkhard Becher, Wolfgang Beisker, Claudia Berek, Alfonso Blanco, Giovanna Borsellino, Philip E. Boulais, Ryan R. Brinkman, Martin Büscher, Dirk H. Busch, Timothy P. Bushnell, Xuetao Cao, Andrea Cavani, P
Published in: European Journal of Immunology, Issue 47/10, 2017, Page(s) 1584-1797, ISSN 0014-2980
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201646632

Host AMPK Is a Modulator of Plasmodium Liver Infection

Author(s): Margarida T. Grilo Ruivo, Iset Medina Vera, Joana Sales-Dias, Patrícia Meireles, Nil Gural, Sangeeta N. Bhatia, Maria M. Mota, Liliana Mancio-Silva
Published in: Cell Reports, Issue 16/10, 2016, Page(s) 2539-2545, ISSN 2211-1247
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.08.001

Microbiota derived short chain fatty acids promote histone crotonylation in the colon through histone deacetylases

Author(s): Rachel Fellows, Jérémy Denizot, Claudia Stellato, Alessandro Cuomo, Payal Jain, Elena Stoyanova, Szabina Balázsi, Zoltán Hajnády, Anke Liebert, Juri Kazakevych, Hector Blackburn, Renan Oliveira Corrêa, José Luís Fachi, Fabio Takeo Sato, Willian R. Ribeiro, Caroline Marcantonio Ferreira, Hélène Perée, Mariangela Spagnuolo, Raphaël Mattiuz, Csaba Matolcsi, Joana Guedes, Jonathan Clark, M
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 9/1, 2018, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02651-5

Fighting for Resources: Who Started the Battle? Who Is Winning It?

Author(s): Vanessa Zuzarte-Luis, Maria M. Mota
Published in: Cell Metabolism, Issue 27/4, 2018, Page(s) 708-709, ISSN 1550-4131
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.03.007

Adipose Tissue: A Safe Haven for Parasites?

Author(s): Herbert B. Tanowitz, Philipp E. Scherer, Maria M. Mota, Luisa M. Figueiredo
Published in: Trends in Parasitology, Issue 33/4, 2017, Page(s) 276-284, ISSN 1471-4922
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2016.11.008

Plasmodium berghei EXP-1 interacts with host Apolipoprotein H during Plasmodium liver-stage development

Author(s): Cláudia Sá e Cunha, Britta Nyboer, Kirsten Heiss, Margarida Sanches-Vaz, Diana Fontinha, Ellen Wiedtke, Dirk Grimm, Jude Marek Przyborski, Maria M. Mota, Miguel Prudêncio, Ann-Kristin Mueller
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 114/7, 2017, Page(s) E1138-E1147, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1606419114

Metabolic wiring of murine T cell and intraepithelial lymphocyte maintenance and activation

Author(s): Marc Veldhoen, Birte Blankenhaus, Špela Konjar, Cristina Ferreira
Published in: European Journal of Immunology, Issue 48/9, 2018, Page(s) 1430-1440, ISSN 0014-2980
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201646745

Towards a Humanized Mouse Model of Liver Stage Malaria Using Ectopic Artificial Livers

Author(s): Shengyong Ng, Sandra March, Ani Galstian, Nil Gural, Kelly R. Stevens, Maria M. Mota, Sangeeta N. Bhatia
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 7/1, 2017, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/srep45424

Host cell autophagy contributes to Plasmodium liver development

Author(s): Carolina Thieleke-Matos, Mafalda Lopes da Silva, Laura Cabrita-Santos, Martim D. Portal, Inês P. Rodrigues, Vanessa Zuzarte-Luis, José S. Ramalho, Clare E. Futter, Maria M. Mota, Duarte C. Barral, Miguel C. Seabra
Published in: Cellular Microbiology, Issue 18/3, 2016, Page(s) 437-450, ISSN 1462-5814
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12524

A vacuolar iron-transporter homologue acts as a detoxifier in Plasmodium

Author(s): Ksenija Slavic, Sanjeev Krishna, Aparajita Lahree, Guillaume Bouyer, Kirsten K. Hanson, Iset Vera, Jon K. Pittman, Henry M. Staines, Maria M. Mota
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 7/1, 2016, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10403

Parasite Sensing of Host Nutrients and Environmental Cues

Author(s): Vanessa Zuzarte-Luís, Maria M. Mota
Published in: Cell Host & Microbe, Issue 23/6, 2018, Page(s) 749-758, ISSN 1931-3128
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.05.018

Maria Mota: The Pleasure of Discovery

Author(s): Maria M. Mota
Published in: Trends in Parasitology, Issue 32/6, 2016, Page(s) 429-430, ISSN 1471-4922
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2016.01.003

Nutrient sensing modulates malaria parasite virulence

Author(s): Liliana Mancio-Silva, Ksenija Slavic, Margarida T. Grilo Ruivo, Ana Rita Grosso, Katarzyna K. Modrzynska, Iset Medina Vera, Joana Sales-Dias, Ana Rita Gomes, Cameron Ross MacPherson, Pierre Crozet, Mattia Adamo, Elena Baena-Gonzalez, Rita Tewari, Manuel Llinás, Oliver Billker, Maria M. Mota
Published in: Nature, Issue 547/7662, 2017, Page(s) 213-216, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/nature23009

Cellular Stress in the Context of an Inflammatory Environment Supports TGF-β-Independent T Helper-17 Differentiation

Author(s): Verena Brucklacher-Waldert, Cristina Ferreira, Marisa Stebegg, Olivier Fesneau, Silvia Innocentin, Julien C. Marie, Marc Veldhoen
Published in: Cell Reports, Issue 19/11, 2017, Page(s) 2357-2370, ISSN 2211-1247
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.05.052

Th17 Cells Require You to Chew before You Swallow

Author(s): Marc Veldhoen
Published in: Immunity, Issue 46/1, 2017, Page(s) 8-10, ISSN 1074-7613
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.12.016

Tbet or Continued RORγt Expression Is Not Required for Th17-Associated Immunopathology

Author(s): Verena Brucklacher-Waldert, Cristina Ferreira, Silvia Innocentin, Shraddha Kamdar, David R. Withers, Marika C. Kullberg, Marc Veldhoen
Published in: The Journal of Immunology, Issue 196/12, 2016, Page(s) 4893-4904, ISSN 0022-1767
Publisher: American Association of Immunologists
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600137

Chloroquine-containing organoruthenium complexes are fast-acting multistage antimalarial agents

Author(s): TAÍS S. MACEDO, LEGNA COLINA-VEGAS, MARCELO DA PAIXÃO, MARIBEL NAVARRO, BRENO C. BARRETO, POLIANA C. M. OLIVEIRA, SIMONE G. MACAMBIRA, MARTA MACHADO, MIGUEL PRUDÊNCIO, SARAH D'ALESSANDRO, NICOLETTA BASILICO, DIOGO R. M. MOREIRA, ALZIR A. BATISTA, MILENA B. P. SOARES
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Antimalarial Pyrido[1,2- a ]benzimidazoles: Lead Optimization, Parasite Life Cycle Stage Profile, Mechanistic Evaluation, Killing Kinetics, and in Vivo Oral Efficacy in a Mouse Model

Author(s): Kawaljit Singh, John Okombo, Christel Brunschwig, Ferdinand Ndubi, Linley Barnard, Chad Wilkinson, Peter M. Njogu, Mathew Njoroge, Lizahn Laing, Marta Machado, Miguel Prudêncio, Janette Reader, Mariette Botha, Sindisiwe Nondaba, Lyn-Marie Birkholtz, Sonja Lauterbach, Alisje Churchyard, Theresa L. Coetzer, Jeremy N. Burrows, Clive Yeates, Paolo Denti, Lubbe Wiesner, Timothy J. Egan, Sergio Wittlin
Published in: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Issue 60/4, 2017, Page(s) 1432-1448, ISSN 0022-2623
Publisher: American Chemical Society
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Inhibition of Plasmodium liver infection by ivermectin

Author(s): António M. Mendes, Inês S. Albuquerque, Marta Machado, Joana Pissarra, Patrícia Meireles, Miguel Prudêncio
Published in: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2017, Page(s) AAC.02005-16, ISSN 0066-4804
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
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Unravelling Malaria Antigen Binding to Antibody-Gold Nanoparticle Conjugates

Author(s): Miguel A. S. Cavadas, Marco P. Monopoli, Cláudia Sá e Cunha, Miguel Prudêncio, Eulália Pereira, Iseult Lynch, Kenneth A. Dawson, Ricardo Franco
Published in: Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, Issue 33/12, 2016, Page(s) 906-915, ISSN 0934-0866
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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Platinum( ii )–chloroquine complexes are antimalarial agents against blood and liver stages by impairing mitochondrial function

Author(s): Taís S. Macedo, Wilmer Villarreal, Camila C. Couto, Diogo R. M. Moreira, Maribel Navarro, Marta Machado, Miguel Prudêncio, Alzir A. Batista, Milena B. P. Soares
Published in: Metallomics, Issue 9/11, 2017, Page(s) 1548-1561, ISSN 1756-5901
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
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Bioluminescence Method for In Vitro Screening of Plasmodium Transmission-Blocking Compounds

Author(s): Raquel Azevedo, Marija Markovic, Marta Machado, Blandine Franke-Fayard, António M. Mendes, Miguel Prudêncio
Published in: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Issue 61/6, 2017, ISSN 0066-4804
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
DOI: 10.1128/aac.02699-16

Inhibition of Plasmodium Hepatic Infection by Antiretroviral Compounds

Author(s): Marta Machado, Margarida Sanches-Vaz, João P. Cruz, António M. Mendes, Miguel Prudêncio
Published in: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Issue 7, 2017, ISSN 2235-2988
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.
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Probing the Azaaurone Scaffold against the Hepatic and Erythrocytic Stages of Malaria Parasites

Author(s): Marta P. Carrasco, Marta Machado, Lídia Gonçalves, Moni Sharma, Jiri Gut, Amanda K. Lukens, Dyann F. Wirth, Vânia André, Maria Teresa Duarte, Rita C. Guedes, Daniel J. V. A. dos Santos, Philip J. Rosenthal, Ralph Mazitschek, Miguel Prudêncio, Rui Moreira
Published in: ChemMedChem, Issue 11/19, 2016, Page(s) 2194-2204, ISSN 1860-7179
Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbbH & Co.
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A Plasmodium berghei sporozoite-based vaccination platform against human malaria

Author(s): António M. Mendes, Marta Machado, Nataniel Gonçalves-Rosa, Isaie J. Reuling, Lander Foquet, Cláudia Marques, Ahmed M. Salman, Annie S. P. Yang, Kara A. Moser, Ankit Dwivedi, Cornelus C. Hermsen, Belén Jiménez-Díaz, Sara Viera, Jorge M. Santos, Inês Albuquerque, Sangeeta N. Bhatia, John Bial, Iñigo Angulo-Barturen, Joana C. Silva, Geert Leroux-Roels, Chris J. Janse, Shahid M. Khan, Maria M.
Published in: npj Vaccines, Issue 3/1, 2018, ISSN 2059-0105
Publisher: SPRINGERNATURE
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Primaquine-based ionic liquids as a novel class of antimalarial hits

Author(s): Ricardo Ferraz, Joana Noronha, Fernanda Murtinheira, Fátima Nogueira, Marta Machado, Miguel Prudêncio, Silvia Parapini, Sarah D'Alessandro, Cátia Teixeira, Ana Gomes, Cristina Prudêncio, Paula Gomes
Published in: RSC Advances, Issue 6/61, 2016, Page(s) 56134-56138, ISSN 2046-2069
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
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Novel squaramides with in vitro liver stage antiplasmodial activity

Author(s): Carlos J.A. Ribeiro, Margarida Espadinha, Marta Machado, Jiri Gut, Lídia M. Gonçalves, Philip J. Rosenthal, Miguel Prudêncio, Rui Moreira, Maria M.M. Santos
Published in: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, Issue 24/8, 2016, Page(s) 1786-1792, ISSN 0968-0896
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
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Primaquine hybrids as promising antimycobacterial and antimalarial agents

Author(s): Kristina Pavić, Ivana Perković, Šárka Pospíšilová, Marta Machado, Diana Fontinha, Miguel Prudêncio, Josef Jampilek, Aidan Coffey, Lorraine Endersen, Hrvoje Rimac, Branka Zorc
Published in: European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Issue 143, 2018, Page(s) 769-779, ISSN 0223-5234
Publisher: Elsevier BV
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Uptake and metabolism of arginine impact Plasmodium development in the liver

Author(s): Patrícia Meireles, António M. Mendes, Rita I. Aroeira, Bryan C. Mounce, Marco Vignuzzi, Henry M. Staines, Miguel Prudêncio
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 7/1, 2017, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
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Alkaloids from Narcissus poeticus cv. Pink Parasol of various structural types and their biological activity

Author(s): Marcela Šafratová, Anna Hošťálková, Daniela Hulcová, Kateřina Breiterová, Veronika Hrabcová, Marta Machado, Diana Fontinha, Miguel Prudêncio, Jiří Kuneš, Jakub Chlebek, Daniel Jun, Martina Hrabinová, Lucie Nováková, Radim Havelek, Martina Seifrtová, Lubomír Opletal, Lucie Cahlíková
Published in: Archives of Pharmacal Research, Issue 41/2, 2018, Page(s) 208-218, ISSN 0253-6269
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Society of Korea
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GLUT1-mediated glucose uptake plays a crucial role during Plasmodium hepatic infection

Author(s): Patrícia Meireles, Joana Sales-Dias, Carolina M. Andrade, João Mello-Vieira, Liliana Mancio-Silva, J. Pedro Simas, Henry M. Staines, Miguel Prudêncio
Published in: Cellular Microbiology, Issue 19/2, 2017, Page(s) e12646, ISSN 1462-5814
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
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Endoperoxide-8-aminoquinoline hybrids as dual-stage antimalarial agents with enhanced metabolic stability

Author(s): Rita Capela, Joana Magalhães, Daniela Miranda, Marta Machado, Margarida Sanches-Vaz, Inês S. Albuquerque, Moni Sharma, Jiri Gut, Philip J. Rosenthal, Raquel Frade, Maria J. Perry, Rui Moreira, Miguel Prudêncio, Francisca Lopes
Published in: European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Issue 149, 2018, Page(s) 69-78, ISSN 0223-5234
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.02.048

SAHAquines, Novel Hybrids Based on SAHA and Primaquine Motifs, as Potential Cytostatic and Antiplasmodial Agents

Author(s): Maja Beus, Zrinka Rajić, Dusica Maysinger, Zvonimir Mlinarić, Maja Antunović, Inga Marijanović, Diana Fontinha, Miguel Prudêncio, Jana Held, Sureyya Olgen, Branka Zorc
Published in: ChemistryOpen, Issue 7/8, 2018, Page(s) 624-638, ISSN 2191-1363
Publisher: WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
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Tumor cell recognition by γδ T lymphocytes

Author(s): Daniel V. Correia, Antonio C. Lopes, Bruno Silva-Santos
Published in: OncoImmunology, Issue 21624011, 2013, Page(s) e22892, ISSN 2162-4011
Publisher: Landes Bioscience
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Long-Term Immune Reconstitution of Naive and Memory T Cell Pools after Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Author(s): Rita I. Azevedo, Maria V.D. Soares, Adriana S. Albuquerque, Rita Tendeiro, Rui S. Soares, Miguel Martins, Dário Ligeiro, Rui M.M. Victorino, João F. Lacerda, Ana E. Sousa
Published in: Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Issue 10838791, 2013, Page(s) 703-712, ISSN 1083-8791
Publisher: Elsevier BV
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Distribution of Pilus Islands in Streptococcus agalactiae That Cause Human Infections: Insights into Evolution and Implication for Vaccine Development

Author(s): E. R. Martins, A. Andreu, J. Melo-Cristino, M. Ramirez
Published in: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, Issue 15566811, 2013, Page(s) 313-316, ISSN 1556-6811
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
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A Microscale Human Liver Platform that Supports the Hepatic Stages of Plasmodium falciparum and vivax

Author(s): Sandra March, Shengyong Ng, Soundarapandian Velmurugan, Ani Galstian, Jing Shan, David J. Logan, Anne E. Carpenter, David Thomas, B. Kim Lee Sim, Maria M. Mota, Stephen L. Hoffman, Sangeeta N. Bhatia
Published in: Cell Host & Microbe, Issue 19313128, 2013, Page(s) 104-115, ISSN 1931-3128
Publisher: Cell Press
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Preserved CD4 T-cell telomere length during long-lasting HIV-2 infection

Author(s): Rita Tendeiro, Adriana S. Albuquerque, Russell B. Foxall, Rita Cavaleiro, Rui S. Soares, António P. Baptista, Maria V.D. Soares, Perpétua Gomes, Ana E. Sousa
Published in: AIDS, Issue 02699370, 2013, Page(s) 289-292, ISSN 0269-9370
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Repairing thymic function

Author(s): Helena Nunes-Cabaço, Ana E. Sousa
Published in: Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, Issue 10872418, 2013, Page(s) 1, ISSN 1087-2418
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ltd.
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Bioinformatics in bacterial molecular epidemiology and public health: databases, tools and the next-generation sequencing revolution

Author(s): J. A. Carriço, A. J. Sabat, A.W. Friedrich, Mário Ramirez
Published in: Eurosurveillance, Issue 52, 2013, ISSN 1560-7917
Publisher: EUR CENTRE DIS PREVENTION & CONTROL

Superantigen gene complement of Streptococcus pyogenes—relationship with other typing methods and short-term stability

Author(s): A. Friães, F. R. Pinto, C. Silva-Costa, M. Ramirez, J. Melo-Cristino
Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Issue 09349723, 2013, Page(s) 115-125, ISSN 0934-9723
Publisher: Springer Verlag
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Functional development of γδ T cells

Author(s): Immo Prinz, Bruno Silva-Santos, Daniel J. Pennington
Published in: European Journal of Immunology, Issue 00142980, 2013, Page(s) 1988-1994, ISSN 0014-2980
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Flavones as isosteres of 4(1H)-quinolones: Discovery of ligand efficient and dual stage antimalarial lead compounds

Author(s): Tiago Rodrigues, Ana S. Ressurreição, Filipa P. da Cruz, Inês S. Albuquerque, Jiri Gut, Marta P. Carrasco, Daniel Gonçalves, Rita C. Guedes, Daniel J.V.A. dos Santos, Maria M. Mota, Philip J. Rosenthal, Rui Moreira, Miguel Prudêncio, Francisca Lopes
Published in: European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Issue 02235234, 2013, Page(s) 872-880, ISSN 0223-5234
Publisher: Elsevier BV
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Anthracyclines Induce DNA Damage Response-Mediated Protection against Severe Sepsis

Author(s): Nuno Figueiredo, Angelo Chora, Helena Raquel, Nadja Pejanovic, Pedro Pereira, Björn Hartleben, Ana Neves-Costa, Catarina Moita, Dora Pedroso, Andreia Pinto, Sofia Marques, Hafeez Faridi, Paulo Costa, Raffaella Gozzelino, Jimmy L. Zhao, Miguel P. Soares, Margarida Gama-Carvalho, Jennifer Martinez, Qingshuo Zhang, Gerd Döring, Markus Grompe, J. Pedro Simas, Tobias B. Huber, David Baltimore, Vineet Gupta, Douglas R. Green, João A. Ferreira, Luis F. Moita
Published in: Immunity, Issue 10747613, 2013, Page(s) 874-884, ISSN 1074-7613
Publisher: Cell Press
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Insight into lymphoid tissue morphogenesis

Author(s): Mark Coles, Henrique Veiga-Fernandes
Published in: Immunology Letters, Issue 01652478, 2013, Page(s) 46-53, ISSN 0165-2478
Publisher: Elsevier BV
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The fate of CD4+ T cells under tolerance-inducing stimulation: a modeling perspective

Author(s): Marta Caridade, Vanessa G Oliveira, Ana Agua-Doce, Luis Graca, Ruy M Ribeiro
Published in: Immunology and Cell Biology, Issue 08189641, 2013, Page(s) 652-660, ISSN 0818-9641
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Description of plasmid pSM52, harbouring the gene for the Smr efflux pump, and its involvement in resistance to biocides in a meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain

Author(s): Sofia Santos Costa, Cláudia Mourato, Miguel Viveiros, José Melo-Cristino, Leonard Amaral, Isabel Couto
Published in: International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, Issue 09248579, 2013, Page(s) 490-492, ISSN 0924-8579
Publisher: Elsevier BV
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Changes in Streptococcus pyogenes causing invasive disease in Portugal: Evidence for superantigen gene loss and acquisition

Author(s): Ana Friães, Joana P. Lopes, José Melo-Cristino, Mario Ramirez
Published in: International Journal of Medical Microbiology, Issue 14384221, 2013, Page(s) 505-513, ISSN 1438-4221
Publisher: Elsevier BV
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Role of Src Homology Domain Binding in Signaling Complexes Assembled by the Murid -Herpesvirus M2 Protein

Author(s): M. Pires de Miranda, F. B. Lopes, C. E. McVey, X. R. Bustelo, J. P. Simas
Published in: Journal of Biological Chemistry, Issue 00219258, 2013, Page(s) 3858-3870, ISSN 0021-9258
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Multilocus Sequence Analysis of Streptococcus canis Confirms the Zoonotic Origin of Human Infections and Reveals Genetic Exchange with Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis

Author(s): M. D. Pinho, S. C. Matos, C. Pomba, A. Lubke-Becker, L. H. Wieler, S. Preziuso, J. Melo-Cristino, M. Ramirez
Published in: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Issue 00951137, 2013, Page(s) 1099-1109, ISSN 0095-1137
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
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How Many Sputum Culture Results Do We Need To Monitor Multidrug-Resistant-Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Patients during Treatment?

Author(s): S. Janssen, X. Padanilam, R. Louw, R. Mahanyele, G. Coetzee, T. Hanscheid, T. Leenstra, M. P. Grobusch
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Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
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miR-363-5p regulates endothelial cell properties and their communication with hematopoietic precursor cells

Author(s): Ana Costa, Joana Afonso, Catarina Osório, Ana L Gomes, Francisco Caiado, Joana Valente, Sandra I Aguiar, Francisco Pinto, Mário Ramirez, Sérgio Dias
Published in: Journal of Hematology & Oncology, Issue 17568722, 2013, Page(s) 87, ISSN 1756-8722
Publisher: BioMed Central
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At the Bench: Preclinical rationale for exploiting NK cells and T lymphocytes for the treatment of high-risk leukemias

Author(s): H. Norell, A. Moretta, B. Silva-Santos, L. Moretta
Published in: Journal of Leukocyte Biology, Issue 07415400, 2013, Page(s) 1123-1139, ISSN 0741-5400
Publisher: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
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Structural Optimization of Quinolon-4(1 H )-imines as Dual-Stage Antimalarials: Toward Increased Potency and Metabolic Stability

Author(s): Ana S. Ressurreição, Daniel Gonçalves, Ana R. Sitoe, Inês S. Albuquerque, Jiri Gut, Ana Góis, Lídia M. Gonçalves, Maria R. Bronze, Thomas Hanscheid, Giancarlo A. Biagini, Philip J. Rosenthal, Miguel Prudêncio, Paul O’Neill, Maria M. Mota, Francisca Lopes, Rui Moreira
Published in: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Issue 00222623, 2013, Page(s) 7679-7690, ISSN 0022-2623
Publisher: American Chemical Society
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Quinolin-4(1 H )-imines are Potent Antiplasmodial Drugs Targeting the Liver Stage of Malaria

Author(s): Tiago Rodrigues, Filipa P. da Cruz, Maria J. Lafuente-Monasterio, Daniel Gonçalves, Ana S. Ressurreição, Ana R. Sitoe, Maria R. Bronze, Jiri Gut, Gisbert Schneider, Maria M. Mota, Philip J. Rosenthal, Miguel Prudêncio, Francisco-Javier Gamo, Francisca Lopes, Rui Moreira
Published in: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Issue 00222623, 2013, Page(s) 4811-4815, ISSN 0022-2623
Publisher: American Chemical Society
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The role of human umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (UCX®) in the treatment of inflammatory arthritis

Author(s): Jorge M Santos, Rita N Bárcia, Sandra I Simões, Manuela M Gaspar, Susana Calado, Ana Água-Doce, Sílvia CP Almeida, Joana Almeida, Mariana Filipe, Mariana Teixeira, José P Martins, Luís Graça, Maria EM Cruz, Pedro Cruz, Helder Cruz
Published in: Journal of Translational Medicine, Issue 14795876, 2013, Page(s) 18, ISSN 1479-5876
Publisher: BioMed Central
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Serotype discrimination of encapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae strains by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics

Author(s): M. Vaz, L. Meirinhos-Soares, C.C.S. Sousa, M. Ramirez, J. Melo-Cristino, J.A. Lopes
Published in: Journal of Microbiological Methods, Issue 01677012, 2013, Page(s) 102-107, ISSN 0167-7012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
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Assessment of Dual Life Stage Antiplasmodial Activity of British Seaweeds

Author(s): Jasmine Spavieri, Andrea Allmendinger, Marcel Kaiser, Maurice Itoe, Gerald Blunden, Maria Mota, Deniz Tasdemir
Published in: Marine Drugs, Issue 16603397, 2013, Page(s) 4019-4034, ISSN 1660-3397
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/md11104019

Export of the pneumococcal phage SV1 lysin requires choline-containing teichoic acids and is holin-independent

Author(s): Maria João Frias, José Melo-Cristino, Mário Ramirez
Published in: Molecular Microbiology, Issue 0950382X, 2013, Page(s) 430-445, ISSN 0950-382X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
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Spartan: A Comprehensive Tool for Understanding Uncertainty in Simulations of Biological Systems

Author(s): Kieran Alden, Mark Read, Jon Timmis, Paul S. Andrews, Henrique Veiga-Fernandes, Mark Coles
Published in: PLoS Computational Biology, Issue 1553734X, 2013, Page(s) e1002916, ISSN 1553-734X
Publisher: Public Library of Science
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A Novel Flow Cytometric Hemozoin Detection Assay for Real-Time Sensitivity Testing of Plasmodium falciparum

Author(s): Maria Rebelo, Claudia Sousa, Howard M. Shapiro, Maria M. Mota, Martin P. Grobusch, Thomas Hänscheid
Published in: PLoS ONE, Issue 19326203, 2013, Page(s) e61606, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
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Extensive Dissemination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) between the Hospital and the Community in a Country with a High Prevalence of Nosocomial MRSA

Author(s): Diana Espadinha, Nuno A. Faria, Maria Miragaia, Luís Marques Lito, José Melo-Cristino, Hermínia de Lencastre
Published in: PLoS ONE, Issue 19326203, 2013, Page(s) e59960, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
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The Majority of Adult Pneumococcal Invasive Infections in Portugal Are Still Potentially Vaccine Preventable in Spite of Significant Declines of Serotypes 1 and 5

Author(s): Andreia N. Horácio, Jorge Diamantino-Miranda, Sandra I. Aguiar, Mário Ramirez, José Melo-Cristino
Published in: PLoS ONE, Issue 19326203, 2013, Page(s) e73704, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
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The Use of Machine Learning Methodologies to Analyse Antibiotic and Biocide Susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus

Author(s): Joana Rosado Coelho, João André Carriço, Daniel Knight, Jose-Luis Martínez, Ian Morrissey, Marco Rinaldo Oggioni, Ana Teresa Freitas
Published in: PLoS ONE, Issue 19326203, 2013, Page(s) e55582, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
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Crystal Structure of the Gamma-2 Herpesvirus LANA DNA Binding Domain Identifies Charged Surface Residues Which Impact Viral Latency

Author(s): Bruno Correia, Sofia A. Cerqueira, Chantal Beauchemin, Marta Pires de Miranda, Shijun Li, Rajesh Ponnusamy, LÃ©nia Rodrigues, Thomas R. Schneider, Maria A. Carrondo, Kenneth M. Kaye, J. Pedro Simas, Colin E. McVey
Published in: PLoS Pathogens, Issue 15537366, 2013, Page(s) e1003673, ISSN 1553-7366
Publisher: Public Library of Science
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Recent thymic emigrants are the preferential precursors of regulatory T cells differentiated in the periphery

Author(s): R. S. Paiva, A. C. Lino, M.-L. Bergman, I. Caramalho, A. E. Sousa, S. Zelenay, J. Demengeot
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 00278424, 2013, Page(s) 6494-6499, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
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Stabilization of Myc through Heterotypic Poly-Ubiquitination by mLANA Is Critical for γ-Herpesvirus Lymphoproliferation

Author(s): Lénia Rodrigues, Nikita Popov, Kenneth M. Kaye, J. Pedro Simas
Published in: PLoS Pathogens, Issue 15537366, 2013, Page(s) e1003554, ISSN 1553-7366
Publisher: Public Library of Science
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The Genetic Basis of Escherichia coli Pathoadaptation to Macrophages

Author(s): Migla Miskinyte, Ana Sousa, Ricardo S. Ramiro, Jorge A. Moura de Sousa, Jerzy Kotlinowski, Iris Caramalho, Sara Magalhães, Miguel P. Soares, Isabel Gordo
Published in: PLoS Pathogens, Issue 15537366, 2013, Page(s) e1003802, ISSN 1553-7366
Publisher: Public Library of Science
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Torins are potent antimalarials that block replenishment of Plasmodium liver stage parasitophorous vacuole membrane proteins

Author(s): K. K. Hanson, A. S. Ressurreicao, K. Buchholz, M. Prudencio, J. D. Herman-Ornelas, M. Rebelo, W. L. Beatty, D. F. Wirth, T. Hanscheid, R. Moreira, M. Marti, M. M. Mota
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 00278424, 2013, Page(s) E2838-E2847, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
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Essential, dose-dependent role for the transcription factor Gata3 in the development of IL-5+ and IL-13+ type 2 innate lymphoid cells

Author(s): R. G. J. Klein Wolterink, N. Serafini, M. van Nimwegen, C. A. J. Vosshenrich, M. J. W. de Bruijn, D. Fonseca Pereira, H. Veiga Fernandes, R. W. Hendriks, J. P. Di Santo
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 00278424, 2013, Page(s) 10240-10245, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
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Induced IL-17-Producing Invariant NKT Cells Require Activation in Presence of TGF- and IL-1

Author(s): M. Monteiro, C. F. Almeida, A. Agua-Doce, L. Graca
Published in: The Journal of Immunology, Issue 00221767, 2013, Page(s) 805-811, ISSN 0022-1767
Publisher: American Association of Immunologists
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Protective Role of the Inflammatory CCR2/CCL2 Chemokine Pathway through Recruitment of Type 1 Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes to Tumor Beds

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Tuberculosis with malaria or HIV co-infection in a large hospital in Luanda, Angola

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The hemozoin conundrum: is malaria pigment immune-activating, inhibiting, or simply a bystander?

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First case of infection with vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Europe

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Mechanisms Underlying CD4+ Treg Immune Regulation in the Adult: From Experiments to Models

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Novel Endoperoxide-Based Transmission-Blocking Antimalarials with Liver- and Blood-Schizontocidal Activities

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iNKT Cells: Innate Lymphocytes with a Diverse Response

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Malaria infections: What and how can mice teach us

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Tetraoxane–Pyrimidine Nitrile Hybrids as Dual Stage Antimalarials

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Non-Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Portugal—Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Resistance

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Murine CD27(-) V 6(+) T cells producing IL-17A promote ovarian cancer growth via mobilization of protumor small peritoneal macrophages

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Primaquine–pyrimidine hybrids: Synthesis and dual-stage antiplasmodial activity

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Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbbH & Co.
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