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Human T-cell compartment in the absence of the thymus
Ana Espada de Sousa
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of action of carbon monoxide in protection from severe malaria
Ana Maria de Amarante Pamplona Dias dos Santos
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)
Unraveling the effects of Helicobacter pylori virulence factors on the tight junction complex structure and functions
Ceu Figueiredo
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)
Co-receptor and co-stimulation blockade for the induction of regulatory T cells in allergic airways disease.
Luis Ricardo Silva Graca
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)
Investigation of the effects of antimalarial drugs, “over-the-counter-chemicals” and diet on drug resistant parasites
Axel Martinelli
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
Mycobacterial infection of the thymus: potential consequences for the immune response to infection and chemotherapy
Margarida Correia-Neves
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection of human macrophages and dendritic cells: implications for Crohn's disease
Amélia Maria Marques da Silva Rodrigues Sarmento Assunção
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)
Transmission dynamics and host immune response to single and mixed Plasmodium sp. infections
Ana Paula Martins dos Reis Arez
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
Gender Differences in the Inflammatory Processes of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Maria Margarida Souto Carneiro
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)
Macrophage mechanisms for killing mycobacteria.
ELSA MARIA RIBEIRO DOS SANTOS ANES
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Ensino e Investigação da Microbiologia (ADEIM)
The role of neutrophils in the initiation and perpetuation of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Pamela Weinmann
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)
Herpesvirus-encoded microRNAs as novel regulators of host gene expression: molecular function during latent infection in B-lymphocytes.
João Pedro Monteiro e Louro Machado de Simas
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)
Prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium in pregnant women and their neonates: development of a real-time PCR technique to identify urogenital mycoplamas in different biological products.
Filomena Martins Pereira
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
Early identification of the biological and genetic determinants of resistance to Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy in malaria parasites
Pedro Vitor Lemos Cravo
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
Immune recovery after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation - modulation by Ig and potential clinical application
Cristina Maria Godinho Pires João
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)
Endothelial dysfunction and plaque instability in the evolution of acute myocardial infarction
Ana Maria Lima Viegas Goncalves Crespo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)
Identification of neutralizing epitopes in the transmembrane glycoprotein shared by HIV-1 and HIV-2: contributions to the development of an HIV vaccine.
Helena Barroso
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Ensino e Investigação da Microbiologia (ADEIM)
Interplay between mycobacterial infection and the iron status of the host
Maria Salomé Gomes
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)
Generation of mouse models for pregnancy-associated malaria: pathology and immunological characterization
Claudio Romero Farias Marinho
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)
Immune response to Plasmodium infection in the hemolymph of Anopheles gambiae
Henrique Silveira
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
CD40L signaling and microparticles role in acute myocardial infarction
Maria Teresa Ferreira Marques Pinheiro
Fundação da Universidade de Lisboa (FUL/ULisboa)
Screening the role of kinases/phosphatases in early stages of HIV-1 infection using shRNA-encoded lentiviral libraries.
Joao Goncalves
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Ensino e Investigação da Microbiologia (ADEIM)
A yeast two hybrid and yeast three hybrid approach to study the mechanisms of replication and pathogenesis of the hepatitis D virus
Celso Vladimiro Ferreira de Abreu Cunha
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
Molecular epidemiology, risk factors and prognosis of Candida parapsilosis bloodstream infections in oncological patients
Célia Sacramento Santos Pais
Universidade do Minho (UM)
Development of resistance gene markers for triazoles in clinical Candida species
Domingas do Rosario Verissimo Jacinto Tavares de Oliveira
Universidade do Minho (UM)
Carbon monoxide generated by heme oxygenase-1 suppresses the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria: mechanism of action.
Miguel Amado Franco Parreira Soares
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)
Toll-like receptors and specific immune response in Hepatitis C virus infection. Looking for new molecular targets for therapy improvement
Paula Cristina Santos Luxo Maia
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)
Biological Properties of Portuguese Propolis
Maria Letícia Miranda Fernandes Estevinho
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)
PROTECTIVE MECHANISMS OF RED WINE AND BEER POLYPHENOLS AGAINST INFLAMMATION AND ANGIOGENESIS. ELUCIDATING THE APPARENT PARADOX
Raquel Soares
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)
Role of CD30-CD153 interactions in the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium
Maria Manuela Flórido Pereira da Costa
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)
HLA-class I misfolding in dendritic cells: novel role in autoimmunity
Fernando Aguilar Arosa
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)
HIV-2 infection and thymus
Ana Espada de Sousa
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)
Plasmodium life cycle alterations by genetic knocking of secreted PPIase
Christophe Dominique Grégoire
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC/FCG)
Characterisation of a sustained compensated state of human systemic lupus erythematosus associated with T-cell regulation
Constantin Fesel
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)
Screening of Human cytomegalovirus congenital infection in newborns
Maria Teresa Possante Marques
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)
Study of the water involvement in the singlet oxygen chemical reactions
Teresa Sá e Melo
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)
Study and modulation of the suppressor capacity of regulatory T cells in atopy.
Luis Manuel Taborda Barata
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)
Impact of sex hormones in the generation of non-antigen specific CD8+ T suppressor cells: implications for rheumatoid arthritis
Elsa Maria Pereira de Oliveira Cardoso
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, CRL (CESPU)
The protein disulfide isomerase as therapeutic target in malaria
Carlos Manuel Mendes Novo
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI)
Susceptibilidade genética ao Influenza nas populações humanas
Luísa Cristina da Costa Azevedo
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)
SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF HUMAN PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA IN POPULATIONS WITH DIFFERENT IMMUNOLOGICAL STATUS, IN PORTUGAL.
Olga Maria Guerreiro de Matos
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
Iron metabolism in the mammalian stage of Leishmania infantum
Ana Maria Luís Ramos Tomás Tomás
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)
Study of the host immune response to single species or mixed Candida albicans and Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms.
Manuel João Rua Vilanova
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP)
Molecular evolution of the resistance and virulence in clinical Haemophilus influenzae strains in the post vaccine period.
MARIA PAULA RAMALHO BAJANCA LAVADO
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)
Study of inhibitory effect from different Apobec family proteins against HIV-2 Vif
Ana Clara Guerreiro de Oliveira Ribeiro
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL (CESEM)
The role of sialic acid in the immunobiology of dendritic cells
Paula Alexandra Quintela Videira
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)
Role of CD38 and CD157 ectoenzymes and NAD metabolism in immune regulation and development of autoimmune diseases
Teresa Maria Caldeira Martins
Instituto Português de Oncologia de Francisco Gentil, Centro Regional de Oncologia de Coimbra (IPO Coimbra)
Immune Reconstitution after Unrelated and Haplotype-Mismatched Stem Cell Transplantation
Maria Godinho Alves Vieira Duarte Soares
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)
Pathogenicity of CD8+ T cells in the brain in experimental cerebral malaria
Ana Margarida Aires Alves Vigário
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)
Analysis of the interactions of group B streptococci with the host plasminogen activation system and characterization of its role on the development of invasive infections
Paula Ferreira
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP)
Prevention of HIV-1 vertical transmission in Cabinda, Angola
Patrícia Maria Cavaco Silva de Sá Montez
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Ensino e Investigação da Microbiologia (ADEIM)
Humoral Response to High-density Lipoproteins as a Risk Factor for Atherogenesis
José Delgado Alves
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)
Z-DNA and Z-RNA: the long road to a biological function
Maria Arménia Abreu Fonseca de Carvalho Teixeira Carrondo
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)
Identification of genes involved in the Viable But Not Culturable State of Listeria monocytogenes
Maria Leonor Faleiro
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)
Genetic dissection of alternative splicing mechanisms used in the regulation of human and mouse immune responses
LUÍS FILIPE FERREIRA MOITA
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)
Synthetic pathogens for integrated biophysical and genetic dissection of antigen presentation
LUÍS FILIPE FERREIRA MOITA
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)
Mechanism of cell cycle arrest induced by a host modification gene of the human Beta herpesvirus HCMV
Michael Parkhouse
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)
Investigation of the effects of diet on the development of immunity against malaria
Axel Martinelli
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
Essential oils - their utility and therapeutical applicability on superficial mycoses
Maria Eugénia Ribeiro Pinto
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto (FF/UP)
Acute versus persistent infection by Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria in cystic fibrosis patients: underlying mechanisms, in particular the role of exopolysaccharide biosynthesis
Isabel Maria de Sá Correia Leite de Almeida
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)
The role of Toll-like Receptors in the control of intercellular communication during T lymphocytes activation
Elisabetta Padovan
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)
Molecular expression and immunodiagnostic potential of Fasciola hepatica target antigens
Silvana Maria Duarte Belo
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
Antibiotic susceptibility of genital mycoplasmas and characterization of resistance genes.
Filomena Martins Pereira
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
Molecular mechanisms used by hepatocytes to regulate CD8+ T cell differentiation: IL-15 and HLA-E
Elsa Maria Pereira de Oliveira Cardoso
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)
NUTRIDIMO - NUTRItional management of type 2 Diabetes via probIotic strains: control of inflaMmatory response, and possible effect on mOrbidity
Ana Maria Pereira Gomes
Escola Superior de Biotecnologia (ESB/UCP)
Mechanisms of resistance in pathogenic fungi: evaluation of its expression in vitro and in vivo
Cidalia Pina Vaz
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)
Host genetic polymorphisms and outcome from AIDS-associated Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (The PCPgene Study).
Olga Maria Guerreiro de Matos
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
Performance of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in the Detection of Trichinellosis
Acácio Gonçalves Rodrigues
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)
Nitrosative and Oxidative Stress Response by the Pathogenic Protozoan Entamoeba histolytica
Miguel Nuno Sepúlveda de Gouveia Teixeira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)
Prevention and control of nosocomial infections by emergent microorganisms using cytometry
Cidalia Pina Vaz
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)
The clinic and/or sub-clinic urinary infections as a predictor factor of renal allograft impairment.
José Gerardo Gonçalves de Oliveira
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)
Severe Asthma Study: Towards new Biomarkers Discovery
Deborah Penque
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)
Infections control mediated by new oxazines and thiazines derivatives: application on antimicrobial photodynamic therapy.
Isabel Maria Pires Belo
Universidade do Minho (UM)
Enhancing the killing of intracellular multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) by human macrophages: a new chemotherapeutic strategy to fight MDRTB
Leonard Amaral
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
Role of Th1/Th17 and regulatory T cells in vaccination and revaccination by Mycobacterium bovis BCG.
António Gil Pereira de Castro
Universidade do Minho (UM)
PATHOGENESIS OF CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE IN SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS
José Manuel Lopes Texeira Amarante
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)
Maternal factors and autoimmunity imprinting in murine Type 1 Diabetes
CARLOS AUGUSTO GOMES BARBOSA DA PENHA GONÇALVES
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)
Heme oxygenase-1 underlies the “protective trait” afforded by Sickle Cell Disease against Severe Acute Malaria
Ana Margarida Grenho Ferreira
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)
Shistosoma haematobium infection and its role in inflammation of bladder epithelial cells
José Manuel Alves Correia da Costa
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSARJ)
Quantitative and Qualitative T cell receptor repertoire requirements for immune tolerance establishment and maintenance
Jocelyne Demengeot
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)
Chlamydia trachomatis and Genital Mycoplasma infections in pregnant women and in the neonate
Rita Maria Rodrigues Teixeira de Castro
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
RNase II-like enzymes and non-coding RNAs and their role in the pathogenicity of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Cecilia Maria Pais de Faria de Andrade Arraiano
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)
Development of molecular markers of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex related to the genetics of the mycobacterial cell wall
Susana David
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
Molecular mechanisms of tumor antigen recognition and cellular activation of γδ T lymphocytes.
Bruno Miguel de Carvalho Silva Santos
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)
Genetic Environment and Expression of blaCTX-M genes in Gram-Negative Bacteria. Contribution to the spread of antimicrobial resistance.
Manuela Caniça
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)
Characterization of the population structure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Portugal and in countries related to Portugual, from a global epidemiological and phylogenitic perspective
Susana David
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
Immunological Aspects of Leptospirosis
Jacome Bruges Armas
Hospital Santo Espírito de Angra do Heroísmo (HSEAH)
Investigation of fluoroquinolone resistance mechanisms among Gram-negative strains
Manuela Caniça
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)
Can Differently Expressed Molecules in the Blood and in the CNS be Used as Maskers for Diagnosis and Disease Staging in African Trypanosomiasis?
Jorge Luis Marques da Silva Atouguia
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
Molecular mechanisms of parasitophorous vacuole formation in Malaria infection
Miguel Seabra
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)
Anti-Helicobacter and anti-inflammatory activities of the components of the essential oil of Dittrichia viscosa subsp. revoluta
Maria da Graça Miguel
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)
Role of the transcription factor CaRlm1 in Candida albicans virulence
ANA PAULA FERNANDES MONTEIRO SAMPAIO CARVALHO
Universidade do Minho (UM)
Yeast response to the presence of bacterial endotoxin
Teresa Maria Fonseca de Oliveira Gonçalves
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)
Diversity and dynamics of integrons in multiresistant bacteria
Gabriela Conceição Duarte Jorge da Silva
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)
Genetic diversity of Human Immunodeficiency virus type 2: Subtypes and patterns of resistance
António Abel Garcia Meliço-Silvestre
Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, E.P.E (HUC/UC)
B cell modulation of T cells function and repertoire - immune characterization of lymphoma patients receiving chemotherapy with or without a B cell depleting agent, Rituximab
Maria Ramos Lopes Gomes da Silva
Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, EPE (IPO Lisboa)
Mechanisms of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) induction that confer protection against Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi infection.
Elsa Marina Galinho de Seixas da Fonseca
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)
Identification of antigens differentially expressed in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates
Anabela Medo Miranda
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSARJ)
The role of the non-neuronal macrophage cholinergic system in inflammation
Angelo Miguel Silva Calado
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)
PURINERGIC AND CHOLINERGIC CONTROL OF LUNG-RESIDENT INFLAMMATORY CELLS IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES
Carlos Manuel da Silva Robalo Cordeiro
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra (FM/UC)
Genetic linkage of resistance and virulence determinants in multiresistant gram-negative bacteria
Aida Duarte
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)
NEUTROMET - Role of heavy metals in the activation of human neutrophils. Implications in cellular signalling and reactive oxygen and nitrogen reactive species
Eduarda das Graças Rodrigues Fernandes
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)
i-Merc: A Mobile Robot to Deliver Meals inside Health Services
CARLOS BAPTISTA CARDEIRA
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)
Biochemical characterization of gloves latex allergens and evaluation of humoral and cellular response in health care workers
Cândida Ascensão Teixeira Tomaz
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)
Characterization of the dynamic interplay between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and macrophages: from the macrophage immune response triggered by the pathogen, to the bacterial molecules involved.
JORGE MANUEL ROLO PEDROSA
Universidade do Minho (UM)
Development of a new first-tier ELISA assay for detection of human Lyme Borreliosis and a seroprevalence survey to determine the endemic hot zones, in Portugal.
Maria Sofia Núncio
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSARJ)
Contribution of the capsular polysaccharide to the inflammatory ability of the bacterial peptidoglycan
Sérgio Joaquim Raposo Filipe
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)
CHITOHEALTH - studies on antimiCrobial, immunological and wound Healing activITies of iOnic polysaccHaridEs (chitosAn and chiTooligossacHarides), focused on clinical applications
Maria Manuela Pintado
Escola Superior de Biotecnologia (ESB/UCP)
Genetic dissection of innate immune processes using RNA interference
LUÍS FILIPE FERREIRA MOITA
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)
Leptin and autoimmune disease
Artur Manuel Perez Neves Aguas
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP)
Secretor and Lewis phenotypes/genotypes in Helicobacter pylori and calicivirus infection
Maria Leonor Martins Soares David
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)
Alternative spliced isoforms of CD6: on the cross-roads of T cell activation and the regulation of lymphocyte development
Alexandre Carmo
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)
Identification of novel bacterial factors implicated in the virulence of Listeria monocytogenes
Didier Cabanes
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)
Host-pathogen interactions: role of Vip-Gp96 complex in the virulence of Listeria monocytogenes
Didier Cabanes
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)
Role and molecular mechanisms underlying CD36-mediated phagocytosis of apoptotic cells: implications for atherosclerosis
Otília Vieira
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)
STRUCTURAL STUDIES ON NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGETS OF HUMAN PATHOGENS
Pedro José Barbosa Pereira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)
Role of Interleukin-23 (IL-23) and IL-17 in the regulation of the immune response to the infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
António Gil Pereira de Castro
Universidade do Minho (UM)