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Multi-User Equipment approved in grant 2018/14762-3: flow cytometer FACS lyric

Grant number: 19/10097-8
Support Opportunities:Multi-user Equipment Program
Duration: July 01, 2019 - June 30, 2026
Field of knowledge:Biological Sciences - Immunology - Applied Immunology
Principal Investigator:Flávio Vieira Loures
Grantee:Flávio Vieira Loures
Host Institution: Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia (ICT). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São José dos Campos. São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil
Associated research grant:18/14762-3 - Immunosuppression in paracoccidioidomycosis: the regulatory role of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) on host immunity, tissue pathology and genetic adaptation of fungal cells, AP.JP2
As informações de acesso ao Equipamento Multiusuário são de responsabilidade do Pesquisador responsável
EMU web page: Página do Equipamento Multiusuário não informada
Type of equipment:Processos Biológicos - Caracterização - Contagem células (inclui citômetros)
Manufacturer: Fabricante não informado
Model: Modelo não informado

Abstract

Previous studies in paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), the most prevalent systemic mycosis in Latin America, revealed that immunity of hosts is tightly regulated by several suppressive mechanisms mediated by tolerogenic plasmacytoid dendritic cells, the enzyme 2,3 indoleamine dioxygenase (IDO1) and regulatory T cells (Treg). IDO1 was also seen to orchestrate local and systemic immunosuppressive effects through the recruitment and activation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), a heterogeneous population of myeloid cells with a potent ability to suppress T cell responses. These cells regulate immune responses and tissue repair in healthy individuals and rapidly expands during infection. The involvement of MDSC during PCM was never investigated, leading us to propose this study that aims to characterize the participation of MDSCs in the immunity against P. brasileinsis infection. The presence, phenotype and activity of MDSCs will be evaluated at several post infection periods. In addition, the disease severity and several features of the immune response will be assessed in MDSC-depleted and non-depleted C57BL/6 mice using a specific monoclonal antibody. Based on previous studies that established a positive correlation between IDO activity and MDCS infiltration we also intend to do a comparative study on MDSC function in pulmonary PCM using IDO-deficient and sufficient-mice. These studies will be complemented by the characterization of the transcriptional and proteomic responses of granulomatous lesions as well as P. brasiliensis yeasts obtained from these lesions at several post-infection periods. These data will be compared to those obtained from the original inoculum and non-infected lung tissue. This approach, never used in chronic PCM, will possibly reveal the main changes in gene expression and proteins production by P. brasiliensis cells under the stress conditions determined by the host immune system. A better understanding of immunoregulation in pulmonary PCM, mediated by MDSCs and adaptive behavior of yeasts cells in pulmonary granulomas will possibly advance the current knowledge of the host-pathogen responses that control the severity of PCM and will open new perspectives for more effective therapies. (AU)

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Scientific publications (4)
(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
DE BARROS, PATRICIA PIMENTEL; ROSSONI, RODNEI DENNIS; GARCIA, MAIRA TERRA; KAMINSKI, VALERIA DE LIMA; LOURES, FLAVIO VIEIRA; FUCHS, BETH BURGWYN; MYLONAKIS, ELEFTHERIOS; JUNQUEIRA, JULIANA CAMPOS. The Anti-Biofilm Efficacy of Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester (CAPE) In Vitro and a Murine Model of Oral Candidiasis. FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY, v. 11, . (19/10097-8, 17/02652-6, 19/05664-0)
OLIVEIRA, CARLOS ROCHA; CARVALHO, JESSICA; OLIMPIO, FABIANA; VIEIRA, RODOLFO; AIMBIRE, FLAVIO; POLONINI, HUDSON. Transfer factors peptides (Imuno TF (R)) modulate the lung inflammation and airway remodeling in allergic asthma. FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY, v. 13, p. 11-pg., . (19/10097-8)
DE CASTRO, PATRICIA ALVES; VALERO, CLARA; CHIARATTO, JESSICA; COLABARDINI, ANA CRISTINA; PARDESHI, LAKHANSING; SILVA, LILIAN PEREIRA; ALMEIDA, FAUSTO; ROCHA, MARINA CAMPOS; SILVA, ROBERTO NASCIMENTO; MALAVAZI, IRAN; et al. Novel Biological Functions of the NsdC Transcription Factor in Aspergillus fumigatus. MBIO, v. 12, n. 1, . (16/07870-9, 18/00715-3, 16/21392-2, 17/07536-4, 16/22062-6, 16/12948-7, 19/10097-8)
KAMINSKI, VALERIA DE LIMA; PREITE, NYCOLAS WILLIAN; BORGES, BRUNO MONTANARI; DOS SANTOS, BIANCA VIEIRA; CALICH, VERA LUCIA GARCIA; LOURES, FLAVIO VIEIRA. The immunosuppressive activity of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in murine Paracoccidioidomycosis relies on Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity and Dectin-1 and TLRs signaling. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 13, n. 1, p. 15-pg., . (20/08460-4, 19/24440-6, 19/09278-8, 19/10097-8, 18/14762-3, 21/09962-6)

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