CV Lattes
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia (IB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
PhD degree in Immunology by the University of Campinas, Brazil. Teaching experiences: undergraduation courses. His main line of investigation consists in:(i) development of therapeutic strategies in the modulation of autoimmune responses and (ii) modulation of dendritic cells by synthetic molecules and pathogen-derived products aiming its use in the treatment of chronic autoimmune inflammatory conditions, such as Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis and Collagen-Induced Arthritis. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Dendritic cells (DCs), antigen-presenting cells, are able to polarize the immune response towards an inflammatory or anti-inflammatory context depending on its maturation/activation status, leading to the generation of regulatory T cells or Th1, Th2, Th9 and Th17 profiles. Immature DCs are also called tolerogenic DCs. The modulation of DCs may be an innovative approach to control chronic …
Thymus is the primary lymphoid organ responsible for the maturation and development of T lymphocytes, playing a primordial role in generating central tolerance. Some extrinsic factors such as infections are capable of inducing thymic atrophy. Experiments conducted in our laboratory showed that Plasmodium berghei infection causes thymic atrophy through migration of premature cells into the…
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that affects human cartilage and synovial tissue, due to the activation of T and B lymphocytes reactive to type II collagen present in the joints. It is thus a disease with characteristic of cellular and humoral immune response. Although there is not an experimental model that mimics all the features of human disease, the collagen-induced arth…
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