The role of salivary and intestinal complement system inhibitors in the midgut protection of triatomines and mosquitoes.

by Veruska Cavalcanti Barros, Jéssica Góes Assumpção, André Miranda Cadete, Vânia Cristina Santos, Reginaldo Roris Cavalcante, Ricardo Nascimento Araújo, Marcos Horácio Pereira, Nelder Figueiredo Gontijo
Published 2009-06-01

Different host complement systems and their interactions with saliva from Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera, Psychodidae) and Leishmania infantum promastigotes.

by Antonio Ferreira Mendes-Sousa, Alexandre Alves Sousa Nascimento, Daniel Costa Queiroz, Vladimir Fazito Vale, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Ricardo Nascimento Araújo, Marcos Horácio Pereira, Nelder Figueiredo Gontijo
Published 2013-01-01

Host modulation by a parasite: how Leishmania infantum modifies the intestinal environment of Lutzomyia longipalpis to favor its development.

by Vania Cristina Santos, Vladimir Fazito Vale, Sydnei Magno Silva, Alexandre Alves Sousa Nascimento, Natalia Alvim Araujo Saab, Rodrigo Pedro Pinto Soares, Marilene Suzan Marques Michalick, Ricardo Nascimento Araujo, Marcos Horacio Pereira, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Nelder Figueiredo Gontijo
Published 2014-01-01

Performance of LBSap vaccine after intradermal challenge with L. infantum and saliva of Lu. longipalpis: immunogenicity and parasitological evaluation.

by Bruno Mendes Roatt, Rodrigo Dian de Oliveira Aguiar-Soares, Juliana Vitoriano-Souza, Wendel Coura-Vital, Samuel Leôncio Braga, Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho, Marta de Lana, Nelder Figueiredo Gontijo, Marcos José Marques, Rodolfo Cordeiro Giunchetti, Alexandre Barbosa Reis
Published 2012-01-01

Impact of LbSapSal Vaccine in Canine Immunological and Parasitological Features before and after Leishmania chagasi-Challenge.

by Lucilene Aparecida Resende, Rodrigo Dian de Oliveira Aguiar-Soares, Henrique Gama-Ker, Bruno Mendes Roatt, Ludmila Zanandreis de Mendonça, Marina Luiza Rodrigues Alves, Denise da Silveira-Lemos, Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Márcio Sobreira Silva Araújo, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Nelder Figueiredo Gontijo, Alexandre Barbosa Reis, Rodolfo Cordeiro Giunchetti
Published 2016-01-01

Leishmania metacyclogenesis is promoted in the absence of purines.

by Tiago Donatelli Serafim, Amanda Braga Figueiredo, Pedro Augusto Carvalho Costa, Eduardo Almeida Marques-da-Silva, Ricardo Gonçalves, Sandra Aparecida Lima de Moura, Nelder Figueiredo Gontijo, Sydnei Magno da Silva, Marilene Suzan Marques Michalick, José Roberto Meyer-Fernandes, Roberto Paes de Carvalho, Silvia Reni Bortolin Uliana, Juliana Lopes Rangel Fietto, Luís Carlos Crocco Afonso
Published 2012-01-01