CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from the São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences at Rio Claro.Completed a Master's degree in the Graduate Program of Basic and Applied Immunology at the Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP), University of São Paulo (USP), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. José Elpídio Barbosa, working on the production of human antibody fragments (scFvs) capable of neutralizing the toxic effects of the two main components of Apis mellifera bee venom: melittin and phospholipase A2.Earned a Ph.D. in the same program, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. João Santana da Silva, with a research internship (doutorado sanduíche) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA, under the guidance of Dr. David Sacks. During the Ph.D., investigated the role of Kupffer cells (KCs) in experimental Leishmania infantum infection. Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIAID/NIH, under the supervision of Drs. David Sacks and P'ng Loke, investigating factors that influence macrophage heterogeneity in models of visceral leishmaniasis. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Leishmaniasis affects about 12 million people worldwide and includes diseases ranging from the localized cutaneous form to the visceral one, which is the most severe manifestation, with high human mortality and morbidity. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is mainly characterized by a chronic inflammatory response, and although it is a result of a change in the balance of effector and regulatory…
Leishmaniasis is a disease transmitted by sand fly bites into host's skin, therefore the immune response against the parasite is initiated early in the skin, even in visceral cases. Murine models have shown that immune responses against Leishmania are very diverse, and may depend on the parasite species, strains and/or mice background. This is especially true for the roles played by infla…
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