List of works by Margarida Borges

Apoptosis and autophagy in breast cancer cells following exemestane treatment

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Constitutive expression of Bcl-2 in the haematopoietic compartment alters the metabolism of iron and increases resistance to mycobacterial infection.

scientific article published on 15 January 2009

Contribution of CD30/CD153 but not of CD27/CD70, CD134/OX40L, or CD137/4-1BBL to the optimal induction of protective immunity toMycobacterium avium

scientific article published on 17 August 2004

Conversion of Trypanosoma cruzi Tc52 released factor to a protein inducing apoptosis.

scientific article published on 24 October 2005

Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of chitooligosaccharides upon lymphocytes.

scientific article published on 2 June 2011

Dual role of the Leishmania major ribosomal protein S3a homologue in regulation of T- and B-cell activation.

scientific article published on November 2001

Endogenous Trypanosoma cruzi Tc52 protein expression upregulates the growth of murine macrophages and fibroblasts and cytokine gene expression.

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Gamma interferon-induced T-cell loss in virulent Mycobacterium avium infection

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How does toxoplasmosis affect the maternal-foetal immune interface and pregnancy?

scientific article published on 19 December 2018

Identification and molecular characterization of two novel Trypanosoma cruzi genes encoding polypeptides sharing sequence motifs found in proteins involved in RNA editing reactions.

scientific article published on August 2000

Innate IFN-γ-Producing Cells Developing in the Absence of IL-2 Receptor Common γ-Chain

scientific article published on 7 July 2017

Lack of the Transcription Factor Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1α (HIF-1α) in Macrophages Accelerates the Necrosis of Mycobacterium avium-Induced Granulomas

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Molecular and cellular mechanisms of Mycobacterium avium-induced thymic atrophy

scientific article published on 24 August 2012

Nanoparticles as a Delivery System of Antigens for the Development of an Effective Vaccine against Toxoplasma gondii

scientific article published on 25 March 2023

New steroidal aromatase inhibitors: suppression of estrogen-dependent breast cancer cell proliferation and induction of cell death

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Peptide-based analysis of the amino acid sequence important to the immunoregulatory function of Trypanosoma cruzi Tc52 virulence factor

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Steroidal aromatase inhibitors inhibit growth of hormone-dependent breast cancer cells by inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis.

scientific article published on November 2013

TNF-Mediated Compensatory Immunity to Mycobacterium avium in the Absence of Macrophage Activation by IFN-γ

scientific article published on 27 September 2019

Targeted macrophages delivery of rifampicin-loaded lipid nanoparticles to improve tuberculosis treatment

scientific article published on 9 November 2017

The Warburg effect in mycobacterial granulomas is dependent on the recruitment and activation of macrophages by interferon-γ.

scientific article published on 20 April 2015

The death-promoting molecule tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) is not required for the development of peripheral lymphopenia or granuloma necrosis during infection with virulent Mycobacterium avium

scientific article published on 6 April 2011

Toxoplasma gondii infection reduces serum progesterone levels and adverse effects at the maternal-foetal interface

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Trypanosoma Cruzi-Induced Host Immune System Dysfunction: A Rationale for Parasite Immunosuppressive Factor(s) Encoding Gene Targeting

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Trypanosoma cruzi carrying a targeted deletion of a Tc52 protein-encoding allele elicits attenuated Chagas' disease in mice