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List of works by Maria C. Lopes

Acetylcholinesterase activity in juveniles of Daphnia magna Straus.

scientific article published in December 1996

Activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt and impairment of nuclear factor-kappaB: molecular mechanisms behind the arrested maturation/activation state of Leishmania infantum-infected dendritic cells

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Acute effects of 3,4-dichloroaniline on blood of male wistar rats

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

Amplified and homozygously deleted genes in glioblastoma: impact on gene expression levels

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Antifungal, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of Oenanthe crocata L. essential oil.

scientific article published on 5 September 2013

Association between inflammatory infiltrates and isolated monosomy 22/del(22q) in meningiomas

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Calcium-dependent nitric oxide synthase activity in rat thymocytes

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Characterization of estrogen and antiestrogen binding to the cytosol and microsomes of breast tumors

scientific article published on 01 September 1991

Contact sensitizer nickel sulfate activates the transcription factors NF-kB and AP-1 and increases the expression of nitric oxide synthase in a skin dendritic cell line

scientific article published on January 2004

Contact sensitizers downregulate the expression of the chemokine receptors CCR6 and CXCR4 in a skin dendritic cell line

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Correlation between total nitrite/nitrate concentrations and monoamine oxidase (types A and B) and semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase enzymatic activities in human mesenteric arteries from non-diabetic and type 2 diabetic patients.

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Correlation between whole blood cholinesterase activity and cerebral cortex cholinesterase activity in rats treated with parathion

scientific article published in September 1998

Cymbopogon citratus as source of new and safe anti-inflammatory drugs: bio-guided assay using lipopolysaccharide-stimulated macrophages.

scientific article published on 12 November 2010

DNFB activates MAPKs and upregulates CD40 in skin-derived dendritic cells

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Detailed characterization of alterations of chromosomes 7, 9, and 10 in glioblastomas as assessed by single-nucleotide polymorphism arrays.

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Development of an in vitro dendritic cell-based test for skin sensitizer identification

scientific article published on 7 March 2013

Dexamethasone prevents granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor-induced nuclear factor-kappaB activation, inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and nitric oxide production in a skin dendritic cell line

scientific article published on April 2003

Dexamethasone prevents interleukin-1beta-induced nuclear factor-kappaB activation by upregulating IkappaB-alpha synthesis, in lymphoblastic cells.

scientific article published on February 2003

Dexamethasone-induced and estradiol-induced CREB activation and annexin 1 expression in CCRF-CEM lymphoblastic cells: evidence for the involvement of cAMP and p38 MAPK

scientific article published on December 2003

Diacerhein and rhein prevent interleukin-1beta-induced nuclear factor-kappaB activation by inhibiting the degradation of inhibitor kappaB-alpha.

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Differential modulation of CXCR4 and CD40 protein levels by skin sensitizers and irritants in the FSDC cell line

scientific article published on 24 December 2007

Differential postreceptor signaling events triggered by excitotoxic stimulation of different ionotropic glutamate receptors in retinal neurons

scientific article published in November 2001

Differential roles of PI3-Kinase, MAPKs and NF-kappaB on the manipulation of dendritic cell T(h)1/T(h)2 cytokine/chemokine polarizing profile

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Differential roles of hydrogen peroxide and superoxide in mediating IL-1-induced NF-kappa B activation and iNOS expression in bovine articular chondrocytes.

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Effect of cyclosporin-A on the blood--retinal barrier permeability in streptozotocin-induced diabetes.

scientific article published on January 2000

Effect of lipopolysaccharide, skin sensitizers and irritants on thioredoxin-1 expression in dendritic cells: relevance of different signalling pathways.

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Effect of skin sensitizers on inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and nitric oxide production in skin dendritic cells: role of different immunosuppressive drugs.

scientific article published on January 2007

Effect of temozolomide on the U-118 glioma cell line

scientific article published on September 2, 2011

Effects of cadmium and parathion exposure on hematology and blood biochemistry of adult male rats.

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Essential oil of Daucus carota subsp. halophilus: composition, antifungal activity and cytotoxicity

scientific article published on 20 June 2008

Essential oils from Distichoselinum tenuifolium: chemical composition, cytotoxicity, antifungal and anti-inflammatory properties.

scientific article published on 9 June 2010

Excitotoxicity mediated by Ca2+-permeable GluR4-containing AMPA receptors involves the AP-1 transcription factor

scientific article published on April 2006

Expression and function of K(ATP) channels in normal and osteoarthritic human chondrocytes: possible role in glucose sensing

scientific article published on August 2013

Expression and function of the insulin receptor in normal and osteoarthritic human chondrocytes: modulation of anabolic gene expression, glucose transport and GLUT-1 content by insulin.

scientific article published on 13 February 2011

Gene expression profiles of human glioblastomas are associated with both tumor cytogenetics and histopathology.

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Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor activates the transcription of nuclear factor kappa B and induces the expression of nitric oxide synthase in a skin dendritic cell line

scientific article published on December 2001

Hydrogen peroxide mediates interleukin-1beta-induced AP-1 activation in articular chondrocytes: implications for the regulation of iNOS expression

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

Immunophenotypic Identification and Characterization of Tumor Cells and Infiltrating Cell Populations in Meningiomas

scientific article published on 13 September 2012

Intratumoral patterns of clonal evolution in gliomas

scientific article published on 17 September 2009

L-arginine transport in retinas from streptozotocin diabetic rats: correlation with the level of IL-1 beta and NO synthase activity

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

LPS induction of I kappa B-alpha degradation and iNOS expression in a skin dendritic cell line is prevented by the janus kinase 2 inhibitor, Tyrphostin b42.

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Nitric oxide synthase activity in retinas from non-insulin-dependent diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats: correlation with blood-retinal barrier permeability

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

Nitric oxide synthase isoforms and NF-kappaB activity in normal and osteoarthritic human chondrocytes: regulation by inducible nitric oxide.

scientific article published on 17 July 2008

PKC signaling in glioblastoma.

scientific article published on 28 January 2013

Propolis and its constituent caffeic acid suppress LPS-stimulated pro-inflammatory response by blocking NF-κB and MAPK activation in macrophages.

scientific article published on 14 June 2013

Quantitative concentration-toxicity relationship for the injury of rat thymocytes by chemical compounds used in inter-laboratory toxicity ring-tests

scientific article published in August 1994

Role of glucose as a modulator of anabolic and catabolic gene expression in normal and osteoarthritic human chondrocytes

scientific article published on 01 October 2011

Role of mitogen-activated protein kinases and tyrosine kinases on IL-1-Induced NF-kappaB activation and iNOS expression in bovine articular chondrocytes

scientific article published in February 2002

Role of oxidative stress in ERK and p38 MAPK activation induced by the chemical sensitizer DNFB in a fetal skin dendritic cell line.

scientific article published on December 2005

Screening of five essential oils for identification of potential inhibitors of IL-1-induced Nf-kappaB activation and NO production in human chondrocytes: characterization of the inhibitory activity of alpha-pinene.

scientific article published on 11 September 2009

Semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase activity and total nitrite and nitrate concentrations in serum: novel biochemical markers for type 2 diabetes?

scientific article published on 14 October 2008

Signal transduction profile of chemical sensitisers in dendritic cells: An endpoint to be included in a cell-based in vitro alternative approach to hazard identification?

scientific article published on October 13, 2010

The sensitizer 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene activates caspase-3 and induces cell death in a skin dendritic cell line

scientific article published on January 2003

The sensitizers nickel sulfate and 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene increase CD40 and IL-12 receptor expression in a fetal skin dendritic cell line

scientific article published on June 2004