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List of works by António G. Castro

A Prediction Rule to Stratify Mortality Risk of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

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A new model of laryngitis: neuropeptide, cyclooxygenase, and cytokine profile.

scientific article published on January 2008

Analysis of the immune response to Neospora caninum in a model of intragastric infection in mice

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Anti-interleukin 10 receptor monoclonal antibody is an adjuvant for T helper cell type 1 responses to soluble antigen only in the presence of lipopolysaccharide

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BCG vaccination-induced long-lasting control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis correlates with the accumulation of a novel population of CD4⁺IL-17⁺TNF⁺IL-2⁺ T cells

scientific article published on 20 November 2014

Balancing the immune response in the brain: IL-10 and its regulation

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Breakpoints in immunoregulation required for Th1 cells to induce diabetes

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Cdc42p controls yeast-cell shape and virulence of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

scientific article published on 15 August 2009

Cellular immunity confers transient protection in experimental Buruli ulcer following BCG or mycolactone-negative Mycobacterium ulcerans vaccination

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Changes in the Immune Phenotype and Gene Expression Profile Driven by a Novel Tuberculosis Nanovaccine: Short and Long-Term Post-immunization

scientific article published on 28 January 2021

Chitosan Improves the Biological Performance of Soy-Based Biomaterials

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

Corticosteroid-induced immunosuppression ultimately does not compromise the efficacy of antibiotherapy in murine Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

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Delivery of LLKKK18 loaded into self-assembling hyaluronic acid nanogel for tuberculosis treatment.

scientific article published on 31 May 2016

Differential arabinan capping of lipoarabinomannan modulates innate immune responses and impacts T helper cell differentiation

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Differential post-transcriptional regulation of IL-10 by TLR2 and TLR4-activated macrophages

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Dissemination of Mycobacteria to the Thymus Renders Newly Generated T Cells Tolerant to the Invading Pathogen

scientific article published on 30 November 2009

Dysregulation of glycerophospholipid metabolism during Behçet's disease contributes to a pro-inflammatory phenotype of circulating monocytes

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

Evidence for an intramacrophage growth phase of Mycobacterium ulcerans

scientific article published on 4 December 2006

First cultivation and characterization of mycobacterium ulcerans from the environment

scientific article published in 2008

Gellan gum injectable hydrogels for cartilage tissue engineering applications: in vitro studies and preliminary in vivo evaluation

scientific article published in January 2010

High systemic IL-6 is associated with worse prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

scientific article published on 17 July 2017

IFN-gamma-dependent activation of macrophages during experimental infections by Mycobacterium ulcerans is impaired by the toxin mycolactone

scientific article published on 11 December 2009

IL-10 modulates depressive-like behavior

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IL-10 overexpression predisposes to invasive aspergillosis by suppressing antifungal immunity

scientific article published on 4 April 2017

IL-17A Promotes Intracellular Growth of Mycobacterium by Inhibiting Apoptosis of Infected Macrophages

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In vitro evaluation of the behaviour of human polymorphonuclear neutrophils in direct contact with chitosan-based membranes.

scientific article published on 12 July 2007

In vivo evidence for a non-T cell origin of interleukin-5.

scientific article published in March 1995

In vivo performance of chitosan/soy-based membranes as wound-dressing devices for acute skin wounds

scientific article published on 19 February 2013

In vivo short-term and long-term host reaction to starch-based scaffolds

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Infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans induces persistent inflammatory responses in mice.

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Interferon-β regulates the production of IL-10 by toll-like receptor-activated microglia

scientific article published on 15 June 2017

Local and regional re-establishment of cellular immunity during curative antibiotherapy of murine Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

scientific article published on 29 February 2012

Mycobacterium ulcerans triggers T-cell immunity followed by local and regional but not systemic immunosuppression

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Mycolactone-mediated inhibition of tumor necrosis factor production by macrophages infected with Mycobacterium ulcerans has implications for the control of infection

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Myeloid HIF-1α regulates pulmonary inflammation during experimental Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

scientific article published on 10 November 2019

Myeloid Sirtuin 2 Expression Does Not Impact Long-Term Mycobacterium tuberculosis Control

scientific article published on 2 July 2015

Neospora caninum: high susceptibility to the parasite in C57BL/10ScCr mice.

scientific article published on 4 August 2006

P. brasiliensis virulence is affected by SconC, the negative regulator of inorganic sulfur assimilation

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Pathological role of interleukin 17 in mice subjected to repeated BCG vaccination after infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Performance of new gellan gum hydrogels combined with human articular chondrocytes for cartilage regeneration when subcutaneously implanted in nude mice.

scientific article published in October 2009

Phage therapy is effective against infection by Mycobacterium ulcerans in a murine footpad model

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Plasmacytoid and conventional dendritic cells are early producers of IL-12 in Neospora caninum -infected mice

Poor immune reconstitution in HIV-infected patients associates with high percentage of regulatory CD4+ T cells

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Spontaneous Healing of Mycobacterium ulcerans Lesions in the Guinea Pig Model

scientific article published in December 2015

TLR2 deficiency by compromising p19 (IL-23) expression limits Th 17 cell responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

scientific article published on 14 December 2010

TLR9 activation dampens the early inflammatory response to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, impacting host survival

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The C allele of rs5743836 polymorphism in the human TLR9 promoter links IL-6 and TLR9 up-regulation and confers increased B-cell proliferation

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The selective COX-2 inhibitor Etoricoxib reduces acute inflammatory markers in a model of neurogenic laryngitis but loses its efficacy with prolonged treatment

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Virulence attenuation of Candida albicans genetic variants isolated from a patient with a recurrent bloodstream infection

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