Lectin from inflorescences of ornamental crop Alpinia purpurata acts on immune cells to promote Th1 and Th17 responses, nitric oxide release, and lymphocyte activation.

de Santana Brito J, Ferreira GRS, Klimczak E, Gryshuk L, de Lima Santos ND, de Siqueira Patriota LL, Moreira LR, Soares AKA, Barboza BR, Paiva PMG, do Amaral Ferraz Navarro DM, de Lorena VMB, de Melo CML, Coriolano MC, NapoleĂŁo TH

Bone marrow-derived monocyte infusion improves hepatic fibrosis by decreasing osteopontin, TGF-β1, IL-13 and oxidative stress.

de Souza VCA, Pereira TA, Teixeira VW, Carvalho H, de Castro MCAB, D'assunção CG, de Barros AF, Carvalho CL, de Lorena VMB, Costa VMA, Teixeira ÁAC, Figueiredo RCBQ, de Oliveira SA

IL17A Polymorphism Is Not Associated with Human T-Lymphotropic Virus 1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis.

Neco HVPC, Teixeira VGS, Trindade ACL, MagalhĂŁes PMR, Lorena VMB, Vasconcelos LR, Moura PMMF, Morais CNL

Receptor Antagonist of IL-13 Exerts a Potential Negative Regulation During Early Infection of Human Schistosomiasis.

Figueiredo AL, Domingues AL, Melo WG, Tashiro T, de Lorena VM, Montenegro SM, Morais CN

Expression of co-stimulatory molecules CD80 and CD86 is altered in CD14 + HLA-DR + monocytes from patients with Chagas disease following induction by Trypanosoma cruzi recombinant antigens.

Soares AK, Neves PA, Cavalcanti MD, Marinho SM, Oliveira W JĂşnior, Souza JR, Lorena VM, Gomes YM

Gestation and breastfeeding in schistosomotic mothers differently modulate the immune response of adult offspring to postnatal Schistosoma mansoni infection.

Santos Pd, Lorena VM, Fernandes Éde S, Sales IR, Nascimento WR, Gomes Yde M, Albuquerque MC, Costa VM, Souza VM

Spatiotemporal analysis of reported cases of acute Chagas disease in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, from 2002 to 2013.

Santos FL, Lorena VM, Souza WV, Gomes Yde M

Increase in the expression of CD4 + CD25+ lymphocytic T cells in the indeterminate clinical form of human Chagas disease after stimulation with recombinant antigens of Trypanosoma cruzi.

de Moura Braz SC, de Melo AS, da GlĂłria Aureliano de Melo Cavalcanti M, Martins SM, de Oliveira W Jr, da Silva ED, Ferreira AG, de Lorena VM, de Miranda Gomes Y

Maternal schistosomiasis alters costimulatory molecules expression in antigen-presenting cells from adult offspring mice.

Santos Pd, Lorena VM, Fernandes É, Sales IR, Albuquerque MC, Gomes Y, Costa VM, Souza VM

Evaluation of CD4+CD25+ T lymphocyte response time kinetics in patients with chronic Chagas disease after in vitro stimulation with recombinant Trypanosoma cruzi antigens.

Braz SC, Lorena VM, Melo AS, Cavalcanti Mda G, Gomes Yde M

IL-10 and IFN-Îł gene expression in chronic Chagas disease patients after in vitro stimulation with recombinant antigens of Trypanosoma cruzi.

de Melo AS, de Lorena VM, de Moura Braz SC, Docena C, de Miranda Gomes Y

Evaluation of an IFN-gamma assay in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in patients with psoriasis in a highly endemic setting.

de Andrade Lima E, de Andrade Lima M, de Lorena VM, de Miranda Gomes Y, Lupi O, Benard G

Chagas disease in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil: analysis of admissions and mortality time series.

Braz SC, Melo Mde F, Lorena VM, Souza WV, Gomes Yde M

Cytokine levels in serious cardiopathy of Chagas disease after in vitro stimulation with recombinant antigens from Trypanosoma cruzi.

Lorena VM, Lorena IM, Braz SC, Melo AS, Melo MF, Melo MG, Silva ED, Ferreira AG, Morais CN, Costa VM, Correa-Oliveira R, Gomes YM

Evaluation of an interferon gamma assay in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Marques CD, Duarte ÂL, de Lorena VM, Souza JR, Souza WV, Gomes Yde M, de Carvalho EM