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Ana Maria Caetano Faria is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a substantial number of publications in these areas.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Food Science, and Physiology.

The main research topics covered by Ana Maria Caetano Faria include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Diabetes and associated disorders

Their recent publications include:

  • "Hypertension Is Associated With Intestinal Microbiota Dysbiosis and Inflammation in a Brazilian Population" (2020), published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • "Diet-induced obesity leads to alterations in behavior and gut microbiota composition in mice" (2021), published in The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
  • "Therapeutic Effects of Probiotic Minas Frescal Cheese on the Attenuation of Ulcerative Colitis in a Murine Model" (2021), published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Beneficial Propionibacteria within a Probiotic Emmental Cheese: Impact on Dextran Sodium Sulphate-Induced Colitis in Mice" (2020), published in Microorganisms
  • "PD-L1+ and XCR1+ dendritic cells are region-specific regulators of gut homeostasis" (2021), published in Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ana Maria Caetano Faria are:

  • Tatiani Uceli Maioli
  • Lícia Torres
  • Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho
  • Gabriela Silveira-Nunes
  • Vasco Azevedo

The scientist has published regularly in several venues, among which the most frequent are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Immunology Letters
  • Journal of Leukocyte Biology
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology

Best Publications

  • Oral tolerance: mechanisms and therapeutic applications.

    Ana M.C. Faria;Howard L. Weiner

  • Regulatory T Cells Accumulate in the Lung Allergic Inflammation and Efficiently Suppress T-Cell Proliferation but Not Th2 Cytokine Production

    Lucas Faustino;Daniel Mucida;Alexandre Castro Keller;Jocelyne Demengeot

  • Oral administration of sodium butyrate attenuates inflammation and mucosal lesion in experimental acute ulcerative colitis

    Erica L.M. Vieira;Alda J. Leonel;Alexandre P. Sad;Nathália R.M. Beltrão

  • Oral tolerance: therapeutic implications for autoimmune diseases.

    Ana M. C. Faria;Howard L. Weiner

  • Compartmentalized gut lymph node drainage dictates adaptive immune responses

    Daria Esterházy;Daria Esterházy;Maria C. C. Canesso;Maria C. C. Canesso;Luka Mesin;Paul A. Muller

  • Induction of oral tolerance to cellular immune responses in the absence of Peyer's patches.

    Thomas W. Spahn;Adriano Fontana;Ana M. C. Faria;Anthony J. Slavin

  • Suppression of asthma-like responses in different mouse strains by oral tolerance.

    Momtchilo Russo;Marie-Anne Nahori;Jean Lefort;Eliane Gomes

  • Gluten-free diet reduces adiposity, inflammation and insulin resistance associated with the induction of PPAR-alpha and PPAR-gamma expression

    Fabíola Lacerda Pires Soares;Rafael de Oliveira Matoso;Lílian Gonçalves Teixeira;Zélia Menezes

  • Oral tolerance induced by continuous feeding: enhanced up-regulation of transforming growth factor-β/interleukin-10 and suppression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Ana M.C. Faria;Ruth Maron;Sabine M. Ficker;Anthony J. Slavin

  • Oral tolerance and TGF-beta-producing cells.

    Ana M C Faria;Howard L Weiner

  • Stimulation by food proteins plays a critical role in the maturation of the immune system.

    Juscilene da Silva Menezes;Daniel de Sousa Mucida;Denise Carmona Cara;Jacqueline Isaura Alvarez‐Leite

  • Acute and sustained inflammation and metabolic dysfunction induced by high refined carbohydrate-containing diet in mice.

    Marina C. Oliveira;Zélia Menezes-Garcia;Milene C. C. Henriques;Frederico M. Soriani

  • Anti-inflammatory effects of Lactococcus lactis NCDO 2118 during the remission period of chemically induced colitis

    Tessalia Diniz Luerce;Ana Cristina Gomes-Santos;Clarissa Santos Rocha;Thais Garcias Moreira

  • The cytosolic sensor STING is required for intestinal homeostasis and control of inflammation

    M C C Canesso;L Lemos;T C Neves;F M Marim

  • The combination of high-fat diet-induced obesity and chronic ulcerative colitis reciprocally exacerbates adipose tissue and colon inflammation

    Lílian G Teixeira;Alda J Leonel;Edenil C Aguilar;Nathália V Batista

  • Hsp65-producing Lactococcus lactis prevents experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice by inducing CD4+LAP+ regulatory T cells

    Rafael M. Rezende;Rafael P. Oliveira;Samara R. Medeiros;Ana C. Gomes-Santos

  • Hypertension Is Associated With Intestinal Microbiota Dysbiosis and Inflammation in a Brazilian Population.

    Gabriela Silveira-Nunes;Gabriela Silveira-Nunes;Danielle Fernandes Durso;Luiz Roberto Alves de Oliveira Jr.;Eloisa Helena Medeiros Cunha

  • High-Salt Diet Induces IL-17-Dependent Gut Inflammation and Exacerbates Colitis in Mice

    Sarah Leão Fiorini Aguiar;Mariana Camila Gonçalves Miranda;Mauro Andrade Freitas Guimarães;Helton Costa Santiago

  • The Nucleoporin Nup96 Is Required for Proper Expression of Interferon-Regulated Proteins and Functions

    Ana M.C. Faria;Agata Levay;Agata Levay;Yaming Wang;Alice O. Kamphorst

  • New insights into the immunological changes in IL-10-deficient mice during the course of spontaneous inflammation in the gut mucosa.

    Ana Cristina Gomes-Santos;Thais Garcias Moreira;Archimedes Barbosa Castro-Junior;Bernardo Coelho Horta

  • Strategy to assess the overall cytokine profile of circulating leukocytes and its association with distinct clinical forms of human Chagas disease.

    D. M. Vitelli-Avelar;R. Sathler-Avelar;A. Teixeira-Carvalho;J. C. Pinto Dias

Frequent Co-Authors

Olindo Assis Martins-Filho
Olindo Assis Martins-Filho Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Vasco Azevedo
Vasco Azevedo Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Howard L. Weiner
Howard L. Weiner Harvard University
Anderson Miyoshi
Anderson Miyoshi Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira
Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho
Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Claudio Franceschi
Claudio Franceschi University of Bologna
Daniel Mucida
Daniel Mucida Rockefeller University
Momtchilo Russo
Momtchilo Russo Universidade de São Paulo
Yves Le Loir
Yves Le Loir INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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