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Lirlândia P. Sousa is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with publications concentrated in the subfields of Immunology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Hematology.

Their published work addresses multiple scientific topics, including:

  • S100 Proteins and Annexins
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Immune cells in cancer

Frequent coauthors include Mauro Martins Teixeira, Celso Martins Queiroz-Junior, Isabella Zaidan, Juliana P. Vago, and Luciana P. Tavares, reflecting collaboration patterns in multiple research areas.

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Pharmacological Research, Cells, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, and Inflammation Research.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Blame the signaling: Role of cAMP for the resolution of inflammation, 2020, Pharmacological Research
  • Cyclic AMP Regulates Key Features of Macrophages via PKA: Recruitment, Reprogramming and Efferocytosis, 2020, Cells
  • A Biosafety Level 2 Mouse Model for Studying Betacoronavirus-Induced Acute Lung Damage and Systemic Manifestations, 2021, Journal of Virology
  • Angiotensin-(1-7)/MasR axis promotes migration of monocytes/macrophages with a regulatory phenotype to perform phagocytosis and efferocytosis, 2021, JCI Insight
  • The role of annexin A1 in the modulation of the NLRP3 inflammasome, 2020, Immunology

Best Publications

  • Diabetes mellitus: The linkage between oxidative stress, inflammation, hypercoagulability and vascular complications

    Caroline Pereira Domingueti;Luci Maria Sant'Ana Dusse;Maria das Graças Carvalho;Lirlândia Pires de Sousa

  • Resolution of Inflammation: What Controls Its Onset?

    Michelle A. Sugimoto;Lirlândia P. Sousa;Vanessa Pinho;Mauro Perretti

  • Annexin A1 and the Resolution of Inflammation: Modulation of Neutrophil Recruitment, Apoptosis, and Clearance

    Michelle Amantéa Sugimoto;Juliana Priscila Vago;Mauro Martins Teixeira;Lirlândia Pires Sousa

  • Resolution of inflammation: mechanisms and opportunity for drug development.

    Ana L. Alessandri;Lirlândia P. Sousa;Christopher D. Lucas;Adriano G. Rossi

  • Annexin A1 modulates natural and glucocorticoid-induced resolution of inflammation by enhancing neutrophil apoptosis.

    Juliana P. Vago;Camila R. C. Nogueira;Luciana P. Tavares;Frederico M. Soriani

  • The linkage between inflammation and Type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Nathália G. Cruz;Lirlândia P. Sousa;Marinez O. Sousa;Nathalia T. Pietrani

  • Anti-inflammatory effects of the activation of the angiotensin-(1-7) receptor, MAS, in experimental models of arthritis

    Kátia Daniela da Silveira;Fernanda Matos Coelho;Angélica Thomáz Vieira;Daniela Sachs

  • Blame the signaling: Role of cAMP for the resolution of inflammation.

    Luciana P. Tavares;Luciana P. Tavares;Graziele L. Negreiros-Lima;Kátia M. Lima;Patrícia M.R. E Silva

  • The vaccinia virus-stimulated mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is required for virus multiplication.

    Anderson A. Andrade;Patrícia N. G. Silva;Anna C. T. C. Pereira;Lirlândia P. de Sousa

  • Plasmin and plasminogen induce macrophage reprogramming and regulate key steps of inflammation resolution via annexin A1

    Michelle A. Sugimoto;Ana Luíza C. Ribeiro;Bruno R. C. Costa;Juliana P. Vago

  • Dietary fiber and the short-chain fatty acid acetate promote resolution of neutrophilic inflammation in a model of gout in mice

    Angélica T. Vieira;Izabela Galvão;Laurence M. Macia;Erica M. Sernaglia

  • The Required Role of Endogenously Produced Lipoxin A4 and Annexin-1 for the Production of IL-10 and Inflammatory Hyporesponsiveness in Mice

    Danielle G. Souza;Caio T. Fagundes;Flavio A. Amaral;Daniel Cisalpino

  • Contribution of macrophage migration inhibitory factor to the pathogenesis of dengue virus infection

    Iranaia Assunção-Miranda;Flavio A. Amaral;Fernando A. Bozza;Caio T. Fagundes

  • Essential role of platelet-activating factor receptor in the pathogenesis of Dengue virus infection.

    Danielle G. Souza;Caio T. Fagundes;Lirlandia P. Sousa;Flavio A. Amaral

  • Activation of the PI3K/Akt Pathway Early during Vaccinia and Cowpox Virus Infections Is Required for both Host Survival and Viral Replication

    Jamária A. P. Soares;Flávia G. G. Leite;Luciana G. Andrade;Alice A. Torres

  • Increased plasma levels of BDNF and inflammatory markers in Alzheimer's disease.

    Mayara Chaves Faria;Gisele Santos Gonçalves;Natália Pessoa Rocha;Edgar Nunes Moraes;Edgar Nunes Moraes

  • Increased plasma levels of soluble TNF receptor I in patients with bipolar disorder

    Izabela Guimarães Barbosa;Rodrigo Barreto Huguet;Vanessa Amaral Mendonça;Lirlândia Pires Sousa

  • PDE4 inhibition drives resolution of neutrophilic inflammation by inducing apoptosis in a PKA‐PI3K/Akt‐dependent and NF‐κB‐independent manner

    Lirlândia P. Sousa;Fernando Lopes;Douglas M. Silva;Luciana P. Tavares

  • A mitogenic signal triggered at an early stage of vaccinia virus infection: implication of MEK/ERK and protein kinase A in virus multiplication.

    José C. de Magalhães;Anderson A. Andrade;Patrícia N.G. Silva;Lirlândia P. Sousa

  • The long pentraxin PTX3 is crucial for tissue inflammation after intestinal ischemia and reperfusion in mice.

    Danielle G. Souza;Flavio A. Amaral;Caio T. Fagundes;Fernanda M. Coelho

  • Treatment with a novel chemokine-binding protein or eosinophil lineage-ablation protects mice from experimental colitis.

    Angélica T. Vieira;Caio T. Fagundes;Ana Leticia Alessandri;Marina G.M. Castor

  • Mediators of Inflammation

    Izabela Galvão;Michelle A. Sugimoto;Juliana P. Vago;Marina G. Machado

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauro M. Teixeira
Mauro M. Teixeira Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Vanessa Pinho
Vanessa Pinho Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Antônio Lúcio Teixeira
Antônio Lúcio Teixeira The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Danielle G. Souza
Danielle G. Souza Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Erna Geessien Kroon
Erna Geessien Kroon Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Paulo Caramelli
Paulo Caramelli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Adriano G. Rossi
Adriano G. Rossi University of Edinburgh
Mauro Perretti
Mauro Perretti Queen Mary University of London
Robson A.S. Santos
Robson A.S. Santos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Jacques Robert Nicoli
Jacques Robert Nicoli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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