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Maria A. Juliano is affiliated with the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Their research contributions span the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Medicine. Subfields of particular emphasis include Molecular Biology, Immunology, Genetics, Epidemiology, and Microbiology.

The primary research topics addressed in their work involve:

  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Vaccines and Immunoinformatics Approaches
  • Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
  • Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Trypanosoma Species Research and Implications
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods

Maria A. Juliano has coauthored extensively with several researchers, including Luiz Juliano, José Thalles Lacerda, Rinaldo Aparecido Mota, Débora Noma Okamoto, and Itabajara da Silva Vaz.

Their publications frequently appear in scientific journals such as Molecules, Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, SSRN Electronic Journal, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, and Scientific Reports.

Recent papers by Maria A. Juliano include:

  • Identification of bioactive peptides released from in vitro gastrointestinal digestion of yam proteins (Dioscorea cayennensis), 2021, Food Research International
  • Non-Toxic Dimeric Peptides Derived from the Bothropstoxin-I Are Potent SARS-CoV-2 and Papain-like Protease Inhibitors, 2021, Molecules
  • Activation of estrogen receptor ESR1 and ESR2 induces proliferation of the human testicular embryonal carcinoma NT2/D1 cells, 2022, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
  • Copper mining bacteria: Converting toxic copper ions into a stable single-atom copper, 2021, Science Advances
  • Bovine mastitis in northeastern Brazil: Occurrence of emergent bacteria and their phenotypic and genotypic profile of antimicrobial resistance, 2022, Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • Stress-inducible protein 1 is a cell surface ligand for cellular prion that triggers neuroprotection

    Silvio M. Zanata;Marilene H. Lopes;Adriana F. Mercadante;Glaucia N. M. Hajj

  • Cellular prion protein binds laminin and mediates neuritogenesis

    Edgard Graner;Adriana F Mercadante;Silvio M Zanata;Orestes V Forlenza

  • Amyloid-β Binds to the Extracellular Cysteine-rich Domain of Frizzled and Inhibits Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling

    Margaret H. Magdesian;Milena M. V. F. Carvalho;Fabio A. Mendes;Leonardo M. Saraiva

  • Internally quenched fluorogenic protease substrates: Solid-phase synthesis and fluorescence spectroscopy of peptides containing ortho-aminobenzoyl/dinitrophenyl groups as donor-acceptor pairs

    Izaura Yoshico Hirata;Maria Helena Sedenho Cezari;Clovis Ryuichi Nakaie;Paulo Boschcov

  • DNA Converts Cellular Prion Protein into the β-Sheet Conformation and Inhibits Prion Peptide Aggregation

    Yraima Cordeiro;Filipe Machado;Luiz Juliano;Maria Aparecida Juliano

  • Peptidase specificity characterization of C- and N-terminal catalytic sites of angiotensin I-converting enzyme.

    Mauricio C. Araujo;Robson L. Melo;Maria Helena Cesari;Maria A. Juliano

  • Measuring elastase, proteinase 3 and cathepsin G activities at the surface of human neutrophils with fluorescence resonance energy transfer substrates.

    Brice Korkmaz;Sylvie Attucci;Sylvie Attucci;Maria Aparecida Juliano;Timofey Kalupov;Timofey Kalupov

  • Mapping of the T-cell epitope in the major 43-kilodalton glycoprotein of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis which induces a Th-1 response protective against fungal infection in BALB/c mice.

    Carlos P. Taborda;Maria A. Juliano;Rosana Puccia;Marcello Franco

  • Infection by Trypanosoma cruzi. Identification of a parasite ligand and its host cell receptor.

    Margaret H. Magdesian;Ricardo Giordano;Henning Ulrich;Maria Aparecida Juliano

  • Substrate activation of insulin-degrading enzyme (insulysin). A potential target for drug development.

    Eun-Suk Song;Maria Aparecida Juliano;Luiz Juliano;Louis B. Hersh

  • Kininogenase activity by the major cysteinyl proteinase (cruzipain) from Trypanosoma cruzi.

    Elaine Del Nery;Maria A. Juliano;Ana Paula C.A. Lima;Julio Scharfstein

  • Human recombinant endopeptidase PHEX has a strict S1' specificity for acidic residues and cleaves peptides derived from fibroblast growth factor-23 and matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein.

    Marcelo Campos;Constance Couture;Izaura Y. Hirata;Maria A. Juliano

  • Characterization of the substrate specificity of the major cysteine protease (cruzipain) from Trypanosoma cruzi using a portion-mixing combinatorial library and fluorogenic peptides.

    Elaine Del Nery;Maria A. Juliano;Morten Meldal;Ib Svendsen

  • Coevolution of insect trypsins and inhibitors.

    A.R. Lopes;M.A. Juliano;L. Juliano;W.R. Terra

  • Antibody Complementarity-Determining Regions (CDRs) Can Display Differential Antimicrobial, Antiviral and Antitumor Activities

    Luciano Polonelli;José Pontón;Natalia Elguezabal;María Dolores Moragues

  • Specificity of Prohormone Convertase 2 on Proenkephalin and Proenkephalin-related Substrates

    Karla Johanning;Maria A. Juliano;Luiz Juliano;Claude Lazure

  • Substrate Specificity of Human Kallikrein 6 SALT AND GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN ACTIVATION EFFECTS

    Pedro Francisco Angelo;Aurelio Resende Lima;Fabiana M. Alves;Sachiko I. Blaber

  • Fluorescence-Quenched Solid Phase Combinatorial Libraries in the Characterization of Cysteine Protease Substrate Specificity†

    Phaedria M. St. Hilaire;Marianne Willert;Maria Aparecida Juliano;and Luiz Juliano

  • Cellular prion protein interaction with vitronectin supports axonal growth and is compensated by integrins.

    Glaucia N. M. Hajj;Marilene H. Lopes;Adriana F. Mercadante;Silvio S. Veiga

  • Membrane fusion induced by vesicular stomatitis virus depends on histidine protonation.

    Fabiana A. Carneiro;Fausto Stauffer;Carla S. Lima;Maria A. Juliano

Frequent Co-Authors

Luiz Juliano
Luiz Juliano Federal University of Sao Paulo
Luiz R. Travassos
Luiz R. Travassos Federal University of Sao Paulo
Morten Meldal
Morten Meldal University of Copenhagen
Michael Blaber
Michael Blaber Florida State University
Graham H. Coombs
Graham H. Coombs University of Strathclyde
Jeremy C. Mottram
Jeremy C. Mottram University of York
Louis B. Hersh
Louis B. Hersh University of Kentucky
Jorge Kalil
Jorge Kalil Universidade de São Paulo
Edecio Cunha-Neto
Edecio Cunha-Neto Universidade de São Paulo
Antonio C.M. Camargo
Antonio C.M. Camargo Instituto Butantan

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