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Brazil
2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2005 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Mauro M. Teixeira is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several key subfields including Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology.

The scope of their work covers a variety of main topics such as:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • S100 Proteins and Annexins

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications and has several recent papers of note, including:

  • ARRIVE 2.0 and the British Journal of Pharmacology: Updated guidance for 2020, 2020, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Evolution and epidemic spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil, 2020, Science
  • Planning experiments: Updated guidance on experimental design and analysis and their reporting III, 2022, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Gut Dysbiosis during Influenza Contributes to Pulmonary Pneumococcal Superinfection through Altered Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Efficacy and Safety of a COVID-19 Inactivated Vaccine in Healthcare Professionals in Brazil: The PROFISCOV Study, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Celso Martins Queiroz-Junior
  • Vivian Vasconcelos Costa
  • Lirlândia P. Sousa
  • Vanessa Pinho
  • Danielle G. Souza

Publications by this researcher often appear in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Inflammation Research
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Pharmacological Research

Mauro M. Teixeira's work involves an extensive investigation into infectious diseases and immune system responses, contributing to fields that address both acute viral outbreaks and ongoing public health challenges.

Recognitions awarded to this scientist include:

  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences, 2012
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2005

Best Publications

  • Regulation of inflammatory responses by gut microbiota and chemoattractant receptor GPR43

    Kendle M. Maslowski;Angelica T. Vieira;Angelica T. Vieira;Aylwin Ng;Jan Kranich

  • Metabolite-sensing receptors GPR43 and GPR109A facilitate dietary fibre-induced gut homeostasis through regulation of the inflammasome

    Laurence Macia;Jian Tan;Angelica T. Vieira;Katie Leach

  • Experimental design and analysis and their reporting II: updated and simplified guidance for authors and peer reviewers

    Michael J Curtis;Steve Alexander;Giuseppe Cirino;James R Docherty

  • ARRIVE 2.0 and the British Journal of Pharmacology: Updated guidance for 2020.

    Elliott Lilley;S. Clare Stanford;David E. Kendall;Stephen P.H. Alexander

  • The CXCL8/IL-8 chemokine family and its receptors in inflammatory diseases

    Remo C Russo;Cristiana C Garcia;Mauro M Teixeira;Flavio A Amaral

  • Resolution of Inflammation: What Controls Its Onset?

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

  • Evolution and epidemic spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil.

    Darlan S. Candido;Darlan S. Candido;Ingra M. Claro;Jaqueline G. de Jesus;William M. Souza

  • IL-33 Induces Antigen-Specific IL-5 + T Cells and Promotes Allergic-Induced Airway Inflammation Independent of IL-4

    Mariola Kurowska-Stolarska;Pete Kewin;Grace Murphy;Remo C. Russo

  • Uric acid in chronic heart failure: a marker of chronic inflammation

    F. Leyva;Stefan D. Anker;I. F. Godsland;M. Teixeira

  • Cytokines and neurohormones relating to body composition alterations in the wasting syndrome of chronic heart failure.

    S.D. Anker;P.P. Ponikowski;A.L. Clark;F. Leyva

  • Targeting CCL5 in inflammation

    Rafael Elias Marques;Rodrigo Guabiraba;Remo Castro Russo;Mauro Martins Teixeira

  • 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

  • Diagnosis and management of Chagas disease and cardiomyopathy.

    Antonio L. Ribeiro;Maria P. Nunes;Mauro M. Teixeira;Manoel O. C. Rocha

  • Chemokines and mitochondrial products activate neutrophils to amplify organ injury during mouse acute liver failure.

    Pedro E. Marques;Sylvia S. Amaral;Daniele A. Pires;Laura L. Nogueira

  • Crucial role of neutrophils in the development of mechanical inflammatory hypernociception

    Thiago M. Cunha;Waldiceu A. Verri;Ieda R. Schivo;Marcelo H. Napimoga

  • Regulation of chemokine receptor by Toll-like receptor 2 is critical to neutrophil migration and resistance to polymicrobial sepsis

    Jose C. Alves-Filho;Andressa Freitas;Fabricio O. Souto;Fernando Spiller

  • Phosphodiesterase (PDE)4 inhibitors: anti-inflammatory drugs of the future?

    Mauro M. Teixeira;Robert W. Gristwood;Nicola Cooper;Paul G. Hellewell

  • Commensal microbiota is fundamental for the development of inflammatory pain

    F. A. Amaral;D. Sachs;V. V. Costa;C. T. Fagundes

  • Gut Dysbiosis during Influenza Contributes to Pulmonary Pneumococcal Superinfection through Altered Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production

    Valentin Sencio;Adeline Barthelemy;Luciana P. Tavares;Marina G. Machado

  • The role of probiotics and prebiotics in inducing gut immunity

    Angelica Thomaz Vieira;Mauro Martins Teixeira;Flaviano dos Santos Martins

  • Dengue surveillance based on a computational model of spatio-temporal locality of Twitter

    Janaína Gomide;Adriano Veloso;Wagner Meira;Virgílio Almeida

Frequent Co-Authors

Danielle G. Souza
Danielle G. Souza Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Antônio Lúcio Teixeira
Antônio Lúcio Teixeira The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Vanessa Pinho
Vanessa Pinho Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Lirlândia P. Sousa
Lirlândia P. Sousa Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Fernando Q. Cunha
Fernando Q. Cunha Universidade de São Paulo
Paul G. Hellewell
Paul G. Hellewell Brunel University London
Jacques Robert Nicoli
Jacques Robert Nicoli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Thiago M. Cunha
Thiago M. Cunha Universidade de São Paulo
Ricardo T. Gazzinelli
Ricardo T. Gazzinelli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
João S. Silva
João S. Silva Universidade de São Paulo

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