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Milena Botelho Pereira Soares

Milena Botelho Pereira Soares

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Immunology

D-Index
60
Citations
12490
World Ranking
3338
National Ranking
23

Overview

Milena Botelho Pereira Soares is affiliated with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil and has a research portfolio spanning medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work incorporates a focus on molecular biology, organic chemistry, infectious diseases, plant science, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae
  • Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Recent publications by Milena Botelho Pereira Soares include:

  • Current Clinical Landscape and Global Potential of Bacteriophage Therapy, 2023, published in Viruses
  • Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Betulinic Acid: A Review, 2022, published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Genetic Engineering as a Strategy to Improve the Therapeutic Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells in Regenerative Medicine, 2020, published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • The Main Molecular and Serological Methods for Diagnosing COVID-19: An Overview Based on the Literature, 2020, published in Viruses
  • Clinical Trials with Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapies for Osteoarthritis: Challenges in the Regeneration of Articular Cartilage, 2023, published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The scientist has coauthored frequently with:

  • Daniel P. Bezerra
  • Cássio Santana Meira
  • Valdenizia R. Silva
  • Luciano de S. Santos
  • Rosane B. Dias

They have published extensively in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Molecules
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of Bioengineering, Technologies and Health
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Milena Botelho Pereira Soares' research primarily addresses areas related to medicine (196 publications) and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology (112 publications). Within these broader fields, their focus includes molecular biology with 78 publications and organic chemistry with 32, among other specialized areas.

Best Publications

  • Uptake of apoptotic cells drives the growth of a pathogenic trypanosome in macrophages.

    C. G. Freire-de-Lima;D. O. Nascimento;M. B. P. Soares;P. T. Bozza

  • In vitro and in vivo experimental models for drug screening and development for Chagas disease

    Alvaro José Romanha;Solange Lisboa de Castro;Maria de Nazaré Correia Soeiro;Joseli Lannes-Vieira

  • Antileishmanial Activity of Dimeric Flavonoids Isolated from Arrabidaea brachypoda

    Vinícius P. C. Rocha;Cláudia Quintino da Rocha;Emerson Ferreira Queiroz;Laurence Marcourt

  • Treatment with Benznidazole during the Chronic Phase of Experimental Chagas' Disease Decreases Cardiac Alterations

    Simone Garcia;Carolina O. Ramos;Juliana F. V. Senra;Fabio Vilas-Boas

  • Anti-inflammatory effects of carvacrol: evidence for a key role of interleukin-10.

    Milena da Silva Lima;Lucindo J. Quintans-Júnior;Wagno Alcântara de Santana;Carla Martins Kaneto

  • Safety and neurological assessments after autologous transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in subjects with chronic spinal cord injury.

    Marcus Vinícius Pinheiro Mendonça;Ticiana Ferreira Larocca;Ticiana Ferreira Larocca;Bruno Solano de Freitas Souza;Bruno Solano de Freitas Souza;Cristiane Flora Villarreal;Cristiane Flora Villarreal

  • A new chapter opens in anti-inflammatory treatments: the antidepressant bupropion lowers production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interferon-gamma in mice.

    D. Brustolim;R. Ribeiro-dos-Santos;R.E. Kast;E.L. Altschuler

  • Zika virus infection induces mitosis abnormalities and apoptotic cell death of human neural progenitor cells

    Bruno S. F. Souza;Bruno S. F. Souza;Gabriela L. A. Sampaio;Ciro S. Pereira;Gubio S. Campos

  • Inhibition of macrophage activation and lipopolysaccaride-induced death by seco-steroids purified from Physalis angulata L.

    Milena B.P. Soares;Moema C. Bellintani;Ivone M. Ribeiro;Therezinha C.B. Tomassini

  • Down-regulation of CXCR2 on Neutrophils in Severe Sepsis Is Mediated by Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase–derived Nitric Oxide

    Fabrício Rios-Santos;José C. Alves-Filho;Fabrício Oliveira Souto;Fernando Spiller

  • Feasibility and safety of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell transplantation in patients with advanced chronic liver disease.

    Andre Castro Lyra;Milena Botelho Pereira Soares;Luiz Flavio Maia da Silva;Marcos Fraga Fortes

  • The vasoactive peptide maxadilan from sand fly saliva inhibits TNF-alpha and induces IL-6 by mouse macrophages through interaction with the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) receptor.

    Milena B. P. Soares;Richard G. Titus;Charles B. Shoemaker;John R. David

  • Transplanted bone marrow cells repair heart tissue and reduce myocarditis in chronic chagasic mice.

    Milena B.P. Soares;Ricardo S. Lima;Leonardo L. Rocha;Christina M. Takyia

  • The pathogenesis of Chagas' disease: when autoimmune and parasite-specific immune responses meet

    Milena B. P. Soares;Lain Pontes-De-Carvalho;Lain Pontes-De-Carvalho;Ricardo Ribeiro-Dos-Santos;Ricardo Ribeiro-Dos-Santos

  • Effects of umbelliferone in a murine model of allergic airway inflammation

    Juliana F. Vasconcelos;Mauro M. Teixeira;José M. Barbosa-Filho;Maria F. Agra

  • CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE INHIBITS LOCAL ACUTE INFLAMMATION AND PROTECTS MICE AGAINST LETHAL ENDOTOXEMIA

    Rachel Novaes Gomes;Hugo C Castro-Faria-Neto;Patricia T Bozza;Milena B P Soares

  • The use of biodiversity as source of new chemical entities against defined molecular targets for treatment of malaria, tuberculosis, and T-cell mediated diseases: a review

    Luiz Augusto Basso;Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva;Arthur Germano Fett-Neto;Walter Filgueira de Azevedo Junior

  • Synthesis, docking, and in vitro activity of thiosemicarbazones, aminoacyl-thiosemicarbazides and acyl-thiazolidones against Trypanosoma cruzi

    Ana Cristina Lima Leite;Renata Souza de Lima;Diogo Rodrigo de M. Moreira;Marcos Veríssimo de O. Cardoso

  • Physalins B, F and G, seco-steroids purified from Physalis angulata L., inhibit lymphocyte function and allogeneic transplant rejection

    M.B.P. Soares;D. Brustolim;L.A. Santos;M.C. Bellintani

  • Infusion of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells through hepatic artery results in a short-term improvement of liver function in patients with chronic liver disease: a pilot randomized controlled study.

    Andre Castro Lyra;Milena Botelho Pereira Soares;Luiz Flavio Maia da Silva;Eduardo Lorens Braga

  • Mechanisms of the anti-inflammatory effects of the natural secosteroids physalins in a model of intestinal ischaemia and reperfusion injury

    Angélica T Vieira;Vanessa Pinho;Lucilia B Lepsch;Cristóforo Scavone

  • The triterpenoid lupeol attenuates allergic airway inflammation in a murine model.

    J.F. Vasconcelos;M.M. Teixeira;J.M. Barbosa-Filho;A.S.S.C. Lúcio

Frequent Co-Authors

Alzir A. Batista
Alzir A. Batista Federal University of São Carlos
José Maria Barbosa-Filho
José Maria Barbosa-Filho Federal University of Paraíba
Mauro M. Teixeira
Mauro M. Teixeira Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Mitermayer G. Reis
Mitermayer G. Reis Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Jean-Luc Wolfender
Jean-Luc Wolfender University of Geneva
Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz
Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz State University of Feira de Santana
Richard G. Titus
Richard G. Titus Colorado State University
John R. David
John R. David Harvard University
Walter Filgueira de Azevedo
Walter Filgueira de Azevedo Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Herbert B. Tanowitz
Herbert B. Tanowitz Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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