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D-Index
58
Citations
12187
World Ranking
2568
National Ranking
910

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Pedro Barbosa is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Physiology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their recent publications cover diverse topics related to immune mechanisms, metabolic diseases, and physiological changes. Notable works include:

  • "Redox Imbalance and Methylation Disturbances in Early Childhood Obesity" (2021), published in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
  • "CD8+ Treg cells play a role in the obesity-associated insulin resistance" (2023), published in Life Sciences
  • "Bariatric Surgery Induces Alterations in the Immune Profile of Peripheral Blood T Cells" (2024), published in Biomolecules

Barbosa's research topics highlight areas such as Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases, as well as Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases. Other studied topics include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Birth, Development, and Health, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, and Diet and metabolism studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Barbosa include Eugénia Carvalho, Aryane Cruz Oliveira Pinho, José Guilherme Tralhão, Maria J. Pereira, and Artur Paiva. Their publication record features contributions to a variety of venues with multiple papers in arXiv (Cornell University) and OBSERVATÓRIO DE LA ECONOMÍA LATINOAMERICANA among others, including recognized journals such as Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity and Life Sciences.

Barbosa's recognized work in the scientific community includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1991.

Best Publications

  • Associational Resistance and Associational Susceptibility: Having Right or Wrong Neighbors

    Pedro Barbosa;Jessica Hines;Ian Kaplan;Holly Martinson

  • Conservation biological control.

    Pedro Barbosa

  • Climatic unpredictability and parasitism of caterpillars: Implications of global warming

    John O. Stireman Iii;Lee A. Dyer;D. H. Janzen;M. S. Singer

  • Manipulating Natural Enemies By Plant Variety Selection and Modification: A Realistic Strategy?

    Dale G. Bottrell;Pedro Barbosa;Fred Gould

  • The role of drought stress in provoking outbreaks of phytophagous insects.

    William J. Mattson;Robert A. Haack

  • Ecology of predator-prey interactions.

    Pedro Barbosa;Ignacio Castellanos

  • Arthropod pest resurgence: an overview of potential mechanisms

    Mark R. Hardin;Betty Benrey;Moshe Coll;William O. Lamp

  • INFLUENCE OF POPULATION DENSITY ON SIZE, FECUNDITY, AND DEVELOPMENTAL RATE OF INSECTS IN CULTURE

    and T M Peters;P Barbosa

  • Microbial mediation of plant-herbivore interactions

    Pedro Barbosa;Vera A. Krischik;Clive G. Jones

  • Influence of plant allelochemicals on the tobacco hornworm and its parasitoid, Cotesia congregata

    Pedro Barbosa;Paul Gross;John Kemper

  • Amino acid nutrition of herbivorous insects and stress to host plants.

    Brent Brodbeck;Donald Strong

  • Phytochemical diversity and redundancy in ecological interactions

    John T. Romeo;James A. Saunders;Pedro Barbosa

  • Novel Aspects of Insect-Plant Interactions.

    D. H. Janzen;P. Barbosa;D. K. Letourneau

  • Plant allelochemicals and insect parasitoids effects of nicotine onCotesia congregata (say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) andHyposoter annulipes (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae).

    P. Barbosa;J. A. Saunders;J. Kemper;R. Trumbule

  • Success in Conservation Biological Control of Arthropods

    G. M. Gurr;S. D. Wratten;P. Barbosa

  • Introduction to Forest and Shade Tree Insects

    Pedro Barbosa;Michael R. Wagner

  • Influence of Alkaloids on Feeding Preference of Eastern Deciduous Forest Trees by the Gypsy Moth Lymantria dispar

    Pedro Barbosa;Vera Aber Krischik

  • Novel Aspects of Insect Plant Interactions

    Pedro Barbosa;Deborah Kay Letourneau

  • What is a forest pest

    P. J. Nothnagle;J. C. Schultz;P. Barbosa

  • Natural enemies and herbivore-plant interactions:influence of plant allelochemicals and host specificity

    P. Barbosa

  • Life-history traits of forest-inhabiting flightless Lepidoptera

    Pedro Barbosa;Vera Krischik;David Lance

  • Insect Outbreaks Revisited: Barbosa/Insect Outbreaks Revisited

    Pedro Barbosa;Deborah K. Letourneau;Anurag A. Agrawal

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah K. Letourneau
Deborah K. Letourneau University of California, Santa Cruz
John T. Guthrie
John T. Guthrie University of Maryland, College Park
Allan Wigfield
Allan Wigfield University of Maryland, College Park
Raúl Medina
Raúl Medina University of Cantabria
Frank R. Stermitz
Frank R. Stermitz Colorado State University
Fred Gould
Fred Gould North Carolina State University
Robert E. Ricklefs
Robert E. Ricklefs University of Missouri–St. Louis
John O. Stireman
John O. Stireman Wright State University
H. Charles J. Godfray
H. Charles J. Godfray University of Oxford
Steve D. Wratten
Steve D. Wratten Lincoln University

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