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Pedro L Oliveira

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1 Characterization of heme as activator of Toll-like receptor 4. J Biol Chem 2007 2.38
2 Adaptations against heme toxicity in blood-feeding arthropods. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2006 2.03
3 Blood meal-derived heme decreases ROS levels in the midgut of Aedes aegypti and allows proliferation of intestinal microbiota. PLoS Pathog 2011 1.57
4 Neutrophil activation by heme: implications for inflammatory processes. Blood 2002 1.49
5 Identification of the Aedes aegypti peritrophic matrix protein AeIMUCI as a heme-binding protein. Biochemistry 2006 1.32
6 Structural and morphological characterization of hemozoin produced by Schistosoma mansoni and Rhodnius prolixus. FEBS Lett 2005 1.27
7 Aedes aegypti peritrophic matrix and its interaction with heme during blood digestion. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2002 1.25
8 Inhibition of heme aggregation by chloroquine reduces Schistosoma mansoni infection. J Infect Dis 2004 1.08
9 A new intracellular pathway of haem detoxification in the midgut of the cattle tick Boophilus microplus: aggregation inside a specialized organelle, the hemosome. J Exp Biol 2003 1.07
10 Extracellular lipid droplets promote hemozoin crystallization in the gut of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. FEBS Lett 2007 1.01
11 A heme-degradation pathway in a blood-sucking insect. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 1.01
12 Blood-feeding induces reversible functional changes in flight muscle mitochondria of Aedes aegypti mosquito. PLoS One 2009 0.98
13 Changes in salivary nitrophorin profile during the life cycle of the blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2003 0.98
14 Energy metabolism affects susceptibility of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes to Plasmodium infection. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2011 0.96
15 Oxidative stress impairs heme detoxification in the midgut of the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2006 0.95
16 Heme crystallization in the midgut of triatomine insects. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2006 0.90
17 Biglutaminyl-biliverdin IX alpha as a heme degradation product in the dengue fever insect-vector Aedes aegypti. Biochemistry 2007 0.89
18 On the pro-oxidant effects of haemozoin. FEBS Lett 2002 0.87
19 HeLp, a heme-transporting lipoprotein with an antioxidant role. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2004 0.87
20 On the physico-chemical and physiological requirements of hemozoin formation promoted by perimicrovillar membranes in Rhodnius prolixus midgut. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2010 0.87
21 Vaccination of bovines with recombinant Boophilus Yolk pro-Cathepsin. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2006 0.87
22 The antioxidant role of xanthurenic acid in the Aedes aegypti midgut during digestion of a blood meal. PLoS One 2012 0.86
23 Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species modulate mosquito susceptibility to Plasmodium infection. PLoS One 2012 0.86
24 The role of reactive oxygen species in Anopheles aquasalis response to Plasmodium vivax infection. PLoS One 2013 0.85
25 Heme-oxygenases during erythropoiesis in K562 and human bone marrow cells. PLoS One 2011 0.84
26 Trypanosoma brucei brucei: effects of ferrous iron and heme on ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase activity. Exp Parasitol 2008 0.82
27 Perimicrovillar membranes promote hemozoin formation into Rhodnius prolixus midgut. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2007 0.82
28 Rhodnius heme-binding protein (RHBP) is a heme source for embryonic development in the blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae). Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2002 0.82
29 Antioxidant pathways are up-regulated during biological nitrogen fixation to prevent ROS-induced nitrogenase inhibition in Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus. Arch Microbiol 2010 0.82
30 Silencing of maternal heme-binding protein causes embryonic mitochondrial dysfunction and impairs embryogenesis in the blood sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus. J Biol Chem 2013 0.81
31 Proteolytic activity of Boophilus microplus Yolk pro-Cathepsin D (BYC) is coincident with cortical acidification during embryogenesis. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2004 0.81
32 An extraovarian aspartic protease accumulated in tick oocytes with vitellin-degradation activity. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2008 0.81
33 Transcriptome and gene expression profile of ovarian follicle tissue of the triatomine bug Rhodnius prolixus. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2011 0.80
34 In vivo uptake of a haem analogue Zn protoporphyrin IX by the human malaria parasite P. falciparum-infected red blood cells. Cell Biol Int 2010 0.79
35 BYC, an atypical aspartic endopeptidase from Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus eggs. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2007 0.79
36 OKB, a novel family of brain-gut neuropeptides from insects. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2012 0.78
37 Ovarian dual oxidase (Duox) activity is essential for insect eggshell hardening and waterproofing. J Biol Chem 2013 0.77
38 Cyclic nucleotide-independent phosphorylation of vitellin by casein kinase II purified from Rhodnius prolixus oocytes. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2002 0.76
39 Purification and antigenicity of two recombinant forms of Boophilus microplus yolk pro-cathepsin expressed in inclusion bodies. Protein Expr Purif 2005 0.76
40 Heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycan expression in the intestinal tract and ovary of fully engorged adult females of the cattle tick Boophilus microplus and in their laid eggs. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2003 0.75
41 Foreword. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2013 0.75