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Lorena C. F. Silva
Researcher at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publications - 20
Citations - 625
Lorena C. F. Silva is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mimivirus & Giant Virus. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 20 publications receiving 503 citations. Previous affiliations of Lorena C. F. Silva include Aix-Marseille University.
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Tailed giant Tupanvirus possesses the most complete translational apparatus of the known virosphere
Jônatas Santos Abrahão,Jônatas Santos Abrahão,Lorena C. F. Silva,Lorena C. F. Silva,Ludmila Karen dos Santos Silva,Ludmila Karen dos Santos Silva,Jacques Yaacoub Bou Khalil,Rodrigo Araújo Lima Rodrigues,Thalita Souza Arantes,Felipe L. Assis,Paulo V. M. Boratto,Miguel de Souza Andrade,Erna Geessien Kroon,Bergmann Morais Ribeiro,Ivan Bergier,Hervé Seligmann,Eric Ghigo,Philippe Colson,Anthony Levasseur,Guido Kroemer,Didier Raoult,Bernard La Scola +21 more
TL;DR: Tupanvirus is a unique giant virus that has an unusually long tail and contains the largest translational apparatus of the known virosphere and their genetic analysis can provide insights into virus evolution.
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Samba virus: a novel mimivirus from a giant rain forest, the Brazilian Amazon
Rafael K. Campos,Paulo V. M. Boratto,Felipe L. Assis,Eric R.G.R. Aguiar,Lorena C. F. Silva,Jonas D. Albarnaz,Fábio P. Dornas,Giliane de Souza Trindade,P. C. P. Ferreira,João Trindade Marques,Catherine Robert,Didier Raoult,Erna Geessien Kroon,Bernard La Scola,Jônatas Santos Abrahão +14 more
TL;DR: The discovery, isolation and characterization of Samba virus (SMBV), a novel giant virus belonging to the Mimivirus genus, which was isolated from the Negro River in the Brazilian Amazon and expands knowledge of Mimiviridae evolution and ecology.
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Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus and other giant viruses: an open field to outstanding discoveries
Jônatas Santos Abrahão,Fábio P. Dornas,Lorena C. F. Silva,Gabriel Magno de Freitas Almeida,Paulo V. M. Boratto,P. Colson,Bernard La Scola,Erna Geessien Kroon +7 more
TL;DR: This review aims to condense the studies conducted so far about the features and peculiarities of APMV, from its discovery to its clinical relevance, and concludes that this virus founded the family Mimiviridae.
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Oysters as hot spots for mimivirus isolation
Ketyllen Reis Andrade,Paulo V. M. Boratto,Felipe G. Pinheiro Rodrigues,Lorena C. F. Silva,Fábio P. Dornas,Mariana Rangel Pilotto,Bernard La Scola,Gabriel Magno de Freitas Almeida,Erna Geessien Kroon,Jônatas Santos Abrahão +9 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated by molecular and virological methods that oysters are excellent sources for mimiviruses isolation and raised questions regarding the role of oyster consumption as a putative source of mimivirus infection in humans are raised.
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A resourceful giant: APMV is able to interfere with the human type I interferon system
Lorena C. F. Silva,Gabriel Magno de Freitas Almeida,Danilo Bretas de Oliveira,Fábio P. Dornas,Rafael K. Campos,Bernard La Scola,Paulo César Peregrino Ferreira,Erna Geessien Kroon,Jônatas Santos Abrahão +8 more
TL;DR: This study investigated how some components of the interferon (IFN) system are stimulated by APMV in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and howAPMV replication is affected by IFN treatment and demonstrated the productive infection of professional phagocytes with APVV and showed that this virus is recognized by the immune system of vertebrates and inhibits it.