Pedro L. Oliveira

TL;DR: The aim of the present review is to comprehensibly summarize the data obtained in the last few years by collaborative research, discussing the efforts to find antigens efficient enough for a cattle tick-controlling vaccine.

TL;DR: A global analysis of heme-regulated Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) transcriptional changes to better understand influence on mosquito physiology at the molecular level observed an iron- and reactive oxygen species (ROS)-independent signaling induced by heme that comprised genes related to redox metabolism.

TL;DR: A model for THAP synthesis, transport, storage and activation is suggested and for the role it plays in embryonic development by participating in vitellin processing is suggested.

TL;DR: The results indicate that catalase performs an important role in the control of redox balance in R. microplus, which dramatically affects hemosome formation and stability and may be a target in the development of new methods for tick control.

TL;DR: It is proposed that intense protein synthesis at the FE results in reticulum stress (RS) and that lowering expression of a set of genes related to cell survival should lead to degeneration of follicular cells at oocyte maturation, suggesting that ovarian follicles may represent an interesting model for studying control of RS and cell survival in professional S cell types.