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Pedro L. Oliveira
Researcher at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Publications - 122
Citations - 6398
Pedro L. Oliveira is an academic researcher from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rhodnius prolixus & Heme. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 112 publications receiving 5565 citations. Previous affiliations of Pedro L. Oliveira include Johns Hopkins University.
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Heme crystallization in the midgut of triatomine insects
Marcus F. Oliveira,Ana Caroline P. Gandara,Cláudia M.S. Braga,José R. Silva,Flávia Borges Mury,Marílvia Dansa-Petretski,Diego Menezes,Marcos A. Vannier-Santos,Pedro L. Oliveira +8 more
TL;DR: The data presented here indicate that Hz formation is an ancestral adaptation of Triatominae to a blood-sucking habit and that the presence of perimicrovillar membranes plays a central role in this process.
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BYC, an atypical aspartic endopeptidase from Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus eggs.
Maria Clara L. Nascimento-Silva,Alexandre T. Leal,Sirlei Daffre,Luiz Juliano,Itabajara da Silva Vaz,Gabriela O. Paiva-Silva,Pedro L. Oliveira,Marcos Henrique Ferreira Sorgine +7 more
TL;DR: Boophilus yolk cathepsin (BYC) was cloned and its primary sequence showed high similarity with other aspartic endopeptidases, and it was found that this peptidase will digest its natural substrate, vitellin, very slowly, what seems to indicate that these peptidases will digest their natural substrate very slowly.
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Energy metabolism affects susceptibility of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes to Plasmodium infection.
Jose Henrique M. Oliveira,Renata L.S. Goncalves,Renata L.S. Goncalves,Giselle de Almeida Oliveira,Pedro L. Oliveira,Marcus F. Oliveira,Carolina Barillas-Mury +6 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that there are broad metabolic differences between R and S An.
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Perimicrovillar membranes promote hemozoin formation into Rhodnius prolixus midgut.
José R. Silva,Flávia Borges Mury,Marcus F. Oliveira,Pedro L. Oliveira,Carlos P. Silva,Marílvia Dansa-Petretski +5 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the ability to induce heme aggregation is a feature of the perimicrovillar membranes, possibly representing a pre-adaptation of the hemipterans to feeding on blood.
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Ticks as potential vectors of Mycobacterium leprae: Use of tick cell lines to culture the bacilli and generate transgenic strains.
Jessica da Silva Ferreira,Diego Augusto Souza Oliveira,João Pedro Sousa Santos,Carla Carolina Dias Uzedo Ribeiro,Bruna de Azevedo Baêta,Rafaella Câmara Teixeira,Arthur da Silva Neumann,Patrícia Sammarco Rosa,Maria Cristina Vidal Pessolani,Milton Ozório Moraes,Gervásio Henrique Bechara,Pedro L. Oliveira,Marcos Henrique Ferreira Sorgine,Philip Noel Suffys,Amanda Nogueira Brum Fontes,Lesley Bell-Sakyi,Adivaldo Henrique da Fonseca,Flávio Alves Lara +17 more
TL;DR: The hypothesis that ticks may have the potential to act as a reservoir and/or vector of leprosy is supported and the feasibility of technological development of tick cell lines as a tool for large-scale production of M. leprae bacteria is suggested.