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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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An insight into the transcriptome of the digestive tract of the bloodsucking bug, Rhodnius prolixus.
José M. C. Ribeiro,Fernando A. Genta,Marcos Henrique Ferreira Sorgine,Raquel Logullo,Rafael D. Mesquita,Gabriela O. Paiva-Silva,David Majerowicz,Marcelo N. Medeiros,Leonardo Koerich,Walter R. Terra,Clélia Ferreira,André C. Pimentel,Paulo Mascarello Bisch,Daniel Leite,Michelle M. P. Diniz,João Galan Júnior,Manuela Leal da Silva,Ricardo Nascimento Araújo,Ana Caroline P. Gandara,Sébastien Brosson,Didier Salmon,Sabrina Bousbata,Natalia González-Caballero,Ariel Mariano Silber,Michele Alves-Bezerra,Katia C. Gondim,Mário A.C. Silva-Neto,Georgia C. Atella,Helena Araujo,Felipe A. Dias,Carla Polycarpo,Raquel J. Vionette-Amaral,Patrícia Fampa,Ana C.A. Melo,Aparecida S. Tanaka,Carsten Balczun,Jose Henrique M. Oliveira,Renata L.S. Goncalves,Cristiano Lazoski,Rolando Rivera-Pomar,Luis Aníbal Diambra,Günter A. Schaub,Eloi S. Garcia,Patrícia Azambuja,Glória R.C. Braz,Pedro L. Oliveira +45 more
TL;DR: A new view of the triatomine digestive apparatus is presented and a role for MAP kinases, GTPases, and LKBP1/AMP kinases related to control of cell shape and polarity is suggested, possibly in connection with regulation of cell survival, response of pathogens and nutrients.
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Tracing heme in a living cell: hemoglobin degradation and heme traffic in digest cells of the cattle tick Boophilus microplus.
TL;DR: The existence of an intracellular heme shuttle from the digestive vesicle to the hemosome acting as a detoxification mechanism should be regarded as a major adaptation of ticks to a blood-feeding way of life.
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Haem detoxification by an insect.
Marcus F. Oliveira,José R. Silva,Marílvia Dansa-Petretski,Wanderley de Souza,Ulysses Lins,Cláudia M.S. Braga,Hatisaburo Masuda,Pedro L. Oliveira +7 more
TL;DR: It is shown that haem polymerization into haemozoin is not exclusive to Plasmodium: it also occurs in the midgut of the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus(Hemiptera), an important vector of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas’ disease.
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Haemozoin in Schistosoma mansoni.
Marcus F. Oliveira,Joana C. D’Avila,Christiane R. Torres,Pedro L. Oliveira,Antônio J Tempone,Franklin David Rumjanek,Cláudia M.S. Braga,José R. Silva,Marílvia Dansa-Petretski,Marco Antonio de Oliveira,Wanderley de Souza,Sergio T. Ferreira +11 more
TL;DR: a Departamento de Bioquimica Medica, Uni6ersidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Uni 6ersitaria, 21941-590, Rio of Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Structural and morphological characterization of hemozoin produced by Schistosoma mansoni and Rhodnius prolixus
Marcus F. Oliveira,Stefan Kycia,Ariel Gómez,Aaron J. Kosar,D. Scott Bohle,Ernst Hempelmann,Diego Menezes,Marcos A. Vannier-Santos,Pedro L. Oliveira,Sergio T. Ferreira +9 more
TL;DR: Structural and morphological characterization of natural Hz samples obtained from these two blood‐feeding organisms are shown and it is shown that Hz formation occurring in close association to a hydrophobic environment seems to be a common trend for these organisms and may be crucial to produce very regular shaped phases.