Manuel T Silva
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Gama J, Ohlmeier S, Martins T, Fraga A, Sampaio-Marques B, Carvalho M, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2014 Aug;
8(8):e3066.
PMID: 25101965
Buruli ulcer (BU) is a neglected tropical disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. The tissue damage characteristic of BU lesions is known to be driven by the secretion of the potent...
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Martins T, Trigo G, Fraga A, Gama J, Longatto-Filho A, Saraiva M, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2012 Dec;
6(11):e1925.
PMID: 23209864
Background: Buruli ulcer (BU) is a necrotizing disease of the skin, subcutaneous tissue and bone caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. It has been suggested that the immune response developed during the...
3.
Gryseels S, Amissah D, Durnez L, Vandelannoote K, Leirs H, De Jonckheere J, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2012 Aug;
6(8):e1764.
PMID: 22880141
Background: The reservoir and mode of transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, remain unknown. Ecological, genetic and epidemiological information nonetheless suggests that M. ulcerans may reside...
4.
Silva M, Pestana N
Immunobiology
. 2012 Jul;
218(3):325-37.
PMID: 22795971
Classically labeled facultative intracellular pathogens are characterized by the ability to have an intracellular phase in the host, which is required for pathogenicity, while capable of extracellular growth in vitro....
5.
Silva M, Correia-Neves M
Front Immunol
. 2012 Jul;
3:174.
PMID: 22783254
Biological cellular systems are groups of cells sharing a set of characteristics, mainly key function and origin. Phagocytes are crucial in the host defense against microbial infection. The previously proposed...
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Fraga A, Martins T, Torrado E, Huygen K, Portaels F, Silva M, et al.
PLoS One
. 2012 Mar;
7(3):e33406.
PMID: 22413022
Background: Buruli ulcer (BU) is an emerging infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans that can result in extensive necrotizing cutaneous lesions due to the cytotoxic exotoxin mycolactone. There is no...
7.
Martins T, Gama J, Fraga A, Saraiva M, Silva M, Castro A, et al.
PLoS One
. 2012 Mar;
7(2):e32740.
PMID: 22393444
Background: Buruli ulcer (BU) is a neglected necrotizing disease of the skin, subcutaneous tissue and bone, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. BU pathogenesis is associated with mycolactone, a lipidic exotoxin with...
8.
Silva M
Front Microbiol
. 2012 Mar;
3:71.
PMID: 22393329
An ample understanding of the complex interactions between host and pathogen will improve our ability to develop new prophylactic and therapeutic measures against infection. Precise classification of infectious agents in...
9.
Silva M, Dos Santos N, do Vale A
Toxins (Basel)
. 2011 Nov;
2(4):905-18.
PMID: 22069616
Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida (Phdp) is a Gram-negative pathogen agent of an important fish septicemia. The key virulence factor of Phdp is the plasmid-encoded exotoxin AIP56, which is secreted by...
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Silva M
J Leukoc Biol
. 2010 Dec;
89(5):675-83.
PMID: 21169518
Macrophages and neutrophils possess overlapping and complementary features associated to their common origin and subsequent specialization during myelopoiesis. That specialization results in macrophage lineage being limited in antimicrobial capacity and...