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Innate Immunology, Host-Pathogen interaction, Inflammatory disease, Toxoplasma, IBD, Periodontitis
Brazil

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Employment (2)

University of the Pacific: San Francisco, California, US

2023-01-18 to present | Assistant Professor (Biomedical Science Department)
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

The Francis Crick Institute: London, GB

2022-04-19 to 2023-01-14 | Senior Research Scientist (Signalling in Apicomplexan Parasites Laboratory)
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

Education and qualifications (5)

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2018-10-10 to 2022-04-04 | Post-Doctoral Fellow (Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho)
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2018-02-10 to 2018-10-09 | Post-doctoral fellow (Department of Gastroenterology & Multidisciplinary Research Laboratory)
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2016-03-02 to 2018-01-10 | Post -doctoral fellow (Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho)
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2012-03-01 to 2016-02-28 | PhD Biological Science (Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho)
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2010-03-01 to 2012-02-01 | Master Biological Science (Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho)
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

Professional activities (2)

Brazilian Purine Club: São Paulo, SP, BR

2010-03-01 to present | Professional
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior: Brasília, DF, BR

2018-10-01 | PNPD (Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho - Fisiology program)
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

Works (9)

P2X7 Receptor Modulation of the Gut Microbiota and the Inflammasome Determines the Severity of <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i>-Induced Ileitis

Biomedicines
2023-02 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Moreira-Souza, ACA; Hayandra Ferreira Nanini; Thuany Prado Rangel; Sthefani Rodrigues Batista da Silva; Beatriz Pêgo Damasceno; Beatriz Elias Ribeiro; Cynthia M. Cascabulho; Fabiano Thompson; Camille Leal; Patricia Santana et al.
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Non-canonical NLRP3 inflammasome activation and IL-1β signaling are necessary to L. amazonensis control mediated by P2X7 receptor and leukotriene B4.

PLoS pathogens
2019-06-24 | Journal article
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

Disruption of Purinergic Receptor P2X7 Signaling Increases Susceptibility to Cerebral Toxoplasmosis.

The American journal of pathology
2019-01-14 | Journal article
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

The P2X7 Receptor Mediates Toxoplasma gondii Control in Macrophages through Canonical NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Reactive Oxygen Species Production.

Frontiers in immunology
2017-10-12 | Journal article
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

Potential role of P2X7R in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma proliferation.

Purinergic signalling
2017-04-11 | Journal article
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

Inflammatory early events associated to the role of P2X7 receptor in acute murine toxoplasmosis.

Immunobiology
2016-12-30 | Journal article
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

P2X7 Receptor Signaling Contributes to Sepsis-Associated Brain Dysfunction.

Molecular neurobiology
2016-10-11 | Journal article
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

Pyrimidinergic Receptor Activation Controls Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Macrophages.

PloS one
2015-07-20 | Journal article
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Moreira-Souza, ACA

Activation of the P2X(7) receptor triggers the elimination of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites from infected macrophages.

Microbes and infection
2010-03-16 | Journal article
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Moreira-Souza, ACA