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  1. Diversity and Potential Functions of Corrosive Microorganisms of Produced Water from Oil Fields

    Article • ACS ES&T Water, September 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  2. Impact of 2D versus 3D fibroblast models on Leishmania species invasion in vitro: Rab5 dynamics and actin activity in initial infection

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, August 2025, Frontiers

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  3. Modulation of fibroblast behavior by Leishmania: a pathway to understanding disease progression in cutaneous leishmaniasis

    Article • BMC Microbiology, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  4. In vitro evaluation of an experimental copaiba oil-resin gel associated with 35% hydrogen peroxide bleaching on bovine enamel

    Article • Odontology, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  5. Crotoxin Elicits Differential Increases in Macrophage Lipid Droplet Formation In Vitro Modulated during Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis Infection

    Article • ACS Omega, July 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  6. 3D Electron Microscopy Reveals the Structural Complexity of the Intravacuolar Membranous Network in Cyrilia lignieresi‐Infected Erythrocytes of the Fish Synbranchus marmoratus

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, July 2025, Wiley

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  7. Juruaça virus taxonomy, tolerance and resistance to infection, and inflammatory response modulation in murine model

    Article • npj Viruses, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Daniel Guerreiro Diniz, Ana Paula Rodrigues

  8. Characterization and Evaluation of the Cytotoxicity of Pregabalin Gels for Oral Application

    Article • Pharmaceuticals, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  9. Description of an intramonocytic haemoparasite, Hepatozoon lainsoni sp. nov. (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae), infecting Ameiva ameiva lizard (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae) in northern Brazil

    Article • Parasitology, February 2024, Cambridge University Press

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  10. Polymeric nanoparticles containing kojic acid induce structural alterations and apoptosis-like death in Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis

    Article • Frontiers in Pharmacology, January 2024, Frontiers

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  11. In Vitro Leishmanicidal Activity of Copaiba Oil and Kojic Acid Combination on the Protozoan Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis and Host Cell

    Article • Microorganisms, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  12. Additive manufacturing of poly (lactic acid)/hydroxyapatite/carbon nanotubes biocomposites for fibroblast cell proliferation

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  13. Poly (ε-caprolactone)-Based Scaffolds with Multizonal Architecture: Synthesis, Characterization, and In Vitro Tests

    Article • Polymers, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  14. Detection and activity of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in Leishmania amazonensis and Leishmania braziliensis promastigotes

    Article • BMC Microbiology, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  15. Inhibition of Melanization by Kojic Acid Promotes Cell Wall Disruption of the Human Pathogenic Fungus Fonsecaea sp.

    Article • Pathogens, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  16. Three‐dimensional architecture of Cyrilia lignieresi gametocyte‐stage development inside red blood cells

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, March 2022, Wiley

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  17. Constitutive nitric oxide synthase-like enzyme in two species involved in cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

    Article • Parasitology International, August 2021, Elsevier

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  18. AgNP-PVP-meglumine antimoniate nanocomposite reduces Leishmania amazonensis infection in macrophages

    Article • BMC Microbiology, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  19. SIPNs polymeric scaffold for use in cartilaginous tissue engineering: physical-chemical evaluation and biological behavior

    Article • Materials Today Communications, March 2021, Elsevier

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  20. Limbic Encephalitis Brain Damage Induced by Cocal Virus in Adult Mice Is Reduced by Environmental Enrichment: Neuropathological and Behavioral Studies

    Article • Viruses, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Cristovam Wanderley Picanço Diniz, Dr. Daniel Guerreiro Diniz, Ana Paula Rodrigues

  21. Polymorphism in the IL-1β promoter is associated with IgG antibody response to circumsporozoite protein repeats of Plasmodium vivax

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, August 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  22. Early and late neuropathological features of meningoencephalitis associated with Maraba virus infection

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, January 2020, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Cristovam Wanderley Picanço Diniz, Dr. Daniel Guerreiro Diniz, Ana Paula Rodrigues

  23. In vitro antileishmanial effects of Physalis angulata root extract on Leishmania infantum

    Article • Journal of Integrative Medicine, November 2018, Elsevier

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  24. Medicinal plants from the Brazilian Amazonian region and their antileishmanial activity: a review

    Article • Journal of Integrative Medicine, July 2018, Elsevier

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  25. Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor alone reduces Toxoplasma gondii replication in microglial culture by superoxide and nitric oxide, without IFN-γ production: a preliminary report

    Article • Microbes and Infection, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Cristovam Wanderley Picanço Diniz, Ana Paula Rodrigues

  26. Biological effects of kojic acid on human monocytes in vitro

    Article • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, May 2018, Elsevier

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  27. Biosynthesis, characterization and leishmanicidal activity of a biocomposite containing AgNPs-PVP-glucantime

    Article • Nanomedicine, January 2018, Future Medicine

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  28. Chemical characterisation of the constituents of Eugenia protenta McVaugh and leishmanicidal activity of dimethylxanthoxylin

    Article • Natural Product Research, December 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Mrs Giselle Maria Skelding Pinheiro Guilhon, Ana Paula Rodrigues

  29. Crotoxin stimulates anM1activation profile in murine macrophages duringLeishmania amazonensisinfection

    Article • Parasitology, June 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  30. Physalis angulata induces death of promastigotes and amastigotes of Leishmania ( Leishmania ) amazonensis via the generation of reactive oxygen species

    Article • Micron, March 2016, Elsevier

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  31. Serum Cytokine Responses over the Entire Clinical-Immunological Spectrum of HumanLeishmania (L.) infantum chagasiInfection

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2016, Wiley

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  32. Leishmanicidal Activity of (+)-Phyllanthidine and the Phytochemical Profile of Margaritaria nobilis (Phyllanthaceae)

    Article • Molecules, December 2015, MDPI AG

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  33. In vitro biological action of aqueous extract from roots of Physalis angulata against Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis

    Article • BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  34. Physalis angulata induces in vitro differentiation of murine bone marrow cells into macrophages

    Article • BMC Cell Biology, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  35. A Novel Function for Kojic Acid, a Secondary Metabolite from Aspergillus Fungi, as Antileishmanial Agent

    Article • PLOS One, March 2014, PLOS

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  36. Phosphatidylserine Exposure and Surface Sugars in Two Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis Strains Involved in Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, November 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  37. Kojic acid, a secondary metabolite fromAspergillussp., acts as an inducer of macrophage activation

    Article • Cell Biology International, February 2011, Wiley

    Ana Paula Rodrigues

  38. Activity of the julocrotine, a glutarimide alkaloid from Croton pullei var. glabrior, on Leishmania (L.) amazonensis

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mrs Giselle Maria Skelding Pinheiro Guilhon, Ana Paula Rodrigues

  39. Evaluation of Cell Growth Characteristics on Chitosan-Alginate Membranes to Assess Their Potential Application on Highly Exuding Skin Lesions and In Vivo Evaluation in Wounded Cat

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Paula Rodrigues