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  1. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Modulates miR-106b-5p to Control Cathepsin S Expression Resulting in Higher Pathogen Survival and Poor T-Cell Activation

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, December 2017, Frontiers

    Professor Elsa Anes

  2. Role of Cathepsins in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Survival in Human Macrophages

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2016, Nature

    Professor Elsa Anes, Dr. Geanncarlo Lugo-Villarino

  3. Immunomodulating microRNAs of mycobacterial infections

    Article • Tuberculosis, March 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Elsa Anes

  4. Ion Channel Blockers as Antimicrobial Agents, Efflux Inhibitors, and Enhancers of Macrophage Killing Activity against Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2016, PLOS

    Professor Elsa Anes, Professor Miguel Viveiros

  5. Thioridazine in PLGA nanoparticles reduces toxicity and improves rifampicin therapy against mycobacterial infection in zebrafish

    Article • Nanotoxicology, November 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Elsa Anes

  6. Esters of Pyrazinoic Acid Are Active against Pyrazinamide-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Other Naturally Resistant MycobacteriaIn VitroandEx Vivowithin Macrophages

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Elsa Anes

  7. The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Outer Membrane Channel Protein CpnT Confers Susceptibility to Toxic Molecules

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Elsa Anes, Michael Niederweis

  8. Zanthoxylum capense constituents with antimycobacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro and ex vivo within human macrophages

    Article • Journal of Ethnopharmacology, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Elsa Anes

  9. Actin-binding protein regulation by microRNAs as a novel microbial strategy to modulate phagocytosis by host cells: the case of N-Wasp and miR-142-3p

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, January 2013, Frontiers

    Professor Elsa Anes, Dr. Geanncarlo Lugo-Villarino

  10. For Host Factors Weddings and a Koch’s Bacillus Funeral: Actin, Lipids, Phagosome Maturation and Inflammasome Activation

    Article • February 2012, IntechOpen

    Professor Elsa Anes

  11. Antimycobacterial evaluation and preliminary phytochemical investigation of selected medicinal plants traditionally used in Mozambique

    Article • Journal of Ethnopharmacology, September 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Elsa Anes

  12. Sphingosine Kinase-1 (SphK-1) Regulates Mycobacterium smegmatis Infection in Macrophages

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2010, PLOS

    Professor Elsa Anes

  13. Exosomal Hsp70 Induces a Pro-Inflammatory Response to Foreign Particles Including Mycobacteria

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2010, PLOS

    Professor Elsa Anes, Paras Anand

  14. Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein ESAT-6 is a potent activator of the NLRP3/ASC inflammasome

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, February 2010, Wiley

    Professor Elsa Anes

  15. Porins facilitate nitric oxide-mediated killing of mycobacteria

    Article • Microbes and Infection, September 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Elsa Anes

  16. Lipophilic pyrazinoic acid amide and ester prodrugs

    Article • European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, June 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Elsa Anes

  17. Role of lipids in killing mycobacteria by macrophages: evidence for NF-κB-dependent and -independent killing induced by different lipids

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, March 2009, Wiley

    Professor Elsa Anes

  18. Lipids regulate P2X7-receptor-dependent actin assembly by phagosomes via ADP translocation and ATP synthesis in the phagosome lumen

    Article • Journal of Cell Science, January 2009, The Company of Biologists

    Professor Elsa Anes

  19. Trick-or-Treat: Dietary Lipids and Host Resistance to Infectious Disease

    Article • Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, December 2008, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Elsa Anes

  20. Effects of omega-3 and -6 fatty acids on Mycobacterium tuberculosis in macrophages and in mice

    Article • Microbes and Infection, October 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Elsa Anes, Maria Luisa Jordao

  21. Characterization of Mycobacterium bovis Phagosome

    Article • Microscopy and Microanalysis, September 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Elsa Anes

  22. NF- B Activation Controls Phagolysosome Fusion-Mediated Killing of Mycobacteria by Macrophages

    Article • The Journal of Immunology, August 2008, The American Association of Immunologists

    Professor Elsa Anes

  23. Modelling phagosomal lipid networks that regulate actin assembly

    Article • BMC Systems Biology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Elsa Anes

  24. On the killing of mycobacteria by macrophages

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, November 2007, Wiley

    Professor Elsa Anes, Maria Luisa Jordao

  25. Anti-inflammatory Effects of Phosphatidylcholine

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2007, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Elsa Anes

  26. cAMP synthesis and degradation by phagosomes regulate actin assembly and fusion events: consequences for mycobacteria

    Article • Journal of Cell Science, August 2006, The Company of Biologists

    Professor Elsa Anes

  27. Dynamic life and death interactions between Mycobacterium smegmatis and J774 macrophages

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, June 2006, Wiley

    Professor Elsa Anes, Maria Luisa Jordao

  28. Isolation of Latex Bead-and Mycobacteria-Containing Phagosomes

    Article • January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Elsa Anes

  29. Tyrosine phosphatase MptpA of Mycobacterium tuberculosis inhibits phagocytosis and increases actin polymerization in macrophages

    Article • Research in Microbiology, December 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Elsa Anes

  30. Selected lipids activate phagosome actin assembly and maturation resulting in killing of pathogenic mycobacteria

    Article • Nature Cell Biology, August 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Elsa Anes

  31. The site-specific recombination locus of mycobacteriophage Ms6 determines DNA integration at the tRNAAlagene of Mycobacterium spp.

    Article • Microbiology, December 1998, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Elsa Anes

  32. Insertion into theMycobacterium smegmatisgenome of theaphgene through lysogenization with the temperate mycobacteriophage Ms6

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, August 1992, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Elsa Anes

  33. Insertion into the Mycobacterium smegmatis genome of the aph gene through lysogenization with the temperate mycobacteriophage Ms6

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, August 1992, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Elsa Anes