Mauro Martins Teixeira
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Immunology
University of Minas
Brazil
Biography
Mauro Teixeira holds a medical degree from the UFMG Medical School (1990) and a PhD in Immunopharmacology from the University of London (1994). He is a full professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Immunology of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, researcher 1A of CNPq, Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, of the National Order of Scientific and Technological Merit and of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). Member of the editorial board of the journals "Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Oxford)", "Inflammation Research" and "Medical Microbiology and Immunology". He is the coordinator of INCT in dengue and the Pronex Network in Dengue of CNPq. It acts in the area of ​​inflammation, especially trying to understand the relevance and molecular mechanisms of the inflammatory response during infectious and autoimmune diseases. He is currently vice-president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (Regional CO-MG). He is a member of the Scientific Committee of Anvisa (CCVISA).
Research Interest
Molecular mechanisms of inflammatory response, Inflammation and infectious response, National Institute of Science and Technology in Dengue, Inflammation as a physiological response.
Publications
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Pinho V., Souza D. G., Barsante M. M., Hamer F. P., De Freitas M. S., et al. (2005) Phosphoinositide-3 kinases critically regulate the recruitment and survival of eosinophils in vivo: importance for the resolution of allergic inflammation. Journal of leukocyte biology; 77 : 800-810.
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Talvani A., Rocha M. O., Barcelos L. S., Gomes Y. M., Ribeiro A. L., et al. (2004) Elevated concentrations of CCL2 and tumor necrosis factor—α in chagasic cardiomyopathy. Clinical Infectious Diseases; 38 : 943-950.
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Souza D. G., Vieira A. T., Soares A. C., Pinho V., Nicoli J. R., et al. (2004) The essential role of the intestinal microbiota in facilitating acute inflammatory responses. The Journal of Immunology; 173 : 4137-4146.
