| Host Cell Invasion by TRYPANOSOMA cRUZI Is Potentiated by Activation of Bradykinin B2 Receptors J Scharfstein, V Schmitz, V Morandi, MMA Capella, APCA Lima, A Morrot, ... The Journal of Experimental Medicine 192 (9), 1289-1300, 2000 | 274 | 2000 |
| Bradykinin B2 Receptors of dendritic cells, acting as sensors of kinins proteolytically released by Trypanosoma cruzi, are critical for the development of protective type-1 … AC Monteiro, V Schmitz, A Morrot, LB De Arruda, F Nagajyothi, A Granato, ... PLoS pathogens 3 (11), e185, 2007 | 102 | 2007 |
| Bradykinin B2 Receptors of dendritic cells, acting as sensors of kinins proteolytically released by Trypanosoma cruzi, are critical for the development of protective type-1 … AC Monteiro, V Schmitz, A Morrot, LB De Arruda, F Nagajyothi, A Granato, ... PLoS pathogens 3 (11), e185, 2007 | 102 | 2007 |
| Cooperative activation of TLR2 and bradykinin B2 receptor is required for induction of type 1 immunity in a mouse model of subcutaneous infection by Trypanosoma cruzi AC Monteiro, V Schmitz, E Svensjo, RT Gazzinelli, IC Almeida, A Todorov, ... The Journal of Immunology 177 (9), 6325-6335, 2006 | 100 | 2006 |
| innate immune Responses in Leprosy RO Pinheiro, V Schmitz, BJA Silva, AA Dias, BJ De Souza, ... Frontiers in immunology 9, 518, 2018 | 97 | 2018 |
| Heparan sulfate modulates kinin release by Trypanosoma cruzi through the activity of cruzipain APCA Lima, PC Almeida, ILS Tersariol, V Schmitz, AH Schmaier, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 277 (8), 5875-5881, 2002 | 97 | 2002 |
| CD163 favors Mycobacterium leprae survival and persistence by promoting anti‐inflammatory pathways in lepromatous macrophages DF Moura, KA de Mattos, TP Amadeu, PR Andrade, JS Sales, V Schmitz, ... European journal of immunology 42 (11), 2925-2936, 2012 | 84 | 2012 |
| Altered expression of cruzipain and a cathepsin B-like target in a Trypanosoma cruzi cell line displaying resistance to synthetic inhibitors of cysteine-proteinases V Yong, V Schmitz, MA Vannier-Santos, APCA Lima, G Lalmanach, ... Molecular and biochemical parasitology 109 (1), 47-59, 2000 | 66 | 2000 |
| Kininogens coordinate adaptive immunity through the proteolytic release of bradykinin, an endogenous danger signal driving dendritic cell maturation J Scharfstein, V Schmitz, E Svensjö, A Granato, AC Monteiro Scandinavian journal of immunology 66 (2‐3), 128-136, 2007 | 52 | 2007 |
| Proteolytic generation of kinins in tissues infected by Trypanosoma cruzi depends on CXC chemokine secretion by macrophages activated via Toll-like 2 receptors V Schmitz, E Svensjö, RR Serra, MM Teixeira, J Scharfstein Journal of Leucocyte Biology 85 (6), 1005-1014, 2009 | 50 | 2009 |
| Expression of CD64 on circulating neutrophils favoring systemic inflammatory status in erythema nodosum leprosum V Schmitz, RBS Prata, MGM Barbosa, MA Mendes, SS Brandão, ... PLoS neglected tropical diseases 10 (8), e0004955, 2016 | 37 | 2016 |
| C5a and bradykinin receptor cross-talk regulates innate and adaptive immunity in Trypanosoma cruzi infection V Schmitz, LN Almeida, E Svensjö, AC Monteiro, J Köhl, J Scharfstein The Journal of Immunology 193 (7), 3613-3623, 2014 | 35 | 2014 |
| Interplay between parasite cysteine proteases and the host kinin system modulates microvascular leakage and macrophage infection by promastigotes of the Leishmania donovani complex E Svensjö, PR Batista, CI Brodskyn, R Silva, APCA Lima, V Schmitz, ... Microbes and infection 8 (1), 206-220, 2006 | 33 | 2006 |
| Neutrophils in leprosy V Schmitz, IF Tavares, P Pignataro, AM Machado, FS Pacheco, ... Frontiers in Immunology 10, 495, 2019 | 32 | 2019 |
| New insights into the pathogenesis of leprosy: contribution of subversion of host cell metabolism to bacterial persistence, disease progression, and transmission CS de Macedo, FA Lara, RO Pinheiro, V Schmitz, M de Berrêdo-Pinho, ... F1000Research 9, 2020 | 30 | 2020 |
| Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase and iron are required for Mycobacterium leprae survival MG de Mattos Barbosa, RB da Silva Prata, PR Andrade, H Ferreira, ... Microbes and infection 19 (11), 505-514, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
| Elevated Pentraxin-3 Concentrations in Patients With Leprosy: Potential Biomarker of Erythema Nodosum Leprosum MA Mendes, DS de Carvalho, TP Amadeu, BJA Silva, RBS Prata, ... The Journal of infectious diseases 216 (12), 1635-1643, 2017 | 26 | 2017 |
| COVID-19, leprosy, and neutrophils V Schmitz, JB Dos Santos PLoS neglected tropical diseases 15 (1), e0009019, 2021 | 25 | 2021 |
| Angiotensin-converting enzyme limits inflammation elicited by Trypanosoma cruzi cysteine proteases: a peripheral mechanism regulating adaptive immunity via the … J Scharfstein, AC Monteiro, V Schmitz, E Svensjö Walter de Gruyter 389 (8), 1015-1024, 2008 | 24 | 2008 |
| Angiotensin-converting enzyme limits inflammation elicited by Trypanosoma cruzi cysteine proteases: a peripheral mechanism regulating adaptive immunity via the … J Scharfstein, AC Monteiro, V Schmitz, E Svensjö Walter de Gruyter 389 (8), 1015-1024, 2008 | 24 | 2008 |
