Paula Bittencourt‐Cunha

Genome of <i>Rhodnius prolixus</i> , an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection

Rafael D. Mesquita, Raquel J. Vionette-Amaral, Carl Lowenberger et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2015 · 363 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Immunology +17

Proliferation and Differentiation of Trypanosoma cruzi inside Its Vector Have a New Trigger: Redox Status

Natália Pereira de Almeida Nogueira, Francis Monique de Souza Saraiva, Pedro Elias Sultano et al. · PLoS ONE · 2015 · 94 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell Biology +17

The major insect lipoprotein is a lipid source to mosquito stages of malaria parasite

Geórgia C. Atella, Paula Bittencourt‐Cunha, Rodrigo Dutra Nunes et al. · Acta Tropica · 2008 · 77 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Entomology +14

Extracellular lipid droplets promote hemozoin crystallization in the gut of the blood fluke <i>Schistosoma mansoni</i>

Juliana B. R. Corrêa Soares, Clarissa M. Maya‐Monteiro, Paula Bittencourt‐Cunha et al. · FEBS Letters · 2007 · 51 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +15

Polyphenol-Rich Diets Exacerbate AMPK-Mediated Autophagy, Decreasing Proliferation of Mosquito Midgut Microbiota, and Extending Vector Lifespan

Rodrigo Dutra Nunes, Guilherme Ventura‐Martins, Débora Moretti et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016 · 24 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Entomology +17