Fernando G. de Mello

Uptake of apoptotic cells drives the growth of a pathogenic trypanosome in macrophages

Célio Geraldo Freire-de-Lima, Danielle Oliveira Nascimento, Milena Botelho Pereira Soares et al. · Nature · 2000 · 454 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Parasitic Protozoa, Cell Signaling +12

Stable Complexes Involving Acetylcholinesterase and Amyloid-β Peptide Change the Biochemical Properties of the Enzyme and Increase the Neurotoxicity of Alzheimer’s Fibrils

Alejandra Álvarez, Rodrigo Alarcón, Carlos Opazo et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 1998 · 311 citations · Full text

Amyloid-β Peptide Change, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Alzheimer's Disease +12

Taurine prevents the neurotoxicity of β‐amyloid and glutamate receptor agonists: activation of GABA receptors and possible implications for Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders

Paulo Roberto Louzada, Andrea Paula-Lima, Dayde Lane Mendonça da Silva et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2004 · 238 citations

Gabaergic Transmission, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neuropeptides +15

ORNITHINE AND GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE ACTIVITIES IN THE DEVELOPING CHICK RETINA

Fernando G. de Mello, Uriel Bachrach, Marshall W. Nirenberg · Journal of Neurochemistry · 1976 · 125 citations

Embryology, Photoreceptor Cell, Developmental Biology +14

Inhibition of Choline Acetyltransferase as a Mechanism for Cholinergic Dysfunction Induced by Amyloid-β Peptide Oligomers

Nilson Nunes‐Tavares, Luís E. Santos, Bernardo Stutz et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2012 · 95 citations · Full text

Choline Acetyltransferase, Synaptic Transmission, Neurotransmitter +28