Combined effect of the growth temperature and salinity of the medium on the accumulation of compatible solutes by Rhodothermus marinus and Rhodothermus obamensis

Zélia Silva, Nuno Borges, Lı́gia O. Martins, +3

Extremophiles

Rhodothermus MarinusGrowth TemperatureEngineeringBotanyOsmotic Stress +6

Gla-rich protein function as an anti-inflammatory agent in monocytes/macrophages: Implications for calcification-related chronic inflammatory diseases

Carla Viegas, Rúben M. Costa, L. Santos, +7

PLoS ONE

ImmunologyImmune RegulationPathologyInnate ImmunityImmune System +26

Sialic acid removal from dendritic cells improves antigen cross-presentation and boosts anti-tumor immune responses

Mariana Silva, Zélia Silva, Graça S. Marques, +12

Oncotarget

ImmunologyImmunologic MechanismCd4 T Cell ResponsesSialic Acid RemovalImmunotherapy +16

Inhibition of Cellular Methyltransferases Promotes Endothelial Cell Activation by Suppressing Glutathione Peroxidase 1 Protein Expression

Madalena Barroso, Cristina Florindo, Hermann Kalwa, +11

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Endothelial Cell PathobiologyReductive StressRedox SignalingProtein ExpressionBiochemistry +11

Osmotic Adaptation of <i>Thermus thermophilus</i> RQ-1: Lesson from a Mutant Deficient in Synthesis of Trehalose

Zélia Silva, Susana Alarico, Ana Nobre, +5

Journal of Bacteriology

BiologySalt StressBiosynthesisCellular EnzymologyBiochemistry +13

The High-Affinity Maltose/Trehalose ABC Transporter in the Extremely Thermophilic Bacterium <i>Thermus thermophilus</i> HB27 Also Recognizes Sucrose and Palatinose

Zélia Silva, Maria Manuel Sampaio, Anke Henne, +5

Journal of Bacteriology

High Thermal StabilityBiosynthesisBiochemistryBacteriologyTrehalose/maltose/sucrose/palatinose Abc Transporter +7

The phagocytic capacity and immunological potency of human dendritic cells is improved by α2,6‐sialic acid deficiency

M. Guadalupe Cabral, Zélia Silva, Dário Ligeiro, +8

Immunology

Microbial PathogensImmunodeficienciesInnate Immune SystemImmunologyImmune Regulation +23

Distribution of Genes for Synthesis of Trehalose and Mannosylglycerate in <i>Thermus</i> spp. and Direct Correlation of These Genes with Halotolerance

Susana Alarico, Nuno Empadinhas, Catarina Simões, +5

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Carcinoembryonic antigen is a sialyl Lewis x/a carrier and an E‑selectin ligand in non‑small cell lung cancer

In�s Ferreira, Mylène A. Carrascal, António Gonçalo Almeida Fernandes Mineiro, +5

International Journal of Oncology

ImmunologyPathologyPrimary NsclcCancer BiologyTumor Biology +17

Trehalose biosynthesis in Thermus thermophilus RQ-1: biochemical properties of the trehalose-6-phosphate synthase and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase

Zélia Silva, Susana Alarico, Milton S. da Costa

Extremophiles

BiosynthesisTrehalose-6-phosphate SynthaseEngineeringBiochemistryTrehalose-6-phosphate Phosphatase +6