Vitor E. Fernandes

Pneumolysin Activates the NLRP3 Inflammasome and Promotes Proinflammatory Cytokines Independently of TLR4

Edel A. McNeela, Áine Burke, Daniel R. Neill et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 2010 · 351 citations · Full text

Microbial Pathogens, Innate Immune System, Immunology +23

Intracellular replication of Streptococcus pneumoniae inside splenic macrophages serves as a reservoir for septicaemia

Giuseppe Ercoli, Vitor E. Fernandes, Wen Yuan Chung et al. · Nature Microbiology · 2018 · 138 citations · Full text

Medical Microbiology, Intracellular Replication, Pathogenesis +8

T Regulatory Cells Control Susceptibility to Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Mice

Daniel R. Neill, Vitor E. Fernandes, Laura Wisby et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 2012 · 116 citations · Full text

Host Glycan Sugar-Specific Pathways in Streptococcus pneumonia: Galactose as a Key Sugar in Colonisation and Infection

Laura Paixão, J.Santos Oliveira, André Veríssimo et al. · PLoS ONE · 2015 · 100 citations · Full text

Data Pinpoint Galactose, Biosynthesis, Galactose Catabolic Genes +14

Bright Fluorescent Streptococcus pneumoniae for Live-Cell Imaging of Host-Pathogen Interactions

Morten Kjos, Rieza Aprianto, Vitor E. Fernandes et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 2014 · 87 citations · Full text

Medical Microbiology, Streptococcus Pneumoniae, Engineering +13