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José Carlos Alves Filho

Department of Pharmacology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, USP, Brazil
Verified email at fmrp.usp.br
Cited by 14252

Histamine h2 receptor signaling in the pathogenesis of sepsis: studies in a murine diabetes model

…, VF Borges, A de Freitas, JC Alves-Filho… - The Journal of …, 2013 - journals.aai.org
Type 1 diabetes enhances susceptibility to infection and favors the sepsis development. In
addition, diabetic mice produced higher levels of histamine in several tissues and in the blood …

SARS-CoV-2–triggered neutrophil extracellular traps mediate COVID-19 pathology

…, P Saldiva, TM Cunha, JC Alves-Filho… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - rupress.org
Severe COVID-19 patients develop acute respiratory distress syndrome that may progress
to cytokine storm syndrome, organ dysfunction, and death. Considering that neutrophil …

[HTML][HTML] Neutrophil extracellular traps induce organ damage during experimental and clinical sepsis

…, FO Souto, A Pazin-Filho, F Figueiredo, JC Alves-Filho… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
… Competing interests: The authors declare that the co-author José Carlos Alves-Filho is
part of the editorial board of PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the …

Morphological, cellular, and molecular basis of brain infection in COVID-19 patients

…, RB Martins, AS Vieira, JC Alves-Filho… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Although increasing evidence confirms neuropsychiatric manifestations associated mainly
with severe COVID-19 infection, long-term neuropsychiatric dysfunction (recently …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammasomes are activated in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and are associated with COVID-19 severity in patients

…, MN Benatti, TM Cunha, JC Alves-Filho… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Severe cases of COVID-19 are characterized by a strong inflammatory process that may
ultimately lead to organ failure and patient death. The NLRP3 inflammasome is a molecular …

Gasdermin D inhibition prevents multiple organ dysfunction during sepsis by blocking NET formation

…, AT Fabro, TM Cunha, JC Alves-Filho… - Blood, The Journal …, 2021 - ashpublications.org
Multiple organ dysfunction is the most severe outcome of sepsis progression and is highly
correlated with a worse prognosis. Excessive neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are critical …

PKM2 promotes Th17 cell differentiation and autoimmune inflammation by fine-tuning STAT3 activation

…, FQ Cunha, TM Cunha, JC Alves-Filho - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - rupress.org
Th17 cell differentiation and pathogenicity depend on metabolic reprogramming inducing
shifts toward glycolysis. Here, we show that the pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2), a glycolytic …

Paclitaxel reduces tumor growth by reprogramming tumor-associated macrophages to an M1 profile in a TLR4-dependent manner

…, CA Speck-Hernandez, JM Mota, JC Alves-Filho… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Paclitaxel is an antineoplastic agent widely used to treat several solid tumor types. The
primary mechanism of action of paclitaxel is based on microtubule stabilization inducing cell-…

[HTML][HTML] Paradoxical roles of the neutrophil in sepsis: protective and deleterious

…, DF Colon, VF Borges, JC Alves-Filho… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Sepsis, an overwhelming inflammatory response syndrome secondary to infection, is one of
the costliest and deadliest medical conditions worldwide. Neutrophils are classically …

Neutrophil paralysis in sepsis

JC Alves-Filho, F Spiller, FQ Cunha - Shock, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Sepsis develops when the initial host response is unable to contain the primary infection,
resulting in widespread inflammation and multiple organ dysfunction. The impairment of …