Immunopharmacology Lab

RESEARCH GROUP’S MISSION

The major focus of the Immunopharmacology laboratory is on mechanisms associated with the onset, maintenance and resolution of inflammatory responses in the joint.

We use several models of articular disease, including antigen-induced arthritis, gout (uric acid crystal arthritis) and septic arthritis, and several techniques, including FACS analysis and intravital microscopy of the joint. In collaboration with the School of Pharmacy we have been screening the Brazilian flora for natural compounds which are inhibitors of the TNF-a and IL-1b pathways and of joint inflammation.

TEAM

Coordinator

  Dr. Mauro Martins Teixeira

Co-coordinator

  Dr. Flávio Almeida Amaral

Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology

Post-Doctoral  

  Denise Alves Perez

  Lísia Maria Esper

  Vivian Vasconcelos Costa 

PHD Students     

  Ana Carolina Dias Fialho

  Ana Letícia Malheiros Silveira

  Braulio Henrique Lima

  Cristiana

  Daiane Boff

  Rafael Elias Marques Silva

  Flávio Lopes

  Izabela Galvão

  Livia Barroso

  Lucas Secchim Ribeiro

Master Students

  Bárbara Monteiro de Castro Ataíde

  Fernando Roque Ascenção 

  Flávia Rago Glória Gonçalves 

  Juliana Lemos Del Sarto 

  Rebeca de Paiva Fróes Rocha 

  Rosália Catarina da Silva  

 Undergraduate Students

  Daniela Moutinho Menezes  

  Jéssica Vale Freitas Moreira 

   Vivian Louise Oliveira

 Technicians

   Frankcinéia Aparecida de Assis

   Ilma Marçal de Souza