Marcos Andre Cavalcanti Bezerra

Associate Professor
Genetics and Evolution
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Brazil

Professor Molecular Biology
Biography

Marcos Andre Cavalcanti Bezerra Currently Associate Professor IV in full time and exclusive dedication (Clinical Analyzes / Hematology) at the Biological Sciences Center of the Federal University of Pernambuco. He has degree in Biomedicine at the Federal University of Pernambuco (2003), Master in Clinical Medicine from the University of Campinas and PhD in Medical Pathophysiology the State University of Campinas. He participates in the multidisciplinary group of primary care for sickle cell disease of children from the Neonatal Screening for Hemoglobinopathies of the State of Pernambuco

Research Intrest

Sickle Cell Disease, Neonatal Screening, HPLC, alpha thalassemia, Beta thalassemias, thrombophilic mutations, Oncohematologia, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Chronicles Mutation JAK2, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Mutation FLT3 , NPM1 Mutation and Molecular Biology.

List of Publications
Bezerra MF, Coelho-Silva JL, Nascimento JC, Benicio MT, Rocha CR, Machado CG, Rego EM, Bezerra MA, Lucena-Araujo AR, Beltrão EI. Association between the TP53 Arg72Pro polymorphism and clinical outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia. haematologica. 2017 Feb 1;102(2):e43-6.
de Mendonça Belmont TF, da Silva AS, de Melo Vilar K, Medeiros FS, Vasconcelos LR, dos Anjos AC, Hatzlhofer BL, da Rocha Pitta MG, Bezerra MA, da Silva Araujo A, de Melo Rego MJ. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms at+ 191 and+ 292 of Galectin-3 Gene (LGALS3) Related to Lower GAL-3 Serum Levels Are Associated with Frequent Respiratory Tract Infection and Vaso-Occlusive Crisis in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia. PloS one. 2016 Sep 7;11(9):e0162297.
Coelho‐Silva JL, Carvalho LE, Oliveira MM, Franca‐Neto PL, Andrade AT, Lima AS, Bezerra MF, Lima MM, Neves MA, Fonseca JM, Barros‐Correia MC. Prognostic importance of CD56 expression in intermediate risk acute myeloid leukaemia. British journal of haematology. 2017 Feb 1;176(3):498-501.
Leonardo FC, Brugnerotto AF, Domingos IF, Fertrin KY, Albuquerque DM, Bezerra MA, Araújo AS, Saad ST, Costa FF, Menzel S, Conran N. Reduced rate of sickle‐related complications in Brazilian patients carrying HbF‐promoting alleles at the BCL11A and HMIP‐2 loci. British journal of haematology. 2016 May 1;173(3):456-60.