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Vera Carolina Bordallo Bittencourt

Professor
Molecular and Cell Biology
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Brazil

Professor Microbiology
Biography

Vera Carolina Bordallo Bittencourt holds Master of Science (Microbiology) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2001) and Doctor of Science (Microbiology) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2005) ). Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). Main activity in the following subjects: Aspergillus, Scedosporium, glycobiology, innate immunity. She is a permanent lecturer at the Graduate Program in Neurology and the Post-Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology at UNIRIO.

Research Intrest

Aspergillus, Scedosporium, Glycobiology, Innate immunity.

List of Publications
Kasahara, Taissa M.; Hygino, Joana; Page 2 XAVIER, LUCIANA; ARAÚJO-LIMA, CARLOS FERNANDO; GUILLERMO, LANDI VC; Bittencourt, Vera Carolina B .; However, ANDRADE, ARNALDO FB; BENTO, CLEONICE AM. The impact of maternal anti-retroviral therapy on cytokine profile in the uninfected neonates. Human Immunology , v. xx, p. xx-xx, 2013.
Vera CB Bittencourt ; Teixeira, B.; Ferreira, TB; Taissa M. Kasaharaa; Barros, PO; Alvarenga, RMP; Joana Hyginoa; ANDRADE, RM; Arnaldo F. Andrade; Bento, CAM . Low sensitivity to glucocorticoid inhibition of in vitro Th17-related cytokines production in multiple sclerosis patients is related to elevated plasma lipopolysaccharide levels. Clinical Immunology (Orlando, Fla. Print), v. 148, p. 209-218, 2013.
XISTO, MARIANA IDS; BITTENCOURT, VERA CB ; LIPORAGI-LOPES, LIVIA CRISTINA; HAIDO, ROSA MT; MENDONÇA, MORENA SA; Sassaki, Guilherme; Figueiredo, Rodrigo T.; ROMANOS, MARIA TERESA V.; Barreto-Bergter, Eliana. O-Glycosylation in Cell Wall Proteins in Scedosporium prolificans Is Critical for Phagocytosis and Inflammatory Cytokines Production by Macrophages. Plos One , v. 10, p. e0123189, 2015.
XISTO, MARIANA IDS; LIPORAGI-LOPES, LIVIA CRISTINA; MUÑOZ, JULIÁN ESTEBAN; BITTENCOURT, VERA CB ; SANTOS, GIULIA MP; DIAS, LUCAS S.; Figueiredo, Rodrigo T.; PINTO, MÁRCIA R.; TABORDA, CARLOS P.; Barreto-Bergter, Eliana. Peptidorhamnomannan negatively modulates the immune response in a murine model of scedosporiosis. Medical Mycology (Oxford, Print) , v. x, p. myw039, 2016.
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