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Lewis Joel Greene
Lewis Joel Greene
Full Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology (retired) FMRP/USP |
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Education | 1951-1955 B.A (magna cum laude), Amherst College, Amherst Massachusetts 1955-1962 Ph D, Rockefeller University, C.H.W. HIRS and G.E. Palade (Research advisors) 1990 Full Professor, University of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Research Interests | Structure and function of proteins Protein- protein interactions Proteomics as an entry to cell biology Molecular basis of cancer Molecular basis of sepsis |
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Research Overview | The recent focus of our group has been to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in the development of diseases and cancer . We are collaborating with biologists, clinicians and chemists using the methodologies of protein chemistry and molecular biology to identify biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis and to understand the processes involved. | |
Lab Staff | José César Rosa, PhD – Laboratory Collaborator | |
Collaborators | Carolina Hassibe Thomé, Pos Doc Germano Aguiar Ferreira, Doctoral Student José César Rosa Andréia Machado Leopoldino Dimas Tadeu Covas Vitor Marcel Faça Eduardo Magalhães Rego Wilson Araújo da Silva Júnior Roger Chammas |
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Facilities Coordination | Mass Spectrometry and Protein Chemistry Lab | |
Selected Publications | 1. SOBRAL, L. M. ; SOUSA, L.O. ; COLETTA, R. D. ; CABRAL, H. ; GREENE, L. J. ; TAJARA, E.H. ; GUTKIND, J. S. ; CURTI, C. ; Leopoldino, A. M. . Stable SET knockdown in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma promotes cell invasion and the mesenchymal-like phenotype in vitro, as well as necrosis, cisplatin sensitivity and lymph node metastasis in xenograft tumor models. Molecular Cancer , v. 13, p. 32, 2014.
2. Thomé, C. H. ; DOS SANTOS, G. A. ; FERREIRA, G. A. ; SCHEUCHER, P. S. ; IZUMI, C. ; Leopoldino, A. M. ; SIMAO, A. M. ; CIANCAGLINI, P. ; DE OLIVEIRA, K. T. ; CHIN, A. ; HANASH, S. M. ; FALCAO, R. P. ; REGO, E. M. ; Greene, L. J. ; Faça, V. M. . Linker for Activation of T-cell Family Member2 (LAT2) a Lipid Raft Adaptor Protein for AKT Signaling, Is an Early Mediator of Alkylphospholipid Anti-leukemic Activity. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics , v. 11, p. 1898-1912, 2012. Citações: 3| 4 3. Fontes, A. M. ; Melo, F.U.F. ; Greene, L.J. ; Faça, V. M. ; Lin, Y. ; Gerson, S.L. ; Covas, D. T. . Production of human factor VIII-FL in 293T cells using the bicistronic MGMT(P140K)-retroviral vector. Genetics and Molecular Research , v. 11, p. 775-789, 2012. 4. Miranda, H. C. ; HERAI, R. H. ; Thomé, C. H. ; Gomes, G. G. ; PANEPUCCI, R. A. ; ORELLANA, M. D. ; Covas, D. T. ; Muotri, A. R. ; Greene, L.J. ; Faça, V. M. . A quantitative proteomic and transcriptomic comparison of human mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow and umbilical cord vein. Proteomics (Weinheim. Print) , v. 12, p. 2607-2617, 2012. Citações: 3| 6 5. Spiller, F. ; FERREIRA, S. H. ; Greene, L. J. ; Rosa, J. C. ; Altruda, F. ; Souto, F. O. ; Hirsch, E. ; Mestriner, F. L. A. C. ; Cunha, F. Q. ; Tolosano, E. ; Alves-Filho, J. C. ; Laure, H. J. ; Freitas, A. ; Costa, C. ; Vinchi, F. . Inhibition of Neutrophil Migration by Hemopexin Leads to Increased Mortality Due to Sepsis in Mice. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine , v. 183, p. 922-931, 2011. Citações: 7| 7 6. Santos, G. A. S. ; Thomé, C. H. ; FERREIRA, G.A. ; YONEDA, J. S. ; NOBRE, T. M. ; Daghastnali, K.R.P. ; SCHEUCHER, P. S. ; TEIXEIRA, H. L. ; Constantino, M. G. ; DE OLIVEIRA, K. T. ; Faça, V. M. ; FALCAO, R. P. ; GREENE, L. J. ; REGO, E. M. ; CIANCAGLINI, P. . Interaction of 10-(octyloxy) decyl-2-(trimethylammonium) ethyl phosphate with mimetic membranes and cytotoxic effect on leukemic cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Biomembranes , v. 1798, p. 1714-1723, 2010. Citações: 4| 5 7. Mestriner, F. L. A. C. ; Spiller, F. ; Laure, H. J. ; Souto, F. O. ; TAVARES-MURTA, B.M. ; Rosa, J. C. ; Basile Filho, A. ; FERREIRA, S. H. ; GREENE, L. J. ; Cunha, F. Q. . Acute-phase protein α -1-acid glycoprotein mediates neutrophil migration failure in sepsis by a nitric oxide-dependent mechanism.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Online) , v. 104, p. 19595-19600, 2007. Citações: 20| 22 8. SOUZA, G. A. ; GODOY, L.M.F. de ; TEIXEIRA, V. R. ; OTAKE, A. H. ; SABINO, A. ; Rosa, J. C. ; Dinarte, A. R. ; Pinheiro, D. G. ; Silva Jr, W. A. ; EBERLIN, M. N. ; Chammas, R. ;GREENE, L. J. . Proteomic and SAGE profiling of murine melanoma progression indicates the reduction of proteins responsible for ROS degradation. Proteomics, Inglaterra, v. 6, n.5, p. 1460-1470, 2006. Citações: 22| 22 |
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Flávio Vieira Meirelles
Flávio V. Meirelles
Full Professor of Cell Biology & Development, FZEA/USP |
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Education | 1989-1993 Graduated in Veterinary Medicine, São Paulo State University, Brazil 1994-1996 Master Thesis in Reproduction, University of Montreal, Canada 1997-1999 PhD in Genetics, Medical Scholl of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo 2004 Full Professor, University of São Paulo, USP, Brazil |
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Research Interests | Cytoplasmic inheritance Nuclear Reprograming Animal Genetics Mitochondrial genome Embryonic genome activation |
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Research Overview | Since the last 20 years we have focused on understanding the process of cytoplasmic inheritance. We have successfully created animal models to study mtDNA inheritance, and its related cell death process during early embryo development, which allowed us to develop a patent on SCNT animal production. We also dedicated to understand the process of cytoplasmic inheritance and its effect on nuclear reprograming, especially on the imprinting modifications after in vitro manipulation such as cloning or reprograming somatic cells. Recently we developed an interesting method for depletion of specific organelles or compounds in oocytes, zygotes or cells that allowed us to test for their effect on embryogenesis and to introduce other organelles or compounds (we did it on mitochondria and we are now testing on lipid granules) in order to partially control their inheritance. Within the next 11 years, we will together with the CTC group continue to work on this area willing to evaluate the production of reprogrammed cells to autologous cell therapy and to control the cytoplasmic inheritance in order to apply to cell based therapy. |
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Lab Staff | Pos Docs Marcos Roberto Chiaratti, PhD Lilian de Jesus Oliveira,PhD José Rodrigo V. Pimentel, PhD PhD MSc |
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Collaborators | Claudia Lima Verde Leal, PhD Universidade Federal de São Paulo LMMD Carlos Eduardo Ambrósio, PhD Felipe Perecin, PhD Heidge Fukumasu Maria Angélica Miglino |
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International Collaborators | Joanna Poulton, PhD Professor of Genetics Univ. of Oxford, Lawrence Charles Smith, PhD Willian Allan King |
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Facilities Coordination | Embryo Manipulation Facilities including IVF Laboratory, Cell sorting, Basic Molecular Biology lab. Animal Hospital Facility dedicated for Innovative Therapy. |
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Selected Publications | 1. BRESSAN, Fabiana Fernandes ; Dos Santos Miranda, Moyses ; PERECIN, Felipe ; De Bem, Tiago Henrique ; Pereira, Flavia Thomaz Verechia ; Russo-Carbolante, Elisa Maria ; Alves, Daiani ; Strauss, Bryan ; Bajgelman, Marcio ; Krieger, José Eduardo ; Binelli, Mario ; Meirelles, Flavio Vieira . Improved Production of Genetically Modified Fetuses with Homogeneous Transgene Expression After Transgene Integration Site Analysis and Recloning in Cattle. Cellular Reprogramming (Formerly Cloning and Stem Cells), v.13 (1) p.29-36, 2011. 2. CHIARATTI, Marcos Roberto; FERREIRA, Christina Ramires; PERECIN, Felipe … Meirelles, Flávio Vieira . Ooplast-mediated developmental rescue of bovine oocytes exposed to ethidium bromide. Reprod. BioMedicine Online, v. 22, p. 172-183, 2011. 3. Suzuki Jr, João ; Therrien, Jacinthe ; Filion, France ; Lefebvre, Rejean …Perecin, Felipe ; Meirelles, Flávio V. ; Smith, Lawrence Charles . Loss of Methylation at H19 DMD Is Associated with Biallelic Expression and Reduced Development in Cattle Derived by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer. Biology of Reproduction, v. 84, p. 947-956, 2011. 4. Bressan, Fabiana Fernandes; Perecin, Felipe; Sangalli, Juliano Rodrigues ; Meirelles, F. V. Reprogramming somatic cells: pluripotency through gene induction and nuclear transfer. Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, v. 39, p. s83-s95, 2011. 5. De Bem, T. H. C. ; Chiaratti, M. R. ; Rochetti, R. ; Bressan, F. F. ; Sangalli, J. R. ; Miranda, M. S. ; Pires, P. R. L. ; Schwarz, K.R.L. ; Sampaio, R. V. ; Fantinato Neto, P. ; Pimentel, J. R. V. ; Perecin, F. ; Smith, L. C. ; Meirelles, F. V. ; Leal, C. L. V. . Viable calves produced by somatic nuclear transfer using meiotic-blocked oocytes. Cellular reprogramming, v. 13, p. DOI: 10.1089/c, 2011. 6. Chiaratti, M R ; Meirelles, F. V. ; Wells, D ; Poulton, J . Therapeutic treatments of mtDNA diseases at the earliest stages of human development. Mitochondrion (Amsterdam. Print), v. 11, p. 820-828, 2011. 7. Ferreira, C. R. ; Burgstaller, J. P. ; Perecin, F. ; Garcia, J. M. ; Chiaratti, M. R. ; Meo, S. C. ; Muller, M. ; Smith, L. C. ; Meirelles, F. V. Pronounced Segregation of Donor Mitochondria Introduced by Bovine Ooplasmic Transfer to the Female Germ-Line. Biology of Reproduction, v. 82, p. 563-571, 2010. 8. Meirelles, Flávio V. ; Birgel, Eduardo H. ; PERECIN, Felipe Et Al., Delivery of cloned offspring: experience in Zebu cattle. Reprod., Fertility and Dev. v. 22, p. 88, 2010. 9. Chiaratti, M. R. ; Meirelles, F. V. . Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number, a Marker of Viability for Oocytes. Biology of Reproduction, v. 83, p. 1-2, 2010. 10. Ferreira, Christina Ramires ; Saraiva, Sérgio Adriano ; Catharino, Rodrigo Ramos ; Garcia, Jerusa Simone ; Gozzo, Fábio César ; Sanvido, Gustavo Braga ; Santos, Luiz Fernando Arruda ; Turco, Edson Guimarães Lo ; Pontes, José Henrique Fortes ; Basso, Andréa Cristina ; Bertolla, Ricardo Pimenta ; Sartori, Roberto ; Guardieirio, Monique Mendes ; Perecin, Felipe ; Meirelles, F. V; Eberlin, Marcos Nogueira . Single embryo and oocyte lipid fingerprinting by mass spectrometry. Journal of Lipid Research (Print), v. 51, p. 1218-1227, 2010. 11. Chiaratti, Marcos Roberto ; Ferreira, Christina Ramires ; Meirelles, Flávio Vieira ; et al. Xenooplasmic Transfer between Buffalo and Bovine Enables Development of Homoplasmic Offspring. Cellular Reprogramming (Formerly “Cloning and Stem Cells”), v. 12, p. 231-236, 2010. 14. Poulton, Joanna ; Chiaratti, Marcos R. ; Meirelles, Flávio V. ; Kennedy, Stephen ; Wells, Dagan ; Holt, Ian J. ; Suomalainen, Anu . Transmission of Mitochondrial DNA Diseases and Ways to Prevent Them. PLoS Genetics, v. 6, p. e1001066-08, 2010. 15. Perecin, F. ; Meo, S.C. ; Yamazaki, W. ; Ferreira, C.R. ; Merighe, G.K.F. ; Meirelles, F.V. ; Garcia, J.M. . Imprinted gene expression in in vivo- and in vitro-produced bovine embryos and chorio-allantoic membranes. Gen. and Mol. Res., v. 8, p. 76-85, 2009. 16. Dos Santos Miranda, Moysés ; BRESSAN, Fabiana Fernandes ; Zecchin, Karina Gottardello ; Vercesi, Anibal Eugênio ; MESQUITA, Ligia Garcia ; Fonseca Merighe, Giovana Krempel ; KING, William Allan ; Ohashi, Otávio Mitio ; Pimentel, José Rodrigo Valim ; PERECIN, Felipe ; Meirelles, Flávio Vieira . Serum-Starved Apoptotic Fibroblasts Reduce Blastocyst Production but Enable Development to Term after SCNT in Cattle. Cloning and Stem Cells, v. 11, p. 1-9, 2009. 17 Chiaratti, M. R. ; Bressan, F. F. ; Ferreira, C. R. ; Caetano, A. R. ; Smith, L. C. ; Vercesi, A. E. ; Meirelles, F. V. . Embryo Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Is Reversed During Early Embryogenesis in Cattle. Biology of Reproduction, v. 82, p. 76-85, 2009. 18. Ferreira, E.M. ; Vireque, A.A. ; Adona, P.R. ; Meirelles, F.V. et al., Cytoplasmic maturation of bovine oocytes: Structural and biochemical modifications and acquisition of developmental competence. Theriogenology, v. 71, p. 836-848, 2009. 19. BIASE, Fernndo Henrique ; MARTELLI, L ; MERIGHE, Giovana Krempel Fonseca ; BIASE, Weruska Karyna Freitas Santos ; MIRANDA, Moysés Dos Santos ; SMITH, L. C. ; Meirelles, F. V.A retrospective model of oocyte competence: global mRNA and housekeeping transcripts are not associated with in vitro developmental outcome.. Zygote (Cambridge), v. 17, p. 289-295, 2009. 20. Bressan, F.F. ; De Bem, T.H.C. ; Perecin, F. ; Lopes, F.L. ; Ambrosio, C.E. ; Meirelles, F.V. ; Miglino, M.A. . Unearthing the Roles of Imprinted Genes in the Placenta. Placenta (Eastbourne), v. 30, p. 823-834, 2009. |
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Eduardo Magalhães Rego
Eduardo Magalhães Rego Professor of Hematology/Oncology, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo emrego@hcrp.fmrp.usp.br |
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1983-1988 Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Medical School of Ribeirão Preto of the University of São Paulo |
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Research Interests |
Hematological malignancies, in particular acute leukemias |
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Research Overview |
The main focus of our group is to integrate basic and clinical research on acute leukemias, in special acute myeloid leukemias. In order to have a better insight on the molecular basis of leukemogenesis, we have been studying acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) as a model. We have been addressing the following questions: 1. Which cell subpopulation acts the leukemia initiating cells and how is quiescence and energy generation regulated in this subset; 2. Which microRNAs act as key regulators of differentiation in APL blasts and whether their expression profile are associated with treatment outcome; 3. Does the expression of transcriptinally active and inactive isoforms of the p73 gene affect the response to ATRA and if so how? 4. What is the role of microparticles and annexin II expression in APL-associated coagulopathy; 5. Can the molecular monitoring of the PML/RARA fusion gene using RQ-PCR technology predict relapse better than the routinely used RT-PCR method?; 6. Is leukemia relapse is associated with additional mutagenic events? 7. In leukemia prone syndromes, such as dyskeratosis congenita, which pathways confer survival advantage to hematopoietic progenitors and are associated in malignant transformation. Finally, our group is coordinating in Brazil the International Consortium on APL, which is a trial aiming to improve the treatment outcome of APL patients in developing countries. |
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Lab Staff |
1. PhD students: Molecular Biology Technicians |
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Collaborators |
Andréia M Leopoldino, PhD |
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International Collaborators |
Dr Davide Rugero, Prof. Ellen Solomon, http://www.kcl.ac.uk/medicine/research/divisions/gmm/sections/clusters/cancer/solomon/index.aspx Prof. Hau C.Kwaan, Prof. Stefan Bohlander, |
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Facilities Coordination |
Flow Cytometry and Sorting Facility, |
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