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| Name |
| Almeida, Afonso |
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| E-Mail |
| afonsoalmeida@fm.ul.pt |
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| About the PhD |
| Field of Research |
| Immunology |
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| Thesis Title |
| CD4+ T cell homeostasis: The thymus, the cells and the environment. |
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| Supervisor(s) |
| Prof. Antonio Freitas |
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| Co-Supervisor(s) |
| Prof. Maria de Sousa |
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| University |
| Universidade Porto |
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| Laboratory |
| Lymphocyte Population Biology Unit |
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| City |
| Paris |
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| Country |
| France |
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| Date of Thesis Defence |
| 2002-11-25 |
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| After the PhD (Current Situation) |
| Position |
| Post-Doc Researcher |
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| Project |
| Role of RET in T cell function |
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| Institution |
| Instituto de Medicina Molecular |
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| City |
| Lisboa |
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| Country |
| Portugal |
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| Relevant Publications |
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CD4+ CD25+ Treg regulate the contribution of CD8+ T-cell subsets in repopulation of the lymphopenic environment.
Almeida AR, Ciernik IF, Sallusto F, Lanzavecchia A.
Eur J Immunol. 2010 Dec;40(12):3478-88. doi: 10.1002/eji.201040600. Epub 2010 Nov 11. |
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Almeida AR, Borghans JA, Freitas AA.
T cell homeostasis: thymus regeneration and peripheral T cell restoration in mice with a reduced fraction of competent precursors.
J Exp Med. 2001 Sep 3;194(5):591-9. |
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Almeida AR, Legrand N, Papiernik M, Freitas AA.
Homeostasis of peripheral CD4+ T cells: IL-2R alpha and IL-2 shape a population of regulatory cells that controls CD4+ T cell numbers.
J Immunol. 2002 Nov 1;169(9):4850-60. |
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Almeida AR, Rocha B, Freitas AA, Tanchot C.
Homeostasis of T cell numbers: from thymus production to peripheral compartmentalization and the indexation of regulatory T cells.
Semin Immunol. 2005 Jun;17(3):239-49. Review. |
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Almeida AR, Zaragoza B, Freitas AA.
Indexation as a novel mechanism of lymphocyte homeostasis: the number of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells is indexed to the number of IL-2-producing cells.
J Immunol. 2006 Jul 1;177(1):192-200. |
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Almeida AR, Zaragoza B, Freitas AA.
Competition controls the rate of transition between the peripheral pools of CD4+CD25- and CD4+CD25+ T cells.
Int Immunol. 2006 Nov;18(11):1607-13. Epub 2006 Sep 20. |
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| 2013-03-14 15:14:49 |
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Program financially supported by
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