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Class of 2000
Name
Lages Alves, Nuno
E-Mail
nalves@ibmc.up.pt
About the PhD
Field of Research
Immunology
Thesis Title
Visualizing IL-7 expresion in vivo (Pasteur Institute - Paris)
Abstract
Research Interest
My interest is focused on the function of the Thymus, the primary lymphoid organ responsible for the generation of T cells.

Epithelial cells within the thymus provide essential signals to promote T...
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Supervisor(s)
Prof. Dr. Rene van Lier
Co-Supervisor(s)
Prof. Dr. Fernando Arosa; Prof. Dr. Eric Eldering
University
Amsterdam
Laboratory
Academical Medical Center - Dep Immunology
Date of Thesis Defence
2007-01-24
After the PhD (Current Situation)
Position
Associate Research Scientist
Project
Ciência 2008
Institution
IBMC
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Relevant Publications
Alves NL, Ester M.M. van Leeuwen, Ingrid A.M. Derks and René A.W. van Lier. Differential regulation of human IL-7 receptor alpha expression by IL-7 and TCR signaling .
J Immunol. 2008 Apr 15;180(8):5201-10
Alves NL, van Leeuwen EM, Remmerswaal EB, Vrisekoop N, Tesselaar K, Roosnek E, Ten Berge IJ, van Lier RA.
A New Subset of Human Naive CD8+ T Cells Defined by Low Expression of IL-7R{alpha}.
J Immunol. 2007 Jul 1;179(1):221-8.

Alves NL, Derks IA, Berk E, Spijker R, van Lier RA, Eldering E. “The Noxa/Mcl-1 axis regulates susceptibility to apoptosis under glucose limitation in dividing T cells”. Immunity 2006 Jun;24(6):703-16.
Alves NL, Arosa FA and van Lier RA. }3IL-21 Sustains CD28 Expression on IL-15-Activated Human Naive CD8+ T Cells}4.
J Immunol. 2005 Jul 15;175(2):755-62.

Alves NL, Hooibrink B, Arosa FA, van Lier RA. Blood. 2003 Oct 1;102(7):2541-6. Epub 2003 Jun 12. }3IL-15 induces antigen-independent expansion and differentiation of human naive CD8+ T cells in vitro.}4
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