We reported previously that immunomodulatory molecules are able to (i) inhibit the S. aureus internalization into bMECs, such as butyrate (0.5 mM NaB) or 1 mM octanoate (NaO), or (ii) increase the bacterial internalization ...

During the peripartum, cattle are more susceptible to infectious diseases (i.e. Mastitis). This period is characterized by changes in the concentrations of sexual hormones, such as 17-estradiol (E2), which compromises the ...

Early life stress (ELS) increases the risk of psychiatric illness in adulthood. Serious neonatal infections also contribute to developing affective diseases. These stressors trigger immediate activation of the neuroimmune ...

Cancer worldwide caused 8.8 million deaths in 2015, being leukemia one of the ten most important cancer due to the high number of deaths. The conventional treatments against cancer are surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. ...

Endothelial cells have a key role in the inflammatory response. Different approaches in vitro have demonstrated that endothelial cells can be invaded by many microorganisms, such as Staphylococcus aureus. In this work we ...