Margarida Correia-Neves

  • Infectious Disease
  • Immunology
  • Diagnostic strategies
  • Tuberculosis
  • HIV

Margarida Correia-Neves is presently Full Professor in Immunology and Microbiology at the School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, Researcher at the Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS) from the same university and Visiting Researcher at Karolinska Instituted (KI), Stockholm, Sweden. Present research activities mainly focuses on: 1) Tuberculosis: immune response and methods to improve the diagnosis and reduce transmission; 2) One Health concept on tuberculosis (human and animal interaction). Research activities are performed mainly at the ICVS and KI with long-term collaborations with colleagues in Mozambique. Margarida Correia-Neves supervised/co-supervised 17 PhD students and 17 Master students (thesis completed); is presently supervising/co-supervising 2 PhD students. Has been a member of the directive board of the PhD program in Health Sciences and the PhD program in Medicine both at the School of Medicine, University of Minho, the Inter-university PhD Program in Aging and Chronic Diseases (School of Medicine at the University of Minho, Medical School at the Nova University in Lisbon and Faculty of Medicine from Coimbra University). Margarida Correia-Neves launch as the director (2020 and 2021) the Doctoral College at the University of Minho.

Margarida Correia-Neves

  • Infectious Disease
  • Immunology
  • Diagnostic strategies
  • Tuberculosis
  • HIV

Margarida Correia-Neves is presently Full Professor in Immunology and Microbiology at the School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, Researcher at the Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS) from the same university and Visiting Researcher at Karolinska Instituted (KI), Stockholm, Sweden. Present research activities mainly focuses on: 1) Tuberculosis: immune response and methods to improve the diagnosis and reduce transmission; 2) One Health concept on tuberculosis (human and animal interaction). Research activities are performed mainly at the ICVS and KI with long-term collaborations with colleagues in Mozambique. Margarida Correia-Neves supervised/co-supervised 17 PhD students and 17 Master students (thesis completed); is presently supervising/co-supervising 2 PhD students. Has been a member of the directive board of the PhD program in Health Sciences and the PhD program in Medicine both at the School of Medicine, University of Minho, the Inter-university PhD Program in Aging and Chronic Diseases (School of Medicine at the University of Minho, Medical School at the Nova University in Lisbon and Faculty of Medicine from Coimbra University). Margarida Correia-Neves launch as the director (2020 and 2021) the Doctoral College at the University of Minho.

Scientific Highlights

1.Chronic Mycobacterium avium infection differentially affects the cytokine expression profile of three mouse strains, but has no effect on behavior. Susana Roque, Daniela de Sá-Calçada, Bruno Cerqueira-Rodrigues, Susana Monteiro, Susana G Guerreiro, Joana A Palha, Margarida Correia-Neves. Sci Rep. 2023. PMID: 37069180

2.A protein signature associated with active tuberculosis identified by plasma profiling and network-based analysis. Mousavian Z, Folkesson E, Fröberg G, Foroogh F, Correia-Neves M, Bruchfeld J, Källenius G, Sundling C. iScience. 2022 Nov 22;25(12):105652. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105652. eCollection 2022 Dec 22. PMID: 36561889

3.Immunological hyporesponsiveness in tuberculosis: The role of mycobacterial glycolipids. Correia-Neves M, Nigou J, Mousavian Z, Sundling C, Källenius G.Front Immunol. 2022 Dec 2;13:1035122. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1035122. eCollection 2022.PMID: 36544778

4.IL-10 Overexpression After BCG Vaccination Does Not Impair Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. Ferreira CM, Micheli C, Barreira-Silva P, Barbosa AM, Resende M, Vilanova M, Silvestre R, Cunha C, Carvalho A, Rodrigues F, Correia-Neves M, Castro AG, Torrado E. Front Immunol. 2022 Jul 22;13:946181. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.946181. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35935958

5.Intra-urban variation in tuberculosis and community socioeconomic deprivation in Lisbon metropolitan area: a Bayesian approach. Oliveira O, Ribeiro AI, Duarte R, Correia-Neves M, Rito T. Infect Dis Poverty. 2022 Mar 24;11(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s40249-022-00949-1. PMID: 35321758

6.IFNγ and iNOS-Mediated Alterations in the Bone Marrow and Thymus and Its Impact on Mycobacterium avium-Induced Thymic Atrophy. Barreira-Silva P, Melo-Miranda R, Nobrega C, Roque S, Serre-Miranda C, Borges M, Armada G, de Sá Calçada D, Behar SM, Appelberg R, Correia-Neves M. Front Immunol. 2021 Dec 20;12:696415. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.696415. eCollection 2021. PMID: 3498749

7.High Dimensional Immune Profiling Reveals Different Response Patterns in Active and Latent Tuberculosis Following Stimulation With Mycobacterial Glycolipids. Silva CS, Sundling C, Folkesson E, Fröberg G, Nobrega C, Canto-Gomes J, Chambers BJ, Lakshmikanth T, Brodin P, Bruchfeld J, Nigou J, Correia-Neves M, Källenius G. Front Immunol. 2021 Nov 23;12:727300. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.727300. eCollection 2021. PMID: 3488784

8.Definition of Immunological Nonresponse to Antiretroviral Therapy: A Systematic Review. Rb-Silva R, Goios A, Kelly C, Teixeira P, João C, Horta A, Correia-Neves M. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Dec 15;82(5):452-461. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002157. PMID: 31592836

9.Lipoarabinomannan in Active and Passive Protection Against Tuberculosis. Correia-Neves M, Sundling C, Cooper A, Källenius G. Front Immunol. 2019 Sep 11;10:1968. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01968. eCollection 2019. PMID: 31572351

10. Implication of SARS-CoV-2 evolution in the sensitivity of RT-qPCR diagnostic assays. Osório NS, Correia-Neves M.Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Feb;21(2):166-167. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30435-7. Epub 2020 May 28.PMID: 32473662

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Projects

As Leader

PhD4Moz

PhD4Moz is an ERASMUS project taking place in Mozambique. An initiative that counts on the partnership of Karolinska Institutet (KI) of TecMinho and the voluntary support of ORPHEUs…

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Projects

As Member

Iodine and maternal and child’s health

Iodine deficiency is the most common cause of PREVENTABLE brain damage in infants, impairing the achievement of their full intellectual capabilities. Iodine is needed for the synthesis of thyroid hormones (TH)…

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The immune system in Multiple Sclerosis

This project aims to explore the immune system on multiple sclerosis pathophysiology and is divided in 3 branches:
– Tcells@MS. Our recent studies on newly diagnoses RRMS and PPMS patients…

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