Publications

Selected Publications

⭐️ Silva CLM, Puthanveetil P, OLIVEIRA SD. Liver Bypass in the Development of Pathogen-associated Pulmonary Vascular Disease: Contribution of Mesocaval and Portosystemic Shunts. AJP-GI, ePUB, 2025.

Prisco S; OLIVEIRA SD; Kenneth Weir E; Ghouleh I; Thenappan TGut Microbiome in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension – An Emerging Frontier. Infectious Diseases Report – Preprint, 2025.

Forbes LM; Bauer N; Bhadra A; Bogaard HJ; Choudhary G; Goss KN; Gräf S; Heresi G; Jose A; Kim Y; Klouda T; Lahm T; Lawrie A; Leary PJ; Leopold J; OLIVEIRA SD; Prisco SZ; Rafikov R; Rhodes CJ; Stewart DJ; Vanderpool RR; Yuan K; Zimmer A; Hemnes A; de Jesus Perez VA; Wilkins M. Precision Medicine for Pulmonary Vascular Disease: The Future is Now (2023 Grover Conference Series). Pulm Circ 15 (1), e70027, 2025.

Nyasulu P*; Tamuzi JL*; OLIVEIRA SD; Oliveira RKF; Mocumbi A; Almodóvar S; Graham B; de Jesus Perez V; Dhillon D; Butrous G. COVID-19 and Parasitic Co-infection: A Hypothetical Link to Pulmonary vascular disease. In:Pulmonary Vascular Manifestations of Infectious Diseases. Infectious Diseases Report, 17(2)19, 2025.

Trevino TN, Almousawi AA, Martins, RG; Ochoa-Raya A; Robinson K; Abad, G; Tai LM; OLIVEIRA SD, Minshall RD, Lutz SE. A brain endothelial cell Caveolin-1/CXCL10 axis promotes T cell transcellular migration across the blood-brain barrier. ASN Neuro, 17(1):2472070, 2025.

⭐️ Marinho Y; Villarreal ES; Loya O; OLIVEIRA SD. Mechanisms of Lung Endothelial Cell Survival in PAH: from Dysfunction to EndoMT. AJP-Lung, 1;327(6):L972-L983, 2024.

⭐️ OLIVEIRA SD; Almodóvar S; Butrous G; de Jesus Perez V; Graham B; Mocumbi A; Nyasulu P; Oliveira RKF; Dhillon N. Infection and Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Consortium: United Against a Global Health Challenge. Pulm Circ 14 (4), e70003, 2024.

Chen Z; Aikawa E; Alfaidi M; Ali K; Clift CL; Erbay E; Fredman G; Gomez D; Huang NF; Lu HS; Nguyen PKP; OLIVEIRA SD; Rodriguez-Miguelez P; Senthilkumar G; Zhang H. Institutional support for women faculty career advancement – successes, lessons learned, and new direction. ATVB, 44(9): 1916-1924, 2024.

⭐️ Marinho Y*, Villarreal ES*, Aboagye S, Williams DL, Sun J, Silva CLM, Lutz SE, OLIVEIRA SD. Schistosomiasis-associated pulmonary hypertension unveils disrupted murine gut-lung microbiome and reduced endoprotective Caveolin-1/BMPR2 expression. Frontiers in Immunology, 16;14:1254762, 2023.

Esparza K*, OLIVEIRA SD*, Castellon M, Minshall RD, Onyuksel H. TST-nanomedicine, TLR-9 inhibitor, attenuates sepsis-induced inflammation in miceMediators of Inflammation, 24; 2023:4035516, 2023.

Trevino TN, Almousawi AA, Ochoa-Raya A, Zemanski K, OLIVEIRA SD, Marottoli FM, Tai LM, Minshall RD, Lutz SE. Endothelial Caveolin-1 and CXCL10 promote transcellular migration of autoreactive T cells across the blood-brain barrier. BioRxiv (Preprint), 2023.

Fehr V, Neff JB, OLIVEIRA SD, Chen Z, Minshall R, Schläpfer M, Beck-Schimmer B. The volatile anesthetic sevoflurane attenuates natural killer cell activity in cancer cell defense by impairing perforin synthesis (Under Review), 2023.

⭐️ OLIVEIRA SD. Cardiopulmonary Pathogenic Networks: Unveiling the Gut-Lung Microbiome Axis in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Mar 15; 207(6):655-657, 2023. 

⭐️ Erewele EO, Castellon M, Loya O, Marsboom G, Schwartz A, Yerlioglu K, Callahan C, Chen J, Minshall RD*, OLIVEIRA SD*. Hypoxia-induced Pulmonary Hypertension Upregulates eNOS and TGF-β Contributing to Sex-Linked Differences in BMPR2+/R899X Mutant Mice. Pulmonary Circulation. e12163, 2022.

⭐️ Alfaidi M*, Zhang H*, OLIVEIRA SD*. Fostering New Scientific Networks in the COVID Era and Beyond. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 42:1113-1120, 2022.

⭐️ OLIVEIRA SD. Insights on the gut-mesentery-lung axis in pathogen-induced pulmonary hypertension: a poorly investigated crossroad. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 42:516-526, 2022.

Batista AJ*OLIVEIRA SD*, Pome S, Commere P, Mazan V, Lee M, Loiseau PM, Rossi-Bergmann B, Prina E, Duval R. Targeting chalcone binding sites in living Leishmania using a reversible fluorogenic benzochalcone probe. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 149 (2022) 112784, 2022.

Savio LEB, de Andrade Mello P, Santos SACS, de Sousa JC, OLIVEIRA SD, Minshall RD, Kurtenbach E, Wu Y, Longhi MS, Robson SC, Coutinho-Silva R. P2X7 receptor activation increases expression of caveolin-1 and formation of macrophage lipid rafts, thereby boosting CD39 activity. The Journal of cell signaling, 133: jcs237560, 2020.

Gerber T*, Fehr VC*, OLIVEIRA SD, Hu G, Dull R, Bonini MG, Beck-Schimmer B, Minshall RD. Sevoflurane Promotes Bactericidal Properties of Macrophages Through Enhanced Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression in Male Mice. Anesthesiology, 131: 1301-1315, 2019.

⭐️ OLIVEIRA SD, Chen J, Castellon M, Mao M, Raj UJ, Comhair S, Erzurum S, Silva CLM, Machado RF, Bonini MG, Minshall RD. Injury-induced Shedding of Extracellular Vesicles Depletes Endothelial Cells of Caveolin-1 and Enables TGF-β-dependent Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 39(6): 1191-1202, 2019.

Colucci-Guyon E, Batista AJS*, OLIVEIRA SD*, Blaud M, Bellettini IC, Marteyn BS, Leblanc K, Herbomel P, Duval R. Ultraspecific live imaging of the dynamics of zebrafish neutrophil granules by a histopermeable fluorogenic benzochalcone probe. Chemical Science, 10: 3654-3670, 2019.

Chen Z, OLIVEIRA SD, Zimnicka AM, Jiang Y, Sharma T, Haus JM, Bonini MG, Minshall RD. Reciprocal Regulation of eNOS and Caveolin-1 Functions in Endothelial Cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 29(10): 1190-1202, 2018.

⭐️ OLIVEIRA SD, Castellon M, Chen J, Bonini MG, Gu X, Elliott MH, Machado RF, Minshall RD. Inflammation-induced Caveolin-1 and BMPRII Depletion Promote TGFβ-driven Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling. American Journal of Physiology – Lung Cell. & Mol. Physiol., 312: L760–L771, 2017.

Savio LEB, Mello PA, Figliuolo VR, Almeida TFA, Santana PT, OLIVEIRA SD, Silva CL, Feldbrügge L, Csizmadia E, Minshall RD, Longhi MS, Wu Y, Robson SC, Coutinho-Silva R. CD39 limits p2x7 receptor inflammatory signaling and attenuates sepsis-induced liver injury. Journal of Hepatology, 67(4):716-726, 2017.

Potje SR, Chen Z, OLIVEIRA SD, Bendhack L, Silva R, Bonini M, Antoniali C, Minshall R.  Nitric oxide donor [Ru(terpy)(bdq)NO]3+ induced uncoupling and hyperphosphorylation of eNOS promotes ROS and peroxynitrite production. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 112: 587–596. 2017.

⭐️ OLIVEIRA SD, Oliveira NF, Meyer-Fernandes JF, Savio LEB, Ornelas FGI, Ferreira ZS, Coutinho-Silva R, Silva CLM. Increased expression of NTPDases 2 and 3 in mesenteric endothelial cells during schistosomiasis favors leukocyte adhesion through P2Y1R. Vascular Pharmacology, 82: 66–72, 2016.

OLIVEIRA SD, Nanini HF, Savio LEB, Waghabi MC, Silva CLM, Coutinho-Silva R. Macrophage P2X7 receptor function Is reduced during Schistosomiasis: Putative Role of TGF-β1. Mediators of Inflammation. 1-12, 2014.

El-Kik CZ, Tomaz MA, Fernandes FF, Gaban GA, Fonseca TF, Calil-Elias S, OLIVEIRA, SDS, Tavares-Henriques MS, Machado MM, Silva CLM, Martinez AMB, Melo PA. Neutralization of Apis mellifera Bee venom activities by Suramin. Toxicon (Oxford), 1: 1-22, 2013.

⭐️ OLIVEIRA SDS, Coutinho-Silva R, Silva CLM. Endothelial P2X7 receptors’ expression is reduced by schistosomiasis. Purinergic Signaling, 9: 81-89, 2013.

Pettengill MA, Marques-da-Silva C, Avila ML, OLIVEIRA SDS, Lam VW, Ollawa I, Sater AAA, Coutinho-Silva R, Hacker G, Ojcius DM. Reversible Inhibition of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Epithelial Cells Due to Stimulation of P2X4 Receptors. Infection and Immunity, 180 (12), 4232-8, 2012.

⭐️ OLIVEIRA SDS, Quintas LEM, Amaral LS, Noël F, Farsky SH, Silva CLM. Increased endothelial cell-leukocyte interaction in murine Schistosomiasis: Possible Priming of Endothelial Cells by the Disease. Plos One, 6: e23547, 2011b. 

OLIVEIRA SDS & Silva CLM. Schistosomiasis differentially affects vasoconstrictor responses: up-regulation of 5-HT receptor-mediated aorta contraction. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 106: 456-460, 2011a.


Book Chapters:

OLIVEIRA SD & Minshall RD. Caveolin and Endothelial NO Signaling. Edited by Patrick Belvitch & Steven Dudek. In: Current Topics in Membranes. Elsevier 82, 257-279, 2018.

Social Media Interviews & Commentaries:

ATVB_net: Empowering Voices in the AHA: Opportunities for Early-Stage Investigators by Suellen Oliveira and Mabruka Alfaidi – 10.1161/blog.20231025.152926

ATVB_net: Meet the DSTeam by Suellen Oliveira – 10.1161/blog.20231011.711207

Herminthology: Women behind the work – https://www.facebook.com/herminthology/https://twitter.com/herminthology/status/1490637214958727171/photo/2

FASEB: Hispanic Heritage Month Feature Stories – https://www.faseb.org/About-FASEB/Diversity-Equity-and-Inclusion/Suellen-DArc-Oliveira-Becoming-the-Mentor-I-Hope-to-Be

Twitter: ATVB ECEB online event – https://twitter.com/hashtag/AskTheATVBFirstAuthors?src=hashtag_click

Youtube: I Symposium of Former Graduated in Pharmacology, UFRJ; Brazil. Zoom/Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjkeruDNGAQ&t=6250

Atlas of Science: Commentary – https://atlasofscience.org/is-caveolin-1-depletion-the-key-to-endothelial-cell-phenotypic-switching-in-inflammatory-vascular-disease/

*These authors shared equal contributions.