Cancer Science & Therapy

Maira Souza Oliveira

Maira Souza Oliveira Federal University of Minas Brazil

Biography

Dr. Maira Souza Oliveira has received her PhD in Federal University of Minas Gerais/Brazil during the period of 2009-2013. During her PhD program, she had developed part of her thesis at University of Wisconsin – Madison/USA during the period of 2011-2012. Currently, she is working as veterinary and researcher at Federal University of Minas Gerais/Brazil. She has successfully completed her clinical responsibilities as the major veterinary at the Cardiology Service of the Veterinary Hospital. Her research has included heart failure, cardiac toxicity caused by drugs, cardiac differentiation of stem cells, electrocardiography, and echocardiography. She is serving as expert Reviewers for journals like Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods, Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, Journal of Veterinary Science, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Brazilian Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. She has authored research articles like: _ Doxorubicin has in vivo toxicological effects on ex vivo cultured mesenchymal stem cells. Toxicology Letters, v. 224, p. 380-386, 2014. _Heart rate variability and arrhythmias evaluated with Holter in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease. Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, v. 66, p. 425-432, 2014 _ Priming mesenchymal stem cells boosts stem cell therapy to treat myocardial infarction. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (Print), v. 17, p. 617-625, 2013. _Doxorubicin Cardiotoxicity and Cardiac Function Improvement After Stem Cell Therapy Diagnosed by Strain Echocardiography. Journal of Cancer Science & Therapy, v. 05, p. 52, 2013. _ Mesenchymal stem cells express lower levels of cardiomyogenic genes and showed limited plasticity towards cardiomyogenic phenotype. Journal of Life Sciences, v. 7, p. 950-964, 2013. _ Heart rate variability parameters of myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs with and without heart failure obtained using 24-hour Holter electrocardiography. Veterinary Record, v. 170, p. 622, 2012. She has authored research chapter book: BARRETO FILHO, J. B. ; Oliveira, MS . Placental structures and biological aspects of fetal membranes cultured in vitro. In: Luca Ceccherini-Nelli; Barbara Matteoli. (Org.). Biomedical Tissue Culture. 1ed.In Tech Europe: InTech - Open Access Publisher, 2012, v. 1, p. 115-132.

Research Interest

Heart failure, cardiac toxicity caused by drugs, cardiac differentiation of stem cells, electrocardiography, and echocardiography