Ragon Institute

Moura Silva Lab

Immune-mediated circuits supporting organ functions

Lab Overview

The Moura Silva lab seeks to understand how the immune system supports organ physiology and metabolism to unveil new approaches to treat human diseases.

Research at Moura Silva Lab is directed to the understanding of fundamental immune-related pathways that modulate organ and tissue physiology. By utilizing an innovative, multidisciplinary and intersectional approach, our lab seeks to unveil cellular and molecular circuits used by Macrophages and other immune cells that support the maintenance of organ and tissue homeostasis. The ultimate goal of our research program is to develop new strategies to tune these immune mediated molecular pathways in health and disease, leading to the development of much-needed therapeutic approaches for human diseases.

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Hernandez Moura Silva, PhD

Principal Investigator

Affiliation

  • Core Member, Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Biology at MIT

About

Dr. Moura Silva received a BSc in Biology and a M.Sc. in Molecular Biology at University of Brasilia-Brazil. He performed his Ph.D. in immunology at University of São Paulo School of Medicine in Brazil and completed his postdoctoral training in immunology at the NYU Lagone Health’s Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine.

Recognition & Honors

  • CAPES Thesis Award - Brazil, 2012

Related Research Foci

  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Computational Science
  • Fundamental Immunology

Related Areas of Study

  • Diabetes
  • Neurodegenerative disease
  • Autoimmune

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Selected Publications

CX3CR1+ monocytes modulate learning and learning-dependent dendritic spine remodeling via TNF-α

Garré, JM, Silva, HM, Lafaille, JJ, Yang, G

2017. Nat Med 23, 714-722

January 1, 2017

Vasculature-associated fat macrophages readily adapt to inflammatory and metabolic challenges

Silva, HM, Báfica, A, Rodrigues-Luiz, GF, Chi, J, Santos, PDA, Reis, BS, Hoytema van Konijnenburg, DP, Crane, A, Arifa, RDN, Martin, P et al.

2019. J Exp Med 216, 786-806

January 1, 2019

Serum Amyloid A Proteins Induce Pathogenic Th17 Cells and Promote Inflammatory Disease

Lee, JY, Hall, JA, Kroehling, L, Wu, L, Najar, T, Nguyen, HH, Lin, WY, Yeung, ST, Silva, HM, Li, D et al.

2020. Cell 180, 79-91.e16

January 1, 2020

Niche-Selective Inhibition of Pathogenic Th17 Cells by Targeting Metabolic Redundancy

Wu, L, Hollinshead, KER, Hao, Y, Au, C, Kroehling, L, Ng, C, Lin, WY, Li, D, Silva, HM, Shin, J et al.

2020. Cell 182, 641-654.e20

January 1, 2020

P2X7 receptor inhibition ameliorates dendritic spine pathology and social behavioral deficits in Rett syndrome mice

Garré, JM, Silva, HM, Lafaille, JJ, Yang, G

2020. Nat Commun 11, 1784

January 1, 2020

Leukocyte Heterogeneity in Adipose Tissue, Including in Obesity

Weinstock, A, Moura Silva, H, Moore, KJ, Schmidt, AM, Fisher, EA

2020. Circ Res 126, 1590-1612

January 1, 2020

c-MAF dependent perivascular macrophages regulate diet induced metabolic syndrome

Silva, H.M., Kitoko, J.Z., Queiroz, C.P., Kroehling, L., Matheis, F., Yang, K.L., Ren-Fielding, C., Littman, D.R., Bozza, M.T., Mucida, D., and Lafaille, J.J.

Science Immunology • 1 Oct 2021 • Vol 6, Issue 64 • DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abg7506

October 1, 2021
PMID: 34597123
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Lab Team

Ilya Andreev

Graduate Student

Beatriz Burger

Graduate Student

Anika Hutton

Graduate Student

Brandon Sullivan

Research Technician I

Jill Wisnewski

Graduate Student

Jia Zhao

Graduate Student

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