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Overview

Antonio Alcami is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. This work encompasses a broad variety of subfields such as Epidemiology, Immunology, Virology, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist has contributed to studies focused on key topics including Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments, Poxvirus research and outbreaks, Virus-based gene therapy research, Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research, Infection Control and Ventilation, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Antonio Alcami has a record of publications in several venues, with frequent contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Viruses, Science, Nature Communications, and The Lancet Microbe.

  • T cells with dysfunctional mitochondria induce multimorbidity and premature senescence, 2020, Science
  • SARS-CoV2-mediated suppression of NRF2-signaling reveals potent antiviral and anti-inflammatory activity of 4-octyl-itaconate and dimethyl fumarate, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Monitoring monkeypox virus in saliva and air samples in Spain: a cross-sectional study, 2022, The Lancet Microbe
  • Monkeypox in humans: a new outbreak, 2022, Revista Española de Quimioterapia
  • Spanish wastewater reveals the current spread of Monkeypox virus, 2023, Water Research

The scientist frequently collaborates with coauthors including Bruno Hernáez, Rocío Martín, Ángela Vázquez-Calvo, Alberto Rastrojo, and Alberto Domingo López-Muñoz, with whom they have multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Viral mechanisms of immune evasion

    Antonio Alcami;Ulrich H. Koszinowski

  • Viral mimicry of cytokines, chemokines and their receptors

    Antonio Alcami

  • Vaccinia virus encodes a soluble type I interferon receptor of novel structure and broad species soecificity

    Julian A. Symons;Antonio Alcamí;Geoffrey L. Smith

  • A soluble receptor for interleukin-1β encoded by vaccinia virus: A novel mechanism of virus modulation of the host response to infection

    Antonio Alcami;Geoffrey L. Smith

  • T cells with dysfunctional mitochondria induce multimorbidity and premature senescence

    Gabriela Desdín-Micó;Gonzalo Soto-Heredero;Juan Francisco Aranda;Jorge Oller

  • Modified vaccinia virus Ankara undergoes limited replication in human cells and lacks several immunomodulatory proteins: implications for use as a human vaccine.

    T J Blanchard;A Alcami;P Andrea;G L Smith

  • High Diversity of the Viral Community from an Antarctic Lake

    Alberto López-Bueno;Javier Tamames;Javier Tamames;David Velázquez;Andrés Moya;Andrés Moya

  • SARS-CoV2-mediated suppression of NRF2-signaling reveals potent antiviral and anti-inflammatory activity of 4-octyl-itaconate and dimethyl fumarate

    David Olagnier;Ensieh Farahani;Jacob Thyrsted;Julia Blay-Cadanet

  • Vaccinia, cowpox, and camelpox viruses encode soluble gamma interferon receptors with novel broad species specificity.

    A Alcamí;G L Smith

  • The Vaccinia Virus Soluble Alpha/Beta Interferon (IFN) Receptor Binds to the Cell Surface and Protects Cells from the Antiviral Effects of IFN

    Antonio Alcamı́;Julian A. Symons;Geoffrey L. Smith

  • The chemokine receptor D6 limits the inflammatory response in vivo

    Thomas Jamieson;Donald N Cook;Robert J B Nibbs;Antal Rot

  • Blockade of Chemokine Activity by a Soluble Chemokine Binding Protein from Vaccinia Virus

    Antonio Alcamí;Julian A. Symons;Paul D. Collins;Timothy J. Williams

  • Vaccinia virus serpin B13R (SPI-2) inhibits interleukin-1beta-converting enzyme and protects virus-infected cells from TNF- and Fas-mediated apoptosis, but does not prevent IL-1beta-induced fever.

    S Kettle;A Alcamí;A Khanna;R Ehret

  • Vaccinia virus immune evasion.

    Geoffrey L. Smith;Julian A. Symons;Anu Khanna;Alain Vanderplasschen

  • Ectromelia, vaccinia and cowpox viruses encode secreted interleukin-18-binding proteins.

    Vincent P. Smith;Neil A. Bryant;Antonio Alcamı́

  • A Broad Spectrum Secreted Chemokine Binding Protein Encoded by a Herpesvirus

    Christopher M. Parry;J. Pedro Simas;Vincent P. Smith;C. Andrew Stewart

  • Impaired Antiviral Response and Alpha/Beta Interferon Induction in Mice Lacking Beta Interferon

    Raj Deonarain;Antonio Alcamí;Maria Alexiou;Margaret J. Dallman

  • IL-10 from Regulatory T Cells Determines Vaccine Efficacy in Murine Leishmania major Infection

    Carmel B. Stober;Uta G. Lange;Mark T. M. Roberts;Antonio Alcami

  • A mechanism for the inhibition of fever by a virus

    Antonio Alcami;Geoffrey L. Smith

  • Schistosoma mansoni secretes a chemokine binding protein with antiinflammatory activity

    Philip Smith;Rosie E. Fallon;Niamh E. Mangan;Caitriona M. Walsh

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey L. Smith
Geoffrey L. Smith University of Oxford
Eladio Viñuela
Eladio Viñuela Spanish National Research Council
Stacey Efstathiou
Stacey Efstathiou University of Cambridge
Padraic G. Fallon
Padraic G. Fallon Trinity College Dublin
Diego A. Moreno
Diego A. Moreno Spanish National Research Council
Sergio A. Lira
Sergio A. Lira Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Trine H. Mogensen
Trine H. Mogensen Aarhus University
Antonio Quesada
Antonio Quesada Autonomous University of Madrid
Sascha Sauer
Sascha Sauer Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
David Pearce
David Pearce Northumbria University

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