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Edecio Cunha-Neto is a researcher affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their work is primarily concentrated in the field of Medicine, with notable contributions across several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Immunology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Molecular Biology.

Their research spans multiple topics, with a significant focus on Trypanosoma species research and its implications. Other main areas of study include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, viral infections and immunology research, as well as vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches. Research on leishmaniasis studies is also an area of interest.

Edecio Cunha-Neto has coauthored extensively with several collaborators. Frequent coauthors include Jorge Kalil, Christophe Chevillard, Keity Souza Santos, João Paulo Silva Nunes, and Daniela Santoro Rosa.

The scientist's research has been published in a variety of venues, most frequently in Frontiers in Immunology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, and the European Heart Journal.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Mitochondria as a Cellular Hub in Infection and Inflammation (2021) published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Diretriz da SBC sobre Diagnóstico e Tratamento de Pacientes com Cardiomiopatia da Doença de Chagas - 2023 (2023) published in Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
  • An effective CTL peptide vaccine for Ebola Zaire Based on Survivors' CD8+ targeting of a particular nucleocapsid protein epitope with potential implications for COVID-19 vaccine design (2020) published in Vaccine
  • Co-Exposure of Cardiomyocytes to IFN-γ and TNF-α Induces Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Nitro-Oxidative Stress: Implications for the Pathogenesis of Chronic Chagas Disease Cardiomyopathy (2021) published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • MHC Variants Associated With Symptomatic Versus Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Highly Exposed Individuals (2021) published in Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • Pathogenesis of Chronic Chagas Heart Disease

    Jose Antonio Marin-Neto;Edécio Cunha-Neto;Benedito C. Maciel;Marcus V. Simões

  • Mitochondria as a Cellular Hub in Infection and Inflammation.

    Pauline Andrieux;Christophe Chevillard;Edecio Cunha-Neto;João Paulo Silva Nunes;João Paulo Silva Nunes

  • Autoimmunity in Chagas disease cardiopathy: biological relevance of a cardiac myosin-specific epitope crossreactive to an immunodominant Trypanosoma cruzi antigen.

    E Cunha-Neto;M Duranti;A Gruber;B Zingales

  • Autoimmunity in Chagas' disease. Identification of cardiac myosin-B13 Trypanosoma cruzi protein crossreactive T cell clones in heart lesions of a chronic Chagas' cardiomyopathy patient.

    E Cunha-Neto;V Coelho;L Guilherme;A Fiorelli

  • Human heart-infiltrating T-cell clones from rheumatic heart disease patients recognize both streptococcal and cardiac proteins.

    L. Guilherme;E. Cunha-Neto;V. Coelho;R. Snitcowsky

  • Chronic Chagas' Disease Cardiomyopathy Patients Display an Increased IFN-γ Response to Trypanosoma cruzi Infection

    Lúcia C.J Abel;Luiz V Rizzo;Bárbara Ianni;Fabiana Albuquerque

  • Rheumatic heart disease: proinflammatory cytokines play a role in the progression and maintenance of valvular lesions.

    Luiza Guilherme;Patricia Cury;Lea M.F. Demarchi;Verônica Coelho

  • Chagas Disease Cardiomyopathy: Immunopathology and Genetics

    Edecio Cunha-Neto;Christophe Chevillard

  • Cardiac gene expression profiling provides evidence for cytokinopathy as a molecular mechanism in Chagas' disease cardiomyopathy.

    Edecio Cunha-Neto;Edecio Cunha-Neto;Victor J. Dzau;Paul D. Allen;Dimitri Stamatiou

  • Increased plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in asymptomatic/"indeterminate" and Chagas disease cardiomyopathy patients

    Renata Cristina Ferreira;Barbara M. Ianni;Lucia C. J. Abel;Paula Buck

  • Chronic Chagas Heart Disease Management: From Etiology to Cardiomyopathy Treatment.

    Edimar Alcides Bocchi;Reinaldo Bulgarelli Bestetti;Mauricio Ibrahim Scanavacca;Edecio Cunha Neto

  • Induction of cardiac autoimmunity in Chagas heart disease: A case for molecular mimicry

    Edecio Cunha-Neto;Angelina M Bilate;Kenneth V Hyland;Simone G Fonseca

  • Autoimmunity in chagas disease cardiomyopathy: Fulfilling the criteria at last?

    J Kalil;E Cunha-Neto

  • Cognitive Effects of Intentional Weight Loss in Elderly Obese Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment

    Nidia Celeste Horie;Valeria T. Serrao;Sharon Sanz Simon;Maria Rita Polo Gascon

  • T-Cell Reactivity against Streptococcal Antigens in the Periphery Mirrors Reactivity of Heart-Infiltrating T Lymphocytes in Rheumatic Heart Disease Patients

    Luiza Guilherme;Sandra E. Oshiro;Kellen C. Fae;Edécio Cunha-Neto

  • Immunological and non-immunological effects of cytokines and chemokines in the pathogenesis of chronic Chagas disease cardiomyopathy

    Edecio Cunha-Neto;Luciana G Nogueira;Priscila C Teixeira;Rajendranath Ramasawmy

  • Chagas disease cardiomyopathy: current concepts of an old disease

    Angelina M.B. Bilate;Edecio Cunha-Neto

  • Discordant congenital Zika syndrome twins show differential in vitro viral susceptibility of neural progenitor cells.

    Luiz Carlos Caires-Júnior;Ernesto Goulart;Uirá Souto Melo;Bruno Henrique Silva Araujo

  • T-cell recognition and cytokine profile induced by melanocyte epitopes in patients with HLA-DRB1*0405- positive and -negative vogt-koyanagi-harada uveitis

    Francisco Max Damico;Edecio Cunha-Neto;Anna Carla Goldberg;Leo Kei Iwai

  • Myocardial chemokine expression and intensity of myocarditis in Chagas cardiomyopathy are controlled by polymorphisms in CXCL9 and CXCL10.

    Luciana Gabriel Nogueira;Ronaldo Honorato Barros Santos;Barbara Maria Ianni;Alfredo Inácio Fiorelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge Kalil
Jorge Kalil Universidade de São Paulo
Luiza Guilherme
Luiza Guilherme Universidade de São Paulo
Ester C. Sabino
Ester C. Sabino Universidade de São Paulo
Helder I. Nakaya
Helder I. Nakaya Universidade de São Paulo
Alessandro Sette
Alessandro Sette La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Ricardo T. Gazzinelli
Ricardo T. Gazzinelli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
John Sidney
John Sidney La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro
Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Esper G. Kallas
Esper G. Kallas Universidade de São Paulo
Maria A. Juliano
Maria A. Juliano Federal University of Sao Paulo

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