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63
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13447
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2749
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Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Edgardo Moreno is affiliated with the University of Costa Rica in Costa Rica and has a research focus primarily in the veterinary field. Their work frequently explores subfields such as small animals, endocrinology, epidemiology, immunology, and ecology.

The scientist's research topics encompass multiple areas including Brucella diagnosis, epidemiology, and treatment, Escherichia coli research studies, Burkholderia infections and melioidosis, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, and galectins and cancer biology.

Edgardo Moreno has published in several scientific venues, with multiple works appearing in Microorganisms, PLoS ONE, Oceans, Frontiers in Microbiology, and Nature Communications.

Recent publications include:

  • "Brucella Genomics: Macro and Micro Evolution" (2020), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Brucellosis and One Health: Inherited and Future Challenges" (2023), published in Microorganisms
  • "Pathogenicity and Its Implications in Taxonomy: The Brucella and Ochrobactrum Case" (2022), published in Pathogens
  • "The one hundred year journey of the genus Brucella (Meyer and Shaw 1920)" (2020), published in FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  • "If You're Not Confused, You're Not Paying Attention: Ochrobactrum Is Not Brucella" (2023), published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Edgardo Moreno include Esteban Chaves-Olarte, Caterina Guzmán-Verri, Elías Barquero-Calvo, Marcela Suárez-Esquivel, and Carlos Chacón-Díaz, with numerous joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Among recognitions, Moreno is noted as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), indicating affiliation with a professional scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Brucella evades macrophage killing via VirB-dependent sustained interactions with the endoplasmic reticulum.

    Jean Celli;Chantal de Chastellier;Don-Marc Franchini;Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  • Brucella abortus transits through the autophagic pathway and replicates in the endoplasmic reticulum of nonprofessional phagocytes

    Javier Pizarro-Cerda;Stepahane Meresse;Robert G. Parton;Gisou van der Goot

  • Brucella intracellular life: from invasion to intracellular replication.

    Jean Pierre Gorvel;Edgardo Moreno

  • Brucella lipopolysaccharide acts as a virulence factor.

    Nicolas Lapaque;Ignacio Moriyon;Edgardo Moreno;Jean-Pierre Gorvel

  • Brucella abortus uses a stealthy strategy to avoid activation of the innate immune system during the onset of infection.

    Elías Barquero-Calvo;Esteban Chaves-Olarte;David S. Weiss;Caterina Guzmán-Verri

  • Brucella evolution and taxonomy.

    Edgardo Moreno;Axel Cloeckaert;Ignacio Moriyón

  • Rough vaccines in animal brucellosis: structural and genetic basis and present status.

    Ignacio Moriyón;María Jesús Grilló;Daniel Monreal;David González

  • Cyclic beta-1,2-glucan is a Brucella virulence factor required for intracellular survival.

    Beatriz Arellano-Reynoso;Nicolas Lapaque;Susana Salcedo;Gabriel Briones

  • Retrospective and prospective perspectives on zoonotic brucellosis

    Edgardo Moreno

  • Brucella abortus 16S rRNA and lipid A reveal a phylogenetic relationship with members of the alpha-2 subdivision of the class Proteobacteria.

    E Moreno;E Stackebrandt;M Dorsch;J Wolters

  • A two‐component regulatory system playing a critical role in plant pathogens and endosymbionts is present in Brucella abortus and controls cell invasion and virulence

    Alberto Sola-Landa;Javier Pizarro-Cerdá;María Jesús Grilló;Edgardo Moreno

  • Virulent Brucella abortus Prevents Lysosome Fusion and Is Distributed within Autophagosome-Like Compartments

    Javier Pizarro-Cerdá;Edgardo Moreno;Veronique Sanguedolce;Jean-Louis Mege

  • Controlling the maturation of pathogen-containing vacuoles: a matter of life and death.

    Stéphane Méresse;Olivia Steele-Mortimer;Edgardo Moreno;Michel Desjardins

  • An evolutionary strategy for a stealthy intracellular Brucella pathogen

    Anna Martirosyan;Edgardo Moreno;Jean-Pierre Gorvel;Jean-Pierre Gorvel;Jean-Pierre Gorvel

  • What have we learned from brucellosis in the mouse model

    María-Jesús Grilló;José María Blasco;Jean Pierre Gorvel;Jean Pierre Gorvel;Jean Pierre Gorvel;Ignacio Moriyón

  • Bactericidal activity of Lys49 and Asp49 myotoxic phospholipases A2 from Bothrops asper snake venom--synthetic Lys49 myotoxin II-(115-129)-peptide identifies its bactericidal region

    Leandro Páramo;Bruno Lomonte;Javier Pizarro-Cerdá;José-Antonio Bengoechea

  • Brucella melitensis: A nasty bug with hidden credentials for virulence

    Edgardo Moreno;Ignacio Moriyón

  • The two-component system BvrR/BvrS essential for Brucella abortus virulence regulates the expression of outer membrane proteins with counterparts in members of the Rhizobiaceae

    Caterina Guzman-Verri;Lorea Manterola;Alberto Sola-Landa;A. Parra

  • The outer membranes of Brucella spp. are resistant to bactericidal cationic peptides

    G Martínez de Tejada;J Pizarro-Cerdá;E Moreno;I Moriyón

  • Brucella ceti and Brucellosis in Cetaceans

    Caterina Guzmán-Verri;Rocío González-Barrientos;Gabriela Hernández-Mora;Juan-Alberto Morales

  • Purification and characterization of smooth and rough lipopolysaccharides from Brucella abortus.

    E Moreno;M W Pitt;L M Jones;G G Schurig

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Pierre Gorvel
Jean-Pierre Gorvel Aix-Marseille University
Ignacio Moriyón
Ignacio Moriyón University of Navarra
Bruno Lomonte
Bruno Lomonte University of Costa Rica
Javier Pizarro-Cerdá
Javier Pizarro-Cerdá Institut Pasteur
José María Gutiérrez
José María Gutiérrez University of Costa Rica
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute
Ignacio López-Goñi
Ignacio López-Goñi University of Navarra
José M. Blasco
José M. Blasco University of Zaragoza
Michel Desjardins
Michel Desjardins University of Montreal
Axel Cloeckaert
Axel Cloeckaert INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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