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Georgios Chamilos

Georgios Chamilos

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Microbiology

D-Index
52
Citations
33793
World Ranking
4154
National Ranking
12

Overview

Georgios Chamilos is affiliated with the University of Crete in Greece. Their primary field of research is Medicine, with significant contributions to related subfields including Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Immunology, Cell Biology, and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine.

The academic work of Georgios Chamilos spans various topics, chiefly focused on fungal infections and antifungal resistance and susceptibility. Their research also encompasses studies on COVID-19 clinical research, toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins, neutrophil and oxidative mechanisms, as well as nosocomial infections in intensive care units and antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

Among recent scientific papers, the following were published with their involvement:

  • "Phagosomal removal of fungal melanin reprograms macrophage metabolism to promote antifungal immunity", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Mucoricin is a ricin-like toxin that is critical for the pathogenesis of mucormycosis", 2021, Nature Microbiology
  • "Flotillin-Dependent Membrane Microdomains Are Required for Functional Phagolysosomes against Fungal Infections", 2020, Cell Reports
  • "Uncoupling of IL-6 signaling and LC3-associated phagocytosis drives immunoparalysis during sepsis", 2021, Cell Host & Microbe
  • "Impact of Molecular Syndromic Diagnosis of Severe Pneumonia in the Management of Critically Ill Patients", 2022, Microbiology Spectrum

Frequent collaborators in their research include the following co-authors:

  • Diamantis P. Kofteridis
  • Agostinho Carvalho
  • Πέτρος Ιωάννου
  • Frank L. van de Veerdonk
  • Yiyou Gu

Publications are often found in venues such as the Journal of Fungi, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), mBio, Antibiotics, and Nature Communications.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Neutrophils Activate Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells by Releasing Self-DNA–Peptide Complexes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Roberto Lande;Dipyaman Ganguly;Dipyaman Ganguly;Valeria Facchinetti;Loredana Frasca

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Delaying Amphotericin B–Based Frontline Therapy Significantly Increases Mortality among Patients with Hematologic Malignancy Who Have Zygomycosis

    Georgios Chamilos;Russell E. Lewis;Russell E. Lewis;Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis

  • Self-RNA–antimicrobial peptide complexes activate human dendritic cells through TLR7 and TLR8

    Dipyaman Ganguly;Georgios Chamilos;Roberto Lande;Josh Gregorio;Josh Gregorio

  • Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillosis in 2019

    Jean Paul Latgé;Georgios Chamilos

  • Zygomycosis in a Tertiary-Care Cancer Center in the Era of Aspergillus-Active Antifungal Therapy: A Case-Control Observational Study of 27 Recent Cases

    Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis;Michail S. Lionakis;Russell E. Lewis;Russell E. Lewis;Georgios Chamilos

  • Invasive fungal infections in patients with hematologic malignancies in a tertiary care cancer center: an autopsy study over a 15-year period (1989-2003).

    Georgios Chamilos;Mario Luna;Russell E. Lewis;Russell E. Lewis;Gerald P. Bodey

  • The antimicrobial peptide LL37 is a T-cell autoantigen in psoriasis

    Roberto Lande;Roberto Lande;Elisabetta Botti;Camilla Jandus;Danijel Dojcinovic

  • Predictors of pulmonary zygomycosis versus invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with cancer.

    Georgios Chamilos;Edith M. Marom;Russell E. Lewis;Michail S. Lionakis

  • IL-1 receptor blockade restores autophagy and reduces inflammation in chronic granulomatous disease in mice and in humans

    Antonella de Luca;Sanne P. Smeekens;Andrea Casagrande;Rossana Iannitti

  • Call for Action: Invasive Fungal Infections Associated With Ibrutinib and Other Small Molecule Kinase Inhibitors Targeting Immune Signaling Pathways.

    Georgios Chamilos;Georgios Chamilos;Michail S Lionakis;Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Epidemiology and sites of involvement of invasive fungal infections in patients with haematological malignancies: a 20-year autopsy study.

    Russell E. Lewis;Lizebeth Cahyame-Zuniga;Konstantinos Leventakos;Georgios Chamilos

  • Gliotoxin Production in Aspergillus fumigatus Contributes to Host-Specific Differences in Virulence

    Sara Spikes;Ran Xu;C. Kim Nguyen;Georgios Chamilos

  • Paradoxical Effect of Echinocandins across Candida Species In Vitro: Evidence for Echinocandin-Specific and Candida Species-Related Differences

    Georgios Chamilos;Russell E. Lewis;Nathaniel Albert;Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis

  • Autophagy Controls BCG-Induced Trained Immunity and the Response to Intravesical BCG Therapy for Bladder Cancer

    Kathrin Buffen;Marije Oosting;Jessica Quintin;Aylwin Ng

  • Aspergillus Cell Wall Melanin Blocks LC3-Associated Phagocytosis to Promote Pathogenicity

    Tonia Akoumianaki;Irene Kyrmizi;Isabel Valsecchi;Mark S. Gresnigt;Mark S. Gresnigt

  • The Cell Wall of the Human Fungal Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus: Biosynthesis, Organization, Immune Response, and Virulence

    Jean-Paul Latgé;Anne Beauvais;Georgios Chamilos

  • Increased bone marrow iron stores is an independent risk factor for invasive aspergillosis in patients with high‐risk hematologic malignancies and recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

    Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis;Georgios Chamilos;Russell E. Lewis;Sergio Giralt

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Russell E. Lewis
Russell E. Lewis University of Padua
Michel Gilliet
Michel Gilliet University Hospital of Lausanne
Michail S. Lionakis
Michail S. Lionakis National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Axel A. Brakhage
Axel A. Brakhage Leibniz Association
Mihai G. Netea
Mihai G. Netea Radboud University
Jean-Paul Latgé
Jean-Paul Latgé University of Crete
Issam I Raad
Issam I Raad The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ashraf S. Ibrahim
Ashraf S. Ibrahim University of California, Los Angeles
Scott G. Filler
Scott G. Filler University of California, Los Angeles

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