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Javier Pizarro-Cerdá

Javier Pizarro-Cerdá

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
8190
World Ranking
18701
National Ranking
860

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Javier Pizarro-Cerdá is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France and specializes in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on pathogenic bacteria, zoonotic diseases, and public health aspects related to infectious agents.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics including:

  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Listeria monocytogenes in food safety
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Ethnobotanical and medicinal plants studies

Javier Pizarro-Cerdá has published extensively in these areas, contributing to notable journals and platforms. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Nature
  • Microbiology Spectrum

Their recent papers feature titles such as:

  • Evolution of immune genes is associated with the Black Death (2022), Nature
  • Human plague: An old scourge that needs new answers (2020), PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Emerging Evasion Mechanisms of Macrophage Defenses by Pathogenic Bacteria (2020), Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Listeriolysin S: A bacteriocin from Listeria monocytogenes that induces membrane permeabilization in a contact-dependent manner (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Yersinia artesiana sp. nov., Yersinia proxima sp. nov., Yersinia alsatica sp. nov., Yersina vastinensis sp. nov., Yersinia thracica sp. nov. and Yersinia occitanica sp. nov., isolated from humans and animals (2020), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Collaborations have been frequent with several coauthors, among whom are:

  • Christian E. Demeure
  • Olivier Dussurget
  • Cyril Savin
  • Rémi Beau
  • Pierre Lê-Bury

In terms of academic specialization, the scientist has contributed to subfields of study including genetics, molecular biology, biotechnology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and food science. The distribution of publications among these subfields reflects an interdisciplinary approach within life sciences.

Pizarro-Cerdá was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2019.

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

  • 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

  • Yersinia pestis and plague: an updated view on evolution, virulence determinants, immune subversion, vaccination, and diagnostics.

    Christian E. Demeure;Olivier Dussurget;Olivier Dussurget;Guillem Mas Fiol;Guillem Mas Fiol;Anne-Sophie Le Guern;Anne-Sophie Le Guern

  • Comparison of widely used Listeria monocytogenes strains EGD, 10403S, and EGD-e highlights genomic variations underlying differences in pathogenicity.

    Christophe Bécavin;Christophe Bécavin;Christophe Bécavin;Christiane Bouchier;Pierre Lechat;Cristel Archambaud;Cristel Archambaud;Cristel Archambaud

  • Invasive and Adherent Bacterial Pathogens Co-Opt Host Clathrin for Infection

    Esteban Veiga;Julian A. Guttman;Matteo Bonazzi;Matteo Bonazzi;Matteo Bonazzi;Emmanuel Boucrot

  • 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

  • Bacteriocin from epidemic Listeria strains alters the host intestinal microbiota to favor infection

    Juan J. Quereda;Olivier Dussurget;Marie-Anne Nahori;Amine Ghozlane

  • Translation elongation factor EF-Tu is a target for Stp, a serine-threonine phosphatase involved in virulence of Listeria monocytogenes.

    Cristel Archambaud;Edith Gouin;Javier Pizarro-Cerda;Pascale Cossart

  • A role for α- and β-catenins in bacterial uptake

    Marc Lecuit;Reini Hurme;Javier Pizarro-Cerdá;Hélène Ohayon

  • Brucella-Salmonella lipopolysaccharide chimeras are less permeable to hydrophobic probes and more sensitive to cationic peptides and EDTA than are their native Brucella sp. counterparts.

    E Freer;E Moreno;I Moriyón;J Pizarro-Cerdá

  • The Diverse Family of Arp2/3 Complexes

    Javier Pizarro-Cerdá;Javier Pizarro-Cerdá;Javier Pizarro-Cerdá;Dror Shlomo Chorev;Benjamin Geiger;Pascale Cossart;Pascale Cossart;Pascale Cossart

  • Septins Regulate Bacterial Entry into Host Cells

    Serge Mostowy;Serge Mostowy;Serge Mostowy;To Nam Tham;To Nam Tham;To Nam Tham;Anne Danckaert;Stéphanie Guadagnini

  • A Role for Septins in the Interaction between the Listeria monocytogenes Invasion Protein InlB and the Met Receptor

    Serge Mostowy;Sébastien Janel;Claire Forestier;Charles Roduit

  • Distinct protein patterns associated with Listeria monocytogenes InlA- or InlB-phagosomes

    Javier Pizarro-Cerdá;Renaud Jonquières;Edith Gouin;Joel Vandekerckhove

  • Type II phosphatidylinositol 4-kinases promote Listeria monocytogenes entry into target cells.

    Javier Pizarro-Cerdá;Javier Pizarro-Cerdá;Javier Pizarro-Cerdá;Bernard Payrastre;Ying Jie Wang;Esteban Veiga;Esteban Veiga;Esteban Veiga

  • Influenza virus genome reaches the plasma membrane via a modified endoplasmic reticulum and Rab11-dependent vesicles.

    Isabel Fernández de Castro Martin;Guillaume Fournier;Guillaume Fournier;Guillaume Fournier;Martin Sachse;Javier Pizarro-Cerda

  • Listeria monocytogenes: cell biology of invasion and intracellular growth

    Javier Pizarro-Cerdá;Pascale Cossart;Pascale Cossart;Pascale Cossart

  • ISG15 counteracts Listeria monocytogenes infection

    Lilliana Radoshevich;Lilliana Radoshevich;Lilliana Radoshevich;Francis Impens;Francis Impens;Francis Impens;David Ribet;David Ribet;David Ribet;Juan J Quereda;Juan J Quereda;Juan J Quereda

Frequent Co-Authors

Pascale Cossart
Pascale Cossart Institut Pasteur
Olivier Dussurget
Olivier Dussurget Université Paris Cité
Marie-Anne Nahori
Marie-Anne Nahori Institut Pasteur
Edgardo Moreno
Edgardo Moreno National University of Costa Rica
Jean-Pierre Gorvel
Jean-Pierre Gorvel Aix-Marseille University
Serge Mostowy
Serge Mostowy London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Marc Lecuit
Marc Lecuit Institut Pasteur
Elisabeth Carniel
Elisabeth Carniel Université Paris Cité
Hélène Bierne
Hélène Bierne INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Bruno Lomonte
Bruno Lomonte University of Costa Rica

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