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Lucia Lopalco is affiliated with Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy and has an extensive research profile primarily in medicine, with a focus on infectious diseases.

Their work spans across subfields including infectious diseases, immunology, molecular biology, virology, and neurology.

The main topics addressed in their publications include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • COVID-19 clinical research studies
  • HIV research and treatment
  • Long-term effects of COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders

Lucia Lopalco has contributed to several peer-reviewed journals, with frequent publications in Frontiers in Immunology, where they have 8 papers published, as well as works in the Journal of Translational Medicine and Vaccines, each with 2 publications. Other venues include EBioMedicine and Molecules.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Humoral Immune Responses in COVID-19 Patients: A Window on the State of the Art (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • SARS-CoV-2 vaccination elicits unconventional IgM specific responses in naïve and previously COVID-19-infected individuals (2022, EBioMedicine)
  • Can Natural Polyphenols Help in Reducing Cytokine Storm in COVID-19 Patients? (2020, Molecules)
  • Profiling Antibody Response Patterns in COVID-19: Spike S1-Reactive IgA Signature in the Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (2021, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • Serology study after BTN162b2 vaccination in participants previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 in two different waves versus naïve (2021, Communications Medicine)

Frequent coauthors in Lucia Lopalco's research include Gabriel Siracusano, Claudia Pastori, Nigel Temperton, Chiara Piubelli, and Maria Teresa Valenti.

Best Publications

  • Control of HIV despite the discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy.

    Julianna Lisziewicz;Eric Rosenberg;Judy Lieberman;Heiko Jessen

  • Loss of memory B cells impairs maintenance of long-term serologic memory during HIV-1 infection.

    Kehmia Titanji;Angelo De Milito;Alberto Cagigi;Rigmor Thorstensson

  • Three-Step Monoclonal Antibody Tumor Targeting in Carcinoembryonic Antigen-positive Patients

    G. Paganelli;P. Magnani;F. Zito;E. Villa

  • Immunization with HIV-1 gp41 Subunit Virosomes Induces Mucosal Antibodies Protecting Nonhuman Primates against Vaginal SHIV Challenges

    Morgane Bomsel;Morgane Bomsel;Morgane Bomsel;Daniela Tudor;Daniela Tudor;Daniela Tudor;Anne Sophie Drillet;Anne Sophie Drillet;Anne Sophie Drillet;Annette Alfsen;Annette Alfsen;Annette Alfsen

  • Mucosal and Plasma IgA from HIV-1-Exposed Uninfected Individuals Inhibit HIV-1 Transcytosis Across Human Epithelial Cells

    Claudia Devito;Kristina Broliden;Rupert Kaul;Lennart Svensson

  • Mucosal and plasma IgA from HIV-exposed seronegative individuals neutralize a primary HIV-1 isolate.

    Claudia Devito;Jorma Hinkula;Rupert Kaul;Lucia Lopalco

  • Primary HIV-1 infection sets the stage for important B lymphocyte dysfunctions.

    Kehmia Titanji;Francesca Chiodi;Rino Bellocco;Danika Schepis

  • HIV-1 gp41-specific monoclonal mucosal IgAs derived from highly exposed but IgG-seronegative individuals block HIV-1 epithelial transcytosis and neutralize CD4(+) cell infection: an IgA gene and functional analysis.

    Tudor D;Derrien M;Derrien M;Diomede L;Drillet As;Drillet As

  • Cross-clade HIV-1-specific neutralizing IgA in mucosal and systemic compartments of HIV-1-exposed, persistently seronegative subjects.

    Claudia Devito;Jorma Hinkula;Rupert Kaul;Joshua Kimani

  • CCR5: From Natural Resistance to a New Anti-HIV Strategy

    Lucia Lopalco

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Specific IgA and HIV Neutralizing Activity in the Serum of Exposed Seronegative Partners of HIV-Seropositive Persons

    Sandra Mazzoli;Lucia Lopalco;Alessandra Salvi;Daria Trabattoni

  • The 'immunologic advantage' of HIV-exposed seronegative individuals

    Masaaki Miyazawa;Lucia Lopalco;Francesco Mazzotta;Sergio Lo Caputo

  • Isotype modulates epitope specificity, affinity, and antiviral activities of anti–HIV-1 human broadly neutralizing 2F5 antibody

    Daniela Tudor;Huifeng Yu;Julien Maupetit;Anne Sophie Drillet

  • Immune activation in Africa is environmentally-driven and is associated with upregulation of CCR5

    Mario Clerici;Stefano Butto;Matthew Lukwiya;Marina Saresella

  • Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp120 mimics a hidden monomorphic epitope borne by class I major histocompatibility complex heavy chains.

    F Grassi;R Meneveri;M Gullberg;L Lopalco

  • Dual CCR5/CCR2 targeting: opportunities for the cure of complex disorders

    Laura Fantuzzi;Maria Tagliamonte;Maria Cristina Gauzzi;Lucia Lopalco

  • CCR5-Reactive Antibodies in Seronegative Partners of HIV-Seropositive Individuals Down-Modulate Surface CCR5 In Vivo and Neutralize the Infectivity of R5 Strains of HIV-1 In Vitro

    Lucia Lopalco;Claudia Barassi;Claudia Pastori;Renato Longhi

  • Mucosal IgA in exposed, uninfected subjects: evidence for a role in protection against HIV infection.

    Rupert Kaul;Francis Plummer;Mario Clerici;Morgane Bomsel

  • Conserved structural features in the interaction between retroviral surface and transmembrane glycoproteins

    Thomas F. Schulz;Bradford A. Jameson;Lucia Lopalco;Antonio G. Siccardi

  • Humoral Immune Responses in COVID-19 Patients: A Window on the State of the Art.

    Gabriel Siracusano;Claudia Pastori;Lucia Lopalco

  • Primary HIV-1 Infection Sets the Stage for Important B Lymphocyte Dysfunctions

    Kehmia Titanji;Francesca Chiodi;Rino Bellocco;Danika Schepis

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio G. Siccardi
Antonio G. Siccardi IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
Morgane Bomsel
Morgane Bomsel Université Paris Cité
Adriano Lazzarin
Adriano Lazzarin Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Mario Clerici
Mario Clerici University of Milan
Renato Longhi
Renato Longhi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Giuseppe Tambussi
Giuseppe Tambussi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Gabriella Scarlatti
Gabriella Scarlatti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Francesca Chiodi
Francesca Chiodi Karolinska Institute
Daria Trabattoni
Daria Trabattoni University of Milan
Luigi Buonaguro
Luigi Buonaguro Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

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