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Ricardo U. Sorensen is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States. Their research spans several fields, mainly focusing on Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Within these broader areas, Sorensen's work includes subfields such as Immunology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Epidemiology.

The main topics covered in Sorensen's research include Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders, Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Immune responses and vaccinations, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Tracheal and airway disorders, Blood disorders and treatments, and Escherichia coli research studies.

Sorensen's recent publications include the following papers:

  • BCG: a vaccine with multiple faces, 2020, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
  • Bronchiectasis in Primary Antibody Deficiencies: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Exploring the Impact of Ketodeoxynonulosonic Acid in Host-Pathogen Interactions Using Uptake and Surface Display by Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae, 2021, mBio
  • Severe SOPH syndrome due to a novel NBAS mutation in a 27-year-old woman-Review of this pleiotropic, autosomal recessive disorder: Mystery solved after two decades, 2020, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
  • The Latin American Society for Immunodeficiencies Registry, 2024, Journal of Clinical Immunology

Frequent co-authors in Sorensen's research include:

  • Alejandra King
  • Marco Antonio Yamazaki-Nakashimada
  • Alberto Unzueta
  • Luisa Berenise Gámez-González
  • Napoleón González Saldaña

Sorensen publishes regularly in journals such as Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Frontiers in Immunology, Journal of Clinical Immunology, mBio, and American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A.

Best Publications

  • LMO2-associated clonal T cell proliferation in two patients after gene therapy for SCID-X1.

    S. Hacein-Bey-Abina;C. Von Kalle;C. Von Kalle;M. Schmidt;M. P. McCormack

  • Insertional oncogenesis in 4 patients after retrovirus-mediated gene therapy of SCID-X1

    Salima Hacein-Bey-Abina;Alexandrine Garrigue;Gary P. Wang;Jean Soulier

  • Sustained Correction of X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency by ex Vivo Gene Therapy

    Salima Hacein-Bey-Abina;Françoise Le Deist;Frédérique Carlier;Cécile Bouneaud

  • Practice parameter for the diagnosis and management of primary immunodeficiency

    Francisco A. Bonilla;David A. Khan;Zuhair K. Ballas;Javier Chinen

  • Efficacy of Gene Therapy for X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

    Salima Hacein-Bey-Abina;Julia Hauer;Annick Lim;Capucine Picard

  • Practice parameter for the diagnosis and management of primary immunodeficiency.

    Francisco A. Bonilla;I. Leonard Bernstein;David A. Khan;Zuhair K. Ballas

  • Use of intravenous immunoglobulin in human disease: A review of evidence by members of the Primary Immunodeficiency Committee of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

    Jordan S. Orange;Elham M. Hossny;Catherine R. Weiler;Mark Ballow

  • Use and interpretation of diagnostic vaccination in primary immunodeficiency: A working group report of the Basic and Clinical Immunology Interest Section of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

    Jordan S. Orange;Mark Ballow;E. Richard Stiehm;Zuhair K. Ballas

  • Adenosine deaminase deficiency with late onset of recurrent infections: response to treatment with polyethylene glycol-modified adenosine deaminase.

    Yael Levy;Michael S. Hershfield;Cristina Fernandez-Mejia;Stephen H. Polmar

  • The actin regulator coronin 1A is mutant in a thymic egress-deficient mouse strain and in a patient with severe combined immunodeficiency.

    Lawrence R Shiow;David W Roadcap;Kenneth Paris;Susan R Watson

  • Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases in Latin America: The Second Report of the LAGID Registry

    Lily E. Leiva;Lily E. Leiva;Marta Zelazco;Matías Oleastro;Magda Carneiro-Sampaio

  • Influence of age on the response to Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine in patients with recurrent infections and normal immunoglobulin concentrations.

    Ricardo U. Sorensen;Lily E. Leiva;Felipe C. Javier;Daniela M. Sacerdote

  • Ribosomal protein SA haploinsufficiency in humans with isolated congenital asplenia.

    Alexandre Bolze;Alexandre Bolze;Nizar Mahlaoui;Minji Byun;Bridget Turner

  • Response to a heptavalent conjugate Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine in children with recurrent infections who are unresponsive to the polysaccharide vaccine.

    Ricardo U. Sorensen;Lily E. Leiva;Patricia A. Giangrosso;Boyd Butler

  • Global study of primary immunodeficiency diseases (PI)—diagnosis, treatment, and economic impact: an updated report from the Jeffrey Modell Foundation

    Vicki Modell;Bonnie Gee;David B. Lewis;Jordan S. Orange

  • Erratum: Sustained correction of X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency by ex vivo gene therapy (New England Journal of Medicine (April 18, 2002) 346 (1185-1193))

    S Hacein-Bey-Abina;F Le Deist;F Carlier;C Bouneaud

  • Novel mechanism for the generation of human xeno-autoantibodies against the nonhuman sialic acid N-glycolylneuraminic acid

    Rachel E. Taylor;Christopher J. Gregg;Vered Padler-Karavani;Darius Ghaderi

  • Comparison of the efficacy of IGIV-C, 10% (caprylate/chromatography) and IGIV-SD, 10% as replacement therapy in primary immune deficiency ☆: A randomized double-blind trial

    Chaim M Roifman;Harry Schroeder;Melvin Berger;Ricardo Sorensen

  • Assessment and clinical interpretation of polysaccharide antibody responses

    Kenneth Paris;Ricardo U. Sorensen

  • Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Associated with a Coronin-1A Mutation and a Chromosome 16p11.2 Deletion

    Lawrence R. Shiow;Kenneth Paris;Matthew C. Akana;Jason G. Cyster

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Condino-Neto
Antonio Condino-Neto Universidade de São Paulo
Dirceu Solé
Dirceu Solé Federal University of Sao Paulo
Jordan S. Orange
Jordan S. Orange University of Pennsylvania
Capucine Picard
Capucine Picard Université Paris Cité
Francisco A. Bonilla
Francisco A. Bonilla Boston Children's Hospital
John M. Routes
John M. Routes Medical College of Wisconsin
Zuhair K. Ballas
Zuhair K. Ballas University of Iowa
Alain Fischer
Alain Fischer Collège de France
Marina Cavazzana-Calvo
Marina Cavazzana-Calvo Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
William T. Shearer
William T. Shearer Baylor College of Medicine

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