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Roberto Bruzzone

Roberto Bruzzone

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
16818
World Ranking
8607
National Ranking
266

Overview

Roberto Bruzzone is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and has contributed extensively to research in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Their publications reflect a concentration on viral infections and immune responses.

The main topics addressed in Bruzzone's research include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bruzzone comprise:

  • Weiwen Liang
  • Nicholas C. Wu
  • Chris Ka Pun Mok
  • Ray T. Y. So
  • Huibin Lv

Bruzzone has published regularly in several venues, with multiple contributions in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Journal of Virology

Representative recent papers co-authored include:

  • Lyn kinase regulates egress of flaviviruses in autophagosome-derived organelles, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Global outbreak research: harmony not hegemony, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Dissecting human population variation in single-cell responses to SARS-CoV-2, 2023, Nature
  • Multi-cohort analysis of depression-associated gut bacteria sheds insight on bacterial biomarkers across populations, 2022, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • High neutralizing potency of swine glyco-humanized polyclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, 2021, European Journal of Immunology

Best Publications

  • Connections with connexins: the molecular basis of direct intercellular signaling

    Roberto Bruzzone;Thomas W. White;David L. Paul

  • First genetic evidence of GABA(A) receptor dysfunction in epilepsy: a mutation in the gamma2-subunit gene.

    Stéphanie Baulac;Gilles Huberfeld;Isabelle Gourfinkel-An;Georgia Mitropoulou

  • Pannexins, a family of gap junction proteins expressed in brain

    Roberto Bruzzone;Sheriar G. Hormuzdi;Michael T. Barbe;Anne Herb

  • The M, E, and N Structural Proteins of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Are Required for Efficient Assembly, Trafficking, and Release of Virus-Like Particles

    Y. L. Siu;K. T. Teoh;J. Lo;C. M. Chan

  • Pharmacological properties of homomeric and heteromeric pannexin hemichannels expressed in Xenopus oocytes.

    Roberto Bruzzone;Michael T. Barbe;Nurith J. Jakob;Hannah Monyer

  • Electrical synapses: a dynamic signaling system that shapes the activity of neuronal networks.

    Sheriar G. Hormuzdi;Mikhail A. Filippov;Georgia Mitropoulou;Hannah Monyer

  • Connexin40, a component of gap junctions in vascular endothelium, is restricted in its ability to interact with other connexins.

    R Bruzzone;J A Haefliger;R L Gimlich;D L Paul

  • Connexin 26 gene linked to a dominant deafness

    Françoise Denoyelle;Genevieve Lina-Granade;Henri Plauchu;Roberto Bruzzone

  • Four novel members of the connexin family of gap junction proteins. Molecular cloning, expression, and chromosome mapping.

    Jacques Antoine Haefliger;Roberto Bruzzone;Nancy A. Jenkins;Debra J. Gilbert

  • Mouse Cx50, a functional member of the connexin family of gap junction proteins, is the lens fiber protein MP70.

    T W White;R Bruzzone;D A Goodenough;D L Paul

  • Anti-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Spike Antibodies Trigger Infection of Human Immune Cells via a pH- and Cysteine Protease-Independent FcγR Pathway

    Martial Jaume;Ming S. Yip;Chung Y. Cheung;Hiu L. Leung

  • Selective interactions among the multiple connexin proteins expressed in the vertebrate lens: the second extracellular domain is a determinant of compatibility between connexins.

    T W White;R Bruzzone;S Wolfram;D L Paul

  • Cell-Cell Communication Beyond Connexins: The Pannexin Channels

    Michael T. Barbe;Hannah Monyer;Roberto Bruzzone

  • Functional analysis of selective interactions among rodent connexins.

    Thomas W. White;David L. Paul;Daniel A. Goodenough;Roberto Bruzzone

  • Fc receptors in antibody‐dependent enhancement of viral infections

    Adam Taylor;Suan-Sin Foo;Roberto Bruzzone;Roberto Bruzzone;Luan Vu Dinh

  • Antibody-dependent infection of human macrophages by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus

    Ming Shum Yip;Nancy Hiu Lan Leung;Chung Yan Cheung;Ping Hung Li

  • The cellular internet: On-line with connexins

    Roberto Bruzzone;Thomas W. White;Daniel A. Goodenough

  • Multiple connexin proteins in single intercellular channels: Connexin compatibility and functional consequences

    Thomas W. White;Roberto Bruzzone

  • Null mutations of connexin32 in patients with X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

    Roberto Bruzzone;Thomas W. White;Steven S. Scherer;Kenneth H. Fischbeck

  • The SARS Coronavirus E Protein Interacts with PALS1 and Alters Tight Junction Formation and Epithelial Morphogenesis

    Kim Tat Teoh;Yu Lam Siu;Wing Lim Chan;Marc A. Schlüter

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas W. White
Thomas W. White Stony Brook University
David L. Paul
David L. Paul Harvard University
Paolo Meda
Paolo Meda University of Geneva
Daniel A. Goodenough
Daniel A. Goodenough Harvard University
Hannah Monyer
Hannah Monyer German Cancer Research Center
Marc Daëron
Marc Daëron Institut Pasteur
Harris Ripps
Harris Ripps University of Illinois at Chicago
Claes B. Wollheim
Claes B. Wollheim University of Geneva
Sylvie van der Werf
Sylvie van der Werf Université Paris Cité
Joseph S. M. Peiris
Joseph S. M. Peiris University of Hong Kong

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