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Silvia M. Vidal

Silvia M. Vidal

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Microbiology

D-Index
58
Citations
13527
World Ranking
3398
National Ranking
97

Genetics

D-Index
57
Citations
12952
World Ranking
3401
National Ranking
132

Overview

Silvia M. Vidal is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans several subfields, including immunology, genetics, molecular biology, epidemiology, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's main research topics include interferon and immune responses, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, biosensors and analytical detection, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, as well as genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities.

Silvia M. Vidal's recent published papers comprise:

  • SARS-CoV-2 impairs interferon production via NSP2-induced repression of mRNA translation, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nanoplasmonic amplification in microfluidics enables accelerated colorimetric quantification of nucleic acid biomarkers from pathogens, 2023, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Mechanisms of Natural Killer Cell Evasion Through Viral Adaptation, 2020, Annual Review of Immunology
  • Improved Diagnosis of Rare Disease Patients through Systematic Detection of Runs of Homozygosity, 2020, Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
  • Molecular characterization of Spanish patients with MECP2 duplication syndrome, 2020, Clinical Genetics

Frequent publication venues for Vidal include Clinical Genetics, Frontiers in Immunology, Cell Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), each featuring multiple contributions by the researcher.

Collaborations form a notable part of their work, with frequent co-authors being Mitra Yousefi, Judith Armstrong, Mathieu Mancini, Dhanesh Patel, and María-Isabel Tejada, reflecting an interdisciplinary and collaborative research approach.

Best Publications

  • Natural resistance to infection with intracellular parasites: isolation of a candidate for Bcg.

    Silvia M. Vidal;Danielle Malo;Kyle Vogan;Emil Skamene

  • The Ity/Lsh/Bcg locus: natural resistance to infection with intracellular parasites is abrogated by disruption of the Nramp1 gene.

    S Vidal;M L Tremblay;G Govoni;S Gauthier

  • Susceptibility to mouse cytomegalovirus is associated with deletion of an activating natural killer cell receptor of the C-type lectin superfamily

    Seung-Hwan Lee;Sonia Girard;Denis Macina;Maria Busà

  • Identification and characterization of a second mouse Nramp gene.

    Samantha Gruenheid;Mathieu Cellier;Mathieu Cellier;Silvia Vidal;Silvia Vidal;Philippe Gros;Philippe Gros

  • Human natural resistance-associated macrophage protein: cDNA cloning, chromosomal mapping, genomic organization, and tissue-specific expression.

    Mathieu Cellier;Gregory Govoni;Silvia Vidal;Tony Kwan

  • Type I interferon restricts type 2 immunopathology through the regulation of group 2 innate lymphoid cells

    Claudia U Duerr;Connor D A McCarthy;Barbara C Mindt;Manuel Rubio

  • Haplotype mapping and sequence analysis of the mouse Nramp gene predict susceptibility to infection with intracellular parasites.

    Danielle Malo;Kyle Vogan;Silvia Vidal;Jinxin Hu

  • Birc1e is the gene within the Lgn1 locus associated with resistance to Legionella pneumophila

    Eduardo Diez;Seung-Hwan Lee;Susan Gauthier;Zahra Yaraghi

  • Natural resistance to intracellular infections: Nramp1 encodes a membrane phosphoglycoprotein absent in macrophages from susceptible (Nramp1 D169) mouse strains.

    S M Vidal;E Pinner;P Lepage;S Gauthier

  • Type I IFN Triggers RIG-I/TLR3/NLRP3-dependent Inflammasome Activation in Influenza A Virus Infected Cells

    Julien Pothlichet;Julien Pothlichet;Isabelle Meunier;Beckley K. Davis;Jenny P Y Ting

  • Loci predisposing to autoimmunity in MRL-Fas lpr and C57BL/6-Faslpr mice.

    S Vidal;D H Kono;A N Theofilopoulos

  • Activating receptors promote NK cell expansion for maintenance, IL-10 production, and CD8 T cell regulation during viral infection

    Seung-Hwan Lee;Kwang-Sin Kim;Nassima Fodil-Cornu;Silvia M. Vidal

  • The Bcg/Ity/Lsh locus: genetic transfer of resistance to infections in C57BL/6J mice transgenic for the Nramp1 Gly169 allele.

    G Govoni;S Vidal;S Gauthier;E Skamene

  • Natural resistance to infection with intracellular parasites: molecular genetics identifies Nramp1 as the Bcg/Ity/Lsh locus.

    Silvia Vidal;Philippe Gros;Philippe Gros;Emil Skamene

  • A stuttering model for paramyxovirus P mRNA editing.

    S Vidal;J Curran;D Kolakofsky

  • Epistasis between mouse Klra and major histocompatibility complex class I loci is associated with a new mechanism of natural killer cell–mediated innate resistance to cytomegalovirus infection

    Marie-Pierre Desrosiers;Agnieszka Kielczewska;J-C Loredo-Osti;Sonia Girard Adam

  • Editing of the Sendai virus P/C mRNA by G insertion occurs during mRNA synthesis via a virus-encoded activity.

    S Vidal;J Curran;D Kolakofsky

  • Randomized Pilot Study: Effects of an Exercise Programme and Leucine Supplementation in Patients with Cirrhosis

    Eva Román;Maria Teresa Torrades;Maria Josep Nadal;Guillem Cárdenas

  • Functional Diversity of Mx Proteins: Variations on a Theme of Host Resistance to Infection

    Seung-Hwan Lee;Silvia M. Vidal

  • Cellular Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein cIAP2 Protects against Pulmonary Tissue Necrosis during Influenza Virus Infection to Promote Host Survival

    Ian Gaël Rodrigue-Gervais;Katherine Labbé;Maryse Dagenais;Jeremy Dupaul-Chicoine

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Gros
Philippe Gros McGill University
Danielle Malo
Danielle Malo McGill University
Stipan Jonjić
Stipan Jonjić University of Rijeka
Emil Skamene
Emil Skamene McGill University
Jacek Majewski
Jacek Majewski McGill University
Robert Sladek
Robert Sladek McGill University
Daniel Kolakofsky
Daniel Kolakofsky University of Geneva
Christine A. Biron
Christine A. Biron Brown University
Jeremy Schwartzentruber
Jeremy Schwartzentruber Wellcome Sanger Institute
Mark Lathrop
Mark Lathrop McGill University

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