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Vera Lúcia Garcia Calich

Vera Lúcia Garcia Calich

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45
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6047
World Ranking
4728
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38

Overview

Vera Lúcia Garcia Calich is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a considerable focus on Immunology, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology. Other areas of study include Molecular Biology and Neurology.

The main topics of their research encompass fungal infections and studies, COVID-19 clinical research, immune cells in cancer, antifungal resistance and susceptibility, long-term effects of COVID-19, inflammasome and immune disorders, and IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways.

Recent publications from Vera Lúcia Garcia Calich include:

  • Severe COVID-19 Shares a Common Neutrophil Activation Signature with Other Acute Inflammatory States, 2022, Cells
  • The relationship between cytokine and neutrophil gene network distinguishes SARS-CoV-2-infected patients by sex and age, 2021, JCI Insight
  • The network interplay of interferon and Toll-like receptor signaling pathways in the anti-Candida immune response, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • AhR Ligands Modulate the Differentiation of Innate Lymphoid Cells and T Helper Cell Subsets That Control the Severity of a Pulmonary Fungal Infection, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Cross-sectional analysis reveals autoantibody signatures associated with COVID-19 severity, 2023, Journal of Medical Virology

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Igor Salerno Filgueiras
  • Otavio Cabral-Marques
  • G. Baiocchi
  • Dennyson Leandro M. Fonseca
  • Paula Paccielli Freire

Their work is regularly published in journals such as:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Medical Virology
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Macrophage Interactions with Neutrophils Regulate Leishmania major Infection

    Flávia L. Ribeiro-Gomes;Ana C. Otero;Nitza A. Gomes;Maria Carolina A. Moniz-de-Souza

  • A new fluorescent viability test for fungi cells

    Vera Lúcia G. Calich;Adhemar Purchio;Claudete R. Paula

  • Protective Role of Gamma Interferon in Experimental Pulmonary Paracoccidioidomycosis

    Luz E. Cano;Suely S. Kashino;Celina Arruda;Denise André

  • Susceptibility and resistance of inbred mice to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.

    V L Calich;L M Singer-Vermes;A M Siqueira;E Burger

  • Recognition of Aspergillus fumigatus Hyphae by Human Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Is Mediated by Dectin-2 and Results in Formation of Extracellular Traps

    Flávio V. Loures;Marc Röhm;Chrono K. Lee;Evelyn Santos

  • TLR2 Is a Negative Regulator of Th17 Cells and Tissue Pathology in a Pulmonary Model of Fungal Infection

    Flávio Vieira Loures;Adriana Pina;Maíra Felonato;Vera Lúcia Garcia Calich

  • Resistance to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection is linked to a preferential Th1 immune response, whereas susceptibility is associated with absence of IFN-gamma production.

    S. S. Kashino;R. A. Fazioli;C. Cafalli-Favati;L. H. Meloni-Bruneri

  • Cytokines produced by susceptible and resistant mice in the course of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection.

    V.L.G. Calich;S.S. Kashino

  • Dual Role for Nitric Oxide in Paracoccidioidomycosis: Essential for Resistance, but Overproduction Associated with Susceptibility

    Flávia R. F. Nascimento;Vera L. G. Calich;Dunia Rodríguez;Momtchilo Russo

  • Pulmonary Paracoccidioidomycosis in Resistant and Susceptible Mice: Relationship among Progression of Infection, Bronchoalveolar Cell Activation, Cellular Immune Response, and Specific Isotype Patterns

    L. E. Cano;L. M. Singer-Vermes;C. A. C. Vaz;M. Russo

  • Innate immunity to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection.

    Vera Lúcia Garcia Calich;Tânia Alves da Costa;Maíra Felonato;Celina Arruda

  • Pathogenesis II: fungal responses to host responses: interaction of host cells with fungi.

    M. J. S. Mendes-Giannini;M. L. Taylor;J. B. Bouchara;E. Burger

  • Interleukin-12 protects mice against disseminated infection caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis but enhances pulmonary inflammation

    Celina Arruda;Marcello F. Franco;Suely S. Kashino;Flávia R.F. Nascimento

  • Immunity to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection.

    V.L.G. Calich;C.A.C. Vaz;E. Burger

  • The source of the growth-promoting factor(s) affects the plating efficiency of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.

    L.M. Singer-Vermes;M.C. Ciavaglia;S.S. Kashino;E. Burger

  • The IDO-AhR Axis Controls Th17/Treg Immunity in a Pulmonary Model of Fungal Infection.

    Eliseu Frank de Araújo;Claudia Feriotti;Nayane Alves de Lima Galdino;Nycolas Willian Preite

  • Paracoccidoides brasiliensis 30 kDa adhesin: identification as a 14-3-3 protein, cloning and subcellular localization in infection models.

    Julhiany de Fatima da Silva;Haroldo César de Oliveira;Caroline Maria Marcos;Rosângela Aparecida Moraes da Silva

  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 Signaling Leads to Severe Fungal Infection Associated with Enhanced Proinflammatory Immunity and Impaired Expansion of Regulatory T Cells

    Flávio V. Loures;Adriana Pina;Maíra Felonato;Eliseu F. Araújo

  • Toll-like receptors and fungal infections: the role of TLR2, TLR4 and MyD88 in paracoccidioidomycosis

    Vera L. G. Calich;Adriana Pina;Maíra Felonato;Simone Bernardino

  • The activation of the complement system by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in vitro: its opsonic effect and possible significance for an in vivo model of infection.

    Vera L.G. Calich;Thereza L. Kipnis;M. Mariano;C.Fava Neto

  • Experimental murine paracoccidioidomycosis: relationship among the dissemination of the infection, humoral and cellular immune responses

    L. M. Singer-Vermes;C. B. Caldeira;E. Burger;V. L. G. Calich

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Condino-Neto
Antonio Condino-Neto Universidade de São Paulo
Momtchilo Russo
Momtchilo Russo Universidade de São Paulo
Hans D. Ochs
Hans D. Ochs University of Washington
Igor Jurisica
Igor Jurisica University Health Network
Helder I. Nakaya
Helder I. Nakaya Universidade de São Paulo
Troy R. Torgerson
Troy R. Torgerson Allen Institute
Joachim L. Schultze
Joachim L. Schultze University of Bonn
Maria José Soares Mendes-Giannini
Maria José Soares Mendes-Giannini Sao Paulo State University
Luigina Romani
Luigina Romani University of Perugia
Joshua J. Coon
Joshua J. Coon University of Wisconsin–Madison

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