Claudia Brodskyn

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Principal Investigator

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Brazil

Email: claudia.brodskyn@fiocruz.br

 

 

 

 

VALIDATE Role:

Network Investigator

 

Research Keywords:

Leishmania, Animal Models, Vaccines, Immunology

 

Biography:

Graduated in Biomedicine from Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP). She received a Master's and Doctorate in Immunology from USP and has a postdoctoral degree at CSU-Fort Coliins-Colorado-USA. Currently, she is a Senior Researcher at the Gonçalo Moniz Research Center -FIOCRUZ-BA and Adjunct Professor at UFBA. She has experience in the area of Immunology, with an emphasis on Immunoparasitology, working mainly on the following topics: vaccines against leishmaniasis and immunoregulation in human and experimental leishmaniasis.

 

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UFBA Profile

 

Key Publications:

  • Immunity to a salivary protein of a sand fly vector protects against the fatal outcome of visceral leishmaniasis in a hamster model - R Gomes, C Teixeira, MJ Teixeira, F Oliveira, MJ Menezes, C Silva - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (22), 7845-7850
  • CD8+ granzyme B+–mediated tissue injury vs. CD4+ IFNγ+–mediated parasite killing in human cutaneous leishmaniasis - C da Silva Santos, V Boaventura, CR Cardoso, N Tavares, MJ Lordelo - Journal of Investigative Dermatology 133 (6), 1533-1540
  • SOLCÀ, MANUELA DA SILVA ; ARRUDA, MAIARA REIS ; LEITE, BRUNA MARTINS MACEDO ; MOTA, TIAGO FEITOSA ; REBOUÇAS, MIRIAM FLORES ; DE JESUS, MATHEUS SILVA ; AMORIM, LEILA DENISE ALVES FERREIRA ; Borges, Valéria Matos ; VALENZUELA, Jesus ; KAMHAWI, SHADEN ; VERAS, PATRÍCIA SAMPAIO TAVARES ; FRAGA, DEBORAH BITTENCOURT MOTHÉ ; Brodskyn, Claudia Ida . Immune response dynamics and Lutzomyia longipalpis exposure characterize a biosignature of visceral leishmaniasis susceptibility in a canine cohort. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, v. 15, p. e0009137, 2021.
  • LUZ, YASMIN ; REBOUÇAS, AMANDA ; BERNARDES, CARLA POLYANA O. S. ; ROSSI, ERIK A. ; MACHADO, TAÍSE S. ; SOUZA, BRUNO S. F. ; Brodskyn, Claudia Ida ; VERAS, PATRICIA S. T. ; DOS SANTOS, WASHINGTON L. C. ; DE MENEZES, JULIANA P. B. . Leishmania infection alters macrophage and dendritic cell migration in a three-dimensional environment. FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, v. 11, p. 11, 2023.