Eduardo Rocha Fukutani

The paper identifies Rare Variable Mtb Antigens (RVMA) that induce Th17 responses in human TB infection, suggesting their potential as vaccine antigens to enhance Th17 immunity.

The paper identifies two distinct cytokine response clusters in healthcare workers resistant to Mtb infection despite exposure, using cytokine profiling and clustering analysis.

This study shows that pre-existing lung inflammation reduces SARS-CoV-2 replication by activating innate immune pathways, highlighting the role of the inflammatory microenvironment in controlling viral infection.

This study examines how ZIKV infection affects gene expression in neural cells over time, identifying five genes that are consistently upregulated and may serve as therapeutic targets.

The paper identifies AKR1B10 as a gene linked to smoking and lung cancer using transcriptomic data from six studies.