Vasco Azevedo

Staphylococcus aureus derived extracellular vesicles trigger multiple inflammatory pathways in host cells and deliver their RNA cargo following their internalization and lysis within late endosomes

HiTaC: a hierarchical taxonomic classifier for fungal ITS sequences compatible with QIIME2

HiTaC is a hierarchical machine learning model for fungal ITS sequence classification that outperforms existing methods on noisy data.

SARS-CoV-2 variants show a gradual declining pathogenicity and pro-inflammatory cytokine spur, an increasing antigenic and anti-inflammatory cytokine induction, and rising structural protein instability

The paper analyzes SARS-CoV-2 variants to show decreasing pathogenicity and pro-inflammatory cytokines, increasing antigenicity and anti-inflammatory cytokines, and rising structural protein instability across variants.

An Issue of Concern: Unique Truncated ORF8 Protein Variants of SARS-CoV-2

The paper identifies 47 unique truncated ORF8 protein variants in B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 sequences and defines nine possible variants based on physicochemical properties.

GENPPI: standalone software for creating protein interaction networks from genomes

GENPPI creates protein interaction networks from genomes using evolutionary characteristics, distinguishing biovars and species in Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis.

Implications Derived from S-Protein Variants of SARS-CoV-2 from Six Continents

The paper analyzes S-protein variants of SARS-CoV-2 from six continents, finding North America has the most unique variants, which may spread globally, suggesting travel restrictions and vaccine updates are needed.

Portable sequencing in the field and the classroom: a retrospective examination of the circulation of DENV1 and DENV2 in Brazil

The paper examines the circulation of DENV1 and DENV2 in Brazil using portable sequencing and describes the potential of real-time genomic surveillance for public health.

Chikungunya virus ECSA lineage reintroduction in the northeasternmost region of Brazil

The paper estimates the re-introduction of the Chikungunya virus ECSA lineage into Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, through interregional importation events.

Taxonomic classification of strain PO100/5 shows a broader geographic distribution and genetic markers of the recently described Corynebacterium silvaticum

The paper reclassifies strain PO100/5 as Corynebacterium silvaticum, identifies genetic markers, and shows its geographic and genetic distinctiveness from other strains.

A potential link between tuberculosis and lung cancer through non-coding RNAs

This paper investigates the potential link between tuberculosis and lung cancer through non-coding RNAs, identifying hsa-mir-21, sRNA_1096, and sRNA_1414 as key players in disease pathogenesis and drug resistance.