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Tommaso Virgilio

Institute for Research in BiomedicineORCID 0000-0002-9326-8828Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Immunology· 2 Molecular Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Santiago GonzáleziD· 3 shared Alain PulferiD· 2 shared Arianna CapucettiiD· 2 shared Chiara PizzichettiiD· 2 shared Irene LatinoiD· 2 shared Kamil Chahine· 2 shared Louis L. Renner· 2 shared Adriano AguzziiD· 1 shared

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ImmunologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewedNov 25, 2025

Tattoo ink induces inflammation in the draining lymph node and impairs the immune response against a COVID-19 vaccine

Arianna Capucetti, Juliana Falivene, Chiara Pizzichetti…·Santiago González

This study shows tattoo ink causes long-term inflammation in lymph nodes and reduces vaccine efficacy against COVID-19.

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mouseexperimental assay

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ImmunologybioRxivPreprintJun 13, 2025

Dual Role of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in Humoral and CD8⁺ T Cell Memory Post COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination

Chiara Pizzichetti, Irene Latino, Tommaso Virgilio…·Santiago González

This study shows that plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are critical for both humoral and CD8⁺ T cell memory responses after Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccination.

DOI 10.1101/2025.06.13.659539

humanbulk RNA-seq

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Molecular BiologyPLoS PathogensPeer-reviewedOct 1, 2018

A bispecific immunotweezer prevents soluble PrP oligomers and abolishes prion toxicity

Marco Bardelli, Karl Frontzek, Luca Simonelli…·Luca Varani

This paper introduces a bispecific antibody that targets both the globular domain and flexible tail of PrP, preventing prion toxicity and oligomer formation.

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