Julio Aliberti, MS, PhD
Title
Assistant Professor
Email
julio.aliberti@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-9041
Fax
513-636-5355
Credentials
BSc: Biology, FFCL Barao de Maua, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, 1994.
MS: Immunology, FMRP / USP, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, 1996.
PhD: Immunology, FMRP / USP, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, 1998.
Research Grants and Contracts
R 457 CR02, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Research Dev. Program, 09/01/2007 – 08/31/2008.
R01 AI033325 NIH / NIAID, Long-term Immunity Against Toxoplasmosis, 04/01/2008 – 03/31/2013.
R01AI075038 NIH, Control of immune responses by lipoxins during tuberculosis, 04/01/2008 – 03/31/2013, PI.
Publications, Most Recent
Arita M, Bianchini F, Aliberti J, Sher A, Chiang N, Hong S, Yang R, Petasis NA, Serhan C. Stereochemical assignment, anti-inflammatory properties, and receptor for the omega-3 lipid mediator resolving E1. J. Exp. Med.; 201:713-22, 2005.
Bafica A, Scanga C, Serhan C, Machado F, White S, Sher A, Aliberti J. Host control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is regulated by 5-lipoxygenase-dependent lipoxin production. J. Clin. Invest.; 115:1601-6, 2005.
Huang L-H, Ishii KJ, Akira S, Aliberti J, Golding B. IL-12 induction by heat-killed Brucella abortus is dependent on Toll-like receptor 9 triggering by bacterial DNA. J. Immunol.; 175:3964-70, 2005.
Santiago HC, Feng GF, Bafica A, Roffe E, ArantesRM, Cheever AM, Taylor G, Vieria LQ, Aliberti J Gazzinelli RT, Sher A. Mice deficient in LRG-47 display enhanced susceptibility to Trypanosoma cruzi infection associated with defective hematopoiesis and intracellular control of parasite growth. J. Immunol.; 175:8165-72, 2005.
Liu CH, Fan YT, Dias A, Esper L, Corn RA, Bafica A, Machado FS, Aliberti J. Cutting Edge: Dendritic cells are essential for in vivo interleukin-12 production and development of resistance against Toxoplasma gondii infection in mice. J. Immunol.; 177:31-5, 2006.
Yamauchi LM, Aliberti J, Baruffi MD, Portela RW, Rossi MA, Gazzinelli RT, Mineo JR, Silva JS. The binding of CCL2 to the surface of Trypanosoma cruzi induces chemo-attraction and morphogenesis. Microbes Infect.; 9:111-8, 2007.
Liu CH, Machado FS, Guo R, Nichols KE, Burks AW, Aliberti J, Zhong XP. Diacylglycerol kinase zeta regulates microbial recognition and host resistance to Toxoplasma gondii. J. Exp. Med.; 204:781-92, 2007.
