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Yonne Karoline Tenorio De Menezes, MS, PhD
- Postdoctoral Associate
Yonne Menezes is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh. Her graduate studies in Brazil involved investigating the interaction between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and host retinoic acid receptors. Currently, she is focused on understanding how the immune response contributes to LAMA2-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy pathology.
Education & Training
- BS, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, 2017
- MS, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2019
- PhD, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2022
Selected Publications
de Menezes, Y. K. T., da Silva, S. F., da Silva Ribeiro, P. L. B., de Almeida Campos, L. A., de Moura, S. S. T., Palácio, S. B., ... & Cavalcanti, I. M. F. (2020). Antimicrobial activity of Lachesis muta rhomebata venom. Brazilian Journal of Development, 6(7), 43887-43900.
Murilo Delgobo, Daniel AGB Mendes, Edgar Kozlova, Edroaldo Lummertz Rocha,Gabriela F Rodrigues-Luiz, Lucas Mascarin, Greicy Dias, Daniel O Patrício, Tim Dierckx,Maíra A Bicca, Gaëlle Bretton, Yonne Karoline Tenório de Menezes, Márick R Starick,Darcita Rovaris, Joanita Del Moral, Daniel S Mansur, Johan Van Weyenbergh, AndréBáfica. An evolutionary recent IFN/IL-6/CEBP axis is linked to monocyte expansion and tuberculosis severity in humans. Elife, v. 8, p. e47013, 2019.
Academic and Research Interests
- LAMA2-CMD
- Immune response
- Immunotherapy