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Ítalo Castro

@italoacastro.bsky.social
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PhD 🇧🇷 | Postdoc researcher studying respiratory virus persistence @ WashU 🇺🇸 #Virology #Science. 📍St Louis - MO

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Carolina B. López @cblopezlab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Review alert! take a look at this article we wrote with Daniela Vidal and @italoacastro.bsky.social discussing the Implications of RNA virus persistence for post-acute sequelae and chronic inflammatory syndromes www.nature.com/articles/s41590-026-02577-5
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Implications of RNA virus persistence for post-acute sequelae and chronic inflammatory syndromes - Nature Immunology
López and colleagues review recent evidence of RNA virus persistence and the associated consequences in terms of post-acute sequelae or chronic inflammatory syndromes.
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Ítalo Castro @italoacastro.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Check out our most recent study featured on the cover of the December issue of the @amjtransplant.bsky.social Big shoutout to the Departments of Surgery, Pediatrics, Pathology & Immunology at WashU for the great collaborative work! #virology #transplant #lung
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American Journal of Transplantation @amjtransplant.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
🚨 Editor’s Choice 🚨 "Tolerogenic lung allograft microenvironment suppresses pathogenic tissue remodeling following respiratory virus infection in mice," by Ítalo de Araújo Castro et al. www.amjtransplant.org/article/S160...
Figure 1 Acute Sendai virus infection affects both transplanted and native lungs in an allogeneic lung transplant model.
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Ítalo Castro @italoacastro.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
New paper out! Nice collab between @washumicrobiology.bsky.social and the Department of Surgery! Check it out to learn more about how viral infections can impact lung transplantation outcomes
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Ítalo Castro @italoacastro.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
For my inaugural bsky post I’m happy to share my recent work @ @natmicrobiol.nature.com . Check it out if you’re an RNA virus aficcionado and to learn a bit about #virus persistence, long-term viral imprinting and #chronic_lung_disease. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Murine parainfluenza virus persists in lung innate immune cells sustaining chronic lung pathology - Nature Microbiology
Murine parainfluenza virus (Sendai) persists and imprints lung innate immune cells, leaving long-lasting transcriptomic alterations associated with type-2 inflammation and development of chronic lung ...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 07/03/2025
Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4
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Thousands gather across U.S. in Stand Up for Science events
Scientists rally across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
This is happening. Make it big. Stand up for Science marches in Washington and nationwide on March 7th. Some local information here: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
March for science "Stand Up for Science 2025" march poster. Local information here: https://standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/
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