Alice A. Torres

Discovery Centre — Canada

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Virus-based gene therapy research(11), Poxvirus research and outbreaks(10), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments(8), interferon and immune responses(5), Mosquito-borne diseases and control(4)

Publications23 total

Minimal activation of the p53 DNA damage response by a modular cytosine base editor enables effective multiplexed gene knockout in induced pluripotent stem cells
2025Open Access
Filamin B restricts vaccinia virus spread and is targeted by vaccinia virus protein C4
Journal of Virology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Antibody-mediated delivery of TAPBPR enables the redirection of virus-specific T cell responses to tumour cells
2022· 3 citedOpen Access
The actin nucleator Spir-1 is a virus restriction factor that promotes innate immune signalling
PLoS Pathogens·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
Data availability_Spir-1_Torres et al.
Figshare·2022Open Access
Molecular mimicry of NF-κB by vaccinia virus protein enables selective inhibition of antiviral responses
Nature Microbiology·2021· 55 citedOpen Access
Correction for Arantes et al., “The Large Marseillevirus Explores Different Entry Pathways by Forming Giant Infectious Vesicles”
Journal of Virology·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Viral mimicry of p65/RelA transactivation domain to inhibit NF-κB activation
2020Open Access
The actin nucleator Spir-1 is a virus restriction factor that promotes IRF3 activation
2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Leaky scanning translation generates a second A49 protein that contributes to vaccinia virus virulence
Journal of General Virology·2020· 6 citedOpen Access
The small molecule AZD6244 inhibits dengue virus replication in vitro and protects against lethal challenge in a mouse model
Archives of Virology·2020· 17 cited
NF-κB activation is a turn on for vaccinia virus phosphoprotein A49 to turn off NF-κB activation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2019· 30 citedOpen Access
Modulating Vaccinia Virus Immunomodulators to Improve Immunological Memory
Viruses·2018· 54 citedOpen Access
c-Jun integrates signals from both MEK/ERK and MKK/JNK pathways upon vaccinia virus infection
Archives of Virology·2017· 14 cited
Multiple Bcl-2 family immunomodulators from vaccinia virus regulate MAPK/AP-1 activation
Journal of General Virology·2016· 23 citedOpen Access
MEK2 controls the activation of MKK3/MKK6-p38 axis involved in the MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell survival: Correlation with cyclin D1 expression
Cellular Signalling·2016· 38 cited
The Large Marseillevirus Explores Different Entry Pathways by Forming Giant Infectious Vesicles
Journal of Virology·2016· 98 citedOpen Access
MEK/ERK activation plays a decisive role in yellow fever virus replication: Implication as an antiviral therapeutic target
Antiviral Research·2014· 53 cited
A expressão de interleucina-6 durante infecção pelo Orthopoxvirus Cowpox é regulada pelas MAPKs JNK1/2
Americanae (AECID Library)·2012Open Access
SP600125 inhibits Orthopoxviruses replication in a JNK1/2 -independent manner: Implication as a potential antipoxviral
Antiviral Research·2011· 18 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Cláudio Antônio Bonjardim(13), Jonas D. Albarnaz(9), Geoffrey L. Smith(9), Erna Geessien Kroon(8), Paulo César Peregrino Ferreira(5), Hongwei Ren(5), Flávia G. G. Leite(4), Thaïs Souto-Padrón(3), Jônatas Santos Abrahão(3), Leonardo Camilo de Oliveira(3), Anna Carolina Toledo da Cunha Pereira(3), Jamária Adriana Pinheiro Soares-Martins(3), Thalita Souza Arantes(2), Rodrigo Araújo Lima Rodrigues(2), Ludmila Karen dos Santos Silva(2), Graziele Pereira Oliveira(2), Helton Luís de Souza(2), Jacques Bou Khalil(2), Luis Lamberti da Silva(2), Philippe Colson(2)