Andrea Cerutti

professor
Medicine and Clincial Immunology
Icahn School of Medicine
United States of America

Professor Dentistry
Biography

Dr. Andrea Cerutti graduated in Medicine (1990) and specialized in Hematology (1995) at Padua University School of Medicine, Italy. From 1996 to 1999 Dr. Cerutti worked as Postdoctoral Fellow, Senior Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine of Weill Medical College of Cornell University. In 2000 he was promoted to Assistant Professor and in 2006 to Associate Professor. Dr. Cerutti was grated tenure by Weill Medical College of Cornell University in 2009. In 2010, Dr. Cerutti moved to the Department of Medicine of Mount Sinai School of Medicine as a Professor. He leads an investigation team that studies the regulation of systemic and mucosal antibody production and diversification in health and disease states, including HIV infection. Dr. Cerutti is a member of the Henry Kunkel Society and of the American Society of Clinical Investigation. He also is a member of the American Association of Immunologists and of the American Society of Hematologists. Finally, Dr. Cerutti serves as a Section Editor of The Journal of Immunology and as an Associate Editor of Mucosal Immunology. He also serves in NIH-NIAID study sections.

Research Intrest

B Cells, Immunoglobulin Genes, Lymphocytes, Mucosal Immunology

List of Publications
Cerutti A, Chen K (2010) Vaccination strategies to promote mucosal antibody responses. Immunity 33:479-491.
Cerutti A, Chorny A, Chen K (2011) Immunoglobulin responses at the mucosal interface. Annu. Rev. Immunol. 29: 273-293.
Chen K, Cerutti A (2012) AIDing the pursuit of IgA diversity. Nature Immunol. 12: 197-198.
Chorny A, Cerutti A (2011) A gut triumvirate rules homeostasis. Nature Med. 17: 1549-1550.
Puga I, Cols M, Barra CM, He B, Cassis L, etal (2012) B cell-helper neutrophils stimulate the diversification and production of immunoglobulin in the marginal zone of the spleen. Nature Immunol. 13: 170-180.
Cerutti A, Cols M, Puga I (2013) Marginal zone B cells: virtues of innate-like antibody-producing lymphocytes. Nature Rev Immunol. 13: 118-132.