Selected publications

  • Ruiz-Perez F, Leon-Kempis R, Santiago-Machuca A, Ortega-Pierres G, Barry E, Levine M, Gonzalez-Bonilla C. (2002) Expression of the Plasmodium falciparum immunodominant epitope (NANP)(4) on the surface of Salmonella enterica using the autotransporter MisL. Infect Immun. 70(7):3611-20.

  • Ponce-Macotela M, Martinez-Gordillo MN, Bermudez-Cruz RM, Salazar-Schettino PM, Ortega-Pierres G, Ey PL. (2002) Unusual prevalence of the Giardia intestinalis A-II subtype amongst isolates from humans and domestic animals in Mexico. Int J Parasitol. 32(9):1201-2.

  • Arguello-Garcia R, Arguello-Lopez C, Gonzalez-Robles A, Castillo-Figueroa AM, Ortega-Pierres MG. (2002) Sequential exposure and assembly of cyst wall filaments on the surface of encysting Giardia duodenalis. Parasitology. 125(Pt 3):209-19.

  • Cedillo-Rivera R, Darby JM, Enciso-Moreno JA, Ortega-Pierres G, Ey PL. (2003) Genetic homogeneity of axenic isolates of Giardia intestinalis derived from acute and chronically infected individuals in Mexico. Parasitol Res. 90(2):119-23.

  • Bermudez-Cruz RM, Ortega-Pierres G, Ceja V, Coral-Vazquez R, Fonseca R, Cervantes L, Sanchez A, Depardon F, Newport G, Montanez C. (2004) A 63 kDa VSP9B10A-like protein expressed in a C-8 Giardia duodenalis Mexican clone. Arch Med Res.35(3):199-208.

  • Arguello-Garcia R, Cruz-Soto M, Romero-Montoya L, Ortega-Pierres G. (2004) Variability and variation in drug susceptibility among Giardia duodenalis isolates and clones exposed to 5-nitroimidazoles and benzimidazoles in vitro. J Antimicrob Chemother. 54(4):711-21.

  • Niborski V, Vallee I, Fonseca-Linan R, Boireau P, Enciso A, Ortega-Pierres G, Yepez-Mulia L. (2004) Trichinella spiralis: stimulation of mast cells by TSL-1 antigens trigger cytokine mRNA expression and release of IL-4 and TNF through an Ig-independent pathway. Exp Parasitol. 108(3-4):101-8.

  • Zhu XP, Garcia-Reyna P, Fu BQ, Yang J, Li CV, Yang YP, Liu MY, Ortega-Pierres G, Boireau P. (2005) A stage-specific open reading frame from three-day old adult worms of Trichinella spiralis encodes zinc-finger motifs. Parasite. 12(2):151-7.

  • Rodriguez-Fuentes GB, Cedillo-Rivera R, Fonseca-Linan R, Arguello-Garcia R, Munoz O, Ortega-Pierres G, Yepez-Mulia L. (2006) Giardia duodenalis: analysis of secreted proteases upon trophozoite-epithelial cell interaction in vitro. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 101(6):693-6.

  • Arizmendi-Puga NG, Enciso JA, Ortega-Pierres G, Zhao Z, Duszyk M, Ulanova M, Befus AD, Yepez-Mulia L. (2006) Trichinella spiralis: histamine secretion induced by TSL-1 antigens from unsensitized mast cells. Exp Parasitol. 114(2):67-76.

  • Bazan-Tejeda ML, Arguello-Garcia R, Bermudez-Cruz RM, Robles-Flores M, Ortega-Pierres G. (2007) Protein kinase C isoforms from Giardia duodenalis: identification and functional characterization of a beta-like molecule during encystment. Arch Microbiol. 187(1):55-66.

  • Hernández-Bello R., Bermúdez-Cruz R.M., Fonseca-Liñán R., García-Reyna P., Le Guerhier F., Boireau P., Ortega-Pierres G.  (2008)  “Identification, molecular characterization and differential expression of caveolin-1 in Trichinella spiralis maturing oocytes and embryos”.  International Journal for Parasitology  38(2): 191-202.

  • Arizmendi Puga N., Yépez Mulia L., Hernández Bello R., Ortega Pierres G. (2007) “Role of mast cells in the immune response to Trichinella spiralis” Advances in the immunobiology of Parasitic Diseases. L.I. Terrazas. Ed. Research Signpost. Chapter. 16.. ISBN 81-308-0166-3.

  • Snelling, W. J., Xiao L., Ortega Pierres, G.,. Lowery C. J., More, J. E., Rao, J. R., Smiyth, B. S., Millar, C., Roodney, P. J., Matsuda, M., Kenny, F., Xu, J., Dooley J.S.G.  (2007)  Cryptosporidiosis in developing countries.  The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries  1, (3): 242-256.

  • Hernández-Sánchez, J., Fonseca-Liñán, R., Salinas-Tobón, M.R., Ortega-Pierres, G.  (2008)  Giardia duodenalis: adhesion deficient clones have reduced ability to establish infection in Mongolian gerbils,  Experimental Parasitology,  119(3): 364-72.

  • Jiménez-García LF, Zavala G, Chávez-Munguía B, Ramos-Godínez Mdel P, López-Velázquez G, Segura-Valdez Mde L, Montañez C, Hehl AB, Argüello-García R, Ortega-Pierres G. (2008). Identification of nucleoli in the early branching protist Giardia duodenalis. Int J Parasitol. 38(11):1297-304.

  • Chávez-Munguía B, Omaña-Molina M, Castañón G, Bonilla P, González-Lázaro M, Hernández-Martínez D, Salazar-Villatoro L, Esparza-García A, Martínez-Palomo A, Ortega-Pierres G.  (2009) , Ultrastructural study of the encystation and excystation processes in Naegleria sp.  J Eukaryot Microbiol.  56(1): 66-72.

  • Cedillo-Rivera R, Leal YA, Yépez-Mulia L, Gómez-Delgado A, Ortega-Pierres G, Tapia-Conyer R, Muñoz O.  (2009).  Seroepidemiology of giardiasis in Mexico.  Am J Trop Med HyG.  80(1): 6-10.

  • Yépez-Mulia L, Montaño-Escalona C, Fonseca-Liñán R, Muñoz-Cruz S, Arizmendi-Puga N, Boireau P, Ortega-Pierres G. (2009). Differential activation of mast cells by antigens from Trichinella spiralis muscle larvae, adults, and newborn larvae. Vet Parasitol. 159(3-4):253-7.

  • Alba-Hurtado, F., Muñoz-Guzmán, M.A., Valdivia-Anda, G., Tórtora, J.L., Ortega-Pierres, M.G.  (2009).  Toxocara canis: Larval migration dynamics, detection of antibody reactivity to larval excretory–secretory antigens and clinical findings during experimental infection of gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus).  Experimental Parasitology.  122 : 1–5  

  • López-Cervantes M, Venado A, Moreno A, Pacheco-Domínguez RL, Ortega-Pierres G.. J  (2009) On the spread of the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus in Mexico. Infect Dev Ctries. 3(5): 327-30.  

  • Ortega-Pierres G, Smith HV, Cacciò SM, Thompson RC.  (2009).  New tools provide further insights into Giardia and Cryptosporidium biology.  Trends Parasitol.  25(9): 410-6.

  • Argüello-García R., Bazán-Tejeda M.L. Ortega-Pierres G.  (2009).  Encystation commitment in Giardia duodenalis: A long and winding road.  Parasite, 16(4): 247-258.

  • Argüello-García R, Cruz-Soto M, Romero-Montoya L, Ortega-Pierres G.  ( 2009). In vitro resistance to 5-Nitroimidazoles and Benzimidazoles in Giardia duodenalis: Variability and variation in gene expression.  Infect Genet Evol. 9(6): 1057–1064

  • Escobedo G, Soldevila G, Ortega-Pierres G, Chávez-Ríos JR, Nava K, Fonseca-Liñán R, López-Griego L, Hallal-Calleros C, Ostoa-Saloma P, Morales-Montor J.  (2010).  A New MAP Kinase Protein Involved in Estradiol-Stimulated Reproduction of the Helminth Parasite Taenia crassiceps.  J Biomed Biotechnol: 2010: ID 747121, 11 pag.

  • Argüello-García, R., Medina-Campos, O.N., Pérez-Hernández, N., Pedraza-Chaverrí, J., Ortega-Pierres, G. Hypochlorous Acid Scavenging Activities of Thioallyl Compounds from Garlic. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2010 58: 11226-11233.

  • Ibarra-Coronado EG, Escobedo G, Nava-Castro K, Jesús Ramses CR, Hernández-Bello R, García-Varela M, Ambrosio JR, Reynoso-Ducoing O, Fonseca-Liñán R, Ortega-Pierres G, Pavón L, Hernández ME, Morales-Montor J. A helminth cestode parasite express an estrogen-binding protein resembling a classic nuclear estrogen receptor. Steroids. 2011 Sep-Oct;76(10-11):1149-59. Epub 2011 May 19

  • Pompa-Mera EN, Yépez-Mulia L, Ocaña-Mondragón A, García-Zepeda EA, Ortega-Pierres G, González-Bonilla CR. Trichinella spiralis: intranasal immunization with attenuated Salmonella enterica carrying a gp43 antigen-derived 30mer epitope elicits protection in BALB/c mice. Exp Parasitol. 2011 Dec;129(4):393-401.

  • Paz-Maldonado MT, Argüello-García R, Cruz-Soto M, Mendoza-Hernández G, Ortega-Pierres G. Proteomic and transcriptional analyses of genes differentially expressed in Giardia duodenalis clones resistant to albendazole. Infect Genet Evol. 2012 Sep 26..  Infect Genet Evol. 2012 Sep 26. pii: S1567-1348(12)00290-0. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.08.021.

  •  Castillo Alvarez, A.M., Vaquero-Vera, R., Fonseca-Liñán, R., Ruiz-Pérez, F., Villegas-Sepúlveda, N. and Ortega-Pierres, G. A prime-boost vaccination of mice with attenuated Salmonella expressing a 30-mer peptide from the Trichinella spiralis gp43 antigen. Vet  Parasitol (2013) http:dx.doi.org/10.1016/jvetpar.2013.01.056.

 

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