Student’s Publications

2 R25 GM096955-08 Publications of authors and co-authors. Published (Hard Copy or Online) 2012-2022

Maria del Mar Perez-Casillas:

Appleyard CB, Cruz ML, Velazquez-Cruz J, Rivera-Mendez RM, Jimenez-Garcia JG, Rivera LA, Mendez-Casillas MdM, Flores I, Al-Nakkash L and Chompre G (2022) Voluntary Wheel Running Reduces Vesicle Development in an Endometriosis Animal Model Through Modulation of Immune Parameters. Front. Reprod. Health 3:826541. doi: 10.3389/frph.2021.826541

Jaleisha Velez Velazquez:

Rivera-Rivera, Y., Marina, M., Jusino, S. Miyoung Lee, Vélez Velázquez, J., et al., Saavedra, H. The Nek2 centrosome-mitotic kinase contributes to the mesenchymal state, cell invasion, and migration of triple-negative breast cancer cells. Sci Rep 11, 9016 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88512-0

Ocasio Rivera M:

Elmore, J., Carter, C., Redko, A., Koylass, N., Bennett, A., Mead, M., Ocasio-Rivera, M., Huang, W., Singh, A., & August, A. (2022). ITK independent development of Th17 responses during hypersensitivity pneumonitis driven lung inflammation. Communications biology, 5(1), 162. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03109-1.

Elmore J, Carter C, Wood A, Koylass N, Bennett A, Mead M, Ocasio M, Huang W, Singh A, August A. (2022) Itk independent development of Th17 responses during Hypersensitivity pneumonitis driven lung inflammation. Nature: Comunication Biology.: in press

Ocasio-Rivera M, Marin-Maldonado F, Trossi-Torres G, Ortiz-Rosado A, Rodríguez-Irizarry V, Rodriguez-Lopez E, Martínez S, Almodóvar S, Suarez-Martínez E. Targeting of protease activator receptor-2 (PAR-2) antagonist FSLLRY-NH2 as an asthma adjuvant therapy. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Oct 23;99(43):e22351. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000022351.

Eic Rodriguez:

Köseoğlu VK, Hall CP, Rodríguez-López EM, Agaisse H. The Autotransporter IcsA Promotes Shigella flexneri Biofilm Formation in the Presence of Bile Salts. Infect Immun. 2019 Jun 20;87(7):e00861-18. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00861-18. PMID: 30988059; PMCID: PMC6589070.

Edu B. Suarez Martinez, Ph.D., Diannise Rivera:

Seguinot-Tarafa I, Luna N, Suarez E, Appleyard CB, Flores I. Inhibition of Histone Methyltransferase EZH2 Suppresses Endometriotic Vesicle Development in a Rat Model of Endometriosis. Reprod Sci. 2020 Sep;27(9):1812-1820. doi: 10.1007/s43032-020-00257-9. Epub 2020 Jul 10. PMID: 32651901.

Almodovar S, Wade BE, Porter KM, Smith JM, Lopez-Astacio RA, Bijli K, Kang BY, Cribbs SK, Guidot DM, Molehin D, McNair BK, Pumarejo-Gomez L, Perez Hernandez J, Salazar EA, Martinez EG, Huang L, Kessing CF, Suarez-Martinez EB, Pruitt K, Hsue PY, Tyor WR, Flores SC, Sutliff RL. HIV X4 Variants Increase Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase in the Pulmonary Microenvironment and are associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Sci Rep. 2020 Jul 16;10(1):11696. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68060-9. PMID: 32678115; PMCID: PMC7366722.

Ocasio-Rivera M, Marin-Maldonado F, Trossi-Torres G, Ortiz-Rosado A, Rodríguez-Irizarry V, Rodriguez-Lopez E, Martínez S, Almodóvar S, Suarez-Martínez E. Targeting of protease activator receptor-2 (PAR-2) antagonist FSLLRY-NH2 as an asthma adjuvant therapy. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Oct 23;99(43):e22351. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000022351. PMID: 33120736; PMCID: PMC7581070.

Dormarie Rivera Rodriguez:

Vargas AM, Rivera-Rodriguez DE, Martinez LR. Methamphetamine alters the TLR4 signaling pathway, NF-κB activation, and pro-inflammatory cytokine production in LPS-challenged NR-9460 microglia-like cells. Mol Immunol. 2020 Mar 26;121:159-166. doi: 10.1016/j.molimm.2020.03.013. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32222586; NIHMSID:NIHMS1580707.

Arelis Acevedo Santiago:

Lamboy-Caraballo R, Ortiz-Sanchez C, Acevedo-Santiago A, Matta J, N A Monteiro A, N Armaiz-Pena G. Norepinephrine-Induced DNA Damage in Ovarian Cancer Cells. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Mar 24;21(6). doi: 10.3390/ijms21062250. PubMed PMID: 32213975.

Gomez Rivera F:

Raphael I, Gomez-Rivera F, Raphael RA, Robinson RR, Nalawade S, Forsthuber TG. TNFR2 limits proinflammatory astrocyte functions during EAE induced by pathogenic DR2b-restricted T cells. JCI Insight. 2019 Dec 19;4(24). pii: 132527. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.132527. PubMed PMID: 31852844; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6975265.

Luis Padilla:

Ortiz-Sánchez C, Encarnación-Medina J, Vergne R, Padilla L, Matta J. Circulating Vitamin D Levels and DNA Repair Capacity in Four Molecular Subtypes of Women with Breast Cancer. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Sep 19;21(18):6880. doi: 10.3390/ijms21186880. PMID: 32961801; PMCID: PMC7555346.

Encarnación-Medina J, Ortiz C, Vergne R, Padilla L, Matta J. MicroRNA Expression Changes in Women with Breast Cancer Stratified by DNA Repair Capacity Levels. J Oncol. 2019 May 5;2019:7820275. doi: 10.1155/2019/7820275. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 31191653; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6525916.

Rafael Rivera Lugo:

Dutil J, Godoy L, Rivera-Lugo R, Arroyo N, Albino E, Negrón L, Monteiro AN, Matta JL, Echenique M. No Evidence for the Pathogenicity of the BRCA2 c.6937 + 594T>G Deep Intronic Variant: A Case-Control Analysis. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers. 2018 Feb;22(2):85-89. doi: 10.1089/gtmb.2017.0187. Epub 2018 Jan 22. PubMed PMID: 29356578; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5806076.

Bryan Torres:

Ruiz A, Ruiz L, Colón-Caraballo M, Torres-Collazo BJ, Monteiro JB, Bayona M, Fazleabas AT, Flores I. Pharmacological blockage of the CXCR4-CXCL12 axis in endometriosis leads to contrasting effects in proliferation, migration, and invasion. Biol Reprod. 2018 Jan 1;98(1):4-14. doi: 10.1093/biolre/iox152. PubMed PMID: 29161347.

Roberto Morales:

Criado-Marrero M, Morales Silva RJ, Velazquez B, Hernández A, Colon M, Cruz E, Soler-Cedeño O, Porter JT. Dynamic expression of FKBP5 in the medial prefrontal cortex regulates resiliency to conditioned fear. Learn Mem. 2017 Mar 15;24(4):145-152. doi: 10.1101/lm.043000.116. PubMed PMID: 28298552.

Perez-Torres EM, Ramos-Ortolaza DL, Morales R, Santini E, Rios-Ruiz EJ, Torres-Reveron A. Morphine administration during low ovarian hormone stage results in transient over expression of fear memories in females. Front Behav Neurosci. 2015 May 22;9:129. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00129. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 26052274; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4441149.

Abdon Lopez, Mayra Gonzalez, Isidro RA, Cruz ML, Chompre G, Isidro AA, Appleyard CB. The Probiotic VSL#3 Modulates Colonic Macrophages, Inflammation, and Microflora in Acute Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid Colitis. J Histochem Cytochem. 2017 Aug;65(8):445-461. doi: 10.1369/0022155417718542. Epub 2017 Jul 10. PubMed PMID: 28692320.

Lopez A, Cruz ML, Chompre G, Hernández S, Isidro RA, Flores I, Appleyard CB. Influence of Stress on the Vitamin D-Vitamin D Receptor System, Macrophages, and the Local Inflammatory Milieu in Endometriosis. Reprod Sci. 2020 Dec;27(12):2175-2186. doi: 10.1007/s43032-020-00235-1. Epub 2020 Jun 24. PMID: 32583376.

Ralphdy Vergne:

Ortiz-Sánchez C, Encarnación-Medina J, Vergne R, Padilla L, Matta J. Circulating Vitamin D Levels and DNA Repair Capacity in Four Molecular Subtypes of Women with Breast Cancer. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Sep 19;21(18):6880. doi: 10.3390/ijms21186880. PMID: 32961801; PMCID: PMC7555346.

Encarnación J, Ortiz C, Vergne R, Vargas W, Coppola D, Matta JL. High DRC Levels Are Associated with Let-7b Overexpression in Women with Breast Cancer. Int J Mol Sci. 2016 Jun 2;17(6). pii: E865. doi: 10.3390/ijms17060865. PubMed PMID: 27271599; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4926399.

Faviola Bernard:

Soler-Cedeño O, Torres-Rodríguez O, Bernard F, Maldonado L, Hernández A, Porter JT. Plasticity of NMDA Receptors at Ventral Hippocampal Synapses in the Infralimbic Cortex Regulates Cued Fear. eNeuro. 2019 Mar 22;6(2). pii: ENEURO.0354-18.2019. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0354-18.2019. eCollection 2019 Mar-Apr. PubMed PMID: 30923737; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6437655.

Tan L, Gurbani D, Weisberg EL, Jones DS, Rao S, Singer WD, Bernard FM, Mowafy S, Jenney A, Du G, Nonami A, Griffin JD, Lauffenburger DA, Westover KD, Sorger PK, Gray NS. Studies of TAK1-centered polypharmacology with novel covalent TAK1 inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem. 2016 Dec 7. pii: S0968-0896(16)31237-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.11.034. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28038940.

Yohheily Velazquez:

King LB, Koch M, Murphy K, Velazquez Y, Ja WW, Tomchik SM. Neurofibromin Loss of Function Drives Excessive Grooming in Drosophila. G3 (Bethesda). 2016 Feb 19. pii: g3.115.026484. doi: 10.1534/g3.115.026484. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26896440; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4825643.

Luis M. Rivera-Perez:

Montgomery JE, Wiggin TD, Rivera-Perez LM, Lillesaar C, Masino MA. Intraspinal serotonergic neurons consist of two, temporally distinct populations in developing zebrafish. Dev Neurobiol. 2016 Jun;76(6):673-87. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22352. Epub 2015 Oct 30. PubMed PMID: 26437856; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4823180

Paola Gomez-Padilla:

Mentch SJ, Mehrmohamadi M, Huang L, Liu X, Gupta D, Mattocks D, Gómez Padilla P, Ables G, Bamman MM, Thalacker-Mercer AE, Nichenametla SN, Locasale JW. Histone Methylation Dynamics and Gene Regulation Occur through the Sensing of One-Carbon Metabolism. Cell Metab. 2015 Nov 3;22(5):861-73. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2015.08.024. Epub 2015 Sep 24. PubMed PMID: 26411344; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4635069.

Kevin Munoz-Forti:

Kevin Muñoz Forti, Faviola Bernard, Gustavo Santiago-Collazo, Waldemar Garcia, Jose L Vera, Enrique Meléndez, Edu B Suarez-Martinez. 2018. Para-Substituted Functionalised Ferrocene Esters with Novel Antibacterial Properties. J Clin Diag Res. Volume : 12 Issue : 2 Page : DC01 – DC04

Lai G, Forti KM, Renthal R. Kinetics of lipid mixing between bicelles and nanolipoprotein particles. Biophys Chem. 2015 Feb;197:47-52. doi:10.1016/j.bpc.2015.01.006. Epub 2015 Jan 23. PubMed PMID: 25660392; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4346369.

Santiago-Ortiz M, Muñoz-Forti K, Suarez Martinez EB, Godoy Muñoz L, K. Husain, and Hernandez Muñiz W. Effects of Antioxidant N-acetylcysteine Against Paraquat1Induced Oxidative Stress tissues of Mice. Int J Sci: Basic and Appl Res. 2016 26(1): 26-46

Mariano Colon Caraballo:

Colón-Caraballo M, Monteiro JB, Flores I. H3K27me3 is an Epigenetic Mark of Relevance in Endometriosis. Reprod Sci. 2015 Sep;22(9):1134-42. doi: 10.1177/1933719115578924. Epub 2015 Mar 27. PubMed PMID: 25820690.

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