Publications 2008-2009

Journal Articles

  1. Báez-Pagán CA, Martínez-Ortiz Y, Otero-Cruz JD, Salgado-Villanueva IK, Velázquez G, Ortiz-Acevedo A, Quesada O, Silva WI, Lasalde-Dominicci JA. Potential role of caveolin-1-positive domains in the regulation of the acetylcholine receptor's activatable pool: Implications in the pathogenesis of a novel congenital myasthenic syndrome. Channels (Austin). 2008 May 18;2(3). [Epub ahead of print]
  2. Bautista LE, Casas JP, Herrera VM, Miranda JJ, Perel P, Pichardo R, González A, Sánchez JR, Ferreccio C, Aguilera X, Silva E, Oróstegui M, Gómez LF, Chirinos JA, Medina-Lezama J, Pérez CM, Suárez E, Ortiz AP, Rosero L, Schapochnik N, Ortiz Z, Ferrante D; Latin-American Consortium of Studies in Obesity (LASO). The Latin American Consortium of Studies in Obesity (LASO). Obes Rev. 10(3):364-70; May 2009.
  3. Bird HR, Shrout PE, Duarte CS, Shen S, Bauermeister JJ, Canino G. Longitudinal mental health service and medication use for ADHD among Puerto Rican youth in two contexts. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2008 Aug; 47(8):879-89.
  4. Blagburn JM. Engrailed expression in subsets of adult Drosophila sensory neurons: an enhancer-trap study. Invert Neurosci. 2008 Sep; 8(3):133-46. Epub 2008 Jul 3.
  5. Blanco RE, Soto I, Duprey-Díaz M, Blagburn JM. Up-regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor by application of fibroblast growth factor-2 to the cut optic nerve is important for long-term survival of retinal ganglion cells. J Neurosci Res. 2008 Nov 15;86(15):3382-92.
  6. Booth D, Marie B, Domenici P, Blagburn JM, and Bacon JP. Transcriptional Control of Behavior: Engrailed Knock-Out Changes Cockroach Escape Trajectories. The Journal of Neuroscience. 29(22):7181-90; June 2009.
  7. Canino G, Alegría M. Psychiatric diagnosis - is it universal or relative to culture? J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2008 Mar;49(3):237-50.
  8. Canino G, Vila D, Normand SL, Acosta-Pérez E, Ramírez R, García P, Rand C. Reducing asthma health disparities in poor Puerto Rican children: the effectiveness of a culturally tailored family intervention. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008 Mar;121(3):665-70. Epub 2007 Dec 3.
  9. Capo-Lugo CE, Rivas L, Rodríguez I, García G, Olson S, Libby CL, Ortiz A. Neuromuscular Control During Sidestepping and Cross-Over Maneuvers Among Noninjured Women and Women with ACL Reconstruction. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise: V 40(5) Supplement1:S445; May 2008.
  10. Cohen RT, Canino GJ, Bird HR, Celedón JC. Violence, abuse, and asthma in Puerto Rican children.Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Sep 1;178(5):453-9. Epub 2008 Jun 12.
  11. Colón López V, Haan MN, Aiello AE, Gosh D. Fasting Total Homocysteine (tHcy) Concentration and Mortality in Older Mexican Americans. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging; 2008; 12(10): 685-689.
  12. Colón López V, Haan MN, Aiello AE, and Ghosh D. The effect of age at migration on cardiovascular mortality among elderly Mexican immigrants. Ann Epidemiol. 19(1):8-14; Jan 2009.
  13. De Mello WC, Gerena Y. Eplerenone inhibits the intracrine and extracellular actions of angiotensin II on the inward calcium current in the failing heart. On the presence of an intracrine renin angiotensin aldosterone system. Regul Pept. 2008 Nov 29;151(1-3):54-60. Epub 2008 Jun 8.
  14. De Mello WC, Gerena Y. Prolonged exposure of cardiac cells to renin plus angiotensinogen reduces intracellular renin in the failing heart. On the role of angiotensin II-AT1 complex internalization. Regul Pept. 2009 Mar 19. [Epub ahead of print]
  15. Domenici P, Booth D, Blagburn JM, Bacon JP. Cockroaches keep predators guessing by using preferred escape trajectories. Curr Biol. 2008 Nov 25;18(22):1792-6. Epub 2008 Nov 13.
  16. Duarte CS, Bird HR, Shrout PE, Wu P, Lewis-Fernandéz R, Shen S, Canino G. Culture and psychiatric symptoms in Puerto Rican children: longitudinal results from one ethnic group in two contexts. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2008 May;49(5):563-72.
  17. Duconge J. Applying organ clearance concepts in a clinical setting. Am J Pharm Educ. 2008 Oct 15;72(5):121.
  18. Duconge J, Cadilla CL, Renta JY, Silén-Rivera P, Piovanetti P, García-Berdecía R, Castro-Rosario LM, Monzón S, Vélez L, Rosas G, Guerra JA, Santiago-Borrero PJ.Prevalence of CYP2C19 gene polymorphisms in the Puerto Rican population: a preliminary report. P R Health Sci J. 2008 Dec; 27(4):357-8. No abstract available.
  19. Dunbar DC, Macpherson JM, Simmons RW, Zarcades A. Stabilization and mobility of the head, neck and trunk in horses during overground locomotion: comparisons with humans and other primates. J Exp Biol. 2008 Dec;211(Pt 24):3889-907.
  20. Feinberg-Zadek P, Martin G, Treistman SN. BK Channel Subunit Composition Modulates Molecular Tolerance to Ethanol. Alc. Clin. Exp. Res. 32(7):1207-16; 2008.
  21. Fleming ES, Perkins J, Easa D, Conde JG, Baker RS, Southerland WM, Dottin R, Benabe JE, Ofili EO, Bond VC, McClure SA, Sayre MH, Beanan MJ, Norris KC.Addressing health disparities through multi-institutional, multidisciplinary collaboratories. Ethn Dis. 2008 Spring;18(2 Suppl 2):S2-161-7.
  22. Fleming ES, Perkins J, Easa D, Conde JG, Baker RS, Southerland WM, Dottin R, Benabe JE, Ofili EO, Bond VC, McClure SA, Sayre MH, Beanan MJ, Norris KC. The role of translational research in addressing health disparities: a conceptual framework. Ethn Dis. 2008 Spring;18(2 Suppl 2):S2-155-60.
  23. García K, García V, Pérez Laspiur J, Duan F, Meléndez LM. Characterization of the Placental Macrophage Secretome: Implications for Antiviral Activity. Journal Placenta. 30(2):149-55; February 2009.
  24. González-Pons M, Szeto AC, González-Méndez R, Serrano AE. Identification and bioinformatic characterization of a multidrug resistance associated protein (ABCC) gene in Plasmodium berghei.Malar J. 2009 Jan 2; 8:1.
  25. Harris PA, Taylor R, Thielke R, Payne J, Gonzalez N, Conde JG. Research electronic data capture (REDCap)--a metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support. J Biomed Inform. 2009 Apr; 42(2):377-81. Epub 2008 Sep 30.
  26. Herrera VM, Casas JP, Miranda JJ, Perel P, Pichardo R, González A, Sanchez JR, Ferreccio C, Aguilera X, Silva E, Oróstegui M, Gómez LF, Chirinos JA, Medina-Lezama J, Pérez CM, Suárez E,Ortiz AP, Rosero L, Schapochnik N, Ortiz Z, Ferrante D, Diaz M, Bautista LE. Interethnic differences in the accuracy of anthropometric indicators of obesity in screening for high risk of coronary heart disease. Int J Obes (Lond); 2009 Feb 24.
  27. Jiménez M, Dietrich T, Shih MC, Li Y, Joshipura KJ. Racial/ethnic variations in associations between socioeconomic factors and tooth loss. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2009 Mar 19. [Epub ahead of print]
  28. Jones J, Ramirez RR, Davies M, Canino G, Goodwin RD. Suicidal behaviors among adolescents in puerto rico: rates and correlates in clinical and community samples.J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2008 Apr;37(2):448-55.
  29. Joshipura KJ, Hung HC, Li TY, Hu FB, Rimm EB, Stampfer MJ, Colditz G, Willett WC. Intakes of fruits, vegetables and carbohydrate and the risk of CVD. Public Health Nutr. 2009 Jan;12(1):115-21. Epub 2008 Apr 15.
  30. Koinis-Mitchell D, McQuaid EL, Friedman D, Colon A, Soto J, Rivera DV, Fritz GK, Canino G. Latino caregivers' beliefs about asthma: causes, symptoms, and practices. J Asthma. 2008 Apr;45(3):205-10.
  31. Li G, Nair SS, Quirk GJ. A biologically realistic network model of acquisition and extinction of conditioned fear associations in lateral amygdala neurons. J Neurophysiol. 2009 Mar;101(3):1629-46. Epub 2008 Nov 26.
  32. Luciano-Montalvo C, Ciborowski P, Duan F, Gendelman H, and Melendez LM. Proteomic analyses associate cystatin B with restricted HIV-1 replication in placental macrophages. Placenta. 29:1016-23; 2008.
  33. Luciano-Montalvo C and Meléndez LM. Cystatin B Associates with signal transducer and activator of transcription-1 in monocyte-derived and placental macrophages.Placenta 30:464-467; 2009.
  34. Martin G, O’Connell R, Pietrzykowski A, Treistman SN, Ethier MF, and Madison JM. Interleukin (IL)-4 Activates Large-Conductance, Calcium-activated Potassium (BKCa) Channels in Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cells. Exp. Physiol. 93(7):908-18; 2008.
  35. Martin G,E, Penta K, Hendrickson LM, Friesen RM, Pietrzykowski A, Puig SI Tapper AR, andTreistman SN. Identification of a BK Channel Auxiliary Protein Controlling Molecular and Behavioral Tolerance to Alcohol. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 105(45):17543-8; 2008.
  36. Martínez Rubio C, Serrano GE, Miller MW. Localization of Biogenic Amines in the Foregut of Aplysia californica: Catecholaminergic and Serotonergic Innervation. The Journal of Comparatiave Neurology. 514:329-42; 2009.
  37. Meyer MS, Joshipura K, Giovannucci E, Michaud DS. A review of the relationship between tooth loss, periodontal disease, and cancer. Cancer Causes Control. 2008 Nov;19(9):895-907. Epub 2008 May 14. Review.
  38. Michaud DS, Liu Y, Meyer M, Giovannucci E, Joshipura K. Periodontal disease, tooth loss, and cancer risk in male health professionals: a prospective cohort study.Lancet Oncol. 2008 Jun;9(6):550-8. Epub 2008 May 5.
  39. Mueller D, Olivera-Figueroa LA, Pine DS, Quirk GJ. The effects of yohimbine and amphetamine on fear expression and extinction in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2009 Feb 26. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: PMCID: 2692542
  40. Nieves-Cintrón M, Caballero-Rivera D, Silva WI, Navedo MF, Lasalde-Dominicci JA. Functional contribution of alpha3L8' to the neuronal nicotinic alpha3 receptor. J Neurosci Res. 2008 Oct;86(13):2884-94.
  41. Ortega AN, Canino G, Alegria M. Lifetime and 12-month intermittent explosive disorder in Latinos.Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2008 Jan; 78(1):133-9.
  42. Ortiz AP, Díaz Toro E, Calo WA, Correa Fernández V, Cases A, Santos Ortiz MC, Mazas C, Mejía L, Wetter DW. Characteristics of Smokers Accessing the Puerto Rico Quitline. PRHSJ. 27(3):213-19; September 2008.
  43. Palavicini JP, O’Connell MA, and Rosenthal JJC. An Extra Double-Stranded RNA Binding Domain Confers High Activity to a Squid RNA Editing Enzyme. RNA. 15(6):1-11; 2009.
  44. Pérez CM, Guzmán M, Ortiz AP, Estrella M, Valle Y, Pérez N, Haddock L, Suárez E. Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ethn Dis. 2008 Autumn;18(4):434-41. Summary for patients in: Ethn Dis. 2008 Autumn;18(4):521.
  45. Pérez Laspiur J, Anderson ER, Ciborowski P, Wojna V, Rozek W, Duan F, Mayo R, Rodríguez E, Plaud-Valentín M, Rodríguez-Orengo J, Gendelman HE, Meléndez LM. CSF proteomic fingerprints for HIV-associated cognitive impairment. J Neuroimmunol. 2007 Dec;192(1-2):157-70. Epub 2007 Oct 22. Erratum in: J Neuroimmunol. 2008 Dec 15;205(1-2):161.
  46. Pérez-Ríos N, Ramos-Valencia G, Ortiz AP. Cesarean delivery as a barrier for breastfeeding initiation: the Puerto Rican experience. J Hum Lact. 2008 Aug;24(3):293-302. Epub 2008 Jun 6.
  47. Pietrzykowski AZ, Friesen RM, Martin GE, PUig SI, Nowak C, Wynne PM , Siegelmann HT,Treistman SN. Posttranscriptional regulation of BK channel splice variant stability by miR-9 underlies neuroadaptation to alcohol. Neuron 59:274-87; 2008 Jul.
  48. Ramírez-Marrero FA, Rivera-Brown AM, Nazario CM, Rodríguez-Orengo JF, Smit E, Smith BA. Self-reported physical activity in Hispanic adults living with HIV: comparison with accelerometer and pedometer. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2008 Jul-Aug; 19(4):283-94.
  49. Rodríguez-Quiñones JF and Rodríguez-Medina JR. Differential gene expression signatures for cell wall integrity in chitin synthase II (chs2 delta) and myosin II (myo1 delta) deficient cytokinesis mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.. BMC Research Notes. 2:87; 2009.
  50. Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Sotres-Bayon F, Mueller D, Quirk GJ. Systemic Propranolol Acts Centrally to Reduce Conditioned Fear in Rats Without Impairing Extinction.Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Feb 24. [Epub ahead of print]
  51. Rosenthal JJC, Seibel BA,Dymowska A, and Bezanilla F. Trade-off Between Aerobic Capacity and Locomotor Capability in an Antarctic Pteropod. PNAS. 106(15):6192-6; April 2009.
  52. Ruaño G, Duconge J, Windemuth A, Cadilla CL, Kocherla M, Villagra D, Renta J, Seip R, Santiago-Borrero PJ (2008) Physiogenomic Analysis of the Puerto Rican population. Pharmacogenomics. 10(4):565-77; 2009.
  53. Santini E, Quirk GJ, Porter JT. Fear conditioning and extinction differentially modify the intrinsic excitability of infralimbic neurons. J Neurosci. 2008 Apr 9;28(15):4028-36.
  54. Shrout PE, Alegría M, Canino G, Guarnaccia PJ, Vega WA, Duan N, Cao Z. Testing language effects in psychiatric epidemiology surveys with randomized experiments: results from the National Latino and Asian American Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Aug 1;168(3):345-52. Epub 2008 Jun 10.
  55. Soto-Salgado M, Suárez E, Calo W, Cruz-Correa M, Figueroa-Vallés N, Ortiz AP. Incidence and mortality rates for colorectal cancer in Puerto Rico and among Hispanics, Non-Hispanic Whites and Non-Hispanics Black in the United States, 1998-2002. Cancer. 2009 Apr 28. [Epub ahead of print]
  56. Suárez E, Calo W, Hernandez E, Figueroa-Vallés N, Ortiz AP. Age-standardized incidence and mortality rates of oral and pharyngeal cancer in Puerto Rico and among Hispanics and Non-Hispanics Whites in the USA. BMC Cancer. 28(9):129; April 2009.
  57. Toro Nieves DM, Rodríguez Y, Plaud M, Ciborowski P, Duan F, Pérez Laspiur J, Wojna V, andMeléndez LM. Proteomic Analyses of Moncyte-Derived Macrophages Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Primary Isolates from Hispanic Women with and without Cognitive Impairment. Journal of NeuroVirology. 2009 Jan; 15(1):36-50.
  58. Toro Nieves D (mentee, LM), Plaud M, Skolasky R, Wojna V, Meléndez LM. Characterization of peripheral blood human immunodefiency virus isolates from Hispanic women with cognitive impairment. J NeuroVirology , 13: 315-237,2007.
  59. Vázquez-Acevedo N, Reyes-Colón D, Ruíz-Rodríguez EA, Rivera NM, Rosenthal J, Kohn AB, Moroz LL, Sosa MA. Cloning and immunoreactivity of the 5-HT 1Mac and 5-HT 2Mac receptors in the central nervous system of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii. J Comp Neurol. 2009 Apr 1; 513(4):399-416.
  60. Vega-Rodríguez J, Franke-Fayard B, Dinglasan RR, Janse CJ, Pastrana-Mena R, Waters AP, Coppens I, Rodríguez-Orengo JF, Jacobs-Lorena M, Serrano AE. The glutathione biosynthetic pathway of Plasmodium is essential for mosquito transmission. PLoS Pathog. 2009 Feb; 5(2):e1000302. Epub 2009 Feb 20.
  61. Vega WA, Canino G, Cao Z, Alegria M. Prevalence and correlates of dual diagnoses in U.S. Latinos.Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 Feb 1; 100(1-2):32-8. Epub 2008 Nov 22.
  62. Velázquez I, Plaud M, Wojna V, Skolasky R, Laspiur JP, Meléndez LM. J Neuroimmunol. Antioxidant enzyme dysfunction in monocytes and CSF of Hispanic women with HIV-associated cognitive impairment. 2009 Jan 3; 206(1-2):106-11. Epub 2008 Dec 19.
  63. Yuan C, O’Connell RJ, Wilson A, Pietrzykowksi AZ, Treistman SN. Acute Alcohol Tolerance is Intrinsic to the BKCa Protein, But is SModulated by the Lipid Environment. J. Biol. Chem. 283:5090-8; 2008.

Books (Chapter)

  1. Miller MW. Colocalization and contransmission of classical neurotransmitters: an invertebrate perspective. In: Co-existence and Co-release of Classical Neurotransmitters (R. Gutierrez Ed.) Springer-Verlag. New York. 1-19; 2009.
  2. Melendez LM, Luciano C, Mayo-Santana R, Wojna V. Ethnicity and Neuro-AIDS Conditions in the HAART Era. In "The Spectrum of NeuroAIDS Disorders: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment". ASM Press. p. 427-41; 2009.

Abstracts

  1. Galarza G, Holmgren M, and Rosenthal JJC. Comparison of Sodium Pump Properties in an Antartic and Temperate Octopus. Molluscan Neuroscience Meeting-Recent Advances and New Vistas. Institute of Neurobiology. San Juan, Puerto Rico. p. 56; February 2009.
  2. Garret Rodrigues SC and Rosenthal JJC. Gating Differs Between an Antartic and a Tropical Octopus Kv1 Channel Due to RNA Editing. Molluscan Neuroscience Meeting-Recent Advances and New Vistas. Institute of Neurobiology. San Juan, Puerto Rico. p. 57; February 2009.
  3. Martínez Rubio C, Jezzini S, Serrano GE, Franco H, Ha T, Moroz L, Miller MW. Expression Patterns of Pannexins in a Functionally Defined Group of Electrically Coupled Motor Neurons in the Feeding Motor Network of Aplysia Californica. Molluscan Neuroscience Meeting-Recent Advances and New Vistas. Institute of Neurobiology. San Juan, Puerto Rico. p. 66; February 2009.
  4. Miller MW, Martínez Rubio C, Serrano G. Conditional Burst Rhythmicity and Synchrony: Novel Modes of Information Processing in Motor Systems. Molluscan Neuroscience Meeting-Recent Advances and New Vistas. Institute of Neurobiology. San Juan, Puerto Rico. p. 42; February 2009.
  5. Palavicini JP and Rosenthal JJC. An Extra Double Stranded RNA Binding Domain Confers High Activity on a Squid RNA Editing Enzyme. Molluscan Neuroscience Meeting-Recent Advances and New Vistas. Institute of Neurobiology. San Juan, Puerto Rico. p. 70; February 2009.
  6. Rosenthal JJC. Increasing Functional Diversity in the Cephalopod Nervous System by RNA Editing. Molluscan Neuroscience Meeting-Recent Advances and New Vistas. Institute of Neurobiology. San Juan, Puerto Rico. p. 23; February 2009.

In Press

Articles

  1. Bazzano L, Li T, Joshipura K, Hu F. Intake of Fruit, Vegetable and Fruit Juices and Risk of Diabetes in Women. Diabetes Care. In Press
  2. Blanco R, Soto I, Duprey-Diaz M, Blagburn JM. Upregulation of BDNF by application of FGF2 to the cut optic nerve is important for long term survival of retinal ganglion cells. Journal of Neuroscience Research; 2008. In Press
  3. Boukli N, Delgado B, Espino AM. Fasciola hepatica and Schostosoma mansoni: Identification of Shared Proteins by comparative Proteomic Analysis. Experimental Parasitology; 2009. In Press
  4. Calo WA, Quintana R, Catoni I, Valle Y, Alvarez JJ, Colon WM, Delgado MS, Estrella M, Gonzalez AL, Kallis M, Marrero VM, Melendez L, Miranda A, Nieves K, Osorio L, Rodriguez JM, Torres A, Suarz E, Ortiz AP. Clinical conditions associated with environmental exposures: an epidemiologic study of two communities in Juan Díaz, Puerto Rico. PRHSJ. Vol 28 No. 2; June 2009. In Press
  5. Joshipura K, Hung H, Li T, Hu F, Rimm E, Stampfer M, Colditz G, Willet W. Intake of fruits and vegetables, carbohydrate and the risk of cardiovascular disease. Public Health Nutrition. In Press
  6. López M, Ortiz AP, Vargas R. Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence and its Association with Body Mass Index among Puerto Rican Women. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Women's Health. Tentatively scheduled to appear in the September 2009 issue.
  7. Luciano Montalvo C, Meléndez LM. Cystatin B Associates with Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription-1 in Moncyte-Derived and Placental Macrophages. Placenta Manuscript No: PL-08-90092R2; 2009. In Press
  8. Meyer MS, Joshipura K, Giovannucci E, Michaud D. A Review of the Relationship between Tooth Loss, Periodontal Disease, and Cancer. In Press
  9. Michaud D, Liu Y, Meyer M, Giovannucci E, Joshipura K. Periodontal Disease, Tooth Loss and Cancer Risk in Male Health Professionals. In Press
  10. Mulholland PJ, Hopf FW, Liu J, Martin GE, Bukiya A, Dopico AM, Bonci A, Treistman SN, and Chandler LJ. Sizing up Ethanol-Induced Plasticity: The Role of Small and Large Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research; 2009. In Press
  11. Ortiz AP, Calo W, Suárez-Balseiro C, Maura-Sardo M, Suárez E. Bibliometric assessment of cancer related publications in Puerto Rico. Accepted for publication in the Pan American Public Health Journal.; 2009. In Press
  12. Ortiz AP, Soto-Salgado M, Suárez E, Calo W, Tortolero G, Helb S, Figueroa-Vallés N, Ortiz AP. Disparities in breast cancer in Puerto Rico and among Hispanics, Non-Hispanic whites and Non-Hispanics blacks in the United States, 1992-2002. Accepted for publication in The Breast Journal; 2009. In Press
  13. Ortiz AP, Wetter D, Calo-Perez W, Correa-Fernandez V, Cases A, Santos-Ortiz C, Mazas C, Mejia L, Diaz E. Characteristics of Smokers Accessing the Puerto Rico Quitline. PR Health Sci J. 27(4); December 2008. In Press
  14. Palavicini JP, O’Connell MA, and Rosenthal JJC. An Extra Double-Stranded RNA Binding Domain Confers High Activity on a Squid RNA Editing Enzyme. RNA; 2009. In Press
  15. Perez N, Ramos-Valencia G, Ortiz AP. Cesarean Delivery as a Barrier for Breastfeeding Initiation: The Puerto Rican Experience. Journal of Human Lactation; 2008. In Press
  16. Pietrzykowski AZ and Treistman SN. Basic Concepts of Tolerance and Allostasis. Alcohol World: Health and Research; 2008. In Press
  17. Rodríguez-Romaguera J, Sotres-Bayon F, Mueller D, and Quirk GJ. Systemic Propranolol Acts Centrally to Reduce Conditioned Fear in Rats Without Impairing Extinction. Biol Psychiatry; 2009. In Press
  18. Romero C, Ortiz AP, Pérez CM, Pérez J, Torres EA. Survival rates of hepatocellular carcinoma in Puerto Rico: 1988-1990 versus 1998-2000. PRHSJ. Vol 28 No. 2; June 2009. In Press
  19. Wynne P, Puig S, Martin G, Treistman SN. Compatmentalized β Subunit Distribution Determines Characteristics and Ethanol Sensitivity of Somatic, Dendritic, and Terminal BK Channels in the Rat CNS. J Pharmacol. Exp. Therapeut.; 2008. In Press

Books

  1. Joshipura KJ, Dietrich T. Chapter on “Nutrition and Oral Health: A two way Relationship” for a textbook “Clinical Nutrition and Aging”. Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey; 2008. In Press

Presentations

  1. July 2008; Differential Gene Expression Profiles of Human Skin Fibroiblasts Expressisng Wild Type or the Q119X Twist2 Protein Found in Setleis Syndrome Patients.Cadilla CL, Tukel T, Sosic D, Ge Y, Franco H, Casasnovas JJ, Renta J, and Desnick R. 2008 33rd FEBS Congress and IUBMB Conference. Athens, Greece.
  2. July 2008; Changes in Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 and FGF Receptors 1 and 3 in the Frog Visual System During Optic Nerve Regeneration. Blanco RE, Duprey-Díaz MV, Soto I, Blagburn JM. Forum of European Neuroscisence. Geneva.
  3. July 2008; Gooseberry, the Drosophila Pax-3/Pax-7 homolog, is necessary in Postmitotic Neurons fsor Synaptic Homeostasis. Marie B, Davis GW. Forum of European Neuroscience. Geneva.
  4. July 2008; Novel Mechanisms for HIV Dementia and Biomarker Discovery Using Proteomics.Meléndez L. 1st Annual World Summit of Antivirals. Kunming, China. (Oral presentation).
  5. August 2008; Identification and Partial Characterization of an mrp gene in Plasmodium yoelii. González G, González B, Ruiz O, Serrano AE. NIH, NCRR 2nd Biennial National IDeA Slymposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE). Washington, DC.
  6. August 2008; Novel Mechanisms of HIV Associated Neurological Disorders and Biomarker Discovery Using Proteomics. Meléndez LM, Plaud M, Ciborowski P, Pérez Laspiur J, Rodríguez E, F. Duan, Wojna V, and Gendelman HE. 7th Conference of the Specialized Neuroscience Research Programs, New York, NY.
  7. August 2008; Partial Characterization of the bcrp gene Homologue of Plasmodium yoelii. Ferrer I, González B, González G, Mordi I, Hernández G, Ruiz O, Serrano AE. NIH, NCRR 2nd Biennial National IDeA Slymposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE). Washington, DC.
  8. October 2008; Differential expression of protein peaks in the brain of the freshwater prawn. Vázquez-Acevedo N, Pérez Laspiur J, Meléndez L, Duan F, Rivera NS, Torres-González A, Rullán-Matheu Y, Ruiz-Rodríguez EA, Sosa MA. National Neuroscience Meeting. Chicago, Illinois.
  9. November 2008; Effects of Gly-SIFamide on Aggression in a Crustacean. Vázquez-Acevedo N, Rivera-Cheverez NM, Ruiz-Rodríguez EA, Sosa MA. 38th Annual Meeting for the Society of Neuroscience. Washington, DC.
  10. November 2008; Localization of Choline Acetyltransferase (ChAT)-Like Immunoreactivity in Interneurons of the Mouse Spinal Cord. Ortiz-Correa Z, Acevedo-Rosario JM, and Díaz-Ríos M. 38th Annual Meeting for the Society of Neuroscience. Washington, DC.
  11. November 2008; Octopamine and Tyramine/octopamine Receptor Distribution in the Vnetral Nerve Cord of the Freshwater Prawn. Reyes-Colón D, Rivera-Cheverez NM, Kohn A, Moroz L, Sosa MA. 38th Annual Meeting for the Society of Neuroscience. Washington, DC.
  12. November 2008; Regulatory Components of Retinoic Acid Signaling in the Visual System of the Frog Rana pipiens: Changes after Optic Nerve Injury. Society of Neuroscience. Washington, DC.
  13. November 2008; Serotonin Modulation of Intrinsic Properties of Ascending Ipsilateral Interneurons in the Neonatal Mouse Spinal Cord. 38th Annual Meeting for the Society of Neuroscience. Washington, DC.
  14. December 2008; Acquired Immunity to Fasciola hepatica in Mice Vaccinated with the SAP Protein.Espino AM, Morales A, Delgado B, Rivera F, and Figueroa O. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  15. December 2008; Aldosterone and Epierenome Regulate the Expression of Intracellular Renin in the Falling Heart of Cardiomyopathic Hamsters. Gerena Y, De Mello WC. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Oral Presentation)
  16. December 2008; Analysis of TOR Signaling Activity in Cytokinesis Mutant Strains of the Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisae. Pagán-Mercado G, Rodríguez Medina JR. Annual ASCB Meeting. San Francisco, California.
  17. December 2008; Balancing Safe Sex and Risky Sexual Behavior: The Experience of Puerto Rican Women. Torres R, Silva-Suáre G, Lozada A, Rentas K, Santiago L, and Zorrilla CD. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  18. December 2008; BMI Impacts the Diagnosis and Progression of Prostate Cancer in Hispanics. Negrón-Figueroa R, Vázquez A, Nieves M, Guerríos L, Irizarry Ramírez M. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Oral Presentation)
  19. December 2008; Clinical and Sociodemographics Features in Puerto Ricans with Scleroderma. Ríos G, Mayor AM. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  20. December 2008; Clinical Proteomics Dicovery Core Facility at Univeristy of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus Provides New Tools Toward Discoveries on Diseases and Health Disparities. Pérez-Laspiur J, Rodríguez E, and Meléndez LM. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  21. December 2008; Comparison of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Between a Group of Hispanic Females with Breast Cancer. Hilerio C, Martínez J, Vélez M,Zorrilla C. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  22. December 2008; Comparison of Transcription Profiles in Cytokinesis Mutants Affecting Cell Wall Biogenesis in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae. Rodríguez Quiñones JF,Rodríguez Medina JR. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Oral Presentation)
  23. December 2008; Cross Protection Studies Between DENV and WNV. Mercado X, Rivera Y, Hunsperger E, and Martínez I. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  24. December 2008; CSF Oxidative Stress Markers, Sex Hormones, and HAND in a Hispanic Cohort of HIV-Seropositive Women. Wojna V, Haughey N, Curry T, Mayo R, Skolasky RL, Fernández M, Anderson C, Bandaru VVR, Bryant C, Meléndez L, McArthur JC, Selnes O, Nath A. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Oral Presentation)
  25. December 2008; Cultural Competence Among Healthcare Students in Puerto Rico and its Impact on HIV-Related Social Stigma. González R, Castro E, Torres A, Ramos JC, Matos J. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  26. December 2008; Differentially Secreted Proteins Between Placental and Monocyte Dereived Macrophages. García D, García V, Pérez Laspiur J, Duan F, Meléndez LM. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  27. December 2008; Easier Recruitment of HiV Positive Women Versus HIV Negative Women?: Debunking the Myth. López Córdova N, Figueroa W, Capriles J; Vázquez G. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  28. December 2008; Effects of Maternal Diabetes in the Rate of Labor Induction and Elective Cesarean Delivery in a Hispanic Population. Campos M, Pinckney R, Rivera J, Cordero J, and Littenberg B. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  29. December 2008; Efficacy of Two Cyclophosphamide Regimens for the Treatment of Lupus Nephritis in Puerto Ricans: Low Versus High Dose. Castro-Santana LE, Colón M, Molina MJ, Octaviani C, Rodríguez VE, Mayor AM, and Vilá LM. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  30. December 2008; Exploring Relations Between Rhythmicity and Synchrony in a Simple Neuronal Circuit. Miller MW. Békésy Lab, University of Hawaii. Hawaii.
  31. December 2008; Feasibility of an Exercise Program for Puerto Rican Women who are Breast Cancer Suvivors. Mulero Portela AL, Colón Santaella CL, Cruz Gómez C, Buch A. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  32. December 2008; History of Abuse and Felt Stigma in PLWHA in Puerto Rico. Puig M, Jiménez J, Adams D, Santiago L, Zorrilla C. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  33. December 2008; Identification and Partial Characterization of an ABCG Gene in Plasmodium yoelii. Ferrer I, González B, González G, Ruiz O, Serrano A. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  34. December 2008; Impact of Age on Clinical Manifestations and Outcomes in Puerto Ricans with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Santiago-Casas Y, González-Rivera TC, Castro-Santana LE, Ríos G, Martínez D, DRodríguez VE, González-Alcover R, Mayor AM, and Vilá LM. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  35. December 2008; Monocyte proteomics reveals depressed antioxidant system in Hispanic women with HIV-cognitive impairment. Kraft-Terry S, Gerena Y, Pérez-Laspiur J, Plaud-Valentin M, Ciborowski P, Wojna V, Duan F, Gendelman HE and Meléndez LM. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  36. December 2008; Mothers of Adolescesnt Girls: Comparing HIV Positive and Negative Women. Figueroa Cosme WI, López Córdova NM, Capriles JA. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  37. December 2008; Multimedia Hepatitis C Prevention Program for Hispanic HIV Infected Individuals; Pre and Post Evaluation. Mayor AM, Fernández DM, Colón HM, Thomas JC, Hunter-Mellado RF. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  38. December 2008; Natural Therapeutics for Metastatic Breast Cancer. Martínez-Montemayor M, Castillo-Pichardo L, De La Mota A, Cubano L, and Dhamawardhane S. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  39. December 2008; Outcomes of Cross-National “Train-the Trainer” Workshops to Create Empowerment Seminars for HIV Positive Women. Zorrilla CD, Santiago LE, Colón L, Scorsone AM, Silva G, Rabionet SE. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  40. December 2008; People Living with HIV Talk About Felt Stigma and Their Experiences with Health Care Providers in Puerto Rico. Jiménez J, Puig M, Castro E, Morales M, Ramos J, Santiago L,Zorrilla C. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  41. December 2008; Portrayal of the Multidrug Resistant Associated Gene (mrp) in Plasmodium Yoelii. González G, González B, Ruiz O, Serrano A, Ferrer I. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  42. December 2008; Proteomics: Differential Expression of Myocardial Mitochondria in Ischemic Preconditioned Rats. Serrano H, Kulichenko E, Jorge I, Navarro PJ, Nuñez E, Martínez P, Pérez-Hernández D, Ramírez-Boo M, Radfar A, Miró-Casas E, García-Dorado D, Vázquez J. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Oral Presentation)
  43. December 2008; The Gamma-Glutamylcysteine Synthetase Gene is Essential for Plasmodium Berghei Development in the Mosquito. Vega-Rodríguez J, Franke-Fayard B, Dinglasan RR, Janse CJ, Pastrana-Mena R, Coppens I, Waters AP, Rodríguez-Orengo J, Jacobs-Lorena M, Serrano AE. 11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Oral Presentation)
  44. December 2008; The Glutathione Biosynthetic Pathway is essential for Plasmodium berghei sporozoite Development and Transmission in the Mossquito Vector. Vega Rodríguez J, Franke-Fayard B, Dinglasan RR, Janse CJ, Coppens I, Pastrana-Mena R, Waters AP, Rodríguez-Orengo J, Jacobs-Lorena M, Serrano AE. NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities. National Center on Minority Health Disparities. Washington, Maryland.
  45. December 2008; The N-terminal Regions of the HPS1 and HPS4 Proteins are Required to Form the Biogeneis of Lysosome-Related Organelle Complex 3 (BLOC-3). Carmona-Rivera C, Bonifacino JS,Cadilla CL, and Gahl WA. Annual ASCB Meeting. San Francisco, California.
  46. December 2008; Translational Regulation of Gene Expression in a myo1Δ Mutant Strain of the Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Rivera-Ruiz ME, Rodríguez Medina JR. Annual ASCB Meeting. San Francisco, California.
  47. February 2009; Increasing Functional Complexity in the Cephalopod Nervous System by RNA Editing. Rosenthal J. Carnegie Institution Embryology Seminar. Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, Maryland.
  48. March 2009; Disruption of the Multidrug Resistance Associated Protein (pbmrp) gene in Plasmodium berghei. González-Pons M, Vega Rodríguez J, Pastrana Mena R. Franke-Fayard B, Dinglasan RR, Jacobs-Lorena M, Waters Ap, Janse CJ, Serrano AE. Keystone Symposium in Drug Discovery for Protozoan Parasites. Breckenridge, Colorado.
  49. March 2009; Plasmodium berghei Development in Anopheles Stephensii is Compromised by Glutathione Reductase Gene Disruption. Pastrana Mena R, Vega Rodríguez J, Dinglasan RR, Franke-Fayard B, Baerga-Ortiz A, Coppens I, Jacobs-Lorena M, Waters AP, Janse CJ, Serrano AE. Keystone Symposium Drug Discovery for Protozoan Parasites. Breckenridge, Colorado.
  50. April 2009; Alterations in SOD and apoptotic pathways in circulating monocytes from Hispanic women with HAND. Gerena Y, Plaud-Valentín M, Rodríguez E, Wojna V, and Meléndez LM. 7th International Workshop on HIV cells of Macrophages/Dendritic Lineage and other reservoirs. Colombaro di Corte Franca, Italy.
  51. April 2009; Decreased expression of cystatin b in human microglia cells compared to monocyte derived macrophages correlates with low levels of HIV infection and cathepsin B secretion. Rodríguez-Franco E, PLaud-Valentín M, and Meléndez LM. 7th International Workshop on HIV cells of Macrophages/Dendritic Lineage and other reservoirs. Colombaro di Corte Franca, Italy.
  52. April 2009; Differential expression of prawn brain proteins in the context of dominance hierarchies. Vázquez-Acevedo N, Pérez Laspiur J, Meléndez L, Duan F, Rivera N, Torres A, RullánY, Ruiz E, and Sosa M. Experimental Biology. New Orleans, Louisiana. (Abstract ID #1087).
  53. April 2009; Monocyte/Macrophage Viral Reservoirs for HIV DNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF). Agsalda M, Meléndez LM, Wojna V, Shiramizu B. 7th International Workshop on HIV cells of Macrophages/Dendritic Lineage and other reservoirs. Colombaro di Corte Franca, Italy.
  54. April 2009; Periostin gene Expression is Regulated by the bHLH Transcription Factor TWIST2 in Skin FibroblastsHL Franco. Casasnovas JJ, Cadilla CL. Experimental Biology Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  55. April 2009; The bHLH Protein Twist2 Regulates Expression of the CHRDL1 (Chordin-like 1) gene in Human Skin Fibroblasts. Casasnovas JJ, Cadilla CL. Experimental Biology Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  56. April 2009; The PKC1 and TOR Signaling Pathways Mediate Cell Integrity in Two Cytokinesis Mutants of the Budding yeast Saccgarintces cerevisiae. Rodríguez Medina JR. LSU Health Sciences Center, Department of Biochemistry. New Orleans, Louisiana. (Oral Presentation)