Recent Publications 2023-2024

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2023-2024 Publications  

  1. Quesada O, González-Nieves JE, Colón J, Maldonado-Hernández R, González-Freire C, Acevedo-Cintrón J, Rosado-Millán ID, Lasalde-Dominicci JA. Assessment of Purity, Functionality, Stability, and Lipid Composition of Cyclofos-nAChR-Detergent Complexes from Torpedo californica Using Lipid Matrix and Macroscopic Electrophysiology. J Membr Biol. 2023 Jun;256(3):271-285. doi: 10.1007/s00232-023-00285-x. Epub 2023 May 4. PMID: 37140614; PMCID: PMC10157581.
     
  2. Feng Báez JP, George De la Rosa MV, Alvarado-Hernández BB, Romañach RJ, Stelzer T. Evaluation of a compact composite sensor array for concentration monitoring of solutions and suspensions via multivariate analysis. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2023 Sep 5;233:115451. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2023.115451. Epub 2023 May 8. PMID: 37182364; PMCID: PMC10330539.
     
  3. Vicente-Rodríguez LC, Torres-Arroyo AC, Hernández-Vázquez A, Rosa-Casillas M, Bracho-Rincón DP, de Jesús PM, Behra ML, Habib MR, Zhou XN, Rosenthal JJC, Miller MW. The FMRF-NH2 gated sodium channel of Biomphalaria glabrata: Localization and expression following infection by Schistosoma mansoni. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 Jun 23;17(6):e0011249. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011249. PMID: 37352363; PMCID: PMC10325066.
     
  4. Bykova A, Saura A, Glazko GV, Roche-Lima A, Yurchenko V, Rogozin IB. The 29-nucleotide deletion in SARS-CoV: truncated versions of ORF8 are under purifying selection. BMC Genomics. 2023 Jul 10;24(1):387. doi: 10.1186/s12864-023-09482-3. PMID: 37430204; PMCID: PMC10332002.
     
  5. Hernandez-Martinez V, Duconge J, Ruaño G. An Expiration Date for Pharmacogenetic Test Results and Prescribing Guidance?. J Appl Lab Med. 2023 Jul 5;8(4):826-830. doi: 10.1093/jalm/jfad016. PubMed PMID: 37228092; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10585451.
     
  6. Montes-Rodríguez IM, Soto-Salgado M, Torres-Cintrón CR, Tomassini-Fernandini JC, Suárez E, Clavell LA, Cadilla CL. Incidence and Mortality Rates for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Puerto Rican Hispanics, 2012-2016. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2023 Aug 1;32(8):1030-1037. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-1227. PMID: 37222662; PMCID: PMC10524932.
     
  7. Vargas-Robles D, Romaguera J, Alvarado-Velez I, Tosado-Rodríguez E, Dominicci-Maura A, Sanchez M, Wiggin KJ, Martinez-Ferrer M, Gilbert JA, Forney LJ, Godoy-Vitorino F. The cervical microbiota of Hispanics living in Puerto Rico is nonoptimal regardless of HPV status. mSystems. 2023 Aug 31;8(4):e0035723. doi: 10.1128/msystems.00357-23. Epub 2023 Aug 3. PMID: 37534938; PMCID: PMC10469956.
     
  8. Casasnovas-Nieves JJ, Rodríguez Y, Franco HL, Cadilla CL. Mechanisms of Regulation of the CHRDL1 Gene by the TWIST2 and ADD1/SREBP1c Transcription Factors. Genes (Basel). 2023 Aug 30;14(9):1733. doi: 10.3390/genes14091733. PMID: 37761873; PMCID: PMC10530651.
     
  9. Grafals-Ruiz N, Sánchez-Álvarez AO, Santana-Rivera Y, Lozada-Delgado EL, Rabelo-Fernandez RJ, Rios-Vicil CI, Valiyeva F, Vivas-Mejia PE. MicroRNA-92b targets tumor suppressor gene FBXW7 in glioblastoma. Front Oncol. 2023 Sep;13:1249649. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1249649. eCollection 2023. PubMed PMID: 37752997; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10518455.
     
  10. Kallis MG, Campos M, Helen-Mays M, Palacios C. Acceptability and Ease of Use of an Educational Website among Women, Infants, and Children Program Participants in Puerto Rico: A Pilot Study. P R Health Sci J. 2023 Sep;42(3):246-248. PubMed PMID: 37709683; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10840494.
     
  11. Bayrón-Marrero Z, Branfield S, Menéndez-Pérez J, Nieves-López B, Ospina L, Cantres-Rosario Y, Melendez LM, Hunter R, Gibson A, Maldonado-Martínez G, Washington AV. The Characterization and Evaluation of the Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-like Transcript-1 in Stable Coronary Artery Disease. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Sep 4;24(17):13632. doi: 10.3390/ijms241713632. PMID: 37686440; PMCID: PMC10487797.
     
  12. Monero-Paredes M, Feliu-Maldonado R, Carrasquillo-Carrion K, Gonzalez P, Rogozin IB, Roche-Lima A, Duconge J. Non-Random Enrichment of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Clopidogrel Resistance within Risk Loci Linked to the Severity of Underlying Cardiovascular Diseases: The Role of Admixture. Genes (Basel). 2023 Sep 17;14(9):1813. doi: 10.3390/genes14091813. PMID: 37761953; PMCID: PMC10531115.
     
  13. Velev J, LeBien J, Roche-Lima A. Unsupervised machine learning method for indirect estimation of reference intervals for chronic kidney disease in the Puerto Rican population. Sci Rep. 2023 Oct 11;13(1):17198. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-43830-3. PMID: 37821500; PMCID: PMC10567761.
     
  14. Galarza-Muñoz G, Soto-Morales SI, Jiao S, Holmgren M, Rosenthal JJC. Molecular determinants for cold adaptation in an Antarctic Na+/K+-ATPase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Oct 10;120(41):e2301207120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2301207120. Epub 2023 Oct 2. PMID: 37782798; PMCID: PMC10576127.
     
  15. Martínez-Lozano M, Fraticelli F, Irizarry J, Almodóvar-Rivera I, Nunn M, Joshipura KJ. Impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria on Asthma, Hypertension, and Depression in a Sample of the Puerto Rico Population. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2023 Oct 13;17:e508. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2023.170. PMID: 37830371; PMCID: PMC10593494.
     
  16. Tosado-Rodríguez E, Mendez LB, Espino AM, Dorta-Estremera S, Aquino EE, Romaguera J, Godoy-Vitorino F. Inflammatory cytokines and a diverse cervicovaginal microbiota associate with cervical dysplasia in a cohort of Hispanics living in Puerto Rico. PLoS One. 2023 Dec 8;18(12):e0284673. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284673. PMID: 38064478; PMCID: PMC10707696.
     
  17. Nuñez-Medina H, Monero M, Torres LM, Leal E, González-Sepúlveda L, Mayor ÁM, Renta JY, González-García ER, González A, Melin K, Scott SA, Ruaño G, Hernandez-Suarez DF, Duconge J. Implementing a Pharmacogenomic-driven Algorithm to Guide Antiplatelet Therapy among Caribbean Hispanics: A non-randomized prospective cohort study. medRxiv. 2023 Dec 6;. doi: 10.1101/2023.12.05.23299547. PubMed PMID: 38106133; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10723501.
     
  18. Eichler K, Hampel S, Alejandro-García A, Calle-Schuler SA, Santana-Cruz A, Kmecova L, Blagburn JM, Hoopfer ED, Seeds AM. Somatotopic organization among parallel sensory pathways that promote a grooming sequence in Drosophila. bioRxiv. 2023 Dec 15;. doi: 10.1101/2023.02.11.528119. PubMed PMID: 36798384; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9934617.
     
  19. Menéndez-Delmestre R, Agosto-Rivera JL, González-Segarra AJ, Segarra AC. Cocaine sensitization in male rats requires activation of estrogen receptors. bioRxiv. 2024 Feb 9;. doi: 10.1101/2024.02.07.579327. PubMed PMID: 38370714; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10871307.
     
  20. Tosado-Rodríguez E, Alvarado-Vélez I, Romaguera J, Godoy-Vitorino F. Vaginal Microbiota and HPV in Latin America: A Narrative Review. Microorganisms. 2024 Mar 20;12(3). doi: 10.3390/microorganisms12030619. Review. PubMed PMID: 38543670; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10974203.
     
  21. Rogozin IB, Saura A, Poliakov E, Bykova A, Roche-Lima A, Pavlov YI, Yurchenko V. Properties and Mechanisms of Deletions, Insertions, and Substitutions in the Evolutionary History of SARS-CoV-2. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Mar 26;25(7). doi: 10.3390/ijms25073696. Review. PubMed PMID: 38612505; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11011937.
     
  22. Roche-Lima A, Rosado-Quiñones AM, Feliu-Maldonado RA, Figueroa-Gispert MDM, Díaz-Rivera J, Díaz-González RG, Carrasquillo-Carrion K, Nieves BG, Colón-Lorenzo EE, Serrano AE. Antimalarial Drug Combination Predictions Using the Machine Learning Synergy Predictor (MLSyPred©) tool. Acta Parasitol. 2024 Mar;69(1):415-425. doi: 10.1007/s11686-023-00765-z. Epub 2024 Jan 2. PubMed PMID: 38165555; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11001753.
     
  23. Meléndez-Vázquez NM, Nguyen TT, Fan X, López-Rivas AR, Fueyo J, Gomez-Manzano C, Godoy-Vitorino F. Gut microbiota composition is associated with the efficacy of Delta-24-RGDOX in malignant gliomas. Mol Ther Oncol. 2024 Mar 21;32(1):200787. doi: 10.1016/j.omton.2024.200787. eCollection 2024 Mar 21. PubMed PMID: 38596290; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10951704.
     
  24. Heredia-Negrón F, Tosado-Rodríguez EL, Meléndez-Berrios J, Nieves B, Amaya-Ardila CP, Roche-Lima A. Assessing the Impact of AI Education on Hispanic Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions and Knowledge. Educ Sci (Basel). 2024 Apr;14(4). doi: 10.3390/educsci14040339. Epub 2024 Mar 22. PubMed PMID: 38818527; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11138866.
     
  25. Vaasjo LO, Miller MW. A conserved gastropod withdrawal circuit in Biomphalaria glabrata, an intermediate host for schistosomiasis. J Neurophysiol. 2024 May 1;131(5):903-913. doi: 10.1152/jn.00390.2023. Epub 2024 Mar 13. PubMed PMID: 38478883.
     
  26. Rosado-Quiñones AM, Colón-Lorenzo EE, Pala ZR, Bosch J, Kudyba K, Kudyba H, Leed SE, Roncal N, Baerga-Ortiz A, Roche-Lima A, Gerena Y, Fidock DA, Roth A, Vega-Rodríguez J, Serrano AE. Novel hydrazone compounds with broad-spectrum antiplasmodial activity and synergistic interactions with antimalarial drugs. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 Apr 19;:e0164323. doi: 10.1128/aac.01643-23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38639491.
     
  27. Jirau-Colón H, Jiménez-Vélez BD. PM(2.5) Extracts Induce INFγ-Independent Activation of CIITA, MHCII, and Increases Inflammation in Human Bronchial Epithelium. Toxics. 2024 Apr 16;12(4). doi: 10.3390/toxics12040292. PubMed PMID: 38668515; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11054084.
     
  28. Dominicci-Cotto C, Vazquez M, Marie B. The Wingless planar cell polarity pathway is essential for optimal activity-dependent synaptic plasticity. Front Synaptic Neurosci. 2024 Apr;16:1322771. doi: 10.3389/fnsyn.2024.1322771. eCollection 2024. PubMed PMID: 38633293; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11021733.
     
  29. Rodríguez-Morales R. Sensing in the dark: Constructive evolution of the lateral line system in blind populations of Astyanax mexicanus. Ecol Evol. 2024 Apr;14(4):e11286. doi: 10.1002/ece3.11286. eCollection 2024 Apr. Review. PubMed PMID: 38654714; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11036076.
     
  30. Rosario-Rodríguez LJ, Cantres-Rosario YM, Carrasquillo-Carrión K, Rosa-Díaz A, Rodríguez-De Jesús AE, Rivera-Nieves V, Tosado-Rodríguez EL, Méndez LB, Roche-Lima A, Bertrán J, Meléndez LM. Plasma Proteins Associated with COVID-19 Severity in Puerto Rico. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 May 16;25(10). doi: 10.3390/ijms25105426. PubMed PMID: 38791465; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11121485.
     
  31. Díaz-Rivera J, Rodríguez-Rivera MA, Meléndez-Vázquez NM, Godoy-Vitorino F, Dorta-Estremera SM. Immune and Microbial Signatures Associated with PD-1 Blockade Sensitivity in a Preclinical Model for HPV+ Oropharyngeal Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2024 May 30;16(11):2065. doi: 10.3390/cancers16112065. PMID: 38893183; PMCID: PMC11171047.
     
  32. García-Cortés CG, Parés-Matos EI. New Regulatory roles for Human Serum Amyloid A. Int J Res Oncol. 2024;3(1):3249. Epub 2024 Apr 13. PMID: 39044740; PMCID: PMC11262547.
     
  33. Dominicci-Cotto C, Vazquez M, Marie B. The Wingless planar cell polarity pathway is essential for optimal activity-dependent synaptic plasticity. Front Synaptic Neurosci. 2024 Apr;16:1322771. doi: 10.3389/fnsyn.2024.1322771. eCollection 2024. PubMed PMID: 38633293; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11021733.
     
  34. Eichler K, Hampel S, Alejandro-García A, Calle-Schuler SA, Santana-Cruz A, Kmecova L, Blagburn JM, Hoopfer ED, Seeds AM. Somatotopic organization among parallel sensory pathways that promote a grooming sequence in Drosophila. Elife. 2024 Apr 18;12:RP87602. doi: 10.7554/eLife.87602. PMID: 38634460; PMCID: PMC11026096.
     
  35. Amador LA, Colón-Lorenzo EE, Rodríguez AD, Serrano AE. Probing the Antiplasmodial Properties of Plakortinic Acids C and D: An Uncommon Pair of Marine Peroxide-Polyketides Isolated from a Two-Sponge Association of Plakortis symbiotica and Xetospongia deweerdtae Collected near Puerto Rico. Life (Basel). 2024 May 27;14(6). doi: 10.3390/life14060684. PubMed PMID: 38929667; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11204963.