Browsing by Author "Imarai, Mónica"

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    • First identification of reinfection by a genetically different variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a homeless person ... 
      Acuña Castillo, Claudio; Vidal, Mabel; Inostroza Molina, Ailen; Vallejos Vidal, Eva; Luraschi, Roberto; Figueroa, Maximiliano; Barrera Avalos, Carlos; Vera, Rodrigo; Vargas, Sergio; Valdés, Daniel; Maisey, Kevin; Imarai, Mónica; Leiva Salcedo, Elías; Escobar Álvarez, Alejandro Felipe; Reyes Cerpa, Sebastián; Gaete Silva, Alexis Ignacio; Palma Vejares, Ricardo Fernando; Travisany Flores, Dante Felipe; Rojo, Leonel E.; Reyes López, Felipe E.; Sandino, Ana María (Hindawi, 2022)
      The identification and tracking of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients in the general population are essential components of the global strategy to limit the COVID-19 viral spread, specifically for maintaining traceability and ...
    • Lipopolysaccharide inhibits the channel activity of the P2X7 receptor 
      Leiva Salcedo, Elías; Coddou, Claudio; Rodríguez, Felipe; Penna, Antonello; López, Ximena; Neira, Tanya; Fernández, Ricardo; Imarai, Mónica; Rios, Miguel; Escobar, Jorge; Montoya, Margarita; Huidobro Toro, Juan; Escobar, Alejandro; Acuña Castillo, Claudio (2011)
      The purinergic P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) plays an important role during the immune response, participating in several events such as cytokine release, apoptosis, and necrosis. The bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) ...
    • Neisseria gonorrhoeae Modulates Immunity by Polarizing Human Macrophages to a M2 Profile 
      Ortiz, María Carolina; Lefimil Puente, Claudia; Rodas, Paula I.; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; López, Mercedes; Acuña Castillo, Claudio; Imarai, Mónica; Escobar, Alejandro (Public Library Science, 2015)
      Current data suggest that Neisseria gonorrhoeae is able to suppress the protective immune response at different levels, such as B and T lymphocytes and antigen-presenting cells. The present report is focused on gonococcus ...
    • P2X7 receptor is essential for cross-dressing of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells 
      Barrera Ávalos, Carlos; Briceño, Pedro; Valdés, Daniel; Imarai, Mónica; Leiva Salcedo, Elías; Rojo, Leonel E.; Milla, Luis A.; Huidobro Toro, Juan Pablo; Robles Planells, Claudia; Escobar Álvarez, Alejandro; Di Virgilio, Francesco; Morón, Gabriel; Sauma Mahaluf, Daniela Macarena; Acuña Castillo, Claudio (Cell, 2021)
      T cell activation requires the processing and presentation of antigenic peptides in the context of a major histocompatibility complex (MHC complex). Cross -dressing is a non-conventional antigen presentation mechanism, ...