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    • Microalgae extracts: Potential anti-Trypanosoma cruzi agents? 
      Veas Inostroza, Rhonda; Rojas Pirela, Maura; Castillo Rivas, Christian; Olea Azar, Claudio; Moncada, Mauricio; Ulloa, Pablo; Rojas, Verónica; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (Elsevier, 2020)
      Introduction: Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, has no effective treatment available. On the other hand, microalgae are aquatic organisms that constitute an interesting reservoir of ...
    • Phosphoglycerate kinase: structural aspects and functions, with special emphasis on the enzyme from Kinetoplastea 
      Rojas Pirela, Maura; Andrade Alviárez, Diego; Rojas, Verónica; Kemmerling, Ulrike; Cáceres, Ana J.; Michels, Paul A.; Concepción, Juan Luis; Quiñones, Wilfredo (Royal Society, 2020)
      Phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) is a glycolytic enzyme that is well conserved among the three domains of life. PGK is usually a monomeric enzyme of about 45 kDa that catalyses one of the two ATP-producing reactions in the ...
    • Trypanosoma cruzi and toxoplasma gondii induce a differential MicroRNA profile in human placental explants 
      Medina, Lisvaneth; Castillo Rivas, Christian; Liempi, Ana; Guerrero Muñoz, Jesús; Rojas Pirela, Maura; Maya Arango, Juan Diego; Prieto, Humberto; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Trypanosoma cruzi and Toxoplasma gondii are two parasites than can be transmitted from mother to child through the placenta. However, congenital transmission rates are low for T. cruzi and high for T. gondii. Infection ...