Publications (Selected)
Kang, J.H., H.O. Song, J.S. Ryu, M.H. Shin, J.M. Kim, Y.S. Cho, J.F. Alderete, M.H. Ahn, and D.Y. Min. 2006. Trichomonas vaginalis promotes apoptosis of human neutrophils by activating caspase-3 and reducing Mcl-1 expression. Parasite Immunol. 28:439-446.
Sutcliffe, S., E. Giovannucci, J.F. Alderete, T.-H. Chang, C.A. Gaydos, J.M. Zenilman, A.M. De Marzo, W.C. Willett, and E.A. Platz. 2006. Plasma antibodies against Trichomonas vaginalis and subsequent risk of prostate cancer. Cancer, Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 15:939-945.
Mundodi, V., A.S. Kucknoor, and J.F. Alderete. 2006. A novel surface protein of Trichomonas vaginalis is regulated independently by low iron and contact with vaginal epithelial cells. BMC Microbiol. 6:6.
da Costa, R.F., W. de Souza, M. Benchimol, J.F. Alderete, and J.A. Morgado-Diaz. 2005. Trichomonas vaginalis perturbs the junctional complex in epithelial cells. Cell Res. 15:704-716.
Kucknoor, A., V. Mundodi, and J.F. Alderete. 2005. Adherence to human vaginal epithelial cells signals for increased expression of Trichomonas vaginalis genes. Infect. Immun. 73:6472-6478.
Kucknoor, A., V. Mundodi, and J.F. Alderete. 2005. Trichomonas vaginalis adherence mediates differential gene expression in human vaginal epithelial cells. Cell Microbiol. 7:887-897.
Garcia, A., M. Benchimol, and J.F. Alderete. 2005. Trichomonas vaginalis polyamine metabolism is linked to host cell adherence and cytotoxicity. Infect. Immun. 73:2602-2610.
Kucknoor, A., V. Mundodi, and J.F. Alderete. 2005. Heterologous expression in Tritrichomonas foetus of Functional Trichomonas vaginalis AP65 adhesin. BMC Mol. Biol. 6:5.
Tasca, T., C.D. Bonan, G.A. DeCarli, J.J. Freitas Sarkis, and J.F. Alderete. 2005. Heterogeneity in extracellular nucleotide hydrolysis among clinical isolates of Trichomonas vaginalis. Parasitol. 131:71-78.
Alderete, J.F., J. Nguyen, V. Mundodi, and M.W. Lehker. 2004. Heme-iron increases levels of AP65-mediated adherence by Trichomonas vaginalis. Microbial Pathogenesis. 36:263-271.
Mundodi, V., A.S. Kucknoor, D.J. Klumpp, and J.F. Alderete. 2004. Silencing the ap65 gene reduces adherence to vaginal epithelial cells by Trichomonas vaginalis. Mol. Microbiol. 53:1099-1108.
Lehker, M.W., M. Benchimol, and J.F. Alderete. 2004. Assigning function to putative virulence genes of Trichomonas vaginalis: utility of targeted, selectable gene-replacement. Ed. S.G. Pandalai. In Recent Res. Devel. Microbiology, 8:97-119.
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