Publications
Selected Publications
Differential Nuclear Staining assay for high-throughput screening to identify cytotoxic compounds Lema C, Varela-Ramirez A, Aguilera RJ. Current Cellular Biochemistry 2011 1(1): 1-14 http://www.asciencejournal.net/asj/index.php/CCB/ article/viewFile/259/pdf_53 |
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Titanocene-Phosphine Derivatives as Precursors to Cytotoxic Heterometallic TiAu2 and TiM (M = Pd, Pt) Compounds. Studies of Their Interactions with DNA Gonzalez-Pantoja JF, Stern M, Jarzecki AA, Royo E, Robles-Escajeda E, Varela-Ramírez A, Aguilera RJ, Contel M. Inorganic Chemistry 2011, 50, 11099-11110. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ic201647h |
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Group 11 Metal Compounds with Tripodal Bis(imidazole) Thioether Ligands. Applications as Catalysts in the Oxidation of Alkenes and as Antimicrobial Agents. Fangwei Liu, Reema Anis, Eunmi Hwang, Rafael Ovalle, Armando Varela-Ramírez, Renato J. Aguilera and María Contel Molecules 2011, 16(8), 6701-6720 http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/8/6701/ |
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Cytotoxic effects of two organotin compounds and their mode of inflicting cell death on four mammalian cancer cells. Armando Varela-Ramirez, Margaret Costanzo, Yazmin P. Carrasco, Keith H. Pannell & Renato J. Aguilera Cell Biology and Toxicology 2011 27:159–168 http://www.springerlink.com/content/u676xn48x87661n0/fulltext.pdf |
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SUMOylation of the Lens Epithelium-Derived Growth Factor/p75 Attenuates Its Transcriptional Activity on the Heat Shock Protein 27 Promoter. Murilo T. D. Bueno, Jose A. Garcia-Rivera, Jeffrey R. Kugelman, Elisa Morales, Germán Rosas-Acosta and Manuel Llano. Journal Molecular Biology 2010 399, 221–239 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022283610003384 |
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Bis[3,5-bis(benzylidene)-4-oxo-1-piperidinyl]amides: A Novel Class of Potent Cytotoxins Das S, Das U, Varela-Ramirez A, Lema C, Aguilera RJ, Balzarini J, De Clercq E, Dimmock SG, xGorecki DKJ, and Dimmock, J. ChemMedChem, 2011 4;6(10):1892-9. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cmdc.201100199/abstract |
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HIV-1 integrase modulates the interaction of the HIV-1 cellular cofactor LEDGF/p75 with chromatin Astiazaran P, Bueno MTD, Morales E, Kugelman JR, Garcia-Rivera JA, Llano M. Retrovirology 2011, 8:27 http://www.retrovirology.com/content/pdf/1742-4690-8-27.pdf |
Other Publications
High-content imaging for automated determination of host-cell infection rate by the intracellular parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. L.L. Nohara , C. Lema, J.O. Bader, R.J. Aguilera, I.C. Almeida Parasitology International 2010, 59(4); 565-570 |
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Implication of Serine Residues 271, 273, and 275 in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Cofactor Activity of Lens Epithelium-Derived Growth Factor/p75. Jose A. Garcia-Rivera, Murilo T. D. Bueno, Elisa Morales, Jeffrey R. Kugelman, Daniel F. Rodriguez, and Manuel Llano Journal of Virology 2010, p. 740–752 |
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Water-Soluble (Phosphane)gold(I) Complexes – Applications as Recyclable Catalysts in a Three-Component Coupling Reaction and as Antimicrobial and Anticancer Agents. Benelita T. Elie, Chaya Levine, Iban Ubarretxena-Belandia, Armando Varela-Ramírez, Renato J. Aguilera, Rafael Ovalle, and María Contel Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 3421–3430 |
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Arene–Ru(II)–chloroquine complexes interact with DNA, induce apoptosis on human lymphoid cell lines and display low toxicity to normal mammalian cells. Alberto Martínez, Chandima S.K. Rajapakse, Roberto A. Sánchez-Delgado, Armando Varela-Ramirez, Carolina Lema, Renato J. Aguilera. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 104 (2010)967–977 |
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Identification of the non-structural influenza A viral protein NS1A as a bona fide target of the Small Ubiquitin-like MOdifier by the use of dicistronic expression constructs. Sangita Pal, Juan M. Rosas and Germán Rosas-Acosta J Virol Methods. 2010, 163(2): 498–504. |
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Immunomodulatory Effects of Serotype B Glucuronoxylomannan from Cryptococcus gattii Correlate with Polysaccharide Diameter. Fernanda L. Fonseca, Lilian L. Nohara, Radames J. B. Cordero, Susana Frases, Arturo Casadevall, Igor C. Almeida, Leonardo Nimrichter and Marcio L. Rodrigues Infection and Immunity 2010, 78: 9, p. 3861–3870 |
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STAT5 regulation of BCL10 parallels consituitive NFkB activation in lymphoid tumor cells Zsuzsanna S Nagy, Matthew J. LeBaron, Jeremy A. Ross, Abhisek Mitra, Hallgeir Rui and Robert Kirken Molecular Cancer 2009, 8:67 |
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Synthesis of Apoptosis-Inducing Iminophosphorane Organogold(III) Complexes and Study of Their Interactions with Biomolecular Targets. Neha Shaik, Alberto Martınez, Idline Augustin, Hugh Giovinazzo, Armando Varela-Ramırez, Mercedes Sanau, Renato J. Aguilera and Marıa Contel Inorganic Chemistry 2009, 48: 1577-1587 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ic801925k |
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A novel class of metal-directed supramolecular DNA-delivery systems. Itzia Cruz-Campa, Alejandro Arzola, Lynn Santiago, Jason G. Parsons, Armando Varela-Ramirez, Renato J. Aguilera and Juan C. Noveron Chem. Commun. 2007, 2944–2946 |
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G Protein βγ Subunits Interact with αβ- and γ-Tubulin and Play a Role in Microtubule Assembly in PC12 Cells. Valentina Montoya, Christina Gutierrez, Omar Najera, Denisse Leony, Armando Varela-Ramirez, Juliana Popova, Mark M. Rasenick, Siddhartha Das, and Sukla Roychowdhury Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 64: 936–950 (2007) |
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Green Fluorescent protein as a biosensor for toxic compounds. Renato J. Aguilera, Jessica Montoya, Todd P. Primm, Armando Varela-Ramirez Invited Review. Edited by Chris D. Geddes & Joseph R. Lakowics. Reviews in Fluorescence 2006 |
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A fluorescence-based rapid screening assay for cytotoxic compounds. Jessica Montoya, Armando Varela-Ramirez, Abril Estrada, Luis E. Martinez, Kristine Garza, Renato J. Aguilera Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004 325(4):1517-23. |