OUR LATEST PUBLICATIONS
Sena F, Cancela S, Bollati-Fogolín M, Pagotto R, Francia ME*. Exploring Toxoplasma gondii´s Biology within the Intestinal Epithelium: intestinal-derived models to unravel sexual differentiation (2023) Front Cell Infect Microbiol. May 29;13:1134471
Faral-Tello P, Pagotto R, Bollati-Fogolín M and Francia ME* (2023) Modeling the human placental barrier to understand Toxoplasma gondii´s vertical transmission. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 13:1130901. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1130901
Horjales S, Li Calzi M, Francia ME, Cayota A and Garcia-Silva MR* (2023) piRNA pathway evolution beyond gonad context: Perspectives from apicomplexa and trypanosomatids. Front. Genet. 14:1129194. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1129194
Tomasina R, Gonzalez C. F., Martins-Duarte É. S., Bastin P, Gissot M, Francia ME* (2022). Separate to operate: the centriole-free inner core of the centrosome regulates the assembly of the intranuclear spindle in Toxoplasma gondii. MBio. e01859-22. doi:10.1128/mbio.01859-22.
Giannitti F*, Aráoz V, da Silva Silveira C, Francia ME, Robello C and Cabrera A (2022) A holstein heifer infected with Neospora caninum NcUru3 congenitally transmits this strain to a viable offspring although infection does not protect her from aborting by a different N. caninum genotype in the subsequent gestation. Front. Vet. Sci. 9:889157. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.889157
Edreira MM*, Francia ME*, de Miguel N*. (2022) Editorial: Host/Parasite Molecular and Cellular Interactions in the Establishment and Maintenance of Protozoan Infections. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol., 24 May 2022. doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.930073.
Dorsch M, Francia ME, Tana LR, González FC, Cabrera A, Calleros L, Sanguinetti M, Barcellos M, Zarantonelli M, Ciuffo C, Maya L, Castells M, Mirazo S, Da Silva Silveira C, Rabaza A, Caffarena R, Díaz BD, Aráoz V, Matto C, Armendano JI, Salada S, Fraga M, Fierro S and Giannitti F. (2022) Diagnostic investigation of 100 cases of abortion in sheep in Uruguay: 2015-2021. Front. Vet. Sci., 19 May 2022. doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.904786
Tomasina, R, González, F.C, Francia, M.E*. (2021) Structural and Functional Insights into the Microtubule Organizing Centers of Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium spp. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 2503. doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9122503
Berná, L., Rego, N., and Francia, ME*. (2021). The Elusive Mitochondrial Genomes of Apicomplexa: Where Are We Now? Front. Microbiol. 12, 3029. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.751775
Mannise, N., Cabrera, A., Juan, H. Cosse, M., Giannitti, F., Francia, ME., González, T., Iriarte, A., Riet-Correa, F., Robello, C., González, S. (2021). Molecular detection of coccidian Apicomplexa Parasites isolated from wild crab-eating and pampas foxes through novel TaqMan™ probes: a contribution to their molecular epidemiology. Mol Biol Rep. doi.org/10.1007/s11033-021-06492-w
Gissot M*, Pawlowic MC*, Modrzynska KK* and Francia ME*. (2021) Editorial: Molecular Basis of Stage Conversion in Apicomplexan Parasites. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 11:680184. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.680184.
Berna L, Marquez P, Cabrera A, Greif G, Francia ME*, Robello C*. (2021) Reevaluation of two Apicomplexans genomes reveals misassembly, karyotype differences and lack of synteny. Genome Research. doi: 10.1101/gr.262832.120.