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Carmen Fernandez-Becerra
Researcher at University of Barcelona
Publications - 71
Citations - 3421
Carmen Fernandez-Becerra is an academic researcher from University of Barcelona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Plasmodium vivax & Malaria. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 64 publications receiving 2864 citations. Previous affiliations of Carmen Fernandez-Becerra include University of Granada & University of São Paulo.
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Comparative genomics of the neglected human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax
Jane M. Carlton,Jane M. Carlton,John H. Adams,Joana C. Silva,Shelby L. Bidwell,Hernan Lorenzi,Elisabet Caler,Jonathan Crabtree,Jonathan Crabtree,Samuel V. Angiuoli,Emilio F. Merino,Paolo Amedeo,Qin Cheng,Richard M.R. Coulson,Brendan S. Crabb,Hernando A. del Portillo,Kobby Essien,T. Feldblyum,Carmen Fernandez-Becerra,Paul R. Gilson,Amy H. Gueye,Xiang Guo,Simon Kang’a,Taco W. A. Kooij,Michael Korsinczky,Michael Korsinczky,Esmeralda V. S. Meyer,Vish Nene,Ian T. Paulsen,Owen White,Stuart A. Ralph,Qinghu Ren,Tobias Sargeant,Steven L. Salzberg,Christian J. Stoeckert,Steven A. Sullivan,Marcio Massao Yamamoto,Stephen L. Hoffman,Jennifer R. Wortman,Malcolm J. Gardner,Mary R. Galinski,John W. Barnwell,Claire M. Fraser-Liggett +42 more
TL;DR: The synteny and isochore structure of P. vivax chromosomes are described, and it is shown that the parasite resembles other malaria parasites in gene content and metabolic potential, but possesses novel gene families and potential alternative invasion pathways not recognized previously.
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A superfamily of variant genes encoded in the subtelomeric region of Plasmodium vivax
Hernando A. del Portillo,Carmen Fernandez-Becerra,Sharen Bowman,K. Oliver,Martin Preuss,Cecilia P. Sanchez,Nick K. Schneider,Juan Miguel Villalobos,Marie-Adèle Rajandream,David Harris,Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva,Bart Barrell,Michael Lanzer +12 more
TL;DR: Vir genes are identified, through the analysis of a continuous 155,711-base-pair sequence of a P. vivax chromosome end, a multigene family called vir, which is specific to P.vivax, indicating that they may have a functional role in establishing chronic infection through antigenic variation.
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Extracellular vesicles in parasitic diseases
Antonio Marcilla,Lorena Martin-Jaular,María Trelis,Armando de Menezes-Neto,Antonio Osuna,Dolores Bernal,Carmen Fernandez-Becerra,Igor C. Almeida,Hernando A. del Portillo +8 more
TL;DR: This review provides the most relevant findings of the involvement of EVs in intercellular communication, modulation of immune responses, involvement in pathology, and their potential as new diagnostic tools and therapeutic agents in some of the major human parasitic pathogens.
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Postmortem Characterization of Patients With Clinical Diagnosis of Plasmodium vivax Malaria: To What Extent Does This Parasite Kill?
Marcus V. G. Lacerda,Silvio C. P. Fragoso,Maria das Graças Costa Alecrim,Márcia A. A. Alexandre,Belisa M. L. Magalhães,André M. Siqueira,Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira,José R. Araújo,Maria Paula Gomes Mourão,M. T. Ferrer,Paola Castillo,Lorena Martin-Jaular,Carmen Fernandez-Becerra,Hernando A. del Portillo,Hernando A. del Portillo,Jaume Ordi,Pedro L. Alonso,Quique Bassat +17 more
TL;DR: In one patient who developed ARDS and presented negative peripheral parasitemia by the time of death, scattered parasitized red blood cells were seen inside pulmonary capillaries, suggesting some sequestration in the lung.
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Size-exclusion chromatography as a stand-alone methodology identifies novel markers in mass spectrometry analyses of plasma-derived vesicles from healthy individuals.
Armando de Menezes-Neto,María José Fidalgo Sáez,Inés Lozano-Ramos,Joan Segui-Barber,Lorena Martin-Jaular,Josep Maria Estanyol i Ullate,Carmen Fernandez-Becerra,Francesc E. Borràs,Hernando A. del Portillo +8 more
TL;DR: The results support the use of SEC as a stand-alone methodology to obtain preparations of extracellular vesicles, in the size range of exosomes, from plasma and suggest theuse of CD5L and LGALS3BP as more suitable markers of plasma-derived vesicle markers in MS.