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Relevant Publications 2004

•  Barberá A and Domínguez MC. Características e inmunopatogénesis de la artritis reumatoide. Estado actual en el tratamiento. Biotecnología aplicada 21[4], 189-201. 2004. Rev.

•  Guillén G, Hermida L, Márquez G, Lazo L, Páez R, Martínez R, García-Suárez J, López C, Espinosa R, Muné M, Rodríguez R, Guzmán G, Ramírez R, Rodríguez R, Álvarez M, Rosario D, Vázquez S, Sierra B, Soto Y, Valdés K, Pupo M, García G, Serrano T, Moreno ME, and Pumariega T. Potencialidad inmunogénica de la proteína de la envoltura del virus Dengue 4 expresada por vía recombinante en Pichia pastoris. Biotecnología aplicada 21[3], 175-7. 2004. Rep

•  Hernández-Hernández H. Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference on Shock. Biotecnología aplicada 21[3], 158-9. 2004. t: Rep

•  Porras DN, Cosme K, Aldana L, Bacardí D, Valenzuela C, Milá L, Suárez-Alba J, Amaya R, Vázquez A, García-Suárez J, Lobaina Y, Alonso M, Aguilar JC, Muzio V, and Merino N. Determinación del potencial irritante de un candidato vacunal nasal que combina al antígeno de superficie del virus de la hepatitis B con el antígeno de la nucleocápsida. Biotecnología Aplicada 21[3], 143-7. 2004. Inv

•  García del Barco D and Montero E. Redundant regulatory mechanisms in autoimmune diseases: the example of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Biotecnología aplicada 21[4], 202-12. 2004. Rev

•  Rodríguez-Alfonso A, Nápoles MC, Costales D, Corbera J, Morales B, Cabrera JC, Reynaldo I, Cartaya O, Varela O, Hernández G, Bordallo E, Hernández R, and Hormanza J. Influencia del medio de cultivo y los rizobios en la nodulación de la soya y el frijol. Biotecnología Aplicada 21[4], 260-2. 2004. Rep

•  Dueñas-Carrera S and Musacchio A. Hepatitis C virus: new lights on the horizon. Biotecnología aplicada 21[4], 254-6. 2004. Rep

•  Fernández-Ortega C, Bello Y, and Mesa C. Recent findings on innate and adaptive immunity. Biotecnología aplicada 21[4], 250-3. 2004. Rep

•  Morera V. EULAR 2004: magna cita de la Reumatología. Biotecnología aplicada 21[4], 234-8. 2004. Rep

•  Tuñón MA, Sánchez1 K, Castañeda F, Sánchez E, Noa E, Ruibal IJ, Dubed M, and Álvarez G. Desescalado del proceso de producción de HEBERTRANS® para su validación viral. Biotecnología aplicada 21[4], 229-233. 2004. 
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•  Pons T, Pereda CM, Rodríguez HM, Álvarez RI, Pérez-Tenorio G, Orozco M, Fernández MA, Escobar X, and Camacho R. Péptidos sintéticos de dominios funcionales del receptor de estrógeno humano para la producción de anticuerpos policlonales y monoclonales. Gaceta Mex Oncol 3[2], 21-7. 2004.

•  Pupo E, Hardy E, Phillips NJ, Gibson BW, and Apicella MA. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry of lipopolysaccharide species separated by slab-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis: high-resolution separation and molecular weight determination of lipooligosaccharides from Vibrio fischeri strain HMK. Electrophoresis 25[14], 56-64. 2004.

  Porras D, Bacardí D, Aldana L, Meriño N, Amaya R, Suárez J, Váazquez A, Valenzuela C, Rojo G, Milá L, Castillo J, Cosme K, and Duarte CA. Evaluación toxicológica en ratas Sprague-Dawley de Interleuquina-2 y del candidato vacunal FPCR3//terapia combinada en pacientes con SIDA. Rev Toxicol 21[1], 31-7. 2004.

•  Nodarse H, Iznaga- N, Viera D, Rodríguez-Gómez H, Fernández-Fernández H, Blanco Y, Viada C, and López-Saura P. Interferon alpha-2b as adjuvant treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis in Cuba: National Programme (1994-1999 report).  J Laryngol Otol 118[9], 681-7. 2004.

•  Marrero J, González LJ, Sánchez A, Ayala M, Paz-Lago D, González W, Fallarero A, Castellanos-Serra L, and Coto O. Effect of high concentration of Co (II) on Enterobacter liquefaciens strain C-1: a bacterium highly resistant to heavy metals with an unknown genome. Proteomics 4[5], 1265-79. 2004.

•  López M, Ruiz Ll, Reyes N, Sotolongo J, Pujol V, and Aroche K. Long-term stabilization of a freeze-dried recombinant streptokinase without serum albumin. J Clin Pharm Ther 29, 367-73. 2004.

•  Llerena LD, Quirós JJ, Sainz B, Valdés JA, Zorio B, Villanueva LH, Filgueiras CE, Cabrera F, Echarte JC, Pérez del Todo JM, Guerrero I, López L, García EJ, Nadal B, Betancourt BY, Díaz-Rojo G, García AI, and López-Saura P. Angiographic patency study of an albumin-free recombinant streptokinase formulation in acute myocardial infarction. J Pharm Sci 7[3], 372-7. 2004.

•  Limonta M, del Monte A, Díaz L, Aldama Casas Y, and Márquez G. Immobilisation of HEP-1 by covalent attachment to aldehyde-agarose gels. Int J Biotechnol 6[4], 361-6. 2004.

•  Martínez C, Talavera A, Rojas G, Moreno E, Krengel U, Olsson LL, Mier E, and Angstrom J. Structure and molecular interactions of a unique antitumor antibody specific for N-glycolyl GM3. J Biol Chem 279[7], 5597-603. 2004.

•  Rodríguez-Valle M, Méndez L, Valdés M, Redondo M, Montero C, Vargas M, Lleonart R, Pérez-Barrios H, Seoane G, Serrano E, Boué O, Lodos J, Machado H, Borroto C, and Joglar M. Integrated control of Boophilus microplus ticks in Cuba based on vaccination with the anti-tick vaccine Gavac TM. Exp Appl Acarol 34[3-4], 375-82. 2004.

•  Hardy E and Castellanos-Serra L. "Reverse-staining" of biomolecules in electrophoresis gels: analytical and micropreparative applications. Anal Biochem 328[1], 1-13. 2004.

•  González-Pérez I, González-González YJ, Viña-Rodríguez A, Armas A, and Solís RL. The usefulness of UMELOSA hepatitis C virus qualitative kit as supplemental test for confirmation of hepatitis C virus infection. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 37[1], 25-7. 2004.

•  González LJ, Cremata JA, Guanche Y, Ramos Y, Triguero A, Cabrera G, Montesino R, Huerta V, Pons T, Boué O, Farnos O, and Rodríguez M. The cattle tick antigen, Bm95, expressed in Pichia pastoris contains short chains of N- and O-glycans. Arch Biochem Biophys 432[2], 205-11. 2004.

•  García-García I, González-Delgado CA, Valenzuela CM, Hernández-Bernal F, Ferrero-Bibilonia J, Soto-Hernández R, Cervantes-Llano M, Ducongé J, Correa-Fernández A, Olivera-Ruano L, and López-Saura P. Bioequivalence of two recombinant interferon alpha-2b liquid formulations in healthy male volunteers. Drugs 5[5], 271-80. 2004.

•  García R, Aguiar J, Alberti E, de la Cuetara K, and Pavón N. Bone marrow stromal cells produce nerve growth factor and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factors. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 316[3], 753-4. 2004.

•  Besada V, Castellanos-Serra L, Fichtner I, and Becker M. Differential protein expression pattern in tamoxifen-sensitive and -resistant breast cancer xenografts. Int J Clin Pharmacology and Therapeutics 42[11], 632-4. 2004.

•  Fernández-Santana V, Cardoso F, Rodríguez A, Carmenate T, Peña L, Valdés Y, Hardy E, Mawas F, Heynngnezz L, Rodríguez MC, Figueroa I, Chang J, Toledo ME, Musacchio A, Hernández I, Izquierdo M, Cosme K, Roy R, and Verez V. Antigenicity and immunogenicity of a synthetic oligosaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine against Haemophilus influenzae type b. Infect Immunol 72[12], 7115-23. 2004.

•  Fernández-Ortega C, Dubed M, Ramos Y, Navea L, Álvarez G, Lobaina L, López L, Casillas D, and Rodríguez L. Non-induced leukocyte extract reduces HIV replication and TNF secretion. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 325[3], 1075-1081. 2004.

•  Fernández-de-Cossío J, González LJ, Betancourt L, Ramos Y, Huerta V, Besada V, Padrón G, Satomi Y, Minamino N, and Takao T. Automated interpretation of mass spectra of complex mixtures by matching of isotope peak distributions. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 18[20], 2465-72. 2004.

•  Carmona E, Vargas D, Borroto CJ, López J, Fernández A., Arencibia AD, and Borrás-Hidalgo O. cDNA-AFLP analysis of differential gene expression during the interaction between sugarcane and Puccinia melanocephala . Plant Breeding [123], 499-501. 2004.

•  Cabrera G, Cremata JA, Valdés R, García R, González Y, Montesino R, Gómez H, and González M. Influence of culture conditions on the N-glycosylation of a monoclonal antibody specific for recombinant hepatitis B surface antigen. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 40[1], 1-10. 2004.

•  Borrás O, Borroto J, Pujol M, Carmona E, and Arencibia AD. Identification of sugarcane genes induced during colonization by Ustilago scitaminea and Dreschlera sacchari . Physiol Molec Plant Pathol 65[1], 1-6. 2004.

•  Bello-Rivero I, Cervantes M, Torres Y, Ferrero J, Rodríguez E, Pérez J, García I, Díaz G, and López-Saura P. Characterization of the immunoreactivity of anti-interferon alpha antibodies in Myasthenia gravis patients. Epitope mapping. J Autoimmun 23[1], 63-73. 2004.

•  Basabe L, Domínguez I, and Chávez FP. Cloning and sequence analysis of the Candida utilis HIS3 gene. Biomol Eng 21[1], 15-20. 2004.

•  Bacardí D, Merino N, Cosme K, Porras D, Carreras I, Díaz G, Suárez J, Aldana L, Amaya R, Mosqueda O, Vázquez A, Cruz Y, Milá L, and Hernández L. Evaluación de la toxicidad subcrónica del Factor Estimulador de Colonias de Granulocitos. Rev CENIC: Ciencias Biológicas 35[3], 203-9. 2004.

•  Arrieta JG, Sotolongo M, Menéndez C, Alfonso D, Trujillo LE, Soto M, Ramírez R, and Hernández L. A type II protein secretory pathway required for levansucrase secretion by Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus . J Bacteriol 186[15], 5031-9. 2004.

•  Álvarez A, Martín A, Falcón V, de la Rosa MC, González-Blanco S, Guillén G, and Silva R. Association of the P64k dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase to the Neisseria meningitidis membrane. Biotecnología Aplicada 21[3], 137-42. 2004.

•  Aldana L, Cosme K, Porras D, Merino N, Valenzuela CM, Amaya R, Suárez J, Vázquez A, Bacardí D, Milá L, and Sánchez K. Ensayo de primera ola del Factor de Transferencia (HEBERTRANS). Rev CENIC: Ciencias Biológicas 35[3], 197-201. 2004.

•  Aguilar JC, Lobaina Y, Muzio V, García D, Pentón E, Iglesias E, Pichardo D, Urquiza D, Rodríguez D, Silva D, Petrovsky N, and Guillén G. Development of a nasal vaccine for chronic hepatitis B infection that uses the ability of hepatitis B core antigen to stimulate a strong Th1 response against hepatitis B surface antigen. Immunol Cell Biol 82[5], 539-46. 2004.

•  Acosta-Rivero N, Rodríguez-Alfonso A, Musacchio A, Falcón V, Martínez G, Guerra I, Paz-Lago D, Morera Y, de la Rosa MC, Morales-Grillo J, Dueñas-Carrera S, and Suárez VM. In vitro assembly into virus-like particles is an intrinsic quality of Pichia pastoris derived HCV core protein.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun 325[1], 68-74. 2004.

•  Acosta-Rivero N, Rodríguez-Alfonso A, Musacchio A, Falcón V, Chávez L, Morales-Grillo J, Dueñas-Carrera S, and Suárez VM. Nucleic acid binding properties and intermediates of HCV core protein multimerization in Pichia pastoris.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun 323[3], 926-31. 2004 .

•  Leyva A, Hernández , González T, Sánchez JC, Franco A, Delgado I, Montañez M, and Valdés R. Standardization and validation of an alkaline phosphatase-linked immunoassay to quantify a plant-derived antibody directed against the hepatitis B virus surface antigen. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 325[5], 1438-42. 2004.

•  Fuentes A, Ramos PL, Ayra C, Rodríguez M, Ramírez NI, and Pujol M. Development of a highly efficient system for assessing recombinant gene expression in plant cell suspensions via Agrobacterium tumefaciens transformation. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 39[Pt 3], 355-61. 2004 .

•  Dueñas-Carrera S. DNA vaccination against hepatitis C. Curr Opin Mol Ther 6[2], 146-50. 2004 .

•  Fernandez-de-Cossio J, González LJ, Betancourt L, Ramos Y, Huerta V, Amaro A, Besada V, Padrón G, Yoshinori Satomi, Minamino N, and Takao T. Isotopica: a tool for the calculation and viewing of complex isotopic envelopes. Nucleic Acids Res 32[12], 3779. 2004 .

•  Arenal A, Pimentel R, García C, Pimentel E, and Alestrom P. The SV40 T antigen nuclear localization sequence enhances nuclear import of vector DNA in embryos of a crustacean (Litopenaeus schmitti). Gene 337[1], 71-7. 2004.

•  Guerra-Vallespi M, Colas M, Garay HE, Reyes O, and Araña MJ. Differential regulation of Th1/Th2 in relevant tissues for sepsis pathogenesis with a Limulus anti-LPS factor-derived peptide increases survival in Gram-positive sepsis. Int Immunopharmacol 4[10-11], 1343-51. 2004.

•  Ducongé J, Prats PA, Valenzuela CM, Aguilera A, Rojas I, Hardy E, Becquer MA, Álvarez D, Estrada L, Alfonso-Ortiz S, García-Pulpeiro O, and Fernández-Sánchez E. Topical disposition of two strengths of a 125I-rhEGF jelly in rat skin wounds. Biopharm Drug Dispos 25[5], 193-201. 2004.

•  Galbán-Rodríguez E. Nonviral DNA vectors for immunization and therapy: design and methods for their obtention. J Mol Med 82[8], 500-9. 2004.

•  Aguilar JC. Vaccine adjuvants: Current state and future trends. Immunol Cell Biol 82, 488-6. 2004. Special Feature.

•  Ramos PL, Fuentes AD, Peral R, Pujol M, Quintana Q, Castrillo G, Guevara-Gonzalez RG, and Rivera-Bustamante RF. Identification of the minimal sequence required for vascular-specific activity of Tomato mottle Taino virus replication-associated protein promoter in transgenic plants. Virus Res 102[2], 125-32. 2004.

•  Fernández CI, Alberti E, Mendoza Y, Martínez L, Collazo J, Rosillo JC, and Bauza JY. Motor and cognitive recovery induced by bone marrow stem cells grafted to striatum and hippocampus of impaired aged rats: functional and therapeutic considerations. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1019[1], 48-52. 2004.

•  Cremata JA, Montesino R, Cabrera G, Mata M, and García R. Desarrollo de un sistema combinado de perfil cromatográfico y espectrometría de masas fluoróforo asistido para la caracterización de la N-gliocosilación de glicoproteínas. Biotecnología Aplicada 21[2], 108-12. 2004. Rep.

•  Menéndez C, Hernández-García L, Banguela A, and País JM. Functional production and secretion of the Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus fructose-releasing exo-levanase (LsdB) in Pichia pastoris. Enzyme Microb Technol 34[5], 446-52. 2004.

•  Martínez CP, Rodríguez A, Ramírez R, Hernández-García L, Tarbouriech N, Ortíz M, Taylor E, and Davies GJ. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of levansucrase (LsdA) from Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus SRT4. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 60[(Pt 1)], 181-3. 2004.

•  Acosta-Rivero N, Dueñas-Carrera S, Álvarez-Lajonchere L, and Morales-Grillo J. HCV core protein-expressing DNA vaccine induces a strong class I-binding peptide DTH response in mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 314[3], 781-6. 2004.

•  Borrás-Hidalgo O. Basic insight in plant-pathogen interaction. Biotecnología Aplicada 21[1], 1-4. 2004. Rev.

•  Herrera A, Galbán-Rodríguez E, Sández B, Pichardo D, Musacchio A, Hayes O, Quintana D, Vázquez-Blomquist DM, Soria Y, Fernández JR, Duarte CA, Román CA, Hernández T, and Valiente PA. Diseño, construcción y evaluación de cuatro familias de vectores de ADN plasmídicos para transferencia génica en humanos. Biotecnología Aplicada 21[1], 40-3. 2004. Rep

•  González S, Nazábal C, Rao KV, Reyes O, Garay HE, Caballero E, Álvarez-Obregón JC, Sardinas G, and Silva R. Cell mediated immune response elicited in mice after immunization with the P64k meningococcal protein: epitope mapping. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 42[2], 233-9. 2004.

•  Reyes O, Torrens I, Ojalvo AG, Seralena A, and Garay HE. Profiling the immune responses of human patients treated with recombinant streptokinase after myocardial infarct. Mol Divers 8[3], 251-6. 2004.

•  Dueñas M, Nazábal M, and Novoa LI. From genetic to genomic and to functional genomic. Goals and future perspectives. Biotecnología Aplicada 21[1], 31-3. 2004. Rep

•  Dueñas-Carrera S, Viña-Rodríguez A, Martínez R, Álvarez-Lajonchere L, Álvarez-Obregón JC, Marante J, Pérez-Beloborodova A, Mosqueda O, Martínez G, and Morales-Grillo J  . Immunization with a DNA vaccine encoding the hepatitis-C-virus structural antigens elicits a specific immune response against the capsid and envelope proteins in rabbits and Macaca irus (crab-eating macaque monkeys). Biotechnol Appl Biochem 39[Part.2], 249-55. 2004.

•  Boué O, Farnós O, González A, Fernández R, Acosta JA, Valdés R, González LJ, Guanche Y, Izquierdo G, Suárez M, Domínguez I, Machado H, Rodríguez-Valle M, and Lleonart R. Production and biochemical characterization of the recombinant Boophilus microplus Bm95 antigen from Pichia pastoris. Exp Appl Acarol 32[1-2], 119-28. 2004.

•  Carmenate T, Canaán-Haden L, Álvarez-Acosta A, Delgado M, González-Blanco S, Menéndez T, Rodes L, and Guillén G. Effect of conjugation methodology on the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of meningococcal group C polysaccharide-P64k protein conjugates. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 40[3], 193-9. 2004.

•  Díaz-Ruano A, Martínez CP, Taylor CY, Rodríguez-Alfonso A, Pajón R, Espinosa R, and Silva R. Estimating molecular mass of the complex formed by the B transferrin binding protein (TbpB, Strain CU385) from  Neisseria meningitidis and human transferrin using gel filtration chromatography and dynamic light scattering. Biotecnología Aplicada 21[3], 153-7. 2004. Inv

•  Ramos PL , Díaz L, Peral R, Fuentes AD, Pujol M, Echemendía AL, and González G. First report of SIDA golden yellow vein virus infecting SIDA species in Cuba . Plant Pathol 53[2], 234. 2004.

•  Perea SE, Reyes O, Puchades Y, Mendoza O, Vispo NS, Torrens I, Santos A, Silva R, Acevedo B, López E, Falcón V, and Alonso DF. Antitumor effect of a novel proapoptotic peptide that impairs the phosphorylation by the protein kinase 2 (casein kinase 2). Cancer Res 64[19], 7127-9. 2004.

•  Pons T, Martínez CP, Hernández L, and Naumoff DG. Three acidic residues are at the active site of a beta-propeller architecture in glycoside hydrolase families 32, 43, 62, and 68. Proteins 54[3], 424-32. 2004.

•  Hermida L, Lazo L, Silva R, Zulueta A, López C, Martín J, Valdés I, Guillén G, Rodríguez R, Bernardo L, del Rosario D, and Guzmán MG. A fragment of the envelope protein from dengue-1 virus, fused in two different sites of the meningococcal P64k protein carrier, induces a functional immune response in mice. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 39[Pt 1], 107-14. 2004.

•  Hermida L, Rodríguez R, Lazo L, Silva R, Zulueta A, Chinea G, López C, Guzmán MG, and Guillén G. A dengue-2 Envelope fragment inserted within the structure of the P64k meningococcal protein carrier enables a functional immune response against the virus in mice. J Virol Methods 115[1], 41-9. 2004.

•  López C, Sánchez J, Hermida L, Zulueta A, and Márquez G . Cysteine mediated multimerization of a recombinant dengue E fragment fused to the P64k protein following immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography. Protein Expr Purif 34[2], 176-82. 2004.

•  Díaz BR, Abrahantes MC, González M, Valdés R, and Pérez ME. Establishment and validation of an immunoenzymatic assay to determine mouse IgG levels based on a rat monoclonal antibody. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 317[2], 614-7. 2004.

•  Mainet D, Galván JA, Sorell L, Torres MB, Abdo A, Castellano R, Padrón N, Palenzuela D, and Novoa LI. Preliminary evaluation of a rapid, qualitative one step immunoassay of cardiac Troponin I in the acute myocardial infarction diagnosis. Invest Clin  45[3], 221-42. 2004.

•  País JM, García Y, Licor L, Besada V, Castellanos-Serra L, Cabello CI, Hernández L, Mansur M, Hidalgo A, Támbara Y, Abrahantes MC, del Toro Y, Valdés J, Martínez E, and Plana L. Improving the expression of mini-proinsulin in Pichia pastoris. Biotechnol Lett 26[16], 1269-72. 2004.


Relevant Publications 2003

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Relevant Publications 2002

Moya G., Gonzalez L. J., Huerta V., Garcia Y., Morera V., Perez D., Brena F., Arana M. Isolation and characterization of modified species of a mutated (Cys125 -Ala) recombinant human Interleukin-2.
J. Chromatogr. A. 2002 Sep. 20; 971 (1-2):129-42.

Gomez L., Hernandez R., Ibarra N., Valdes R., Campos Y., Tamayo A., Fernandez D., Figueroa A., Alvarez T., Montero J. A. Comparison of different ligand densities for the manufacture of CB Hep-1 immunosorbents. J. Biochem. Biophys. Methods. 2002 Aug-Sep; 52 (3):151-9.

Acevedo B., Perera Y., Ruiz M., Rojas G., Benitez J., Ayala M., Gavilondo J. Development and validation of a quantitative ELISA for the measurement of PSA concentration. Clin. Chim. Acta. 2002 Mar; 317 (1-2):55-63.

Reyes O., Vallespi M. G., Garay H. E., Cruz L. J., Gonzalez L. J., Chinea G., Buurman W., Arana M. J. Identification of single amino acid residues essential for the binding of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to LPS binding protein (LBP) residues 86-99 by using an Ala-scanning library. J. Pept. Sci. 2002 Apr; 8 (4):144-50.

Alvarez-Lajonchere L., Duenas-Carrera S., Vina A., Ramos T., Pichardo D., Morales J. Additives and protein-DNA combinations modulate the humoral immune response elicited by a hepatitis C virus core-encoding plasmid in mice. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. 2002 Jan; 97 (1):95-9.

Castaneda C., Garcia E., Gra B., Nodarse-Cuni H., Garcia W., Andrade M., Martinez G., Trujillo M., Soto G., Amoroto M., Viada C., Lopez-Saura P. Interferon alfa 2b treatment decreases histological activity in children with chronic hepatitis B. Acta Gastroenterol. Latinoam. 2002 May; 32 (1):35-42. Spanish.

Berlanga J., Lodos J., Lopez-Saura P. Attenuation of internal organ damages by exogenously administered epidermal growth factor (EGF) in burned rodents. Burns. 2002 Aug; 28 (5):435-42.

Acosta-Rivero N., Sanchez J., Morales J. Improvement of human interferon HUIFNalpha2 and HCV core protein expression levels in Escherichia coli but not of HUIFNalpha8 by using the tRNA(AGA/AGG). Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2002 Sep 6; 296 (5):1303.

Acosta-Rivero N., Musacchio A., Lorenzo L., Alvarez C., Morales J. Processing of the Hepatitis C virus precursor protein expressed in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2002 Jul 5; 295 (1):81-4.

Duenas-Carrera S., Alvarez-Lajonchere L., Cesar Alvarez-Obregon J., Perez A., Acosta-Rivero N., Vazquez D. M., Martinez G., Vina A., Pichardo D., Morales J. Enhancement of the immune response generated against hepatitis C virus envelope proteins after DNA vaccination with polyprotein-encoding plasmids. Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 2002 Jun; 35 (Pt 3):205-12.

Acosta-Rivero N., Alvarez-Obregon J. C., Musacchio A., Falcon V., Duenas-Carrera S., Marante J., Menendez I., Morales J. In vitro self-assembled HCV core virus-like particles induce a strong antibody immune response in sheep. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2002 Jan 11;290(1):300-4.

Ochagavia M. E., Richelle J., Wodak S. J. Advanced pairwise structure alignments of proteins and analysis of conformational changes. Bioinformatics. 2002 Apr; 18 (4):637-40.

Castellanos-Serra L., Paz-Lago D. Inhibition of unwanted proteolysis during sample preparation: evaluation of its efficiency in challenge experiments. Electrophoresis. 2002 Jun; 23 (11):1745-53.

Rojas G., Almagro J. C., Acevedo B., Gavilondo J. V. Phage antibody fragments library combining a single human light chain variable region with immune mouse heavy chain variable regions. J. Biotechnol. 2002 Apr 11; 94 (3):287-98.

Hermida L., Rodriguez R., Lazo L., Lopez C., Marquez G., Paez R., Suarez C., Espinosa R., Garcia J., Guzman G., Guillen G. A recombinant envelope protein from Dengue virus purified by IMAC is bioequivalent with its immune-affinity chromatography purified counterpart. J. Biotechnol. 2002 Mar 28; 94 (2):213-6.

Relevant Publications 2001
Acosta Rivero N., Beldarraín A., Pons T., Chinea G., Cremata J. A., Montesino R., et al. Caracterización estructural de proteínas recombinantes integrando diversos métodos e implicación en sus procedimientos de obtención y aplicación. Biotecnología Aplicada 2001; 18:97-8.
Acosta Rivero N., Aguilar J. C., Musacchio A., Falcón V., Vina A., de la Rosa M. C., et al. Characterization of the HCV core virus-like particles produced in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2001; 287 (1):122-5.
Aguilar A., Carrazana Y., Duarte C. A. Impact of epitope permutations in the antibody response of mice to a multi-epitope polypeptide of the V3 loop of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Biomol. Eng. 2001; 18 (3):117-24.
Álvarez Obregón J. C., Dueñas Carrera S., Valenzuela C., Morales J. A truncated HCV core protein elicits a potent immune response with a strong participation of cellular immunity components in mice. Vaccine 2001; 19:3940-6.
Benítez J., Ferrer A., Domínguez M. C., Villareal A., Rivera J. M., Rodríguez D., et al. One-step purification of genetically enginnered HIV-p24 using IMAC. International Journal of Chromatography 2001; 4:1-10.
Betancourt L., Besada V., González L. J., Morera V., Padrón G., Takao T., et al. Selective isolation and identification of N-terminal blocked peptides from tryptic protein digest. J. Peptide Res. 2001; 57:1-10.
Betancourt L., García R., González J., Montesino R., Quintero O., Takao T., et al. Dextranase (alpha1-6, glucan-6-glucanohydrolase) from Penicillium minioluteum expressed in Pichia pastoris: two host cells with minor differences in N-glycosylation. FEMS Yeast Research 2001; 1:151-60.
Carmenate T., Mesa C., Menéndez T., Falcón V., Musacchio A. Recombinant Opc protein from Neisseria meningitidis reconstituted into liposomes elicits opsonic antibodies following immunization. Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 2001; 34 (1):63-9.
Castellanos Serra L., Hardy E. Detection of biomolecules in electrophoresis gels with salts of imidazole and zinc II: a decade of research. Electrophoresis 2001; 22:864-73.
Castellanos Serra L., Vallin A., Proenza W., Le Caer J. P., Rossier J. An optimized procedure for detection of proteins on carrier ampholine-IEF and IPG gels with imidazole and zinc salts: its application to the identification of IEF-separated isoforms by in gel proteolysis and mass spectrometry analysis. Electrophoresis 2001; 22:1677-85.
Cruz L. J., Iglesias E., Aguilar J. C., Quintana D., Garay H. E., Duarte C., et al. Study of different coupling agents in the conjugation of a V3-based synthetic MAP to carrier proteins. J. Pept. Sci. 2001; 7 (9):511-8.
Cruz L. J., Padrón R., González L. J., Aguilar J. C., Iglesias E., Garay H. E., et al. Peptide synthesis containing a B-cell and a T-cell epitope on dextran beads and evaluation of humoral response against bead-peptide construct. Letters in Peptide Science 2001; 7 (4):229-37.
Domínguez M., Rojas G., Loyau S., Sorell L., Angles Cano E. Kringles of the plasminogen-prothrombin gene family share conformational epitopes with recombinant apolipoprotein (a): specificity of the fibrin-binding site. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 2001; 1548 (1):72-80.
Dueñas Carrera S., Álvarez Lajonchere L., Álvarez Obregón J. C., Ramos T., Pichardo D., Morales J. Repeated administration of hepatitis C virus core-encoding plasmid to mice does not necessarily increase the immune response generated against this antigen. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2001; 33 (1):47-51.
Dueñas Carrera S., Viña A., Garay H. E., Reyes O., Álvarez Lajonchere L., Guerra I., et al. Immunological evaluation of Escherichia coli-derived hepatitis C virus second envelope protein (E2) variants. J. Peptide Res. 2001; 58:221-8.
Falcón V., Gavilondo J. V., Chinea G., de la Rosa M. C., Menéndez I., Tleugabulova D., et al. Similarities of hepatitis C virus and hepatitis B virus in antigen expression and morfogenesis of virus -like particles in liver biopsies, and in expression of recombinant subviral particles in Pichia pastoris yeast. Acta Microscópica 2001; Octubre: 442-3.
García B., Castellanos A., Menéndez J., Pons T. Molecular cloning of an a-glucosidase-like gene from Penicillium minioluteum and structure prediction of its gene product. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2001; 281:151-8.
García R., Cremata J. A., Quintero O., Montesino R., Benkestock K., Stahlberg J. Characterization of protein glycoforms with N-linked neutral and phosphorylated oligosaccharides: studies on the glycosylation of endoglucanase 1 (Cel7B) from Trichoderma reesei. Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 2001; 33 (2):141-52.
Gómez C. E., Iglesias E., Perdomo W., Rolo F., Blanco M., Lobaina L., Martín A., Duarte C. A.  Isolates from four different HIV type 1 clades circulating in Cuba identified by DNA sequence of the C2-V3 region. AIDS Res. Hum. Retroviruses 2001; 17:55.
Gómez C. E., Rodríguez D., Rodríguez J. R., Abaitua F., Duarte C., Esteban M. Enhanced CD8+ T cell immune response against a V3 loop multi-epitope polypeptide (TAB13) of HIV-1 Env after priming with purified fusion protein and booster with modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVATAB): a comparison of humoral and cellular inmune responses with vaccinia virus Western Reserve (WR) vector. Vaccine 2001; 2924:1-11.
González E. E., Vázquez D., Duarte C. A. Modelos Animales para VIH/SIDA. ¿La clave para una vacuna?. Biotecnología Aplicada 2001; 18 (2):67-75.
González S., Caballero E., Silva R., Pajón R. Effect of P64k pre-sensitization on its efficacy as immunology carrier. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2001; 282:376-9.
Hardy E., Silva R., Pupo E., Hermida L., Coizeau E., Niebla O., et al. Comparison of two electrophoresis-based DNA micropurification methods for molecular cloning. Biotecnología Aplicada 2001; 18:29-32.
Hernández Marín M., Castellanos Pentón P., Márquez Bocalandro Y., Pozo Pena L., Díaz Navarro J., González López L. J. Chimeric synthetic peptides containing two immunodominant epitopes from the envelope gp46 and the transmembrane gp21 glycoproteins of HTLV-I virus. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2001; 289 (1):1-6.
Hernández Marín M., Castellanos Pentón P., Márquez Bocalandro Y., Pozo Pena L., Díaz Navarro J., González López L. J. Chimeric synthetic peptides from the envelope (gp46) and the transmembrane (gp21) glycoproteins for the detection of antibodies to human T-cell leukemia virus type II. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2001; 289 (1):7-12.
Hernández R., Chong E., Morales R., Pérez E., Amador Y., Zubiaurrez J., et al. Stirrer tank: an appropriate technology to inmobilize the CB.Hep-1 monoclonal antibody for immunoaffinity purification.  Journal of Chromatography B 2001; 754:77-83.
Huerta V, Morera V, Guanche Y, Chinea G, González LJ, Betancourt L, et al. Primary structure of two cytolysin isoforms from Stichodactyla helianthus differing in their haemolytic activity. Toxicon 2001; 39 (8):1253-6.
Iglesias E., Ruiz M., Carrazana Y., Cruz L. J., Aguilar A., Jiménez V., et al. Chimeric proteins containing HIV-1 T cell epitopes: expression in E. coli, purification and induction of antibodies in mice. Journal of Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics 2001; 5:109-20.
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Lorenzo L. J., Dueñas Carrera S., Falcón V., Acosta-Rivero N., González E., de la Rosa M. C., et al. Assembly of truncated HCV core antigen into virus-like particles in Escherichia coli. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2001; 281 (4):962-5.
Menéndez T., De Haz I., Delgado M., Garay H., Martín A., Vispo N. S. Immunization with phage-displayed variable region 2 from meningococcal PorA outer membrane protein induces bactericidal antibodies against Neisseria meningitidis. Immunol. Lett. 2001; 78 (3):143-8.
Morales R., Herrera M. T., Arenal A., Cruz A., Hernández O., Pimentel R., et al. Tilapia chromosomal growth hormone gene expression accelerates growth in transgenic zebrafish (Danio rerio). Electronic J. Biotechnol. 2001; 4 (2):1-7.
Moro A., Perea S. E., Pantoja C., Santos A., Araña M. J., Serrano M. IFN alpha 2b induces apoptosis and proteasome-mediated degradation of p27Kip1 in a human lung cancer cell line. Oncology Reports 2001; 8:425-9.
Musacchio A., Quintana D., Herrera A. M., Sandez B., Álvarez J.C., Falcón V., de la Rosa M. C., et al. Plasmid DNA-recombinant Opc protein complexes for nasal DNA immunization. Vaccine 2001; 19 (27):3692-9.
Musacchio A., Rodríguez E. G., Herrera A. M., Quintana D., Muzio V. Multivalent DNA-based immunization against hepatitis B virus with plasmids encoding surface and core antigens. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2001; 282 (2): 442-6.
Nazábal C., Carmenate T., Cruz S., González S., Silva R., Musacchio A., et al. Mapping of monoclonal antibodies specific to P64k: A common antigen of several isolates of Neisseria meningitidis. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 2001; 47 (2):158-64.
Niebla O., Álvarez A., Martín A., Rodríguez A., Delgado M., Falcón V., et al. Immunogenicity of recombinant class 1 protein from Neisseria meningitidis refolded into phospholipid vesicles and detergent. Vaccine 2001; 19:3568-74.
Ojeda M., Fernández Ortega C., Araña M. J. Demostración del efecto inhibidor del extracto dializable de leucocitos sobre los factores transcripcionales esenciales para la expresión génica del VIH. Biotecnología Aplicada 2001; 18:105-106.
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Ramírez N., Oramas P., Ayala M., Pérez M., Gavilondo J. V. Expression and long-term stability of a recombinant single-chain Fv antibody fragment in transgenic Nicotiana tabaccum seeds. Biotechnol. Lett. 2001; 23 (1): 47-9.
Rodríguez Silva A., Fernández Batista O., Guerra Vallespí M., Apezteguia Rodríguez I., Moya Fajardo G., Pérez Pérez D., et al. Scale-up purification of a mutant of recombinant human Interleukin 2 by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography. Biotecnología Aplicada 2001; 18:159-62.
Sam O., Núñez M., Dell Amico J., Falcón V., et al. Effect of brassinosteroid analogue and high temperature stress on leaf ultrastructure of lycopersicon esculentum. Biologia Plantarum 2001; 44:313-8.
Stewart C. J., Moro A., Hamel P. A. Integration of the pRB and p53 cell cycle control pathways. J. Neurooncol. 2001; 51:183-204.
Toledo H., Baly A., Castro O., Resik S., Laferte J., Rolo F., et al. A phase I clinical trial of a multi-epitope polypeptide TAB9 combined with Montanide ISA 720 adjuvant in non-HIV-1 infected human volunteers. Vaccine 2001; 19 (30):4328-36.
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