The remarkable journey of adaptation of the Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite to New World anopheline mosquitoes

by Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Carolina Barillas-Mury
Published 2014-08-01

Molecular Analysis of Pfs47-Mediated Plasmodium Evasion of Mosquito Immunity.

by Gaspar E Canepa, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Carolina Barillas-Mury
Published 2016-01-01

The Anopheles gambiae oxidation resistance 1 (OXR1) gene regulates expression of enzymes that detoxify reactive oxygen species.

by Giovanna Jaramillo-Gutierrez, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Sanjeev Kumar, Carolina Barillas-Mury
Published 2010-06-01

Plasmodium falciparum Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase 2 Is Critical for Male Gametocyte Exflagellation but Not Essential for Asexual Proliferation

by Abhisheka Bansal, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Joseph Brzostowski, Jianbing Mu, Louis H. Miller, L. David Sibley
Published 2017-10-01

Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis (N67) Is a Robust Animal Model to Study Malaria Transmission by South American Anopheline Mosquitoes.

by Alessandra S Orfano, Ana Paula M Duarte, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Paulo F Pimenta, Carolina Barillas-Mury
Published 2016-01-01

An epithelial serine protease, AgESP, is required for Plasmodium invasion in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae.

by Janneth Rodrigues, Giselle A Oliveira, Michalis Kotsyfakis, Rajnikant Dixit, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Ryan Jochim, Carolina Barillas-Mury
Published 2012-01-01

An impossible journey? The development of Plasmodium falciparum NF54 in Culex quinquefasciatus.

by Julia Knöckel, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Elizabeth Fischer, Olga Muratova, Ashley Haile, Carolina Barillas-Mury, Louis H Miller
Published 2013-01-01

A genotyping assay to determine geographic origin and transmission potential of Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases

by Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Nadia Raytselis, Roxanne Withers, Ankit Dwivedi, Peter D. Crompton, Boubacar Traore, Giovanna Carpi, Joana C. Silva, Carolina Barillas-Mury
Published 2021-09-01

Aedes aegypti SGS1 is critical for Plasmodium gallinaceum infection of both the mosquito midgut and salivary glands

by Bianca B. Kojin, Ines Martin-Martin, Helena R. C. Araújo, Brian Bonilla, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Eric Calvo, Margareth L. Capurro, Zach N. Adelman
Published 2021-01-01

Co-expression of Interleukin-15 Enhances the Protective Immune Responses Induced by Immunization with a Murine Malaria MVA-Based Vaccine Encoding the Circumsporozoite Protein.

by Marcela Parra, Xia Liu, Steven C Derrick, Amy Yang, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Carolina Barillas-Mury, Hong Zheng, Phuong Thao Pham, Martha Sedegah, Arnel Belmonte, Dianne D Litilit, Thomas A Waldmann, Sanjai Kumar, Sheldon L Morris, Liyanage P Perera
Published 2015-01-01

Plasmodium falciparum infection induces expression of a mosquito salivary protein (Agaphelin) that targets neutrophil function and inhibits thrombosis without impairing hemostasis.

by Michael Waisberg, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Daniella M Mizurini, Nidhi Gera, Beatriz C Sousa, Dongying Ma, Ana C Leal, Tainá Gomes, Michalis Kotsyfakis, José M C Ribeiro, Jan Lukszo, Karine Reiter, Stephen F Porcella, Carlo J Oliveira, Robson Q Monteiro, Carolina Barillas-Mury, Susan K Pierce, Ivo M B Francischetti
Published 2014-09-01