Mauricio Rojas

Differential modulation of apoptosis and necrosis by antioxidants in immunosuppressed human lymphocytes.

Mycobacterial lipoarabinomannans: modulators of dendritic cell function and the apoptotic response.

Activation of JAK2/STAT1-alpha-dependent signaling events during Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced macrophage apoptosis.

Modulation of macrophage apoptosis by antimycobacterial therapy: physiological role of apoptosis in the control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Structure and function of CD72 in the non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse.

Differential induction of apoptosis and necrosis in monocytes from patients with tuberculosis and healthy control subjects.

The host resistance locus sst1 controls innate immunity to Listeria monocytogenes infection in immunodeficient mice.

Endotoxin-induced lung injury in mice: structural, functional, and biochemical responses.

Lung infection with gamma-herpesvirus induces progressive pulmonary fibrosis in Th2-biased mice.

Ipr1 gene mediates innate immunity to tuberculosis.

Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells in repair of the injured lung.

Prevention of NF-kappaB activation in vivo by a cell-permeable NF-kappaB inhibitor peptide.

Increased circulating endothelial progenitor cells are associated with survival in acute lung injury.

Targeted deletion of metalloproteinase 9 attenuates experimental colitis in mice: central role of epithelial-derived MMP.

Thrombin and NAD(P)H oxidase-mediated regulation of CD44 and BMP4-Id pathway in VSMC, restenosis, and atherosclerosis.

Increased bleomycin-induced lung injury in mice deficient in the transcription factor T-bet.

Activation of alveolar macrophages via the alternative pathway in herpesvirus-induced lung fibrosis.

CX3CR1 deficiency confers protection from intimal hyperplasia after arterial injury.

Functional and phenotypic changes in monocytes from patients with tuberculosis are reversed with treatment.

Myocyte-restricted focal adhesion kinase deletion attenuates pressure overload-induced hypertrophy.

Selective ablation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 exacerbates experimental colitis: contrasting role of gelatinases in the pathogenesis of colitis.

Src family kinases mediate neutrophil adhesion to adherent platelets.

Cardiac response to pressure overload in 129S1/SvImJ and C57BL/6J mice: temporal- and background-dependent development of concentric left ventricular hypertrophy.

Control of virus reactivation arrests pulmonary herpesvirus-induced fibrosis in IFN-gamma receptor-deficient mice.

Prevention of endotoxin-induced systemic response by bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells in mice.

Body mass index is associated with reduced exhaled nitric oxide and higher exhaled 8-isoprostanes in asthmatics.

Role of the SDF-1/CXCR4 axis in the pathogenesis of lung injury and fibrosis.

Expression of microRNAs is dynamically regulated during cardiomyocyte hypertrophy.

Leukocyte antigen-related deficiency enhances insulin-like growth factor-1 signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells and promotes neointima formation in response to vascular injury.

Characterization of a model to independently study regression of ventricular hypertrophy.

Abnormal humoral immune response to influenza vaccination in pediatric type-1 human immunodeficiency virus infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy.

Atherosclerosis is attenuated by limiting superoxide generation in both macrophages and vessel wall cells.

Age-related changes in the murine larynx: initial validation of a mouse model.

The peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) ligand rosiglitazone modulates bronchoalveolar lavage levels of leptin, adiponectin, and inflammatory cytokines in lean and obese mice.

Progression of pulmonary tuberculosis and efficiency of bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination are genetically controlled via a common sst1-mediated mechanism of innate immunity.

Activation of apoptosis, but not necrosis, during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection correlated with decreased bacterial growth: role of TNF-alpha, IL-10, caspases and phospholipase A2.

Targeted deletion of Dicer in the heart leads to dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure.

Anti-inflammatory effects of mesenchymal stem cells: novel concept for future therapies.

Monitoring of endothelial dysfunction in critically ill patients: the role of endothelial progenitor cells.

Flagellin treatment protects against chemicals, bacteria, viruses, and radiation.

Oxidation of plasma cysteine/cystine redox state in endotoxin-induced lung injury.

Lysophosphatidic acid receptors 1 and 2 play roles in regulation of vascular injury responses but not blood pressure.

Discordant on/off switching of gene expression in myocytes during cardiac hypertrophy in vivo.

Aging and lung injury repair: a role for bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells.

FRNK expression promotes smooth muscle cell maturation during vascular development and after vascular injury.

Oxidation of extracellular cysteine/cystine redox state in bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis.

FAK regulates cardiomyocyte survival following ischemia/reperfusion.

Attenuation of obliterative bronchiolitis by a CXCR4 antagonist in the murine heterotopic tracheal transplant model.

Regression of pressure-induced left ventricular hypertrophy is characterized by a distinct gene expression profile.

Muscle ring finger 1 mediates cardiac atrophy in vivo.

Cysteine redox potential determines pro-inflammatory IL-1beta levels.

Use of senescence-accelerated mouse model in bleomycin-induced lung injury suggests that bone marrow-derived cells can alter the outcome of lung injury in aged mice.

Transient expression of FRNK reveals stage-specific requirement for focal adhesion kinase activity in cardiac growth.

Reduced EGFR causes abnormal valvular differentiation leading to calcific aortic stenosis and left ventricular hypertrophy in C57BL/6J but not 129S1/SvImJ mice.

Activation of Tissue Remodeling Precedes Obliterative Bronchiolitis in Lung Transplant Recipients.

Twist: a regulator of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in lung fibrosis.

Role of TLR2- and TLR4-mediated signaling in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced macrophage death.

Nox activator 1: a potential target for modulation of vascular reactive oxygen species in atherosclerotic arteries.

Slow-release nanoparticle-encapsulated delivery system for laryngeal injection.

A senescence accelerated mouse model to study aging in the larynx.

Human monocyte differentiation stage affects response to arachidonic acid.

Inhibition of NF-kappaB signaling reduces virus load and gammaherpesvirus-induced pulmonary fibrosis.

Regulatory T cell frequency and modulation of IFN-gamma and IL-17 in active and latent tuberculosis.

Obstructive apneas induce early activation of mesenchymal stem cells and enhancement of endothelial wound healing.

Protease-activated receptor 2 deficiency reduces cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury.

Dual targeting of CCR2 and CX3CR1 in an arterial injury model of vascular inflammation.

Monocyte activation by apoptotic cells removal in systemic lupus erythematosus patients.

[Alterations in recruitment and activation of Rab proteins during mycobacterial infection].

Characterization of CD4 and CD8 T cells producing IFN-γ in human latent and active tuberculosis.

Aging and interstitial lung diseases: unraveling an old forgotten player in the pathogenesis of lung fibrosis.

Effect of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells on endotoxin-induced oxidation of plasma cysteine and glutathione in mice.

Attenuation of early airway obstruction by mesenchymal stem cells in a murine model of heterotopic tracheal transplantation.

Dipyrimidine amines: a novel class of chemokine receptor type 4 antagonists with high specificity.

Atherosclerosis development in SLE patients is not determined by monocytes ability to bind/endocytose Ox-LDL.

The pathology of bleomycin-induced fibrosis is associated with loss of resident lung mesenchymal stem cells that regulate effector T-cell proliferation.

Wnt1 is a proangiogenic molecule, enhances human endothelial progenitor function, and increases blood flow to ischemic limbs in a HGF-dependent manner.

Age and smoke: a risky combination.

Airway and plasma leptin and adiponectin in lean and obese asthmatics and controls.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis alters the differentiation of monocytes into macrophages in vitro.

Fatty acid profile during the differentiation and infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis of mononuclear phagocytes of patients with TB and healthy individuals.

Increased frequency and cell death of CD16+ monocytes with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

Stem cells and cell therapies in lung biology and lung diseases.

Wnt1/βcatenin injury response activates the epicardium and cardiac fibroblasts to promote cardiac repair.

Predisposition for Disrepair in the Aged Lung.

Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress in Aortic Stiffening With Age: The Role of Smooth Muscle Cell Function.

T cell responses to DosR and Rpf proteins in actively and latently infected individuals from Colombia.

Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Age-Related Susceptibility to Lung Fibrosis.

Stable Extracellular RNA Fragments of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Induce Early Apoptosis in Human Monocytes via a Caspase-8 Dependent Mechanism.

Circulating endothelial progenitor cells inversely associate with organ dysfunction in sepsis.