Publications

Florentino, P.T.V., Real, F., Orikaza, C.M., Cunha, J.P.C., Vitorino, F.N.L., Cordero, E.M., Sobreira, T.J.P. & Mortara, R.A. 2018. A carbohydrate moiety of secreted Stage-specific glycoprotein 4 participates in host cell invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi extracellular amastigotes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9: 693. doi 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00693  Paper 

Reis, R.I., Nogueira, M.D., Campanha-Rodrigues, A.L., Pereira, L.M., Andrade, M.C.C., Parreiras-e-Silva, L.T., Costa Neto, C.M., Mortara, R.A. & Casarini, D.E. 2018.  The binding of Captopril to Angiotensin-I Converting Enzyme triggers signaling pathways activation. American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology, 315: C367-C369 doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00012.2016.   

Di Genova, B.M., Silva, R.C., Gargantini, P.R., Mortara, R.A. & Tonelli, R.R. 2017. Protein SUMOylation is involved in cell-cycle progression and cell morphology in Giardia lamblia. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 64: 491-503. doi: 10.1111/jeu.12386

Santos, J.C., Heinhuis, B., Gomes, R.S., Damen, M.S.M.A., Real, F., Mortara, R.A., Keating, S.T., Dinarello, C.A., Joosten, L.A.B. & Ribeiro-Dias, F... 2017. Cytokines and microbicidal molecules regulated by IL-32 in THP-1-derived human macrophages infected with New World Leishmania species. PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(2): e0005413. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005413 Paper

Teixeira,S.C., Lopes, D.S., Gimenes, S., Teixeira, T.L., Silva, M.,  Silva, R., Luz,F., Silva, A.A., Silva, S., Florentino, P., Brigido, P., Santos, M.A., Ávila, V., Silva, M.J.B., Elias, M.C., Mortara, R.A. & Silva, C.V. 2017. Mechanistic insights into the anti-angiogenic activity of Trypanosoma cruzi protein 21 and its potential impact on the onset of chagasic cardiomyopathy. Scientific Reports, 7: 44978. doi:10.1038/srep44978 Paper

Maza, P.K., Bonfim-Melo, A., Padovan, A.C., Mortara, R.A., Orikaza, C.M., Ramos, L., Moura, T., Soriani, F.M., Almeida, R., Suzuki, E., & Bahia, D. 2017. Candida albicans: the ability to invade epithelial cels and survive under oxidative stress is unlinked to hyphal length. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8: 1235 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01235 Paper

Levatti, E.V.C., Toledo, M.S., Costa, R.W., Bahia, D., Mortara, R.A., Takahashi, H.K,  & Straus, A.H. 2017. Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis inositol phosphorylceramide: Distinctive sphingoid base composition. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8: 1453  doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01453 Paper

Ribeiro, G.M., Matsumoto, C.K., Real, F., Teixeira, D., Duarte, R.S., Mortara, R.A., Leão, S.C. & Wodarz, C.C.S. 2017. Increased survival and proliferation of the epidemic strain Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense CRM0019 in alveolar epithelial cells. BMC Microbiology, 17: 195 doi: 10.1186/s12866-017-1102-7 Paper

Silva, A.A., Teixeira, T.L., Teixeira, S.C., Machado, F.C., Santos, M.A., Tomiosso, T.C., Tavares, P.C., Brigido, R.T., Martins, F.A., Silva, N.S., Rodrigues, C.C., Roque-Barreira, M.C., Mortara, R.A., Lopes, D.S., Ávila, V., Silva, C.V. Galectin-3: a friend but not a foe during Trypanosoma cruzi experimental infection. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 7: 463 doi:10.3389/fcimb.2017.00463. Paper

Pérez, EC.,, Xander, P., Laurindo, M.F., Brito, R.R.N., Vivanco, B.C., Mortara, R.A., Mariano, M., Lopes, J.D. Keller, A.C. 2017. The axis IL-10/claudin-10 is implicated in the modulation of aggressiveness of melanoma cells by B-1 lymphocytes. PlosOne, 12 (11): e0187333. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187333. Paper

Sharma, N.K., Tashima, A.K., Brunialti, M.K.C., Ferreira, E.R., Torquato, R.J.S., Mortara, R.A., Machado, F.R., Assunção, M., Rigato, O.  & Salomão, R. 2017. Proteomic study revealed cellular assembly and lipid metabolism dysregulation in sepsis secondary to community-acquired pneumonia. Scientific Reports, 7: 15606. Paper

Ferreira, B.L., Orikaza, C.M., Cordero, E.M. & Mortara, R.A. Trypanosoma cruzi: single cell live imaging inside infected tissues. Cellular Microbiology, 18: 779-783. doi: 10.1111/cmi.12553. Paper   

Pessoa, C.C., Ferreira, E.R., Bayer-Santos, E., Rabinovitch, M., Mortara, R.A. & Real, F. Trypanosoma cruzi differentiates and multiplies within chimeric parasitophorous vacuoles in macrophages coinfected with Leishmania amazonensis. Infection and Immunity, 84:1603-1614. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01470-15 Paper 

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Okada, S.S., Oliveira, E.M., Araújo, T.H., Rodrigues, M.R., Albuquerque, M.C., Mortara, R.A., Taniwaki, N.N., Nakaya, H.I. & Campa, A. 2015. Myeloperoxidase in human peripheral blood lymphocytes: production and subcellular localization. Cellular Immunology, 300: 18-25.doi: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2015.11.003   Paper

Ferreira, E.R., Horjales, E., Cortez, C., Silva, C.V., De Groote, M., Sobreira, T.J.P., Cruz, M.C., Lima, F.M., Bonfim-Melo, A., Cordero, E.M., Yoshida, N.,  Silveira, J.F., Mortara, R.A. & Bahia, D. Unique behavior of Trypanosoma cruzi mevalonate kinase: a conserved glycosomal enzyme involved in host cell invasion and signaling. Scientific Reports, doi: 10.1038/srep24610 Paper

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Rabaça, A.N., Arruda, D.C., Figueiredo, C.R., Massaoka, M.H., Maia, V., Farias, C.F., Tada, D.B., Silva Junior, P.I., Real, F., Mortara, R.A., Polonelli, L., Travassos, L.R.2016. AC-1001 H3 CDR peptide induces apoptosis and autophagy signs in vitro and exhibits antimetastatic activity in a syngeneic melanoma model. FEBS Open Bio, 6: 885-901. doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.12080 Paper

Polonelli, L., Ciociola, T., Elviri, L., Zanello, P.P., Giovati, L., Arruda, D.C., Muñoz, J.E., Mortara, R.A., Morace, G., Borghi, E., Galati, S., Marin, O., Casoli, C., Pilotti, E., Ronzi, P., Travassos, L.R., Magliani, W. & Conti, S.  A Naturally occurring antibody fragment neutralizes infectivity of diverse infectious agents. Scientific Reports: 35018. doi: 10.1038/srep35018 Paper

Wang, P.H.M., Andrade, M.C.C, Di Marco, G.S., Mortara, R.A., Vio, C.P., & Casarini, D.E. 2015. N-domain of angiotensin I - converting enzyme N-is expressed in immortatalized mesangial, proximal tubule and collecting duct cells. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 72: 380-390. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.07.043 Paper

Bonfim-Melo, A., Zanetti, B.F., Ferreira, E.R., Vandoninck, S., Han, S.W., Van Lint, J., Mortara, R.A. & Bahia, D. 2015. Trypanosoma cruziextracellular amastigotes trigger the protein kinase D1-cortactin-actin pathway during cell invasion.  Cellular Microbiology, 17: 1797-1810. doi: 10.1111/cmi.12472 Paper

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Teixeira, T.L., Cruz, L., Mortara, R.A. & Silva, C.V. 2015. Revealing Annexin A2 and ARF-6 enrollment during Trypanosoma cruzi extracellular amastigote-host cell interaction. Parasites and Vectors, 8: 493. Paper 

Real, F., Florentino, P.T.V., Reis, L.C., Ramos-Sanchez, E.M., Veras, P.S., Goto, H. & Mortara, R.A. 2014. Cell-to-cell transfer of Leishmania amazonensis amastigotes is mediated by immunomodulatory LAMP-rich parasitophorous extrusions. Cellular Microbiology, 2014: 12311. Paper & Movies 

Florentino, P.T.V., Real, F., Bonfim-Melo, A., Orikaza, C.M., Ferreira E.R., Pessoa, C.C., Lima, B.R., Sasso, G. & Mortara R.A. 2014. An historical perspective on how advances in microscopic imaging contributed to understanding the Leishmania spp. and Trypanosoma cruzi host-parasite relationship. BioMed Research International, 2014: 565291. doi:10.1155/2014/565291. Paper & Supplementary Material 

Machado, F.C., Cruz, L., Silva, A.A., Cruz, M.C., Mortara, R.A., Roque-Barreira, M.C. & Silva, C.V. 2014. Galectin-3 recruitment during Trypanosoma cruzi extracellular amastigotes cell invasion and intracellular traffic. Glycobiology, 24: 179–184. Paper

Santos, M.A., Teixeira, F.B, Moreira, H.H.T., Rodrigues, A.A., Machado, F.C., Clemente, T.M., Brigido, P.C., Tavares e Silva, R., Purcino, C., Gomes, R.G.B, Bahia, D., Mortara, R.A., Munte, C.E., Horjales, E. & Vieira da Silva, C. 2014. A successful strategy for the recovery of active P21, an insoluble recombinant protein of Trypanosoma cruzi. Scientific Reports, 4: 4259. Paper

Dourado, I.B.Z., Batista, W.L., Longo, L.V.G., Mortara, R. A., Puccia, R. 2014. Dual localization of Mdj1 in pathogenic fungi varies with growth temperature. Medical Mycology, 52: 187-195. Paper

Gonçalves, V.M., D’Almeida, V., Müller, K.B., Real, F. & Mortara, R.A. 2014. Lysosomal integral membrane protein 2 (LIMP-2) restricts the invasion of Trypanosoma cruzi extracellular amastigotes through the activity of the lysosomal enzyme β-glucocerebrosidase. Microbes and Infection, 16: 253-260. Paper

Oliveira, P., Lima, F.M., Cruz, M.C., Ferreira, R.C., Flores, A.S., Cortez, D.R., Ferreira, E.R., Real, F., Briones, M.R.S., Mortara, R.A., Silveira, J.F. & Bahia, D. 2014. Trypanosoma cruzi: Genome characterization of phosphatidylinositol kinase gene family (PIK and PIK-related) and identification of a novel PIK gene. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 25: 157-165. Paper

Claro, S., Oshiro, M.E.M., Mortara, R.A. & Ferreira, A.T., 2014. g-Rays-generated ROS induce apoptosis via mitochondrial and cell cycle alteration in smooth muscle cells. International Journal of Radiation Biology, doi:10.3109/09553002.2014.911988. Paper

Cruz-Leal, Y., Machado, Y.,   López-Requena, A., Canet, L.,   Laborde, R., Alvares, A.M., Laurindo, M.F.L., Tomas, J.F.S., Alonso, M.E., Álvarez, C., Mortara, R.A., Popi, A.F., Mariano, M.,  Pérez, R., &  Lanio, M.E. Role of B-1 cells in the immune response against an antigen encapsulated into phosphatidylcholine-containing liposomes. International Immunology, doi:10.1093/intimm/dxu042. Paper 

Lima, F.M., Souza, R.T., Santori, F.R., Santos, M.F., Cortez, D.R., Barros, R.M., Cano, M.I., Valadares, H.M., Macedo, A.M., Mortara, R.A., & Silveira, J.F. 2013. Interclonal variations in the molecular karyotype of Trypanosoma cruzi: chromosome rearrangements in a single cell-derived clone of the G strain. PLoS One, 8(5): e63738  Paper

Gomes da Silva, S., Rodrigues-Simões, P.S. Mortara, R.A., Scorza, F.A., Naffat-Mazzacoratti, M.G. & Arida, R.M. 2013. Exercise-induced hippocampal anti-inflammatory response in aged rats. Journal of Neuroinflammation, 10: 61 Paper

Kangussu-Marcolino, M.M., Cardoso de Paiva, R.M., Araujo, P.R., Mendonça-Neto, R.P., Lemos, L., Bartholomeu, D.C., Mortara, R.A., DaRocha, W.D. & 2013. Distinct genomic organization, mRNA expression and cellular localization of members of two amastin sub-families present in Trypanosoma cruzi. BMC Microbiology, 13(1) 10. Paper  Supplemental Material

Gonçalves, L.C.P., Tonelli, R.R., Bagnaresi, P., Mortara, R.A., Ferreira, A.G., & Bastos, E.L. 2013. A nature-inspired betalainic probe for live-cell imaging of Plasmodium-infected erythrocytes. PLoS One 8(1): e53874 Paper

Fernandes, M.C., Flannery, A., Andrews, N.W & Mortara, R.A. 2013. Extracellular amastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi are potent inducers of phagocytosis in mammalian cells. Cellular Microbiology, 15: 977–991. Paper 

Araújo, T.H, Okada, S.S., Ghosn, E.S., Taniwaki, N.N., Rodrigues, M.R., Almeida, S.R., Mortara, R.A., Russo, M. & Campa, A. 2013. Intracellular localization of myeloperoxidase in murine peritoneal B-lymphocytes and macrophages. Cellular Immunology, 281: 27-30. Paper

Lima, F.F.B., Sita, L.V., Oliveira, A.R., Costa, H.C., Silva, J.M., Mortara, R.A., Haemmerle, C.A.S.,  Xavier, G.F., Canteras, N.F., & Bittencourt, J.C. 2013. Hypothalamic melanin-concentrating hormone projections to the septo-hippocampal complex in the rat. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 47: 1-14. Paper

Real, F., Vidal, R.O., Carazzolle, M.F., Mondego, J.M.C., Costa, G.G.L., Herai, R.H., Würtele, M., Carvalho, L.M., Ferreira, R.C., Mortara, R.A., Barbiéri, C.L., Mieczowski, P., Silveira, J.F., Briones, M.R.S., Pereira, G.A.G. & Bahia, D. 2013. The genome sequence of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis: 1 functional annotation and extended analysis of gene models. DNA Research, 20: 567-581. Paper. Highlighted in revista Pesquisa FAPESP here.

Real, F. & Mortara, R.A. 2012. The diverse and dynamic nature of Leishmania parasitophorous vacuoles studied by multidimensional imaging. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 6: e1518. Paper 

Silva, S.G., Unsain, N., Mascó, D.H., Michelle Toscano-Silva, M., Amorim, H.A., Araújo, B.H.S., Rodrigues-Simões, P.S., Naffah-Mazzacoratti, M.G., Mortara, R.A., Scorza, F.A., Cavalheiro, E.A. & Arida, R.M. 2012. Early exercise promotes positive hippocampal plasticity and improves spatial memory in the adult life of rats. Hippocampus, 22: 347-358. Paper
 

Arruda,  D.C., Santos,  L.C.P., Melo, F.M., Pereira, F,V, Figueiredo, C.R., Matsuo, A.L, Mortara, R.A., Juliano, M.A, Rodrigues, E.G., Dobroff, A.S., Polonelli, L. & Travassos,  L.R. 2012. The b-actin-binding complementarity-determining region 2 (CDR-2) synthetic peptide from mAb C7-heavy chain induces apoptosis in several human tumor cells and is protective against metastatic melanoma. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287: 14912  - 14922.  Paper

Rodrigues, A.A, Clemente, T.M., Santos, M.A., Machado, F.C., Gomes, R.G.B., Moreira, H.H.T., Cruz, M.C., Brígido, P.C., Santos, P.C.F., Martins, F.A., Bahia, D., Maricato, J.T., Janini, L.M.R., Reboredo, E.H.,  Mortara, R.A. & Silva, C.V. A recombinant protein based on Trypanosoma cruzi P21 enhances phagocytosis. PLoS One, 7(12): e51384. Paper
 

Cruz, M.C., Souza-Melo, N. da Silva, C.V., DaRocha, W.D. Bahia, D.,  Araújo, P.R., Teixeira, S.R. & Mortara, R.A. 2012. Trypanosoma cruzi: role of d-amastin on extracellular amastigote cell invasion and differentiation. PLoS One, 7(12): e51804 Paper Correction
 

Ferreira, E.R., Bonfim-Melo, A., Mortara, R.A. & Bahia, D. 2012. Trypanosoma cruzi extracellular amastigotes and host cell signaling: more pieces to the puzzle. Frontiers in Immunology, 3: 363. Paper Commentary on Global Medical Discovery

Lozano, E., Barrera, P., Salinas, R., Vega, I., Nieto, M., Tonn, C., Kemmerling, U., Mortara, R.A., & Sosa, M.A. 2012. Sesquiterpene lactones and the diterpene 5-epi-icetexone affect the intracellular and extracellular stages of Trypanosoma cruzi. Parasitology International, 61: 628-633. Paper

Fernandes, M.C., Cortez, M., Flannery, A.R., Tam, C., Mortara, R.A. & Andrews, N.W. 2011. Trypanosoma cruzi subverts the sphingomyelinase-mediated plasma membrane repair pathway for cell invasion. The Journal of Experimental Medicine, 208: 909-921.  Paper . This paper was highlighted in Cell and  Nature Reviews in Microbiology. 

Simões, P.S.R., Perosa, S.R., Arganãraz, G.A., Yacubian, E.M., Carrete Jr., H., Centeno, R.S., Varella, P.P.V. , Santiago, J.F.C., Canzian, M., Silva Jr., J.A., Mortara, R.A., Amado, D., , Cavalheiro, E.A. &  Mazzacoratti, M.G.N. 2011. Kallikrein 1 is overexpressed by astrocytes in the hippocampus of patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy, associated with hippocampal sclerosis. Neurochemistry International,  58: 477-482. Paper
 

Taniwaki, N.N., Gonçalves, V.M., Romero, J.K., Silva, C.V., Silva, S. & Mortara, R.A. 2011. Trypanosoma cruzi strains in the Calomys callosus: parasitemia and reaction of intracellular forms with stage-specific antibodies in the acute and chronic phase of infection and after immunosuppression. Parasitology Research, 109: 431-440. Paper

Kioshima, E.S., Aliperti, F., Maricato, J.T., Mortara, R.A., Bagagli, E., Mariano, M.  & Lopes, J.D. 2010. A synthetic peptide discriminates and kills only virulent Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis yeasts. Microbes and Infection, 13: 251-260. Paper

Calderano, S.G., Godoy, P.D.M., Motta, M.C.M., Mortara, R.A., Schenkman, S. & Elias, M.C. 2011. Trypanosoma cruzi DNA replication includes the sequential recruitment of pre-replication and replication machineries close to nuclear periphery.  Nucelus, 2: 135-146. Paper
 

Ramos, C.S., Yokoyama-Yasunaka, J.K.U., Guerra-Giraldez, M.C., Price, H.P., Mortara, R.A., Smith, D.F. & Uliana, S.R.B. 2011. Leishmania amazonensis META2 confers protection against heat shock and oxidative stress. Experimental Parasitology, 127: 228-237. Paper
 

Calabrese, K.S., Silva, L.S., Carvalho, L.O.P., Hardoim, D.J., Silva-Almeida, M., Mortara, R.A. & Souza, C.S.F. 2011. Infection of retinal epithelial cells with L. amazonensis impactsin extracellular matrix proteins. Parasitology Research, 109: 727-736. Paper
 

Aragão, D.S., Cunha, T.S., Arita, D.Y., Andrade, M.C.C., Fernandes, A.B., Watanabe, I.K.M., Mortara, R.A. & Casarini, D.E., 2011. Purification and characterization of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) from murine model of mesangial cell in culture. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 49: 79-84. Paper
 

Flannery, A., Huynh, C., Mittra, B., Mortara, R.A. & Andrews, N.W. 2011. The LFR1 ferric iron reductase of Leishmania amazonensis is essential for the generation of infective parasite forms. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286: 23266-23279. Paper

Galetovic´, A. C., Souza, R.T., Santos, M.R.M., Cordero, E., Santana, J., Ruiz, J.C., Lima, F. M., Marini, M., Mortara, R.A. & Silveira, J.F. 2011. The repetitive cytoskeletal protein H49 of Trypanosoma cruzi is a calpain-like protein located at the flagellum attachment zone.  PLoS One, 11 (6): e27634. Paper & Supplement
 

Fernandes, M.C., Andrade, L.R., Andrews, N.W. & Mortara, R.A. 2011. Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes induce cytoskeleton modifications during HeLa cell invasion. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, (Rio de Janeiro), 106: 1014-1016. Paper

Silva, A.G.S., Graves, H.A., Guffei, A., Ricca, T.I., Mortara, R.A., Jasiulionis, M.G. & Mai, S. 2010. Telomere-centromere-driven genomic instability contributes to karyotype evolution in a mouse model of melanoma. Neoplasia, 12: 11-19. Paper
 

Lima, F.M., Oliveira, P., Mortara, R.A., Silveira F, J. & Bahia, D. The challenge of Chagas' disease: has the human pathogen, Trypanosoma cruzi, learned how to modulate signalling events to subvert host cells? New Biotechnology, 27: 837-843. Paper
 

Dobroff, A.S., Rodrigues, E.G., Juliano MA, Friaça, D.M., Nakayasu, E.S., Almeida, I.C., Mortara, R.A., Jacysyn, J.F., Amarante-Mendes, G.P., Magliani, W., Conti, S., Polonelli, L., & Travassos, L.R. Differential antitumor effects of IgG and IgM monoclonal antibodies and their synthetic complementary determining regions directed to new targets of B16F10-Nex 2 melanoma cells. Translational Oncology, 3: 204-217. Paper

Tempone, A.G., Mortara, R.A., Andrade Jr., H.F., & Reimão, J.Q. 2010. Therapeutic evaluation of free and liposome-loaded furazolidone in experimental visceral leishmaniasis.  International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 36: 159-163. Paper 

Lione, V.O.F., Santos, M.H.B., Carvalho, T.M.U., Hirata Jr, R., Mattos-Guaraldi, A.L., Mortara, R.A., & Nagao, P.E.  2010. Fever temperature enhances mechanisms of survival of Streptococcus agalactiae within human endothelial cells. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 26: 511-516. Paper
 

Martin, R.P., Rodrigues, E.S., Corrrea, S.A.A., Oliveira, S.M., Mortara, R.A., Oliveira, L., Nakaie, C.R. & Shimuta, S.I. 2010. Role of the second SS bridge (Cys18-Cys274) in stabilizing the inactive AT1 receptor. Biological Chemistry, 391: 1189-1195. Paper
 

Real, F., Mortara, R.A. & Rabinovitch, M. 2010. Fusion between Leishmania amazonensis and Leishmania major parasitophorous vacuoles: live imaging of coinfected macrophages. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 4(12): e905  Paper S1, S2, S3

Silva, C.V., Silva, E.A., Cruz, M.C., Chavrier, P. & Mortara, R.A. 2009. ARF-6, PI3-kinase and host cell actin cytoskeleton in Toxoplasma gondii cell invasion. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 378: 656-661. Paper
 

Alves, M.J.M. & Mortara, R.A. 2009. A century of research: what have we learned about the interaction of Trypanosoma cruzi with host cells? Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 104  (Suppl. I): 76-88. Paper
 

Silva, C.V., Kawashita, S.Y., Probst, C.M., Dallagiovanna, B., Cruz, M.C.,  Silva, E.A., Souto-Padrón, T.C., Krieger, M.A., Goldenberg, S., Briones, M.R.S., Andrews, N.W. & Mortara, R.A. 2009. Characterization of a 21 kDa protein from Trypanosoma cruzi associated with mammalian cell invasion. Microbes and Infection, 11: 563-570. Paper & Supplement
 

Oliveira, M.P.C., Javier, M.C., Maeda, F.Y., Fernandes, M.C., Haapalainen, E.F, Yoshida, N. & Mortara, R.A. 2009. Unique behavior of Trypanosoma dionisii interacting with mammalian cells: invasion, intracellular growth, and nuclear localization. Acta Tropica, 110: 65-74. Paper & Supplement
 

Popi, A.F., Zamboni, D.S.,  Mortara, R.A.  & Mariano, M. 2009. Microbicidal property of B1 cell derived mononuclear phagocyte. Immunobiology, 214: 664-673. Paper
 

Kawashita, S.Y., Silva, C.V., Mortara, R.A., Burleigh, B.A. & Briones, M.R.S. 2009.  Homology, paralogy and function of DGF-1, a highly dispersed Trypanosoma cruzi specific gene family and its implications for information entropy of its encoded proteins. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 165: 19-31. Paper & Supplement
 

Bahia, D., Oliveira, L.M., Mortara, R.A. & Ruiz, J.C. 2009. Phosphatidylinositol - and related- kinases: A genome-wide survey of classes and subtypes in the Schistosoma mansonigenome for designing subtype-specific inhibitors. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 380: 525-530.  Paper
 

Popi, A.F., Motta, F.L.T., Mortara, R.A., Schenkman, S. Lopes, J.D. & Mariano, M. 2009. Coordinated expression of lymphoid and myeloid specific transcription factors during B-1b cell differentiation into mononuclear phagocyte in vitro. Immunology, 126: 114–122. Paper
 

Dellavance, A., Gallindo, C., Soares, M.G., Silva, N.P., Mortara, R.A. & Andrade, L.E.C. 2009. Redefining the Scl-70 indirect immunofluorescence pattern: autoantibodies to DNA topoisomerase I yield a specific immunofluorescence pattern. Rheumatology, 48: 632–637. Paper
 

Campos, F.M.F., Liarte, D.B., Mortara, R.A., Romanha, A.J., Murta, S.M.F. 2009. Characterization of a gene encoding alcohol dehydrogenase in benznidazole-susceptible and -resistant populations of Trypanosoma cruzi. Acta Tropica, 111: 56-63. Paper
 

Gutiérrez, B., Osorio, L., Motta, C.C.M., Huima- Byron, T., Erdjument-Bromage, E., Muñoz, C., Sagua, H., Mortara, R.A., Echeverria, A., Araya, J.E. & Gonzalez, J. 2009. Molecular characterization and intracellular distribution of the alpha 5 subunit of Trypanosoma cruzi 20S proteasome. Parasitology International, 58: 367-374. Paper& Supplement
 

Bahia, D., Oliveira, L.M., Lima, F.M., Oliveira, P., Yoshida, N., Silveira, J.F., Mortara, R.A. & Ruiz, J.C. 2009. The TryPIKinome of five pathogenic trypanosomatids: Trypanosoma brucei,T. cruzi, Leishmania major, L. braziliensis and L. infantum. New tools for designing specific inhibitors. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 390: 963-970. Paper

Mortara, R.A., Andreoli, W.K., Fernandes, M.C., Silva, C.V., Fernandes, A.B., L’Abbate, C., & Silva, S. 2008. Host cell actin remodelling in response to Trypanosoma cruzi: trypomastigote versus amastigote entry. In: Molecular Mechanism of Parasite Invasion. Chapter  8. Ed. Barbara Burleigh & Dominique Soldati-Favre. Landes Bioscience and Springer Science+Business Media, Austin, Texas.  pp. 101-108. Subcellular Biochemistry, 47: 101-109. Chapter
 

Quinto, B.M.R., Andrade, M.C.C., Ronchi, F.A., Santos, E.L., Correa, S.A.C., Shimuta, S.I., Pesquero, J.B., Mortara, R.A. & Casarini, D.E. 2008. Expression of Angiotensin I-converting enzymes and Bradykinin B2 receptors in mouse inner medullary collecting duct cells. International Immunopharmacology, 8: 254–260. Paper
 

Coulson-Thomas, Y.M., Coulson-Thomas, V.J., Filippo, T.R., Mortara, R.A., Silveira, R.B. Nader, H.B. & Porcionatto, M.A. 2008. Adult bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells expressing chondroitinase AC transplanted into CNS injury sites promote local brain chondroitin sulphate degradation. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 171: 18-29. Paper
 

Mendes, P.F.P., Xander, P., Brito, R.R.N., Mortara, R.A., Jasiulionis, M.G., & Lopes, J.D. 2008. A cell surface 230 kDa protein from murine melanoma involved with tumor malignancy. Cancer Letters, 262: 276–285. Paper
 

Hernandes, R.T., Silva, R.M. Carneiro, S.M., Salvador, F.A., Fernandes, M.C., Padovan, A.C., Yamamoto, D., Mortara, R.A., Elias, W.P., Briones, M.R.S. & Gomes, T.A.T. 2008. The localized adherence pattern of an atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli is mediated by intimin omicron and unexpectedly promotes HeLa cell invasion. Cellular Microbiology,10: 415-425. Paper
 

Fukuzawa, A.H., Vellutini, B.C., Lorenzini, D.M., Silva Jr., P.I., Mortara, R.A., Silva, J.M.C. & Daffre, S. 2008. The role of hemocytes on the immunity of spider Acanthoscurria gomesiana. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 32: 716-725. Paper
 

 Rodrigues, E.G., Dobroff, A.S., Cavarsa, C.F., Paschoalin, T., Nimrichter, L., Mortara, R.A., Santos, E.L., Fazio, M.A., Miranda, A., Daffre, S., Travassos, L.R. 2008. Effective topical treatment of subcutaneous murine B16F10-Nex2 melanoma by the antimicrobial peptide gomesin. Neoplasia, 10: 61-68. Paper
 

Dallagiovanna, B., Correa, A., Probst, C.M., Holetz, F., Smircich, P., Aguiar, A.M., Mansur, F., Silva, C.V., Mortara, R.A., Garat, B., Buck, G.A., Goldenberg, S. & Krieger, M.A. 2008. Functional genomic characterization of mRNAs associated with TcPUF6, a Pumilio-like protein from Trypanosoma cruzi. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288: 8266-8273. Paper  & Suppl. 1
 

Silva, E.R., Fischer, H., Silva, M.F.L., Mortara, R.A., Mayer, M.G., Framesqui, K., Silber, A.M. & Floeter-Winter. L.M. 2008. Biochemical and biophysical properties of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis arginase used for purification of a highly active recombinant enzyme and for validation of a computational structural model. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 159: 104-111. Paper
 

Santos, R.I.M., Rodrigues, A.H., Silva, M.L., Mortara, R.A., Rossi, M.A., Jamur, M.C., Oliver, C. & Arruda, E. 2008. Oropuche virus entry into HeLa cells involves clathrin and requires endosomal acidification. Virus Research, 138: 139-143. Paper

Fernandes, M.C., Cortez, M., Yoneyama, K.A.G., Straus, A.H., Yoshida, N. & Mortara, R.A.  2007.  Novel strategy in Trypanosoma cruzi cell invasion: implication of cholesterol and host cell microdomains.  International Journal for Parasitology, 37: 1431-1441. Paper 

Fernandes, M.C., L’Abbate, C., Andreoli, W.K.  &  Mortara, R.A. 2007. Trypanosoma cruzi cell invasion and traffic: influence of Coxiella burnetii and pH in a comparative study between distinct infective forms. Microbial Pathogenesis, 43: 22-36. Paper
 

Elias, M.C., Cunha, J.P.C., Faria, F.P., Mortara, R.A., Freymuller, E. & Schenkman, S. 2007. Morphological events during Trypanosoma cruzi cell cycle. Protist, 158: 147-157. Paper
 

Feitosa, L.S., Soares, C.M.A., Santos, M.R.M., Bailão, A.M., Xander, P., Mortara, R.A. & Lopes, J.D. 2007. Cloning, characterization and heterologous expression of a calnexin homologue from the pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Yeast, 24: 79-87. Paper
 

Levano-Garcia, J., Mortara, R.A., Verjovski-Almeida, S. & DeMarco, R. 2007. Characterization of Schistosoma mansoni ATPDase2 gene, a novel apyrase family member. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 352: 384–389. Paper
 

Bahia, D., Mortara, R.A., Kusel, J.R., Andrade, L.F., Ludolf, F., Kuser, P.R., Avelar, L., Trolet, J., Dissous, C., Pierce, R. & Oliveira, G. 2007. Schistosoma mansoni: Expression of Fes-like tyrosine kinase SmFes in the tegument and terebratorium suggests its involvement in host penetration. Experimental Parasitology, 116: 225-232. Paper
 

Coimbra, V.C., Yamamoto, D., Khusal, K.G., Atayde, V.D., Fernandes, M.C.D.C., Mortara, R.A., Yoshida, N., Alves, M.J.M. & Rabinovitch, M. 2007. Enucleated L929 cells support invasion, differentiation and multiplication of Trypanosoma cruzi parasites. Infection and Immunity, 75: 3700-3706. Paper
 

Taniwaki, N.N., Silva, C.V., Silva, S. & Mortara, R.A. 2007. Distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi stage-specific epitopes in cardiac muscle of Calomys callosus, BALB/c mice, and cultured cells infected with different infective forms. Acta Tropica, 103: 14-25. Paper
 

Miguel, D.C., Yokoyama-Yasunaka, J.K.U., Andreoli, W.K., Mortara, R.A. & Uliana, S.R.B. 2007. Tamoxifen is effective against Leishmania and induces a rapid alkalinization of parasitophorous vacuoles harbouring Leishmania (L.) amazonensis amastigotes. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 60: 526-534. Paper
 

Salay, G. Dorta, M.L., Santos, N.M., Mortara, R.A., Brodskyn, C., Oliveira, C.I., Barbiéri, C.L. & Rodrigues, M.M. 2007. Testing of four Leishmania vaccine candidates in a mouse model of infection with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, the main causative agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the New World. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 14: 1173-1181. Paper

Okuda, K., Almeida, F., Mortara, R.A., Krieger, H., Marinotti, O. & Bijovsky, A.T. 2007. Cell death and regeneration in the midgut of the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus. Journal of Insect Physiology, 53: 1307-1315. Paper
 

Xander, P., Vigna, A.F., Feitosa, L.S., Bailão, A.M., Soares, C.M.A., Mortara, R.A., Mariano, M. & Lopes, J.D. 2007. A surface 75 kDa protein with acid phosphatase activity recognized by monoclonal antibodies that inhibit Paracoccidioides brasiliensis growth.  Microbes and Infection, 9: 1484 -1492. Paper

Ferreira, C.A.G., Rodrigues, E.G., Mortara, R.A., Cabral, H., Serrano, F.A., Ribeiro-dos-Santos, R. & Travassos, L.R. Anti-tumor effects in vitro and in vivo and mechanisms of protection against melanoma B16F10-Nex2 cells by fastuosain, a cystein proteinase from Bromelia fastuosa. Neoplasia, 9: 723-733. Paper

Andreoli, W.K., Taniwaki, N.N.,  & Mortara, R.A. 2006.  Survival of Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclic trypomastigotes within Coxiella burnetii vacuoles: differentiation and replication within an acidic milieu.  Microbes and Infection, 8: 172-182. Paper
 

Andrade, M.C.C., Di Marco, G.S., Teixeira, V.P.C., Mortara, R.A., Sabatini, R.A., Pesquero, J.B., Boim, M.A., Carmona, A.K., Schor, N. & Casarini, D.E. 2006. Expression and localization of N-domain angiotensin I-converting enzymes (ACE) in mesangial cells in culture from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology, 290: 364-375. Paper & Corrigenda

Taniwaki, N.N., Machado, F.S., Massensini, A.R. & Mortara, R.A. 2006. Trypanosoma cruzi disrupts myofibrillar organization and intracellular calcium levels in mouse cardiomyocytes. Cell and Tissue Research, 324: 489-496. Paper

Rocha, G.M., Brandão, B.A., Attias, M., Mortara, R.A., de Souza, W. & Carvalho, T.M.U. 2006. The flagellar attachment zone of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigote forms. Journal of Structural Biology, 154: 89-99.  Paper
 

Laurino, C.F.C., Fritzler, M.J., Mortara, R.A., Silva, N.P., Almeida, I.C. & Andrade, L.E.C. 2006. Human autoantibodies to diacylphosphatidylethanolamine recognize a specific set of discrete cytoplasmic domains. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 143: 572–584. Paper
 

Cardoso, F.C., Pacífico, R.N.A., Mortara, R.A. &  Oliveira, S.C. 2006. Human antibody responses of patients living in endemic areas for schistosomiasis to the tegumental protein Sm29 identified through genomic studies. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 144: 382-39. Paper
 

Silva, C.V., Luquetti, A.O., Rassi, A. & Mortara, R.A. 2006. Involvement of Ssp-4-related carbohydrate epitopes in mammalian cell invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes. Microbes and Infection, 8: 2120-2129.  Paper
 

Fernandes, A.B., Neira, I.T., Ferreira, A.T. & Mortara, R.A. 2006. Cell invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes of distinct infectivities: studies on signaling pathways. Parasitology Research, 100: 59-68. Paper
 

Campanelli, A.P., Roselino, A.M., Cavassani, K.A., Pereira, M.S.F., Mortara, R.A., Brodskyn, C.I., Gonçalves, H.S., Belkaid, Y., Barral-Netto, M., Barral, A., Silva, J.S. 2006. The CD4+ CD25+ T cells of skin lesions from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients exhibit phenotypic and functional properties of regulatory T cells. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 193:1313-1322. Paper
 

Bahia, D., Avelar, L., Freire, L., Mortara, R.A., Khayath, N., Yan, Y., Noël, C., Capron, M.,  Dissous, C., Pierce, R.J., & Oliveira, G. 2006. SmPKC1, a new protein kinase C identified in the platyhelminth parasite Schistosoma mansoni. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications,  345: 1138-1148. Paper
 

Macêdo, C.D.S., DaRocha, W.D.,  Mortara, R.A., Prado, M.A. & Teixeira, S.M.R. 2006. Characterization of a Trypanosoma cruzi antigen with homology to intracellular mammalian lectins. International Journal for Parasitology, 36:1473-1484. Paper
 

Bahia, D., Freire, L., Ludolf, F., Mortara, R.A. & Oliveira, G. 2006. Protein tyrosine kinases in Schistosoma mansoni. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro), 101 (Suppl. I) 137-143.  Paper
 

Coelho, A.C., Yamashiro, E.H., Bastos, S.F., Mortara, R.A. & Cotrim, P.C. 2006. Intracellular location of the ABC transporter PRP1 related to pentamidine resistance in Leishmania major. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 150: 378–383. Paper 

Bahia, D., Avelar, L.G.A., Vigorosi, F., Cioli, D., Oliveira, G.C. & Mortara, R.A. 2006. The distribution of motor proteins in the muscles and flame cells of the Schistosoma mansoni miracidium and primary sporocyst. Parasitology, 133: 321-329. Paper 

Ganiko, L., Martins, A.R., Freymüller, E., Mortara, R.A. & Roque-Barreira, M.C. 2005. Lectin KM+-induced neutrophil haptotaxis involves binding to laminin. Biochimica etBiophysica Acta (General Subjects), 1721: 152-163.  Paper
 

Mortara, R.A., Andreoli, W.K., Taniwaki, N.M., Fernandes, A.B., Silva, C.V., Fernandes, M.C, L’Abbatte, C. & Silva, S. 2005. Mammalian cell invasion and intracellular trafficking by Trypanosoma cruzi infective forms. Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 77: 1-18. Paper
 

Bogsan, C.S.B., Brito, R.R.N, Palos, M.C., Mortara, R.A., Almeida, S.R., Lopes, J.D.  & Mariano, M. 2005. B-1 cells are pivotal for in vivo inflammatory giant cell formation. International Journal of Experimental Pathology, 86: 257-265. Paper
 

Taniwaki, N.N., Andreoli, W.K. & Mortara, R.A. 2005.  Disruption of myofibrillar proteins in cardiac muscle of Calomys callosus chronically infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and treated with immunosuppressive agent. Parasitology Research,  97: 323-33. Paper

Alberio, S.O., Dias, S.S., Faria, F.P.,  Mortara, R.A., Barbiéri, C.L. & Haapalainen, E.F. 2004. Ultrastructural and cytochemical identification of megasome in Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi. Parasitology Research, 92: 246-254.  Paper
 

Abreu-Silva, A.L., Calabrese, K.S., Mortara, R.A.,  Tedesco, R.C., Cardoso, F.O.; Carvalho, L.O.P. & Gonçalves Da Costa, S.C. 2004. Extracellular matrix alterations in experimental murine Leishmania (L.) amazonensis infection. Parasitology, 128: 385–390. Paper
 

Tempone, A.G., Vieira, D.P., Rath, S., Vilarinho, A.L., Mortara, R.A. & Andrade Jr., H.F. 2004. Targeting drugs to Leishmania (L.) chagasi amastigotes in macrophages: interaction of liposomes containing phosphatidylserine with scavenger receptors. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 54: 60-68. Paper

Fernandes, A.B. & Mortara, R.A. 2004. Invasion of MDCK epithelial cells with altered expression of Rho GTPases by Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes and metacyclic trypomastigotes of strains from the two major phylogenetic lineages. Microbes and Infection, 6: 460-467. Paper

Silva, N.P., Christofolini, D.M., Mortara, R.A., & Andrade, L.E.C. 2004. Colocalization of coilin and nucleolar proteins in micronucleated PtK2 cells. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 37: 997-1003. Paper
 

Araujo, J.C., Mortara, R.A., Campos, J.R. & Vazoller, R.F. 2004. Development and analysis of anaerobic biofilms onto hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces. Environmental Technology, 25: 809-817. Paper
 

Maria-Engler, S.S., Krohl, K. Corrêa-Gianella, M.L., Silva, F.L., Aita, C.A.M., Oliveira, E.M.C., Corrêa, T.C.S., Silva I.C., Genizi, T., Miranda, M.P., Noronha, I.L., Mortara, R.A., Eliaschweitz, F.G., & Sogayar, M.C. 2004. Co-localization of nestin and insulin and expression of islet cell markers in long-term human pancreatic nestin-positive cell cultures. Journal of Endocrinology, 183: 455-467. Paper

Andreoli, W.K. & Mortara, R.A. 2003. Acidification modulates the traffic of Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes in Vero cells harboring Coxiella burnetti vacuoles. International Journal for Parasitology,  33: 185-197.  Paper
 

Verbisck, N.V., Santos, M.R.M., Engman, D., Chiurillo, M.A., Ramirez, J.L., Araya, J.E., Mortara, R.A. & Franco da Silveira, J. 2003. A novel reiterated family of transcribed oligo(A)-terminated, interspersed DNA elements in the genome of Trypanosoma cruzi. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro), 98: 129-133.  Paper
 

Abreu-Silva, A.L., Calabrese, K.S., Tedesco, R.C., Mortara, R.A. & Gonçalves da Costa, S.C. 2003. Central nervous system involvement in experimental Leishmania (L.) amazonensisinfection. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 68: 661–665. Paper
 

Calabrese, K.S., Paradela, A.S.R.C., Zaverucha do Valle, T., Tedesco, R.C., Leonardo, R., Mortara, R.A. & Gonçalves da Costa, S.C. 2003. Confocal microscopy analysis of myocardial inflammatory infiltrates in mice treated with cyclophosphamide during acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection. Pathologie-Biologie (Paris), 51: 129-134. Paper
 

Feitosa, L.S., Cisalpino, P.S., Santos, M.R.M., Mortara, R.A., Bastos, T.F., Morais, F.V., Puccia, R., Franco da Silveira, J. & Camargo, Z.P. 2003. Chromosomal polymorphism, syntenic relationships and ploidy in the pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 39: 60-69.  Paper
 

Araya, J., Silva, S., Mortara, R.A., Manque, P., Cordero, E., Neira, I., Sagua, H., Loyola, A.,  Bórquez, J .,  Morales, G. & González, J.  2003. Diterpenoids fom Azorella compacta(Umbelliferae) active on Trypanosoma cruzi. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro), 98: 413-418.  Paper
 

Dias, N., Mortara, R.A. & Lima, N. 2003. Morphological and physiological changes in Tetrahymena pyriformis for the in vitro cytoxicity assessment of Triton X-100. Toxicology in Vitro, 17: 357-366.  Paper
 

González, J., Cornejo, A., Santos, M.R.M., Cordero, E.M., Gutiérrez, B., Porcile, P., Mortara, R.A., Sagua, H., Silveira, J.F. & Araya, J.E. 2003. A novel protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is involved in the transformation of human protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi.  Biochemical Journal, 374: 647-656. Paper
 

De Marco, R., Kowaltowski, A.T., Mortara, R.A. & Verjovski-Almeida, S. 2003. Molecular characterization and immuno-localization of Schistosoma mansoni ATP-diphosphohydrolase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 307: 831-838.  Paper
 

Stecconi-Silva, R., Andreoli, W.K. & Mortara, R.A. 2003. Parameters affecting cellular invasion and escape from the parasitophorous vacuole by different infective forms of Trypanosoma cruzi. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro), 98: 953-958. Paper
 

Abrahão, T.B., Freymüller, E., Mortara R.A., Lopes, J.D. &  Mariano, M. 2003. Morphological characterization of mouse B-1 cells. Immunobiology, 208: 401-411. Paper

Zamboni, D.S., Freymuller, E., Mortara, R.A. & Rabinovitch, M. 2002. Mouse resident peritoneal macrophages partially control in vitro infection with Coxiella burnetii phase II. Microbes and Infection, 4: 591-598.  Paper

Poli, P., Mello, M.A., Buschini, A., Mortara, R.A., Albuquerque, C.N., Silva, S., Rossi, C. & Zucchi, T.M.A.D. 2002. Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of megazol, an anti-Chagas' disease drug, assessed by different short-term tests. Biochemical Pharmacology, 64: 1617-1627. Paper
 

Elias, M.C.Q.B., Faria, M., Mortara, R.A., Motta, M.C.M., De Souza, W., Thiry, M. & Schenkman, S. 2002. Chromosome localization changes in the Trypanosoma cruzi nucleus. Eukaryotic Cell, 1: 944-953. Paper

Zamboni, D.S., Mortara, R.A. & Rabinovitch, M. 2001. Infection of Vero cells with Coxiella burnetii phase II: Relative intracellular bacterial load estimated by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 43: 223-232. Paper 

Carmo, M.S., Santos, M.R.M., Cummings, L.M., Araya, J.E., Yamauchi, L.M., Yoshida, N., Mortara, R.A. & Franco da Silveira, J. 2001. Isolation and characterisation of genomic and cDNA clones coding for a serine-, alanine, and proline-rich protein of Trypanosoma cruzi. International Journal for Parasitology, 31: 259-264. Paper

Mortara, R.A., Minelli, L.M.S., Vandekerckhove, F., Nussenzweig, V. & Ramalho-Pinto, F.J. 2001. Phosphatidylinositol- specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) cleavage of GPI-anchored surface molecules of Trypanosoma cruzi triggers in vitro morphological reorganization of trypomastigotes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 48: 27-37. Paper

This work was awarded the 2001 William Trager Award for Outstanding Paper of the Year, Society of Protozoologists (EUA)

Marcelino de Souza, M., Franco, M., Almeida, D.R., Diniz, R.V., Mortara, R.A., Silva, S. & Patrício, F.R.S. 2001. Comparative histopathology of endomyocardial biopsies in chagasic and non-chagasic heart transplant recipients. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 20: 534-543. Paper
 

Linares, E., Giorgio, S., Mortara, R.A., Santos, C.X.C., Yamada, A.T. & Augusto, O. 2001. Role of peroxynitrite in macrophage microbicidal mechanisms in vivo revealed by protein nitration and hydroxylation. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 30: 1234-1242. Paper
 

Suzuki, E., Mortara, R.A.,Takahashi, H.K. & Straus, A.H. 2001. Reactivity of MEST-1 (antigalactofuranose) with Trypanosoma cruzi glycosylinositol phosphoceramides (GIPCs): immunolocalization of GIPCs in acidic vesicles of epimastigotes. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, 8: 1031-1035.  Paper

Mortara, R.A., Silva, S. & Taniwaki, N.N. 2000. Confocal fluorescence microscopy: a powerful tool in the study of Chagas' disease. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 33: 79-82. Paper
 

Calabrese, K.S., Paradela, A.S.R.C., Zaverucha do Valle, T., Tedesco, R.C., Silva, S., Mortara, R.A. & Gonçalves da Costa, S.C. 2000. Study of acute chagasic mice under immunosuppressive therapy by cyclosporin A: modulation and confocal analysis of inflammatory reaction. Immunopharmacology, 47: 1-11.  Paper
 

Baqui, M.M., Milder, R., Mortara, R.A. & Pudles J. 2000. In vivo and in vitro phosphorylation and subcellular localization of trypanosomatid cytoskeletal giant proteins. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, 47: 25-37.  Paper

Procópio, D.O., Barros, H.C. & Mortara, R.A. 1999. Actin-rich structures formed during the invasion of cultured cells by infective forms of Trypanosoma cruzi. European Journal of Cell Biology, 78: 911-924. Paper
 

Mortara, R.A., Procópio, D.O., Barros, H.C., Verbisck, N.V., Andreoli, W.K., Silva, R.B.S.  & Silva, S. 1999. Features of host cell invasion by different infective forms of Trypanosoma cruzi. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 94 Suppl I: 135-137.  Paper
 

Rabinovitch M., Freymuller E., de Paula R.A., Manque, P., Andreoli, W.K & Mortara, R.A. 1999. Cell co-infections with non-viral pathogens and the construction of doubly infected phagosomes. In: Phagocytosis: microbial invasion. Gordon S., editor. Series: Advances in Cell and Moleclar Biology of Membranes and Organelles,  Volume 6, JAI Press Inc. Stamford, Connecticut., 349-371. Chapter

Mortara, R.A., Silva, S., Patrício, F.R; Higuchi, M.L., Lopes, E.R.; Gabbai, A.A., Carnevale, P., Rocha, A., Ferreira, M.S., Souza, M.M., Franco, M.S., Turcato Jr., G., Ferraz-Neto, B.H. 1999. Imaging Trypanosoma cruzi within tissues from chagasic patients using confocal microscopy with monoclonal antibodies. Parasitology Research, 85: 800-808. Paper 

Ferro, E.A.V., Bevilacqua, E., Favoreto Jr., S., Silva, A.O., Mortara, R.A. & Mineo, J.R. 1999. Calomys callosus trophoblast cells (Rodentia: Cricetidae) as host cells to Toxoplasma gondii in early pregnancy. Parasitology Research, 85: 647-654. Paper
 

Ramirez, M.I., Boscardin, S.B., Ruiz, R.C., Han, S.W., Paranhos-Baccalà, G.S., Yoshida, N., Mortara, R. A. & Franco da Silveira, J. 1999. Heterologous expression of a Trypanosoma cruzi surface glycoprotein (GP82) indicates that requirements for glycosylphospohatidylinositol anchoring are different in mammalian cells and this trypanosome. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 94: 527-530.  Paper
 

Ramirez, M.I., Boscardin, S.B., Han, S.W., Paranhos-Baccalà, G.S., Yoshida, N., Kelly, J.M., Mortara, R.A. & Franco da Silveira, J. 1999. Heterologous expression of a Trypanosoma cruzi surface glycoprotein (GP82) in mammalian cells indicates the existence of different signal sequence requirements and processing. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 46: 557-565. Paper

Procópio, D.O., Da Silva, S., Cunningham, C.C. & Mortara, R.A. 1998. Trypanosoma cruzi: Effect of protein kinase inhibitors nd cytoskeletal protein organization and expression on host cell invasion by amastigotes and metacyclic trypomastigotes. Experimental Parasitology, 90: 1-13.  Paper

Verbisck, N.V., Da Silva, S. & Mortara, R.A. 1998. Trypanosoma cruzi: amastigote polymorphism defined by monoclonal antibodies. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 31: 1583-1591. Paper
 

Balanco, J.M.F., Pral, E.M.F., Bijovsky, A.T., Mortara, R.A., Silva, S. & Alfieri, S.C. 1998. Axenic cultivation and partial characterization of Leishmania braziliensis amastigote-like stages. Parasitology, 116: 103-113.  Paper
 

Cano, M.I., Cisalpino, P.S., Galindo, I., Ramirez, J.L., Mortara, R.A. & Franco da Silveira, J. 1998. Electrophoretic karyotypes genome sizing of the pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 36: 742-747.  Paper

Barros, H.C., Verbisck, N.V., Da Silva, S., Araguth, M.F. & Mortara, R.A. 1997. Distribution of epitopes of Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes during the intracellular life cycle within mammalian cells. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 44: 275-285. Paper
 

Yoshida, N., Dorta, M.L., Ferreira, A.T., Oshiro, M.E.M., Mortara, R.A., Acosta-Serrano, A. & Favoreto Jr., S. 1997. Removal of sialic acid from mucin-like surface molecules or Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclic trypomastigotes enhances parasite-host cell interaction. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 84: 57-67. Paper 

Lesénéchal, M., Duret, L., Cano, M.I., Mortara, R.A., Jolivet, M., Camargo, M.E., Franco da Silveira, J. & Paranhos-Baccalà, G. 1997. Cloning and characterization of a gene encoding a novel immunodominant antigen of Trypanosoma cruzi. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 87: 193-204. Paper

Barros, H.C., Da Silva, S., Verbisck, N.V., Araguth, M.F., Tedesco, R.C., Procópio, D.O. & Mortara, R.A. 1996. Release of membrane-bound trails by Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes onto modified surfaces and mammalian cells. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 43: 275-285. Paper
 

Cotrim, P.C., Paranhos-Baccalà, G.S., Santos, M.R., Mortensen, C., Cano, M.I., Jovilet, M., Camargo, M.E., Mortara, R.A. & Franco da Silveira, J. 1995. Organization and expression of an imunodominant repetitive antigen associated to the cytoskeleton of Trypanosoma cruzi. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 71: 89-98. Paper

Schenkman, S., Ferguson, M.A.J., Heise, N., Cardoso de Almeida, M.L., Mortara, R.A. & Yoshida, N. 1993. Mucin-like glycoproteins linked to the membrane by glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol anchor are the major acceptors of sialic acid in a reaction catalysed by trans-sialidase in metacyclic forms of Trypanosoma cruzi. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 59: 293-304. Paper

Schenkman, S. & Mortara, R.A. 1992. HeLa cells extend and internalize pseudopodia during active invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes. Journal of Cell Science, 101: 895-905. Paper
 

Mortara, R.A., Silva, S., Araguth, M.F., Blanco, S.A. & Yoshida, N. 1992. Polymorphism of the 35-50 kiloDalton surface glycoconjugates from Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclic trypomastigotes. Infection and Immunity, 60: 4673-4678. Paper

Mortara, R.A. 1991. Trypanosoma cruzi: amastigotes and trypomastigotes interact with different structures on the surface of HeLa cells. Experimental Parasitolology, 73: 1-14. Paper

Cotrim, P.C., Paranhos, G.S., Mortara, R.A., Wanderley, J., Rassi, A., Camargo, M.E. & Franco da Silveira, J. 1990. Expression in Escherichia coli of a dominant immunogen of Trypanosoma cruzi recognized by human chgasic sera. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 28: 519-524. Paper
 

Paranhos, G.S., Cotrim, P.C., Mortara, R.A., Rassi, A., Corral, R., Freilij, H.L., Grinstein, S., Wanderley, J., Camargo, M.E. & Franco da Silveira, J. 1990. Trypanosoma cruzi: cloning and expression of an antigen recognized by acute and chronic human chagasic sera. Experimental Parasitology, 71: 284-293. Paper
 

Franco da Silveira, J., Paranhos, G.S., Cotrim, P.C., Mortara, R.A., Camargo, M.E., Rassi, A., Wanderley, J., Corral, R., Freilij, H.L., Grinstein, S. & Degrave, W. 1990. Antigens of Trypanosoma cruzi with clinical interest cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro), 85: 507-511.

Mortara, R.A. & Koch, G.L.E. 1989. An association between actin and nucleocapsid polypeptides in isolated murine retroviral particles. Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology, 21: 295-306. Paper
 

Mortara, R.A. 1989. Studies on trypanosomatid actin. I. Immunochemical and biochemical identification. Journal of Protozoology, 36: 8-13. Paper
 

Silva, M.L.M., Mortara, R.A., Barros,  H.C., De Souza, W. & Trabulsi, L.R.  1989. Aggregation of membrane-associated actin filaments following localized adherence of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli to HeLa cells. Journal of Cell Science, 93: 439-446. Paper
 

Yoshida, N., Mortara, R.A., Araguth, M.F., Gonzalez, J.C. & Russo, M. 1989. Metacyclic neutralizing effect of monoclonal antibody 10D8 directed to 35 and 50 kilodalton surface glycoconjugates of Trypanosoma cruzi. Infection and Immunity, 57: 1663-1667. Paper

Mortara, R.A., Araguth, M.F. & N. Yoshida. 1988. Reactivity of stage-specific monoclonal antibody 1G7 with metacyclic trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi strains: lytic property and 90,000 mol wt surface antigen polymorphism. Parasite Immunology, 10: 369-378. Paper

Cicilini, M.A., Ribeiro, M.J.F., Oliveira, E.B., Mortara, R.A. & Camargo, A.C.M. 1988. Endooligopeptidase A activity in rabbit heart: generation of enkephalin from enkephalin containing peptides. Peptides, 9: 945-956. Paper

Mortara, R.A. & Koch, G.L.E. 1986. Analysis of pseudopodial structure and assembly with viral projections. Journal of Cell Science, suppl. 5: 129-144. Paper
 

Koch, G.L.E., Macer, D., Smith, M.J., Webster, P. & Mortara, R.A. 1986. Endoplasmic reticulum contains a common, abundant calcium-binding glycoprotein, endoplasmin. Journal of Cell Science, 86: 217-232.  Paper

Koch, G.L.E., Smith, M.J. & Mortara, R.A. 1985. An abundant, ubiquitous glycoprotein (GP100) in nucleated mammalian cells. FEBS Letters, 179: 294-298. Paper

Cuccovia, I.M., Aleixo, R.M.V., Mortara, R.A., Berci Fo., P., Bonilha, J.B.S., Quina,F.H. & Chaimovich, H. 1979. Effect of dimethyl dialkylammonium vesicles on the thiolysis of p-nitrophenyl acetate. Tetrahedron Letters, 20: 3065-3068. Paper

Mortara, R.A., Quina, F.H. & Chaimovich, H. 1978. Formation and properties of closed vesicles from a simple phosphate diester. Preparation and some properties of vesicles of di- hexadecylphosphate. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 81: 1080-1086. Paper