Espinosa Cantellano Martha PhD


Current position: Professor
Present adscription: Department of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis. Cinvestav, IPN, Mexico.      
Address: Av. IPN, No. 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco. CP. 07360
Phone number: + 52 (55) 57-47-3800 ext 5660. Fax: (525) 7477107          
E-mail: mespinosa@cinvestav.mx

Academic profile

Undergraduate studies: Medical Doctor: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. México City, México. 1986.

Ph. D.     Experimental Pathology. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN. Mexico City, México. 1994.

 

Info

Immunology and ehtiopathogenesis of demyelination diseases of chronic ilness.

Classical  

 1.     Espinosa Cantellano M (1986) Caracterización de los problemas de salud de la comunidad mexicana en la ciudad de Nueva York. (ISSN 0026-1742) Rev Fac Med UNAM 29: 347-354.

 

 2.     Nogueira N, Medina E, Espinosa M, Quintao L y Block PK (1987) Functional and molecular aspects of the major surface glycoprotein of Leishmania sp. En: Molecular Strategies of Parasitic Invasion, UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Vol. 42, Alan R. Liss, Inc., Nueva York, pp. 301-310.

 

 3.     Sarno EN, Espinosa M, Sampaio EP, Vieira LMM, Figueiredo AA, Miranda CF, Esquenazi D, Salgado JLF y Nogueira N (1988) Immunological responsiveness to M. leprae and BCG antigens in 98 leprosy patients and their household contacts. (ISSN 1414-431X) Brazilian J Med Res 21: 461-470.

 

 4.     Cooper R, Inverso JA, Espinosa M, Nogueira N y Cross GAM (1991) Characterization of a candidate gene for GP 72, an insect stage-specific antigen of Trypanosoma cruzi. (ISSN: 0166-6851) Mol Biochem Parasitol 49(1): 45-60.

 

 5.     Espinosa Cantellano M y Martínez-Palomo A (1991) The plasma membrane of Entamoeba histolytica: structure and dynamics. (ISSN: 1768-322X) Biol Cell 72: 189-200.

 

 6.     Chávez B, Espinosa Cantellano M, Cedillo Rivera R, Ramírez A y Martínez-Palomo A (1992) Effects of albendazole on Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia trophozoites. (ISSN 01884409) Arch Med Res (Mex) 23(2): 63-67.

 

 7.     Espinosa Cantellano M, Chávez B, Calderón J y Martínez-Palomo A (1992) Entamoeba histolytica: electrophoretic analysis of isolated caps induced by several ligands. (ISSN 01884409) Arch Med Res (Mex) 23(2): 81-85.

 

 8.     Ribeiro de Jesus A, Cooper R, Espinosa M, Gomes JELP, Garcia ES, Paul S y Cross GAM (1993) Gene deletion suggests a role for Trypanosoma cruzi surface glycoprotein GP72 in the insects and mammalian stages of the life cycle. (ISSN: 0021- 9533) J Cell Sci 106(4): 1023-1033.

 

 9.     Espinosa-Cantellano M y Martínez-Palomo A (1994) Entamoeba histolytica: mechanism of surface receptor capping. (ISSN:0014- 4894) Exp Parasitol 79(3): 424-435.

 

10.    González-Robles A, Lázaro-Haller A, Espinosa-Cantellano M, Anaya-Velázquez F y Martínez-Palomo A (1995) Trichomonas vaginalis: ultrastructural bases of the cytopathic effect. (ISSN: 1066- 5234) J Euk Microbiol 42(5): 641-651.

 

11.    Chávez Munguía B, González Robles A, Espinosa-Cantellano M, Cristóbal Ramos AR y Martínez-Palomo A (1997) Entamoeba dispar: ultrastructure and cytopathic effect. (ISSN 01884409) Arch Med Res 28: 116-118.

 

12.    Herrera Verdugo D, Espinosa-Cantellano M y Martínez-Palomo A (1997) Erythrophagocytosis by Entamoeba histolytica. (ISSN 01884409) Arch Med Res 28: 197-199.

 

13.    Espinosa-Cantellano M, Castañón Gutiérrez G y Martínez-Palomo A (1997) In vivo pathogenesis of Entamoeba dispar. (ISSN 01884409) Arch Med Res 28: 204-206.

 

14.    Martínez-Palomo A y Espinosa-Cantellano M (1998) Amoebiasis: new understanding and new goals. (ISSN:0169-4707) Parasitol Today 14:1-3.

 

15.    Shibayama M, Campos-Rodríguez R, Ramírez-Rosales A, Flores-Romo L, Espinosa-Cantellano M, Martínez-Palomo A y Tsutsumi V (1998) Entamoeba histolytica: liver invasion and abscess production by intraperitoneal inoculation of trophozoites in hamsters, Mesocricetus auratus. (ISSN: 0014-4894) Exp Parasitol 88:20-27.

 

16.    Espinosa-Cantellano M, González-Robles A, Chávez B, Castañón G, Lázaro-Haller A y Martínez-Palomo A (1998) Entamoeba dispar: ultrastructure, surface properties, and cytopathic effect. (ISSN: 1066- 5234) J Euk Microbiol 45:265-272.

 

17.    Rendón-Maldonado JG, Espinosa-Cantellano M, González-Robles A y Martínez-Palomo A (1998) Trichomonas vaginalis: in vitro phagocytosis of lactobacilli, vaginal epithelial cells, leukocytes, and erythrocytes. (ISSN: 0014-4894) Exp Parasitol 89:241-250.

 

18.    Espinosa-Cantellano M y Martínez-Palomo A (2000) Pathogenesis of intestinal amebiasis: from molecules to disease. (ISSN: 0893-8512) Clin Microbiol Rev, 13:318-331.

 

19.    Astiazarán-García H, Espinosa-Cantellano M, Castañón G, Chávez-Munguía B y Martínez-Palomo A (2000) Giardia lamblia: effect of infection with symptomatic and asymptomatic isolates on the growth of Gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) (ISSN: 0014-4894) Exp Parasitology, 95:128-135.

 

20.    Silva R, Rico G, Espinosa-Cantellano M, Giménez JA y Kretschmer R (2000) Does Entamoeba dispar produce monocyte locomotion inhibitory factor (MLIF) like Entamoeba histolytica? (ISSN 01884409) Arch Med Res, 31:S94-S95.

 

21.    Acevedo JA, Pacheco-Yépez J, Serrano-Luna J, Espinosa-Cantellano M, Tsutsumi V y Shibayama M (2000) Experimental amebic liver abscess: in vivo localization of TNF-a. (ISSN 01884409) Arch Med Res, 31:S98-S100.

 

22.    Chávez-Munguía B, Espinosa-Cantellano M, Castañón G y Adolfo Martínez-Palomo A (2000) Ultrastructural evidence of smooth endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi-like elements in Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar. (ISSN 01884409) Arch Med Res, 31:S165-S167.

 

23.    Pacheco-Yépez J, Campos-Rodríguez R, Serrano-Luna J, Espinosa-Cantellano M, Petri Jr. WA, Tsutsumi V y Shibayama M (2000) Entamoeba histolytica: localization of the Gal/GalNAc adherence lectin in experimental amebic liver abscess. (ISSN 01884409) Arch Med Res, 31:S242-S244.

 

24.    Espinosa-Cantellano M y Martínez-Palomo A (2000) Recent developments in amoebiasis research. (ISSN: 0951-7375) Curr Opin Infect Dis, 13(5):451-456.

 

25.    Astiazarán-García H , Espinosa-Cantellano M, Castañón G, Chávez-Munguía B, Pacheco-Moreno B, Vázquez-Ortiz F, Valencia-Juillerat M, y Martínez-Palomo A (2001) Giardiasis and nutritional status in gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus), (ISSN: 0892-6638) FASEB J, 15(4): A646-A646.

 

26.    Rendón-Maldonado J, Espinosa-Cantellano M, Soler C, Torres JV y Martínez-Palomo A (2003) Trichomonas vaginalis: In vitro attachment and internalization of HIV-1 and HIV-1-infected lymphocytes, (ISSN: 1066- 5234) J Euk Microbiol 50(1):43-48.

 

27.    Maldonado-Bernal C, Kirschning CJ, Rosenstein Y, Rocha LM, Ríos-Sarabia N, Espinosa-Cantellano M, Becker I, Estrada I, Salazar-González RM, López-Macías C, Wagner H, Sánchez J e Isibasi A (2005) The innate immune response to Entamoeba histolytica lipopeptidophosphoglycan is mediated by toll-like receptors 2 and 4, (ISSN: 0141-9838) Parasite Immunol 27(4):127-137.

 

28.    Chávez-Munguía B, Segovia-Gamboa N, Salazar-Villatoro L, Espinosa-Cantellano M, MartÍnez-Palomo A y Omaña-Molina M (2011) Naegleria fowleri: Enolase is expressed during cyst differentiation. (ISSN: 1066- 5234) J Euk Microbiol, 58(5):463-468

 

29.    Tanikawa C, Espinosa M, Suzuki A, Masuda K, Yamamoto K, Tsuchiya E, Ueda K, Daigo Y, Nakamura Y y Matsuda K (2012) Regulation of histone modification and chromatin structure by the p53–PADI4 pathway. (ISSN 20411723), Nature Communications 3, DOI 10.1038/ncomms1676

 

30.    Chávez-Munguía B, Salazar-Villatoro L, Lagunes-Guillén A, Espinosa-Cantellano M, Martínez-Palomo A y Omaña-Molina M (2013) Acanthamoeba castellanii cysts: new ultrastructural findings. (ISSN: 0932-0113) Parasitol Res 112(3):1125-1130.

 

31.    Talamás-Lara D, Talamás-Rohana P, Fragoso-Soriano RJ, Espinosa-Cantellano M, Chávez-Munguía B, González-Robles A, Martínez-Palomo A (2015) Cell-matrix interactions of Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar. A comparative study by electron-, atomic force- and confocal microscopy. Exp Cell Res 337(2):226-33. DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2015.07.030. Epub Jul 29.

 

32.    Bibiana Chávez-Munguía, Lizbeth Salazar-Villatoro, Maritza Omaña-Molina, Martha Espinosa-Cantellano, Elizabeth Ramírez-Flores, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales & Adolfo Martínez-Palomo (2016) Acanthamoeba culbertsoni: Electron-Dense Granules in a Highly Virulent Clinical Isolate. J Euk Microbiol En prensa