• Cestode parasites release extracellular vesicles with microRNAs and immunodiagnostic protein cargo 

      Ancarola, María Eugenia; Marcilla, Antonio; Herz, Michaela; Macchiaroli, Natalia; Pérez, Matías; Asurmendi, Sebastian; Brehm, Klaus; Poncini, Carolina; Rosenzvit, Mara Cecilia; Cucher, Marcela (2017-09)
      Intercellular communication is crucial in multiple aspects of cell biology. This interaction can be mediated by several mechanisms including extracellular vesicle (EV) transfer. EV secretion by parasites has been reported ...
    • Genome-wide identification of microRNA targets in the neglected disease pathogens of the genus Echinococcus 

      Macchiaroli, Natalia; Maldonado, Lucas; Zarowiecki, Magdalena; Cucher, Marcela Alejandra; Gismondi, Maria Ines; Kamenetzky, Laura; Rosenzvit, Mara Cecilia (2017-06)
      MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small non-coding RNAs, are key regulators of gene expression at posttranscriptional level and play essential roles in biological processes such as development. MiRNAs silence target mRNAs by ...