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  1. Substrate secretion by different EHEC secretion systems during their interaction with epithelial cells

    Article • Virulence, February 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  2. Editorial: Global excellence in bacteriology: Central and South America

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, February 2025, Frontiers

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  3. Cytolethal distending toxin-producing Escherichia coli clinical isolates from Mexican children harbor different cdt types causing CDT-induced epithelial pathological phenotypes

    Article • Medical Microbiology and Immunology, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  4. The anti-senescence effect of D-β-hydroxybutyrate in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome involves progerin clearance by the activation of the AMPK-mTOR-autophagy pathway

    Article • GeroScience, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  5. Identification of a genomic cluster related to hypersecretion of intestinal mucus and mucinolytic activity of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (aEPEC)

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, December 2024, Frontiers

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  6. IFN‐γ stimulates Paneth cell secretion through necroptosis mTORC1 dependent

    Article • European Journal of Immunology, June 2024, Wiley

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  7. Plasmid-encoded toxin of Escherichia coli cleaves complement system proteins and inhibits complement-mediated lysis in vitro

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, February 2024, Frontiers

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  8. Serine proteases autotransporter of Enterobacteriaceae: Structures, subdomains, motifs, functions, and targets

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2023, Wiley

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  9. Rescue of Mitochondrial Function in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome by the Pharmacological Modulation of Exportin CRM1

    Article • Cells, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  10. New Molecular Mechanisms of Virulence and Pathogenesis in E. coli

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  11. Genetic/genomic testing: defining the parameters for ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI)

    Article • BMC Medical Ethics, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  12. Role of the YehD fimbriae in the virulence‐associated properties of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, September 2021, Wiley

    Valério Monteiro Neto , Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  13. Pic Protein From Enteroaggregative E. coli Induces Different Mechanisms for Its Dual Activity as a Mucus Secretagogue and a Mucinase

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, November 2020, Frontiers

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  14. The Molecular Basis and Biologic Significance of the β-Dystroglycan-Emerin Interaction

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  15. In silico Analyses of Core Proteins and Putative Effector and Immunity Proteins for T6SS in Enterohemorrhagic E. coli

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, May 2020, Frontiers

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  16. Coordinated transient interaction of ZO‐1 and afadin is required for pedestal maturation induced by EspF from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, September 2019, Wiley

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  17. Curcumin Blocks Cytotoxicity of Enteroaggregative and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by Blocking Pet and EspC Proteolytic Release From Bacterial Outer Membrane

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, September 2019, Frontiers

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  18. Type VI Secretion System in Pathogenic Escherichia coli: Structure, Role in Virulence, and Acquisition

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, August 2019, Frontiers

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  19. Role of the BAM Complex in Outer Membrane Assembly

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  20. Role of the BAM Complex in Outer Membrane Assembly

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  21. Nf-GH, a glycosidase secreted by Naegleria fowleri, causes mucin degradation: an in vitro and in vivo study

    Article • Future Microbiology, July 2017, Future Medicine

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  22. A Novel Mechanism for Protein Delivery by the Type 3 Secretion System for Extracellularly Secreted Proteins

    Article • mBio, March 2017, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  23. Cytolethal distending toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains causing severe diarrhoea in young Mexican children

    Article • JMM Case Reports, February 2017, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  24. Pathogenic Lifestyles of E. coli Pathotypes in a Standardized Epithelial Cell Model Influence Inflammatory Signaling Pathways and Cytokines Secretion

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, October 2016, Frontiers

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  25. Tight Junction Disruption Induced by Type 3 Secretion System Effectors Injected by Enteropathogenic and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, August 2016, Frontiers

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  26. EspC, an Autotransporter Protein Secreted by EnteropathogenicEscherichia coli, Causes Apoptosis and Necrosis through Caspase and Calpain Activation, Including Direct Procaspase-3 Cleavage

    Article • mBio, June 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  27. Subdomain 2 of the Autotransporter Pet Is the Ligand Site for Recognizing the Pet Receptor on the Epithelial Cell Surface

    Article • Infection and Immunity, April 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  28. The serine protease Pic as a virulence factor of atypical enteropathogenicEscherichia coli

    Article • Gut Microbes, March 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  29. Secretion Systems of Pathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  30. Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC)

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  31. Role of virulence factors on host inflammatory response induced by diarrheagenicEscherichia colipathotypes

    Article • Future Microbiology, June 2015, Future Medicine

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  32. The Serine Protease Pic From Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Mediates Immune Evasion by the Direct Cleavage of Complement Proteins

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  33. Escherichia coli O104:H4 Pathogenesis: an Enteroaggregative E. coli/Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli Explosive Cocktail of High Virulence

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, December 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  34. Late Establishment of the Attaching and Effacing Lesion Caused by Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Depends on Protein Expression Regulated by Per

    Article • Infection and Immunity, November 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  35. EspC Promotes Epithelial Cell Detachment by Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli via Sequential Cleavages of a Cytoskeletal Protein and then Focal Adhesion Proteins

    Article • Infection and Immunity, March 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  36. Identification of Cell Surface-Exposed Proteins Involved in the Fimbria-Mediated Adherence of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli to Intestinal Cells

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  37. Cytokeratin 8 Is an Epithelial Cell Receptor for Pet, a Cytotoxic Serine Protease Autotransporter of Enterobacteriaceae

    Article • mBio, December 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  38. Steric contribution of macromolecular crowding to the time and activation energy for preprotein translocation across the endoplasmic reticulum membrane

    Article • Physical Review E, July 2013, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  39. Serine Protease Autotransporters of Enterobacteriaceae

    Article • January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  40. Actin Cytoskeleton Manipulation by Effector Proteins Secreted by DiarrheagenicEscherichia coliPathotypes

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  41. Disruption of MDCK cell tight junctions by the free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri

    Article • Microbiology, December 2012, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  42. EnteroaggregativeEscherichia colipathotype: a genetically heterogeneous emerging foodborne enteropathogen

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, December 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  43. Autotransporter Protein-Encoding Genes of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Are Found in both Typical and Atypical Enteropathogenic E. coli Strains

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  44. VirK Is a Periplasmic Protein Required for Efficient Secretion of Plasmid-Encoded Toxin from Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

    Article • Infection and Immunity, April 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  45. Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

    Article • March 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  46. Amoebic liver abscess production by Entamoeba dispar

    Article • Annals of Hepatology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  47. Absence of CD38 delays arrival of neutrophils to the liver and innate immune response development during hepatic amoebiasis by Entamoeba histolytica

    Article • Parasite Immunology, November 2011, Wiley

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia, Dr. Patricia Talamás-Rohana

  48. 429 VITAMIN D EFFECT ON MOLECULES ASSOCIATED TO OSTEOARTHRITIS PROGRESSION INDUCED IN RATS

    Article • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, September 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  49. A Therapeutic Chemical Chaperone Inhibits Cholera Intoxication and Unfolding/Translocation of the Cholera Toxin A1 Subunit

    Article • PLOS One, April 2011, PLOS

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia, Prof. Abhay Hariram Pande

  50. Intimate Adherence by Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Modulates TLR5 Localization and Proinflammatory Host Response in Intestinal Epithelial Cells

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, March 2011, Wiley

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  51. Autotransporters and virulence of enteroaggregativeE. coli

    Article • Gut Microbes, January 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  52. Pic, an Autotransporter Protein Secreted by Different Pathogens in the Enterobacteriaceae Family, Is a Potent Mucus Secretagogue

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2010, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  53. Hsp90 Is Required for Transfer of the Cholera Toxin A1 Subunit from the Endoplasmic Reticulum to the Cytosol

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2010, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  54. EnteroaggregativeEscherichia coliplasmid-encoded toxin

    Article • Future Microbiology, July 2010, Future Medicine

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  55. Host-Toxin Interactions Involving EspC and Pet, Two Serine Protease Autotransporters of the Enterobacteriaceae

    Article • Toxins, May 2010, MDPI AG

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  56. Designed Coiled-Coil Peptides Inhibit the Type Three Secretion System of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • PLOS One, February 2010, PLOS

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  57. A host-specific factor is necessary for efficient folding of the autotransporter plasmid-encoded toxin☆

    Article • Biochimie, February 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  58. Cell death of chondrocytes is a combination between apoptosis and autophagy during the pathogenesis of Osteoarthritis within an experimental model

    Article • APOPTOSIS, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  59. The Immunogenic SigA Enterotoxin of Shigella flexneri 2a Binds to HEp-2 Cells and Induces Fodrin Redistribution in Intoxicated Epithelial Cells

    Article • PLOS One, December 2009, PLOS

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  60. 192 CELL DEATH IN CHONDROCYTES DURING THE PATHOGENESIS OF OSTEOARTHRITIS IS A COMBINATION OF APOPTOSIS AND AUTOPHAGY

    Article • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, September 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  61. Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli serogroup O111 inhibits NF- B-dependent innate responses in a manner independent of a type III secreted OspG orthologue

    Article • Microbiology, July 2009, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  62. Pet secretion, internalization and induction of cell death during infection of epithelial cells by enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

    Article • Microbiology, June 2009, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  63. EspC translocation into epithelial cells by enteropathogenicEscherichia colirequires a concerted participation of type V and III secretion systems

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, October 2008, Wiley

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  64. Structural Characteristics of the Plasmid-Encoded Toxin from Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli †

    Article • Biochemistry, September 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  65. Infection of rabbit kidney cells (RK13) by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli as a model to study the dynamics of actin cytoskeleton

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, September 2008, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  66. The serine protease motif of Pic mediates a dose-dependent mucolytic activity after binding to sugar constituents of the mucin substrate

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, August 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  67. EspF Interacts with Nucleation-Promoting Factors To Recruit Junctional Proteins into Pedestals for Pedestal Maturation and Disruption of Paracellular Permeability

    Article • Infection and Immunity, June 2008, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  68. Patogénesis molecular, epidemiología y diagnóstico de Escherichia coli enteropatógena

    Article • Salud Pública de México, October 2007, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  69. Intoxication of epithelial cells by plasmid-encoded toxin requires clathrin-mediated endocytosis

    Article • Microbiology, September 2007, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  70. Pet, a Non-AB Toxin, Is Transported and Translocated into Epithelial Cells by a Retrograde Trafficking Pathway

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2007, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  71. Efficient Translocation of EspC into Epithelial Cells Depends on Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Host Cell Contact

    Article • Infection and Immunity, April 2006, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  72. Protease activities of Acanthamoeba polyphaga and Acanthamoeba castellanii

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, January 2006, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  73. Antibody response against plasmid-encoded toxin (Pet) and the protein involved in intestinal colonization (Pic) in children with diarrhea produced by enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, February 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  74. Role of EspA and Intimin in Expression of Proinflammatory Cytokines from Enterocytes and Lymphocytes by Rabbit Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli-Infected Rabbits

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2005, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  75. Type V Protein Secretion Pathway: the Autotransporter Story

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, December 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  76. Induction of Morphological and Electrophysiological Changes in Hamster Cornea after In Vitro Interaction with Trophozoites of Acanthamoeba spp.

    Article • Infection and Immunity, June 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  77. The Serine Protease Motif of EspC from Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Produces Epithelial Damage by a Mechanism Different from That of Pet Toxin from Enteroaggregative E. coli

    Article • Infection and Immunity, June 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  78. Fodrin CaM-binding domain cleavage by Pet from enteroaggregative Escherichia coli leads to actin cytoskeletal disruption

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2003, Wiley

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  79. Perinuclear theca during spermatozoa maturation leading to fertilization

    Article • Microscopy Research and Technique, May 2003, Wiley

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  80. Functional Comparison of Serine Protease Autotransporters of Enterobacteriaceae

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2002, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  81. Plasmid-Encoded Toxin of EnteroaggregativeEscherichia coli is Internalized by Epithelial Cells

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2001, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  82. espC Pathogenicity Island of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Encodes an Enterotoxin

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2001, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia, Professor Iruka Okeke

  83. Immunodulation of Rat Serum and Mucosal Antibody Responses to Entamoeba histolytica Trophozoites by β-1,3-Glucan and Cholera Toxin

    Article • Clinical Immunology, November 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  84. Pet Toxin from Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Produces Cellular Damage Associated with Fodrin Disruption

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 2000, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  85. Involvement of the EnteroaggregativeEscherichia coli Plasmid-Encoded Toxin in Causing Human Intestinal Damage

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 1999, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  86. Phylogenetic Analysis of Enteroaggregative and Diffusely Adherent Escherichia coli

    Article • Infection and Immunity, June 1999, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  87. EFFECT OF ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI PLASMID-ENCODED TOXIN [PET] ON HUMAN INTESTINE

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, May 1999, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  88. Cytoskeletal Effects Induced by Pet, the Serine Protease Enterotoxin of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

    Article • Infection and Immunity, May 1999, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  89. The great escape: structure and function of the autotransporter proteins

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, September 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  90. Pet, an Autotransporter Enterotoxin from Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 1998, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  91. In Vitro Effects of a High-Molecular-Weight Heat-Labile Enterotoxin from Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 1998, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  92. Intragastric Immunization of Rats withEntamoeba histolyticaTrophozoites Induces Cecal Mucosal IgE, Eosinophilic Infiltration, and Type I Hypersensitivity

    Article • Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology, March 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  93. In vivo and in vitro experimental intestinal amebiasis in Mongolian gerbils ( Meriones unguiculatus  )

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  94. Aggregative adherence fimbria II, a second fimbrial antigen mediating aggregative adherence in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli.

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 1997, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  95. Entamoeba histolytica: Increase of Enterotoxicity and of 53- and 75-kDa Cysteine Proteinases in a Clone of Higher Virulence

    Article • Experimental Parasitology, May 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  96. Entamoeba histolytica: Electrophysiologic and Morphologic Effects of Trophozoite Lysates on Rabbit Colon

    Article • Experimental Parasitology, September 1993, Elsevier

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia

  97. Dose- and time-dependent functional and structural damage to the colon mucosa byEntamoeba histolytica trophozoite lysates

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, January 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia