Education

Ph.D. in Microbiology, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela, 1993

Current Position

Professor, Department of Infectomics and Molecular Pathology, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN, México D.F.

Publications (since 2010)

1. Soto-Acosta, R., Mosso, C., Cervantes-Salazar, M., Puerta-Guardo, H., Medina, F., Favari, L., Ludert, J. E. and del Angel, R. M. (2013). The increase in cholesterol levels at early stages after dengue virus infection correlates with an augment in LDL particle uptake and HMG-CoA reductase activity. Virology 442(2): 132-147.
2. Puerta-Guardo, H., Raya-Sandino, A., Gonzalez-Mariscal, L., Rosales, V. H., Ayala-Davila, J., Chavez-Mungia, B., Martinez-Fong, D., Medina, F., Ludert, J. E. and del Angel, R. M. (2013). The cytokine response of U937-derived macrophages infected through antibody-dependent enhancement of dengue virus disrupts cell apical-junction complexes and increases vascular permeability. J Virol 87(13): 7486-7501.
3. De La Cruz Hernandez, S. I., Flores-Aguilar, H., Gonzalez-Mateos, S., Lopez-Martinez, I., Ortiz-Navarrete, V., Ludert, J. E. and Del Angel, R. M. (2013). Viral load in patients infected with dengue is modulated by the presence of anti-dengue IgM antibodies. J Clin Virol 58(1): 258-261.
4. Diaz-Coranguez, M., Segovia, J., Lopez-Ornelas, A., Puerta-Guardo, H., Ludert, J., Chavez, B., Meraz-Cruz, N. and Gonzalez-Mariscal, L. (2013). Transmigration of neural stem cells across the blood brain barrier induced by glioma cells. PLoS One 8(4): e60655.
5. Dusetty, P., Velazquez, F. R., Gutierrez-Escolano, A. L. and Ludert, J. E. (2013). Evaluation of the second generation of a commercial latex agglutination test for the detection of rotavirus antigens in fecal samples. J Clin Virol 57(1): 88-90.
6. de la Cruz-Hernandez, S. I., Flores-Aguilar, H., Gonzalez-Mateos, S., Lopez-Martinez, I., Alpuche-Aranda, C., Ludert, J. E. and del Angel, R. M. (2013). Determination of viremia and concentration of circulating nonstructural protein 1 in patients infected with dengue virus in Mexico. Am J Trop Med Hyg 88(3): 446-454.
7. Zambrano, J. L., Sorondo, O., Alcala, A., Vizzi, E., Diaz, Y., Ruiz, M. C., Michelangeli, F., Liprandi, F. and Ludert, J. E. (2012). Rotavirus infection of cells in culture induces activation of RhoA and changes in the actin and tubulin cytoskeleton. PLoS One 7(10): e47612.
8. Puerta-Guardo, H., Medina, F., De la Cruz Hernandez, S. I., Rosales, V. H., Ludert, J. E. and del Angel, R. M. (2012). The 1α,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D3 reduces dengue virus infection in human myelomonocyte (U937) and hepatic (Huh-7) cell lines and cytokine production in the infected monocytes. Antiviral Res 94(1): 57-61.
9. de la Cruz Hernandez, S. I., Gonzalez Mateos, S., Flores Aguilar, H., Lopez Martinez, I., Alpuche Aranda, C., Ludert, J. E. and Del Angel, R. M. (2012). Evaluation of a novel commercial rapid test for dengue diagnosis based on specific IgA detection. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 72(2): 150-155.
10. Vizzi, E., Pineros, O., Gonzalez, G. G., Zambrano, J. L., Ludert, J. E. and Liprandi, F. (2011). Genotyping of human rotaviruses circulating among children with diarrhea in Valencia, Venezuela. J Med Virol 83(12): 2225-2232.
11. Gonzalez, G. G., Liprandi, F. and Ludert, J. E. (2011). Molecular epidemiology of enteric viruses in children with sporadic gastroenteritis in Valencia, Venezuela. J Med Virol 83(11): 1972-1982.
12. Nates, S. V., Gatti, M. S. V. and Ludert, J. E. (2011). The picobirnavirus: an integrated view on its biology, epidemiology and pathogenic potential. Future Virol 6(2): 223-235.
13. Martinez, L. C., Masachessi, G., Carruyo, G., Ferreyra, L. J., Barril, P. A., Isa, M. B., Giordano, M. O., Ludert, J. E. and Nates, S. V. (2010). Picobirnavirus causes persistent infection in pigs. Infect Genet Evol 10(7): 984-988.
14. Alcala, A. C., Rodriguez-Diaz, J., de Rolo, M., Vizzi, E., Buesa, J., Liprandi, F. and Ludert, J. E. (2010). Seroepidemiology of porcine enteric sapovirus in pig farms in Venezuela. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 137(3-4): 269-274.
15. Ceballos-Olvera, I., Chavez-Salinas, S., Medina, F., Ludert, J. E. and del Angel, R. M. (2010). JNK phosphorylation, induced during dengue virus infection, is important for viral infection and requires the presence of cholesterol. Virology 396(1): 30-36.
16. Puerta-Guardo, H., Mosso, C., Medina, F., Liprandi, F., Ludert, J. E. and del Angel, R. M. (2010). Antibody-dependent enhancement of dengue virus infection in U937 cells requires cholesterol-rich membrane microdomains. J Gen Virol 91(Pt 2): 394-403.
17. Agis-Juarez, R. A., Galvan, I., Medina, F., Daikoku, T., Padmanabhan, R., Ludert, J. E. and del Angel, R. M. (2009). Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein is relocated to the cytoplasm and is required during dengue virus infection in Vero cells. J Gen Virol 90(Pt 12): 2893-2901.
18. Carruyo, G. M., Mateu, G., Martinez, L. C., Pujol, F. H., Nates, S. V., Liprandi, F. and Ludert, J. E. (2008). Molecular characterization of porcine picobirnaviruses and development of a specific reverse transcription-PCR assay. J Clin Microbiol 46(7): 2402-2405.
19. Mosso, C., Galvan-Mendoza, I. J., Ludert, J. E. and del Angel, R. M. (2008). Endocytic pathway followed by dengue virus to infect the mosquito cell line C6/36 HT. Virology 378(1): 193-199.
20. Zambrano, J. L., Diaz, Y., Pena, F., Vizzi, E., Ruiz, M. C., Michelangeli, F., Liprandi, F. and Ludert, J. E. (2008). Silencing of rotavirus NSP4 or VP7 expression reduces alterations in Ca²⁺ homeostasis induced by infection of cultured cells. J Virol 82(12): 5815-5824.
21. Ludert, J. E., Mosso, C., Ceballos-Olvera, I. and del Angel, R. M. (2008). Use of a commercial enzyme immunoassay to monitor dengue virus replication in cultured cells. Virol J 5: 51.