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Erika Gomez

Erika C. Gomez, M.Sc.

Graduate Assistant, Pathology Education

University of Texas Medical Branch
237 Marvin Graves Building
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-0428

ecgomez@utmb.edu

Professional Education

Degree Institution Field of Study Graduation Year
B.S. Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia) Clinical Microbiology and Laboratory 1999
M.Sc. Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia) Immunology 2003

Honors

1999 Best graduated student in the Bacteriologist and Clinical Laboratory Technician Program, awarded with a scholarship to pursue graduate studies (MSc). Academic Council, Universidad de Antioquia.
2000 AFIDRO award: Expression of iNOS: protective effect on experimental paracoccidioidomycosis.  Luz Elena Cano, Erika Caro, Ana María Cock, Ana Cristina Ruiz, Roberto Jiménez, Martha Eugenia Urán, Angel Augusto González, Jorge Humberto Sahaza, Diego Luis Alvarez, Angela Restrepo

Research Interests

Study of the mechanisms involved in the immuno-pathobiology of human diseases, adherence and colonization mechanisms, inflammatory immune response, immune effector mechanisms, and immune regulation.

Selected Publications

  1. Rafael Otero, Johnayro Gutiérrez, Orlando Rodríguez, Silvia Cárdenas, Libia Rodríguez, Erika Caro, Abel Díaz, Vitelbina Núñez, María Beatriz Mesa, Edison Duque, Jorge Luis Arango, Francisco Gómez, Fidel Cano, Alvaro Toro, José Martínez, William Cornejo, Luis Mariano Gómez, Francisco Luis Uribe, Edgardo Miranda, Marta Pinto, Jorge Pareja, Alberto Márquez, José García, Alfredo Ramírez, Ricardo Diosa, Luis Velásquez, Indira Mena, Héctor Arbeláez, Honoria Buendía.  2001.  Aspectos actuales de las mordeduras de serpientes en Colombia.  Propuesta de intervención para un problema grave de salud en Antioquia y Chocó.  Revista Epidemiológica de Antioquia, 26: 43-48.
  2. Rafael Otero, Johnayro Gutiérrez, María Beatriz Mesa, Edison Duque, Orlando Rodríguez, Jorge Luis Arango, Francisco Gómez, Alvaro Toro, Fidel Cano, Libia María Rodríguez, Erika Caro, José Martínez, William Cornejo, Luis Mariano Gómez, Francisco Luis Uribe, Silvia Cárdenas,  Vitelbina Núñez,   Abel Díaz.  2002. Complications of   Bothrops, Porthidium and Bothriechis snakebites in Colombia.  A clinical and epidemiological study of 39 cases attended in a universitary hospital.  Toxicon, 40: 1107-1114.
  3. A González, BH Aristizábal, E Caro, A Restrepo and LE Cano.  2003.  Production of nitric oxide and TNF-a, and expression of iNOS and NFkB in peritoneal macrophages activated with interferon gamma.  Ann Rev Biomed Sci, 4: 133-139.
  4. González A, Aristizábal BH, Caro-G E, Restrepo A, Cano LE. 2004. Short report: Inhibition by tumor necrosis factor-alpha-activated macrophages of the transition of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis conidia to yeast cells through a mechanism independent of nitric oxide. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 71:828-30.
  5. González A, Caro E, Muñoz C, Restrepo A, Hamilton AJ, Cano LE. 2008. Paracoccidioides brasiliensis conidia recognize fibronectin and fibrinogen which subsequently participate in adherence to human type II alveolar cells: Involvement of a specific adhesin. Microb Pathog. 44:389-401.
  6. Caro E, González A, Muñoz C, Urán ME, Restrepo A, Hamilton AJ, Cano LE. 2008. Recognition of laminin by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis conidia: a possible mechanism of adherence to human type II alveolar cells. 46:795-804

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