Member Profile
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Cristina Guerra-Giraldez
Country of origin: Peru Currently in: Peru, Lima General field of specialization: Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology-
Degrees
1997 Master Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology2001 Doctorate Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology -
Current Research Activities
Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology
Brain inflammation, infection with eukaryotic parasites, post transcriptional regulation, cell culture, development.
Publications resulting from Research:
Full: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Guerra-giraldez
Last 5 years:
1: Mahanty S, Orrego MA, Cangalaya C, Adrianzen MP, Arroyo G, Calcina J, Gonzalez
AE, García HH, Guerra-Giraldez C, Nash TE; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru.
TNF-α blockade suppresses pericystic inflammation following anthelmintic
treatment in porcine neurocysticercosis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Nov
30;11(11):e0006059. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006059. eCollection 2017 Nov.
PubMed PMID: 29190292; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5708608.
2: Gutierrez-Loli R, Orrego MA, Sevillano-Quispe OG, Herrera-Arrasco L,
Guerra-Giraldez C. MicroRNAs in Taenia solium Neurocysticercosis: Insights as
Promising Agents in Host-Parasite Interaction and Their Potential as Biomarkers.
Front Microbiol. 2017 Sep 29;8:1905. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01905. eCollection
2017. Review. PubMed PMID: 29033926; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5626859.
3: Cangalaya C, Bustos JA, Calcina J, Vargas-Calla A, Mamani J, Suarez D, Arroyo
G, Gonzalez AE, Chacaltana J, Guerra-Giraldez C, Mahanty S, Nash TE, García HH;
Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. Radiological evolution of porcine
neurocysticercosis after combined antiparasitic treatment with praziquantel and
albendazole. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Jun 2;11(6):e0005624. doi:
10.1371/journal.pntd.0005624. eCollection 2017 Jun. PubMed PMID: 28575043; PubMed
Central PMCID: PMC5470720.
4: Cangalaya C, Bustos JA, Calcina J, Vargas-Calla A, Suarez D, Gonzalez AE,
Chacaltana J, Guerra-Giraldez C, Mahanty S, Nash TE, García HH; Cysticercosis
Working Group in Peru. Perilesional Inflammation in Neurocysticercosis -
Relationship Between Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Evans Blue
Staining and Histopathology in the Pig Model. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Jul
26;10(7):e0004869. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004869. eCollection 2016 Jul.
PubMed PMID: 27459388; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4961384.
5: Paredes A, Sáenz P, Marzal MW, Orrego MA, Castillo Y, Rivera A, Mahanty S,
Guerra-Giraldez C, García HH, Nash TE; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru.
Anti-Taenia solium monoclonal antibodies for the detection of parasite antigens
in body fluids from patients with neurocysticercosis. Exp Parasitol. 2016
Jul;166:37-43. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2016.03.025. Epub 2016 Mar 23. PubMed PMID:
27018063; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4909511.
6: Cangalaya C, Zimic M, Marzal M, González AE, Guerra-Giraldez C, Mahanty S,
Nash TE, García HH; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. Inflammation Caused by
Praziquantel Treatment Depends on the Location of the Taenia solium Cysticercus
in Porcine Neurocysticercosis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Dec 11;9(12):e0004207.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004207. eCollection 2015 Dec. PubMed PMID: 26658257;
PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4689503.
7: Mahanty S, Orrego MA, Mayta H, Marzal M, Cangalaya C, Paredes A,
Gonzales-Gustavson E, Arroyo G, Gonzalez AE, Guerra-Giraldez C, García HH, Nash
TE; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. Post-treatment vascular leakage and
inflammatory responses around brain cysts in porcine neurocysticercosis. PLoS
Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Mar 16;9(3):e0003577. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003577.
eCollection 2015 Mar. PubMed PMID: 25774662; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4361613.
8: Orrego-Solano MÁ, Cangalaya C, Nash TE, Guerra-Giraldez C; Grupo de Trabajo en
Cisticercosis en Perú. [Identification of proliferating cells in Taenia solium
cysts]. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica. 2014 Oct-Dec;31(4):702-6. Spanish. PubMed
PMID: 25597721.
9: Marzal M, Guerra-Giraldez C, Paredes A, Cangalaya C, Rivera A, Gonzalez AE,
Mahanty S, Garcia HH, Nash TE; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. Evans blue
staining reveals vascular leakage associated with focal areas of host-parasite
interaction in brains of pigs infected with Taenia solium. PLoS One. 2014 Jun
10;9(6):e97321. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097321. eCollection 2014. PubMed PMID:
24915533; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4051593.
10: Guerra-Giraldez C, Marzal M, Cangalaya C, Balboa D, Orrego MÁ, Paredes A,
Gonzales-Gustavson E, Arroyo G, García HH, González AE, Mahanty S, Nash TE;
cysticercosis working group in Peru. Disruption of the blood-brain barrier in
pigs naturally infected with Taenia solium, untreated and after anthelmintic
treatment. Exp Parasitol. 2013 Aug;134(4):443-6. doi:
10.1016/j.exppara.2013.05.005. Epub 2013 May 15. PubMed PMID: 23684909; PubMed
Central PMCID: PMC4095782.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeachingAssociate Professor at School of Science (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia)