The potential protective role of vitamin D supplementation on HIV-1 infection N Alvarez, W Aguilar-Jimenez, MT Rugeles Frontiers in immunology 10, 2291, 2019 | 102 | 2019 |
Mucosa: key interactions determining sexual transmission of the HIV infection SM Gonzalez, W Aguilar-Jimenez, RC Su, MT Rugeles Frontiers in immunology 10, 144, 2019 | 64 | 2019 |
Influence of CCR5 and CCR2 genetic variants in the resistance/susceptibility to HIV in serodiscordant couples from Colombia W Zapata, W Aguilar-Jiménez, N Pineda-Trujillo, W Rojas, H Estrada, ... AIDS research and human retroviruses 29 (12), 1594-1603, 2013 | 47 | 2013 |
High transcript levels of vitamin D receptor are correlated with higher mRNA expression of human beta defensins and IL-10 in mucosa of HIV-1-exposed seronegative individuals W Aguilar-Jiménez, W Zapata, A Caruz, MT Rugeles PLoS One 8 (12), e82717, 2013 | 46 | 2013 |
Identification of innate immune antiretroviral factors during in vivo and in vitro exposure to HIV-1 W Zapata, W Aguilar-Jiménez, Z Feng, A Weinberg, A Russo, N Potenza, ... Microbes and Infection 18 (3), 211-219, 2016 | 36 | 2016 |
The Hydroalcoholic Extract of Uncaria tomentosa (Cat’s Claw) Inhibits the Infection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) In Vitro AF Yepes-Perez, O Herrera-Calderon, CA Oliveros, L Florez-Alvarez, ... Evidence‐Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2021 (1), 6679761, 2021 | 33 | 2021 |
The usefulness of antigen testing in predicting contagiousness in COVID-19 TJ Lopera, JC Alzate-Ángel, FJ Díaz, MT Rugeles, W Aguilar-Jiménez Microbiology spectrum 10 (2), e01962-21, 2022 | 29 | 2022 |
Aislamiento y caracterización de una cepa temprana de SARS-CoV-2 durante la epidemia de 2020 en Medellín, Colombia FJ Díaz, W Aguilar-Jiménez, L Flórez-Álvarez, G Valencia, ... Biomédica 40, 148-158, 2020 | 29 | 2020 |
Antiviral molecules correlate with vitamin D pathway genes and are associated with natural resistance to HIV-1 infection W Aguilar-Jimenez, W Zapata, MT Rugeles Microbes and Infection 18 (7-8), 510-516, 2016 | 29 | 2016 |
Precursor forms of vitamin D reduce HIV-1 infection in vitro W Aguilar-Jimenez, S Villegas-Ospina, S Gonzalez, W Zapata, I Saulle, ... JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 73 (5), 497-506, 2016 | 23 | 2016 |
Vitamin D treatment of peripheral blood mononuclear cells modulated immune activation and reduced susceptibility to HIV-1 infection of CD4+ T lymphocytes SM Gonzalez, W Aguilar-Jimenez, E Trujillo-Gil, W Zapata, RC Su, TB Ball, ... PLoS One 14 (9), e0222878, 2019 | 22 | 2019 |
High expression of antiviral proteins in mucosa from individuals exhibiting resistance to human immunodeficiency virus SM Gonzalez, NA Taborda, MG Feria, D Arcia, W Aguilar-Jiménez, ... PloS one 10 (6), e0131139, 2015 | 22 | 2015 |
Isolation and characterization of an early SARS-CoV-2 isolate from the 2020 epidemic in Medellín, Colombia FJ Díaz, W Aguilar-Jiménez, L Flórez-Álvarez, G Valencia, ... Biomédica 40, 148-158, 2020 | 19 | 2020 |
Haplotypes in CCR5-CCR2, CCL3 and CCL5 are associated with natural resistance to HIV-1 infection in a Colombian cohort JA Vega, S Villegas-Ospina, W Aguilar-Jiménez, MT Rugeles, G Bedoya, ... Biomédica 37 (2), 267-273, 2017 | 17 | 2017 |
Comparison among plaque assay, tissue culture infectious dose (TCID50) and real-time RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 variants quantification MI Zapata-Cardona, L Flórez-Álvarez, DM Gómez-Gallego, ... Iranian Journal of Microbiology 14 (3), 291, 2022 | 16 | 2022 |
A 6-amino acid insertion/deletion polymorphism in the mucin domain of TIM-1 confers protections against HIV-1 infection M Biasin, M Sironi, I Saulle, C Pontremoli, M Garziano, R Cagliani, ... Microbes and Infection 19 (1), 69-74, 2017 | 16 | 2017 |
High expression of antiviral and vitamin D pathway genes are a natural characteristic of a small cohort of HIV-1-exposed seronegative individuals W Aguilar-Jimenez, I Saulle, D Trabattoni, F Vichi, S Lo Caputo, ... Frontiers in immunology 8, 136, 2017 | 15 | 2017 |
Differential expression of human beta defensins in placenta and detection of allelic variants in the DEFB1 gene from HIV-1 positive mothers W Aguilar-Jiménez, W Zapata, MT Rugeles Biomedica 31 (1), 44-54, 2011 | 15 | 2011 |
A specific structure and high richness characterize intestinal microbiota of HIV-exposed seronegative individuals TJ Lopera, JA Lujan, E Zurek, W Zapata, JC Hernandez, MA Toro, ... PloS one 16 (12), e0260729, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
Genetic associations of the vitamin D and antiviral pathways with natural resistance to HIV-1 infection are influenced by interpopulation variability W Aguilar-Jimenez, W Zapata, A Rivero-Juárez, JA Pineda, M Laplana, ... Infection, Genetics and Evolution 73, 276-286, 2019 | 8 | 2019 |