Viral Biology
Research projects
Content with Investigacion .
- Titulo: “Inmunidad entrenada en trasplante de órganos”.
Entidad financiadora. Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
Referencia: Proyecto PID2019-110015RB-I00 financiado por MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033
IP: Jordi Cano Ochando
Fechas de ejecución: 01/06/2020-31/05/2024
Presupuesto: 205.700 €
Publications
Antitubercular drugs for an old target: GSK693 as a promising inhA direct inhibitor.
5. Martinez-Hoyos M, Perez-Herran E, Gulten G, Encinas L, Alvarez-Gomez D, Alvarez E, Ferrer Bazaga S, Garcia-Perez A, Ortega F, Angulo-Bartures I, Rullas-Trincado J, Blanco Ruano D, Torres P, Castañeda P, Huss S, Fernandez R, Gonzalez del Valle S, Ballel L, Barros D, Modha S, Dhar N, Signorino-Gelo F, McKinney JD, Garcia-Bustos JF, Lavandera JL, Sacchettini JC, Jimenez MS, Martin-Casabona N, Castro-PIchel J, Mendoza-Losana A. Antitubercular drugs for an old target: GSK693 as a promising inhA direct inhibitor. EBioMedicine. 2016; 8:291-301
PUBMED DOIPediatric drug-resistant tuberculosis in Madrid family matters
7. Santiago B, Baquero-Artiago F, Mejias A, Blázquez D, Jimenez MS, Mellado-Peña MJ, EREMITA Study group. Pediatric drug-resistant tuberculosis in Madrid: family matters. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2014; 33:345-350.
PUBMED DOIMycobacterium kumamotonense, another Member of the Mycobacterium terrae Complex Unusually Carrying Two Copies of the Ribosomal RNA Operon
8. Menéndez MC, Jiménez MS, Yubero J, García MJ. Mycobacterium kumamotonense, another Member of the Mycobacterium terrae Complex Unusually Carrying Two Copies of the Ribosomal RNA Operon. Mycobac Dis; 2014; 4:176.
DOIAdditional Information
The research activity of the Viral Biology group since its beginnings in the 1980s has focused on respiratory viruses, especially on the study of the mechanisms of virus entry into the cell, evolutionary aspects, antigenic properties and vaccine development.
Currently, the group's objectives are focused on the characterisation of the immune response and the development of vaccines against human pneumoviruses: human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV).
Both viruses are considered to be important respiratory pathogens of high clinical relevance, especially in the paediatric population.
Safe and effective vaccines against these viruses are currently not available. Soluble protein subunits based on the fusion protein (F-protein) of hRSV and hMPV are being developed in the laboratory by protein engineering for use as vaccines against human pneumoviruses.
On the other hand, and thanks to the characterisation of the type of humoral response induced by the F proteins of these viruses, the laboratory is also involved in the isolation of monoclonal antibodies and nanoantibodies for use as treatments against these viruses.
The research activity of the Viral Biology group since its beginnings in the 1980s has focused on respiratory viruses, especially on the study of the mechanisms of virus entry into the cell, evolutionary aspects, antigenic properties and vaccine development.
Currently, the group's objectives are focused on the characterisation of the immune response and the development of vaccines against human pneumoviruses: human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV).
Both viruses are considered to be important respiratory pathogens of high clinical relevance, especially in the paediatric population.
Safe and effective vaccines against these viruses are currently not available. Soluble protein subunits based on the fusion protein (F-protein) of hRSV and hMPV are being developed in the laboratory by protein engineering for use as vaccines against human pneumoviruses.
On the other hand, and thanks to the characterisation of the type of humoral response induced by the F proteins of these viruses, the laboratory is also involved in the isolation of monoclonal antibodies and nanoantibodies for use as treatments against these viruses.