Epernicus: Idania G Marrero, M.D., Ph.D.

Idania G Marrero, M.D., Ph.D.

Position:
Senior Scientist

Immune regulation

Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies (San Diego, CA)
Advisor:
Elis E Sercarz
Degrees:

Ph.D., Immunology, University of Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

M.Sci., Immunology, University of Havana (Havana, Cuba)

M.D., University of Havana (Havana, Cuba)
Past Advisors:

Elis E Sercarz (as Post Doctoral Fellow)

Veronica Coelho (as Post Doctoral Fellow)

Veronica Coelho (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)
Research:
T cell repertoires in Type 1 Diabetes

Communities:

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Idania Marrero's Publications (11)

Slc11a1 enhances the autoimmune diabetogenic T-cell response by altering processing and presentation of pancreatic islet antigens.
Dai YD, Marrero IG, Gros P, Zaghouani H, Wicker LS, Sercarz EE

Diabetes. 2009 Jan;58(1):156-64
N-terminal flanking residues of a diabetes-associated GAD65 determinant are necessary for activation of antigen-specific T cells in diabetes-resistant mice.
Dai YD, Jensen KP, Marrero I, Li N, Quinn A, Sercarz EE

European journal of immunology. 2008 Apr;38(4):968-76
CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ indirect alloreactive T cells from renal transplant patients suppress both the direct and indirect pathways of allorecognition.
Spadafora-Ferreira M, Caldas C, Faé KC, Marrero I, Monteiro SM, Lin-Wang HT, Socorro-Silva A, Fonseca SG, Fonseca JA, Kalil J, Coelho V

Scandinavian journal of immunology. 2007 Aug-Sep;66(2-3):352-61
TAP1-/- mice present oligoclonal BV-BJ expansions following the rejection of grafts bearing self antigens.
Marrero I, Huffman D, Kalil J, Sercarz EE, Coelho V

Immunology. 2006 Aug;118(4):461-71
Autoreactivity to self H-2Kb peptides in TAP1 mice. Intravenous administration of H-2Kb class I-derived peptides induces long-term survival of grafts from C57BL/6 donors.
Marrero I, Benvenutti LA, Kalil J, Coelho V

Immunology. 2005 Aug;115(4):484-94
Rejection of grafts without histocompatibility antigen disparity by TAP1-/- mice: a role for CD4+ T cells.
Marrero I, Benvenutti LA, Noronha I, Kalil J, Coelho V

Transplantation proceedings. 2004 May;36(4):999-1000
Rejection of grafts with no H-2 disparity in TAP1 mutant mice: CD4 T cells are important effector cells and self H-2b class I molecules are target.
Suárez IM, Benvenutti LA, Noronh I, Van Kaer L, Kalil J, Coelho V

Transplant immunology. 2002 May;9(2-4):101-10
Renal transplant patients show variations in their self-reactive repertoires: a serial study.
Portugal K, Dozmorov I, Sidorov I, Marrero I, Fonseca JA, Spadafora-Ferreira M, Kalil J, Coelho V

International immunology. 2001 Jun;13(6):747-55
Indirect alloreactivity and cytokine production to HLA-DR peptides in human renal transplantation.
Spadafora-Ferreira M, Granja C, Fonseca JA, Marrero I, Kalil J, Coelho V

Transplantation proceedings. 2001 Feb-Mar;33(1-2):435-6
Evidence of indirect allorecognition in long-term human renal transplantation.
Coelho V, Spadafora-Ferreira M, Marrero I, Fonseca JA, Portugal K, Kalil J

Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.). 1999 Feb;90(2):220-9
TAP1 mutant mice reject heart grafts from donors with no MHC disparity.
Coelho V, Marrero I, Noronha I, Benvenuti LA, Van Kaer L, Kalil J

Transplantation proceedings. 1999 Feb-Mar;31(1-2):900-1

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Idania G Marrero, M.D., Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

T cell repertoires in Type 1 Diabetes

Idania Marrero's Genealogy

Idania Marrero's Publications (11)