Omar Triana

Summary

Affiliation: Universidad de Antioquia
Country: Colombia

Publications

  1. ncbi Gene expression study using real-time PCR identifies an NTR gene as a major marker of resistance to benzonidazole in Trypanosoma cruzi
    Ana M Mejía-Jaramillo
    Grupo Biología y Control de Enfermedades Infecciosas BCEI SIU, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
    Parasit Vectors 4:169. 2011
  2. ncbi Mitochondrial dysfunction in Trypanosoma cruzi: the role of Serratia marcescens prodigiosin in the alternative treatment of Chagas disease
    Carlos Genes
    Grupo Biología y Control de Enfermedades Infecciosas BCEI SIU, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
    Parasit Vectors 4:66. 2011
  3. ncbi Trypanosoma cruzi: variability of stocks from Colombia determined by molecular karyotype and minicircle Southern blot analysis
    Omar Triana
    Laboratorio de Chagas, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
    Exp Parasitol 113:62-6. 2006
  4. ncbi [Genetic variability of Trypanosoma cruzi in blood and organs of infected mice determined by LSSP-PCR]
    Ana Maria Mejía
    Grupo de Chagas, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
    Biomedica 25:76-86. 2005
  5. ncbi [Biological and genetic characterization of two Colombian clones of Trypanosoma cruzi groups I and II]
    Luz Adriana Botero
    Grupo de Chagas, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
    Biomedica 27:64-74. 2007
  6. ncbi [Myocardial cellular damage and the activity of the mitochondrial ATP synthase in rats infected with a Colombian strain of Trypanosoma cruzi]
    Dairo Alonso Rendón
    Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Biofisica, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellin, Medellin, Colombia
    Biomedica 27:40-9. 2007
  7. ncbi [Analysis of polymorphisms in the trypanothione reductase and cruzipain genes in Colombian strains of Trypanosoma cruzi]
    Winston Rojas
    Genetica Molecular, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
    Biomedica 27:50-63. 2007
  8. ncbi Incrimination of Eratyrus cuspidatus (Stal) in the transmission of Chagas' disease by molecular epidemiology analysis of Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from a geographically restricted area in the north of Colombia
    Juan Dib
    Grupo de Chagas, Instituto de Biologia, Sede de Investigación Universitaria SIU Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
    Acta Trop 111:237-42. 2009

Collaborators

  • Christian Barnabe
  • Jean Claude Dujardin
  • Winston Rojas
  • Ana Maria Mejía
  • Carlos Genes
  • Ana M Mejía-Jaramillo
  • Juan Dib
  • Dairo Alonso Rendón
  • Luz Adriana Botero
  • Omar Triana-Chávez
  • Fernando Echeverri
  • Eduard Baquero
  • Juan D Maya
  • Geysson J Fernández
  • Lina Palacio
  • Michel Tibayrenc
  • Carlos M Genes

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Gene expression study using real-time PCR identifies an NTR gene as a major marker of resistance to benzonidazole in Trypanosoma cruzi
    Ana M Mejía-Jaramillo
    Grupo Biología y Control de Enfermedades Infecciosas BCEI SIU, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
    Parasit Vectors 4:169. 2011
    ..cruzi. Acquisition of drug-resistant phenotypes is a complex physiological process based on single or multiple changes of the genes involved, probably in its mechanisms of action...
  2. ncbi Mitochondrial dysfunction in Trypanosoma cruzi: the role of Serratia marcescens prodigiosin in the alternative treatment of Chagas disease
    Carlos Genes
    Grupo Biología y Control de Enfermedades Infecciosas BCEI SIU, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
    Parasit Vectors 4:66. 2011
    ..Here we describe its effects on Trypanosoma cruzi mitochondria belonging to Tc I and Tc II...
  3. ncbi Trypanosoma cruzi: variability of stocks from Colombia determined by molecular karyotype and minicircle Southern blot analysis
    Omar Triana
    Laboratorio de Chagas, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
    Exp Parasitol 113:62-6. 2006
    ..Finally, T. cruzi minicircle probes do not cross-hybridise in any stringency condition tested with T. rangeli minicircles, a clear indication that these parasites can be easily distinguished by this method...
  4. ncbi [Genetic variability of Trypanosoma cruzi in blood and organs of infected mice determined by LSSP-PCR]
    Ana Maria Mejía
    Grupo de Chagas, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
    Biomedica 25:76-86. 2005
    ..Genetic variability of T. cruzi may be one of the determinant factors in differential tissue tropism and consequently of the clinical forms of the disease...
  5. ncbi [Biological and genetic characterization of two Colombian clones of Trypanosoma cruzi groups I and II]
    Luz Adriana Botero
    Grupo de Chagas, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
    Biomedica 27:64-74. 2007
    ..Genetic differences between T. cruzi I and T. cruzi ll may determine differences in their tissue tropism in the vertebrate host and may also be responsible for the differences in clinical manifestations of Chagas disease...
  6. ncbi [Myocardial cellular damage and the activity of the mitochondrial ATP synthase in rats infected with a Colombian strain of Trypanosoma cruzi]
    Dairo Alonso Rendón
    Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Biofisica, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellin, Medellin, Colombia
    Biomedica 27:40-9. 2007
    ..Alterations in the cardiac mitochondrial energy metabolism caused by Trypanosoma cruzi can be involved in the development of this cardiomyopathy during the course of Chagas disease...
  7. ncbi [Analysis of polymorphisms in the trypanothione reductase and cruzipain genes in Colombian strains of Trypanosoma cruzi]
    Winston Rojas
    Genetica Molecular, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
    Biomedica 27:50-63. 2007
    ..However, much controversy exists on the associations between the commonly used DNA markers with group, clinical characteristics and disease epidemiology...
  8. ncbi Incrimination of Eratyrus cuspidatus (Stal) in the transmission of Chagas' disease by molecular epidemiology analysis of Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from a geographically restricted area in the north of Colombia
    Juan Dib
    Grupo de Chagas, Instituto de Biologia, Sede de Investigación Universitaria SIU Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
    Acta Trop 111:237-42. 2009
    ..Incrimination of sylvatic triatomine species in the transmission of Chagas' disease indicates that more knowledge about the ecology of these vectors is necessary to improve control strategies...