Mónica Marcela Castiblanco-Valencia

Leptospiral Immunoglobulin-like Proteins Interact With Human Complement Regulators Factor H, FHL-1, FHR-1, and C4BP

Mónica Marcela Castiblanco-Valencia, Tatiana R. Fraga, Ludmila Bezerra da Silva et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2012 · 176 citations · Full text

Immunology, Antigen Processing, Immune System +16

Immune Evasion by Pathogenic Leptospira Strains: The Secretion of Proteases that Directly Cleave Complement Proteins

Tatiana R. Fraga, Daniella dos Santos Courrol, Mónica Marcela Castiblanco-Valencia et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2013 · 101 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Immune Evasion, Complement System +15

Plasmin cleaves fibrinogen and the human complement proteins C3b and C5 in the presence of Leptospira interrogans proteins: A new role of LigA and LigB in invasion and complement immune evasion

Mónica Marcela Castiblanco-Valencia, Tatiana R. Fraga, Ana Helena Pagotto et al. · Immunobiology · 2016 · 85 citations

Inflammation, New Role, Complement System +8

Interaction of Leptospira Elongation Factor Tu with Plasminogen and Complement Factor H: A Metabolic Leptospiral Protein with Moonlighting Activities

Danielly Gonçalves Wolff, Mónica Marcela Castiblanco-Valencia, Cecília M. Abe et al. · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 84 citations · Full text

Active Plasmin, Immunology, Elongation Factor Tu +22

Acquisition of negative complement regulators by the saprophyte Leptospira biflexa expressing LigA or LigB confers enhanced survival in human serum

Mónica Marcela Castiblanco-Valencia, Tatiana R. Fraga, Leandro Carvalho Dantas Breda et al. · Immunology Letters · 2016 · 38 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Negative Complement Regulators, Molecular Immunology +13