Alvaro Molina-Cruz

Also affiliated with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

MedicineImmunology and MicrobiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences

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Driven by 20 papers. Top paper: “Double peroxidase and histone acetyltransferase AgTip60 maintain innate immune memory in primed mosquitoes”.

Double peroxidase and histone acetyltransferase AgTip60 maintain innate immune memory in primed mosquitoes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2021)10.1073/pnas.2114242118

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0.983DataRank · unranked

29 citations

Miles D.W. Tyner, Ana Beatriz F. Barletta, Banhisikha Saha, Lampouguin Yenkoidiok-Douti, Gaspar E. Cánepa +3 more

A Potent Anti-Malarial Human Monoclonal Antibody Targets Circumsporozoite Protein Minor Repeats and Neutralizes Sporozoites in the Liver

Immunity(2020)10.1016/j.immuni.2020.08.014

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0.767DataRank · unranked

165 citations

Lais S. Pereira, Yevel Flores-García, James O’Connor, Barbara J. Flynn, Arne Schön +26 more

A genotyping assay to determine geographic origin and transmission potential of Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases

Communications Biology(2021)10.1038/s42003-021-02667-0

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0.598DataRank · unranked

17 citations

Nadia Raytselis, Roxanne Withers, Ankit Dwivedi, Peter D. Crompton, Boubacar Traoré +4 more

Pfs47 as a Malaria Transmission-Blocking Vaccine Target

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene(2022)10.4269/ajtmh.21-1325

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0.470DataRank · unranked

22 citations

Carolina Barillas‐Mury, Alvaro Molina-Cruz

A single-nucleotide polymorphism in a Plasmodium berghei ApiAP2 transcription factor alters the development of host immunity

Science Advances(2020)10.1126/sciadv.aaw6957

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0.406DataRank · unranked

14 citations

Abhisheka Bansal, Patrick W. Sheehan, Mirna Peña, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Lindsey Orchard +13 more

Functional human IgA targets a conserved site on malaria sporozoites

Science Translational Medicine(2021)10.1126/scitranslmed.abg2344

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43 citations

Hyeseon Cho, Tossapol Pholcharee, Lais S. Pereira, Safiatou Doumbo, Didier Doumtabé +27 more

Protective effects of combining monoclonal antibodies and vaccines against the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein

PLoS Pathogens(2021)10.1371/journal.ppat.1010133

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39 citations

Lais S. Pereira, Patience Kiyuka, Arne Schön, Neville K. Kisalu, Rachel Vistein +9 more

Malaria parasite evades mosquito immunity by glutaminyl cyclase mediated protein modification

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.07.23.453408

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1 citations

Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Tamasa Araki, Fiona J. A. Geurten, Jai Ramesar, Séverine Chevalley‐Maurel +18 more

Molecular mechanisms of insect immune memory and pathogen transmission

PLoS Pathogens(2022)10.1371/journal.ppat.1010939

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26 citations

Melissa Silva, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Carolina Barillas‐Mury, Fabio M. Gomes

Malaria parasite evades mosquito immunity by glutaminyl cyclase–mediated posttranslational protein modification

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2022)10.1073/pnas.2209729119

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22 citations

Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Tamasa Araki, Fiona J. A. Geurten, Jai Ramesar, Séverine Chevalley‐Maurel +18 more

Aedes aegypti D7 long salivary proteins modulate blood feeding and parasite infection

mBio(2023)10.1128/mbio.02289-23

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16 citations

Bianca Burini Kojin, Azadeh Aryan, Adeline E. Williams, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Paola Carolina Valenzuela Leon +6 more

The heat shock protein Hsc70-3 mediates an anti-apoptotic response critical for Plasmodium evasion of Anopheles gambiae immunity

Microbiology Spectrum(2023)10.1128/spectrum.00940-23

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12 citations

Gaspar E. Cánepa, Brendan Sweeney, Patrícia H. Alvarenga, Ming Zhao, Joel Vega-Rodríguez +3 more

Role of Pfs47 in the dispersal of ancestral Plasmodium falciparum malaria through adaptation to different anopheline vectors

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2023)10.1073/pnas.2213626120

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10 citations

Gaspar E. Cánepa, Ankit Dwivedi, Weimin Liu, Nadia Raytselis, Christophe Antonio‐Nkondjio +4 more

Protective antibodies target cryptic epitope unmasked by cleavage of malaria sporozoite protein

Science(2025)10.1126/science.adr0510

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19 citations

Re’em Moskovitz, Kristian E. Swearingen, Lais Da Silva Pereira, Yevel Flores-García, Maya Aleshnick +42 more

Mosquito immune responses to Plasmodium parasites that limit malaria transmission

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences(2025)10.1007/s00018-025-05667-z

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11 citations

Carolina Barillas‐Mury, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Ana Beatriz F. Barletta

Worldwide genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax Pv47 is consistent with natural selection by anopheline mosquitoes

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-62680-3

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0 citations

Lilia González-Cerón, Ankit Dwivedi, Tran Zen B. Torres, Nadia Raytselis, Micah Young +11 more

BCG vaccine protection from severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2020)10.1073/pnas.2008410117

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458 citations

Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Carolina Barillas‐Mury, Luis E. Escobar

Plasmodium falciparum evades immunity of anopheline mosquitoes by interacting with a Pfs47 midgut receptor

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2020)10.1073/pnas.1917042117

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83 citations

Gaspar E. Cánepa, Thiago Luiz Alves e Silva, Adeline E. Williams, Simardeep Nagyal, Lampouguin Yenkoidiok-Douti +6 more

BCG Vaccine Protection from Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19)

medRxiv(2020)10.1101/2020.05.05.20091975

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53 citations

Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Carolina Barillas‐Mury, Luis E. Escobar

Reply to Patella et al. and Lindestam Arlehamn et al.: Complex pandemic dynamics and effect of bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccination on COVID-19 prevalence and mortality

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2020)10.1073/pnas.2017197117

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3 citations

Luis E. Escobar, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Carolina Barillas‐Mury