Publications

The following is a list of selected publications. A full list of publications is also available.

Pre-Print

• Granatir. S., F.M. Acosta, Pantoja, C., Tailor J., Fuori A., Dower B., Marr H., Ramirez PW. 2024. Electromagnetic waves destabilize the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and reduce SARS-CoV-2 Virus-Like Particle (SC2-VLP) infectivity. BioRxiv.

Peer-Reviewed

• Ramirez, P.W., Pantoja, C., Beliakova-Bethell N. 2023. An evaluation on the role of non-coding RNA in HIV transcription and latency: a review. HIV/AIDS (Auckl). 15:115-134 PMID: 36942082
• Ramirez, P.W.*, Vollbrecht, T.*, F. M. Acosta, Suarez M., Angerstein, A., Wallace J., O’Connell R., Guatelli, J. 2023. Nef enhances HIV-1 replication and infectivity independently of SERINC3 and SERINC5 in CEM T cells. Virology. 578:154-162 *Equal contribution. PMID: 36577173
• Stoneham, C.*, Ramirez P.W.*, Singh, R., Suarez, M., Debray A., Lim, C., Jia X., Xiong, Y., Guatelli J. 2020. A conserved acidic cluster motif in SERINC5 confers resistance to antagonism by HIV-1 Nef. Journal of Virology. 94(7):e01554-19. *Equal contribution. PMID: 31941773
• Ramirez, P.W.*, DePaula-Silva, A.*, Szaniawski, M., Bosque, A., Barker,E., Planelles, V. 2015. HIV-1 Vpu utilizes both cullin-RING Ligase (CRL) dependent and independent mechanisms to downmodulate host proteins. Retrovirology. 12:65 *Equal contribution. PMID: 26215564
• Ramirez, P.W.*, Famiglietti, M.*, Sowrirajan, B., DePaula-Silva, A., Bosque, A., Barker, E., Planelles, V. 2014. Downmodulation of CCR7 by HIV-1 Vpu results in impaired migration and chemotactic signaling within CD4+ T cells. Cell Reports. 7:1-12 *Equal contribution. PMID: 24910430