Selected from among 109 published manuscripts (since 1990).
- Tabata, T., H. Kawakatsu, E. Maidji, T. Sakai, K. Sakai, J. Fang-Hoover, M. Aiba, D. Sheppard, and L. Pereira. 2008. Induction of an epithelial integrin {alpha}v{beta}6 in human cytomegalovirus-infected endothelial cells leads to activation of transforming growth factor-{beta}1 and increased collagen production. Am J Pathol 172:1127-40.
- Maidji E, McDonagh S, Genbacev O, Tabata T, Pereira L. 2006. Maternal antibodies enhance or prevent cytomegalovirus infection in the placenta by neonatal fc receptor-mediated transcytosis. Am J Pathol. 168:1210-26. [PubMed]
- McDonagh S, Maidji E, Chang HT, Pereira L. 2006. Patterns of human cytomegalovirus infection in term placentas: a preliminary analysis. J Clin Virol. 35:210-5. [PubMed]
- Pereira L, Maidji E, McDonagh S, Yamamoto-Tabata T. 2006. Pathogenesis of human cytomegalovirus infection at the maternal-fetal interface. In, Cytomegalovirus: Molecular Biology and Immunology. Reddehase MJ (ed). Caister Academic Press, Wymondham.
- Pereira L, Maidji E, McDonagh S, Tabata T. 2005. Insights into viral transmission at the uterine-placental interface. Trends Microbiol. 13:164-74. [PubMed]
- McDonagh S, Maidji E, Ma W, Chang HT, Fisher S, Pereira L. 2004. Viral and bacterial pathogens at the maternal-fetal interface. J Infect Dis. 190:826-34. [PubMed]
- Yamamoto-Tabata T, McDonagh S, Chang HT, Fisher S, Pereira L. 2004. Human cytomegalovirus interleukin-10 downregulates metalloproteinase activity and impairs endothelial cell migration and placental cytotrophoblast invasiveness in vitro. J Virol. 78:2831-40. [PubMed]
- Pereira L, Maidji E, McDonagh S, Genbacev O, Fisher S. 2003. Human cytomegalovirus transmission from the uterus to the placenta correlates with the presence of pathogenic bacteria and maternal immunity. J Virol. 77:13301-14. [PubMed]
- Maidji E, Percivalle E, Gerna G, Fisher S, Pereira L. 2002. Transmission of human cytomegalovirus from infected uterine microvascular endothelial cells to differentiating/invasive placental cytotrophoblasts. Virology. 304:53-69. [PubMed]
- Fisher S, Genbacev O, Maidji E, Pereira L. 2000. Human cytomegalovirus infection of placental cytotrophoblasts in vitro and in utero: implications for transmission and pathogenesis. J Virol. 74:6808-20. [PubMed]
- Tugizov S, Maidji E, Xiao J, Pereira L. 1999. An acidic cluster in the cytosolic domain of human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B is a signal for endocytosis from the plasma membrane. J Virol. 73:8677-88. [PubMed]
- Tugizov S, Maidji E, Xiao J, Zheng Z, Pereira L. 1998. Human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B contains autonomous determinants for vectorial targeting to apical membranes of polarized epithelial cells. J Virol. 72:7374-86. [PubMed]
- Maidji E, Tugizov S, Abenes G, Jones T, Pereira L. 1998. A novel human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein, gpUS9, which promotes cell- to-cell spread in polarized epithelial cells, colocalizes with the cytoskeletal proteins E-cadherin and F-actin. J Virol. 72:5717-27. [PubMed]
- Maidji E, Tugizov S, Jones T, Zheng Z, Pereira L. 1996. Accessory human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein US9 in the unique short component of the viral genome promotes cell-to-cell transmission of virus in polarized epithelial cells. J Virol. 70:8402-10. [PubMed]
- Tugizov S, Maidji E, Pereira L. 1996. Role of apical and basolateral membranes in replication of human cytomegalovirus in polarized retinal pigment epithelial cells. J Gen Virol. 77 (Pt 1):61-74. [PubMed]
- Pereira L, Maidji E, Tugizov S, Jones T. 1995. Deletion mutants in human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein US9 are impaired in cell-cell transmission and in altering tight junctions of polarized human retinal pigment epithelial cells. Scand J Infect Dis Suppl. 99:82-7. [PubMed]
- Tugizov S, Wang Y, Qadri I, Navarro D, Maidji E, Pereira L. 1995. Mutated forms of human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B are impaired in inducing syncytium formation. Virology. 209:580-91. [PubMed]
- Pereira L. 1994. Function of glycoprotein B homologues of the family herpesviridae. Infect Agents Dis. 3:9-28. [PubMed]
- Navarro D, Paz P, Pereira L. 1992. Domains of herpes simplex virus I glycoprotein B that function in virus penetration, cell-to-cell spread, and cell fusion. Virology. 186:99-112. [PubMed]
- Navarro D, Qadri I, Pereira L. 1991. A mutation in the ectodomain of herpes simplex virus 1 glycoprotein B causes defective processing and retention in the endoplasmic reticulum. Virology. 184:253-64. [PubMed]