Dr Marcela Montes de Oca
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Journal Articles
Edwards, Chelsea L., Ng, Susanna S., de Labastida Rivera, Fabian, Corvino, Dillon, Engel, Jessica A., Montes de Oca, Marcela, Bukali, Luzia, Frame, Teija C.M., Bunn, Patrick T., Chauhan, Shashi Bhushan, Singh, Siddharth Sankar, Wang, Yulin, Na, Jinrui, Amante, Fiona H., Loughland, Jessica R., Soon, Megan S.F., Waddell, Nicola, Mukhopadhay, Pamela, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Johnston, Rebecca L., Lee, Jason S., Kuns, Rachel, Zhang, Ping, Boyle, Michelle J., Hill, Geoffrey R., McCarthy, James S., Kumar, Rajiv and Engwerda, Christian R. (2023). Corrigendum: IL-10–producing Th1 cells possess a distinct molecular signature in malaria. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 133 (4) e169299. doi: 10.1172/jci169299
Edwards, Chelsea L., Ng, Susanna S., de Labastida Rivera, Fabian, Corvino, Dillon, Engel, Jessica A., Montes de Oca, Marcela, Bukali, Luzia, Frame, Teija C.M., Bunn, Patrick T., Chauhan, Shashi Bhushan, Singh, Siddharth Sankar, Wang, Yulin, Na, Jinrui, Amante, Fiona H., Loughland, Jessica R., Soon, Megan S.F., Waddell, Nicola, Mukhopadhay, Pamela, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Johnston, Rebecca L., Lee, Jason S., Kuns, Rachel, Zhang, Ping, Boyle, Michelle J., Hill, Geoffrey R., McCarthy, James S., Kumar, Rajiv and Engwerda, Christian R. (2023). IL-10-producing Th1 cells possess a distinct molecular signature in malaria. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 133 (1) e153733. doi: 10.1172/jci153733
Montes de Oca, Marcela, de Labastida Rivera, Fabian, Winterford, Clay, Frame, Teija C. M., Ng, Susanna S., Amante, Fiona H., Edwards, Chelsea L., Bukali, Luzia, Wang, Yulin, Uzonna, Jude E., Kuns, Rachel D., Zhang, Ping, Kabat, Agnieszka, Klein Geltink, Ramon I., Pearce, Edward J., Hill, Geoffrey R. and Engwerda, Christian R. (2020). IL-27 signalling regulates glycolysis in Th1 cells to limit immunopathology during infection. PLoS Pathogens, 16 (10) e1008994, e1008994. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008994
Montes de Oca, Marcela, Engwerda, Christian R and Kaye, Paul M (2020). Cytokines and splenic remodelling during infection. Cytokine: X, 2 (4) 100036. doi: 10.1016/j.cytox.2020.100036
Kumar, Rajiv, Bunn, Patrick T., Singh, Siddharth Sankar, Ng, Susanna S., Montes de Oca, Marcela, De Labastida Rivera, Fabian, Chauhan, Shashi Bhushan, Singh, Neetu, Faleiro, Rebecca J., Edwards, Chelsea L., Frame, Teija C.M., Sheel, Meru, Austin, Rebecca J., Lane, Steven W., Bald, Tobias, Smyth, Mark J., Hill, Geoffrey.R., Best, Shannon E., Haque, Ashraful, Corvino, Dillon, Waddell, Nic, Koufariotis, Lambross, Mukhopadhay, Pamela, Rai, Madhukar, Chakravarty, Jaya, Singh, Om Prakash, Sacks, David, Nylen, Susanne, Uzonna, Jude ... Engwerda, Christian R. (2020). Type I interferons suppress anti-parasitic immunity and can be targeted to improve treatment of visceral leishmaniasis. Cell Reports, 30 (8), 2512-2525.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.01.099
Bunn, Patrick T., Montes de Oca, Marcela, de Labastida Rivera, Fabian, Kumar, Rajiv, Ng, Susanna S., Edwards, Chelsea L., Faleiro, Rebecca J., Sheel, Meru, Amante, Fiona H., Frame, Teija C. M., Muller, Werner, Haque, Ashraful, Uzonna, Jude E., Hill, Geoffrey R. and Engwerda, Christian R. (2018). Distinct roles for CD4+ Foxp3+ regulatory T cells and IL-10–mediated immunoregulatory mechanisms during experimental visceral Leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani. The Journal of Immunology, 201 (11), 3362-3372. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1701582
Edwards, Chelsea L., Ng, Susanna S., Corvino, Dillon, Montes de Oca, Marcela, Rivera, Fabian de Labastida, Nones, Katia, Lakis, Vanessa, Waddell, Nicola, Amante, Fiona H., McCarthy, James S. and Engwerda, Christian R. (2018). Early changes in CD4+ T-cell activation following blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum infection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 218 (7), 1119-1129. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy281
Eichenberger, Ramon M., Ryan, Stephanie, Jones, Linda, Buitrago, Geraldine, Polster, Ramona, Montes de Oca, Marcela, Zuvelek, Jennifer, Giacomin, Paul R., Dent, Lindsay A., Engwerda, Christian R., Field, Matthew A., Sotillo, Javier and Loukas, Alex (2018). Hookworm secreted extracellular vesicles interact with host cells and prevent inducible colitis in mice. Frontiers in Immunology, 9 (APR) 850. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00850
Loughland, Jessica R., Minigo, Gabriela, Sarovich, Derek S., Field, Matt, Tipping, Peta E., Montes de Oca, Marcela, Piera, Kim A., Amante, Fiona H., Barber, Bridget E., Grigg, Matthew J., William, Timothy, Good, Michael F., Doolan, Denise L., Engwerda, Christian R., Anstey, Nicholas M., McCarthy, James S. and Woodberry, Tonia (2017). Plasmacytoid dendritic cells appear inactive during sub-microscopic Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage infection, yet retain their ability to respond to TLR stimulation. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 2596. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-02096-2
Zhang, Ping, Lee, Jason S., Gartlan, Kate H., Schuster, Iona S., Comerford, Iain, Varelias, Antiopi, Ullah, Md Ashik, Vuckovic, Slavica, Koyama, Motoko, Kuns, Rachel D., Locke, Kelly R., Beckett, Kirrilee J., Olver, Stuart D., Samson, Luke D., Montes de Oca, Marcela, de Labastida Rivera, Fabian, Clouston, Andrew D., Belz, Gabrielle T., Blazar, Bruce R., MacDonald, Kelli P., McColl, Shaun R., Thomas, Ranjeny, Engwerda, Christian R., Degli-Esposti, Mariapia A., Kallies, Axel, Tey, Siok-Keen and Hill, Geoffrey R. (2017). Eomesodermin promotes the development of Type-1 Regulatory T (TR1) cells. Science Immunology, 2 (10) eaah7152. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aah7152
De Oca, Marcela Montes, Good, Michael F., McCarthy, James S. and Engwerda, Christian R. (2016). The impact of established immunoregulatory networks on vaccine efficacy and the development of immunity to malaria. Journal of Immunology, 197 (12), 4518-4526. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600619
Sebina, Ismail, James, Kylie R., Soon, Megan S. F., Fogg, Lily G., Best, Shannon E., Labastida Rivera, Fabian de, Montes de Oca, Marcela, Amante, Fiona H., Thomas, Bryce S., Beattie, Lynette, Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Fernando, Smyth, Mark J., Hertzog, Paul J., Hill, Geoffrey R., Hutloff, Andreas, Engwerda, Christian R. and Haque, Ashraful (2016). IFNAR1-signalling obstructs ICOS-mediated humoral immunity during non-lethal blood-stage Plasmodium infection. PLoS Pathogens, 12 (11) e1005999, e1005999. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005999
de Oca, Marcela Montes, Kumar, Rajiv, Rivera, Fabian de Labastida, Amante, Fiona H., Sheel, Meru, Faleiro, Rebecca J., Bunn, Patrick T., Best, Shannon E., Beattie, Lynette, Ng, Susanna S., Edwards, Chelsea L., Boyle, Glen M., Price, Ric N., Anstey, Nicholas M., Loughland, Jessica R., Burel, Julie, Doolan, Denise L., Haque, Ashraful, McCarthy, James S. and Engwerda, Christian R. (2016). Type I interferons regulate immune responses in humans with blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum infection. Cell Reports, 17 (2), 399-412. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.09.015
Faleiro, Rebecca J., Kumar, Rajiv, Bunn, Patrick T., Singh, Neetu, Chauhan, Shashi Bhushan, Sheel, Meru, Amante, Fiona H., Montes de Oca, Marcela, Edwards, Chelsea L., Ng, Susanna S., Best, Shannon E., Haque, Ashraful, Beattie, Lynette, Hafner, Louise M., Sacks, David, Nylen, Susanne, Sundar, Shyam and Engwerda, Christian R. (2016). Combined immune therapy for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10 (2) e0004415, 1-21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004415
Montes de Oca, Marcela, Kumar, Rajiv, de Labastida Rivera, Fabian, Amante, Fiona H., Sheel, Meru, Faleiro, Rebecca J., Bunn, Patrick T., Best, S.E., Beattie, Lynette, Ng, Susanna S., Edwards, Chelsea L., Muller, Werner, Cretney, Erika, Nutt, Stephen L., Smyth, Mark J., Haque, Ashraful, Hill, Geoffrey R., Sundar, Shyam, Kallies, Axel and Engwerda, Christian R. (2016). Blimp-1-dependent IL-10 production by Tr1 cells regulates TNF-mediated tissue pathology. PLoS Pathogens, 12 (1) e1005398, 1-21. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005398
Sheel, Meru, Beattie, Lynette, Frame, Teija C. M., Rivera, Fabian de Labastida, Faleiro, Rebecca J., Bunn, Patrick T., de Oca, Marcela Montes, Edwards, Chelsea L., Ng, Susanna S., Kumar, Rajiv, Amante, Fiona H., Best, Shannon E., McColl, Shaun R., Varelias, Antiopi, Kuns, Rachel D., MacDonald, Kelli P. A., Smyth, Mark J., Haque, Ashraful, Hill, Geoff R. and Engwerda, Christian R. (2015). IL-17A-Producing gamma delta T Cells Suppress Early Control of Parasite Growth by Monocytes in the Liver. Journal of Immunology, 195 (12), 5707-5717. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1501046
Edwards, Chelsea L., Best, Shannon E., Gun, Sin Yee, Claser, Carla, James, Kylie R., de Oca, Marcela M., Sebina, Ismail, Rivera, Fabian de Labastida, Amante, Fiona H., Hertzog, Paul J., Engwerda, Christian R., Renia, Laurent and Haque, Ashraful (2015). Spatiotemporal requirements for IRF7 in mediating type I IFN-dependent susceptibility to blood-stage Plasmodium infection. European Journal of Immunology, 45 (1), 130-141. doi: 10.1002/eji.201444824
Haque, Ashraful, Best, Shannon E., De Oca, Marcela Montes, James, Kylie R., Ammerdorffer, Anne, Edwards, Chelsea L., De Labastida Rivera, Fabian, Amante, Fiona H., Bunn, Patrick T., Sheel, Meru, Sebina, Ismail, Koyama, Motoko, Varelias, Antiopi, Hertzog, Paul J., Kalinke, Ulrich, Gun, Sin Yee, Renia, Laurent, Ruedl, Christiane, MacDonald, Kelli P.A., Hill, Geoffrey R. and Engwerda, Christian R. (2014). Type I IFN signaling in CD8-DCs impairs Th1-dependent malaria immunity. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 124 (6), 2483-2496. doi: 10.1172/JCI70698
Bunn, Patrick T., Stanley, Amanda C., de Labastida Rivera, Fabian, Mulherin, Alexander, Sheel, Meru, Alexander, Clare E., Faleiro, Rebecca J., Amante, Fiona H., De Oca, Marcela Montes, Best, Shannon E., James, Kylie R., Kaye, Paul M., Haque, Ashraful and Engwerda, Christian R. (2014). Tissue requirements for establishing long-term CD4+ T cell-mediated immunity following Leishmania donovani infection. Journal of Immunology, 192 (8), 3709-3718. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1300768
Thesis
Montes de Oca, Marcela (2016). Regulation of CD4+ T cell responses during parasitic infections. PhD Thesis, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.612