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Greg Matlashewski

Greg Matlashewski

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
16490
World Ranking
9572
National Ranking
326

Overview

Greg Matlashewski is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, and Molecular Biology.

Their research centers primarily on Leishmaniasis Studies, with significant work also involving Trypanosoma species research and implications, Parasites and Host Interactions, Viral Infections and Vectors, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, and Genetic Engineering using CRISPR technologies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Greg Matlashewski include:

  • Patrick Lypaczewski
  • Abhay R. Satoskar
  • Sreenivas Gannavaram
  • Hira L. Nakhasi
  • Wen-Wei Zhang

Publications by Greg Matlashewski often appear in key venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, npj Vaccines, iScience, and the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Representative recent papers include:

  • "A second generation leishmanization vaccine with a markerless attenuated Leishmania major strain using CRISPR gene editing," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Leishmania donovani hybridisation and introgression in nature: a comparative genomic investigation," 2021, The Lancet Microbe
  • "Preclinical validation of a live attenuated dermotropic Leishmania vaccine against vector transmitted fatal visceral leishmaniasis," 2021, Communications Biology
  • "Characterization of a new Leishmania major strain for use in a controlled human infection model," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Revival of Leishmanization and Leishmanin," 2021, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Role of a p53 polymorphism in the development of human papillomavirus-associated cancer.

    Alan Storey;Miranda Thomas;Ann Kalita;Catherine Harwood

  • Two Polymorphic Variants of Wild-Type p53 Differ Biochemically and Biologically

    Miranda Thomas;Ann Kalita;Sylvie Labrecque;David Pim

  • Isolation of human-p53-specific monoclonal antibodies and their use in the studies of human p53 expression

    Lawrence Banks;Greg Matlashewski;Lionel Crawford

  • Primary structure polymorphism at amino acid residue 72 of human p53

    G J Matlashewski;S Tuck;D Pim;P Lamb

  • Isolation and characterization of a human p53 cDNA clone: expression of the human p53 gene.

    G. Matlashewski;P. Lamb;D. Pim;J. Peacock

  • Human papillomavirus type 16 DNA cooperates with activated ras in transforming primary cells.

    G. Matlashewski;J. Schneider;L. Banks;N. Jones

  • Intracellular infection by Leishmania donovani inhibits macrophage apoptosis

    K J Moore;G Matlashewski

  • Mechanisms of p53 loss in human sarcomas.

    Lois M. Mulligan;Greg J. Matlashewski;Heidi J. Scrable;Webster K. Cavenee

  • Immune responses induced by the Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani A2 antigen, but not by the LACK antigen, are protective against experimental Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis infection

    Eduardo Antonio Ferraz Coelho;Carlos Alberto Pereira Tavares;Fernando Aécio Amorim Carvalho;Karina Figueiredo Chaves

  • The human papilloma virus (HPV)-18 E6 oncoprotein physically associates with Tyk2 and impairs Jak-STAT activation by interferon-alpha.

    Suiyang Li;S. Labrecque;M. C. Gauzzi;A. R. Cuddihy

  • The E5 gene from human papillomavirus type 16 is an oncogene which enhances growth factor-mediated signal transduction to the nucleus.

    P Leechanachai;L Banks;F Moreau;G Matlashewski

  • Regulation of Human p53 Activity and Cell Localization by Alternative Splicing

    Anirban Ghosh;Deborah Stewart;Greg Matlashewski

  • Successful Treatment of Drug-Resistant Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Humans by Use of Imiquimod, an Immunomodulator

    Iracema Arevalo;Brian Ward;Richard Miller;Tze-Chiang Meng

  • Determinants for the Development of Visceral Leishmaniasis Disease

    Laura-Isobel McCall;Wen-Wei Zhang;Greg Matlashewski

  • p53 polymorphism and risk of cervical cancer

    Alan Storey;Miranda Thomas;Ann Kalita;Catherine Harwood

  • CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing in Leishmania donovani

    Wen-Wei Zhang;Greg Matlashewski

  • Treatment of experimental leishmaniasis with the immunomodulators imiquimod and S-28463: efficacy and mode of action.

    Sureemas Buates;Greg Matlashewski

  • Immunization with A2 protein results in a mixed Th1/Th2 and a humoral response which protects mice against Leishmania donovani infections

    Anirban Ghosh;Wen Wei Zhang;Greg Matlashewski

  • Identification of Human Papillomavirus Type 18 E6 Polypeptide in Cells Derived from Human Cervical Carcinomas

    Lawrence Banks;Paul Spence;Elliot Androphy;Nancy Hubbert

  • The Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E5 Gene Cooperates with the E7 Gene to Stimulate Proliferation of Primary Cells and Increases Viral Gene Expression

    Veronique Bouvard;Greg Matlashewski;Zheng-Ming Gu;Alan Storey

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence Banks
Lawrence Banks International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Dinesh Mondal
Dinesh Mondal International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
Pradeep Das
Pradeep Das Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Brian J. Ward
Brian J. Ward McGill University Health Centre
Piero Olliaro
Piero Olliaro University of Oxford
Debashis Ghosh
Debashis Ghosh University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
François Coutlée
François Coutlée University of Montreal
Peter J. Myler
Peter J. Myler Seattle Children's Hospital
Eduardo L. Franco
Eduardo L. Franco McGill University
Elodie Ghedin
Elodie Ghedin National Institutes of Health

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