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Norma W. Andrews is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Immunology and Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The main focus of their work involves the study of immune cell function and interaction as well as parasitology, specifically research related to Trypanosoma species.

The scientist's published work addresses various topics such as T-cell and B-cell immunology, immunotherapy and immune responses, cellular processes linked to Caveolin-1, studies on Leishmaniasis, and the role of selenium in biological systems.

Frequent coauthors in their collaborative efforts include Fernando Yukio Maeda, Daniel Christ, Wenxia Song, Marco Túlio Alves da Silva, and Ivan Rosa e Silva.

Norma W. Andrews has contributed articles to several publication venues with multiple works appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Journal of Cell Science, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, and PLoS neglected tropical diseases.

Representative published papers include:

  • Surface-associated antigen induces permeabilization of primary mouse B-cells and lysosome exocytosis facilitating antigen uptake and presentation to T-cells (2021, eLife)
  • Endophilin-A2 dependent tubular endocytosis promotes plasma membrane repair and parasite invasion (2020, Journal of Cell Science)
  • Causative Agents of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis Are Able to Infect 3T3-L1 Adipocytes In Vitro (2022, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology)
  • Trypanosomatid selenophosphate synthetase structure, function and interaction with selenocysteine lyase (2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases)
  • Resisting attack by repairing the damage (2022, Science)

Best Publications

  • Plasma Membrane Repair Is Mediated by Ca2+-Regulated Exocytosis of Lysosomes

    Anita Reddy;Elisabet V. Caler;Norma W. Andrews

  • Lysosomes Behave as Ca2+-regulated Exocytic Vesicles in Fibroblasts and Epithelial Cells

    Ana Rodríguez;Paul Webster;Javier Ortego;Norma W. Andrews

  • Lysosome recruitment and fusion are early events required for trypanosome invasion of mammalian cells

    Isabelle Tardieux;Paul Webster;Jan Ravesloot;Walter Boron

  • Repair of injured plasma membrane by rapid Ca2+-dependent endocytosis

    Vincent Idone;Christina Tam;John W. Goss;Derek Toomre

  • Membrane proximal lysosomes are the major vesicles responsible for calcium-dependent exocytosis in nonsecretory cells

    Jyoti K. Jaiswal;Norma W. Andrews;Sanford M. Simon

  • Regulated secretion of conventional lysosomes

    Norma W Andrews

  • Identification of SNAREs Involved in Synaptotagmin VII-regulated Lysosomal Exocytosis

    Swathi K. Rao;Chau Huynh;Veronique Proux-Gillardeaux;Thierry Galli

  • Exocytosis of acid sphingomyelinase by wounded cells promotes endocytosis and plasma membrane repair.

    Christina Tam;Christina Tam;Vincent Idone;Cecilia Devlin;Maria Cecília D.C. Fernandes

  • Synaptotagmin VII Regulates Ca2+-Dependent Exocytosis of Lysosomes in Fibroblasts

    Iñigo Martinez;Sabyasachi Chakrabarti;Turid Hellevik;Jennifer Morehead

  • The Trypanosoma cruzi-host-cell interplay: location, invasion, retention.

    Luciana O. Andrade;Norma W. Andrews

  • Damage control: cellular mechanisms of plasma membrane repair

    Norma W. Andrews;Patricia E. de Almeida;Matthias Corrotte

  • The Mechanisms of Trypanosoma Cruzi Invasion of Mammalian Cells

    Barbara A. Burleigh;Norma W. Andrews

  • Stage-specific surface antigens expressed during the morphogenesis of vertebrate forms of Trypanosoma cruzi.

    Norma W. Andrews;Kyong-su Hong;Edith S. Robbins;Victor Nussenzweig

  • A T. cruzi-secreted protein immunologically related to the complement component C9: evidence for membrane pore-forming activity at low pH.

    Norma W. Andrews;Charles K. Abrams;Stephen L. Slatin;Gareth Griffiths

  • Adhesion and interiorization of Trypanosoma cruzi in mammalian cells.

    Norma W. Andrews;Walter Colli

  • Role in host cell invasion of Trypanosoma cruzi-induced cytosolic-free Ca2+ transients.

    Isabelle Tardieux;Michael H. Nathanson;Norma W. Andrews

  • Oligopeptidase B-dependent signaling mediates host cell invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi

    Elisabet V. Caler;Silvia Vaena de Avalos;Paul A. Haynes;Norma W. Andrews

  • Impaired membrane resealing and autoimmune myositis in synaptotagmin VII–deficient mice

    Sabyasachi Chakrabarti;Koichi S. Kobayashi;Richard A. Flavell;Carolyn B. Marks

  • Peptide-fluoromethyl ketones arrest intracellular replication and intercellular transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi.

    Guenter Harth;Norma Andrews;Alea A. Mills;Juan C. Engel

  • The exit of Trypanosoma cruzi from the phagosome is inhibited by raising the pH of acidic compartments.

    V Ley;E S Robbins;V Nussenzweig;N W Andrews

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Webster
Paul Webster House Clinic
Walter Colli
Walter Colli Universidade de São Paulo
Renato A. Mortara
Renato A. Mortara Federal University of Sao Paulo
Marc Pypaert
Marc Pypaert Yale University
Victor Nussenzweig
Victor Nussenzweig New York University
Rory E. Morty
Rory E. Morty Max Planck Society
Diane M. Ward
Diane M. Ward University of Utah
Jerry Kaplan
Jerry Kaplan University of Utah
Keith A. Joiner
Keith A. Joiner University of Arizona
Haibo Zhao
Haibo Zhao Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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