Publications
- Carranza J. C., Valadares H.M., D'Avila D.A., Baptista R.P., Moreno M., Galvao L.M., Chiari E., Sturm N.R., Gontijo E.D., Macedo A.M and Zingales B. (2009). "Trypanosoma cruzi maxicircle heterogeneity in Chagas disease patients from Brazil." Int J Parasitol 39(9): 963-973.
- Ferreira K. A., Fajardo E. F., Baptista R. P., Macedo A. M., Lages-Silva E., Ramirez L.E. and Pedrosa A. L. (2014). "Species-specific markers for the differential diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli and polymorphisms detection in Trypanosoma rangeli." Parasitol Res 113(6): 2199-2207.
- Reis-Cunha J. L., Rodrigues-Luiz G. F., Valdivia H. O., Baptista R. P., Mendes T. A., de Morais G. L., Guedes R., Macedo A. M., Bern C., Gilman R. H., Lopez C. T., Andersson B., Vasconcelos A. T. and Bartholomeu D. C. (2015). "Chromosomal copy number variation reveals differential levels of genomic plasticity in distinct Trypanosoma cruzi strains." BMC Genomics 16: 499
- Baptista R.P., D'Avila D.A., Segatto M., do Valle I.F., Franco G.R, Valadares H.M., Gontijo E.D., Galvao L.M., Pena S.D., Chiari E., Machado C.R. and Macedo A.M. (2014). "Evidence of substantial recombination among Trypanosoma cruzi II strains from Minas Gerais." Infect Genet Evol 22:183-191.
- Valdivia H. O., Reis-Cunha J. L., Rodrigues-Luiz G. F., Baptista R. P., Baldeviano G. C., Gerbasi R. V., Dobson D. E., Pratlong F., Bastien P., Lescano A. G., Beverley S. M. and Bartholomeu D. C. (2015). "Comparative genomic analysis of Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana and Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis." BMC Genomics 16(1):715.
- Dhara A., Baptista R.P., Kissinger J.C., Snow E.C. and Sinai A.P (2017). “Ablation of an OTU-family deubiquitinase exposes the underlying regulation governing the plasticity of cell cycle progression in Toxoplasma gondii.” MBio 8 (6), e01846-17.
- Mourão L.C., Baptista R.P., Almeida Z., Grynberg P., Pucci M.M., Castro-Gomes T., Fontes C.J.F., Silva-Pereira R., Bemquerer M.P. and Braga E. (2018) “Molecular mimicry between Plasmodium vivax and human red blood cell proteins: a possible mechanism underlying anemia” Scientific Reports 8: 8762.
- Fuselli S., Baptista R.P., Panziera A., Magi A., Guglielmi S., Tonin R., Benazzo A., Bauzer L.G., Mazzoni C.J. and Bertorelle G. (2018) “High-throughput NGS and long read MinION nanopore sequencing: a hybrid approach for MHC genotyping in the non-model vertebrate Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)” Heredity 121: 293–303
- Quaresma P., de Brito C.F.A., Rugani J.M., Freire J.M., Baptista R.P., Moreno E.C., Gontijo R.C., Rego F.D., Diniz J.E., Melo M.N. and Gontijo C.M.F. (2018) “Distinct genetic profiles of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis associates to clinical variations in cutaneous leishmaniasis patients from an endemic area in Brazil” Parasitology 145(9):1161-1169.
- Baptista, R.P., Reis-Cunha J.L, DeBarry J.D., Chiari E., Kissinger J.C., Bartholomeu D.C. and Macedo A.M. (2018). “Assembly of highly-repetitive genomes using short reads: The genome of DTU III Trypanosoma cruzi strain 231.” Mgen 4(4): e000156
- Reis-Cunha J.L., Baptista R.P., Rodrigues-Luiz G.F., Valdivia H.O., Almeida L.V., Cardoso M.S., Davila D.A., Cunha Dias F.H., Galvao L.M.C., Chiari E., Cerqueira G.C., Bartholomeu D.C. (2018) “Whole genome sequencing of Trypanosoma cruzi field isolates reveals extensive genomic variability and complex aneuploidy patterns within TcII DTU” BMC Genomics 19(1):816
- Sateriale A., Slapeta Y., Baptista R.P., Engiles J.B., Gullicksrud J.A., Helbert G., Brooks C.F., Kugler E.M., Kissinger J.C., Hunter C.A. and Striepen B. (2019) “A Genetically Tractable, Natural Mouse Model of Cryptosporidiosis Offers Insights into Host Protective Immunity” Cell Host & Microbe 26(1):135-146.e5.
- Maboni G., Krimer P., Baptista R.P., Lorton A., Anderson C. and Sanchez S. (2019). “Laboratory diagnostics, phylogenetic analysis and clinical outcome of a subcutaneous Mycoleptodiscus indicus infection in an immunocompetent cat” BMC Veterinary Research 15(1):354.
- Baptista R.P. and Kissinger J.C. (2019) “Is reliance upon an inaccurate genome sequence sabotaging your experiments?” Plos Pathogens Pearls 15(9):e1007901.
- Florentin A., Stephens D.R., Brooks C.F., Baptista R.P, Muralidharan V (2020). “Plastid biogenesis in malaria parasites requires the interactions and catalytic activity of the Clp proteolytic system” PNAS 117(24):13719-13729.
- Shin P., Baptista R.P., O’Neill C.M., Wallis C., Reaves B.J., Wolstenholme A.J. (2020). “Comparative sequences of the Wolbachia genomes of drug-sensitive and resistant isolates of Dirofilaria immitis” Veterinary Parasitology 286:109225.
- Li Y., Baptista R.P. and Kissinger J.C. (2020). “Non-coding RNAs in the apicomplexan parasites: an update” Trends in Parasitology 36(10):835-849.
- Butler J.H., Baptista R.P., Valenciano, A.L., Zhou B., Kissinger J.C., Tumwebaze P., Rosenthal P.J., Cooper R.A., Yue J., Zhou B. and Cassera M.B. (2020). “Resistance to some, but not other dimeric lindenane sesquiterpenoid esters is mediated by mutations in a Plasmodium falciparum esterase” ACS Infectious Diseases 6(11):2994-3003.
- Li Y., Baptista R.P., Sateriale A., Striepen B., Kissinger J.C. (2021) “Analysis of Long Non-coding RNA in Cryptosporidium parvum Reveals Significant Stage-Specific Antisense Transcription” Frontiers in Cell and Infection Microbilogy Parasite and Host 10: 608298.
- Baptista R.P., Cooper G.W. and Kissinger J.C. (2021) “Challenges in Cryptosporidium population studies” Genes 12(6):894.
- Wang W., Peng D., Baptista R.P., Li Y., Mining T., Kissinger J.C. and Tarleton R.L. (2021) “Strain-specific genome evolution in Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease”. PLOS Pathogens 17(1):e1009254.
- Cobb D.W., Kudyba H.M., Villegas A., Hoopmann M.R., Baptista R.P., Bruton B., Krakowiak M., Moritz R.L., Muralidharan V. (2021) "A redox-active crosslinker reveals an essential and inhibitable oxidative folding network in the endoplasmic reticulum of malaria parasites" PLOS Pathogens 17(2):e1009293.
- Ramakrishnan S., Unger L.M., Baptista R.P., Bustos T.C., Docampo R. (2021) “Deletion of a Golgi protein in Trypanosoma cruzi reveals a critical role for Mn2+ in protein glycosylation needed for host cell invasion and intracellular replication” PLOS Pathogens 17(3):e1009399.
- Namasivayam S., Baptista R.P., Xiao W., Hall E.M, Doggett J.S., Troell K. and Kissinger J.C. (2021) “A novel fragmented mitochondrial genome in the protist pathogen Toxoplasma gondii and related tissue coccidia” Genome Research 31(5): 852–865.
- Ramakrishnan S., Baptista R.P., Asady B., Huang G., Docampo R. (2021) “TbVps41 regulates trafficking of endocytic but not biosynthetic cargo to lysosomes of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei” The FASEB Journal 35(6):e21641.
- de Almeida L.V., Reis-Cunha J.L., dos Santos A.C., Rodrigues-Luís G.F., Baptista R.P., Silva S.O., de Melo M.N., Bartholomeu D.B. (2021) “Comparative genomics of Leishmania isolates from Brazil confirms the presence of L. major in the Americas.” International Journal for Parasitology 51(12):1047-1057.
- Beaudry M.S., Thomas J.C., Baptista R.P., Sullivan A.H., Norfolk W., Devault A., Enk J., Kieran T.J., Rhodes Jr O.E., Perry-Dow K.A, Rose L.J., Bayona-Vasquez N., Oladeinde A., Lipp E.K., Sanchez S., Glenn T.C. (2021) “Escaping the Fate of Sisyphus: Assessing Resistome Hybridization Baits for Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Capture” Environmental Microbiology 23(12):7523-7537.
- De Luca E., Alvarez-Narvaez S., Maboni G., Baptista R.P., Nemeth N.M, Niedringhaus K.D., Ladner J.T., Lorch J.M., Koroleva G., Lovett S., Palacios G.F., Sanchez S. (2021) “Comparative genomics analyses support the reclassification of Bisgaard taxon 40 as Mergibacter gen. nov., with Mergibacter septicus sp. nov. as type species: novel insights into the phylogeny and virulence factors of a Pasteurellaceae family member associated with mortality events in seabirds.” Frontiers in Microbiology, section Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology 12:667356.
- Martins V.P., Janssen L., Almeida F.M., Damasceno T.A.S., Baptista R.P., Pappas G.J., Campos T.A (2021) “A novel multidrug resistant, non-Tn4401 genetic element (NTEKPC)-bearing, strain type of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from an urban lake with drinking and recreational water reuse” Frontiers in Microbiology 12:732324.
- Baptista R.P., Yiran Li Y., Sateriale A., Brooks K.L., Tracey A, Sanders M.J., Ansell B.R.E., Jex A.R, Cooper G.W., Smith E.D., Xiao R., Dumaine J.E., Georgeson P., Pope B., Berriman M., Striepen B., Cotton J.A., and Kissinger J.C. (2021). “Long-read assembly and comparative evidence-based reanalysis of Cryptosporidium genome sequences reveals expanded transporter repertoire and duplication of entire chromosome ends including subtelomeric regions” Genome Research 32(1):203-213
- Li Y., Baptista R.P., Mei X., Kissinger J.C. (2022) “Small and intermediate size structural RNAs in the unicellular parasite Cryptosporidium parvum as revealed by sRNA-Seq and comparative genomics.” Microbial Genomics 8(5)
- Padilha D.A., Benetti Filho V., Moreira R.S., Soratto T.A.T., Maia G.A., Christoff A.P., Barazzetti F.H., Schörner M.A., Ferrari F.L., Martins C.L., Kawagoe E.K., Wachter J.K., Sachet P., Baptistella A.R., Schlindwein A.D., Coelho B.K., Fernandes S.B., Rovaris D.B., dos Anjos M.P.D., Melo F.R., Bittencourt B., Cunha S., Meneghetti K.L., Wendt N., Madaloz T.Z., Rodrigues M.V.D., Souza D.S.M., de Moraes M.H., Baptista R.P., Toledo-Silva G., Razzera G., Grisard E.C., Stoco P.H., de Oliveira L.F.V., Bazzo M.L., Fongaro G., and Wagner G.(2022). “Emergence of Two Distinct SARS-CoV-2 Gamma Variants and the Rapid Spread of P.1-like-II SARS-CoV-2 during the Second Wave of COVID-19 in Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil.” Viruses 14(4):695.
Preprints
Marques-da-Silva C., Poudel B., Baptista R.P., Peissig K., Hancox L.S., Shiau J.C., Pewe L.L., Shears M.J., Kanneganti T.D., Sinnis P., Kyle D.E., Gurung P., Harty J.T., Kurup S.P. (2022) "Altered cleavage of Caspase-1 in hepatocytes limits control of malaria in the liver" BioRxiv