Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2018 Current Evidence in Delivery and Therapeutic Uses of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Human Diseases—Clostridium difficile Disease and Beyond.  American Journal of the Medical Sciences.  356:424-432. 2018
2018 Falls in Mexican older adults aged 60 years and older.  Aging Clinical and Experimental Research.  1-7. 2018
2018 Exercises in Clinical Reasoning: Take a Time-Out and Reflect.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  33:388-392. 2018
2017 Association of arthritis and vitamin D insufficiency with physical disability in Mexican older adults: findings from the Mexican Health and Aging Study.  Rheumatology International.  37:607-616. 2017
2016 Letter: a simple out-patient faecal microbiota transplant technique.  Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.  44:101. 2016
2012 Linker for activation of T cells is displaced from lipid rafts and decreases in lupus T cells after activation via the TCR/CD3 pathway.  Clinical Immunology.  142:243-251. 2012
2012 PSA bounce phenomenon after local treatment with radiotherapy in prostate cancer.  Archivos EspaÑoles de Urologia.  65:21-37. 2012
2011 Risk factors associated with depressive symptoms in Venezuelan patients with rheumatoid arthritis.  JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology.  17:218-219. 2011
2011 Lag time between onset of symptoms and diagnosis in Venezuelan patients with rheumatoid arthritis.  Rheumatology International.  31:657-665. 2011
2011 The swollen joint, the thickened artery, and the smoking gun: Tobacco exposure, citrullination and rheumatoid arthritis.  Rheumatology International.  31:567-572. 2011
2009 Effect of low-dose prednisone on leukocyte counts and subpopulations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.  JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology.  15:148-149. 2009
2008 Acute leukemia in children erroneously diagnosed as idiopathic juvenile arthritis.  Reumatología Clínica.  4:70-73. 2008
2007 Durability of treatment with methotrexate in Venezuelan patients with rheumatoid arthritis.  Rheumatology International.  27:531-536. 2007
2006 Primary hepatic non-hodgkin lymphoma in an HIV-infected patient.  Infections in Medicine.  23:174. 2006
2004 Effect of knee osteoarthritis on the perception of quality of life in Venezuelan patients.  Arthritis Care and Research.  51:377-382. 2004
2004 Altered signaling triggered by ligation of the TCR/CD3 receptor in T lymphocytes from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: The road from anergy to autoimmunity.  International Reviews of Immunology.  23:265-272. 2004
2003 Abnormalities of bone mineral density and bone metabolism in Venezuelan patients with rheumatoid arthritis.  JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology.  9:219-227. 2003
2003 Macrophage activation syndrome in a patient with systemic onset rheumatoid arthritis: Rescue with intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.  JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology.  9:253-258. 2003
2003 Iliac bone sarcoma presenting as hip pain.  JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology.  9:54. 2003
2003 Defective activity of ERK-1 and ERK-2 mitogen-activated protein kinases in peripheral blood T lymphocytes from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: Potential role of altered coupling of Ras guanine nucleotide exchange factor hSos to adapter protein Grb2 in lupus T cells.  Clinical Immunology.  106:41-49. 2003
2001 Acute synovitis, fever and rash possibly caused by metallic debris from a loosened knee prosthesis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.  JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology.  7:257-260. 2001
2000 Cluster analysis of antinuclear autoantibodies in the prognosis of SLE nephropathy: Are anti-extractable nuclear antibodies protective?.  Lupus.  9:437-444. 2000
1999 Diminished levels of T cell receptor ζ chains in peripheral blood T lymphocytes from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.  Arthritis and Rheumatism.  42:1908-1916. 1999
1999 Translation to Spanish, reproducibility, and cross-cultural adaptation of the Miller-Rahe recent life change questionnaire in Venezuela.  Arthritis Care and Research.  12:287-293. 1999
1998 Abnormal pattern of tyrosine phosphorylation in unstimulated peripheral blood T lymphocytes from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.  Lupus.  7:515-523. 1998
1998 Primary Sjögren syndrome. Study of a population of patients at the Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Venezuela.  Investigacion Clinica.  39:199-212. 1998
1996 Possible role of cytokines on the bone mineral loss in idiopathic hypercalciuria.  Kidney International.  49:244-250. 1996
1996 Restriction fragment length polymorphisms of constant region genes of immunoglobulin lambda chains in Venezuelan patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.  Lupus.  5:300-302. 1996
1996 Treatment with α-interferon for hepatitis C virus infection in a patient with polymyositis.  JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology.  2:236-237. 1996
1994 T lymphocytes from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus show increased response to interleukin-2 after costimulation with OKT3 monoclonal antibody and phorbol esters.  Clinical immunology and immunopathology.  70:66-72. 1994
1993 Increased proportion of responders to a murine anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody of the IgG1 class in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).  Clinical and Experimental Immunology.  94:423-428. 1993
1992 False positive results for antibody to HIV in two men with systemic lupus erythematosus.  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.  51:1071-1073. 1992
1992 Human anti-F(ab′)2 antibodies show preferential reactivity for F(ab′)2 molecules bearing λ light chains.  Clinical immunology and immunopathology.  65:176-182. 1992
1992 Reply.  Arthritis and Rheumatism.  35:1401-1402. 1992
1991 Enhanced CD3‐mediated T lymphocyte proliferation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.  Arthritis and Rheumatism.  34:459-467. 1991
1990 Acute effects of captopril and ibuprofen on proteinuria in patients with nephrosis.  Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine.  116:462-468. 1990
1990 Human IFN-γ up-regulates IL-2 receptors in mitogen-activated T lymphocytes.  Immunology.  69:554-557. 1990
1990 Molecular basis of susceptibility to autoimmune diseases.  Inmunología.  9:108-118. 1990
1990 Sodium and water excretion in nephrotic patients: Effects of changes in renal haemodynamics.  Clinical Science.  79:123-129. 1990
1989 Distribution of anti-F(ab′)2 antibodies and the 16/6 idiotype in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) probands and kindreds.  Journal of Clinical Immunology.  9:462-468. 1989
1989 Auricular chondritis and diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis in primary Sjögren's syndrome.  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.  48:683-685. 1989
1989 Infection and rheumatic diseases..  Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology.  7:91-97. 1989
1988 Down-regulation of immunoglobulin and IgM-rheumatoid factor synthesis by oral treatment of rheumatoid arthritis patients with a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug.  Rheumatology International.  8:81-86. 1988
1987 Helper activity by human large granular lymphocytes in in vitro immunoglobulin synthesis.  Journal of Clinical Immunology.  7:356-364. 1987
1986 Abnormal immunoglobulin and rheumatoid factor synthesis by blood lymphocytes in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome.  Arthritis and Rheumatism.  29:1446-1455. 1986
1984 Inhibition of rheumatoid factor production by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.  Inflammation.  8. 1984
1984 Immune complexes and clinical manifestations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis..  Journal of Rheumatology.  11:245-246. 1984
1984 Immunoglobulin production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with alcoholic liver disease.  Clinical and Experimental Immunology.  55:369-376. 1984
1984 Multiple microcrystal deposition disease in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.  43:498-502. 1984
1983 Administration of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Effects on Indexes of Cellular Immune Status and Serum Rheumatoid Factor Levels.  Journal of the American Medical Association.  250:2485-2488. 1983
1983 α-Interferon increases immunoglobulin production in cultured human mononuclear leukocytes.  Journal of Immunology.  130:1215-1219. 1983
1983 Characterization of the suppressor activity in lymphocytes from patients with common variable hypogammaglobulinemia: Evidence for an associated primary B-cell defect.  Clinical immunology and immunopathology.  29:35-50. 1983
1983 Human alpha‐interferon enhances in vitro igm rheumatoid factor synthesis by lymphocytes from normal subjects and rheumatoid arthritis patients.  Arthritis and Rheumatism.  26:1091-1097. 1983
1983 Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agents inhibit the Synthesis of IgM Rheumatoid Factor in Vitro.  Aktuelle Rheumatologie.  8:96-99. 1983
1983 Studies on the relationship between HLA DR4 and in vitro IgM rheumatoid factor production.  Clinical immunology and immunopathology.  27:96-109. 1983
1982 NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS INHIBIT THE SYNTHESIS OF IgM RHEUMATOID FACTOR IN VITRO.  Lancet.  319:528-530. 1982
1982 Regulation of IgM rheumatoid factor production in lymphocyte cultures from young and old subjects.  Journal of Immunology.  128:2422-2428. 1982
1981 Characterization of the suppressor cell activity in human cord blood lymphocytes.  Journal of Clinical Investigation.  68:1577-1585. 1981

Chapter

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2005 Disrupted T cell receptor signaling pathways in systemic autoimmunity.  245-261. 2005

Education And Training

  • Doctor of Medicine, 1998
  • UAB Hospital, Residency 2003
  • Massachusetts General Hospital, Postdoctoral Fellowship 2005

    • Full Name

  • Martin Rodriguez