Martin Rodriguez

Martin Rodriguez
Professor

Professor (P), Medicine - Infectious Diseases , Department of Medicine 2009 -
Assistant Professor (S), Epidemiology , School of Public Health 2011 -
Scholar (C), Sparkman Center for Global Health , School of Public Health 2013 -
Senior Scientist (C), Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) , General Clinical Research Center 2020 -

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2021	Depressive symptoms predict low physical performance among older Mexican Americans. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 2021
2020	Life-space mobility in the elderly: Current perspectives. Clinical Interventions in Aging. 15:1665-1674. 2020
2019	Prevalence of undifferentiated inflammatory arthropathy in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in an endocrinology clinic. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. 22:1985-1989. 2019
2019	Microbiome predictors of dysbiosis and vre decolonization in patients with recurrent c. Difficile infections in a multi-center retrospective study. AIMS Microbiology. 5:1-18. 2019
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. 30:1345-1351. 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 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 2012
2011	Risk factors associated with depressive symptoms in Venezuelan patients with rheumatoid arthritis 2011
2011	Lag time between onset of symptoms and diagnosis in Venezuelan patients with rheumatoid arthritis 2011
2011	The swollen joint, the thickened artery, and the smoking gun: Tobacco exposure, citrullination and rheumatoid arthritis 2011
2009	Effect of low-dose prednisone on leukocyte counts and subpopulations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis 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 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 2003
2003	Macrophage activation syndrome in a patient with systemic onset rheumatoid arthritis: Rescue with intravenous immunoglobulin therapy 2003
2003	Iliac bone sarcoma presenting as hip pain 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 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 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	Spanish version of the Health Assessment Questionnaire: Reliability, validity and transcultural equivalency. Journal of Rheumatology. 20:2116-2122. 1993
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 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 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 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 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