Académico
Instituto Patología Animal
Grado Académico: Bioquímico, Universidad Austral de Chile, 1998. Doctor en Ciencias Mención Biología Celular y Molecular, Universidad Austral de Chile, 2006.
E-mail: alexromero@uach.cl
Teléfono: (63) 2 293 253
Área de interés: Inmunología y Biología Molecular de organismos acuáticos, caracterización genómica y diagnóstico molecular de patógenos virales y bacterianos de peces.
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Proyectos
Study of salinity and temperature effects on morpho/functional integrity branchial and intestinal mucosa of salmonid fish and their relationship with the molecular pathogenesis of Piscirickettsia salmonis. FONDECYT REGULAR 1231761 (2023-2025)
- Año: 2017-2019 Fuente de Financiamiento: CONICYT-FONDECYT
- Año: 2016-2018 Fuente de Financiamiento: CONICYT Código del Proyecto: FONDECYT Regular 1141006
Publicaciones
Alex Romero
- 2012 Broth medium for the successful culture of the fish pathogen Piscirickettsia salmonis. Dis Aquat Org 97, 197-205.
- 2012 Prolactin-releasing peptide is a potent mediator of the innate immune response in leukocytes from Salmo salar. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 147, 170-179
- 2012 Structurally conserved C-RFa revealed prolactin releasing activity in vitro and gene expression changes in pituitary of seasonally acclimatized carp. Biol Res 45, 187-195.
- 2012 Two novel blood-free solid media for the culture of the salmonid pathogen Piscirickettsia salmonis. J Fish Dis doi:10.1111/jfd.12034.
- 2014 Establishment and characterization of a new cell line (SSP-9) derived from Atlantic salmon Salmo salar that expresses type I IFN. J Fish Biol. 85,1526-1545.
- 2014 Relationship between apoptosis and the BH2 domain sequence of the VP5 peptide of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV). Rev. MVZ Córdoba 19, 3990-4002.
- 2015 A synthetic peptide derived from the D1 domain of flagellin induced the expression of proinflammatory cytokines in fish macrophages. Fish Shellfish Immunol 47, 239-244.
- 2015 Effects of recombinant rFla and rND1 from Vibrio anguillarum on macrophage expression in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Fish and Shellfish immunology 42, 144-52.
- 2015 Identification and genetic characterization of Piscirickettsia salmonis in native fish from southern Chile. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 115, 233-244.
- 2015 Temperature effect on the expression of genes IFN-1(α), STAT-1 and Mx-1 in fry rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss challenged with infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV). International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 63, 559-569.
- 2015 The effects of supplemented diets with a phytopharmaceutical preparation from herbal and macroalgal origin on disease resistance in rainbow trout against Piscirickettsia salmonis Accepted in Aquaculture.
- 2016 First identification of Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis causing mortality in Mexican tilapia (Oreochromis spp) Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 120, 205–215.
- 2016 Resistance-nodulation-division efflux pump acrAB is modulated by florfenicol and contributes to drug resistance in the fish pathogen Piscirickettsia salmonis
- 2016 The effects of supplemented diets with a phytopharmaceutical preparation from herbal and macroalgal origin on disease resistance in rainbow trout against Piscirickettsia salmonis. Aquaculture 454.
- 2017 Identification of chemotaxis operon cheYZA and cheA gene expression under stressful conditions in Piscirickettsia salmonis. Microb Pathog 107, 436-441.
- 2017 Identification, characterization and modulation of ferritin-H in the sub-Antarctic Notothenioid Eleginops maclovinus challenged with Piscirickettsia salmonis Developmental and Comparative Immunology 73, 88-96.
- 2017 New immunomodulatory role of neuropeptide Y (NPY) in leucocytes. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 76, 303-309.
- 2017 Nutritional Immunity Triggers the Modulation of Iron Metabolism Genes in the Sub-Antarctic Notothenioid (Eleginops maclovinus) in Response to Piscirickettsia salmonis. L. Front Immunol. 19;8:1153. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01153. eCollection 2017.
- 2017 Pathology of Naturally Occurring Bacillary Hemoglobinuria in Cattle
- 2017 Replacing live diet with formulated diets for juvenile Patagonian red octopus (Enteroctopus megalocyathus). Aquaculture Nutrition.
- 2018 Activation of membrane-bound and soluble Toll-like Receptors 5 in Salmo salar depends on the MyD88 signalling pathway. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects 1862, 2215-2225
- 2018 Early life stage bottlenecks of carnivorous molluscs under captivity: a challenge for their farming and contribution to seafood production. Reviews in Aquaculture
- 2018 Identification of Neospora caninum in aborted bovine fetuses of Southern Chile