Publications

Peer-reviewed work in medical mycology, fungal genetics, microbiology, molecular biology, and chemical biology.

Selected Publications

  1. Patiño-Medina et al. (2026). Metformin exerts a dual effect on Mucorales virulence by altering oxidative metabolism through the regulation of rhizoferrin levels. Medical Mycology, 64(6), myag053. DOI
  2. Patiño-Medina et al. (2025). Heterotrimeric G-gamma 1 (Gpg1) participates with G-beta 1 (Gpb1) in the induction of hyphal growth and virulence via the PKA pathway in Mucor lusitanicus. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 178, 103974. DOI
  3. Alejandre-Castañeda et al. (2023). Transcription Factors Tec1 and Tec2 Play Key Roles in the Hyphal Growth and Virulence of Mucor lusitanicus Through Increased Mitochondrial Oxidative Metabolism. Journal of Microbiology, 61(12), 1043-1062. DOI
  4. Alejandre-Castañeda et al. (2022). Secretion of the siderophore rhizoferrin is regulated by the cAMP-PKA pathway and is involved in the virulence of Mucor lusitanicus. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 10649. DOI

Complete Peer-Reviewed Record

  1. Patiño-Medina et al. (2026). Metformin exerts a dual effect on Mucorales virulence by altering oxidative metabolism through the regulation of rhizoferrin levels. Medical Mycology, 64(6), myag053. https://doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myag053
  2. Patiño-Medina et al. (2025). Heterotrimeric G-gamma 1 (Gpg1) participates with G-beta 1 (Gpb1) in the induction of hyphal growth and virulence via the PKA pathway in Mucor lusitanicus. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 178, 103974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2025.103974
  3. Aguilar-Morales et al. (2024). A one-pot five component reaction for the synthesis of tetrazol-benzofuran hybrids and their inhibitory activity against Mucor lusitanicus. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 22(35), 7240-7244. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ob00995a
  4. Cortés-García et al. (2024). Synthesis of Benzofuran-Based Hybrid Molecules: Molecular Docking and Antibacterial Activity Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 61, 1653-1667. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhet.4887
  5. Alejandre-Castañeda et al. (2023). Transcription Factors Tec1 and Tec2 Play Key Roles in the Hyphal Growth and Virulence of Mucor lusitanicus Through Increased Mitochondrial Oxidative Metabolism. Journal of Microbiology, 61(12), 1043-1062. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-023-00096-8
  6. Patiño-Medina et al. (2023). Blood Serum Stimulates the Virulence Potential of Mucorales through Enhancement in Mitochondrial Oxidative Metabolism and Rhizoferrin Production. Journal of Fungi, 9(12), 1127. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9121127
  7. Alejandre-Castañeda et al. (2023). Role of the nonribosomal peptide synthetase siderophore enzyme (Rfs) of Mucor lusitanicus in controlling the growth of fungal phytopathogens. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 69(5), 185-198. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjm-2022-0203
  8. Alejandre-Castañeda et al. (2022). Secretion of the siderophore rhizoferrin is regulated by the cAMP-PKA pathway and is involved in the virulence of Mucor lusitanicus. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 10649. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14515-0
  9. Araiza-Cervantes et al. (2021). Transcript pattern analysis of Arf-family genes in the phytopathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici reveals the role of Arl3 in the virulence. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 114(10), 1619-1632. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-021-01628-1
  10. Patiño-Medina et al. (2021). Mass spore production of Mucor circinelloides on rice. 3 Biotech, 11(7), 311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-021-02853-1
  11. Patiño-Medina et al. (2019). Sporulation on blood serum increases the virulence of Mucor circinelloides. Microbial Pathogenesis, 137, 103737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2019.103737
  12. Rangel-Porras et al. (2019). Alcohol dehydrogenase 1 participates in the Crabtree effect and connects fermentative and oxidative metabolism in the Zygomycete Mucor circinelloides. Journal of Microbiology, 57(7), 606-617. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-019-8680-z
  13. Patiño-Medina et al. (2018). Control of morphology and virulence by ADP-ribosylation factors (Arf) in Mucor circinelloides. Current Genetics, 64(4), 853-869. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00294-017-0798-0