Cindy Morris            

Selected Publications

Morris, C.B., Thanawastien, A., Sullivan, D.E., and Clements, J.D.  2001.Mapping an immunodominant CTL epitope in HIV-1 Tat via mucosal immunization..Vaccine 20: 12-15.

B Shan, J. Xu, Y. Zhuo, C. A. Morris and G. F. Morris.  2003. Recruitment of the p300/CBP transcriptional co-activator and localized acetylation of histone H4 upon p53-dependent activation of the PCNA gene in
irradiated human fibroblasts. J Biol Chem 278: 44009-17

Curiel, T.J., Morris, C.A., Brumlik, S., Landry S.J., Finstad, K., Nelson, A., Joshi, V, Hawkins, C., Alvarez, X., Lackner, A. and Mohamadzadeh, M. 2004. Peptiides identified by phage display direct immunogenic antigen to dendritic cells.  J Immunol 172: 7425-7431.

LaMarca, H.L., Sainz, Jr., B. and Morris, C.A. 2004. Permissive human cytomegalovirus infection of a first trimester extravillous cytotrophoblast cell line. Virology Journal 1:8.

LaMarca, H.L.,  Ott, C.M., Honer zu Bentrup, K., LeBlanc, C.L., Pierson, D.L., Nelson, A.B., Scandurro, A.B., Whitley, G., Nickerson, C.A.  and Morris, C.A.   2005. Three-dimensional growth of extravillous cytotrophoblasts promotes differentiation and invasion. Placenta 26:709-720.

Grimm, T., Schneider, S., Huber, J., Naschberger, E., Guenzi, E., Kieser, A., Reitmeir, P., Schultz, T.F., Morris, C.A., and Sturzl, M. 2005. EBV latent membrane protein-1 protects B-cells from apoptosis by inhibition of Bax. Blood 105:3263-3269.

Shan, B., Zhou, Y., Chin, D., Morris, C., Morris, G. and Lasky, J.A. 2005. CDK9 is required for tumor necrosis factor-alpha stimulated MMP-9 expression in human lung adenocarcinoma cells. J Biol Chem 280: 1103

 Sainz, B. Jr., LaMarca, H.L., Garry, R.F., and Morris, C.A. 2005. Synergistic inhibition of human cytomegalovirus replication by interferon-alpha/beta and interferon-gamma. Virol J. 2:14-26

Tenenbaum, S.A., Morris, C.A., Alexander, S.S., McFerrin, H.E., Garry, R.F. and Leissinger, C.A. 2005. Evidence of HIV exposure and transient seroreactivity in archived HIV-negative severe hemophiliac sera. Virol J.2:65-75.

LaMarca, H.L., Nelson, A.B., Scandurro, A.B., Whitley, G.S. and Morris, C.A. 2006. Human cytomegalovirus-induced inhibition of cytotrophoblast invasion in a first trimester extravillous cytotrophoblast cell line. Placenta 27:137-147.

Lamarca, H.L., Morris, C.A., Pettit, G.R., Nagowa, T. and Puschett, J.B. 2006. Marinobufagenin impairs first trimester cytotrophoblast differentiation. Placenta. In press.

Shan, B., Morris, C.A., Zhuo, Y., Shelby, B.D., Levy, D., and J. Lasky. (2006) Activation of proMMP-2 and Src by HHV8 vGPCR in Human Pulmonary Arterial Endothelial Cells. J Mol Cell Cardiology. In press

Contact info: cmorris2@tulane.edu