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Research articles
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Quintana JF*, Sinton MC, Chandrasegaran P, et al. (2023). The murine meninges acquire lymphoid-tissue like properties and harbour autoreactive B cells during chronic T. brucei infection. PLOS Biology, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002389 (*Corresponding author)
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Chandrasegaran P, Nabilla Lestari A, Sinton MC, Gopalakrishnan J, Quintana JF*. (2023) Modelling host-Trypanosoma brucei gambiense interactions in vitro using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cortical brain organoids F1000Research, 12:437 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.131507.2 (*Senior corresponding author)
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Sinton MC, Chandrasegaran P, Capewell P, Cooper A, Girard A, Ogunsola J, Perona-Wright G, Ngoyi DM, Kuispond N, Bucheaton B, Camara M, Kagimura S, Benezech C, MacLeod A, Quintana JF*. (2023). IL-17 signalling is critical for controlling subcutaneous adipose tissue dynamics and parasite burden during chronic murine Trypanosoma brucei. Nature comms, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42918-8 (*Senior corresponding author)
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Quintana JF*, Sinton MC, Chandrasegaran P, et al. (2023). gd T cells control of skin inflammation and subcutaneous adipose tissue wasting during chronic T. brucei infection. Nature communications, 2023. Nature comms, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40962-y (*Corresponding author)
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Quintana JF*, Chandrasegaran P, Sinton MC, et al. (2022). Integrative single cell and spatial transcriptomic analysis reveal reciprocal microglia-plasma cell crosstalk in the mouse brain during Trypanosoma brucei infection. Nature Communications, 13, 5752, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33542-z (*corresponding author)
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Battistella E, Schniete J, Wesecraft K, Quintana JF, McConnell G. (2022). Light-sheet mesoscopy with the mesoslenseprovides fast sub-cellular resolution imaging throughout large tissue volumes. iScience, 25(9):104797, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104797
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Battistella E, Quintana JF, McConnell G. (2022). Application of light-sheet mesoscopy to image host-pathogen interactions in intact organs. Front Cell Inf Microbiol. 12: 903957. DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.903957
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Girard A, Cooper A, Mabbott S, Quintana JF, et al. (2021). Raman spectroscopy analysis of skin as a diagnostic tool for Human African Trypanosomiasis. PLoS Pathogens, 17(11): e1010060. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010060
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Alghamdi A, Munday JC, Campagnero GD, Gurvik D, Svensson F, Okpara CE, Kumar A, Quintana JF, et al. (2020). Positively selected modifications in the pore of TbAQP2 allow pentamidine to enter Trypanosoma brucei. eLife. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.56416
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Quintana JF, Bueren-Calabuig, J, Zuccotto, F, De Koning, H, Horn, Field, MC. (2020). Instability of aquaglyceroporin 2 driving drug resistance in Trypanosoma brucei. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008458
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Quintana JF, Ivens, A, Kumar, S. et al. (2019). Comparative deep sequencing analysis reveals stage- and sex-enriched small RNAs secreted by the filarial nematode Litomosoides sigmodontis in vitro and in vivo. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007811.
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Quintana JF, Makepeace BL, Babayan SA, Ivens A, Pfarr KM, Blaxter M, et al. (2015). Extracellular Onchocerca-derivedsmall RNAs in host nodules and blood. Parasites & Vectors. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0656-1.
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Nowacki FC, Swain MT, Klychnikov OI, Niazi U, Ivens A, Quintana JF, et al. (2015). Protein and small non-coding RNA-enriched extracellular vesicles are released by the pathogenic blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. J Extracell. Vesicles. DOI: 10.3402/jev.v4.28665.
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Webster CL, Waldron FM, Robertson S, Crowson D, Ferrari G, Quintana JF, et al. (2015). The Discovery, Distribution, and Evolution of Viruses Associated with Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Biol. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002210
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Buck AH, Coakley G, Simbari F, McSorley HJ, Quintana JF, et al. (2014). Exosomes secreted by nematode parasites transfersmall RNAs to mammalian cells and modulate innate immunity. Nat Commun. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6488
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Hoy AM, Lundie RJ, Ivens A, Quintana JF, et al. (2014). Parasite-derived microRNAs in host serum as novel biomarkers of helminth infection. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002701
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Peña-Soler E, Fernandez FJ, López-Estepa M, Garces F, Richardson AJ, Quintana JF, et al. (2014). Structural analysis and mutant growth properties reveal distinctive enzymatic and cellular routes for the three major L-alanine transaminases ofEscherichia coli. PLoS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102139
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Jimenez de Bagues MP, de Martino A, Quintana JF, et al. (2011). Course of infection with the emergent pathogen Brucella microti in immunocompromised mice. Infection and Immunity. DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05542-11.
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Jimenez de Bagues MP, Ouahrani-Bettache S, Quintana JF, et al. (2010). The new specie Brucella microti replicates inmacrophages and causes death in murine models of infection. J. Infect. Dis. DOI: 10.1086/653084





Scientific reviews & opinion articles
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Shorthouse O, Contain AH, MacDonald AS, Quintana JF (2025). The female reproductive tract-gut axis in gastrointestinal parasitic infection. PLoS Pathogens. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013711
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Sinton MC, Shorthouse O, Costain A, Quintana JF (2025). Interleukin-17 and fat: timing is everything. Immunity, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.12.005.
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Quintana JF, Zoltner M, Field MC. (2020). Evolving differentiation in African trypanosomes. Trends Parasitol. DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.11.003
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Alfituri OA, Quintana JF, et al. (2020). To the Skin and Beyond: the immune response to African trypanosomes as they enter and exit the vertebrate host. Front. Immunol. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01250
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Quintana, JF, Canavate Del Pino, R, Yamada, K, Zhang, N, Field, MC. (2018). Adaptation, therapeutic exploitation and the plasma membrane of trypanosomes. Genes. DOI: 10.3390/genes9070368.
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Quintana, JF, Babayan, SA, Buck, AH. (2016). Small RNAs and extracellular vesicles in filarial nematodes: from nematode development to diagnostics. Parasite Immunology. DOI: 10.1111/pim.12395
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Kalla R. Ventham NT, Kennedy NA, Quintana JF, et al. (2015). MicroRNAs: new players in IBD. Gut. DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2014-307891

