Nicole Padilla, MD
Clinical Research Coordinator
Human Resources
Chancellor/EVC/FAS

Publications (3)

Top publication keywords:
Epithelial CellsCytomegalovirustat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusHIV-1Palatine TonsilIntestinal MucosaInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalVirus InternalizationMilk, HumanExocytosisCytomegalovirus InfectionsMammary Glands, HumanHIV Envelope Protein gp120HIV InfectionsTranscytosis

• Breast milk lacking anti-human immunodeficiency virus activity promotes exocytosis of HIV from the mother's mammary epithelium and transcytosis of virus via the infant's tonsil and intestinal epithelial cells.
  Virology 2025 Padilla NT, Cai X, Herrera R, Rosbe K, Tugizov SM
• Breast milk induces the differentiation of monocytes into macrophages, promoting human cytomegalovirus infection.
  Journal of virology 2024 Cai X, Padilla NT, Rosbe K, Tugizov SM
• HIV-1 Proteins gp120 and Tat Promote Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Invasiveness of HPV-Positive and HPV-Negative Neoplastic Genital and Oral Epithelial Cells.
  Microbiology spectrum 2022 Lien K, Mayer W, Herrera R, Padilla NT, Cai X, Lin V, Pholcharoenchit R, Palefsky J, Tugizov SM