Laboratory Animals Biotechnology
The unit provides high-level support in the field of animal genome modification (mice, rats and ruminants). We offer several techniques, such as pronuclear microinjection, homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells, lentiviral injection, transposons and the revolutionary CRISPR / Cas9 system. We also provide cryopreservation, in vitro fertilization and embryo rederivation in mice. Besides, the unit supplies mice and rats with high genetic and health status for researchers within the institute and the region.
Since 2007 we have worked with national and international biotechnology companies offering in vivo biological assays in mice and rats, under GLP standards.
We receive undergraduate and graduate students who do thesis using different technologies to obtain animal models. We also organize courses for technicians and scientists, and offer internships for technicians or veterinarians who administer their own services.
Our staff is member of organizations, such as the International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT), the Institutional Articulation Committee (CAI), the National Commission of Animal Experimentation (CNEA), the Uruguayan Association of Animal Science and Technology Laboratories (AUCyTAL), and the Federation of South American Associations for Laboratory Animal Science (FESSACAL).
Members
Research lines
Gene editing in rodents .
Gene editing in ruminants.
Cryopreservation of embryos and mammals sperm.
In vitro fertilization of rodents and ruminants.
In vivo imaging.
Preclinical animal models.
Main equipment
FACILITIES
- Animal Facility: SPF (Specific Pathogen Free) and Conventional area.
- Microinjection Laboratory.
- Assisted Reproduction Techniques Laboratory (ART).
- Molecular Biology Laboratory.
ACTIVITIES
- Generation of genetically modified animals using: CRISPR / Cas9 technology, pronuclear microinjection of DNA fragments, gene-targeting in embryonic stem cells, Sleeping Beauty Transposons technology.
- Cryopreservation of embryos and sperm.
- Rederivation of murine lines.
- In vitro fertilization of murine lines.
- Crosses and maintenance under SPF and conventional conditions of various strains mice (C57BL / 6J, BALB / cJ, DBA / 2J, Nude, several hybrids and about 50 different transgenic lines). Approximate production (currently): 2.000 mice per month.
- Immunomodulatory capacity assays of probiotic bacteria.
- Biological activity assays of recombinant erythropoietin. Our Bioterio is certified by the Ministry of Public Health.
- Toxicity tests for biotechnological products (EPO, Filgen, Interferon).
- Production of polyclonal antibodies in mice.
For further information, please contact ubal@pasteur.edu.uy
Courses
- CARD-IP Montevideo Practical course: Cryopreservation of embryos and murine sperm. Sept. 10-13, 2018. Institut Pasteur Montevideo. Funded by: UNI-Biolac and IP Montevideo. Supported by: CARD and Kumamoto University.
- “Alternative Methods to the Use of Experimental Animals: In vitro evaluation of irritation (TG 439) and skin sensitization (TG 442E)”. May 21-24, 2018. Institut Pasteur de Montevideo. Funded by: Premasul and L’Oréal. Supported by: Protemca, Aucytal, CNEA.
- “Theoretical-Practical Course of Laboratory Animals”. March 13-21, 2017. 19 national and one international speakers, and 21 national students. Supported by FOCEM and PEDECIBA.
- “Integrating IP Montevideo technologies”. Internal course of the IP Montevideo. October 2017.
- “TRANSGENIC TECHNOLOGIES in MODELING HUMAN DISEASES: Principles, Associated technologies, Animal Management and Ethics”. – June 2017, Athens, Greece. Co-organizers.
- “Theoretical-practical course of laboratory animals”, authorized for B-technical accreditation by the CNEA. April 4-12, 2016.
- International course and symposium “ADVANCES IN THE GENERATION OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) ANIMAL MODELS – International Mini Symposium: TRANSGENIC TECHNOLOGIES, THE LATEST TRENDS”. September 2015.
- “Management, techniques of substance administration and sampling in mice”. Internal course for 20 researchers who use mice in the IP Montevideo Animal Facility. 2012-2015. 2012-2015.
- International course “Genetics of laboratory rodents”. December 2008 and 2011. Co-organizer with the Functional Genetics Unit of the Institut Pasteur de Paris.
Projects
2022- … – Evaluation of the combination of racotumomab with immunological checkpoint inhibitors in syngeneic murine models of NeuGc expression
syngeneic murine models of NeuGc expression
2021- … – Preclinical development of a nanotechnology-based aerosol with tocilizumab to fight COVID-19
2020- … – Mini-intestines: a powerful in vitro tool for replacement of experimental animals
2015‐2018 – New strategies for the cryopreservation of oocytes and ovine embryos produced in vitro.
2015‐2018 – Development of inoculants for the mobilization of phosphorus as an input in agricultural production. Participation: researcher.
2015‐2018 – Development and validation of processes for the study and valuation of nutraceuticals: creation of the first Uruguayan company. Participation: researcher.
2016-2019 – Design and production of new variants of the follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) for its use in species of productive interest. Participation: researcher.
2012-2016 – Study of the mechanisms responsible for the potential probiotic effects of the CNCM I-3690 Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain.
2014-2016 – Evaluation by molecular imaging of the anti-Tn diabody in the murine model of lung cancer. Master’s Thesis.
2014-2016 – Influence of progesterone on follicular development on oocyte maturation and fertility in sheep. Master’s Thesis.
2014-2016 – Effect of lipid content on the maturation and vitrification of oocytes ovine: Mechanism of action and its application to the production of in vitro embryos.
2012-2014 – Cryopreservation of ovine embryos produced in vitro in different stages by means of two vitrification methods. Master’s Thesis.
2013-2014 – Characterization of an inducible murine model for the study of insulin signaling pathways. Initiation scholarship in the investigation.
2013-2014 – Derivation and characterization of a line of murine embryonic stem cells (ESC) Oct4-GFP in the absence of serum and murine embryonic fibroblasts (MEF). Initiation scholarship in the investigation.
2011-2014 – A technological innovation for sheep reproduction in Uruguay: in vitro production of embryos and their large-scale application.
2012-2014 – Applied environmental toxicology: risk evaluation to environmental anthropogenic estrogen exposure in a transgenic murine model Oct4-GFP. Collaboration.
Main publications
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2024
- Expression and functional characterization of chimeric recombinant bovine follicle-stimulating hormone produced in Leishmania tarentolae.
Abreu C, Grunberg K, Bonilla M, Crispo M, Pantano S, Jaeschke J, Comini MA, Bollati-Fogolín M.
Microb Biotechnol. 2024 Apr;17(4):e14444. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.14444.
PMID: 38564168 Free PMC article.
2023
- Paula Faral-Tello, Gonzalo Greif, Selva Romero, Andrés Cabrera, Cristina Oviedo, Telma González, Gabriela Libisch, Ana Paula Arévalo, Belén Varela, José Manuel Verdes, Martina Crispo, Yester Basmadjián, Carlos Robello. Trypanosoma cruzi Isolates Naturally Adapted to Congenital Transmission Display a Unique Strategy of Transplacental Passage. Microbiology Spectrum, 2023. DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02504-22 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02504-22
- Refinements in embryo manipulation applied to CRISPR technology in livestock. dos Santos-Neto, P.C., Cuadro, F., Souza-Neves, M., Crispo, M., Menchaca, A. Theriogenology, 2023, 208, pp. 142–148.3R’s applied to in vivo biological activity of recombinant human erythropoietin assay. Arevalo, A.P. , Basika, T., Ancheta, S., Perelmuter K, Ricciardi A,
Bollati-Fogolín, M., Crispo, M. Biological Models Research and Technology Journal, 2023, 3(1), e00012023 - GENOME EDITING & GMOS: WHICH ARE THE DIFFERENCES? RECENT ADVANCES FOR THE CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES | ÉDITION GÉNOMIQUE ET OGMs: QUELLES DIFFÉRENCES ? AVANCÉES RÉCENTES POUR LE CONTRÔLE DES MALADIES INFECTIEUSES. Crispo, M.Bulletin de l’Academie Veterinaire de France, 2023, 176.
- CD300f immune receptor contributes to healthy aging by regulating inflammaging, metabolism, and cognitive decline.
Evans F, Alí-Ruiz D, Rego N, Negro-Demontel ML, Lago N, Cawen FA, Pannunzio B, Sanchez-Molina P, Reyes L, Paolino A, Rodríguez-Duarte J, Pérez-Torrado V, Chicote-González A, Quijano C, Marmisolle I, Mulet AP, Schlapp G, Meikle MN, Bresque M, Crispo M, Savio E, Malagelada C, Escande C, Peluffo H.
Cell Rep. 2023 Oct 31;42(10):113269. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113269.
PMID: 37864797 Free article. - New insights into phenotype and genotype relationships in Neospora caninum.
Cabrera A, Berná L, López L, Faral-Tello P, Arevalo AP, Crispo M, Francia ME, Robello C.
Front Vet Sci. 2023 Aug 17;10:1214971. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1214971. eCollection 2023.
PMID: 37662990 Free PMC article. - Mucins Shed from the Laminated Layer in Cystic Echinococcosis Are Captured by Kupffer Cells via the Lectin Receptor Clec4F.
Barrios AA, Mouhape C, Schreiber L, Zhang L, Nell J, Suárez-Martins M, Schlapp G, Meikle MN, Mulet AP, Hsu TL, Hsieh SL, Mourglia-Ettlin G, González C, Crispo M, Barth TFE, Casaravilla C, Jenkins SJ, Díaz Á.
Infect Immun. 2023 Jun 15;91(6):e0003123. doi: 10.1128/iai.00031-23. Epub 2023 May 10.
PMID: 37162364 Free PMC article. - Trypanosoma cruzi Isolates Naturally Adapted to Congenital Transmission Display a Unique Strategy of Transplacental Passage.
Faral-Tello P, Greif G, Romero S, Cabrera A, Oviedo C, González T, Libisch G, Arévalo AP, Varela B, Verdes JM, Crispo M, Basmadjián Y, Robello C.
Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Feb 14;11(2):e0250422. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02504-22. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 36786574 Free PMC article.
2022
- Matías Fabregat, Sofía Niño-Rivero, Sabrina Pose, Magdalena Cárdenas-Rodríguez, Mariana Bresque, Karina Hernández, Victoria Prieto-Echagüe, Geraldine Schlapp, Martina Crispo, Patricia Lagos, Natalia Lago, Carlos Escande, Florencia Irigoín, Jose L. Badano. Generation and characterization of Ccdc28b mutant mice links the Bardet-Biedl associated gene with mild social behavioral phenotypes. PLoS Genetics, v.: 18 2022. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009896 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009896
- Maite Duhalde Vega, Daniela Olivera, Gustavo Gastão Davanzo, Mauricio Bertullo, Verónica Noya, Gabriela Fabiano De Souza, Stéfanie Primon Muraro, Icaro Castro, Ana Paula Arévalo, Martina Crispo, Germán Galliussi, Sofía Russo, David Charbonnier, Florencia Rammauro, Mathías Jeldres, Catalina Alamón, Valentina Varela, Carlos Batthyany, Mariela Bollati-Fogolín, Pablo Oppezzo, Otto Pritsch, José Luiz Proença-Módena, Helder I. Nakaya, Emiliano Trias, Luis Barbeito, Ignacio Anegon, María Cristina Cuturi, Pedro Moraes-Vieira, Mercedes Segovia, Marcelo Hill. PD-1/PD-L1 blockade abrogates a dysfunctional innate-adaptive immune axis in critical coronavirus disease. Science Advances, v.: 8 2022. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn6545 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn6545
- Ayelen Toro, Sofia Lage-Vickers, Juan Bizzotto, Felipe Vilicich, Agustina Sabater, Gaston Pascual, Sabrina Ledesma-Bazan, Pablo Sanchis, Maria Sol Ruiz, Ana Paula Arevalo, Jorge L. Porfido, Mercedes Abbate, Rocio Seniuk, Estefania Labanca, Nicolas Anselmino, Nora M. Navone, Daniel F. Alonso, Elba Vazquez, Martina Crispo, Javier Cotignola, Geraldine Gueron. Pin-Pointing the Key Hubs in the IFN-? Pathway Responding to SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Viruses, v.: 14 p.:2180 2022. DOI: 10.3390/v14102180 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v14102180
- José Renato Passos, Denise Guerreiro , Kamila Otávio , Pedro Dos Santos Neto, Marcela Souza Neves , Federico Cuadro , Richard Nuñez Olivera , Martina Crispo , Maria Júlia Bezerra , Renato Silva , Laritza Lima , José Ricardo Figueiredo , Ivan Bustamante Filho , Alejo Menchaca , Arlindo Moura. Global proteomic analysis of preimplantational ovine embryos produced in vitro. Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 2022. DOI: 10.1111/rda.14122 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rda.14122
- Hellen Daghero , Flora Doffe , Belén Varela , Victoria Yozzi , José Manuel Verdes , Martina Crispo , Mariela Bollati-Fogolín , Romina Pagotto. Jejunum-derived NF-kB reporter organoids as 3D models for the study of TNF-alpha-induced inflammation. Scientific Reports, v.: 12 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-18556-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18556-3
- Ana Paula Arévalo , Romina Castelli , Manuel Ibarra , Martina Crispo , Victoria
Calzada. In Vivo Evaluation of Sgc8-c Aptamer as a Molecular Imaging Probe for Colon Cancer in a Mouse Xenograft Model. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, v.: 23 p.:2466 2022. DOI: 10.3390/ijms23052466 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23052466 - José Renato S. Passos , Denise D. Guerreiro , Kamila S. Otávio , Pedro C. Dos
Santos Neto , Marcela Souza Neves , Federico Cuadro , Richard Nuñez Olivera, Martina Crispo , Fábio R. Vasconcelos , Maria Julia B. Bezerra , Renato F. Silva , Laritza F. Lima , José Ricardo Figueiredo , Ivan C. Bustamante Filho, Alejo Menchaca, Arlindo A. Moura. How in vitro maturation changes the proteome of ovine cumulusoocyte complexes. Molecular Reproduction and Development, 2022. DOI: 10.1002/mrd.23638 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrd.23638 - Generation of Double-Muscled Sheep and Goats by CRISPR /Cas9-Mediated Knockout of the Myostatin Gene.
Kalds P, Crispo M, Li C, Tesson L, Anegón I, Chen Y, Wang X, Menchaca A.
Methods Mol Biol. 2022;2495:295-323. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2301-5_16.
PMID: 35696040 - Generation of a Human Deafness Sheep Model Using the CRISPR/Cas System.
Crispo M, Chenouard V, Dos Santos-Neto P, Tesson L, Souza-Neves M, Heslan JM, Cuadro F, Anegón I, Menchaca A.
Methods Mol Biol. 2022;2495:233-244. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2301-5_12.
PMID: 35696036
2021
- Crispo M, Meikle MN, Schlapp G, Menchaca A. (2021). Ovarian superstimulatory response and embryo development using a new recombinant glycoprotein with eCG-like activity in mice. Theriogenology, 164, 31-35. DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2021.01.012
- Morande P, Yan X-J, Sepulveda-yanez JH, Seija N, Marquez ME, Sotelo N, Abreu C ,Crispo M, Fernández-Graña F, Rego N ,Bois T, Patrick Methot S, Palacios F, Remedi V, Rai K, Buschiazzo A, Di Noia J, Navarrete MA, Chiorazzi N, Oppezzo P. (2021). AID overexpression leads to aggressive murine CLL and nonimmunoglobulin mutations that mirror human neoplasms. Blood, 138 (3): 246–258. DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020008654.
- Arévalo AP, Pagotto R, Pórfido JL, Daghero H, Segovia M, Yamasaki K, Varela B, Hill M, Verdes JM, Duhalde Vega M, Bollati-Fogolín M, Crispo M. (2021). Ivermectin reduces in vivo coronavirus infection in a mouse experimental model. Sci Rep 11, 7132. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86679-0
- Capoano CA, Ortiz-Laquintana LA, Rodríguez-Casuriaga R, Crispo M, Schlapp G, Meikle MN, Mulet AP, Benavente R, Geisinger A. (2021). SPATS1 (spermatogenesis-associated, serine-rich 1) is not essential for spermatogenesis and fertility in mouse. PLoS ONE 16(5): e0251028. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251028
- Berriel E, Freire T, Chiale C, Rodríguez E, Crispo M, Morón G, Fernández-Graña G, Berois N, Osinaga E. (2021). Human hydatid cyst fluid-induced therapeutic anti-cancer immune responses via NK1.1+ cell activation in mice. Cancer Immunol Immunother. Online ahead of print. DOI: 10.1007/s00262-021-02948-x
2020
- Graña-Baumgartner , Meikle A, Crispo M, Fernadez-Foren A, Neimaur K, Barrera N, Cuadro F, Dos Santos Neto PC, Bosolasco D, Núñez-Olivera R, Menchaca A, De Brun V. (2020). Local influence of the corpus luteum on the ipsilateral oviduct and early embryo development in the ewe. Theriogenology 15; 151:7-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2020.03.028.
- Schlapp G, Meikle MN, Silva C, Fernández-Graña F, Menchaca A, Crispo C. (2020). Colony aging affects the reproductive performance of Swiss Webster females used as recipients for embryo transfer. Anim Reprod 24; 17(4):e20200524. DOI: 10.1590/1984-3143-AR2020-0524.
- Menchaca A, Dos Santos Neto PC, Souza-Neves M, Mulet AP, Tesson L, Chenouard V, Guiffès A, Heslan JM, Gantier M, Anegon I, Crispo M. (2020). Otoferlin gene editing in sheep via CRISPR-assisted ssODN-mediated Homology Directed Repair. Sci Rep 7; 10(1):5995. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62879-y.
- Meikle MN, Arévalo AP, Schlapp G, Fernández-Graña G, Menchaca A, Crispo M.(2020). Long-Term Effect of Environmental Enrichment on Reproductive Performance of Swiss Webster Mice and Their Female Offspring. Animals (Basel) 18;10(8):1438. DOI: 10.3390/ani10081438.
- Menchaca A, Dos Santos Neto PC, Mulet AP, Crispo M. (2020). CRISPR in livestock: From editing to printing. Theriogenology 150:247-254. DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2020.01.063.
- Dos santos neto PC , Vilariño M , Cuadro F , Barrera N, Crispo M, Menchaca A. (2020). Cumulus cells during in vitro fertilization and oocyte vitrification in sheep: Remove, maintain or add?. Cryobiology 92:161-167. DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2020.01.002.
- Pagotto RM, Santamaría C, Harreguy MB, Abud J, Zenclussen ML, Kass L, Crispo M, Muñoz de Toro M, Rodriguez H, Bollati-Fogolin M. (2020). Perinatal exposure to Bisphenol A disturbs the early differentiation of male germ cells. Reprod Toxicol 98:117-124. DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2020.09.004.
2019
- Cabrera A, Fresia P, Berna L. , Silveira C, Macías-Rioseco M, Arévalo AP, Crispo M, Pritsch O, Riet-Correa F, Giannitti F, Francia ME, Robello C. (2019). Isolation and molecular characterization of four novel Neospora caninum strains. Parasitol Res 118(12):3535-3542. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-019-06474-9
2018
- Meikle MN, Schlapp G., Menchaca A., Crispo M. Minimum volume spatula MVD vitrification method improves embryo survival compared to traditional slow freezing, both for in vivo and in vitro produced mice embryos. Cryobiology.
- Barrera N, Dos Santos Neto PC, Cuadro F, Bosolasco D, Mulet AP, Crispo M, Menchaca A. Impact of delipidated estrous sheep serum supplementation on in vitro maturation, cryotolerance and endoplasmic reticulum stress gene expression of sheep oocytes. PLoS One 13(6). (hyperlink en el t{itulo del art{iculo_ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29912910)
- Cuadro F, Dos Santos Neto PC, Pinczak A, Barrera N, Crispo M, Menchaca A. (2018). Serum progesterone concentrations during FSH superstimulation of the first follicular wave affect embryo production in sheep. Anim Reprod Sci, 196:205-210. DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2018.08.011.
- Menchaca A, Dos Santos Neto PC, Cuadro F, Souza-Neves M, Crispo M. (2018). From reproductive technologies to genome editing in small ruminants: an embryo journey. Anim Reprod, 15 (1), 984-995. DOI: 10.21451/1984-3143-AR2018-0022
- Schlapp G, Fernández-Graña F, Arévalo AP, Crispo M. (2018). Establishment of an environmental microbiological monitoring program in a mice barrier facility. An Acad Bras Cienc, 90(3):3155-3164. DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201820180043.
- Barrera N, Dos Santos Neto PC, Cuadro F, Bosolasco D, Mulet AP, Crispo M, Menchaca A. (2018). Impact of delipidated estrous sheep serum supplementation on in vitro maturation, cryotolerance and endoplasmic reticulum stress gene expression of sheep oocytes. PLoS One,13(6):e0198742. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198742. eCollection 2018.
- Menchaca A, Cuadro F, Bosolasco D, Barrera N, De Brun V, Crispo M. (2018). Oocyte developmental competence is improved by relatively greater circulating progesterone concentrations during preovulatory follicular growth. Anim Reprod Sci,195:321-328. DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2018.06.010
- Meikle MN, Schlapp G, Menchaca A, Crispo M. (2018). Minimum volume spatula MVD vitrification method improves embryo survival compared to traditional slow freezing, both for in vivo and in vitro produced mice embryos. Cryobiology, 84:77-81. DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2018.07.005.
2017
- dos Santos-Neto P.C., Cuadro F., Barrera N., Crispo M., Menchaca A. 2017. Embryo survival and birth rate after minimum volume vitrification or slow freezing of in vivo and in vitro produced ovine embryos. Cryobiology. 78(8): 14.
- Menchaca A., Schlapp G., Meikle M.N., Crispo M. 2017. Transgenesis and Gene Edition in Mammals. Reference Module in Life Sciences. Elsevier. V.1: 1-9 pp (Book chapter).
- Menchaga A., AP Mulet, P. Dos Santos Neto, M. Crispo 2017. Transgenesis and Gene Edition in Small Ruminants. Revista Brasileira de Reprodução Animal, v.: 41 1, 2017
- Mulet AP, Perelmuter K, Bollati-Fogolin M, Crispo M, Grompone G. 2017. Forkhead Box Protein O1 is Linked to Anti-Inflammatory Probiotic Bacteria Acting through Nuclear Factor-κB Pathway. J Microb Biochem Technol Volume 9(3):074-081
2016
- A. MENCHACA; I. ANEGóN; B. WHITELAW; H. BALDASSARRE; M. CRISPO- New insights and current tools for genetically engineered (GE) sheep and goats. Theriogenology, p.: 1 – 10, 2016.
- A. MENCHACA; N. BARRERA; P. DOS SANTOS-NETO; F. CUADRO; M. CRISPO. Advances and limitations of in vitro embryo production in sheep and goats. Animal Reproduction, v.: 13 3, p.: 273 – 278, 2016.
2015
- Crispo M, Mulet AP, Tesson L, Barrera N, Cuadro F, dos Santos-Neto PC, Nguyen TH, Crénéguy A, Brusselle L, Anegón I, Menchaca A. Efficient Generation of Myostatin Knock-Out Sheep Using CRISPR/Cas9 Technology and Microinjection into Zygotes. PLoS One. 2015 Aug 25;10(8):e0136690. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136690
- Schlapp G, Goyeneche L, Fernández G, Menchaca A, Crispo M. Administration of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug tolfenamic acid at embryo transfer improves maintenance of pregnancy and embryo survival in recipient mice. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2015 Feb;32(2):271-5. doi: 10.1007/s10815-014-0378-x. Epub 2015 Jan 6.
- P. DOS SANTOS; M. VILARIÑO; N. BARRERA; F. CUADRO; M. CRISPO; A. MENCHACA. Cryotolerance of Day 2 or Day 6 in vitro produced ovine embryos after vitrification by Cryotop or Spatula methods. Cryobiology, v.: 70, p.: 17 – 22, 2015.
2014
- Crispo M, Vilariño M, dos Santos-Neto PC, Núñez-Olivera R, Cuadro F, Barrera N, Mulet AP, Nguyen TH, Anegón I, Menchaca A. Embryo development, fetal growth and postnatal phenotype of eGFP lambs generated by lentiviral transgenesis. Transgenic Res. 2015 Feb;24(1):31-41. doi: 10.1007/s11248-014-9816-x. Epub 2014 Jul 22.
2013
- Crispo M, Van Maele L, Tabareau J, Cayet D, Errea A, Ferreira AM, Rumbo M, Sirard JC. Transgenic mouse model harboring the transcriptional fusion ccl20- luciferase as a novel reporter of pro-inflammatory response. PLoS One. 2013 Nov 12;8(11):e78447. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078447.
- M. CRISPO; SCHLAPP G; CÁRDENAS M; D. GONZÁLEZ-MACIEL; M RUMBO. Optimization of transgenesis conditions for the generation of CXCL2-luciferase reporter mice line. EJB Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, v.: 16 6, 2013.
2010
- A. MENCHACA; M. VILARIÑO; M. CRISPO; DE CASTRO T; E RUBIANES. New approaches to superovulation and embryo transfer in small ruminants. Reproduction Fertility and Development, v.: 22 1, p.: 113 – 118, 2010.
2007
- A. MENCHACA; M VILARIÑO; M. CRISPO; A PINCZAK; E RUBIANES. Day 0 Protocol: superstimulatory treatment initiated in absence of a dominant follicle improves ovarian response and embryo yield in goats. Theriogenology, v.: 68, p.: 1111 – 1117, 2007.