Publications

2024

Bach-Griera, M., Hernández, A., and Julián, E.* (2024). Mycobacteria Treatment Inhibits Bladder Cancer Cell Migration, Invasion, and Anchorage-Independent Growth. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(23), 12997. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252312997

Campo-Pérez V., Julián J., and Torrents E. (2024) Interplay of Mycobacterium abscessus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in coinfection: Biofilm Dynamics and Host Immune Response. bioRxiv, 2024.01. 22.576702. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.22.576702. 

Mesas Gómez M., Julián E., Lara Armengou L., Pividori MI. (2024) Evaluating smartphone-based optical readouts for immunoassays in human and veterinary healthcare: A comparative study. Talanta. 275: 126106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2024.126106 

Simó C., Serra-Casablancas M., Hortelao A.C., Di Carlo, V., Guallar-Garrido S., Plaza-García S., Rabanal RM., Ramos-Cabrer P., Yagüe B., Laura Aguado L., Bardia L., Tosi S., Gómez-Vallejo V., Martín A., Patiño T., Julián E., Colombelli J.*, Llop J.*, and Sánchez S.* (2024) Urease-powered nanobots for radionuclide bladder cancer therapy. Nature Nanotechnology. 1:11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01577-y

Mesas Gómez, M., Molina-Moya, B., de Araujo Souza, B. Boldrin-Zanoni M.V.; Julián E., Domínguez J., and Pividori M.I.. (2024) Improved biosensing of Legionella by integrating filtration and immunomagnetic separation of the bacteria retained in filters. Microchimica Acta 191, 82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-023-06122-1

Mesas M., Molina-Moya B., de Araújo BC., Pallarès-Rusiñol A., Ferrer-Dalmau J., Boldrín Zanoni MV., Domínguez JA., Julián E., Pividori MI. (2024) Mycobacterium detection method combining filtration, immunomagnetic separation, and electrochemical readout in a portable biosensing device. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 135211. S0925-4005(23)01929-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2023.135211

2023

Villar-Hernández R., Latorre I., Noguera-Julian A., Martínez-Planas A., Minguell L., Vallmanya  T., Méndez M., Soriano-Arandes A., Baquero-Artigao F., Rodríguez-Molino P., Guillén-Martín S., Toro-Rueda C., De Souza-Galvão ML., Jiménez-Fuentes MA., Stojanovic Z., Sabriá J., Santos JR., Puig J., Domínguez-Álvarez M., Millet JP., Altet N., Galea Y., Muriel-Moreno B., García-García E., Bach-Griera M., Prat-Aymerich C., Julián E., Torrelles J., Rodrigo C., and Domínguez J. (2023) Development and Evaluation of an NTM-IGRA to Guide Pediatric Lymphadenitis Diagnosis. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 43(3):278-285. https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000004211 

Campo-Pérez V., Alcàcer-Almansa J., Julián E.*, and Torrents, E.* (2023) A High-Throughput Microtiter Plate Screening Assay to Quantify and Differentiate Species in Dual-Species Biofilms. Microorganisms. 11, 2244. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11092244 

Renau-Mínguez C., Herrero-Abadía P., Sentandreu V., Ruiz-Rodriguez P., Galo A., Goig G., Comas I., Julián E.*, and Coscollà M.* (2022) Genomic analysis of Mycobacterium brumae sustains its nonpathogenic and immunogenic phenotype. Frontiers in Microbiology. Section Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.982679   

2022

Campo-Pérez V., Guallar-Garrido S., Luquin M., Sánchez-Chardi A.*, and Julián E.* The High Plasticity of Nonpathogenic Mycobacterium brumae Induces Rapid Changes in Its Lipid Profile during Pellicle Maturation: The Potential of This Bacterium as a Versatile Cell Factory for Lipid Compounds of Therapeutic Interest. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(21):13609. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232113609 

Senserrich J.*,  Guallar-Garrido S.*, Gomez-Mora E., Urrea V., Clotet B., Julián E.*, and Cabrera C.* (2022) Remodeling the bladder tumor immune microenvironment by mycobacterial species with changes in their cell envelope composition. Frontiers in Immunology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.993401

Guallar-Garrido S., Campo-Pérez V, Pérez-Trujillo M, Cabrera C, Senserrich J, Sánchez-Chardi A, Rabanal RM, Gómez-Mora E, Noguera-Ortega E, Luquin M, and Julián E. (2022) Mycobacterial surface characters remodeled by growth conditions drive different tumor-infiltrating cells and systemic IFN-γ/IL-17 release in bladder cancer treatment. OncoImmunology. 11:1. https://doi.org/10.1080/2162402X.2022.2051845 

Guallar-Garrido S, Almiñana-Rapún F, Campo-Pérez V, Torrents E, Luquin M, and Julián E. (2022) BCG Substrains Change Their Outermost Surface as a Function of Growth Media. Vaccines.  10(1):40. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10010040

2021

Mukherjee N., Julián E.,  Torrelles J.B., and Svatek RS. (2021) Effects of Mycobacterium bovis Calmette et Guérin (BCG) in oncotherapy: bladder cancer and beyond. Vaccine. Special issue BCG 100th. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.09.053 

Ben Aissa A., Araújo B., Julián E., Boldrin Zanoni M.V., and Pividori M.I. (2021) Immunomagnetic Separation Improves the Detection of Mycobacteria by Paper-Based Lateral and Vertical Flow Immunochromatographic Assays. Sensors. 21(18): 5992. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21185992

Guallar-Garrido, S., Luquin, M., Julián, E.* (2021) Analysis of the Lipid Composition of Mycobacteria by Thin Layer Chromatography. J. Vis. Exp. (170), e62368. http://doi.org/10.3791/62368

Hortelao AC., Simó C., Guix M., Guallar-Garrido S.. Julián E., Vilela D., Rejc L., Ramos-Cabrer P., Cossío U., Gómez-Vallejo V., Patiño T., Llop J., and Sánchez S. (2021) Swarming behaviour and in vivo monitoring of enzymatic nanomotors within the bladder. Science Robotics. 6, eabd2823. https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.abd2823

Campo-Pérez V., Cendra MM., Julián E., and Torrents E. (2021) Easily applicable modifications on electroporation conditions improve transformation efficiency rates for rough morphotypes of fast-growing mycobacteria. New Biotechnology. Feb 23; S1871-6784(21)00027-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2021.02.003.

Esteso G., Aguiló N.,  Julián E., Ashiru O.,  Ho MM., Martín C., Valés-Gómez M. (2021) Natural Killer Anti-Tumor Activity Can Be Achieved by In Vitro Incubation With Heat-Killed BCG. Front. Immunol. 12: 622995. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.622995 

Benet S, Gálvez C, Drobniewski F, Kontsevaya I, Arias L, Monguió-Tortajada M, Erkizia I, Urrea V, Ong RY, Luquin M, Dupont M, Chojnacki J, Dalmau J, Cardona P, Neyrolles O, Lugo-Villarino G, Vérollet C, Julián E, Furrer H, Günthard HF, Crocker PR, Tapia G, Borràs FE, Fellay J, McLaren PJ, Telenti A, Cardona PJ, Clotet B, Vilaplana C, Martinez-Picado J, Izquierdo-Useros N. (2021) Dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is associated to a SIGLEC1 null variant that limits antigen exchange via trafficking extracellular vesicles. J Extracell Vesicles. 10(3):e12046. https://doi.org/10.1002/jev2.12046   

2020

Noguera-Ortega E., Guallar-Garrido S., and Julián E. (2020) Mycobacteria-based vaccines as immunotherapy for non-urological cancers. Cancers. 12, 1802. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12071802 

Guallar-Garrido S., Campo-Pérez V., Sánchez-Chardi A., Luquin M., and Julián E. (2020) Each mycobacterium requires a specific culture medium composition for triggering an optimized immunomodulatory and antitumoral effect. Microorganisms. 8(5), 734. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8050734 

Bach-Griera M., Campo-Pérez V., Barbosa S., Traserra S., Guallar-Garrido S., Moya-Andérico L., Herrero-Abadía P., Luquin M., Rabanal R.M., Torrents E., and Julián E. (2020) Mycolicibacterium brumae is a safe and non-toxic immunomodulatory agent. Vaccines. 8(2), 198.  https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8020198

Arias L., Cardona P., Català M., Campo-Pérez V., Prats C., Vilaplana C., Julián E., Cardona P.J. Cording Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli have a key role in the progression towards active tuberculosis, which is stopped by previous immune response. Microorganisms 2020, 8(2), 228. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8020228 

Guallar-Garrido S., Julián E. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy for bladder cancer: an update. ImmunoTargets and Therapy. 2020. 9: 1–11.  https://doi.org/10.2147/ITT.S202006

2019

Julián E. and Noguera-Ortega E. (2019). Bacteria-derived alternatives to live Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guerin for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer treatment. In“Microbial Infections and Cancer Therapy”. Editors: Arsenio M Fialho and Ananda M Chakrabarty. 1st ed., Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd., Singapore. 464 pages. Chapter 2. pp: 123-188. ISBN: 9789814774864;  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351041904

2018

Miret-Casals L., Baelo A., Julián E., Astola J., Lobo-Ruiz A., Albericio F., Torrents E. Hydroxylamine derivatives as a new paradigm in the search of antibacterial  agents. ACS Omega 2018, 3, 17057−17069. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01384

Pujol E., Blanco-Cabra N., Julián E., Leiva R., Torrents E., Vázquez S. Pentafluorosulfanyl-containing triclocarban analogs with potent antimicrobial activity. Molecules. 2018 Nov 2;23(11). pii: E2853. doi: 10.3390/molecules23112853.

Noguera-Ortega E., Rabanal RM., Gómez-Mora E., Cabrera C., Luquin M., and Julián E. (2018) Intravesical Mycobacterium brumae triggers both local and systemic immunotherapeutic response against bladder cancer in mica. Scientific Reports. Oct 10;8(1):15102. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33253-w 

Noguera-Ortega E, and Julián E. (2018). Mycobacteria-derived agents for the treatment of urological and renal cancers. In “Mycobacterium”. InTech. Open Access. https://www.intechopen.com/books/mycobacterium-research-and-development/mycobacteria-derived-agents-for-the-treatment-of-urological-and-renal-cancers

Alvarez-Arguedas S., Uranga S., Martín M., Elizalde J., Gomez AB., Julián E., Nardelli-Haefliger D., Martín C., and Aguilo N. Therapeutic efficacy of the live-attenuated Mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccine, MTBVAC, in a preclinical model of bladder cancer.(2018) Translational Reseach. 197:32-42. doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2018.03.004

Llorens-Fons M., Julián E., Luquin M., Pérez-Trujillo M. (2018) Molecule confirmation and structure characterization of pentatriacontatrienyl mycolate in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Chemistry and physics of lipids 212, 138-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2017.12.006

2017

Crespo A., Gavaldà J., Julián E., and Torrents E. (2017) A single point mutation in class III ribonucleotide reductase promoter renders Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 inefficient for anaerobic growth and infection. Scientific Reports. 2017; 7: 13350. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14051-2

Llorens-Fons M, Pérez-Trujillo M., Julián E, Brambilla C., Alcaide F., Byrd TF., and Luquin M. (2017) Trehalose Polyphleates, External Cell Wall Lipids in Mycobacterium abscessus, Are Associated with the Formation of Clumps with Cording Morphology, Which Have Been Associated with Virulence. Front. Microbiol. 8:1402. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01402

2016

Noguera-Ortega E. and Julián E., (2016) El papel del aceite de oliva en el tratamiento del cáncer de vejiga. Almazaras. In press. https://www.interempresas.net/Produccion-Aceite/Articulos/164801-El-papel-del-aceite-de-oliva-en-el-tratamiento-del-cancer-de-vejiga.html

Brambilla C., Llorens-Fons M., Julián E., Noguera-Ortega E., Tomàs-Martínez C., Pérez-Trujillo M., Byrd T.F., Alcaide F., and Luquin M*. (2016) Mycobacteria clumping increase their capacity to damage macrophages. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7, 1562.. doi:  10.3389/fmicb.2016.01562

Noguera-Ortega E, Blanco-Cabra N, Rosa Maria Rabanal, Alejandro Sánchez-Chardi A, Roldán M, Guallar-Garrido S, Torrents E, Luquin M, and Julián E.* (2016) Mycobacteria emulsified in olive oil-in-water trigger a robust immune response in bladder cancer treatment. Scientific Reports. 6, 27232;  doi: 10.1038/srep27232

D'Auria, Torrents E, Luquin M, Comas I, and Julián E. (2016) Draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium brumae ATCC 51384. Genome Announcements.Genome Announc. March/April 2016 vol. 4 no. 2 e00237-16. DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00237-16

Brugnera M.F., Bundalian Jr R., Laube T., Julián E., Luquin M., Boldrin-Zanoni MV, and Pividori M.I. (2016) Magneto-actuated immunoassay for the detection of Mycobacterium fortuitum in hemodialysis water. Talanta. 153: 38–44.

Noguera-Ortega E., Rabanal R.M., Secanella-Fandos S., Torrents E., Luquin M., and Julián E.* (2016) Gamma-irradiated mycobacteria enhance survival in bladder tumor-bearing mice although less efficaciously than live mycobacteria. The Journal of Urology. 195: 198-205. DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.07.011.

Editorial comment: Donald L. Lamm. Getting the Most Out of bacillus Calmette-Guérin for Treatment of Bladder Cancer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2015.10.024

Noguera-Ortega E.&, Secanella-Fandos S.&, Eraña H., Gasión J., Rabanal R.M., Luquin M., Torrents E., and Julián E.* (2016) The non-pathogenic Mycobacterium brumae inhibits bladder cancer growth in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo. European Urology FOCUS. 2(1): 67-76. DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2015.03.003.

Editorial comment: George N. Thalmann. Almost Half a Century of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Therapy: More to Come?. European Urology FOCUS, September 2015. PII: S2405-4569(15)00028-0. DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2015.04.003

2015

Baelo A., Levato R., Julián E., Crespo A., Astola J., Gavaldà J., Engel E., Mateos-Timoneda M.A., and Torrents E. (2015) Disassembling bacterial extracellular matrix with DNase-coated nanoparticles to enhance antibiotic delivery in biofilm infections. Journal of Controlled Release. 209: 150-158. DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.04.028

Julián E., Baelo A., Gavaldà J., and Torrents E. (2015) Methyl-Hydroxylamine as an Efficacious Antibacterial Agent That Targets the Ribonucleotide Reductase Enzyme. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0122049. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0122049.

Rech G., Vilaplana C., Velasco J., Pluvinet R., Santín S., Prat C., Julián E., Alcaide F., Comas I., Sumoy L., Cardona PJ. (2015) Draft Genome Sequences of Mycobacterium setense Type Strain DSM-45070 and the Nonpathogenic Strain Manresensis, Isolated from the Bank of the Cardener River in Manresa, Catalonia, Spain. Genome Announcements. Genome Announc. 2015 Feb 5;3(1). pii: e01485-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01485-14

Barniol-Xicota M., Escandell A., Valverde E., Julián E., Torrents E.*, Vázquez S*. (2015) Antibacterial activity of novel benzopolycyclic amines. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 23: 290–296. DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2014.11.041

2014

Secanella-Fandos S., Noguera-Ortega E., Olivares F., Luquin M., and Julián E.* (2014) Killed But Metabolically Active Mycobacterium bovis BCG retains the antitumor ability of live BCG. The Journal of Urology. 191(5):1422-8. Epub 2013 Dec 10. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.12.002.

2013

Secanella-Fandos S., Luquin M., and Julián E.* (2013) Connaught and Russian strains showed the highest direct antitumor effects of different bacillus calmette-guérin substrains. The Journal of Urology. 189(2): 711-718. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.09.049. Epub 2012 Oct 8. DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.09.049

2012

Sánchez-Chardi A., Brambilla C., Julián E., and Luquin M. Cording, a virulence-related characteristic of mycobacteria, analysis using SEM. (2012) 

Microscopy and Microanalysis. 18 (Supplement S5; Portuguese Supplement), pp 21-22. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927612012767

Brambilla C, Sánchez-Chardi A, Pérez-Trujillo M, Julián E, and Luquin M. (2012) Cyclopropanation of α-mycolic acids is not required for cording in Mycobacterium brumae and Mycobacterium fallax. Microbiology. 158 (Pt_6): 1615-1621. DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.057919-0

2011

Secanella-Fandos S., Luquin M., Pérez-Trujillo M., and Julián E.* (2011) Revisited mycolic acid pattern of Mycobacterium confluentis by thin-layer chromatography. Journal of Chromatography B. 879: 2821-2826. DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2011.08.001

Sánchez-Chardi A., Olivares F., Byrd TF., Julián E., Brambilla C., and Luquin M. (2011) Demonstration of Cord Formation by Rough Mycobacterium abscessus Variants: Implications for the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49(6): 2293-2295. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02322-10

Jiménez M.S., Julián E., Luquin M., and Han X.Y. (2011) Misdiagnosis of Mycobacterium brumae infection. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49(3): 1190-1192. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01540-10

Adrados B., Julián E., Codony F., Torrents E., Luquin M., and Morató J. (2011) Prevalence and Concentration of Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria in Cooling Towers by Means of Quantitative PCR: A Prospective Study. Current Microbiology. 62(1):313-9. DOI: 10.1007/s00284-010-9706-2

2010 - previous

Julián E., Roldán M., Sánchez-Chardi A., Astola O., Agustí G., and Luquin M. (2010) Microscopic Cords, a Virulence-Related Characteristic of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Are Also Present in Non-Pathogenic Mycobacteria. Journal of Bacteriology. 192(7): 1751-60. DOI: 10.1128/JB.01485-09

Arko-Mensah J., Rahman MJ., Julián E., Horner G., Singh M., and Fernández C. (2009) Increased levels of immunological markers in the respiratory tract but not in serum correlate with active pulmonary infection in mice. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 15(8):777-86. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02734.x

Agustí G., Astola O., Rodríguez-Güell E., Julián E., and Luquin M. (2008) Surface spreading motility showed by a group of phylogenetically related rapidly growing pigmented mycobacteria suggests that motility is a common property of mycobacterial species but restricted to smooth colonies. Journal of Bacteriology. 190 (20): 6894-902. DOI: 10.1128/JB.00572-08

Rodríguez-Güell E., Agustí G., Corominas M., Luquin M, and Julián E.* (2008) Impaired IFN-g response to Mycobacterium vaccae antigens in cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis. Clinical Vaccine Immunology. 15(9): 1485-8. DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00131-08

Rodríguez-Güell E., Agustí G., Corominas M., Cardona PJ., Luquin M., and Julián E.* (2008) Mice with pulmonary tuberculosis treated with Mycobacterium vaccae develop strikingly enhanced recall IFN-g responses to M. vaccae cell-wall skeleton. Clinical Vaccine Immunology. 15(5):893-6. DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00477-07

Arko-Mensah J., Julián E., Singh M., and Fernández C. (2007) TLR2, but not TLR4 signaling is critically involved in the inhibition of IFN-gamma-induced killing of mycobacteria by murine macrophages. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 65(2): 148-57. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2006.01888.x

Tjärlund A., Guirado E., Julián E., Cardona PJ., and Fernández C. (2006) Determinant role for Toll-like receptor signalling in acute mycobacterial infection in the respiratory tract. Microbes and Infection.8(7): 1790-800. DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.02.017

Rodríguez-Güell E., Agustí G., Corominas M., Cardona P.J., Casals I., Parella T., Sempere M., Luquin M.*, and Julián E.* (2006) The production of a new extracellular long-chain saturated polyester by smooth variants of Mycobacterium vaccae interferes with Th1-cytokine production. Antoine van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology. 90(1): 93-108. DOI: 10.1007/s10482-006-9062-1

Cardona P.J., Soto C.Y., Martín C., Giquel B., Agustí G., Andreu N., Guirado E., Sirakova T., Kolattukudy P., Julián E., and Luquin M. (2006) Neutral red reaction is related to virulence and cell wall methyl-branched lipids in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Microbes and Infection. 8 (1): 183-190. DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.06.011

Qazi KR., Qazi MR., Julián E., Singh M., Abedi-Valugerdi M., and Fernández C. (2005) Exposure to mycobacteria primes the immune system for evolutionary diverse heat-shock proteins (HSPs) Infection and Immunity. 73 (11): 7687-7696. DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.11.7687-7696.2005

Arko-Mensah J., Julián E., Fernandez C. (2005) Prolonged signaling of murine macrophages by zymosan inhibits macrophage responses to IFN-gamma similar to the 19-kDa Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoprotein. Immunobiology 210 (6-8): 583. Conference. Meeting:Joint Annual Meeting of the German and Scandinavian Societies of Immunology.

Julián E.*, Matas L., Alcaide J., and Luquin M. (2004) Comparison of antibody responses to a potential combination of specific glycolipids and proteins for test sensitivity improvement in tuberculosis serodiagnosis. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. 11 (1): 70-76. DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.1.70-76.2004

Julián E., Matas L., Pérez A., Alcaide J., Lanéelle M.A., and Luquin M. (2002) Serodiagnosis of tuberculosis: comparison of Immunoglobulin A (IgA) response to sulfolipid I with IgG and IgM responses to 2,3-dyaciltrehalose, 2,3,6-triacyltrehalose, and cord factor antigens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 40 (10): 3782-3788. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3782-3788.2002

Cardona PJ., Julián E., Vallés X., Gordillo S., Muñoz M., Luquin M., and Ausina V. (2002) Production of antibodies against glycolipids from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall in aerosol murine models of tuberculosis. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 55 (6): 639-645. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2002.01088.x

Julián E. and Luquin M. (2001) Serological diagnosis of tuberculosis using IgA detection against the mycobacterial kp-90 antigen (letter). International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases. 5 (6): 585-586.

Julián E.*, Cama M., Martínez P., and Luquin M. (2001) An ELISA for five glycolipids from the cell wall of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Tween 20 interference in the assay. Journal of Immunological Methods. 251 (1-2): 21-30. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(01)00313-1

Julián E., Matas L., Hernández A., Alcaide J., and Luquin M. (2000) Evaluation of a new serodiagnostic tuberculosis test based on immunoglobulin A detection against Kp-90 antigen. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases. 4 (11): 1082-1085.

Muñoz M., Raynaud C., Lanéelle M.A., Julián E., López Marín L.M., Silve G., Ausina V., Daffé M., and Luquin M. (1998) Seroreactive species-specific lipooligosaccharides of Mycobacterium mucogenicum sp. nov. (formerly Mycobacterium chelonae-like organisms): identification and chemical characterization. Microbiology. 144 (Pt 1): 137-148.

Muñoz M., Julián E., García-Barceló M., Ausina V., and Luquin M. (1997) Easy differentiation of Mycobacterium mucogenicum from other species of the Mycobacterium fortuitum complex by thin-layer and gas chromatography of fatty esters and alcohols. Journal of Chromatography B. Biomed Sci Appl. 689 (2): 341-347. DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4347(96)00330-1

Julián E., Matas L., Ausina V., and Luquin M. (1997) Detection of lipoarabinomannan antibodies in patients with newly acquired tuberculosis and patients with relapse tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 35 (10): 2663-2664.

Muñoz M., Luquin M., García-Barceló M., Julián E., Ausina V., and Lanéelle, M.A. (1997) Distribution of surface-exposed antigenic glycolipids in recent clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Research in Microbiology. 148 (5): 405-412. DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(97)83871-5

Muñoz M., Lanéelle M.A., Luquin M., Torrelles J., Julián E., Ausina V., and Daffé M. (1997) Occurrence of an antigenic triacyl trehalose in clinical isolates and reference strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 157 (2): 251-259. DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00483-7