Citations (December 2025):

Scholar Google 1,423 h-index: 16 i-10 index: 23 

​Peer-reviewed articles: 39

Book chapters: 4

Co-edited books: 2

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Manuscripts either under review or to be submitted within the next 3 months.

1. Coronado-Ipiña, M.A., Zhang, S., et al. Multiple protein-protein interactions drive the assembly and budding of the Chikunungya virion.

2. Piña-Ruiz,W.C., Jaime-Rocha, L.R., et al. Highly conserved core residues define Old-World Alphaviruses and trace early evolutionary divergence.

3. Nieto-Espinosa, L., et al. Evaluation of the immune response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells exposed to Zika virus.

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2026 (1)

1. Rodríguez-Salazar, C.L., Comas-García, M., Vigueras-Gómez, J.F., Castillo, C.G., Monsiváis-Urenda, A., Zenteno-Savín, T., Labrada-Martagón, L. (2025) Image-based morphological characterization of the erythrocytic shape of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) for its potential use as an environmental biomarker. Aquatic toxicology. 290 107645

 

2025 (6)

1. Miranda-López, A., Castillo-Martin del Campo, C.G., González-Ortega, O., Romero-Maldonado, A., Comas-García, M.*, Rosales-Mendoza, S.* (2025) The rpZDIII vaccine triggers vertical protection on newborn mice against Zika virus infection. Vaccine 68 (5): 127941

2. Agundis-Tinajero, B.A., Coronado-Ipiña, M.A., Lara-Hernández, I., Aparicio-Antonio, R., Aguirre-Barbosa, A., Barrera-Badillo, G., Aréchiga-Ceballos, N., López-Martínez, I., Castillo, C.G., Labrada-Martagon, V., Comas-Garcia, M.*, Mejía-Rodríguez, A.R. * (2025) Deep Learning-Based Automatic Segmentation and Analysis of  Mitochondrial Damage by Zika Virus and SARS-CoV-2 Viruses 17(9)

3. Jurado-Sánchez, N., Espinosa-Reyes, G., Comas-García, A., Díaz Barriga-Martínez, F., Comas-García, M., Guerra-Palomares, S.E., García-Sepúlveda, C.A. (2025). Assessment of a low-cost mosquito-borne disease early warning system integrating molecular mosquito and arbovirus surveillance. Zoonoses and Public Health. 0:1-14

4. Ruiz-Hernández, S., Ochoa-González, F.L., Catañeda-Delgado, J.E., Galicia-Cruz, O., Castillo-Velázquez, R., Comas-Garcia, M., Rivera, G., Lara-Ramírez, E.E. (2025) Computer-aided repositioning and functional in vitro assessment of novel PAD4 inhibitors. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. Accepted

5. González-Sánchez, H.M., Rubio-Hernández, E.I., Silva-Ramírez, A.S., Miranda-López, A., Monsivais-Urenda, A.E., Comas-Garcia, M., Noyola, D.E., Rodríguez, V.M., Castillo, C.G., (2025). Cytomegalovirus Infection Affects the Differentiation and Determines the Functionality of a Human Progenitor Neural Cell Line. Current Microbiology 82:25

6. Rodríguez-Salazar, C.L., Comas-García, M., Muñoz Tenería, F.A., Zenteno-Savín, T., Labrada-Martagón, V. (2025) Genotoxic damage in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) exhibits regional and annual fluctuations. Marine Environmental Research. Volume 204, 106877,

 

2024 (6)

1. Hernández-Aviña, A.d., Mendoza-Gómez, L.F., Hernández-Mancillas, X.D, Salazar-Gonzalez, J.A., Zapata-Cuellar, L., Camacho-Ruiz, R.M., Comas-García, M., Sarmiento-Silva, R.E., Rodríguez, J.A., Arellano-Plaza, M., Flores-Valdez, M.A., & Gutiérrez-Ortega, A. (2024).Design of a Golden Gate Cloning Plasmid for the Generation of a Chimeric Virus-Like Particle-Based Subunit Vaccine Against Porcine Circovirus Type 2. Mol Biotechnol. doi: 10.1007/s12033-024-01334-z

2. Comas-Garcia, M. (2024), How structural biology has changed our understanding of icosahedral viruses. Journal of Virology. e01111-23

3. Moreno Valtierra, M., Urue Corral, A., Jimenez Avalos, J. A., Barbosa  Avalos, Dávila-Rodríguez, E. S. J., Morales Hernandez, N., Comas-García, M., Toriz González, G., Oceguera Villanueva, A., Cruz-Ramos, J.A., Hernández Gutiérrez, R*., Martínez-Velázquez,  M.*, García Carvajal, Z.Y. * (2024) Patterned PVA Hydrogels with 3D Petri Dish® micro-molds Topography for HeLa Spheroid Formation: in vitro assessment. Gels. 10(8), 518

4. Sánchez-Medina, J.G., Cuellar Camacho, J.L., Mira, A., Martinez Martinez, R.E., Comas-Garcia, M., Garrocho Rangel, A., Pozos Guillen, A.J., Aranda Romo, S. (2024) Streptococcus dentisani inhibits the growth of Candida albicans and Candida glabrata. In vitro assays. International Microbiology. DOI;:/10.1007/s10123-024-00525-7

5. Miranda-Lopez, A., González-Ortega, O., Govea-Alonso, D., Betancourt-Mendiola, L., Comas-Garcia, M.*, & Rosales-Mendoza, S.* (2024) Rational design and production of a chimeric antigen targeting Zika virus that induces neutralizing antibodies in mice. Vaccine. 42(7)

6. Velazquez-Cervantes, M.A., López-Ortega, O., Cruz-Holguín, V.J., Herrera Moro-Huitrón, L., Flores-Pliego, A., Lara-Hernández, I., Comas-Garcia, M., Villavicencio-Carrisoza, Helguera-Reppeto, A.C., Arévalo-Romero, H., Vázquez-Martínez, E.R., León-Juarez, M.* (2024) Metformin inhibits Zika virus infectin in Trophoblast Cell line. Current Microbiology. 81(5), 133

7. Wong-Arce, A., Gonzalez-Ortega *, O., Romero-Maldonado, A., Miranda-López, A., García-Soto, M., Farfán-Castro, S., Betancourt-Mendiola, L., Teeravechyan, S.,  Srisutthisamphan, K., Comas-García, M., Ivón Solís-Andrade, K. &   Rosales-Mendoza* S. (2024) Production and immunogenicity assessment of LTp50: an Escherichia coli-made chimeric antigen targeting S1- and S2-epitopes from the  SARS-CoV-2/BA.5 spike protein. Pharmaceuticals. 17(03):302

 

2023 (6; 1 book chapter and 5 articles)

1. Alvarez, M., Franco Vega, A., Ganem Rondero, A., Soria Guerra, R., Juarez Flores, B.I., Comas-Garcia, M., Oros Valle, C., Schneider, B., Ratering, S., Schnell, S., Martinez-Gutierrez, F., (2023) Modulation of the altered intestinal microbiota by use of antibiotics with a novel synbiotic on Wistar rats. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-023-10204-0

2. Cadena-Lopez, D.*, Villalba-Nieto, M.*, Campos-Melendez, F., Rosales-Mendoza, S., Comas-Garcia, M. (2023) Assembly of Coronavirus and CoV-like-particles. (2023) In: Comas-Garcia, M., Rosales-Mendoza, S. (eds) Physical Virology. Springer Series in Biophysics, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36815-8_7

3. Lara-Hernandez, I., Escalante-Muñoz, J.C., Bernal-Silva, S., Noyola, D.E., Wong-Chew, R.M., Comas-Garcia, A*., Comas-Garcia, M.* (2023) Ultrastructural and functional characterization of mitochondrial dynamics induced by human respiratory syncytial virus infection in HEp-2  cell. Viruses. 15(7), 1518

4. Rubio-Hernández, E.I., Comas-Garcia, M.*, Coronado-Ipiña, M.A., Colunga-Saucedo, M., Gonzalez-Sanchez, H.M.* Castillo-Martin del Campo, C.G.* (2023) Astrocytes derived from Neural Progenitor Cells are susceptible to Zika Virus Infection. PlosOne. 18(3): e0283429.

5. Colunga-Saucedo, M., Rubio-Hernandez, E.I.,  Coronado-Ipiña, M.A., Rosales-Mendoza, S., Castillo-Martin del Campo, C.G., Comas-Garcia, M.* (2023) Construction of a Chikungunya virus, replicon, and helper plasmids for transfection of mammalian cells. Viruses. 15(1).132

6. Guevara-Meléndez, A.M., Comas-Garcia, M., Labrada-Martagón, V., (2023) Description and quantification of nuclear abnormalities in erythrocytes of the sentinel green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with fluorescence microscopy. Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 887, 503596

 

2022 (6)

1. Solis-Andrade, K.I., González-Ortega, O., Govea-Alonso, D.O., Comas-Garcia, M., & Rosales-Mendoza, S. (2022) Production and purification of LTB-RBD: a potential antigen for mucosal vaccine development against SARS-CoV-2. Vaccines 10(10), 1759

2. Delprá-Cachulo, J.M., Labrada-Martagón, V., Comas-Garcia, M., Báez-Ruiz, G.A. & González-Hernández, M. (2022) Endoparasitic infections in captive wild mammals under human care in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Agro Productividad. Vol. IX

3. Ojeda-Galván, H. J., Hernández-Arteaga, A.C., Toro-Vazquez, J.F., Cruz-González, N., Ortíz-Chávez, S., Comas-García, M., Rodríguez, A. G., Navarro-Contreras, H. R., Rodríguez-Aranda, M.C., (2022) Application of Raman spectroscopy for the determination of proteins denaturation and amino acids decomposition temperature. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. Volume 285,121941

4. León-Juarez, M., García-Cordero, J., Comas-García, M., Cedillo-Barrrón, L., González-Santamaria, J., & Shrivastava, G. (2022) Cellular, molecular and Immunological Aspects in Arboviruses Infection. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 12:973953

5. Almendárez-Rodríguez, C., Solis-Andrade, K., Govea-Alonso, D., Comas-Garcia, M*. & Rosales-Mendoza, S*. (2022) Production and characterization of chimeric SARS-CoV-2 antigens based on the capsid protein of Cowpea chlorotic mottle virus. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 213, 1007-1017.

6. Comas-Garcia, M. (2022) The role of packaging signals in virus assembly and the interplay between the nucleation and elongation rates (New and Notable Article). Biophysical Journal. S0006-3495 (22) 00463-5

 

2021 (4; 3 book chapters and 1 article)

1. García Silva, I.*, Colunga-Saucedo, M.*, Almendarez-Rodríguez, C., Miranda-López, C., Rosales-Mendoza, S., & Comas-Garcia, M. (2021) Chapter 10.  VLP-based vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. Biomedical Innovations to Combat COVID-19 1st Ed. Elsevier. October 19th, 2021. ISBN 9780323902489

2. Comas-Garcia, M., Rubio-Hernández, E.I., Lara-Hernández, I., Colunga-Saucedo, M, Castillo, C.G., Comas-Garcia, A., Monsivais-Urenda, A., Zandi, R. (2021). Chapter 1. Basic virology aspects of SARS-CoV-2. Biomedical Innovations to Combat COVID-19 1st Ed. Elsevier. October 19th, 2021. ISBN 9780323902489

3. Lara-Hernández, I., Cornado-Ipiña, M.A., Rocha-Rosas, K., Comas-Garcia, M. (2021) Chapter 2. Fundamental aspects of the structural biology of Coronaviruses. Biomedical Innovations to Combat COVID-19 1st Ed. October 19th, 2021. ISBN 9780323902489

4. Farfán-Castro, S., García-Soto, M., Comas-Garcia, M., Arévalo-Villalobos, J., Palestino, G., González-Ortega, O., Rosales-Mendoza, S. (2021) Synthesis and immunogenicity assessment of a gold nanoparticle conjugate for the delivery of a peptide from SARS-CoV-2. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine. 34, 102372.

 

2020 (2)

1. Comas-Garcia, M., Colunga-Saucedo, M. & Rosales-Mendoza, S. (2020) The role of virus-like-particles in medical biotechnology. Molecular Pharmaceutics 17 (12), 4407-4420

2. Rosales-Mendoza, S. Comas-Garcia, M. & Korban, S.S. (2020) Challenges and Opportunities in Pursuing Science During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Trends in Biotechnology 38(8); 823

 

2019 (1)

1. Comas-Garcia, M. (2019) Packaging of Genomic RNA in Positive-Sense Single-Stranded RNA viruses: A Complex Story. Viruses 11(3), 253  Selected as part of the special edition  "Viruses 10-year anniversary".

 

2018 (1)

1. Comas-Garcia, M., Kroupa, T., Datta, S.A.K., Harvin, D.P., Hu, W.S. & Rein, A. (2018) Efficient support of virus-like-particle assembly by the HIV-1 packaging signal. eLife 2018;7:e38438.

 

2017 (1)

1. Comas-Garcia, M., Datta, S.A.K., Baker, L., Varma, R., Gudla, P.R. & Rein, A. (2017) Dissection of specific binding of HIV-1 Gag to the “packaging signal” in viral RNA. eLife 2017;6:e27055.

 

2016 (4)

1. Comas-Garcia, M., Davis, S.R. Rein, A. (2016) On the selective packaging of genomic RNA of HIV-1. Viruses 8(9) 246.

2. Torres-Salgado, J.F., Comas-Garcia, M., Villagrana-Escareno, M.V., Duran-Meza, A., Ruiz-Garcia, J. & Cadena-Nava, R.D. (2016) Physicochemical study of viral nanoparticles at the Air/Water interface. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 120(26):5864-5873.

3. Bruinsma, R.F., Comas-Garcia, M., Garmann, R.F. & Grosberg, A.Y. (2016) Quasi-equilibrium self-assembly of small RNA viruses. Physical Review E 93(3):032405.

4. Garmann, F.R., Comas-Garcia, M., Gopal, A., Knobler, C.M. & Gelbart, W.M. (2016) Physical principles in the self-assembly of a simple spherical virus. Accounts of Chemical Research 49(1): 48-55.

 

2014 (3)

1. Garmann, F.R., Comas-Garcia, M., Koay, M.S.T., Cornelissen, J.J.L.M., Knobler, C.M. & Gelbart, W.M. (2014) Role of Electrostatics in the Assembly Pathway of a single-stranded RNA virus. Journal of Virology 88(18):10472-10479.

2. Comas-Garcia, M., Garmann, F.R., Singaram, S.W., Ben-Shaul, A., Knobler, C.M. & Gelbart, W.M. (2014) Characterization of viral capsid protein self-assembly around short single-stranded RNA. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118(27): 7510-7519.

3. Garmann, F.R., Comas-Garcia, M., Gopal, A., Knobler, C.M. & Gelbart, W.M. (2014) The assembly pathway of an icosahedral single-stranded RNA virus depends on the strength of inter-subunit attractions. The Journal of Molecular Biology 462(5):1050-1060.

 

2012 (2)

1. Comas-Garcia, M., Cadena-Nava, R.D., Rao, A.L.N., Knobler, C.M. & Gelbart, W.M. (2012) In vitro quantification of the relative packaging efficiency of a single-stranded RNA molecules by viral capsid protein. Journal of Virology Volume 86, Number 22, 12271-12282

2. Cadena-Nava, R.D., Comas-Garcia, M., Garmann, R.F., Rao, A.L.N., Knobler, C.M., & Gelbart, W.M. (2012) Self-assembly of viral capsid protein and RNA molecules of different sizes: requirement for a specific high protein/RNA mass ratio. Journal of Virology Volume 86, Number 6, 3318-3326