2006 – Doctorate in Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico.
2001 – Master in Biomedical Sciences, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí.
1996 – Surgeon, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí.
Featured projects:
Researcher affiliated with CISIDAT.
Member of the Mexican Society of Pulmonology and Thorax Surgery (SMNYCT).
Member of the Latin American Thorax Association (ALAT).
Member of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI).
Research interests:
Immunology of hematological diseases.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Simvastatin Enhances the Immune Response Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Guerra-De-Blas PDC, Bobadilla-Del-Valle M, Sada-Ovalle I, Estrada-García I, Torres-González P, López-Saavedra A, Guzmán-Beltrán S, Ponce-de-León A, Sifuentes-Osornio J. Front Microbiol. 2019 Sep 20;10:2097.
Interaction of mycobacteria with Plasmin(ogen) affects phagocytosis and granuloma development. Echeverría-Valencia G, Silva-Miranda M, Ekaza E, Vallecillo AJ, Parada C, Sada-Ovalle I, Altare F, Espitia C. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2019 Jul;117:36-44.
Vaccination with human papillomavirus-18 E1 protein plus α-galactosyl-ceramide induces CD8+ cytotoxic response and impairs the growth of E1-expressing tumors. Amador-Molina A, Trejo-Moreno C, Romero-Rodríguez D, Sada-Ovalle I, Pérez-Cárdenas E, Lamoyi E, Moreno J, Lizano M. Vaccine. 2019 Feb 21;37(9):1219-1228.
Potential Effect of Statins on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. Guerra-De-Blas PDC, Torres-González P, Bobadilla-Del-Valle M, Sada-Ovalle I, Ponce-De-León-Garduño A, Sifuentes-Osornio J. J Immunol Res. 2018 Nov 15;2018:7617023.
Macrophage Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons From Wood Smoke Reduces the Ability to Control Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Sada-Ovalle I, Chávez-Galán L, Vasquez L, Aldriguetti S, Rosas-Perez I, Ramiréz-Venegas A, Perez-Padilla R, Torre-Bouscoulet L. Front Med (Lausanne). 2018 Nov 13;5:309.
Biomarkers for Predicting Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma in a Mexican Population. Aguilar-Madrid G, Pesch B, Calderón-Aranda ES, Burek K, Jiménez-Ramírez C, Juárez-Pérez CA, Ochoa-Vázquez MD, Torre-Bouscoulet L, Acosta-Saavedra LC, Sada-Ovalle I, García-Figueroa J, Alvarado-Cabrero I, Castillo-González P, Báez-Saldaña AR, Pérez-Padilla JR, Osnaya-Juárez J, Rivera-Rosales RM, García-Bazán EM, Bautista-Aragón YL, Lazcano-Hernandez E, Munguía-Canales DA, Argote-Greene LM, Taeger D, Weber DG, Casjens S, Raiko I, Brüning T, Johnen G. Int J Med Sci. 2018 Jun 4;15(9):883-891.
Polymorphism rs1385129 Within Glut1 Gene SLC2A1 Is Linked to Poor CD4+ T Cell Recovery in Antiretroviral-Treated HIV+ Individuals. Masson JJR, Cherry CL, Murphy NM, Sada-Ovalle I, Hussain T, Palchaudhuri R, Martinson J, Landay AL, Billah B, Crowe SM, Palmer CS. Front Immunol. 2018 May 17;9:900.
Receptors That Inhibit Macrophage Activation: Mechanisms and Signals of Regulation and Tolerance. Ocaña-Guzman R, Vázquez-Bolaños L, Sada-Ovalle I. J Immunol Res. 2018 Feb 11;2018:8695157.
Lipoarabinomannan Decreases Galectin-9 Expression and Tumor Necrosis Factor Pathway in Macrophages Favoring Mycobacterium tuberculosis Intracellular Growth. Chávez-Galán L, Ramon-Luing L, Carranza C, Garcia I, Sada-Ovalle I. Front Immunol. 2017 Nov 27;8:1659.
Aeroparticles, Composition, and Lung Diseases. Falcon-Rodriguez CI, Osornio-Vargas AR, Sada-Ovalle I, Segura-Medina P. Front Immunol. 2016 Jan 20;7:3