Publications

Ultrastructural characterization of endogenous retroviral particles isolated from normal human placentas.
Lyden TW, Johnson PM, Mwenda JM, Rote NS.
Biol Reprod. 1994 Jul;51(1):152-7.

Studies with human, baboon, and vervet monkey chorionic gonadotrophins.
Mwenda JM, Bambra CS, Tarara RP.
J Med Primatol. 1990;19(8):715-24.

The possible luteotrophic effect of guinea-pig chorionic gonadotrophin.
Mwenda JM, Bambra CS, Tarara RP.
East Afr Med J. 1989 Jan;66(1):15-20.

Analysis of primate major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-DQA1 locus by PCR-single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP).
Mwenda JM, Hashiba K, Bambra CS, Shotake T.
Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 1997 Jun;43(4):471-5.

Nucleotide sequences of the major histocompatibility complex DQA1 locus of Cercopithecus monkeys.
Mwenda JM, Takenaka O, Kim HS, Yamamoto T, Katsumata Y, Bambra CS, Uchihi R, Shotake T.
Immunogenetics. 1997;46(4):363-4. No abstract available. 

Production and characterisation of antibodies against isolated placental retroviral-like particles.
Mwenda JM, Maher PM, Melling GC, Lyden TW, Johnson PM.
Afr J Health Sci. 1995 May;2(2):287-295.

West African individuals have high percentages of activated cytokine producing T cells that are prone to apoptosis.
Kemp K, Akanmori BD and  Hviid L .
Clinical & Experimental Immunology 2001, 126 (1), 69-75

Potential risks of viral infections in xenotransplantation.
Langat DK, Mwenda JM.
Acta Trop. 2000 Sep 18;76(2):147-58. Review.

Variant centromere lacking specific molecular traits in the Sykes monkey.
Hirai H, Kawamoto Y, Suleman MA, Mwenda JM.
Chromosome Res. 2000;8(4):357-9. No abstract available. 

DNA typing of primate major histocompatibility complex (Mhc)-DQA1 locus by PCR and dot blot hybridization.
Mwenda JM, Shotake T, Yamamoto T, Uchihi R, Bambra CS, Katsumata Y.
Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 1999 Dec;45(8):1249-56.

The prevalence of antibodies to simian T-cell leukaemia/lymphotropic virus (STLV-I) in non-human primate colonies in Kenya.
Mwenda JM, Sichangi MW, Isahakia M, van Rensburg EJ, Langat DK.
Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1999 Apr;93(3):289-97.

Phylogenetic analysis of simian T lymphotropic virus type I from Kenyan olive baboons (Papio anubis), lowland Sykes monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis), and vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus).
van Rensburg E, Engelbrecht S, Robson B, Langat D, Isahakia M, Mwenda J.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 1999 May 20;15(8):781-4. No abstract available. 

Characterization of antigens expressed in normal baboon trophoblast and cross-reactive with HIV/SIV antibodies.
Langat DK, Johnson PM, Rote NS, Wango EO, Owiti GO, Isahakia MA, Mwenda JM.
J Reprod Immunol. 1999 Jan;42(1):41-58.

A probe generated by chromosome microdissection, useful for analyzing Y chromosome evolution in Old World monkeys.
Taguchi T, Akimaru K, Hirai H, Hirai Y, Mwenda JM, Yuri K.
Chromosome Res. 2003;11(2):147-52.

Baboon placentas express soluble and membrane-bound Paan-AG proteins encoded by alternatively spliced transcripts of the class Ib major histocompatibility complex gene, Paan-AG.
Langat DK, Morales PJ, Fazleabas AT, Mwenda JM, Hunt JS.
Immunogenetics. 2002 Jun;54(3):164-73. Epub 2002 May 4.

Widely varying SIV prevalence rates in naturally infected primate species from Cameroon.
Aghokeng AF, Liu W, Bibollet-Ruche F, Loul S, Mpoudi-Ngole E, Laurent C, Mwenda JM, Langat DK, Chege GK, McClure HM, Delaporte E, Shaw GM, Hahn BH, Peeters M.
Virology. 2006 Feb 5;345(1):174-89. Epub 2005 Oct 27.

Khat (Catha edulis) up-regulates testosterone and decreases prolactin and cortisol levels in the baboon.
Mwenda JM, Owuor RA, Kyama CM, Wango EO, M'Arimi M, Langat DK.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2006 Feb 20;103(3):379-84. Epub 2005 Sep 29.

Validation of real-time RT-PCR assays for mRNA quantification in baboons.
Overbergh L, Kyama CM, Valckx D, Debrock S, Mwenda JM, Mathieu C, D'Hooghe T.
Cytokine. 2005 Sep 21;31(6):454-8.

New simian immunodeficiency virus infecting De Brazza's monkeys (Cercopithecus neglectus): evidence for a cercopithecus monkey virus clade.
Bibollet-Ruche F, Bailes E, Gao F, Pourrut X, Barlow KL, Clewley JP, Mwenda JM, Langat DK, Chege GK, McClure HM, Mpoudi-Ngole E, Delaporte E, Peeters M, Shaw GM, Sharp PM, Hahn BH.
J Virol. 2004 Jul;78(14):7748-62.

Enzootic simian piroplasm (Entopolypoides macaci ) in wild-caught Kenyan non-human primates.
Jeneby MM, Ngeiywa M, Yole DS, Mwenda JM, Suleman MA, Carlson HE.
J Med Primatol. 2008 Dec;37(6):329-36. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2008.00294.x. Epub 2008 May 27.

Selective activation of TCR cells in endemic Burkitt’s lymphoma.
Futagbi G, Welbeck JE, Tetteh JK, Hviid L, Akanmori BD
Malaria Journal 2007, 23:69 

International environmental law and global public health. 
Schirnding Yv1, Onzivu W, Adede AO.
Bull World Health Organ. 2002;80(12):970-4.