NFAR-1 and -2 modulate translation and are required for efficient host defense.

Pfeifer I, Elsby R, Fernandez M, Faria PA, Nussenzveig DR, Lossos IS, Fontoura BM, Martin WD, Barber GN. , Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. , March 2008; (105(11)):4173-8

Plasmodium Circumsporozoite Protein Promotes the Development of the Liver Stages of the Parasite

Agam Prasad Singh, Carlos A. Buscaglia, Qian Wang, Agata Levay, Daniel R. Nussenzveig, John R. Walker, Elizabeth A. Winzeler, Hodaka Fujii, Beatriz M.A. Fontoura, and Victor Nussenzweig. , Cell , November 2007; (2;131):492-504

Influenza virus targets the mRNA export machinery and the nuclear pore complex

Satterly N., P. Ling-Tsai, J. van Deursen, D.R. Nussenzveig, Y. Wang, P.A. Faria, A. Levay, D.E. Levy, and B.M.A. Fontoura , Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. , February 2007; (104(6)):1853-8

The nucleoporin nup96 is required for proper expression of interferon-regulated proteins and functions

Faria A.M., A. Levay , Y. Wang, A. O. Kamphorst, M.L. Rosa, D.R.Nussenzveig, W. Balkan, Y.M. Chook, D.E. Levy, B. M. A. Fontoura , Immunity , March 2006; (24(3)):295-304

Viral Interactions with the Nuclear Transport Machinery: Discovering and Disrupting Pathways

Fontoura B.M.A., P. A. Faria, and D. R. Nussenzveig , International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Life , 2005; (57):65-72