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A human-ACE2 knock-in mouse model for SARS-CoV-2 infection recapitulates respiratory disorders but avoids neurological disease associated with the transgenic K18-hACE2 model
Pons-Grifols, Anna; Tarres-Freixas, Ferran; Perez, Monica; Riveira-Munoz, Eva; Raich-Regue, Dalia; Perez-Zsolt, Daniel; Munoz-Basagoiti, Jordana; Tondelli, Barbara; Pradenas, Edwards; Izquierdo-Useros, Nuria; Capdevila, Sara; Vergara-Alert, Julia; Urrea, Victor; Carrillo, Jorge; Ballana, Ester; Forrow, Stephen; Clotet, Bonaventura; Segales,...
Mbio
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Immunotherapy with conventional type-1 dendritic cells induces immune memory and limits tumor relapse
Heras-Murillo, Ignacio; Mananes, Diego; Munne, Pablo; Nunez, Vanessa; Herrera, Jessica; Catala-Montoro, Mauro; Alvarez, Maite; del Pozo, Miguel A; Melero, Ignacio; Wculek, Stefanie K; Sancho, David
Nature Communications
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2025
Drosophila and human Headcase define a new family of ribonucleotide granule proteins required for stress response
Ricolo, D; Casanova, J; Giannios, P
Science Advances
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2025
Transcriptional heterogeneity shapes stress-adaptive responses in yeast
Nadal-Ribelles, Mariona; Lieb, Guillaume; Solé, Carme; Matas, Yaima; Szachnowski, Ugo; Andjus, Sara; Quintana, Maria; Romo, Mònica; Herrero, Aitor Gonzalez; Morillon, Antonin; Pelet, Serge; de Nadal, Eulàlia; Posas, Francesc
Nature Communications
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2025
Autocrine Wingless constricts the Drosophila embryonic gut by Ca+2-mediated repolarisation of mesoderm cells
Ricolo, D; Tamba, F; Casanova, J
Embo Reports
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1748
2025
A single-cell resolved genotype-phenotype map using genome-wide genetic and environmental perturbations
Nadal-Ribelles, Mariona; Solé, Carme; Díez-Villanueva, Anna; Stephan-Otto Attolini, Camille; Matas, Yaima; Steinmetz, Lars; de Nadal, Eulàlia; Posas, Francesc
Nature Communications
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2025
Pre-existing stem cell heterogeneity dictates clonal responses to the acquisition of leukemic driver mutations
Singh, Indranil; Fernandez-Perez, Daniel; Sanchez, Pedro Sanchez; Rodriguez-Fraticelli, Alejo E.
Cell Stem Cell
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564 -
580
2025
Micro Immune Response On-chip (MIRO) models the tumour-stroma interface for immunotherapy testing
Perucca, Alice; Llonin, Andrea Gomez; Benach, Oriol Mane; Hallopeau, Clement; Rivas, Elisa I; Linares, Jenniffer; Garrido, Marta; Sallent-Aragay, Anna; Golde, Tom; Colombelli, Julien; Dalaka, Eleni; Linacero, Judith; Cazorla, Marina; Galan, Teresa; Pastor Viel, Jordi; Badenas, Xavier; Recort-Bascuas, Alba; Comerma, Laura; Fernandez-Nogueira,...
Nature Communications
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2025
Defective Slc7a7 transport reduces erythropoietin compromising erythropoiesis
Giroud-Gerbetant, Judith; Sotillo, Fernando; Hernández, Gonzalo; Ruano, Irene; Sebastián, David; Fort, Joana; Sánchez, Mayka; Weiss, Günter; Prats, Neus; Zorzano, Antonio; Palacín, Manuel; Bodoy, Susanna
Molecular Medicine
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2025
Redox proteomics reveal a role for peroxiredoxinylation in stress protection
Seisenbacher, Gerhard; Nakic, Zrinka Raguz; Borràs, Eva; Sabidó, Eduard; Sauer, Uwe; de Nadal, Eulalia; Posas, Francesc
Cell Reports
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2025
H4K20me3-Mediated Repression of Inflammatory Genes Is a Characteristic and Targetable Vulnerability of Persister Cancer Cells
Ramponi, V; Richart, L; Kovatcheva, M; Attolini, CSO; Capellades, J; Lord, AE; Yanes, O; Ficz, G; Serrano, M
Cancer Research
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2025
The conserved lysine residue in transmembrane helix 5 is key for the cytoplasmic gating of the L-amino acid transporters
Fort, Joana; Nicolàs-Aragó, Adrià; Maggi, Luca; Martinez Molledo, Maria; Kapiki, Despoina; Gonzalez-Novoa, Paula; Gómez-Gejo, Patricia; Zijlstra, Niels; Bodoy, Susanna; Pardon, Els; Steyaert, Jan; Llorca, Oscar; Orozco, Modesto; Cordes, Thorben; Palacín, Manuel
Pnas Nexus
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2025
Mis-splicing of a neuronal microexon promotes CPEB4 aggregation in ASD
Garcia-Cabau C; Bartomeu A; Tesei G; Cheung KC; Pose-Utrilla J; Picó S; Balaceanu A; Duran-Arqué B; Fernández-Alfara M; Martín J; De Pace C; Ruiz-Pérez L; García J; Battaglia G; Lucas JJ; Hervás R; Lindorff-Larsen K; Méndez R; Salvatella X
Nature
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496 -
503
2025
Endogenous interactomes of MFN1 and MFN2 provide novel insights into interorganelle communication and autophagy
Gordaliza-Alaguero, I; Sànchez-Fernàndez-de-Landa, P; Radivojevikj, D; Villarreal, L; Arauz-Garofalo, G; Gay, M; Martinez-Vicente, M; Seco, J; Martín-Malpartida, P; Vilaseca, M; Macías, MJ; Palacin, M; Ivanova, S; Zorzano, A
Autophagy
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978
2024
TGF-β and RAS jointly unmask primed enhancers to drive metastasis
Lee, Jun Ho; Sánchez-Rivera, Francisco J.; He, Lan; Basnet, Harihar; Chen, Fei Xavier; Spina, Elena; Li, Liangji; Torner, Carles; Chan, Jason E.; Yarlagadda, Dig Vijay Kumar; Park, Jin Suk; Sussman, Carleigh; Rudin, Charles M.; Lowe, Scott W.; Tammela, Tuomas; Macias, Maria J.; Koche, Richard P.; Massagué, Joan
Cell
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6199.e29
2024
CDK5RAP2 activates microtubule nucleator γTuRC by facilitating template formation and actin release
Serna, M; Zimmermann, F; Vineethakumari, C; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, N; Llorca, O; Lüders, J
Developmental Cell
59
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3175 -
3188
2024
Five latent factors underlie response to immunotherapy
Usset, Joseph; Rosendahl Huber, Axel; Andrianova, Maria A.; Batlle, Eduard; Carles, Joan; Cuppen, Edwin; Elez, Elena; Felip, Enriqueta; Gómez-Rey, Marina; Lo Giacco, Deborah; Martinez-Jimenez, Francisco; Muñoz-Couselo, Eva; Siu, Lillian L.; Tabernero, Josep; Vivancos, Ana; Muiños, Ferran; Gonzalez-Perez, Abel; Lopez-Bigas, Nuria
Nature Genetics
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2120
2024
Comprehensive detection and characterization of human druggable pockets through binding site descriptors
Comajuncosa-Creus, Arnau; Jorba, Guillem; Barril, Xavier; Aloy, Patrick
Nature Communications
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2024
Metabolic homeostasis of tissue macrophages across the lifespan
Wculek, Stefanie K. (#); Forisch, Stephan; Miguel, Verónica; Sancho, David (#)
(#) Corresponding author
Trends In Endocrinology And Metabolism
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2024
Release of mitochondrial dsRNA into the cytosol is a key driver of the inflammatory phenotype of senescent cells
López-Polo, V; Maus, M; Zacharioudakis, E; Lafarga, M; Attolini, CSO; Marques, FDM; Kovatcheva, M; Gavathiotis, E; Serrano, M
Nature Communications
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2024
Mutant TP53 switches therapeutic vulnerability during gastric cancer progression within interleukin-6 family cytokines
Huber, Anne; Allam, Amr H; Dijkstra, Christine; Thiem, Stefan; Huynh, Jennifer; Poh, Ashleigh R; Konecnik, Joshua; Jacob, Saumya P; Busuttil, Rita; Liao, Yang; Chisanga, David; Shi, Wei; Alorro, Mariah G; Forrow, Stephen; Tauriello, Daniele V F; Batlle, Eduard; Boussioutas, Alex; Williams, David S; Buchert, Michael; Ernst, Matthias; Eissmann,...
Cell Reports
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2024
Human EWS-FLI protein levels and neomorphic functions show a complex, function-specific dose-response relationship in Drosophila.
Mahnoor S; Molnar C; Velázquez D; Reina J; Llamazares S; Heinen JP; Mora J; Gonzalez C
Open Biology
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2024
Harnessing dendritic cell metabolism for healthy ageing: reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease?
Wculek, SK
European Heart Journal
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2357
2024
AI is a viable alternative to high throughput screening: a 318-target study
Wallach, I; Bernard, D; Nguyen, K; Ho, G; Morrison, A; Stecula, A; Rosnik, A; O'Sullivan, AM; Davtyan, A; Samudio, B; Thomas, B; Worley, B; Butler, B; Laggner, C; Thayer, D; Moharreri, E; Friedland, G; Truong, H; van den Bedem, H; Ng, HL; Stafford, K; Sarangapani, K; Giesler, K; Ngo, L; Mysinger, M; Ahmed, M; Anthis, NJ; Henriksen, N; Gniewek, P;...
Scientific Reports
14
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2024
The epidermal circadian clock integrates and subverts brain signals to guarantee skin homeostasis
Mortimer, Thomas; Zinna, Valentina M.; Atalay, Muge; Laudanna, Carmelo; Deryagin, Oleg; Posas, Guillem; Smith, Jacob G.; García-Lara, Elisa; Vaca-Dempere, Mireia; Monteiro de Assis, Leonardo Vinícius; Heyde, Isabel; Koronowski, Kevin B.; Petrus, Paul; Greco, Carolina M.; Forrow, Stephen; Oster, Henrik; Sassone-Corsi, Paolo; Welz, Patrick-Simon;...
Cell Stem Cell
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849
2024
Origins of Second Malignancies in Children and Mutational Footprint of Chemotherapy in Normal Tissues
Sánchez-Guixé, Mònica; Muiños, Ferran; Pinheiro-Santin, Morena; González-Huici, Víctor; Rodriguez-Hernandez, Carlos J.; Avgustinova, Alexandra; Lavarino, Cinzia; González-Pérez, Abel; Mora, Jaume; López-Bigas, Núria
Cancer Discovery
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OF12
2024
Mechanisms of metastatic colorectal cancer
Cañellas-Socias, Adrià; Sancho, Elena; Batlle, Eduard
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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609 -
625
2024
TrxT and dhd are dispensable for Drosophila brain development but essential for l(3)mbt brain tumour growth
Molnar, Cristina; Heinen, Jan Peter; Reina, Jose; Llamazares, Salud; Palumbo, Emilio; Pollarolo, Giulia; Gonzalez, Cayetano
Embo Reports
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2860
2024
Identification of Clonal Hematopoiesis Driver Mutations through In Silico Saturation Mutagenesis
Demajo, Santiago; Ramis-Zaldivar; Joan Enric, Muiños, Ferran; Grau, Miquel L; Andrianova, Maria; López-Bigas, Núria; González-Pérez, Abel.
Cancer Discovery
14
9
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1731
2024
Innovating in a bioimaging core through instrument development
Munck, S; De Bo, C; Cawthorne, C; Colombelli, J
Journal Of Microscopy
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337
2024
Site-specific incorporation of a fluorescent nucleobase analog enhances i-motif stability and allows monitoring of i-motif folding inside cells
Mir, B; Serrano-Chacón, I; Medina, P; Macaluso, V; Terrazas, M; Gandioso, A; Garavís, M; Orozco, M; Escaja, N; González, C
Nucleic Acids Research
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3389
2024
Dendritic cells as orchestrators of anticancer immunity and immunotherapy
Heras-Murillo, I; Adán-Barrientos, I; Galán, M; Wculek, SK (#) ; Sancho, D (#)
(#) Corresponding author
Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
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257 -
277
2024
The efficacy of chemotherapy is limited by intratumoral senescent cells expressing PD-L2
Chaib S; López-Domínguez JA; Lalinde-Gutiérrez M; Prats N; Marin I; Boix O; García-Garijo A; Meyer K; Muñoz MI; Aguilera M; Mateo L; Stephan-Otto Attolini C; Llanos S; Pérez-Ramos S; Escorihuela M; Al-Shahrour F; Cash TP; Tchkonia T; Kirkland JL; Abad M; Gros A; Arribas J; Serrano M
Nature Cancer
5
3
448 -
462
2024
Urease-powered nanobots for radionuclide bladder cancer therapy
Simo, C; Serra-Casablancas, M; Hortelao, AC; Di Carlo, V; Guallar-Garrido, S; Plaza-Garcia, S; Rabanal, RM; Ramos-Cabrer, P; Yaguee, B; Aguado, L; Bardia, L; Tosi, S; Gomez-Vallejo, V; Martin, A; Patino, T; Julian, E; Colombelli, J; Llop, J; Sanchez, S
Nature Nanotechnology
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564
2024
Hotspot propensity across mutational processes
Arnedo-Pac C, Muiños F, Gonzalez-Perez A, Lopez-Bigas N
Molecular Systems Biology
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27
2024
Recent gene selection and drug resistance underscore clinical adaptation across Candida species
Schikora-Tamarit, MA; Gabaldón, T
Nature Microbiology
9
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307
2024
Discovery and Mechanistic Elucidation of NQO1-Bioactivatable Small Molecules That Overcome Resistance to Degraders
Barbosa, BMG; Sfyaki, A; Rafael, S; Jose-Duran, F; Pous, J; Sánchez-Zarzalejo, C; Perez-Lopez, C; Vilanova, M; Cigler, M; Gay, M; Vilaseca, M; Winter, GE; Riera, A; Mayor-Ruiz, C
Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. Print)
63
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e202316730
2024
Translocations can drive expression changes of multiple genes in regulons covering entire chromosome arms
Anna Oncins, Roser Zaurin, Houyem Toukabri, Kimberly Quililan, José R Hernández Mora, Magdalena A Karpinska, Erik Wernersson, Alastair Smith, Agostina Bianchi, Leone Albinati, Andrea Rivero, François Serra, Raúl Gómez, Cristina López, Sílvia Beà, Nadia Halidi, Alfonso Valencia, Magda Bienko, A Marieke Oudelaar, Renée Beekman.
bioRxiv 2024.10.07.616925
2024
Identification of ade novomutation inTLK1associated with a neurodevelopmental disorder and immunodeficiency
Villamor-Payà, Marina; Sanchiz-Calvo, María; Smak, Jordann; Pais, Lynn; Sud, Malika; Shankavaram, Uma; Lovgren, Alysia Kern; Austin-Tse, Christina; Ganesh, Vijay S; Gay, Marina; Vilaseca, Marta; Arauz-Garofalo, Gianluca; Palenzuela, Lluís; VanNoy, Grace; O’Donnell-Luria, Anne; Stracker, Travis H.
Medrxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences
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MAF amplification licenses ERa through epigenetic remodelling to drive breast cancer metastasis
Llorente, A; Blasco, MT; Espuny, I; Guiu, M; Ballaré, C; Blanco, E; Caballè, A; Bellmunt, A; Salvador, F; Morales, A; Nuñez, M; Loren, G; Imbastari, F; Fidalgo, M; Figueras-Puig, C; Gibler, P; Graupera, M; Monteiro, F; Riera, A; Holen, I; Avgustinova, A; Di Croce, L; Gomis, RR
Nature Cell Biology
25
12
1833 -
1847
2023
Cellular Senescence Is Immunogenic and Promotes Antitumor Immunity
Marin, I; Boix, O; Garcia-Garijo, A; Sirois, I; Caballe, A; Zarzuela, E; Ruano, I; Attolini, CSO; Prats, N; López-Domínguez, JA; Kovatcheva, M; Garralda, E; Muñoz, J; Caron, E; Abad, M; Gros, A; Pietrocola, F; Serrano, M
Cancer Discovery
13
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410 -
431
2023
Structural basis of a redox-dependent conformational switch that regulates the stress kinase p38α
Pous, J; Baginski, B; Martin-Malpartida, P; González, L; Scarpa, M; Aragon, E; Ruiz, L; Mees, RA; Iglesias-Fernández, J; Orozco, M; Nebreda, AR; Macias, MJ
Nature Communications
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2023
Origin of fungal hybrids with pathogenic potential from warm seawater environments
del Olmo, V; Mixao, V; Fotedar, R; Saus, E; Al Malki, A; Ksiezopolska, E; Nunez-Rodriguez, JC; Boekhout, T; Gabaldón, T
Nature Communications
14
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2023
Rational optimization of a transcription factor activation domain inhibitor
Basu, S; Martínez-Cristóbal, P; Frigolé-Vivas, M; Pesarrodona, M; Lewis, M; Szulc, E; Bañuelos, CA; Sánchez-Zarzalejo, C; Bielskute, S; Zhu, JQ; Pombo-García, K; Garcia-Cabau, C; Zodi, L; Dockx, H; Smak, J; Kaur, H; Batlle, C; Mateos, B; Biesaga, M; Escobedo, A; Bardia, L; Verdaguer, X; Ruffoni, A; Mawji, NR; Wang, J; Obst, JK; Tam, T;...
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
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1969
2023
Vitamin B12 is a limiting factor for induced cellular plasticity and tissue repair
Kovatcheva, M; Melendez, E; Chondronasiou, D; Pietrocola, F; Bernad, R; Caballe, A; Junza, A; Capellades, J; Holguín-Horcajo, A; Prats, N; Durand, S; Rovira, M; Yanes, O; Attolini, CSO; Kroemer, G; Serrano, M
Nature Metabolism
5
11
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1930
2023
Roastgsa: a comparison of rotation-based scores for gene set enrichment analysis
Caballé-Mestres, A; Berenguer-Llergo, A; Attolini, CSO
Bmc Bioinformatics
24
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408 -
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2023
A MEC-2/stomatin condensate liquid-to-solid phase transition controls neuronal mechanotransduction during touch sensing
Sanfeliu-Cerdán, N; Català-Castro, F; Mateos, B; Garcia-Cabau, C; Ribera, M; Ruider, I; Porta-de-la-Riva, M; Canals-Calderón, A; Wieser, S; Salvatella, X; Krieg, M
Nature Cell Biology
25
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1599
2023
Chromosomal instability-induced cell invasion through caspase-driven DNA damage
Barrio, L; Gaspar, AE; Muzzopappa, M; Ghosh, K; Romao, D; Clemente-Ruiz, M; Milan, M
Current Biology
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2023