Beñat Larrañaga

Beñat Larrañaga

Unit:

Aging & Metabolism

Position:

Alumni - Visiting Student

Office:

EM01C43-44

Telephone:

+34 93 40 20256

Email:

benat.larranaga@irbbarcelona.org

Left IRB Barcelona in July 2026

Research Group

Mitochondrial Biology and Tissue Regeneration

Envejecimiento y Metabolismo

Selected group publications

Heteroplasmy of wild type mitochondrial DNA variants in mice causes metabolic heart disease with pulmonary hypertension and frailty

Lechuga-Vieco AV

Circulation,

(2022)

NLRP3 inflammasome suppression improves longevity and prevents cardiac aging in male mice

Marín-Aguilar F; Lechuga-Vieco AV

Aging Cell,

(2020)

Cell identity and nucleo-mitochondrial genetic context modulate OXPHOS performance and determine somatic heteroplasmy dynamics

Lechuga-Vieco, AV

Sci. Adv,

(2020)

A Network of Macrophages Supports Mitochondrial Homeostasis in the Heart

Nicolás-Ávila, JA*; Lechuga-Vieco, AV*

Cell,

(2020)

Regulation of Mother-to-Offspring Transmission of mtDNA Heteroplasmy

Latorre-Pellicer, A*; Lechuga-Vieco AV*

Cell Metab,

(2019)

Ablation of the stress protease OMA1 protects against heart failure in mice

Acin-Perez R; Lechuga-Vieco AV

Sci. Transl,

(2018)

Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA matching shapes metabolism and healthy ageing

Latorre-Pellicer A; Moreno-Loshuertos R; Lechuga-Vieco, AV

Nature,

(2016)