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Albert Morales is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has a focus on interdisciplinary biomedical research. Their work spans several fields, including Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, Morales has contributed to the subfields of Immunology, Surgery, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research topics cover a broad spectrum of biomedical concerns, with emphasis on Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Inflammasome and immune disorders, Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment, and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy.

Albert Morales has authored publications in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Antioxidants
  • Cancers
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on molecular mechanisms and disease processes:

  • "Relevance of SIRT1-NF-κB Axis as Therapeutic Target to Ameliorate Inflammation in Liver Disease" (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • "Mitochondrial Glutathione: Recent Insights and Role in Disease" (2020, Antioxidants)
  • "Evolution of NETosis markers and DAMPs have prognostic value in critically ill COVID-19 patients" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Cholesterol alters mitophagy by impairing optineurin recruitment and lysosomal clearance in Alzheimer's disease" (2021, Molecular Neurodegeneration)
  • "Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Molecular Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Advances" (2022, Cancers)

Albert Morales has collaborated closely with several co-authors, including:

  • Montserrat Marı́
  • Pablo Garcı́a de Frutos
  • Anna Tutusaus
  • Anna Colell
  • Jose T. Ortiz-Pérez

Best Publications

  • Mitochondrial glutathione, a key survival antioxidant.

    Montserrat Marí;Albert Morales;Anna Colell;Carmen García-Ruiz

  • Direct Effect of Ceramide on the Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain Leads to Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIAL GLUTATHIONE

    Carmen García-Ruiz;Anna Colell;Montserrat Marí;Albert Morales

  • Mitochondrial free cholesterol loading sensitizes to TNF- and Fas-mediated steatohepatitis

    Montserrat Marí;Francisco Caballero;Anna Colell;Albert Morales

  • Role of oxidative stress generated from the mitochondrial electron transport chain and mitochondrial glutathione status in loss of mitochondrial function and activation of transcription factor nuclear factor-kappa B: studies with isolated mitochondria and rat hepatocytes.

    C García-Ruiz;A Colell;A Morales;N Kaplowitz

  • GSH transport in mitochondria: defense against TNF-induced oxidative stress and alcohol-induced defect

    J. C. Fernandez-Checa;N. Kaplowitz;C. Garcia-Ruiz;A. Colell

  • Selective glutathione depletion of mitochondria by ethanol sensitizes hepatocytes to tumor necrosis factor

    Anna Colell;Carmen García-Ruiz;Merce Miranda;Esther Ardite

  • Sphingolipids and cell death

    Albert Morales;Hyunmi Lee;Felix M. Goñi;Richard Kolesnick

  • Mitochondrial Cholesterol Contributes to Chemotherapy Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Joan Montero;Albert Morales;Laura Llacuna;Josep M. Lluis

  • Specific Contribution of Methionine and Choline in Nutritional Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis IMPACT ON MITOCHONDRIAL S-ADENOSYL-l-METHIONINE AND GLUTATHIONE

    Francisco Caballero;Anna Fernández;Nuria Matías;Laura Martínez

  • Defective TNF-α–mediated hepatocellular apoptosis and liver damage in acidic sphingomyelinase knockout mice

    Carmen García-Ruiz;Anna Colell;Montserrat Marí;Albert Morales

  • Effect of chronic ethanol feeding on glutathione and functional integrity of mitochondria in periportal and perivenous rat hepatocytes.

    Carmen García-Ruiz;Albert Morales;Antonio Ballesta;Joan Rodés

  • Dual Role of Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species in Hypoxia Signaling: Activation of Nuclear Factor-κB via c-SRC– and Oxidant-Dependent Cell Death

    Josep M. Lluis;Francesca Buricchi;Paola Chiarugi;Albert Morales

  • Oxidative stress: Role of mitochondria and protection by glutathione

    J. C. Fernández‐Checa;C. García‐Ruiz;A. Colell;A. Morales

  • Feeding S-adenosyl-l-methionine attenuates both ethanol-induced depletion of mitochondrial glutathione and mitochondrial dysfunction in periportal and perivenous rat hepatocytes

    Carmen García-Ruiz;Albert Morales;Anna Colell;Antonio Ballesta

  • MITOCHONDRIAL GLUTATHIONE: FEATURES, REGULATION AND ROLE IN DISEASE

    Montserrat Marí;Albert Morales;Anna Colell;Carmen García-Ruiz

  • Transport of reduced glutathione in hepatic mitochondria and mitoplasts from ethanol‐treated rats: Effect of membrane physical properties and S‐adenosyl‐L‐methionine

    A Colell;C Garcia-Ruiz;A Morales;A Ballesta

  • Redox Control of Liver Function in Health and Disease

    Montserrat Marí;Anna Colell;Albert Morales;Claudia von Montfort

  • Cholesterol and peroxidized cardiolipin in mitochondrial membrane properties, permeabilization and cell death

    Joan Montero;Montserrat Mari;Anna Colell;Albert Morales

  • Trafficking of Ganglioside GD3 to Mitochondria by Tumor Necrosis Factor-α

    Carmen Garcı́a-Ruiz;Anna Colell;Albert Morales;Marı́a Calvo

  • Tumor Necrosis Factor Increases Hepatocellular Glutathione by Transcriptional Regulation of the Heavy Subunit Chain of γ-Glutamylcysteine Synthetase

    Albert Morales;Carmen Garcı́a-Ruiz;Merce Miranda;Montserrat Marı́

Frequent Co-Authors

José C. Fernández-Checa
José C. Fernández-Checa University of Southern California
Montserrat Marí
Montserrat Marí Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona
Anna Colell
Anna Colell Spanish National Research Council
Neil Kaplowitz
Neil Kaplowitz University of Southern California
Alberto Villanueva
Alberto Villanueva Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Carlos Enrich
Carlos Enrich University of Barcelona
Richard Kolesnick
Richard Kolesnick Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jordi Bruix
Jordi Bruix University of Barcelona
Jesús Prieto
Jesús Prieto University of Navarra
Ramon Bataller
Ramon Bataller University of Pittsburgh

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