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Overview

Albert Pol is affiliated with the Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats in Spain. Their research primarily encompasses the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with significant contributions in Cellular and Molecular Biology disciplines.

Their main areas of study include Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Immunology, and Physiology. Within these fields, their work addresses topics such as Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Caveolin-1 and cellular processes, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease, Immune Response and Inflammation, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

Albert Pol has published extensively in several scientific venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Cell Biology, Hepatology, F1000Research, and Science. Their research output includes the following recent papers:

  • Mammalian lipid droplets are innate immune hubs integrating cell metabolism and host defense, 2020, Science
  • Aged lipid-laden microglia display impaired responses to stroke, 2022, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Mammalian histones facilitate antimicrobial synergy by disrupting the bacterial proton gradient and chromosome organization, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Lipid droplets and the host-pathogen dynamic: FATal attraction?, 2021, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Lipid droplets, bioenergetic fluxes, and metabolic flexibility, 2020, Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Frequent collaborators in Albert Pol's research include Marta Bosch, Robert G. Parton, Alba Fajardo, Carlos Enrich, and Frederic Morales-Paytuví. The collaborative nature of their work spans multiple research groups and disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Biogenesis of the multifunctional lipid droplet: lipids, proteins, and sites

    Albert Pol;Steven P. Gross;Robert G. Parton

  • Mammalian lipid droplets are innate immune hubs integrating cell metabolism and host defense

    Marta Bosch;Miguel Sánchez-Álvarez;Alba Fajardo;Ronan Kapetanovic

  • A Caveolin Dominant Negative Mutant Associates with Lipid Bodies and Induces Intracellular Cholesterol Imbalance

    Albert Pol;Robert Luetterforst;Margaret Lindsay;Sanna Heino

  • Caveolin-1 Is Essential for Liver Regeneration

    Manuel A. Fernández;Cecilia Albor;Mercedes Ingelmo-Torres;Susan J. Nixon

  • Acyl-CoA synthetase 3 promotes lipid droplet biogenesis in ER microdomains

    Adam Kassan;Albert Herms;Andrea Fernández-Vidal;Marta Bosch

  • AMPK activation promotes lipid droplet dispersion on detyrosinated microtubules to increase mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation

    Albert Herms;Marta Bosch;Babu J.N. Reddy;Nicole L. Schieber

  • Caveolin-1 deficiency causes cholesterol dependent mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptotic susceptibility

    Marta Bosch;Montserrat Marí;Albert Herms;Ana Fernández

  • Dynamic and Regulated Association of Caveolin with Lipid Bodies: Modulation of Lipid Body Motility and Function by a Dominant Negative Mutant

    Albert Pol;Sally Martin;Manuel A. Fernandez;Charles Ferguson

  • Cholesterol and fatty acids regulate dynamic caveolin trafficking through the golgi complex and between the cell surface and lipid bodies

    Albert Pol;Sally Martin;Manuel A. Fernández;Mercedes Ingelmo-Torres

  • Identification and characterization of associated with lipid droplet protein 1: A novel membrane-associated protein that resides on hepatic lipid droplets.

    Silvia Turró;Mercedes Ingelmo-Torres;Josep M. Estanyol;Francesc Tebar

  • Cell to cell heterogeneity in lipid droplets suggests a mechanism to reduce lipotoxicity

    Albert Herms;Marta Bosch;Nicholas Ariotti;Babu J.N. Reddy

  • Interplay between hepatic mitochondria-associated membranes, lipid metabolism and caveolin-1 in mice

    Aleix Sala-Vila;Aleix Sala-Vila;Inmaculada Navarro-Lerida;Miguel Sanchez-Alvarez;Marta Bosch

  • Altered arachidonate distribution in macrophages from caveolin-1 null mice leading to reduced eicosanoid synthesis.

    Alma M. Astudillo;Gema Pérez-Chacón;Clara Meana;David Balgoma

  • Annexin A6-induced alterations in cholesterol transport and caveolin export from the Golgi complex.

    Laia Cubells;Sandra Vilà de Muga;Francesc Tebar;Peta Wood

  • A novel role for lipid droplets in the organismal antibacterial response

    Preetha Anand;Silvia Cermelli;Zhihuan Li;Adam Kassan

  • Isolated endosomes from quiescent rat liver contain the signal transduction machinery. Differential distribution of activated Raf-1 and Mek in the endocytic compartment.

    Albert Pol;Maria Calvo;Carlos Enrich

  • Annexin A6 stimulates the membrane recruitment of p120GAP to modulate Ras and Raf-1 activity

    Thomas Grewal;Rachael Evans;Carles Rentero;Francesc Tebar

  • Cholesterol Regulates Syntaxin 6 Trafficking at trans-Golgi Network Endosomal Boundaries

    Meritxell Reverter;Carles Rentero;Ana Garcia-Melero;Monira Hoque

  • Altered cholesterol homeostasis contributes to enhanced excitotoxicity in Huntington’s disease

    Daniel Del Toro;Xavier Xifró;Albert Pol;Albert Pol;Sandrine Humbert

  • Author response: A novel role for lipid droplets in the organismal antibacterial response

    Preetha Anand;Silvia Cermelli;Zhihuan Li;Adam Kassan

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Enrich
Carlos Enrich University of Barcelona
Robert G. Parton
Robert G. Parton University of Queensland
Steven P. Gross
Steven P. Gross University of California, Irvine
Paul Timpson
Paul Timpson Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Charles Ferguson
Charles Ferguson University of Queensland
Jesús Balsinde
Jesús Balsinde Spanish National Research Council
Joerg Heeren
Joerg Heeren Universität Hamburg
José C. Fernández-Checa
José C. Fernández-Checa University of Southern California
Katharina Gaus
Katharina Gaus University of New South Wales
Kerry-Anne Rye
Kerry-Anne Rye University of New South Wales

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