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Alberto M. Pendás

Alberto M. Pendás

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Genetics

D-Index
59
Citations
12949
World Ranking
3237
National Ranking
53

Overview

Alberto M. Pendás is affiliated with the University of Salamanca in Spain. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 56 publications in this area. Their work extends into subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics, and Physiology.

The main topics covered in their research include DNA Repair Mechanisms, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Science Advances
  • FEBS Journal
  • Cells

Among the recent papers associated with their research are the following:

  • Securin-independent regulation of separase by checkpoint-induced shugoshin-MAD2 (2020, Nature)
  • Meiotic chromosome synapsis depends on multivalent SYCE1-SIX6OS1 interactions that are disrupted in cases of human infertility (2020, Science Advances)
  • A missense in HSF2BP causing primary ovarian insufficiency affects meiotic recombination by its novel interactor C19ORF57/BRME1 (2020, eLife)
  • HDAC11 is a novel regulator of fatty acid oxidative metabolism in skeletal muscle (2020, FEBS Journal)
  • A Human Hereditary Cardiomyopathy Shares a Genetic Substrate With Bicuspid Aortic Valve (2022, Circulation)

Within their collaborative network, frequent co-authors include:

  • Natalia Felipe-Medina
  • Elena Llano
  • Manuel Sánchez-Martín
  • Fernando Sánchez-Sáez
  • Laura Gómez-H

Best Publications

  • Matrix metalloproteinases in cancer: from new functions to improved inhibition strategies.

    Alicia R. Folgueras;Alberto M. Pendas;Luis M. Sanchez;Carlos Lopez-Otin

  • Genomic instability in laminopathy-based premature aging

    Baohua Liu;Jianming Wang;Kui Ming Chan;Wai Mui Tjia

  • Defective Prelamin A Processing and Muscular and Adipocyte Alterations in Zmpste24 Metalloproteinase-Deficient Mice

    Alberto M. Pendás;Zhongjun Zhou;Juan Cadiñanos;José M.P. Freije

  • Loss of collagenase-2 confers increased skin tumor susceptibility to male mice

    Milagros Balbín;Antonio Fueyo;Angus M Tester;Alberto M Pendás

  • Accelerated ageing in mice deficient in Zmpste24 protease is linked to p53 signalling activation

    Ignacio Varela;Juan Cadiñanos;Alberto M. Pendás;Ana Gutiérrez-Fernández

  • Molecular Cloning of a Novel Membrane-type Matrix Metalloproteinase from a Human Breast Carcinoma

    Xose S. Puente;Alberto M. Pendás;Elena Llano;Gloria Velasco

  • Chromosomal mapping and nucleotide sequence of two tandem repeats of Atlantic salmon 5S rDNA

    A M Pendas;P Moran;J P Freije;E Garcia-Vazquez

  • Membrane-bound serine protease matriptase-2 (Tmprss6) is an essential regulator of iron homeostasis.

    Alicia R. Folgueras;Fernando Martín de Lara;Alberto M. Pendás;Cecilia Garabaya

  • Identification and Characterization of Human MT5-MMP, a New Membrane-bound Activator of Progelatinase A Overexpressed in Brain Tumors

    Elena Llano;Alberto M. Pendás;José P. Freije;Atsuhisa Nakano

  • Cloning and Characterization of Human MMP-23, a New Matrix Metalloproteinase Predominantly Expressed in Reproductive Tissues and Lacking Conserved Domains in Other Family Members

    Gloria Velasco;Alberto M. Pendás;Antonio Fueyo;Vera Knäuper

  • Mutant Cohesin in Premature Ovarian Failure

    Sandrine Caburet;Valerie A. Arboleda;Elena Llano;Paul A. Overbeek

  • Identification and Structural and Functional Characterization of Human Enamelysin (MMP-20)†,‡

    Elena Llano;Alberto M. Pendás;Vera Knäuper;Timo Sorsa

  • Identification and Characterization of a Novel Human Matrix Metalloproteinase with Unique Structural Characteristics, Chromosomal Location, and Tissue Distribution

    Alberto M. Pendás;Vera Knäuper;Xose S. Puente;Elena Llano

  • Structural analysis and promoter characterization of the human collagenase-3 gene (MMP13).

    Alberto M. Pendás;Milagros Balbı́n;Elena Llano;Maria G. Jiménez

  • Matrix metalloproteinases and tumor progression.

    José M. P. Freije;Milagros Balbín;Alberto M. Pendás;Luis M. Sánchez

  • Cathepsin Z, a Novel Human Cysteine Proteinase with a Short Propeptide Domain and a Unique Chromosomal Location *

    Iñigo Santamarı́a;Gloria Velasco;Alberto M. Pendás;Antonio Fueyo

  • Nuclear envelope defects cause stem cell dysfunction in premature-aging mice

    Jesús Espada;Ignacio Varela;Ignacio Flores;Alejandro P. Ugalde

  • Shugoshin-2 is essential for the completion of meiosis but not for mitotic cell division in mice

    Elena Llano;Rocío Gómez;Cristina Gutiérrez-Caballero;Yurema Herrán

  • Biochemical characterization of the catalytic domain of human matrix metalloproteinase 19. Evidence for a role as a potent basement membrane degrading enzyme.

    Jan O. Stracke;Mike Hutton;Margaret Stewart;Alberto M. Pendás

  • Applications of 5S rDNA in Atlantic salmon, brown trout, and in Atlantic salmon brown trout hybrid identification

    A M Pendás;P. A. P. Moran;J L Martinez;E García-Vázquez

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos López-Otín
Carlos López-Otín University of Oviedo
Eva Garcia-Vazquez
Eva Garcia-Vazquez University of Oviedo
José M. P. Freije
José M. P. Freije University of Oviedo
Dirk G. de Rooij
Dirk G. de Rooij Utrecht University
Gillian Murphy
Gillian Murphy University of Cambridge
Vera Knäuper
Vera Knäuper Cardiff University
Xose S. Puente
Xose S. Puente University of Oviedo
Reiner A. Veitia
Reiner A. Veitia Université Paris Cité
Kim Nasmyth
Kim Nasmyth University of Oxford
Yoshinori Watanabe
Yoshinori Watanabe University of Tokyo

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