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Overview

Ana Olivera is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas of biomedical science with a significant focus on immunology, molecular biology, and medicine. Their publications indicate an emphasis on mast cell biology and related immunological processes.

Their research topics include:

  • Mast cells and histamine
  • Food allergy and anaphylaxis research
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Polyamine metabolism and applications
  • Cell adhesion molecules research
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Urticaria and related conditions

Olivera's major fields of study encompass:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their work frequently focuses on subfields such as:

  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Physiology
  • Rheumatology

They have published extensively in specialized journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global

Coauthors with whom Olivera has collaborated most often are:

  • Dean D. Metcalfe (17 collaborations)
  • Guido H. Falduto (8 collaborations)
  • Annika Pfeiffer (6 collaborations)
  • Geethani Bandara (5 collaborations)
  • Hirsh D. Komarow (5 collaborations)

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Olivera include:

  • "Stripe" transcription factors provide accessibility to co-binding partners in mammalian genomes, 2022, Molecular Cell
  • Mastocytosis-derived extracellular vesicles deliver miR-23a and miR-30a into pre-osteoblasts and prevent osteoblastogenesis and bone formation, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Emerging mechanisms contributing to mast cell-mediated pathophysiology with therapeutic implications, 2020, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Critical Signaling Events in the Mechanoactivation of Human Mast Cells through p.C492Y-ADGRE2, 2020, Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Selective immunocapture reveals neoplastic human mast cells secrete distinct microvesicle- and exosome-like populations of KIT-containing extracellular vesicles, 2022, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles

Best Publications

  • Sphingosine-1-phosphate as second messenger in cell proliferation induced by PDGF and FCS mitogens.

    Ana Olivera;Sarah Spiegel

  • Essential role for sphingosine kinases in neural and vascular development.

    Kiyomi Mizugishi;Tadashi Yamashita;Ana Olivera;Georgina F. Miller

  • Sphingosine-1-phosphate, a novel lipid, involved in cellular proliferation.

    Hong Zhang;Naishadh N. Desai;Ana Olivera;Takashi Seki

  • The alliance of sphingosine-1-phosphate and its receptors in immunity

    Juan Rivera;Richard L. Proia;Ana Olivera

  • Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of Murine Sphingosine Kinase

    Takafumi Kohama;Ana Olivera;Lisa Edsall;M. Marek Nagiec

  • Sphingosine Kinase Expression Increases Intracellular Sphingosine-1-Phosphate and Promotes Cell Growth and Survival

    Ana Olivera;Takafumi Kohama;Lisa Edsall;Victor Nava

  • Role of the Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor EDG-1 in PDGF-Induced Cell Motility

    John P. Hobson;Hans M. Rosenfeldt;Larry S. Barak;Ana Olivera

  • Dual Actions of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate: Extracellular through the Gi-coupled Receptor Edg-1 and Intracellular to Regulate Proliferation and Survival

    James R. Van Brocklyn;Menq Jer Lee;Ramil Menzeleev;Ana Olivera

  • Mice Deficient in Sphingosine Kinase 1 Are Rendered Lymphopenic by FTY720

    Maria L. Allende;Teiji Sasaki;Hiromichi Kawai;Ana Olivera

  • Transactivation of Sphingosine-1–Phosphate Receptors by FcεRI Triggering Is Required for Normal Mast Cell Degranulation and Chemotaxis

    Puneet S. Jolly;Meryem Bektas;Ana Olivera;Claudia Gonzalez-Espinosa

  • Purification and Characterization of Rat Kidney Sphingosine Kinase

    Ana Olivera;Takafumi Kohama;Zhenxing Tu;Sheldon Milstien

  • A GTPase-independent Mechanism of p21-activated Kinase Activation REGULATION BY SPHINGOSINE AND OTHER BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE LIPIDS

    Gary M. Bokoch;Abina M. Reilly;R. Hugh Daniels;Charles C. King

  • The Sphingosine Kinase-Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Axis Is a Determinant of Mast Cell Function and Anaphylaxis

    Ana Olivera;Kiyomi Mizugishi;Anastassia Tikhonova;Laura Ciaccia

  • New insights on mast cell activation via the high affinity receptor for IgE.

    Juan Rivera;Nora A. Fierro;Ana Olivera;Ryo Suzuki

  • Sphingosine‐1‐Phosphate in Cell Growth and Cell Deatha

    Sarah Spiegel;Olivier Cuvillier;Lisa C. Edsall;Takafumi Kohama

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of a lipid phosphohydrolase that degrades sphingosine-1- phosphate and induces cell death

    Suzanne M. Mandala;Rosemary Thornton;Ismael Galve-Roperh;Samantha Poulton

  • EDG-1 links the PDGF receptor to Src and focal adhesion kinase activation leading to lamellipodia formation and cell migration

    Hans M. Rosenfeldt;John P. Hobson;Michael Maceyka;Ana Olivera

  • Mast cells signal their importance in health and disease

    Ana Olivera;Michael A. Beaven;Dean D. Metcalfe

  • Falling off the academic bandwagon. Women are more likely to quit at the postdoc to principal investigator transition

    Elisabeth D. Martinez;Jeannine Botos;Kathleen M. Dohoney;Theresa M. Geiman

  • Sphingosine kinase: a mediator of vital cellular functions

    Ana Olivera;Sarah Spiegel

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah Spiegel
Sarah Spiegel Virginia Commonwealth University
Dean D. Metcalfe
Dean D. Metcalfe National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Juan Rivera
Juan Rivera National Institutes of Health
Richard L. Proia
Richard L. Proia National Institutes of Health
Michael A. Beaven
Michael A. Beaven National Institutes of Health
Alasdair M. Gilfillan
Alasdair M. Gilfillan National Institutes of Health
José M. López-Novoa
José M. López-Novoa University of Salamanca
Sheldon Milstien
Sheldon Milstien Virginia Commonwealth University
Joshua D. Milner
Joshua D. Milner Columbia University
Santiago Lamas
Santiago Lamas Spanish National Research Council

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