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Antonio Ferrer-Montiel

Antonio Ferrer-Montiel

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
9168
World Ranking
15226
National Ranking
324

Overview

Antonio Ferrer-Montiel is affiliated with Miguel Hernandez University in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research spans multiple subfields including Sensory Systems, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Pharmacology, and Oncology.

The scientist's work covers a variety of main topics such as Ion Channels and Receptors, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology, Herbal Medicine Research Studies, Ion channel regulation and function, Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents, and Migraine and Headache Studies.

Antonio Ferrer-Montiel has published in several prominent venues, with frequent publications in:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Pain
  • Biophysical Journal

Among recent notable papers are:

  • Comprehensive Survey of Consensus Docking for High-Throughput Virtual Screening, 2022, Molecules
  • TRPM8 contributes to sex dimorphism by promoting recovery of normal sensitivity in a mouse model of chronic migraine, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Investigational drugs in early phase clinical trials targeting thermotransient receptor potential (thermoTRP) channels, 2020, Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs
  • Protective role of neuronal and lymphoid cannabinoid CB2 receptors in neuropathic pain, 2020, eLife
  • TRPV1 in chronic pruritus and pain: Soft modulation as a therapeutic strategy, 2022, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Frequent collaborators include Asia Fernández-Carvajal, Gregorio Fernández-Ballester, David Cabañero, Rosario González-Muñiz, and Isabel Devesa, reflecting a diverse network in biomedical and pharmacological research.

Best Publications

  • Regulated exocytosis contributes to protein kinase C potentiation of vanilloid receptor activity.

    Cruz Morenilla-Palao;Rosa Planells-Cases;Nuria García-Sanz;Antonio Ferrer-Montiel

  • Identification of an ion channel activity of the Vpu transmembrane domain and its involvement in the regulation of virus release from HIV‐1‐infected cells

    Ulrich Schubert;Antonio V. Ferrer-Montiel;Myrta Oblatt-Montal;Peter Henklein

  • Activation of Store-Operated Ca2+ Current in Xenopus Oocytes Requires SNAP-25 but Not a Diffusible Messenger

    Yong Yao;Antonio V Ferrer-Montiel;Mauricio Montal;Roger Y Tsien

  • Attenuation of thermal nociception and hyperalgesia by VR1 blockers.

    Carolina García-Martínez;Marc Humet;Rosa Planells-Cases;Ana Gomis

  • Identification of a Tetramerization Domain in the C Terminus of the Vanilloid Receptor

    Nuria García-Sanz;Asia Fernández-Carvajal;Cruz Morenilla-Palao;Rosa Planells-Cases

  • A synthetic hexapeptide (Argireline) with antiwrinkle activity

    C Blanes-Mira;J Clemente;G Jodas;A Gil

  • Identification of an Aspartic Residue in the P-loop of the Vanilloid Receptor That Modulates Pore Properties

    Carolina Garcı́a-Martı́nez;Cruz Morenilla-Palao;Rosa Planells-Cases;Jaime M. Merino

  • Functional aspects and mechanisms of TRPV1 involvement in neurogenic inflammation that leads to thermal hyperalgesia

    Rosa Planells-Cases;Nuria Garcìa-Sanz;Cruz Morenilla-Palao;Antonio Ferrer-Montiel

  • Agonist- and Ca2+-dependent Desensitization of TRPV1 Channel Targets the Receptor to Lysosomes for Degradation

    Lucía Sanz-Salvador;Amparo Andrés-Borderia;Antonio Ferrer-Montiel;Rosa Planells-Cases

  • Pentameric subunit stoichiometry of a neuronal glutamate receptor

    Antonio V. Ferrer-Montiel;Mauricio Montal

  • Molecular architecture of the vanilloid receptor. Insights for drug design.

    Antonio Ferrer-Montiel;Carolina García-Martínez;Cruz Morenilla-Palao;Nuria García-Sanz

  • Differential contribution of SNARE-dependent exocytosis to inflammatory potentiation of TRPV1 in nociceptors

    M. Camprubí-Robles;R. Planells-Cases;A. Ferrer-Montiel

  • A Peptide That Mimics the C-terminal Sequence of SNAP-25 Inhibits Secretory Vesicle Docking in Chromaffin Cells

    Luis M. Gutierrez;Salvador Viniegra;Joaquin Rueda;Antonio V. Ferrer-Montiel

  • Physiology and pharmacology of the vanilloid receptor

    Angel Messeguer;Rosa Planells-Cases;Antonio Ferrer-Montiel

  • Role of membrane lipids in the interaction of daunomycin with plasma membranes from tumor cells: implications in drug-resistance phenomena.

    Pablo V. Escriba;Antonio V. Ferrer-Montiel;Jose A. Ferragut;Jose M. Gonzalez-Ros

  • Mutation of conserved negatively charged residues in the S2 and S3 transmembrane segments of a mammalian K+ channel selectively modulates channel gating.

    Rosa Planells-Cases;Antonio V. Ferrer-Montiel;Craig D. Patten;Mauricio Montal

  • Trafficking of ThermoTRP Channels.

    Clotilde Ferrandiz-Huertas;Sakthikumar Mathivanan;Christoph Jakob Wolf;Isabel Devesa

  • Identification of molecular determinants of channel gating in the transient receptor potential box of vanilloid receptor I

    Pierluigi Valente;Nuria García-Sanz;Ana Gomis;Asia Fernández-Carvajal

  • A peptide that mimics the carboxy‐terminal domain of SNAP‐25 blocks Ca2+‐dependent exocytosis in chromaffin cells

    Luis M. Gutiérrez;Jaume M. Cánaves;Antonio V. Ferrer-Montiel;Juan A. Reig

  • A Role of the Transient Receptor Potential Domain of Vanilloid Receptor I in Channel Gating

    Nuria García-Sanz;Pierluigi Valente;Ana Gomis;Asia Fernández-Carvajal

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauricio Montal
Mauricio Montal University of California, San Diego
Enrique Pérez-Payá
Enrique Pérez-Payá Spanish National Research Council
Carlos Belmonte
Carlos Belmonte Miguel Hernandez University
Félix Viana
Félix Viana Spanish National Research Council
Fernando Albericio
Fernando Albericio University of KwaZulu-Natal
Vicente Felipo
Vicente Felipo Centro de Investigacion Principe Felipe
Armando A. Genazzani
Armando A. Genazzani University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro
Ryszard Przewlocki
Ryszard Przewlocki Polish Academy of Sciences
Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca
Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca Complutense University of Madrid
Klaus Strebel
Klaus Strebel National Institutes of Health

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