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Biology and Biochemistry
Spain
2023

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D-Index
104
Citations
32110
World Ranking
625
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award
  • 2008 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Carlos Martínez-A is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their research spans various subfields, particularly Molecular Biology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work covers major topics such as T-cell and B-cell Immunology, RNA modifications and cancer, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, RNA Research and Splicing, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, and Immune Response and Inflammation.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Carlos Martínez-A include:

  • Growth Hormone Reprograms Macrophages toward an Anti-Inflammatory and Reparative Profile in an MAFB-Dependent Manner (2020, The Journal of Immunology)
  • Mitochondrial reactive oxygen is critical for IL-12/IL-18-induced IFN-γ production by CD4+ T cells and is regulated by Fas/FasL signaling (2022, Cell Death and Disease)
  • Role of Innate and Adaptive Cytokines in the Survival of COVID-19 Patients (2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Impaired stem cell differentiation and somatic cell reprogramming in DIDO3 mutants with altered RNA processing and increased R-loop levels (2021, Cell Death and Disease)
  • Interplay between splicing and transcriptional pausing exerts genome-wide control over alternative polyadenylation (2021, Transcription)

The venues where Carlos Martínez-A has frequently published include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell & Bioscience, Cell Death and Disease, The Journal of Immunology, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Frequent collaborators include Melchor Álvarez-Mon, Dimitrios Balomenos, Tirso Pons, Agnes Fütterer, and Julio Gutiérrez, indicating a network of co-authors with whom Martínez-A has multiple joint publications.

Carlos Martínez-A is recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea since 2008, reflecting a distinction within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Disrupted cardiac development but normal hematopoiesis in mice deficient in the second CXCL12/SDF-1 receptor, CXCR7

    Frederic Sierro;Christine Biben;Laura Martínez-Muñoz;Mario Mellado

  • The Coordinated Action of CC Chemokines in the Lung Orchestrates Allergic Inflammation and Airway Hyperresponsiveness

    Jose-Angel Gonzalo;Clare M. Lloyd;Danyi Wen;Juan P. Albar

  • The chemokine SDF-1alpha triggers CXCR4 receptor dimerization and activates the JAK/STAT pathway.

    Antonio J. Vila-Coro;José Miguel Rodríguez-Frade;Ana Martín De Ana;MA Carmen Moreno-Ortíz

  • Pathogens: raft hijackers

    Santos Mañes;Gustavo del Real;Carlos Martínez-A

  • Segregation of leading-edge and uropod components into specific lipid rafts during T cell polarization

    Concepción Gómez-Moutón;Jose Luis Abad;Emilia Mira;Rosa Ana Lacalle

  • Chemokine signaling and functional responses: the role of receptor dimerization and TK pathway activation.

    Mario Mellado;José Miguel Rodríguez-Frade;Santos Mañes;Carlos Martínez-A

  • Chemokine receptor homo‐ or heterodimerization activates distinct signaling pathways

    Mario Mellado;José Miguel Rodríguez‐Frade;Antonio J. Vila‐Coro;Silvia Fernández

  • Eosinophil recruitment to the lung in a murine model of allergic inflammation. The role of T cells, chemokines, and adhesion receptors.

    Jose Angel Gonzalo;Clare M. Lloyd;Leonor Kremer;Elizabeth Finger

  • Membrane raft microdomains mediate lateral assemblies required for HIV-1 infection.

    Santos Mañes;Gustavo del Real;Rosa Ana Lacalle;Pilar Lucas

  • CC chemokine receptor (CCR)3/eotaxin is followed by CCR4/monocyte-derived chemokine in mediating pulmonary T helper lymphocyte type 2 recruitment after serial antigen challenge in vivo.

    Clare M. Lloyd;Tracy Delaney;Trang Nguyen;Jane Tian

  • T cell costimulation by chemokine receptors

    Barbara Molon;Giorgia Gri;Monica Bettella;Concepción Gómez-Moutón

  • PI3Kgamma inhibition blocks glomerulonephritis and extends lifespan in a mouse model of systemic lupus

    Domingo F Barber;Almira Bartolomé;Carmen Hernandez;Juana M Flores

  • Membrane raft microdomains mediate front-rear polarity in migrating cells.

    Santos Mañes;Emilia Mira;Concepción Gómez-Moutón;Rosa Ana Lacalle

  • Forkhead transcription factors contribute to execution of the mitotic programme in mammals.

    Beatriz Alvarez;Carlos Martínez-A.;Boudewijn M. T. Burgering;Ana C. Carrera

  • APRIL modulates B and T cell immunity.

    Jens V. Stein;Marta López-Fraga;Fernando A. Elustondo;Carla E. Carvalho-Pinto

  • Opposing RA and FGF signals control proximodistal vertebrate limb development through regulation of Meis genes.

    Nadia Mercader;Esther Leonardo;María Elisa Piedra;Carlos Martínez-A

  • Statins Inhibit HIV-1 infection by down-regulating rho activity

    Gustavo del Real;Sonia Jiménez-Baranda;Emilia Mira;Rosa Ana Lacalle

  • Conserved regulation of proximodistal limb axis development by Meis1/Hth

    Nadia Mercader;Esther Leonardo;Natalia Azpiazu;Antonio Serrano

  • Identification and characterization of a new oncogene derived from the regulatory subunit of phosphoinositide 3‐kinase

    Concepción Jimenez;David R. Jones;Pablo Rodríguez‐Viciana;Ana Gonzalez‐García

  • The chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 induces functional responses through dimerization of its receptor CCR2.

    José Miguel Rodríguez-Frade;Antonio J. Vila-Coro;Ana Martín de Ana;Juan Pablo Albar

  • DNA polymerase mu (Pol μ), homologous to TdT, could act as a DNA mutator in eukaryotic cells

    Orlando Domínguez;José F. Ruiz;Teresa Laín de Lera;Miguel García‐Díaz

  • The collagen receptor DDR2 regulates proliferation and its elimination leads to dwarfism.

    Juan Pablo Labrador;Juan Pablo Labrador;Valeria Azcoitia;Jan Tuckermann;Calvin Lin

  • The homeodomain protein Meis1 is essential for definitive hematopoiesis and vascular patterning in the mouse embryo.

    Valeria Azcoitia;Miguel Aracil;Carlos Martínez-A;Miguel Torres

  • Polarization of Chemokine Receptors to the Leading Edge during Lymphocyte Chemotaxis

    Marta Nieto;José M.R. Frade;David Sancho;Mario Mellado

  • Dynamic redistribution of raft domains as an organizing platform for signaling during cell chemotaxis.

    Concepción Gómez-Moutón;Rosa Ana Lacalle;Emilia Mira;Sonia Jiménez-Baranda

  • T Cell-Dependent B Cell Activation

    A. Coutinho;G. Pobor;S. Pettersson;T. Leandersson

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Mellado
Mario Mellado Spanish National Research Council
José Miguel Rodríguez-Frade
José Miguel Rodríguez-Frade Spanish National Research Council
Ana C. Carrera
Ana C. Carrera Spanish National Research Council
Isabel Mérida
Isabel Mérida Spanish National Research Council
Juan Pablo Albar
Juan Pablo Albar Spanish National Research Council
Antonio Bernad
Antonio Bernad Spanish National Research Council
Antonio Coutinho
Antonio Coutinho Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Francisco Sánchez-Madrid
Francisco Sánchez-Madrid Autonomous University of Madrid
Juana M. Flores
Juana M. Flores Complutense University of Madrid
Miguel Torres
Miguel Torres Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research

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