2026 Guillermo Velasco: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	68	7603	7008	120	118	251	46181

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Biology and Biochemistry

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7008

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Biology and Biochemistry

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46181

World Ranking

7603

National Ranking

120

Overview

Guillermo Velasco is affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Their research spans diverse areas primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The scientist has contributed extensively to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Epidemiology.

Velasco's work addresses various specialized topics, including:

Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
Cancer-related Molecular Pathways

Key recent publications by Guillermo Velasco include the following:

"AMBRA1 regulates cyclin D to guard S-phase entry and genomic integrity," 2021, published in Nature
"The anti-cancer drug ABTL0812 induces ER stress-mediated cytotoxic autophagy by increasing dihydroceramide levels in cancer cells," 2020, published in Autophagy
"Midkine signaling maintains the self-renewal and tumorigenic capacity of glioma initiating cells," 2020, published in Theranostics
"Genetic manipulation of LKB1 elicits lethal metastatic prostate cancer," 2020, published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
"Safety and Efficacy of Crizotinib in Combination with Temozolomide and Radiotherapy in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma: Phase Ib GEINO 1402 Trial," 2022, published in Cancers

Frequent publication venues include:

Cancers
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
ICERI proceedings
Theranostics
International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Among Velasco's frequent co-authors are Mar Lorente, Nélida Salvador, Sonia Castillo-Lluva, Alberto Ocaña, and Endre Kiss-Tóth. Collaborative work with these researchers has been reflected in multiple publications.

Best Publications

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

10661
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

8665
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

8488
Citations
Autophagy in malignant transformation and cancer progression

Lorenzo Galluzzi;Federico Pietrocola;Federico Pietrocola;José Manuel Bravo-San Pedro;José Manuel Bravo-San Pedro;Ravi K. Amaravadi

1286
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

895
Citations
Cannabinoid action induces autophagy-mediated cell death through stimulation of ER stress in human glioma cells

María Salazar;Arkaitz Carracedo;Íñigo J. Salanueva;Sonia Hernández-Tiedra

799
Citations
Inhibition of Glioma Growth in Vivo by Selective Activation of the CB2 Cannabinoid Receptor

Cristina Sánchez;María L. de Ceballos;Teresa Gómez del Pulgar;Daniel Rueda

570
Citations
A pilot clinical study of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme

M Guzmán;M J Duarte;C Blázquez;J Ravina

494
Citations
Towards the use of cannabinoids as antitumour agents.

Guillermo Velasco;Guillermo Velasco;Cristina Sánchez;Manuel Guzmán

479
Citations
Cannabinoid CB2 receptor: a new target for controlling neural cell survival?

Javier Fernández-Ruiz;Julián Romero;Guillermo Velasco;Rosa M. Tolón

445
Citations
Cannabinoids Induce Apoptosis of Pancreatic Tumor Cells via Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress–Related Genes

Arkaitz Carracedo;Meritxell Gironella;Mar Lorente;Stephane Garcia

419
Citations
The stress-regulated protein p8 mediates cannabinoid-induced apoptosis of tumor cells

Arkaitz Carracedo;Mar Lorente;Ainara Egia;Cristina Blázquez

416
Citations
Linking ER Stress to Autophagy: Potential Implications for Cancer Therapy

Tom Verfaillie;Maria Salazar;Guillermo Velasco;Patrizia Agostinis

405
Citations
A Combined Preclinical Therapy of Cannabinoids and Temozolomide against Glioma

Sofía Torres;Mar Lorente;Fátima Rodríguez-Fornés;Sonia Hernández-Tiedra

374
Citations
Cannabinoid receptors as novel targets for the treatment of melanoma

Cristina Blázquez;Arkaitz Carracedo;Lucía Barrado;Pedro José Real

347
Citations
Multilevel Genomics-Based Taxonomy of Renal Cell Carcinoma

Fengju Chen;Yiqun Zhang;Yasin Şenbabaoğlu;Giovanni Ciriello

343
Citations
The CB1 cannabinoid receptor is coupled to the activation of protein kinase B/Akt.

T Gómez del Pulgar;G Velasco;M Guzmán

315
Citations
Anti-tumoral action of cannabinoids on hepatocellular carcinoma: role of AMPK-dependent activation of autophagy

D Vara;M Salazar;N Olea-Herrero;M Guzmán

312
Citations
Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

287
Citations
Phosphorylation of the regulatory subunit of smooth muscle protein phosphatase 1M at Thr850 induces its dissociation from myosin

Guillermo Velasco;Chris Armstrong;Nick Morrice;Sheelagh Frame

273
Citations