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Javier Díaz-Nido is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology subfields.

The scientist's work addresses several core topics, including Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Nerve Injury and Regeneration, Hereditary Neurological Disorders, Virus-based Gene Therapy Research, and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Díaz-Nido include Frida Loría, Sara Pérez-Luz, Andrés Vicente-Acosta, Saúl Herranz-Martín, and Iván Fernández-Frías.

Most of Díaz-Nido's publications appear in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, where they have contributed four papers. Other publication venues include Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development, Journal of Neuroinflammation, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, and Neurobiology of Disease.

Representative publications by Javier Díaz-Nido are as follows:

  • Future Prospects of Gene Therapy for Friedreich's Ataxia, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Enhanced Production of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Amplicon Vectors by Gene Modification and Optimization of Packaging Cell Growth Medium, 2020, Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development
  • The smoothened agonist SAG reduces mitochondrial dysfunction and neurotoxicity of frataxin-deficient astrocytes, 2022, Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • Effect of Mitochondrial and Cytosolic FXN Isoform Expression on Mitochondrial Dynamics and Metabolism, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Altered Secretome and ROS Production in Olfactory Mucosa Stem Cells Derived from Friedreich's Ataxia Patients, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Their research contributions encompass studies on mitochondrial dynamics, gene therapy approaches for neurological disorders, and virus vector optimization. The work reflects an intersection of molecular biology and neuroscience with applications targeting hereditary neurodegenerative conditions.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

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

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

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

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

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

  • Structural Insights and Biological Effects of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3-specific Inhibitor AR-A014418

    Ratan Bhat;Yafeng Xue;Stefan Berg;Sven Hellberg

  • Phosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) and its relevance for the regulation of the neuronal cytoskeleton function.

    Carlos Sánchez;Javier Díaz-Nido;Jesús Ávila

  • Lithium inhibits Alzheimer's disease-like tau protein phosphorylation in neurons

    Juan Ramón Muñoz-Montaño;Francisco J. Moreno;Jesús Avila;Javier Dı́az-Nido

  • Lithium protects cultured neurons against β-amyloid-induced neurodegeneration

    Gema Alvarez;Juan Ramón Muñoz-Montaño;Jorgina Satrústegui;Jesús Avila

  • 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

  • Implication of brain cdc2 and MAP2 kinases in the phosphorylation of tau protein in Alzheimer's disease

    M.D. Ledesma;I. Correas;J. Avila;J. Diaz-Nido

  • Microtubule-associated protein Tau is phosphorylated by protein kinase C on its tubulin binding domain

    I Correas;J Díaz-Nido;J Avila

  • Chronic lithium treatment decreases mutant tau protein aggregation in a transgenic mouse model

    Mar Pérez;Félix Hernández;Filip Lim;Javier Díaz-Nido

  • Depletion of casein kinase II by antisense oligonucleotide prevents neuritogenesis in neuroblastoma cells.

    L Ulloa;J Díaz-Nido;J Avila

  • Regulation of microtubule dynamics by microtubule-associated protein expression and phosphorylation during neuronal development.

    Avila J;Domínguez J;Díaz-Nido J

  • A casein kinase II-related activity is involved in phosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein MAP-1B during neuroblastoma cell differentiation.

    Javier Díaz-Nido;L. Serrano;E. Méndez;Jesús Ávila

  • Effect of the lipid peroxidation product acrolein on tau phosphorylation in neural cells

    Alberto Gómez-Ramos;Javier Díaz-Nido;Mark A. Smith;George Perry

  • Glycosaminoglycans and β-amyloid, prion and tau peptides in neurodegenerative diseases

    Javier Dı́az-Nido;Francisco Wandosell;Jesús Avila

  • Regulation of tau phosphorylation and protection against β-amyloid-induced neurodegeneration by lithium. Possible implications for Alzheimer's disease

    Gema Alvarez;Juan Ramón Muñoz-Montaño;Jorgina Satrústegui;Jesús Avila

  • Prion peptide induces neuronal cell death through a pathway involving glycogen synthase kinase 3.

    Mar Pérez;Ana I Rojo;Francisco Wandosell;Javier Díaz-Nido

  • Microtubule-associated protein 1B function during normal development, regeneration, and pathological conditions in the nervous system.

    Christian Gonzalez-Billault;Christian Gonzalez-Billault;Eva Maria Jimenez-Mateos;Alfredo Caceres;Javier Diaz-Nido

  • Genes Associated with Adult Axon Regeneration Promoted by Olfactory Ensheathing Cells: A New Role for Matrix Metalloproteinase 2

    Erika Pastrana;Maria Teresa Moreno-Flores;Esteban Nicolas Gurzov;Jesus Avila

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesús Avila
Jesús Avila Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa
Francisco Wandosell
Francisco Wandosell Spanish National Research Council
Luis Ulloa
Luis Ulloa Duke University
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Richard Wade-Martins
Richard Wade-Martins University of Oxford
Leonidas C. Platanias
Leonidas C. Platanias Northwestern University
Hsing Jien Kung
Hsing Jien Kung Taipei Medical University
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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