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Jesús Gil is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions across Molecular Biology, Physiology, Oncology, Immunology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

They have focused their work on topics such as Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence; Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms; Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics; Click Chemistry and Applications; Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis; Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques; and Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms.

Jesús Gil has published notably in several venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Cell Biology
  • Nature Aging
  • Genes & Development
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Some recent papers include:

  • "Senescence and the SASP: many therapeutic avenues", 2020, Genes & Development
  • "Therapy-Induced Senescence: Opportunities to Improve Anticancer Therapy", 2021, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • "AP-1 imprints a reversible transcriptional programme of senescent cells", 2020, Nature Cell Biology
  • "Prostate carcinogenesis: inflammatory storms", 2020, Nature Reviews. Cancer
  • "Clearance of senescent macrophages ameliorates tumorigenesis in KRAS-driven lung cancer", 2023, Cancer Cell

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Dominic J. Withers
  • Juan Pedro Martínez-Barberá
  • Virinder Reen
  • Jodie Birch
  • Edward W. Tate

Best Publications

  • Cellular Senescence: Defining a Path Forward

    Vassilis Gorgoulis;Peter D. Adams;Andrea Alimonti;Dorothy C. Bennett

  • Tumour biology: Senescence in premalignant tumours

    Manuel Collado;Jesús Gil;Alejo Efeyan;Carmen Guerra

  • A complex secretory program orchestrated by the inflammasome controls paracrine senescence

    Juan Carlos Acosta;Ana Banito;Torsten Wuestefeld;Athena Georgilis

  • Chemokine Signaling via the CXCR2 Receptor Reinforces Senescence

    Juan C. Acosta;Ana O'Loghlen;Ana Banito;Maria V. Guijarro

  • Senescence surveillance of pre-malignant hepatocytes limits liver cancer development

    Tae-Won Kang;Tetyana Yevsa;Norman Woller;Lisa Hoenicke

  • Molecular Interplay of the Noncoding RNA ANRIL and Methylated Histone H3 Lysine 27 by Polycomb CBX7 in Transcriptional Silencing of INK4a

    Kyoko L. Yap;Side Li;Ana M. Muñoz-Cabello;Selina Raguz

  • Impact of Protein Kinase PKR in Cell Biology: from Antiviral to Antiproliferative Action

    M. A. García;J. Gil;I. Ventoso;S. Guerra

  • Senescence and aging: Causes, consequences, and therapeutic avenues

    Domhnall McHugh;Domhnall McHugh;Jesús Gil;Jesús Gil

  • Regulation of the INK4b-ARF-INK4a tumour suppressor locus : all for one or one for all

    Jesús Gil;Gordon Peters

  • mTOR regulates MAPKAPK2 translation to control the senescence-associated secretory phenotype

    Nicolás Herranz;Suchira Gallage;Massimiliano Mellone;Torsten Wuestefeld

  • Senescence and the SASP: many therapeutic avenues

    Jodie Birch;Jesús Gil

  • Glycolytic Enzymes Can Modulate Cellular Life Span

    Hiroshi Kondoh;Matilde E. Lleonart;Matilde E. Lleonart;Jesus Gil;Jesus Gil;Jing Wang

  • Senescence impairs successful reprogramming to pluripotent stem cells

    Ana Banito;Sheikh T. Rashid;Juan Carlos Acosta;Si De Li

  • Mechanisms and functions of cellular senescence

    Nicolás Herranz;Jesús Gil

  • Mouse polycomb proteins bind differentially to methylated histone H3 and RNA and are enriched in facultative heterochromatin.

    Emily Bernstein;Elizabeth M. Duncan;Osamu Masui;Jesus Gil

  • Induction of apoptosis by the dsRNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR): Mechanism of action

    Jesús Gil;Mariano Esteban

  • A high glycolytic flux supports the proliferative potential of murine embryonic stem cells.

    Hiroshi Kondoh;Matilde E. Lleonart;Yasuhiro Nakashima;Masayuki Yokode

  • Histone demethylase JMJD3 contributes to epigenetic control of INK4a/ARF by oncogenic RAS

    Marta Barradas;Emma Anderton;Juan Carlos Acosta;Si De Li

  • Polycomb CBX7 has a unifying role in cellular lifespan

    Jesús J. Gil;David Bernard;David Bernard;Dolores D. Martínez;David D. Beach

  • Induction of Apoptosis by Double-Stranded-RNA-Dependent Protein Kinase (PKR) Involves the α Subunit of Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 2 and NF-κB

    Jesús Gil;José Alcamí;Mariano Esteban

Frequent Co-Authors

Mariano Esteban
Mariano Esteban Spanish National Research Council
Gordon Peters
Gordon Peters Cancer Research UK London Research Institute
Juan Pedro Martinez-Barbera
Juan Pedro Martinez-Barbera University College London
Lars Zender
Lars Zender German Cancer Research Center
David Beach
David Beach Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dominic J. Withers
Dominic J. Withers Imperial College London
Thomas L. Carroll
Thomas L. Carroll Rockefeller University
Mathias Heikenwalder
Mathias Heikenwalder German Cancer Research Center
José Alcamí
José Alcamí Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Gregory J. Dore
Gregory J. Dore University of New South Wales

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