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Josefina Cano is affiliated with the University of Seville in Spain. Their research spans several areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work covers numerous subfields including Plant Science, Cell Biology, Pharmacology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

The primary focus of Josefina Cano's research lies in topics such as Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Fungal Biology and Applications, Infectious Diseases and Mycology, Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies, Lichen and Fungal Ecology, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Alberto M. Stchigel, Josepa Gené, Josep Guarro, Viridiana Magaña-Dueñas, and Vít Hubka.

Josefina Cano has published extensively in journals such as:

  • Journal of Fungi
  • Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi
  • Fungal Diversity
  • Microorganisms
  • IMA Fungus

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Josefina Cano include:

  • Phylogenomic Analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-Gene Dataset Resolves a Monophyletic Fusarium that Includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex, 2020, Phytopathology
  • Fungal Planet description sheets: 1042-1111, 2020, Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi
  • Fungal Planet description sheets: 1284-1382, 2021, Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi
  • No to Neocosmospora: Phylogenomic and Practical Reasons for Continued Inclusion of the Fusarium solani Species Complex in the Genus Fusarium, 2020, mSphere
  • Taxonomy of Aspergillus series Versicolores: species reduction and lessons learned about intraspecific variability, 2022, Studies in Mycology

Best Publications

  • Caspase signalling controls microglia activation and neurotoxicity

    Miguel A. Burguillos;Tomas Deierborg;Edel Kavanagh;Annette Persson

  • The Single Intranigral Injection of LPS as a New Model for Studying the Selective Effects of Inflammatory Reactions on Dopaminergic System

    A.J. Herrera;A. Castaño;J.L. Venero;J. Cano

  • Lipopolysaccharide intranigral injection induces inflammatory reaction and damage in nigrostriatal dopaminergic system.

    A. Castaño;A. J. Herrera;J. Cano;A. Machado

  • Aquaporins in the central nervous system.

    José L. Venero;Marı́a L. Vizuete;Alberto Machado;Josefina Cano

  • Differential upregulation of aquaporin-4 mRNA expression in reactive astrocytes after brain injury: potential role in brain edema.

    M L Vizuete;J L Venero;C Vargas;A A Ilundáin

  • The degenerative effect of a single intranigral injection of LPS on the dopaminergic system is prevented by dexamethasone, and not mimicked by rh‐TNF‐α, IL‐1β and IFN‐γ

    A. Castaño;A. J. Herrera;J. Cano;A. Machado

  • Minocycline reduces the lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory reaction, peroxynitrite-mediated nitration of proteins, disruption of the blood-brain barrier, and damage in the nigral dopaminergic system.

    Mayka Tomás-Camardiel;Inmaculada Rite;Antonio J Herrera;Rocio M de Pablos

  • Stress Increases Vulnerability to Inflammation in the Rat Prefrontal Cortex

    R. M. de Pablos;R. F. Villarán;S. Argüelles;A. J. Herrera

  • Ulcerative colitis exacerbates lipopolysaccharide-induced damage to the nigral dopaminergic system: potential risk factor in Parkinson`s disease.

    Ruth F. Villarán;Ana M. Espinosa-Oliva;Manuel Sarmiento;Rocío M. De Pablos

  • Chronic stress as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease

    Alberto Machado;Antonio J Herrera;Rocío M de Pablos;Ana María Espinosa-Oliva

  • Detailed localization of aquaporin-4 messenger RNA in the CNS: preferential expression in periventricular organs.

    J.L. Venero;M.L. Vizuete;A.A. Ilundáin;A. Machado

  • Stress is critical for LPS-induced activation of microglia and damage in the rat hippocampus

    A.M. Espinosa-Oliva;R.M. de Pablos;R.F. Villarán;S. Argüelles

  • Blood–brain barrier disruption induces in vivo degeneration of nigral dopaminergic neurons

    Inmaculada Rite;Alberto Machado;Josefina Cano;José L. Venero

  • Blood-brain barrier disruption highly induces aquaporin-4 mRNA and protein in perivascular and parenchymal astrocytes: protective effect by estradiol treatment in ovariectomized animals.

    M. Tomás-Camardiel;J.L. Venero;A.J. Herrera;R.M. De Pablos

  • Inflammatory process as a determinant factor for the degeneration of substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons.

    A. J. Herrera;M. Tomás-Camardiel;J. L. Venero;J. Cano

  • Apoptosis-inducing factor mediates dopaminergic cell death in response to LPS-induced inflammatory stimulus: evidence in Parkinson's disease patients.

    M.A. Burguillos;N. Hajji;N. Hajji;E. Englund;A. Persson

  • Group II metabotropic glutamate receptor activation protects striatal dopaminergic nerve terminals against MPP+-induced neurotoxicity along with brain-derived neurotrophic factor induction.

    Esperanza R. Matarredona;Marti Santiago;Jose L. Venero;Josefina Cano

  • Low selenium diet increases the dopamine turnover in prefrontal cortex of the rat.

    Angélica Castaño;Antonio Ayala;José Antonio Rodrı́guez-Gómez;Antonio J Herrera

  • Peripheral inflammation increases the deleterious effect of CNS inflammation on the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system

    Mª Carmen Hernández-Romero;Mª Carmen Hernández-Romero;Mª José Delgado-Cortés;Mª José Delgado-Cortés;Manuel Sarmiento;Manuel Sarmiento;Rocío M. de Pablos;Rocío M. de Pablos

  • Regulation of the prefrontal cortical dopamine release by GABAA and GABAB receptor agonists and antagonists.

    Marti Santiago;Alberto Machado;Josefina Cano

Frequent Co-Authors

José L. Venero
José L. Venero University of Seville
Fernando Reinoso-Suárez
Fernando Reinoso-Suárez Autonomous University of Madrid
Patrik Brundin
Patrik Brundin Roche (United States)

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