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Overview

Juan Botas is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, Neurology, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Evolutionarily conserved regulators of tau identify targets for new therapies, 2023, Neuron
  • Dynamics of huntingtin protein interactions in the striatum identifies candidate modifiers of Huntington disease, 2022, Cell Systems
  • Downregulation of glial genes involved in synaptic function mitigates Huntington's disease pathogenesis, 2021, eLife
  • Identification of risk genes for Alzheimer's disease by gene embedding, 2022, Cell Genomics
  • Functional variants identify sex-specific genes and pathways in Alzheimer's Disease, 2023, Nature Communications

Juan Botas frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Ismael Al-Ramahi, Zhandong Liu, Joshua Shulman, Bismark K Amoh, and Olivier Lichtarge.

Their publications are predominantly found in venues such as Alzheimer's & Dementia, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Human Molecular Genetics, Neuron, and eLife.

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

  • Identification of genes that modify ataxin-1-induced neurodegeneration

    Pedro Fernandez-Funez;Maria Laura Nino-Rosales;Beatrice De Gouyon;Wei Chi She

  • Huntingtin interacting proteins are genetic modifiers of neurodegeneration.

    Linda S. Kaltenbach;Eliana Romero;Robert R. Becklin;Rakesh Chettier

  • Interaction of Akt-Phosphorylated Ataxin-1 with 14-3-3 Mediates Neurodegeneration in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1

    Hung Kai Chen;Hung Kai Chen;Pedro Fernandez-Funez;Summer F. Acevedo;Yung C. Lam

  • Homeotic genes of the bithorax complex repress limb development in the abdomen of the Drosophila embryo through the target gene Distal-less

    Gilles Vachon;Barbara Cohen;Christine Pfeifle;M.Elaine McGuffin

  • The DNA binding specificity of ultrabithorax is modulated by cooperative interactions with extradenticle, another homeoprotein

    Siu-Kwong Chan;Leah Jaffe;Maria Capovilla;Juan Botas

  • RNA-binding proteins hnRNP A2/B1 and CUGBP1 suppress fragile X CGG premutation repeat-induced neurodegeneration in a Drosophila model of FXTAS

    Oyinkan A. Sofola;Peng Jin;Yunlong Qin;Ranhui Duan

  • Integrated genomics and proteomics define huntingtin CAG length–dependent networks in mice

    Peter Langfelder;Jeffrey P Cantle;Jeffrey P Cantle;Doxa Chatzopoulou;Nan Wang;Nan Wang

  • ATAXIN-1 Interacts with the Repressor Capicua in Its Native Complex to Cause SCA1 Neuropathology

    Yung C. Lam;Aaron B. Bowman;Paymaan Jafar-Nejad;Janghoo Lim

  • Network Organization of the Huntingtin Proteomic Interactome in Mammalian Brain

    Dyna I. Shirasaki;Dyna I. Shirasaki;Erin R. Greiner;Erin R. Greiner;Ismael Al-Ramahi;Michelle Gray;Michelle Gray

  • Tau Loss Attenuates Neuronal Network Hyperexcitability in Mouse and Drosophila Genetic Models of Epilepsy

    Jerrah K. Holth;Valerie C. Bomben;J. Graham Reed;Taeko Inoue

  • Direct regulation of decapentaplegic by Ultrabithorax and its role in Drosophila midgut morphogenesis.

    Maria Capovilla;Mary Brandt;Juan Botas

  • The AXH Domain of Ataxin-1 Mediates Neurodegeneration through Its Interaction with Gfi-1/Senseless Proteins

    Hiroshi Tsuda;Hamed Jafar-Nejad;Akash J. Patel;Yaling Sun

  • The Drosophila 18 wheeler is required for morphogenesis and has striking similarities to Toll

    Elizabeth Eldon;Sandra Kooyer;Diana D'Evelyn;Molly Duman

  • CHIP protects from the neurotoxicity of expanded and wild-type ataxin-1 and promotes their ubiquitination and degradation.

    Ismael Al-Ramahi;Ismael Al-Ramahi;Yung C. Lam;Hung Kai Chen;Beatrice De Gouyon

  • Matrix Metalloproteinases Are Modifiers of Huntingtin Proteolysis and Toxicity in Huntington's Disease

    John P. Miller;Jennifer Holcomb;Ismael Al-Ramahi;Maria de Haro

  • MBNL1 and CUGBP1 modify expanded CUG-induced toxicity in a Drosophila model of myotonic dystrophy type 1.

    María de Haro;Ismael Al-Ramahi;Beatrice De Gouyon;Lubna Ukani

  • Suppression of neurodegeneration and increased neurotransmission caused by expanded full-length huntingtin accumulating in the cytoplasm.

    Eliana Romero;Guang-Ho Cha;Patrik Verstreken;Cindy V. Ly

  • Gene-dose titration analysis in the search of trans-regulatory genes in Drosophila.

    J. Botas;J. Moscoso del Prado;Antonio García-Bellido

  • Control of morphogenesis and differentiation by HOM/Hox genes

    Juan Botas

Frequent Co-Authors

Huda Y. Zoghbi
Huda Y. Zoghbi Baylor College of Medicine
Harry T. Orr
Harry T. Orr University of Minnesota
Thomas F. Westbrook
Thomas F. Westbrook Baylor College of Medicine
Hugo J. Bellen
Hugo J. Bellen Baylor College of Medicine
Luis Serrano
Luis Serrano Centre for Genomic Regulation
David L. Nelson
David L. Nelson Baylor College of Medicine
Jeffrey L. Noebels
Jeffrey L. Noebels Baylor College of Medicine
Cayetano Gonzalez
Cayetano Gonzalez Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Lisa M. Ellerby
Lisa M. Ellerby Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Joshua M. Shulman
Joshua M. Shulman Baylor College of Medicine

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