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Overview

Juan Rivera is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine, with specific focus on subfields such as Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Immunology, Physiology, and Immunology and Allergy.

Their recent publications address diverse scientific topics. Notable papers include Paradigm Shifts in Mast Cell and Basophil Biology and Function: An Emerging View of Immune Regulation in Health and Disease (2020) published in Methods in molecular biology, and Effect of extrusion cooking on physical and thermal properties of instant flours: a review (2024) appearing in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.

Rivera's research concentrates on the following main topics:

  • Food composition and properties
  • Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
  • Microencapsulation and Drying Processes
  • Mast cells and histamine
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research

Their work has appeared most frequently in the journals:

  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Methods in molecular biology

Rivera has collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Remigio Yamid Pismag
  • José Luís Hoyos
  • Jesus Bravo
  • Diego Fernando Roa-Acosta
  • Ana Olivera

Best Publications

  • The alliance of sphingosine-1-phosphate and its receptors in immunity

    Juan Rivera;Richard L. Proia;Ana Olivera

  • Molecular regulation of mast cell activation

    Juan Rivera;Alasdair M. Gilfillan

  • The tyrosine kinase network regulating mast cell activation.

    Alasdair M. Gilfillan;Juan Rivera

  • Fyn kinase initiates complementary signals required for IgE-dependent mast cell degranulation

    Valentino Parravicini;Valentino Parravicini;Massimo Gadina;Martina Kovarova;Martina Kovarova;Sandra Odom

  • LAT Is Essential for FcεRI-Mediated Mast Cell Activation

    Shinichiroh Saitoh;Ramachandran Arudchandran;T.Scott Manetz;Weiguo Zhang

  • CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells suppress mast cell degranulation and allergic responses through OX40-OX40L interaction.

    Giorgia Gri;Silvia Piconese;Barbara Frossi;Vanessa Manfroi

  • BACH2 represses effector programs to stabilize T reg -mediated immune homeostasis

    Rahul Roychoudhuri;Kiyoshi Hirahara;Kiyoshi Hirahara;Kambiz Mousavi;David Clever

  • The ins and outs of IgE-dependent mast-cell exocytosis.

    Ulrich Blank;Juan Rivera

  • BASOPHILS AND THE T HELPER 2 ENVIRONMENT CAN PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LUPUS NEPHRITIS

    Nicolas Charles;Donna Hardwick;Eric Daugas;Gabor G Illei

  • Transactivation of Sphingosine-1–Phosphate Receptors by FcεRI Triggering Is Required for Normal Mast Cell Degranulation and Chemotaxis

    Puneet S. Jolly;Meryem Bektas;Ana Olivera;Claudia Gonzalez-Espinosa

  • The Sphingosine Kinase-Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Axis Is a Determinant of Mast Cell Function and Anaphylaxis

    Ana Olivera;Kiyomi Mizugishi;Anastassia Tikhonova;Laura Ciaccia

  • New insights on mast cell activation via the high affinity receptor for IgE.

    Juan Rivera;Nora A. Fierro;Ana Olivera;Ryo Suzuki

  • Negative Regulation of Immunoglobulin E–dependent Allergic Responses by Lyn Kinase

    Sandra Odom;Gregorio Gomez;Martina Kovarova;Yasuko Furumoto

  • Structure-function analysis of Lyn kinase association with lipid rafts and initiation of early signaling events after Fcepsilon receptor I aggregation.

    Martina Kovářová;Pavel Tolar;Ramachandran Arudchandran;Lubica Dráberová

  • Molecular adapters in FcεRI signaling and the allergic response

    Juan Rivera

  • Anti–β2‐glycoprotein I antibodies in complex with β2‐glycoprotein I can activate platelets in a dysregulated manner via glycoprotein Ib‐IX‐V

    Tong Shi;B M Giannakopoulos;X Yan;Pei Yu

  • IgE-dependent activation of sphingosine kinases 1 and 2 and secretion of sphingosine 1-phosphate requires Fyn kinase and contributes to mast cell responses.

    Ana Olivera;Nicole Urtz;Kiyomi Mizugishi;Yumi Yamashita

  • VAMP-8 segregates mast cell-preformed mediator exocytosis from cytokine trafficking pathways.

    Neeraj Tiwari;Neeraj Tiwari;Cheng-Chun Wang;Cristiana Brochetta;Cristiana Brochetta;Gou Ke

  • Sphingolipids and the balancing of immune cell function: lessons from the mast cell.

    Ana Olivera;Juan Rivera

  • Evidence of a role for Munc18-2 and microtubules in mast cell granule exocytosis

    Sophie Martin-Verdeaux;Isabel Pombo;Bruno Iannascoli;Michèle Roa

Frequent Co-Authors

Ana Olivera
Ana Olivera National Institutes of Health
Ulrich Blank
Ulrich Blank Université Paris Cité
John J. Ryan
John J. Ryan Virginia Commonwealth University
Alasdair M. Gilfillan
Alasdair M. Gilfillan National Institutes of Health
Richard L. Proia
Richard L. Proia National Institutes of Health
César Picado
César Picado University of Barcelona
Claudio Tripodo
Claudio Tripodo FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology
Mario P. Colombo
Mario P. Colombo Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
John J. O'Shea
John J. O'Shea National Institutes of Health
Sarah Spiegel
Sarah Spiegel Virginia Commonwealth University

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