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Overview

Julio Gálvez is currently affiliated with the University of Granada in Spain, focusing on research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly work spans diverse subfields including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Plant Science.

The scientist's research frequently addresses topics related to gut microbiota and health, probiotics and fermented foods, diet and metabolism studies, dietary effects on health, inflammatory bowel disease, adipokines, inflammation, metabolic diseases, and gastrointestinal motility and disorders.

Gálvez has contributed multiple papers to well-known scientific venues. Select recent publications include:

  • Ulcerative colitis: Gut microbiota, immunopathogenesis and application of natural products in animal models, 2020, Life Sciences
  • Lactobacillus fermentum CECT5716 ameliorates high fat diet-induced obesity in mice through modulation of gut microbiota dysbiosis, 2021, Pharmacological Research
  • Silk fibroin nanoparticles enhance quercetin immunomodulatory properties in DSS-induced mouse colitis, 2021, International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Polyphenols from food by-products: An alternative or complementary therapy to IBD conventional treatments, 2020, Food Research International
  • Novel Horizons in Postbiotics: Lactobacillaceae Extracellular Vesicles and Their Applications in Health and Disease, 2022, Nutrients

Frequent collaboration partners include Alba Rodríguez-Nogales, Maria Elena Rodríguez-Cabezas, Antonio Jesús Ruiz-Malagón, Teresa Vezza, and Patricia Diez-Echave. The majority of Gálvez's work is published in venues such as Nutrients, Antioxidants, Frontiers in Pharmacology, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, and Pharmacological Research.

In addition to journal publications, Julio Gálvez has contributed to book publications, including the title "Ciudad compacta y diversa" released in 2025 by Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (México). Unidad Azcapotzalco. eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Minocycline: far beyond an antibiotic.

    N Garrido-Mesa;A Zarzuelo;J Gálvez

  • In vivo quercitrin anti-inflammatory effect involves release of quercetin, which inhibits inflammation through down-regulation of the NF-kappaB pathway.

    Mònica Comalada;Desirée Camuesco;Saleta Sierra;Isabel Ballester

  • Inhibition of pro-inflammatory markers in primary bone marrow-derived mouse macrophages by naturally occurring flavonoids: analysis of the structure-activity relationship.

    Mònica Comalada;Isabel Ballester;Elvira Bailón;Saleta Sierra

  • Antidiarrhoeic activity of Euphorbia hirta extract and isolation of an active flavonoid constituent

    J. Galvez;A. Zarzuelo;M. E. Crespo;M. D. Lorente

  • Role of Th17 Cells in the Pathogenesis of Human IBD.

    Julio Gálvez

  • The intestinal anti-inflammatory effect of quercitrin is associated with an inhibition in iNOS expression

    Desiree Camuesco;Monica Comalada;M Elena Rodríguez-Cabezas;Ana Nieto

  • Effects of dietary fiber on inflammatory bowel disease.

    Julio Galvez;M. Elena Rodríguez-Cabezas;Antonio Zarzuelo

  • The effects of short-chain fatty acids on colon epithelial proliferation and survival depend on the cellular phenotype

    Mònica Comalada;Elvira Bailón;Oscar de Haro;Federico Lara-Villoslada

  • Dietary olive oil supplemented with fish oil, rich in EPA and DHA (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids, attenuates colonic inflammation in rats with DSS-induced colitis

    Desirée Camuesco;Julio Gálvez;Ana Nieto;Mònica Comalada

  • Flavonoids in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Review

    Teresa Vezza;Alba Rodríguez-Nogales;Francesca Algieri;Maria Pilar Utrilla

  • Anti-inflammatory activity of diosmin and hesperidin in rat colitis induced by TNBS.

    M. E. Crespo;J. Gálvez;T. Cruz;M. A. Ocete

  • Oligosaccharides isolated from goat milk reduce intestinal inflammation in a rat model of dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis.

    Federico Lara-Villoslada;Elisabeth Debras;Ana Nieto;Angel Concha

  • A comparative study of the preventative effects exerted by two probiotics, Lactobacillus reuteri and Lactobacillus fermentum, in the trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid model of rat colitis

    Laura Peran;Saleta Sierra;Mònica Comalada;Federico Lara-Villoslada

  • Anti-inflammatory activity of the essential oil of Bupleurum fruticescens.

    S. Martin;E. Padilla;M. A. Ocete;J. Galvez

  • Intestinal Anti-inflammatory Effects of Outer Membrane Vesicles from Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 in DSS-Experimental Colitis in Mice.

    María-José Fábrega;Alba Rodríguez-Nogales;José Garrido-Mesa;Francesca Algieri

  • Lactobacillus fermentum , a probiotic capable to release glutathione, prevents colonic inflammation in the TNBS model of rat colitis

    Laura Peran;Desiree Camuesco;Monica Comalada;Ana Nieto

  • Intestinal anti-inflammatory activity of morin on chronic experimental colitis in the rat.

    J. Gálvez;G. Coelho;M. E. Crespo;T. Cruz

  • Antihypertensive effects of probiotics Lactobacillus strains in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

    Manuel Gómez-Guzmán;Marta Toral;Miguel Romero;Rosario Jiménez

  • Differential intestinal anti-inflammatory effects of Lactobacillus fermentum and Lactobacillus salivarius in DSS mouse colitis: impact on microRNAs expression and microbiota composition.

    Alba Rodríguez-Nogales;Francesca Algieri;Jose Garrido-Mesa;Teresa Vezza

  • Preventative effects of a probiotic, Lactobacillus salivarius ssp. salivarius, in the TNBS model of rat colitis

    Laura Peran;Desiree Camuesco;Monica Comalada;Ana Nieto

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Zarzuelo
Antonio Zarzuelo University of Granada
Jordi Xaus
Jordi Xaus Oryzon Genomics (Spain)
Antonio Segura-Carretero
Antonio Segura-Carretero University of Granada
Francisco Perez-Vizcaino
Francisco Perez-Vizcaino Complutense University of Madrid
Vicente Micol
Vicente Micol Miguel Hernandez University
Richard F. Lockey
Richard F. Lockey University of South Florida
Margitta Worm
Margitta Worm Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Gianenrico Senna
Gianenrico Senna University of Verona
Huub F. J. Savelkoul
Huub F. J. Savelkoul Wageningen University & Research
F. Estelle R. Simons
F. Estelle R. Simons University of Manitoba

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