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Manuel López-Cabrera is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on Medicine, with specific attention to Nephrology, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, and Molecular Biology.

They have contributed significantly to several topics, including:

  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Muscle and Compartmental Disorders
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment

Manuel López-Cabrera has published research extensively in notable venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Cancers
  • Science Translational Medicine

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Mechanisms of Peritoneal Fibrosis: Focus on Immune Cells-Peritoneal Stroma Interactions" (2021), published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Caveolin1 and YAP drive mechanically induced mesothelial to mesenchymal transition and fibrosis" (2020), published in Cell Death and Disease
  • "Mesothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Exosomes in Peritoneal Metastasis of Ovarian Cancer" (2021), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Mesothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Contributes to the Generation of Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblasts in Locally Advanced Primary Colorectal Carcinomas" (2020), published in Cancers
  • "Lithium preserves peritoneal membrane integrity by suppressing mesothelial cell αB-crystallin" (2021), published in Science Translational Medicine

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Pilar Sandoval
  • Guadalupe Tirma Gónzalez-Mateo
  • Lucía Pascual-Antón
  • Marta Ruiz-Ortega
  • José A. Jiménez-Heffernan

Best Publications

  • Peritoneal Dialysis and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition of Mesothelial Cells

    María Yáñez-Mó;Enrique Lara-Pezzi;Rafael Selgas;Marta Ramírez-Huesca

  • Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition and Peritoneal Membrane Failure in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: Pathologic Significance and Potential Therapeutic Interventions

    Luiz S. Aroeira;Abelardo Aguilera;José A. Sánchez-Tomero;M. Auxiliadora Bajo

  • Molecular cloning, expression, and chromosomal localization of the human earliest lymphocyte activation antigen AIM/CD69, a new member of the C-type animal lectin superfamily of signal-transmitting receptors.

    M López-Cabrera;A G Santis;E Fernández-Ruiz;R Blacher

  • Induction of tumor necrosis factor alpha production by human hepatocytes in chronic viral hepatitis.

    R González-Amaro;C García-Monzón;L García-Buey;R Moreno-Otero

  • Mesenchymal Conversion of Mesothelial Cells as a Mechanism Responsible for High Solute Transport Rate in Peritoneal Dialysis: Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

    Luiz S. Aroeira;Abelardo Aguilera;Rafael Selgas;Marta Ramírez-Huesca

  • The hepatitis B virus X protein promotes tumor cell invasion by inducing membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 expression

    Enrique Lara-Pezzi;Maria Victoria Gómez-Gaviro;Beatriz G. Gálvez;Emilia Mira

  • The Tight Junction-Associated Protein Occludin Is Required for a Postbinding Step in Hepatitis C Virus Entry and Infection

    Ignacio Benedicto;Francisca Molina-Jiménez;Birke Bartosch;François-Loïc Cosset;François-Loïc Cosset;François-Loïc Cosset

  • Inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in chronic viral hepatitis. Evidence for a virus-induced gene upregulation.

    P L Majano;C García-Monzón;M López-Cabrera;E Lara-Pezzi

  • Increased intrahepatic cyclooxygenase 2, matrix metalloproteinase 2, and matrix metalloproteinase 9 expression is associated with progressive liver disease in chronic hepatitis C virus infection: role of viral core and NS5A proteins

    O Núñez;A Fernández-Martínez;P L Majano;A Apolinario

  • Natural Plants Compounds as Modulators of Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition.

    Lorena Avila-Carrasco;Pedro Majano;José Antonio Sánchez-Toméro;Rafael Selgas

  • The hepatitis B virus X protein up‐regulates tumor necrosis factor α gene expression in hepatocytes

    Enrique Lara-Pezzi;Pedro L. Majano;Marta Gómez-Gonzalo;Carmelo García-Monzón

  • Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1-Alpha (HIF-1 Alpha) Is Induced during Reperfusion after Renal Ischemia and Is Critical for Proximal Tubule Cell Survival

    Elisa Conde;Laura Alegre;Ignacio Blanco-Sánchez;David Sáenz-Morales

  • Imperatorin Inhibits HIV-1 Replication through an Sp1-dependent Pathway

    Rocío Sancho;Nieves Márquez;Marta Gómez-Gonzalo;Marco A. Calzado

  • Multiple liver-specific factors bind to the hepatitis B virus core/pregenomic promoter: trans-activation and repression by CCAAT/enhancer binding protein.

    Manuel Lopez-Cabrera;John Letovsky;Ke-Qin Hu;Aleem Siddiqui

  • Transcriptional regulation of the gene encoding the human C-type lectin leukocyte receptor AIM/CD69 and functional characterization of its tumor necrosis factor-alpha-responsive elements.

    Manuel López-Cabrera;Eduardo Muñoz;M. Valle Blázquez;Maria A. Ursa

  • Immunohistochemical characterization of fibroblast subpopulations in normal peritoneal tissue and in peritoneal dialysis-induced fibrosis.

    José A. Jiménez-Heffernan;Abelardo Aguilera;Luiz S. Aroeira;Enrique Lara-Pezzi

  • Transcriptional factor C/EBP binds to and transactivates the enhancer element II of the hepatitis B virus.

    Manuel López-Cabrera;John Letovsky;Ke-Qin Hu;Aleem Siddiqui

  • Blocking TGF-β1 Protects the Peritoneal Membrane from Dialysate-Induced Damage

    Jesús Loureiro;Abelardo Aguilera;Rafael Selgas;Pilar Sandoval

  • Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of mesothelial cells is an early event during peritoneal dialysis and is associated with high peritoneal transport.

    G. del Peso;J.A. Jiménez-Heffernan;M.A. Bajo;L.S. Aroeira

  • Hepatitis C Virus Envelope Components Alter Localization of Hepatocyte Tight Junction-Associated Proteins and Promote Occludin Retention in the Endoplasmic Reticulum

    Ignacio Benedicto;Francisca Molina-Jiménez;Olga Barreiro;Alejandra Maldonado-Rodríguez

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco Sánchez-Madrid
Francisco Sánchez-Madrid Autonomous University of Madrid
Marta Ruiz-Ortega
Marta Ruiz-Ortega Autonomous University of Madrid
Jesús Prieto
Jesús Prieto University of Navarra
Alberto Ortiz
Alberto Ortiz Autonomous University of Madrid
François-Loïc Cosset
François-Loïc Cosset Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
María Yáñez-Mó
María Yáñez-Mó Spanish National Research Council
Dimitri Lavillette
Dimitri Lavillette Chinese Academy of Sciences
Angel L. Corbí
Angel L. Corbí Spanish National Research Council
Manuel Fresno
Manuel Fresno Autonomous University of Madrid
Carlos Cabañas
Carlos Cabañas Spanish National Research Council

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