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Margarita López-Trascasa

Margarita López-Trascasa

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Immunology

D-Index
43
Citations
8137
World Ranking
4832
National Ranking
67

Overview

Margarita López-Trascasa is a researcher affiliated with the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain. Their work spans multiple fields within biomedical sciences, focusing principally on Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. The subfields most frequently covered in their publications include Immunology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Hematology.

Their research topics are diverse, with particular attention to Nuclear Structure and Function, the Complement system in diseases, and aspects related to Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema. Additionally, they have explored Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms, Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, and current relevant issues such as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

López-Trascasa has published extensively in several scientific journals. The venues where they have appeared most frequently include:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • Frontiers in Allergy
  • Diabetes
  • European Journal of Immunology

Among their recent papers are:

  • SERPING1 Variants and C1-INH Biological Function: A Close Relationship With C1-INH-HAE (2022, Frontiers in Allergy)
  • Deregulated cellular circuits driving immunoglobulins and complement consumption associate with the severity of COVID-19 patients (2020, European Journal of Immunology)
  • Characterization and Clinical Association of Autoantibodies Against Perilipin 1 in Patients With Acquired Generalized Lipodystrophy (2022, Diabetes)
  • Newborn Screening for Presymptomatic Diagnosis of Complement and Phagocyte Deficiencies (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • Immunological features of patients affected by Barraquer-Simons syndrome (2020, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases)

Their collaborative network includes several frequent co-authors, such as:

  • Alberto López-Lera
  • Fernando Corvillo
  • Pilar Nozal
  • David Araújo-Vilar
  • Giovanni Ceccarini

Margarita López-Trascasa's contribution to scientific knowledge encompasses important aspects of immunology related to complement systems and coagulation, as well as clinical implications for diseases such as hereditary angioedema, lipodystrophy, and infectious diseases including COVID-19. Their interdisciplinary approach integrates genetics, molecular biology, and immunology, reflecting the complexity of conditions related to immune dysfunction and metabolic regulation.

Best Publications

  • Hereditary and acquired angioedema: problems and progress: proceedings of the third C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency workshop and beyond.

    Angelo Agostoni;Emel Aygören-Pürsün;Karen E. Binkley;Alvaro Blanch

  • The human complement factor H: functional roles, genetic variations and disease associations.

    Santiago Rodrı́guez de Córdoba;Jorge Esparza-Gordillo;Elena Goicoechea de Jorge;Margarita Lopez-Trascasa

  • Gain-of-function mutations in complement factor B are associated with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.

    Elena Goicoechea de Jorge;Claire L. Harris;Jorge Esparza-Gordillo;Luis Carreras

  • Predisposition to atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome involves the concurrence of different susceptibility alleles in the regulators of complement activation gene cluster in 1q32

    Jorge Esparza-Gordillo;Elena Goicoechea de Jorge;Alfonso Buil;Luis Carreras Berges

  • Hereditary angioedema due to C1 inhibitor deficiency: patient registry and approach to the prevalence in Spain.

    Olga Roche;Alvaro Blanch;Teresa Caballero;Noelia Sastre

  • Structural and functional characterization of factor H mutations associated with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome

    Pilar Sánchez-Corral;Pilar Sánchez-Corral;David Pérez-Caballero;Olatz Huarte;Ari M. Simckes

  • Characterization of complement factor H-related (CFHR) proteins in plasma reveals novel genetic variations of CFHR1 associated with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.

    Cynthia Abarrategui-Garrido;Rubén Martínez-Barricarte;Margarita López-Trascasa;Santiago Rodríguez de Córdoba

  • The interactive Factor H-atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome mutation database and website: update and integration of membrane cofactor protein and Factor I mutations with structural models.

    Rebecca E. Saunders;Cynthia Abarrategui-Garrido;Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi;Elena Goicoechea de Jorge

  • High prevalence of anti-C1q antibodies in biopsy-proven active lupus nephritis

    Marten Trendelenburg;Margarita Lopez-Trascasa;Eliska Potlukova;Solange Moll

  • Functional analysis in serum from atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome patients reveals impaired protection of host cells associated with mutations in factor H

    P Sánchez-Corral;C González-Rubio;S Rodríguez de Córdoba;M López-Trascasa

  • IgA glomerulonephritis (Berger's disease): evidence of high serum levels of polymeric IgA.

    M L Trascasa;J Egido;J Sancho;L Hernando

  • Insights into hemolytic uremic syndrome: segregation of three independent predisposition factors in a large, multiple affected pedigree.

    Jorge Esparza-Gordillo;Elena Goicoechea de Jorge;Cynthia Abarrategui Garrido;Luis Carreras

  • Consensus statement on the diagnosis, management, and treatment of angioedema mediated by bradykinin. Part I. Classification, epidemiology, pathophysiology, genetics, clinical symptoms, and diagnosis.

    T Caballero;M L Baeza;R Cabañas;A Campos

  • Consensus statement on the diagnosis, management, and treatment of angioedema mediated by bradykinin. Part II. Treatment, follow-up, and special situations.

    T Caballero;M L Baeza;R Cabañas;A Campos

  • Metallopeptidase activities in hereditary angioedema: Effect of androgen prophylaxis on plasma aminopeptidase P

    Christian Drouet;Anik Désormeaux;Josée Robillard;Denise Ponard

  • Elevated factor H-related protein 1 and factor H pathogenic variants decrease complement regulation in IgA nephropathy.

    Agustín Tortajada;Eduardo Gutiérrez;Elena Goicoechea de Jorge;Jaouad Anter

  • Functional C1-inhibitor diagnostics in hereditary angioedema: Assay evaluation and recommendations

    Ineke G A Wagenaar-Bos;Christian Drouet;Emel Aygören-Pursun;Konrad Bork

  • Sensitive and specific assays for C3 nephritic factors clarify mechanisms underlying complement dysregulation

    Danielle Paixao-Cavalcante;Margarita Lopez-Trascasa;Lillemor Melander Skattum;Patricia C. Giclas

  • First case of homozygous C1 inhibitor deficiency.

    Alvaro Blanch;Olga Roche;Ignacio Urrutia;Pedro Gamboa

  • Complement Mutations in Diacylglycerol Kinase-ε–Associated Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

    Daniel Sánchez Chinchilla;Sheila Pinto;Bernd Hoppe;Marta Adragna

  • A possible common pathogenesis of the mesangial IgA glomerulonephritis in patients with Berger's disease and Schönlein-Henoch syndrome.

    J Egido;J Sancho;F Mampaso;M Lopez Trascasa

  • Anti-IgA antibodies in selective IgA deficiency and in primary immunodeficient patients treated with γ-globulin

    Antonio Ferreira;Maria Cruz Garcia Rodriguez;Margarita Lopez-Trascasa;Dora Pascual Salcedo

  • Complement factor I deficiency: a not so rare immune defect: characterization of new mutations and the first large gene deletion

    María Alba-Domínguez;Alberto López-Lera;Sofía Garrido;Pilar Nozal

Frequent Co-Authors

Santiago Rodríguez de Córdoba
Santiago Rodríguez de Córdoba Spanish National Research Council
Claire L. Harris
Claire L. Harris Newcastle University
B. Paul Morgan
B. Paul Morgan Cardiff University
Mihály Józsi
Mihály Józsi Eötvös Loránd University
Lennart Truedsson
Lennart Truedsson Lund University
Marco Cicardi
Marco Cicardi University of Milan
Zoltán Prohászka
Zoltán Prohászka Semmelweis University
Mario Tosi
Mario Tosi University of Rouen
Jürg A. Schifferli
Jürg A. Schifferli University Hospital of Basel
Timothy H.J. Goodship
Timothy H.J. Goodship Newcastle University

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