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Biology and Biochemistry
Spain
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
12186
World Ranking
8395
National Ranking
145

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award

Overview

María A. Balboa is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Medicine. Key subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology, Surgery, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors, sphingolipid metabolism and signaling, cholesterol and lipid metabolism, fatty acid research and health, cancer-related lipids and metabolism, and the pharmacology of eicosanoids and hypertension.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Biomolecules
  • Biomedicines
  • Cells
  • Progress in Lipid Research
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by María A. Balboa are:

  • "Roles of Palmitoleic Acid and Its Positional Isomers, Hypogeic and Sapienic Acids, in Inflammation, Metabolic Diseases and Cancer", 2022, published in Cells
  • "Compartmentalized regulation of lipid signaling in oxidative stress and inflammation: Plasmalogens, oxidized lipids and ferroptosis as new paradigms of bioactive lipid research", 2022, published in Progress in Lipid Research
  • "Release of Anti-Inflammatory Palmitoleic Acid and Its Positional Isomers by Mouse Peritoneal Macrophages", 2020, published in Biomedicines
  • "Lipid Droplets, Phospholipase A2, Arachidonic Acid, and Atherosclerosis", 2021, published in Biomedicines
  • "Phospholipases: From Structure to Biological Function", 2021, published in Biomolecules

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research include:

  • Jesús Balsinde
  • Miguel A. Bermúdez
  • Alma M. Astudillo
  • Juan Pablo Rodríguez
  • Clara Meana

Best Publications

  • REGULATION AND INHIBITION OF PHOSPHOLIPASE A2

    Jesús Balsinde;María A. Balboa;Paul A. Insel;Edward A. Dennis

  • Cellular regulation and proposed biological functions of group VIA calcium-independent phospholipase A2 in activated cells.

    Jesús Balsinde;María A. Balboa

  • Control of free arachidonic acid levels by phospholipases A2 and lysophospholipid acyltransferases.

    Gema Pérez-Chacón;Alma M. Astudillo;David Balgoma;María A. Balboa

  • Antisense Inhibition of Group VI Ca2+-independent Phospholipase A2 Blocks Phospholipid Fatty Acid Remodeling in Murine P388D1 Macrophages

    Jesús Balsinde;Marı́a A. Balboa;Edward A. Dennis

  • Oxidative stress and arachidonic acid mobilization.

    María A. Balboa;Jesús Balsinde

  • Novel Group V Phospholipase A2 Involved in Arachidonic Acid Mobilization in Murine P388D1 Macrophages

    María A. Balboa;Jesús Balsinde;Michelle V. Winstead;Jay A. Tischfield

  • Functional coupling between secretory phospholipase A2 and cyclooxygenase-2 and its regulation by cytosolic group IV phospholipase A2

    Jesús Balsinde;María A. Balboa;Edward A. Dennis

  • Dynamics of arachidonic acid mobilization by inflammatory cells.

    Alma M. Astudillo;David Balgoma;María A. Balboa;Jesús Balsinde

  • Involvement of calcium-independent phospholipase A2 in hydrogen peroxide-induced accumulation of free fatty acids in human U937 cells

    Marı́a A. Balboa;Jesús Balsinde

  • Regulation of delayed prostaglandin production in activated P388D1 macrophages by group IV cytosolic and group V secretory phospholipase A2s

    Hiroyuki Shinohara;Marı́a A. Balboa;Christina A. Johnson;Jesús Balsinde

  • Identity between the Ca2+-independent Phospholipase A2 Enzymes from P388D1 Macrophages and Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells

    María A. Balboa;Jesús Balsinde;Simon S. Jones;Edward A. Dennis

  • Simultaneous activation of p38 and JNK by arachidonic acid stimulates the cytosolic phospholipase A2-dependent synthesis of lipid droplets in human monocytes

    Carlos Guijas;Gema Pérez-Chacón;Alma M. Astudillo;Julio M. Rubio

  • Bromoenol lactone promotes cell death by a mechanism involving phosphatidate phosphohydrolase-1 rather than calcium-independent phospholipase A2.

    Lucía Fuentes;Rebeca Pérez;María L. Nieto;Jesús Balsinde

  • Blockade of arachidonic acid incorporation into phospholipids induces apoptosis in U937 promonocytic cells

    Rebeca Pérez;Xavier Matabosch;Amadeu Llebaria;María A. Balboa

  • Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate Anchors Cytosolic Group IVA Phospholipase A2 to Perinuclear Membranes and Decreases Its Calcium Requirement for Translocation in Live Cells

    Javier Casas;Miguel A. Gijón;Ana G. Vigo;Mariano Sánchez Crespo

  • Coordinate Regulation of TLR-Mediated Arachidonic Acid Mobilization in Macrophages by Group IVA and Group V Phospholipase A2s

    Violeta Ruipérez;Alma M. Astudillo;María A. Balboa;Jesús Balsinde

  • Subcellular Localization and Role of Lipin-1 in Human Macrophages

    Martín Valdearcos;Esperanza Esquinas;Clara Meana;Luis Gil-de-Gómez

  • Calcium-independent phospholipase A2 and apoptosis

    Jesús Balsinde;Rebeca Pérez;María A. Balboa

  • Lipin-2 Reduces Proinflammatory Signaling Induced by Saturated Fatty Acids in Macrophages

    Martín Valdearcos;Esperanza Esquinas;Clara Meana;Lucía Peña

  • Markers of Monocyte Activation Revealed by Lipidomic Profiling of Arachidonic Acid-Containing Phospholipids

    David Balgoma;Alma M. Astudillo;Gema Pérez-Chacón;Olimpio Montero

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesús Balsinde
Jesús Balsinde Spanish National Research Council
Edward A. Dennis
Edward A. Dennis University of California, San Diego
Miguel López-Botet
Miguel López-Botet Pompeu Fabra University
Paul A. Insel
Paul A. Insel University of California, San Diego
George Kokotos
George Kokotos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Francisco Sánchez-Madrid
Francisco Sánchez-Madrid Autonomous University of Madrid
Mark H. Ellisman
Mark H. Ellisman University of California, San Diego
Makoto Murakami
Makoto Murakami University of Tokyo
Eliezer Masliah
Eliezer Masliah National Institutes of Health
Isabel Varela-Nieto
Isabel Varela-Nieto Spanish National Research Council

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