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Overview

María A. Moro is affiliated with the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.) located in Madrid, Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions in subfields such as Neurology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their work focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • S100 Proteins and Annexins
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Immune cells in cancer

María A. Moro has been frequently published in venues such as:

  • Stroke
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • British Journal of Pharmacology
  • IBRO Neuroscience Reports
  • Acta Ophthalmologica

Recent notable papers include:

  • Programmed 'disarming' of the neutrophil proteome reduces the magnitude of inflammation, 2020, Nature Immunology
  • The neurovascular unit and systemic biology in stroke - implications for translation and treatment, 2022, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • Safety and Efficacy of ApTOLL in Patients With Ischemic Stroke Undergoing Endovascular Treatment, 2023, JAMA Neurology
  • Post-stroke Neurogenesis: Friend or Foe?, 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Pathophysiological and pharmacological relevance of TLR4 in peripheral immune cells after stroke, 2021, Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Ignacio Lizasoaín
  • María Isabel Cuartero
  • Alicia García-Culebras
  • Jesús M. Pradillo
  • Carmen Nieto-Vaquero

Best Publications

  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 Is Involved in Brain Damage and Inflammation After Experimental Stroke

    Javier R. Caso;Jesús M. Pradillo;Olivia Hurtado;Pedro Lorenzo

  • Neutrophils scan for activated platelets to initiate inflammation

    Vinatha Sreeramkumar;José M. Adrover;Ivan Ballesteros;Maria Isabel Cuartero

  • cGMP mediates the vascular and platelet actions of nitric oxide: confirmation using an inhibitor of the soluble guanylyl cyclase

    Maria A. Moro;Rachel J. Russell;Selim Cellek;Ignacio Lizasoain

  • Statin treatment withdrawal in ischemic stroke: A controlled randomized study

    M. Blanco;F. Nombela;M. Castellanos;M. Rodriguez-Yáñez

  • Paradoxical fate and biological action of peroxynitrite on human platelets

    María Ángeles Moro;Victor M. Darley-Usmar;David A. Goodwin;Nicholas G. Read

  • Glutathione depletion, lipid peroxidation and mitochondrial dysfunction are induced by chronic stress in rat brain.

    José L.M Madrigal;Raquel Olivenza;Marı́a A Moro;Ignacio Lizasoain

  • A Neutrophil Timer Coordinates Immune Defense and Vascular Protection

    Jose M Adrover;Carlos del Fresno;Georgiana Crainiciuc;Maria Isabel Cuartero

  • Nitric oxide and peroxynitrite exert distinct effects on mitochondrial respiration which are differentially blocked by glutathione or glucose

    Ignacio Lizasoain;Maria A. Moro;Richard G. Knowles;Victor Darley-Usmar

  • Role of nitric oxide after brain ischaemia.

    M.A Moro;A Cárdenas;O Hurtado;J.C Leza

  • The Increase of Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells After Acute Ischemic Stroke Is Associated With Good Outcome

    Tomás Sobrino;Olivia Hurtado;María Ángeles Moro;Manuel Rodríguez-Yáñez

  • N2 Neutrophils, Novel Players in Brain Inflammation After Stroke Modulation by the PPARγ Agonist Rosiglitazone

    María Isabel Cuartero;Iván Ballesteros;Ana Moraga;Florentino Nombela

  • Chronic stress induces the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in rat brain cortex.

    Raquel Olivenza;María A. Moro;Ignacio Lizasoain;Pedro Lorenzo

  • Mitochondrial respiratory chain and free radical generation in stroke.

    María A Moro;Angeles Almeida;Juan P Bolaños;Ignacio Lizasoain

  • Neuroprotection afforded by prior citicoline administration in experimental brain ischemia: effects on glutamate transport.

    Olivia Hurtado;María A. Moro;Antonio Cárdenas;Verónica Sánchez

  • The Increase in TNF-α Levels Is Implicated in NF-κB Activation and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression in Brain Cortex after Immobilization Stress

    José L M Madrigal;Olivia Hurtado;María A Moro;Ignacio Lizasoain

  • Programmed ‘disarming’ of the neutrophil proteome reduces the magnitude of inflammation

    Jose M. Adrover;Alejandra Aroca-Crevillén;Georgiana Crainiciuc;Fernando Ostos

  • Silent Information Regulator 1 Protects the Brain Against Cerebral Ischemic Damage

    Macarena Hernández-Jiménez;Olivia Hurtado;María I. Cuartero;Iván Ballesteros

  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 Is Involved in Subacute Stress–Induced Neuroinflammation and in the Worsening of Experimental Stroke

    Javier R. Caso;Jesus M. Pradillo;Olivia Hurtado;Juan C. Leza

  • The formation of nitric oxide donors from peroxynitrite.

    M. A. Moro;V. M. Darley-Usmar;I. Lizasoain;Yunchao Su

  • Rational modulation of the innate immune system for neuroprotection in ischemic stroke.

    Diana Amantea;Giuseppe Micieli;Cristina Tassorelli;María I. Cuartero

  • Inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in brain cortex after acute restraint stress is regulated by nuclear factor kappaB-mediated mechanisms.

    José L. M. Madrigal;María A. Moro;Ignacio Lizasoain;Pedro Lorenzo

Frequent Co-Authors

Ignacio Lizasoain
Ignacio Lizasoain Complutense University of Madrid
Juan C. Leza
Juan C. Leza Complutense University of Madrid
José Castillo
José Castillo University of Santiago de Compostela
Antoni Dávalos
Antoni Dávalos Autonomous University of Barcelona
Lisardo Boscá
Lisardo Boscá Autonomous University of Madrid
Marek W. Radomski
Marek W. Radomski University of Saskatchewan
Andrés Hidalgo
Andrés Hidalgo Yale University
Antonio Castrillo
Antonio Castrillo Spanish National Research Council
Victor M. Darley-Usmar
Victor M. Darley-Usmar University of Alabama at Birmingham
Salvador Moncada
Salvador Moncada University of Manchester

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