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Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme

Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme

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Immunology
Spain
2026

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Immunology

D-Index
91
Citations
28971
World Ranking
1041
National Ranking
9

Genetics

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89
Citations
28220
World Ranking
1123
National Ranking
14

Medicine

D-Index
92
Citations
29224
World Ranking
11370
National Ranking
159

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme is a researcher affiliated with the University of Granada in Spain. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a primary focus on medicine, particularly rheumatology, immunology, molecular biology, and genetics. Their published work contributes extensively to the understanding of systemic autoimmune diseases and related topics.

The scientist has authored numerous papers in several leading publication venues. Frequent venues include:

  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Rheumatology
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme's research encompasses a range of scientific fields, with a significant number of publications in medicine (190) and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology (87). Their specialized subfields of study include:

  • Rheumatology
  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Their main research topics reflect a detailed exploration of autoimmune and immune-related diseases. These topics are:

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme include:

  • PeacoQC: Peak-based selection of high quality cytometry data, 2021, Cytometry Part A
  • Genome-wide association study identifies Sjögren's risk loci with functional implications in immune and glandular cells, 2022, Nature Communications
  • A survey of gene expression meta-analysis: methods and applications, 2020, Briefings in Bioinformatics
  • Whole blood DNA methylation analysis reveals respiratory environmental traits involved in COVID-19 severity following SARS-CoV-2 infection, 2022, Nature Communications
  • A Summary on the Genetics of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Sclerosis, and Sjögren's Syndrome, 2022, Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology

Their collaborative work includes partnerships with several frequent co-authors, highlighting ongoing research relationships. These co-authors include:

  • Guillermo Barturen
  • Lorenzo Beretta
  • Jacques-Olivier Pers
  • Elena Carnero-Montoro
  • Daniel Toro-Domínguez

Best Publications

  • Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19

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  • Genome-wide association scan in women with systemic lupus erythematosus identifies susceptibility variants in ITGAM, PXK, KIAA1542 and other loci.

    John B. Harley;John B. Harley;John B. Harley;Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme;Lindsey A. Criswell;Chaim O. Jacob

  • Genetic association analyses implicate aberrant regulation of innate and adaptive immunity genes in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus

    James Bentham;David L. Morris;Deborah S. Cunninghame Graham;Christopher L. Pinder

  • A regulatory polymorphism in PDCD1 is associated with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus in humans

    Ludmila Prokunina;Casimiro Castillejo-López;Fredrik Öberg;Iva Gunnarsson

  • The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits

    Ji Chen;Ji Chen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Gaëlle Marenne;Gaëlle Marenne;Arushi Varshney

  • A common haplotype of interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) regulates splicing and expression and is associated with increased risk of systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Robert R. Graham;Robert R. Graham;Sergey V. Kozyrev;Emily C. Baechler;M. V.Prasad Linga Reddy

  • Ancestry informative marker sets for determining continental origin and admixture proportions in common populations in America

    Roman Kosoy;Rami Nassir;Chao Tian;Phoebe A. White

  • Functional variants in the B-cell gene BANK1 are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus

    Sergey V. Kozyrev;Anna Karin Abelson;Jerome Wojcik;Ammar Zaghlool

  • Familial aggregation of systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and other autoimmune diseases in 1,177 lupus patients from the GLADEL cohort.

    Donato Alarcón‐Segovia;Marta E. Alarcón‐Riquelme;Mario H. Cardiel;Francisco Caeiro

  • Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

    J.L. Min;G. Hemani;E. Hannon;K.F. Dekkers

  • Transancestral mapping and genetic load in systemic lupus erythematosus

    Carl D. Langefeld;Hannah C. Ainsworth;Deborah S. Cunninghame Graham;Jennifer A. Kelly

  • A nonsynonymous functional variant in integrin-alpha(M) (encoded by ITGAM) is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Swapan K. Nath;Shizhong Han;Xana Kim-Howard;Jennifer A. Kelly

  • Evaluation of the TREX1 gene in a large multi-ancestral lupus cohort

    B. Namjou;P. H. Kothari;J. A. Kelly;S. B. Glenn

  • Genomic Insights into the Ancestry and Demographic History of South America

    Julian R. Homburger;Andrés Moreno-Estrada;Andrés Moreno-Estrada;Christopher R. Gignoux;Dominic Nelson

  • Genes, epigenetic regulation and environmental factors: which is the most relevant in developing autoimmune diseases?

    Karen H. Costenbader;Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme;Luca Iaccarino

  • Association of a functional variant downstream of TNFAIP3 with systemic lupus erythematosus

    Indra Adrianto;Feng Wen;Amanda Templeton;Graham B. Wiley

  • Association of systemic lupus erythematosus with decreased immunosuppressive potential of the IgG glycome

    Frano Vučković;Jasminka Krištić;Ivan Gudelj;Maria Teruel

  • Immunochip Analysis Identifies Multiple Susceptibility Loci for Systemic Sclerosis

    Maureen D. Mayes;Lara Bossini-Castillo;Olga Gorlova;José Ezequiel Martin

  • A susceptibility locus for human systemic lupus erythematosus (hSLE1) on chromosome 2q.

    Anna-Karin B Lindqvist;Kristján Steinsson;Bo Johanneson;Helga Kristjánsdóttir

  • Association of Genetic Variants in Complement Factor H and Factor H-Related Genes with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Susceptibility

    Jian Zhao;Hui Wu;Melanie Khosravi;Huijuan Cui

  • Differential genetic associations for systemic lupus erythematosus based on anti-dsDNA autoantibody production.

    Sharon A. Chung;Kimberly E. Taylor;Robert R. Graham;Joanne Nititham

  • Association of the PD-1.3A allele of the PDCD1 gene in patients with rheumatoid arthritis negative for rheumatoid factor and the shared epitope.

    Ludmila Prokunina;Leonid Padyukov;Anna Bennet;Ulf De Faire

Frequent Co-Authors

John B. Harley
John B. Harley United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Kenneth M. Kaufman
Kenneth M. Kaufman Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Judith A. James
Judith A. James Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Timothy J. Vyse
Timothy J. Vyse King's College London
Patrick M. Gaffney
Patrick M. Gaffney Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Jennifer A. Kelly
Jennifer A. Kelly Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Robert P. Kimberly
Robert P. Kimberly University of Alabama at Birmingham
Carl D. Langefeld
Carl D. Langefeld Wake Forest University
Chaim O. Jacob
Chaim O. Jacob University of Southern California
Lindsey A. Criswell
Lindsey A. Criswell National Institutes of Health

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