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Matías A. Avila

Matías A. Avila

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
15710
World Ranking
6416
National Ranking
102

Overview

Matías A. Avila is affiliated with the University of Navarra in Spain and has a research focus spanning medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their contributions cover a range of subfields including molecular biology, surgery, epidemiology, oncology, and hepatology.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to liver disease, cancer, and molecular mechanisms, with a strong emphasis on epigenetics and RNA modifications. Key areas of study include:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Liver physiology and pathology
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease

Matías Avila's frequent co-authors include Maite G. Fernández-Barrena, Carmen Berasain, María Arechederra, Maria Luz Martínez-Chantar, and José J.G. Marín.

Their research has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Hepatology (46 publications)
  • Cancers (10 publications)
  • Gut (10 publications)
  • Hepatology (7 publications)
  • Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry (5 publications)

Some of the recent publications authored or co-authored by Matías A. Avila include:

  • Epigenetics in hepatocellular carcinoma development and therapy: The tip of the iceberg, 2020, JHEP Reports
  • Epigenetic remodelling in human hepatocellular carcinoma, 2022, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
  • The TGF-β Pathway: A Pharmacological Target in Hepatocellular Carcinoma?, 2021, Cancers
  • Epigenetic mechanisms and metabolic reprogramming in fibrogenesis: dual targeting of G9a and DNMT1 for the inhibition of liver fibrosis, 2020, Gut
  • Loss of liver function in chronic liver disease: An identity crisis, 2022, Journal of Hepatology

Best Publications

  • Methionine adenosyltransferase 1A knockout mice are predisposed to liver injury and exhibit increased expression of genes involved in proliferation

    Shelly C. Lu;Luis Alvarez;Zong-Zhi Huang;Lixin Chen

  • S-Adenosylmethionine: a control switch that regulates liver function

    José M. Mato;Fernando J. Corrales;Shelly C. Lu;Matías A. Avila

  • New therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma.

    M A Avila;C Berasain;B Sangro;J Prieto

  • Inflammation and liver cancer: new molecular links .

    C. Berasain;J. Castillo;M.J. Perugorria;M.U. Latasa

  • Reduced mRNA abundance of the main enzymes involved in methionine metabolism in human liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Matías A Avila;Carmen Berasain;Luis Torres;Antonio Martín-Duce

  • Spontaneous oxidative stress and liver tumors in mice lacking methionine adenosyltransferase 1A.

    Maria L. Martínez-Chantar;Fernando J. Corrales;L. Alfonso Martínez-Cruz;Elena R. García-Trevijano

  • Quercetin Mediates the Down-Regulation of Mutant p53 in the Human Breast Cancer Cell Line MDA-MB468

    Matías A. Avila;Juan A. Velasco;José Cansado;Vicente Notario

  • Changes in methionine adenosyltransferase and S-adenosylmethionine homeostasis in alcoholic rat liver

    Shelly C. Lu;Zong-Zhi Huang;Heping Yang;José M. Mato

  • Amphiregulin: an early trigger of liver regeneration in mice.

    Carmen Berasain;Elena R. García-Trevijano;Josefa Castillo;Elena Erroba

  • Functional proteomics of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: Mitochondrial proteins as targets of S-adenosylmethionine

    Enrique Santamaría;Matías A. Avila;M. Ujue Latasa;Angel Rubio

  • Identification of fibroblast growth factor 15 as a novel mediator of liver regeneration and its application in the prevention of post-resection liver failure in mice

    Iker Uriarte;Maite G Fernandez-Barrena;Maria J Monte;Maria U Latasa

  • Systemic messenger RNA as an etiological treatment for acute intermittent porphyria.

    Lei Jiang;Pedro Berraondo;Pedro Berraondo;Daniel Jericó;Lin T Guey

  • Amphiregulin Contributes to the Transformed Phenotype of Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells

    Josefa Castillo;Elena Erroba;María J. Perugorría;Mónica Santamaría

  • S-adenosylmethionine and methylthioadenosine are antiapoptotic in cultured rat hepatocytes but proapoptotic in human hepatoma cells

    Eduardo Ansorena;Elena R. García-Trevijano;Maria L. Martínez-Chantar;Zong-Zhi Huang

  • The EGFR signalling system in the liver: from hepatoprotection to hepatocarcinogenesis

    Carmen Berasain;Matías A. Avila

  • S-Adenosylmethionine regulates MAT1A and MAT2A gene expression in cultured rat hepatocytes: a new role for S-adenosylmethionine in the maintenance of the differentiated status of the liver

    Elena R. GarcÍa-Trevijano;M. Ujue Latasa;M. Victoria Carretero;Carmen Berasain

  • Gut roundtable meeting paper: selected recent advances in hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Alexander Gerbes;Fabien Zoulim;Herbert Tilg;Jean François Dufour

  • Defective HNF4alpha-dependent gene expression as a driver of hepatocellular failure in alcoholic hepatitis.

    Josepmaria Argemi;Josepmaria Argemi;Maria U. Latasa;Stephen R. Atkinson;Ilya O. Blokhin

  • The epidermal growth factor receptor ligand amphiregulin participates in the development of mouse liver fibrosis

    Maria J. Perugorria;M. Ujue Latasa;Alexandra Nicou;Hugo Cartagena-Lirola

  • Novel Role for Amphiregulin in Protection from Liver Injury

    Carmen Berasain;Elena R. García-Trevijano;Josefa Castillo;Elena Erroba

Frequent Co-Authors

José M. Mato
José M. Mato CIC bioGUNE
Jesús Prieto
Jesús Prieto University of Navarra
Jose J.G. Marin
Jose J.G. Marin University of Salamanca
Bruno Sangro
Bruno Sangro University of Navarra
Shelly C. Lu
Shelly C. Lu Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Isabel Varela-Nieto
Isabel Varela-Nieto Spanish National Research Council
Felipe Prosper
Felipe Prosper University of Navarra
José A. Rodríguez
José A. Rodríguez Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo
José C. Fernández-Checa
José C. Fernández-Checa University of Southern California
Francesc Villarroya
Francesc Villarroya University of Barcelona

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