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58
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14542
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2073
National Ranking
31

Overview

Miguel Torres is affiliated with the Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research in Spain. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional contributions in medicine.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, Miguel Torres has specialized subfields of study such as molecular biology, epidemiology, oncology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and cell biology.

  • Molecular Biology
  • Epidemiology
  • Oncology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Cell Biology

The core topics of their research focus on congenital heart defects, CRISPR and genetic engineering, developmental biology and gene regulation, genomics and chromatin dynamics, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, pluripotent stem cells research, and the lymphatic system and diseases.

  • Congenital heart defects research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Lymphatic System and Diseases

Miguel Torres has published extensively, with frequent contributions to venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), the Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, Development, Developmental Cell, and Nature Communications.

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
  • Development
  • Developmental Cell
  • Nature Communications

Selected publications demonstrate the range and focus of their research:

  • A Network of Macrophages Supports Mitochondrial Homeostasis in the Heart (2020, Cell)
  • Lymphoangiocrine signals promote cardiac growth and repair (2020, Nature)
  • A Second Heart Field-Derived Vasculogenic Niche Contributes to Cardiac Lymphatics (2020, Developmental Cell)
  • Control of mouse limb initiation and antero-posterior patterning by Meis transcription factors (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Proximo-distal positional information encoded by an Fgf-regulated gradient of homeodomain transcription factors in the vertebrate limb (2020, Science Advances)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, reflecting ongoing partnerships that contribute to their research output.

  • Susana Temiño
  • Morena Raiola
  • Miquel Sendra
  • Irene Delgado
  • Fátima Sánchez-Cabo

Best Publications

  • Pax-2 controls multiple steps of urogenital development

    Miguel Torres;Emilia Gómez-Pardo;Gregory R. Dressler;Peter Gruss

  • The Pax4 gene is essential for differentiation of insulin-producing beta cells In the mammalian pancreas

    Beatriz Sosa-Pineda;Kamal Chowdhury;Miguel Torres;Guillermo Oliver

  • Pax2 contributes to inner ear patterning and optic nerve trajectory

    M. Torres;E. Gomez-Pardo;P. Gruss

  • A Network of Macrophages Supports Mitochondrial Homeostasis in the Heart

    José A. Nicolás-Ávila;Ana V. Lechuga-Vieco;Lorena Esteban-Martínez;María Sánchez-Díaz

  • Effects of silymarin in alcoholic patients with cirrhosis of the liver: results of a controlled, double-blind, randomized and multicenter trial

    Albert Parés;Ramón Planas;Miguel Torres;Joan Caballería

  • Extensive scar formation and regression during heart regeneration after cryoinjury in zebrafish

    Juan Manuel González-Rosa;Víctor Martín;Marina Peralta;Miguel Torres

  • Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal and Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition From Cardiovascular Development to Disease

    Jason C. Kovacic;Nadia Mercader;Miguel Torres;Manfred Boehm

  • The development of the vertebrate inner ear

    Miguel Torres;Fernando Giráldez

  • Dysgenesis of cephalic neural crest derivatives in Pax7(-/-) mutant mice

    Ahmed Mansouri;Anastasia Stoykova;Miguel Torres;Peter Gruss

  • Myc-driven endogenous cell competition in the early mammalian embryo

    Cristina Clavería;Giovanna Giovinazzo;Rocío Sierra;Miguel Torres

  • Opposing RA and FGF signals control proximodistal vertebrate limb development through regulation of Meis genes.

    Nadia Mercader;Esther Leonardo;María Elisa Piedra;Carlos Martínez-A

  • Conserved regulation of proximodistal limb axis development by Meis1/Hth

    Nadia Mercader;Esther Leonardo;Natalia Azpiazu;Antonio Serrano

  • Targeted mutation of the murine goosecoid gene results in craniofacial defects and neonatal death

    G. Yamada;Ahmed Mansouri;M. Torres;E. T. Stuart

  • The homeodomain protein Meis1 is essential for definitive hematopoiesis and vascular patterning in the mouse embryo.

    Valeria Azcoitia;Miguel Aracil;Carlos Martínez-A;Miguel Torres

  • An alpha-E-catenin gene trap mutation defines its function in preimplantation development.

    Miguel Torres;Anastassia Stoykova;Otmar Huber;Kamal Chowdhury

  • CCR6-deficient mice have impaired leukocyte homeostasis and altered contact hypersensitivity and delayed-type hypersensitivity responses

    Rosa Varona;Ricardo Villares;Laura Carramolino;Íñigo Goya

  • SOCS3: an essential regulator of LIF receptor signaling in trophoblast giant cell differentiation.

    Yutaka Takahashi;Nick Carpino;James C. Cross;Miguel Torres

  • Ezh1 is required for hematopoietic stem cell maintenance and prevents senescence-like cell cycle arrest.

    Isabel Hidalgo;Antonio Herrera-Merchan;Jose Manuel Ligos;Laura Carramolino

  • Control of retinal ganglion cell axon growth: a new role for Sonic hedgehog

    Françoise Trousse;Elisa Martí;Peter Gruss;Miguel Torres

  • Cell Competition: Mechanisms and Physiological Roles.

    Cristina Clavería;Miguel Torres

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Gruss
Peter Gruss Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Carlos Martínez-A
Carlos Martínez-A Spanish National Research Council
James Sharpe
James Sharpe European Bioinformatics Institute
Kamal Chowdhury
Kamal Chowdhury Max Planck Society
Valentin Fuster
Valentin Fuster Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Guillermo Oliver
Guillermo Oliver Northwestern University
Ahmed Mansouri
Ahmed Mansouri Max Planck Society
Bertram Müller-Myhsok
Bertram Müller-Myhsok Max Planck Society
Juliane Winkelmann
Juliane Winkelmann Technical University of Munich
José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta
José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta Spanish National Research Council

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