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Overview

Mónica De la Fuente is a researcher affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Their work spans multiple interconnected fields including neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broader domains, their subfields of study focus particularly on physiology, behavioral neuroscience, molecular biology, biological psychiatry, and neurology.

The scientist's research topics cover a wide range of themes related to aging, brain function, and metabolism. Among the primary topics are:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Their publication record includes several recent papers, notably:

  • "The Role of Immune Cells in Oxi-Inflamm-Aging," 2021, published in Cells
  • "Vitamin C and vitamin C plus E improve the immune function in the elderly," 2020, published in Experimental Gerontology
  • "Salivary lactoferrin as biomarker for Alzheimer's disease: Brain-immunity interactions," 2020, published in Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • "Daily ingestion of Akkermansia mucciniphila for one month promotes healthy aging and increases lifespan in old female mice," 2021, published in Biogerontology
  • "The Role of the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in the Health and Illness Condition: A Focus on Alzheimer's Disease," 2021, published in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Their frequent coauthors indicate active collaboration within a network of researchers, including Estefanía Díaz-Del Cerro, Judith Félix, Irene Martínez de Toda, António Garrido, and Noemí Ceprián.

The scientist's work is regularly published in a selection of journals aligned with their research areas, with frequent contributions to Biogerontology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Experimental Gerontology, Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, and Free Radical Biology and Medicine.

Best Publications

  • An update of the oxidation-inflammation theory of aging: the involvement of the immune system in oxi-inflamm-aging.

    Mónica De la Fuente;Jaime Miquel

  • Immune cells: free radicals and antioxidants in sepsis.

    Victor M. Victor;Milagros Rocha;Monica De la Fuente

  • Effects of antioxidants on immune system ageing.

    M De la Fuente

  • Anti-oxidants as modulators of immune function.

    M De la Fuente;V M Victor

  • Role of free radicals in sepsis: antioxidant therapy.

    Victor M Victor;Milagros Rocha;Juan V Esplugues;Monica De la Fuente

  • Immune function in aged women is improved by ingestion of vitamins C and E.

    M De la Fuente;M D Ferrández;M S Burgos;A Soler

  • The role of oxidative and inflammatory stress and persistent viral infections in immunosenescence

    Moisés Evandro Bauer;Mónica De la Fuente

  • Vitamin E ingestion improves several immune functions in elderly men and women.

    Monica De la Fuente;Angel Hernanz;Noelia Guayerbas;Victor Manuel Victor

  • The immune system in the oxidative stress conditions of aging and hypertension: favorable effects of antioxidants and physical exercise.

    M. De La Fuente;A. Hernanz;M.C. Vallejo

  • Impairment of several immune functions in anxious women.

    Lorena Arranz;Noelia Guayerbas;Mónica De la Fuente

  • Immune function parameters as markers of biological age and predictors of longevity.

    Irene Martínez de Toda;Ianire Maté;Carmen Vida;Julia Cruces

  • Dietary supplementation with antioxidants improves functions and decreases oxidative stress of leukocytes from prematurely aging mice.

    Carmen Alvarado;Pedro Álvarez;Marta Puerto;Nicolas Gausserès

  • Increase of Oxidation and Inflammation in Nervous and Immune Systems with Aging and Anxiety

    Carmen Vida;Eva M. Gonzalez;Monica De la Fuente

  • Role of the immune system in aging and longevity.

    Patricia Alonso-Fernández;Mónica De la Fuente

  • Modulation of phagocytic function in murine peritoneal macrophages by bombesin, gastrin-releasing peptide and neuromedin C.

    M De la Fuente;M Del Rio;M D Ferrandez;A Hernanz

  • Stimulation of murine peritoneal macrophage functions by neuropeptide Y and peptide YY. Involvement of protein kinase C.

    M De la Fuente;I Bernaez;M Del Rio;A Hernanz

  • Neutrophils of Centenarians Show Function Levels Similar to Those of Young Adults

    Patricia Alonso‐Fernández;Marta Puerto;Ianire Maté;José Manuel Ribera

  • N-acetylcysteine protects mice from lethal endotoxemia by regulating the redox state of immune cells.

    Victor M. Victor;Milagros Rocha;Monica De La Fuente

  • Ovariectomy, a model of menopause in rodents, causes a premature aging of the nervous and immune systems.

    I. Baeza;N.M. De Castro;L. Giménez-Llort;M. De la Fuente

  • Regulation of macrophage function by the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine in mouse-oxidative stress by endotoxin.

    Vı́ctor Manuel Vı́ctor;Milagros Rocha;Mónica De la Fuente

  • Differential effects of gastrin-releasing peptide, neuropeptide Y, somatostatin and vasoactive intestinal peptide on interleukin-1β, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α production by whole blood cells from healthy young and old subjects

    Angel Hernanz;Encarna Tato;Mónica De la Fuente;Eugenio de Miguel

  • Leukocyte function and life span in a murine model of premature immunosenescence.

    N Guayerbas;M Puerto;V.M Vı́ctor;J Miquel

  • Oxidative Stress, Inflammaging, and Immunosenescence

    Moisés Evandro Bauer;Mónica De la Fuente

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor M. Victor
Victor M. Victor University of Valencia
Rosa P. Gomariz
Rosa P. Gomariz Complutense University of Madrid
Moisés Evandro Bauer
Moisés Evandro Bauer Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Mario Delgado
Mario Delgado Spanish National Research Council
Reinald Pamplona
Reinald Pamplona University of Lleida
Manuel Elices
Manuel Elices Technical University of Madrid
Susanna Genedani
Susanna Genedani University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Rodney W. Johnson
Rodney W. Johnson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Wilson Savino
Wilson Savino Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser The Ohio State University

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