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Pablo Pelegrín

Pablo Pelegrín

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
17376
World Ranking
8160
National Ranking
137

Overview

Pablo Pelegrín is affiliated with the University of Murcia in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with particular emphasis on molecular biology and immunology within these broader fields.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including inflammasome and immune disorders, heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide, adenosine and purinergic signaling, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, gout, hyperuricemia, uric acid, liver disease and transplantation, and autoimmune and inflammatory disorders research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Pelegrín include Laura Hurtado-Navarro, Diego Angosto-Bazarra, Alberto Baroja-Mazo, Alejandro Peñín-Franch, and Juan I. Aróstegui.

Publishing regularly in various scientific venues, Pelegrín has contributed predominantly to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports
  • Journal of Clinical Immunology
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Some recent publications of Pablo Pelegrín include:

  • "NLRP3 and pyroptosis blockers for treating inflammatory diseases", 2022, Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
  • "Hepatocyte pyroptosis and release of inflammasome particles induce stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis", 2020, Journal of Hepatology
  • "NLRP3 cages revealed by full-length mouse NLRP3 structure control pathway activation", 2021, Cell
  • "P2X7 receptor and the NLRP3 inflammasome: Partners in crime", 2020, Biochemical Pharmacology
  • "Sensing low intracellular potassium by NLRP3 results in a stable open structure that promotes inflammasome activation", 2021, Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Pannexin-1 mediates large pore formation and interleukin-1β release by the ATP-gated P2X7 receptor

    Pablo Pelegrin;Annmarie Surprenant

  • The gasdermins, a protein family executing cell death and inflammation

    Petr Broz;Pablo Pelegrín;Feng Shao

  • The NLRP3 inflammasome is released as a particulate danger signal that amplifies the inflammatory response.

    Alberto Baroja-Mazo;Fatima Martín-Sánchez;Ana I Gomez;Carlos M Martínez

  • Hepatocyte pyroptosis and release of inflammasome particles induce stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis

    Susanne Gaul;Susanne Gaul;Aleksandra Leszczynska;Fernando Alegre;Fernando Alegre;Benedikt Kaufmann

  • P2X7 receptor differentially couples to distinct release pathways for IL-1beta in mouse macrophage.

    Pablo Pelegrin;Consuelo Barroso-Gutierrez;Annmarie Surprenant

  • Cell Volume Regulation Modulates NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation

    Vincent Compan;Alberto Baroja-Mazo;Gloria López-Castejón;Ana I. Gomez

  • Pannexin-1 Couples to Maitotoxin- and Nigericin-induced Interleukin-1β Release through a Dye Uptake-independent Pathway

    Pablo Pelegrin;Annmarie Surprenant

  • MCC950 closes the active conformation of NLRP3 to an inactive state.

    Ana Tapia-Abellán;Diego Angosto-Bazarra;Helios Martínez-Banaclocha;Carlos de Torre-Minguela

  • Mitochondrial respiratory-chain adaptations in macrophages contribute to antibacterial host defense

    Johan Garaude;Rebeca Acín-Pérez;Sarai Martínez-Cano;Michel Enamorado

  • Pharmacological Characterization of Pannexin-1 Currents Expressed in Mammalian Cells

    Weihong Ma;Hui Hui;Pablo Pelegrin;Annmarie Surprenant

  • Dynamics of macrophage polarization reveal new mechanism to inhibit IL‐1β release through pyrophosphates

    Pablo Pelegrin;Annmarie Surprenant

  • Inflammasome-dependent IL-1β release depends upon membrane permeabilisation.

    F Martín-Sánchez;C Diamond;C Diamond;M Zeitler;A I Gomez

  • AIM2 and NLRC4 inflammasomes contribute with ASC to acute brain injury independently of NLRP3

    Adam Denes;Graham Coutts;Nikolett Lénárt;Sheena M. Cruickshank

  • The participation of plasma membrane hemichannels to purinergic signaling

    Alberto Baroja-Mazo;Maria Barberà-Cremades;Pablo Pelegrín

  • The NLRP3 and Pyrin Inflammasomes: Implications in the Pathophysiology of Autoinflammatory Diseases

    Carlos de Torre-Minguela;Pablo Mesa del Castillo;Pablo Pelegrín

  • P2X(7) receptor activation enhances SK3 channels- and cystein cathepsin-dependent cancer cells invasiveness.

    B Jelassi;A Chantôme;F Alcaraz-Pérez;A Baroja-Mazo

  • The P2X7 receptor-pannexin connection to dye uptake and IL-1β release

    Pablo Pelegrin;Annmarie Surprenant

  • Molecular cloning and expression analysis of tumor necrosis factor α from a marine fish reveal its constitutive expression and ubiquitous nature

    Jesús García-Castillo;Pablo Pelegrín;Victoriano Mulero;José Meseguer

  • P2X7 receptor induces mitochondrial failure in monocytes and compromises NLRP3 inflammasome activation during sepsis

    Juan José Martínez-García;Helios Martínez-Banaclocha;Diego Angosto-Bazarra;Carlos de Torre-Minguela

  • Phylogeny of cytokines: molecular cloning and expression analysis of sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax interleukin-1β

    Giuseppe Scapigliati;F Buonocore;Steven Bird;Jun Zou

Frequent Co-Authors

Victoriano Mulero
Victoriano Mulero University of Murcia
José Meseguer
José Meseguer University of Murcia
Annmarie Surprenant
Annmarie Surprenant University of Sheffield
Jordi Yagüe
Jordi Yagüe Clínic Barcelona
Francesco Di Virgilio
Francesco Di Virgilio University of Ferrara
Ariel E. Feldstein
Ariel E. Feldstein University of California, San Diego
Alexei Verkhratsky
Alexei Verkhratsky University of Manchester
Walter Nickel
Walter Nickel Heidelberg University
Nancy J. Rothwell
Nancy J. Rothwell University of Manchester
Mário A. Barbosa
Mário A. Barbosa University of Porto

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