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Overview

Rafael Solana is affiliated with the University of Córdoba in Spain and focuses primarily on immunology and medicine. Their research covers a range of topics within these fields, emphasizing immune cell function, T-cell and B-cell immunology, and infectious disease mechanisms, particularly involving cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus. Additional areas of work include oncology, genetics, and immunotherapy.

The main research topics explored by Solana include:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Solana's recent publications have appeared in journals such as the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy, Cancers, and Pharmaceutics. Notable papers include:

  • Natural Killer T-like Cells: Immunobiology and Role in Disease (2023), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Current progress in NK cell biology and NK cell-based cancer immunotherapy (2020), Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy
  • Functional Changes of T-Cell Subsets with Age and CMV Infection (2021), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Characterization of the DNAM-1, TIGIT and TACTILE Axis on Circulating NK, NKT-Like and T Cell Subsets in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (2020), Cancers
  • Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Vaccine Improvements: Current Status and New Approaches (2022), Pharmaceutics

Their frequent co-authors include Alejandra Pera, Fakhri Hassouneh, Raquel Tarazona, Pablo Álvarez-Heredia, and Alexander Batista-Duharte, indicating collaboration across multiple projects and studies.

Solana's work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Cancers

In terms of research focus, their publications contribute to both fundamental immunology and applied medical sciences, addressing cellular immune functions as well as translational approaches in cancer immunotherapy and infectious disease. The combination of basic research and clinical implications is reflected in their engagement with immune checkpoint inhibitors, NK cell biology, and immune responses to viral infections.

Best Publications

  • Innate immunosenescence: Effect of aging on cells and receptors of the innate immune system in humans

    Rafael Solana;Raquel Tarazona;Inmaculada Gayoso;Olivier Lesur

  • T cells and aging, January 2002 update.

    Graham Pawelec;Yvonne Barnett;Ros Forsey;Daniela Frasca

  • T cells and aging.

    Graham Pawelec;Ed Remarque;Yvonne Barnett;Rafael Solana

  • Human immunosenescence : is it infectious?

    Graham Pawelec;Arne Akbar;Calogero Caruso;Rafael Solana

  • Aging of the immune system as a prognostic factor for human longevity.

    Anis Larbi;Claudio Franceschi;Dawn Mazzatti;Rafael Solana

  • Immunosenescence: Implications for response to infection and vaccination in older people

    Alejandra Pera;Carmen Campos;Nelson López;Fakhri Hassouneh

  • NK and NK/T cells in human senescence

    Rafael Solana;Erminia Mariani

  • Aging and innate immunity.

    Rafael Solana;Graham Pawelec;Raquel Tarazona

  • Structure and function of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I specific receptors expressed on human natural killer (NK) cells.

    Francisco Borrego;Juraj Kabat;Dae-Ki Kim;Louis Lieto

  • Increased expression of NK cell markers on T lymphocytes in aging and chronic activation of the immune system reflects the accumulation of effector/senescent T cells.

    Raquel Tarazona;Olga DelaRosa;Corona Alonso;Belén Ostos

  • NK phenotypic markers and IL2 response in NK cells from elderly people.

    F. Borrego;M.C. Alonso;M.D. Galiani;J. Carracedo

  • CD69 is a stimulatory receptor for natural killer cell and its cytotoxic effect is blocked by CD94 inhibitory receptor.

    F. Borrego;Michael Robertson;J. Ritz;J. Peña

  • Immunosenescence and vaccine failure in the elderly

    Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein;Silvia Della Bella;Anna Maria Iorio;Jean Pierre Michel

  • Cytomegalovirus infection: a driving force in human T cell immunosenescence.

    Sven Koch;Anis Larbi;Dennis Ozcelik;Rafael Solana

  • Decreased expression of DNAM-1 on NK cells from acute myeloid leukemia patients

    Beatriz Sanchez-Correa;Inmaculada Gayoso;Juan M Bergua;Javier G Casado

  • Immunosenescence of human natural killer cells.

    Inmaculada Gayoso;Beatriz Sanchez-Correa;Carmen Campos;Corona Alonso

  • Cytokine profiles in acute myeloid leukemia patients at diagnosis: survival is inversely correlated with IL-6 and directly correlated with IL-10 levels

    Beatriz Sanchez-Correa;Juan M. Bergua;Carmen Campos;Inmaculada Gayoso

  • Impact of aging on innate immunity

    Graham Pawelec;Rafael Solana;Ed Remarque;Erminia Mariani

  • Immunity, ageing and cancer

    Evelyna Derhovanessian;Rafael Solana;Anis Larbi;Graham Pawelec

  • CMV and Immunosenescence: from basics to clinics

    Rafael Solana;Raquel Tarazona;Allison E Aiello;Arne N Akbar

Frequent Co-Authors

Raquel Tarazona
Raquel Tarazona University of Extremadura
Graham Pawelec
Graham Pawelec University of Tübingen
Antonio Rivero
Antonio Rivero Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba
Erminia Mariani
Erminia Mariani University of Bologna
Anis Larbi
Anis Larbi Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Claudio Franceschi
Claudio Franceschi University of Bologna
Tamas Fulop
Tamas Fulop Université de Sherbrooke
Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein
Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein University of Innsbruck
Arne N. Akbar
Arne N. Akbar University College London
Jos A. Bosch
Jos A. Bosch University of Amsterdam

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