Albert Pol

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Featured publications

• Defensive-lipid droplets: Cellular organelles designed for antimicrobial immunity

  Authors:

  Safi, R; Sánchez-Alvarez, M; Bosch, M; Demangel, C; Parton, RG;

  Pol, A.

  Reference: Immunological Reviews 2023.

• Early proteostasis of caveolins synchronizes trafficking, degradation, and oligomerization to prevent toxic aggregation

  Authors:

  Morales-Paytuví, F; Fajardo, A; Ruiz-Mirapeix, C; Rae, J; Tebar, F;

  Bosch, M; Enrich, C; Collins, BM; Parton, RG; Pol, A.

  Reference: Journal Of Cell Biology 2023.

• Eukaryotic lipid droplets: metabolic hubs, and immune first responders

  Authors:

  Bosch, M; Pol, A;

  Reference: Trends In Endocrinology And Metabolism 2022.

• Lipid droplets and the host-pathogen dynamic: FATal attraction?

  Authors:

  Bosch, M; Sweet, MJ; Parton, RG; Pol, A;

  Reference: Journal Of Cell Biology 2021.

• Mammalian lipid droplets are innate immune hubs integrating cell metabolism and host defense

  Authors:

  Bosch, Marta; Sanchez-Alvarez, Miguel; Fajardo, Alba; Kapetanovic, Ronan; Steiner, Bernhard;

  (...)

  Sweet, Matthew J; Bozza, Patricia T; Gross, Steven P; Parton, Robert G; Pol, Albert.

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  Reference: Science 2020.

• AMPK activation promotes lipid droplet dispersion on detyrosinated microtubules to increase mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation

  Authors:

  Herms, Albert; Bosch, Marta; Reddy, Babu J N; Schieber, Nicole L; Fajardo, Alba;

  (...)

  Tebar, Francesc; Enrich, Carlos; Parton, Robert G; Gross, Steven P; Pol, Albert.

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  Reference: Nature Communications 2015.

• Review: biogenesis of the multifunctional lipid droplet: lipids, proteins, and sites

  Authors:

  Pol, Albert; Gross, Steven P; Parton, Robert G;

  Reference: Journal Of Cell Biology 2014.

• Acyl-CoA synthetase 3 promotes lipid droplet biogenesis in ER microdomains.

  Authors:

  Kassan, Adam; Herms, Albert; Fernandez-Vidal, Andrea; Bosch, Marta; Schieber, Nicole L;

  (...)

  Tebar, Francesc; Enrich, Carlos; Gross, Steven P; Parton, Robert G; Pol, Albert.

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  Reference: Journal Of Cell Biology 2013.

• Caveolin-1 is essential for liver regeneration

  Authors:

  Fernandez, Manuel A; Albor, Cecilia; Ingelmo-Torres, Mercedes; Nixon, Susan J; Ferguson, Charles;

  Kurzchalia, Teymuras; Tebar, Francesc; Enrich, Carlos; Parton, Robert G; Pol, Albert.

  Reference: Science 2006.

• A caveolin dominant negative mutant associates with lipid bodies and induces intracellular cholesterol imbalance.

  Authors:

  Pol A; Luetterforst R; Lindsay M; Heino S; Ikonen E;

  Parton RG .

  Reference: Journal Of Cell Biology 2001.

Featured Projects

• Lipid droplets as key players in brain microgliosis after stroke

  Principal investigator: Albert Pol Sorolla

  Funder: La Caixa Foundation

  Code: HR23-00560

  Duration: 21/12/2023 - 30/12/2026

• Lipid droplets as innate immunity hubs

  Principal investigator: Albert Pol Sorolla

  Funder: European Commission

  Code: CE_HE_ERC_2022_SyG

  Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2028

• Mapping the innate immunity defences organised on lipid droplets

  Principal investigator: Albert Pol Sorolla

  Funder: Agencia Estatal de Investigación

  Code: PID2021-127043OB-I00

  Duration: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2025

• EU Training Network in understanding the molecular regulation and the role of endo-lysosomal (EndoConnect)

  Principal investigator: Albert Pol Sorolla

  Funder: European Commission

  Code: CE_H2020-MSCA-ITN-20

  Duration: 01/01/2021 - 31/03/2025

• Mammalian lipid droplets: a central role in the organismal antibacterial response?

  Principal investigator: Albert Pol Sorolla

  Funder: Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)

  Code: RGP0020/2015

  Duration: 01/06/2015 - 30/11/2018