Azucena Salas

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Featured publications

• Macrophage and neutrophil heterogeneity at single-cell spatial resolution in human inflammatory bowel disease

  Authors:

  Garrido-Trigo, A; Corraliza, AM; Veny, M; Dotti, I; Melon-Ardanaz, E;

  (...)

  Panes, J; Ricart, E; Mereu, E; Heyn, H; Salas, A.

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  Reference: Nature Communications 2023.

• IL-12 and IL-23 pathway inhibition in inflammatory bowel disease

  Authors:

  Verstockt, B; Salas, A; Sands, BE; Abraham, C; Leibovitzh, H;

  Neurath, MF; Vande Casteele, N.

  Reference: Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2023.

• Generation of human colon organoids from healthy and inflammatory bowel disease mucosa

  Authors:

  Dotti, I; Mayorgas, A; Salas, A;

  Reference: Plos One 2022.

• Dissecting common and unique effects of anti-α4β7 and anti-tumor necrosis factor treatment in ulcerative colitis

  Authors:

  Veny, M; Garrido-Trigo, A; Corraliza, AM; Masamunt, MC; Bassolas-Molina, H;

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  Ordás, I; Ricart, E; Esteve, M; Panés, J; Salas, A.

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  Reference: Journal Of Crohns & Colitis 2021.

• JAK-STAT pathway targeting for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

  Authors:

  Salas, Azucena; Hernandez-Rocha, Cristian; Duijvestein, Marjolijn; Faubion, William; McGovern, Dermot;

  Vermeire, Severine; Vetrano, Stefania; Vande Casteele, Niels;.

  Reference: Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2020.

• Differences in peripheral and tissue immune cell populations following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Crohn's disease patients

  Authors:

  Corraliza AM; Ricart E; López-García A; Carme Masamunt M; Veny M;

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  Cabezón-Cabello R; Benítez-Ribas D; Rovira M; Panés J; Salas A .

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  Reference: Journal Of Crohns & Colitis 2019.

• Alterations in the epithelial stem cell compartment could contribute to permanent changes in the mucosa of patients with ulcerative colitis

  Authors:

  Dotti I.; Mora-Buch R.; Ferrer-Picón E.; Planell N.; Jung P.;

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  Llach J.; Ordás I.; Batlle E.; Panés J.; Salas A..

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  Reference: Gut 2017.

• Identification of inflammatory mediators in patients with Crohn''s disease unresponsive to anti-TNFalpha therapy

  Authors:

  Leal, Raquel Franco; Planell, Nuria; Kajekar, Radhika; Lozano, Juan J; Ordas, Ingrid;

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  Masamunt, M Carme; Parmar, Harsukh; Ricart, Elena; Panes, Julian; Salas, Azucena.

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  Reference: Gut 2015.

• Transcriptional analysis of the intestinal mucosa of patients with ulcerative colitis in remission reveals lasting epithelial cell alterations

  Authors:

  Planell, Nuria; Lozano, Juan J; Mora-Buch, Rut; Masamunt, M Carme; Jimeno, Mireya;

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  Esteller, Miriam; Ricart, Elena; Pique, Josep M; Panes, Julian; Salas, Azucena.

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  Reference: Gut 2013.

• Rolling adhesion through an extended conformation of integrin alphaLbeta2 and relation to alpha I and beta I-like domain interaction

  Authors:

  Salas A; Shimaoka M; Kogan AN; Harwood C; von Andrian UH;

  Springer TA.

  Reference: Immunity 2004.

Featured Projects

• Pre-clinical development of the next generation of immunotherapies for diseases or disorders with unmet medical needs - FIBROTARGET

  Principal investigator: Maria Azucena Salas Martinez

  Funder: Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (Entidad de origen); European Commission

  Code: 101080523

  Duration: 01/04/2023 - 01/03/2028

• Estudio de la heterogeneidad en la enfermedad inflamatoria Intestinal mediante el uso de análisis de célula única

  Principal investigator: Maria Azucena Salas Martinez

  Funder: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

  Code: PID2021-123918OB-I00

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

• Early detection of perianal fistulizing disease - Pathophysiology and Imaging

  Principal investigator: Julian Panes Diaz, Maria Azucena Salas Martinez

  Funder: The Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Charity Trust

  Code: 2008-04050

  Duration: 01/11/2019 - 01/11/2022

• Taxonomy, Treatment, Targets and Remission (3TR): Identification of the Molecular Mechanisms of non-response to Treatments, Relapses and Remission in Autoimmune, Inflammatory, and Allergic Conditions

  Principal investigator: Juan de Dios Canete Crespillo, Maria Azucena Salas Martinez, Luis F Quintana Porras, Ricard Cervera Segura, Yolanda Blanco Morgado

  Funder: European Commission

  Code: CE_IMI2-2018-14

  Duration: 01/09/2019 - 31/08/2026

• Dissecting the cellular basis of inflammatory bowel disease through single cell RNA sequencing (CELLBASE) the cellular basis of inflammatory bowel disease through single cell RNA sequencing (CELLBASE)

  Principal investigator: Maria Azucena Salas Martinez, Julian Panes Diaz

  Funder: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Programa financiador competitivo)

  Code: RTI2018-096946-B-I00

  Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021