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    Jesús Vázquez, Jacob Fog Bentzon, Emilio Camafeita y Esmeralda Lewis.
    About the CNIC
    13 Apr 2021
    JACC: CNIC researchers explain how high blood pressure, the most important cause of disease worldwide, accelerates atherosclerosis

    The new insight supports the need to keep both LDL cholesterol and blood pressure low throughout life by healthy diet choices, weight control, exercise, and, when needed, by drug therapy
    Mª Ángeles Zuriaga, Mirian Díez, Fátima Sánchez-Cabo, Ana Dopazo, José Javier Fuster, Ana Quintas y Jorge de la Barrera.
    Research
    5 Apr 2021
    JACC: CNIC scientists identify mutations acquired by blood cells that accelerate heart failure progression

    The study, carried out at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) and the Hospital Universitario Virgen de Arrixaca in Murcia, establishes clonal hematopoiesis as a new cardiovascular risk factor and an important link between aging and cardiovascular disease
    Manuel José Gómez, Ester Marina-Zárate, Almudena Ramiro, Ana Dopazo, Irene Fernández-Delgado, Francisco Sánchez-Madrid y Diego Calzada-Fraile
    Research
    3 Feb 2021
    Science Advances: Spanish scientists identify a mechanism through which dendritic cells improve their antiviral and immune-activation abilities

    Researchers at the CNIC have discovered that dendritic cells, which initiate specific immune responses, can reprogram their genes to improve their immune response
    Marta Amorós Pérez, Virginia Zorita, Nuria Matesanz, Marian Zuriaga y José Javier Fuster.
    About the CNIC
    23 Dec 2020
    CNIC to coordinate a European project investigating how cancer therapies promote atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease

    The project will investigate the role of clonal hematopoiesis—the formation of mutated hematopoietic stem-cell clones promoted by anti-cancer therapies—in the development of atherosclerosis and associated cardiovascular disease
    Irene Fernández-Nueda, Carlos Cerón y Marta Cortés-Canteli
    About the CNIC
    15 Dec 2020
    CNIC scientists coordinate a European project to develop a biomarker for the early identification of the vascular component in Alzheimer disease

    The BioClotAD project, coordinated by CNIC scientist Dr Marta Cortés Canteli, has been selected by the EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND)
    De izda. a dcha.: Verónica Casquero, Sofía Sánchez, Irene García, Macarena Fernández, Wen Luo, Severin Muhleder, Lourdes García, Rui Benedito
    Research
    9 Dec 2020
    Nature: A new way to make arteries

    Científicos del CNIC han descubierto un mecanismo celular y molecular que puede ayudar a promover la arterialización y perfusión en los tejidos que han sufrido una reducción del riego sanguíneo.
    Jesús Vázquez, Almudena Ramiro, José Luis Martín Ventura, Inmaculada Martos Folgado, Cristina Lorenzo y Sonia Mur.
    Research
    2 Dec 2020
    Nature: CNIC scientists identify a new diagnostic and therapeutic target for cardiovascular disease

    Un estudio que se publica en Nature muestra a la proteína mitocondrial ALDH4A1 como un nuevo autoantígeno implicado en los procesos de la aterosclerosis
    Research
    22 Oct 2020
    Cell: The unexpected repair function of neutrophils

    CNIC scientists have discovered previously unsuspected actions of the immune system that help to maintain organ health
    Research
    16 Oct 2020
    Nature Reviews Endocrinology: Protein kinases could be the next target in the treatment of diseases associated with obesity

    Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) review the roles of a groups of proteins called stress kinases in metabolism in an article published in Nature Reviews Endocrinology
    Research
    16 Oct 2020
    Science: Scientists discover a new mechanism for cellular defence against viral and bacterial infections

    Researchers of IDIBAPS, the University of Barcelona and CNIC describes a new mechanism of innate immunity by which cells fight viruses and bacteria.