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Sarai Martínez Cano, Marcos Femenía Muiña, Elena Hernández, Vanessa Núñez, Manuel Rodrigo Tapias, Miguel Galán Burgos, Iñaki Robles,  Alberto Benguria, David Sancho y Almudena Ramiro
Research
2 Jun 2025

A team from the CNIC has discovered the key role of conventional type 1 dendritic cells (cDC1) in atherosclerosis and has developed an experimental therapy with immunosuppressive nanoparticles that slows the progression of the disease in animal models.

David Sancho, Ignacio Heras-Murillo y Stefanie Wculek.
Research
14 Apr 2025

A study led by the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), in collaboration with the Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Barcelona (IRB Barcelona), has identified the most effective subtype of dendritic cell for generating immune memory in response to cancer

Proyecto_CARMINA
About the CNIC
8 Apr 2025

The system provides specialised answers to biomedical questions, ensuring data privacy by operating exclusively within the CNIC

Dr. Giuseppe Danilo Norata
About the CNIC
3 Apr 2025

Dr. Giuseppe Danilo Norata is a Full Professor of Pharmacology at the Department of Excellence of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan

3D reconstruction of the collagen ring (in orange) produced by neutrophils, which forms around wounds in the skin.
Research
19 Mar 2025

The discovery, published in Nature, opens the path to new strategies for treating skin diseases and immunological disorders, with special potential for the treatment of inflammation, diabetes, and age-related conditions

Iñaki Robles-Vera, David Sancho, Vanesa Núñez, Manuel Rodrigo-Tapias, Sarai Martínez-Cano, Marcos Femenía-Muiña, Ana Redondo-Urzainqui, Aitor Jarit-Cabanillas, Manuel J. Gomez, Ana Quintas, Iván Fernández-López y Esther Pariente.
Research
22 Jan 2025

Scientists at the CNIC have discovered how gut bacteria that cross a weakened intestinal barrier induce changes in bone marrow that strengthen the immune response

Michael P. Snyder
Research
3 Jul 2024

Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Genetics, Chair of the Genetics Department and Director of the Centre for Genomics and Personalized Medicine at Stanford

About the CNIC
17 Nov 2023

This work is of fundamental importance for understanding the immune system and its reactions

David Sancho
About the CNIC
31 Oct 2023

Dr Sancho heads the CNIC Immunobiology Laboratory, whose work focuses on research into the function of dendritic cells and macrophages, as key immune cells that modulate immunity and inflammation, and the use of these cells in immunotherapy in a wide range of diseases


Generación de células dendríticas post-sinápticas. La imagen muestra los contactos intercelulares entre las células dendríticas  y los linfocitos T. Células Dendríticas (verde) y los linfocitos T (azul y rosa)
Research
26 Oct 2023

Scientists at the CNIC and Hospital de la Princesa-UAM have identified profound changes taking place in dendritic cells during antigen presentation to a lymphocyte via intimate contact called an immune synapse