Publications

Selected Publications from the Laboratory

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2025

Macrophage-derived CCL24 promotes cardiac fibrosis via fibroblast CCR3 (Circ Res Issue cover). Editorial by Pilar Alcaide.  

The Cardiohepatic Axis in Metabolic Disease: Liver to Heart (JACC BTS).

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals a Reprogramming of Hepatic Immune Cells and a Protective Role for B cells in MASH-Driven Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Hep Comms).

2024

TREM2 macrophages mediate the beneficial effects of bariatric surgery against NASH (Hepatology).

Functional phenotyping of hepatic lymphocytes in murine MASH by mass cytometry (STAR Protocols). 

2023

Pyruvate Oxidation Sustains B Cell Antigen-Specific Activation to Exacerbate MASH (Biorxiv).

The B side of B cells in NAFLD (Hepatology Invited Editorial). 

2021

Emerging Roles of T cells in the Pathogenesis of NASH and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Front Endo).

Cardiac macrophages prevent fibrosis and stimulate angiogenesis in compensated hypertrophy (Circ Res Issue cover). Editorial by Sumanth Prahbu

Exercise of high intensity ameliorates hepatic inflammation and the progression of NASH. 

The Emerging Role of B Cells in the Pathogenesis of NAFLD.

Microbiota-Driven Activation of Intrahepatic B Cells Aggravates Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis through Innate and Adaptive Signaling (Hepatology Issue cover).