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Jesus Castro Marrero

Jesús Castro is currently a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher linked to the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital Research Institute (VHIR) since 2000. In the last 20 years, Dr. Castro has dedicated themselves to basic research in autoimmune and rheumatic diseases with more than 50 publications and book chapters high impact He is currently the coordinator of the CFS/ME Research Laboratory at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital, in Barcelona, Spain.

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Rheumatology
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Jesus Castro Marrero

Jesus Castro Marrero

Jesus Castro Marrero

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Rheumatology
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

Jesús Castro is currently a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher linked to the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital Research Institute (VHIR) since 2000. In the last 20 years, Dr. Castro has dedicated themselves to basic research in autoimmune and rheumatic diseases with more than 50 publications and book chapters high impact He is currently the coordinator of the CFS/ME Research Laboratory at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital, in Barcelona, Spain.

Jesus Castro earned his Postdoctoral Researcher Fellowship degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology program at the Valladolid University School of Medicine, Spain in 1999. Dr. Castro is currently a Senior Postdoctoral Research at the Vall d’Hebron Hospital Research Institute, University of Barcelona School of Medicine, Barcelona, Spain since 2002. In the past 20 years have been devoted to basic research of respiratory medicine, autoimmune and rheumatic conditions with over 50 high-impact factor publications and book chapters. He is currently the coordinator of the CFS/ME Research Laboratory at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital, in Barcelona, Spain. Dr. Castro is a member of the E.U. CFS/ME Research Collaborative Consortium Initiative (European Myalgic Encephalomyelitis NEtwork-EUROMENE). His current research is focused on the bioenergetic metabolism, mitochondrial dysfunction, and neuroimmune pathways linked to the immune response in CFS/ME, as well as finding useful biomarkers to aid in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of CFS/ME through clinical trials in order to improve prognosis and quality of life of CFS/ME patients.

Projects

Lupus y Apoptosis: Mecanismo de acción de la talidomida y sus análogos en el lupus cutáneo refractario. Implicaciones clínicas y terapéuticas

IP: Miguel Vilardell Tarres
Collaborators: Vicente García-Patos Briones, Jesus Castro Marrero, Patricia Bassas Freixas
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 13189
Reference: PI080112
Duration: 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2011

Asociación de alelos HLA-Clase II y susceptibilidad al asma ocupacional inducida por sustancias de bajo peso molecular: Isocianatos y sales de persulfatos.

IP: Jesus Castro Marrero
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Fundació Catalana de Pneumologia
Funding: 9000
Reference: FUCAP/01/05
Duration: 01/01/2005 - 31/12/2006

Asociación de los alelos HLA clase II y riesgo de susceptibilidad en el asma ocupacional inducida por sustancias de bajo peso molecular en una población española: Implicaciones diagnósticas y terapéuticas

IP: Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona
Collaborators: Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall, Jesus Castro Marrero, Susana Gómez Olles
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 26837.8
Reference: PI06/0256
Duration: 01/01/2007 - 30/06/2010

Patologia cel·lular

IP: Anna Meseguer Navarro
Collaborators: Joan López Hellin, Jesus Castro Marrero, Elisa Llurba Olivé
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding:
Reference: 2005SGR 01000
Duration: 01/01/2006 - 31/12/2008

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