Martin Valdearcos Contreras, PhD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Diabetes Center
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address513 Parnassus Ave, MSB, #1230
San Francisco CA 94117
Phone415-476-9847
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-5784-2458 Additional info
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    University of Granada, Granada, SpainB.S.09/2005Biology
    Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Valladolid, SpainPh.D.04/2011Innate immunity and lipid metabolism
    University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CAPostdoc09/2017Obesity and Diabetes
    University of California, San Francisco, CA2021Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training

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    My research interest focuses on the emerging field of neuro-immune interactions underlying obesity, and in particular how immunological and metabolic responses affect homeostasis and disease pathogenesis. I have a particular interest in understanding how CNS myeloid cells sense metabolic factors and interact with hypothalamic neurons to control energy and glucose homeostasis.

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    1. Microglial Inflammatory Signaling Orchestrates the Hypothalamic Immune Response to Dietary Excess and Mediates Obesity Susceptibility. Cell Metab. 2017 Jul 05; 26(1):185-197.e3. Valdearcos M, Douglass JD, Robblee MM, Dorfman MD, Stifler DR, Bennett ML, Gerritse I, Fasnacht R, Barres BA, Thaler JP, Koliwad SK. PMID: 28683286; PMCID: PMC5569901.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 171     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    2. Acute Lesioning and Rapid Repair of Hypothalamic Neurons outside the Blood-Brain Barrier. Cell Rep. 2017 06 13; 19(11):2257-2271. Yulyaningsih E, Rudenko IA, Valdearcos M, Dahlén E, Vagena E, Chan A, Alvarez-Buylla A, Vaisse C, Koliwad SK, Xu AW. PMID: 28614713; PMCID: PMC5651178.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 23     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    3. Microglia mediate postoperative hippocampal inflammation and cognitive decline in mice. JCI Insight. 2017 04 06; 2(7):e91229. Feng X, Valdearcos M, Uchida Y, Lutrin D, Maze M, Koliwad SK. PMID: 28405620; PMCID: PMC5374063.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 119     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    4. Critical role for cytosolic group IVA phospholipase A2 in early adipocyte differentiation and obesity. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2016 09; 1861(9 Pt A):1083-1095. Peña L, Meana C, Astudillo AM, Lordén G, Valdearcos M, Sato H, Murakami M, Balsinde J, Balboa MA. PMID: 27317983.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    5. Saturated Fatty Acids Engage an IRE1α-Dependent Pathway to Activate the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Myeloid Cells. Cell Rep. 2016 Mar 22; 14(11):2611-23. Robblee MM, Kim CC, Porter Abate J, Valdearcos M, Sandlund KL, Shenoy MK, Volmer R, Iwawaki T, Koliwad SK. PMID: 26971994; PMCID: PMC5242525.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 88     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    6. Leptin potentiates astrogenesis in the developing hypothalamus. Mol Metab. 2015 Nov; 4(11):881-9. Rottkamp DM, Rudenko IA, Maier MT, Roshanbin S, Yulyaningsih E, Perez L, Valdearcos M, Chua S, Koliwad SK, Xu AW. PMID: 26629411; PMCID: PMC4632125.
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    7. Hypothalamic inflammation in the control of metabolic function. Annu Rev Physiol. 2015; 77:131-60. Valdearcos M, Xu AW, Koliwad SK. PMID: 25668019.
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    8. Microglia dictate the impact of saturated fat consumption on hypothalamic inflammation and neuronal function. Cell Rep. 2014 Dec 24; 9(6):2124-38. Valdearcos M, Robblee MM, Benjamin DI, Nomura DK, Xu AW, Koliwad SK. PMID: 25497089; PMCID: PMC4617309.
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    9. Lipin-1 integrates lipid synthesis with proinflammatory responses during TLR activation in macrophages. J Immunol. 2014 Nov 01; 193(9):4614-22. Meana C, Peña L, Lordén G, Esquinas E, Guijas C, Valdearcos M, Balsinde J, Balboa MA. PMID: 25252959.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 26     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    10. Lipin-2 reduces proinflammatory signaling induced by saturated fatty acids in macrophages. J Biol Chem. 2012 Mar 30; 287(14):10894-904. Valdearcos M, Esquinas E, Meana C, Peña L, Gil-de-Gómez L, Balsinde J, Balboa MA. PMID: 22334674; PMCID: PMC3322858.
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    11. Subcellular localization and role of lipin-1 in human macrophages. J Immunol. 2011 May 15; 186(10):6004-13. Valdearcos M, Esquinas E, Meana C, Gil-de-Gómez L, Guijas C, Balsinde J, Balboa MA. PMID: 21478406.
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    12. The cationic cluster of group IVA phospholipase A2 (Lys488/Lys541/Lys543/Lys544) is involved in translocation of the enzyme to phagosomes in human macrophages. J Lipid Res. 2010 Feb; 51(2):388-99. Casas J, Valdearcos M, Pindado J, Balsinde J, Balboa MA. PMID: 19717620; PMCID: PMC2803241.
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    13. Requirement of JNK-mediated phosphorylation for translocation of group IVA phospholipase A2 to phagosomes in human macrophages. J Immunol. 2009 Aug 15; 183(4):2767-74. Casas J, Meana C, Esquinas E, Valdearcos M, Pindado J, Balsinde J, Balboa MA. PMID: 19625654.
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