Ana María Vega-Letter

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso — Chile

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Mesenchymal stem cell research(20), Extracellular vesicles in disease(7), MicroRNA in disease regulation(6), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms(5), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy(4)

Publications35 total

Galectin-9 and Tim-3 in gastric cancer: a checkpoint axis driving T cell exhaustion and Treg-mediated immunosuppression independently of anti-PD-1 blockade
Frontiers in Immunology·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Mesenchymal stem/stromal cell-derived mitochondria: their role in shaping synovial macrophages and restraining osteoarthritis progression
Cytotherapy·2025
Mitochondria-derived reactive oxygen species induce over-differentiation of neural stem/progenitor cells after non-cytotoxic cisplatin exposure
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
New mesenchymal stem/stromal cell-based strategies for osteoarthritis treatment: targeting macrophage-mediated inflammation to restore joint homeostasis
Journal of Molecular Medicine·2025
A community-consensus reconstruction of Chinese Hamster metabolism enables structural systems biology analyses to decipher metabolic rewiring in lactate-free CHO cells
2025· 2 cited
Safety and efficacy of mesenchymal stromal cells mitochondria transplantation as a cell-free therapy for osteoarthritis
Journal of Translational Medicine·2025· 15 citedOpen Access
How to enhance MSCs therapeutic properties? An insight on potentiation methods
Stem Cell Research & Therapy·2024· 12 citedOpen Access
LYOPHILIZED SMALL EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES (SEV) FROM GLYCOLYTICALLY ACTIVATED MESENCHYMAL STEM/STROMAL CELLS PROMOTE CHONDROPROTECTION IN VITRO AND CARTILAGE REGENERATION IN VIVO
Cytotherapy·2024
sEVs FROM METABOLICALY REPROGRAMMED UC-MSCs AS A POTENTIAL MULTIFUNCIONAL ACELLULAR THERAPY FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS
Cytotherapy·2024
Mitochondrial transfer balances cell redox, energy and metabolic homeostasis in the osteoarthritic chondrocyte preserving cartilage integrity
Theranostics·2024· 33 citedOpen Access
Lactate: an alternative pathway for the immunosuppressive properties of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells
Stem Cell Research & Therapy·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative disorders: Potential therapeutic application of mitochondrial transfer to central nervous system-residing cells
Journal of Translational Medicine·2023· 153 citedOpen Access
Corrigendum: Exploring the therapeutic potential of the mitochondrial transfer-associated enzymatic machinery in brain degeneration
Frontiers in Physiology·2023Open Access
Exploring the therapeutic potential of the mitochondrial transfer-associated enzymatic machinery in brain degeneration
Frontiers in Physiology·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells: MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSFER FUNCTIONALLY RESTORES THE HUMAN OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA) CHONDROCYTE, IS PROTECTIVE AGAINST OXIDATIVE STRESS AND IMPROVES OA IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF DISEASE
Cytotherapy·2023
Dentin slice model of dental stem cells in a fibrin-agarose construct for dental pulp regeneration
Journal Of Oral Research·2022Open Access
Neuroprotective and Neurotoxic Effects of Glial-Derived Exosomes
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience·2022· 43 citedOpen Access
The Autophagy Protein Pacer Positively Regulates the Therapeutic Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Mouse Model of DSS-Induced Colitis
Cells·2022· 14 citedOpen Access
Role of microRNA Shuttled in Small Extracellular Vesicles Derived From Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells for Osteoarticular Disease Treatment
Frontiers in Immunology·2021· 34 citedOpen Access
Abstract 2792: Galectin 9 promotes invasion and angiogenesis in vitro and associates with an immune-suppressive microenvironment in gastric cancer patients
Cancer Research·2021· 1 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Patricia Luz‐Crawford(19), Noymar Luque‐Campos(13), Farida Djouad(12), Carolina Pradenas(11), Roberto Elizondo‐Vega(11), Felipe A. Bustamante-Barrientos(10), Flavio Carrión(10), Maroun Khoury(9), Claudia Altamirano(9), Fernando Figueroa(9), Eliana Lara-Barba(8), María Jesús Araya(7), Yeimi Herrera-Luna(7), Mónica Kurte(7), Karina Oyarce(6), Rafael Contreras‐López(5), Gautier Téjédor(5), Christian Jørgensen(5), María de los Ángeles García(5), Carlos E. Irarrázabal(5)