ÀNGELS FRANCH MASFERRER

ÀNGELS FRANCH MASFERRER

Profesora titular de universidad
Fisiologia

Grup de Terapia anticancerosa, Immunomodulació i Nutrigenòmica.

Contact Information
Department of Biochemistry and Physiology
Av. Joan XXIII s/n
934024505
angelsfranch(a)ub.edu

Academic profile

Fisiologia i Fisiopatologia

Academic training

Llicenciada en Farmàcia
Doctora en Farmàcia
Grau en Farmàcia

Research interests

Desenvolupament i maduració del sistema immunitari
Efecte d'immunonutrients sobre el sistema immunitari
Immunomodulació per factors bioactius de la llet materna

Projects

Evaluación de ingredientes en un modelo de diarrea y sobre la maduración del sistema inmunitario en rata. INCOMES . 2011 - 2013 . Ref.IPT-20111008 . Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial (CDTI) . PI: Àngels Franch Masferrer
Grup de Terapia anticancerosa, Immunomodulació i Nutrigenòmica . 2014 - 2016 . Ref.2014SGR96 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Carlos Julian Ciudad Gomez
Factores bioactivos de leche materna: maduración del sistema inmunitario y beneficios de un modelo de prematuridad . 2014 - 2016 . Ref.AGL2013-48459-P . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Àngels Franch Masferrer
Functional screening of Probiotics in preclinical rotavirus . 2015 - 2016 . Ref.308185 . Nutricia Research, B.V. . PI: Francisco Jose Perez Cano
Ingredientes bioactivos inteligentes: influencia sobre el desarrollo del sistema inmunitario en rata. Proyecto SMARTFOODS - CIEN . 2015 - 2018 . Ref.308491 . Laboratorios Ordesa, S.L. . PI: Àngels Franch Masferrer

Relevant publications

Castellote, C.; Casillas, R.; Ramírez-Santana, C.; Pérez-Cano, F.J.; Castell, M.; Moretones, M.G.; López-Sabater, M.C.; Franch, A. Premature delivery influences the immunological composition of colostrum and transitional and mature human milk. In Journal of Nutrition. Volume 141. Number 6. 2011 . https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.110.133652
Pérez-Cano, F.; Franch, A.; Castellote, C.; Castell, M. The suckling rat as a model for immunonutrition studies in early life. In Clinical & Developmental Immunology. Volume 2012. 2012
Pérez-Cano, F.J.; Massot-Cladera, M.; Franch, A.; Castellote, C.; Castell, M. The effects of cocoa on the immune system. In Frontiers in Pharmacology. Volume 4. Number 71. 2013 . Institutional Repository
Abril-Gil, M.; Garcia-Just, A.; Pérez-Cano, F.J.; Franch, A.; Castell, M. Development and characterization of an effective food allergy model in Brown Norway rats. In PLoS One. Volume 10. Number 4. 2015 . Institutional Repository
Castell M; Saldaña-Ruíz S; Rodríguez-Lagunas MJ; Franch À; Pérez-Cano FJ. Second International Congress on Chocolate and Cocoa in Medicine Held in Barcelona, Spain, 25-26th September 2015. In Nutrients. Volume 7. Number 12. 2015 . Institutional Repository
Abril-Gil, M.; Pérez-Cano, F.J.; Franch, A.; Castell, M. Effect of a cocoa-enriched diet on immune response and anaphylaxis in a food allergy model in Brown Norway rats. In Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. Volume 27. 2016
Massot-Cladera M; Franch À; Pérez-Cano FJ; Castell M. Cocoa and cocoa fibre differentially modulate IgA and IgM production at mucosal sites. In British Journal of Nutrition. Volume 115. Number 9. 2016
Pérez Cano, F.J.; Ramírez-Santana, C.; Castell, M.; Castellote, C.; Franch, A. Immunomodulation by conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) in early life. In Recent Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences II. Transworld research Network. 2012
Rigo-Adrover, M.; Franch, A.; Castell, M.; Castellote, C.; Pérez-Cano, F.J. Whey protein is beneficial for rotavirus-induced diarrhoea in preclinical studies. In Handbook of dietary and nutritional aspects of bottle feeding . Volume. 8 . Wageningen Academic Publishers. 2013