MIQUEL MORETO PEDRAGOSA

MIQUEL MORETO PEDRAGOSA

University professor
Knowledge area: Fisiologia

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

Academic training

Licenciado en Farmacia
Doctor en Farmacia

Research interests

Functional foods and intestinal physiology
Nutrition and intestinal transport adaptations
Anti-inflammatory effects of dietary supplementation with functional proteins

Projects

Effects of dietary plasma proteins in the prevention of dysfunctions associated with aging . 2013 - 2017 . Ref.FBG 307200 . APC EUROPE, S.A. . PI: Miquel Moretó Pedragosa
Effects of dietary spray-dried animal plasma proteins on microbiota composition . 2016 - 2017 . Ref.FBG 308615 . APC EUROPE, S.A. . PI: Miquel Moretó Pedragosa/Anna Pérez-Bosque/Lluïsa Miró
Grup de Fisiologia i Nutrició Experimental (FINEX) . 2014 - 2016 . Ref.2014SGR1221 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Juana Maria Planas Rossello
GAMFIF2013. Alternatives Metodològiques en Fisiologia i Fisiopatologia . 2016 - 2019 . Ref.GINDOC-UB/002 . Universitat de Barcelona . PI: Maria Concepcio Amat Miralles

Relevant publications

Miró, Ll.; Pérez-Bosque, A.; Maijò, M.; Amat, C.; Naftalin, R.J.; Moretó, M. Aldosterone induces myofibroblast EGF secretion to regulate epithelial colonic permeability. In American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. Volume 304. Number 9. 2013 . https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00292.2012
Maijó, M.; Miró, L.; Polo, J.; Campbell, J.; Russell, L.; Crenshaw, J.; Weaver, E.; Moretó, M.; Pérez-Bosque, A. Dietary plasma proteins attenuate the innate immunity response in a mouse model of acute lung injury. In British Journal of Nutrition. Volume 107. 2012 . Institutional Repository
Maijó, M.; Miró, L.; Polo, J.; Campbell, J.; Russell, L.; Crenshaw, J.; Weaver, E.; Moretó, M.; Pérez-Bosque, A. Dietary plasma proteins modulate the adaptative immune response in mice with acute lung inflamation. In Journal of Nutrition. Volume 142. Number 2. 2012
Miró, L.; Pérez-Bosque, A.; Maijó, M.; Naftalin, R.J.; Moretó, M. Vasopressin regulation of epithelial colonic proliferation and permeability is mediated by pericryptal platelet-derived growth factor A. In Experimental Physiology. Volume 99. Number 10. 2014
Pérez-Bosque, A.; Miró, Ll.; Maijó, M.; Polo, J.; Campbell, J; Russell, L.; Crenshaw, J.; Weaver, E.: Moretó, M. Dietary intervention with serum-derived biovine immunoglobulins protects barrier function in a mouse model of colitis. In American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. Volume 308. Number 12. 2015 . https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00378.2014
Pérez-Bosque, A.; Miró, L.; Maijó, M.; Polo, J.; Campbell, J.M.; Russell, L.; Crenshaw, J.D.; Weaver, E.; Moretó, M. Oral Serum-Derived Bovine Immunoglobulin/Protein Isolate Has Immunomodulatory Effects on the Colon of Mice that Spontaneously Develop Colitis. In PLoS One. Volume 11. Number 5. 2016 . Institutional Repository
Pérez-Bosque, A.; Miró, L.; Amat, C.; Polo, J.; Moretó, M. The Anti-inflammatory effect of spray-dried plasma is mediated by a reduction in mucosal lymphocyte activation and infiltration in a mouse model of intestinal inflammation. In Nutrients. Volume 8. Number 10. 2016 . Institutional Repository