Mónica Pascual García

Lecturer Professor

Knowledge area: Immunologia

Contact Information
Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology


monicapascual(a)ub.edu

Academic Training

Doctorat en Biomedicina . Universitat de Barcelona . 15/11/2012 . (Ph.D.)
Llicenciatura en Biologia . Universitat de Barcelona . 2006 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Màster en Immunologia . Universitat de Barcelona - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona . 2007 . (Official Master)

Research interests

Study of paediatric osteosarcoma. Special focus on the role of macrophages
Immunosuppressive behaviour of mesenchymal stem cells in Ewing Sarcoma

Projects

Estrategias Novedosas para Contrarrestar la Inmunosupresión en el Microambiente Tumoral . 2025 - 2029 . Ref.PID2024-157319OB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación . PI: Annabel Valledor Fernandez; Monica Pascual Garcia
Novel strategies to overcome immunosuppression in the tumour microenvironment . 2025 . Organización No Gubernamental - ONG . PI: Monica Pascual Garcia
IMMUNOSUPRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR OF hpMSC IN EWING SARCOMA . 2025 . Torrons Vicens SL . PI: Mónica Pascual García i Sara Sánchez Molina

Journal Publications

Alexandra Avgustinova; Carmelo Laudanna; Mónica Pascual-García; Quirze Rovira; Magdolna Djurec; Andres Castellanos; Uxue Urdiroz-Urricelqui; Domenica Marchese; Neus Prats; Alexandra Van Keymeulen; Holger Heyn; Juan M Vaquerizas; Salvador Aznar Benitah (2021). Repression of endogenous retroviruses prevents antiviral immune response and is required for mammary gland development. Cell Stem Cell . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2021.04.030 . ISSN: 1934-5909
Pascual-Garcia, Monica; Rue, Laura; Leon, Theresa; Julve, Josep; Maria Carbo, Jose; Matalonga, Jonathan; Auer, Herbert; Celada, Antonio; Carles Escola-Gil, Joan; Steffensen, Knut R.; Perez-Navarro, Esther; Valledor, Annabel F. (2013). Reciprocal Negative Cross-Talk between Liver X Receptors (LXRs) and STAT1: Effects on IFN-gamma-Induced Inflammatory Responses and LXR-Dependent Gene Expression. The Journal of Immunology, 190(12), pp. 6520 - 6532 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0022-1767
Mónica Pascual-García; Ester Bonfill Teixidor; Ester Planas Rigol; Carlota Rubio Perez; Raffaela Iurlaro; Alexandra Arias; Isabel Cuartas; Ada Sala Hojman; Laura Escudero; Francisco Martínez Ricarte; Isabel Huber Ruano; Paolo Nuciforo; Leire Pedrosa; Carolina Marques; Irene Braña; Elena Garralda; María Vieito; Massimo Squatrito; Estela Pineda; Francesc Graus; Carmen Espejo; Juan Sahuquillo; Josep Tabernero; Joan Seoane (2019). LIF regulates CXCL9 in tumor-associated macrophages and prevents CD8+ T cell tumor-infiltration impairing anti-PD1 therapy. Nature Communications, 10, pp. 1 - 11 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2041-1723
Juan C. Nieto; Carlos Zamora; José M. Porcel; Maria Mulet; Virginia Pajares; Ana M. Muñoz-Fernandez; Nuria Calvo; Íñigo Espinosa; Mónica Pascual-García; Silvia Bielsa; Silvia Vidal (2019). Migrated T lymphocytes into malignant pleural effusions: an indicator of good prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma patients. Scientific Reports, 9(1), pp. 1 - 11 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35840-3 . ISSN: 2045-2322
Jonathan Matalonga; Estibaliz Glaria; Mariana Bresque; Carlos Escande; José Maria Carbó; Kerstin Kiefer; Ruben Vicente; Theresa León; Susana Beceiro; Mónica Pascual-García; Joan Senet; Lucía Sanjurjo; Samantha Morón-Ros; Antoni Riera; Sonia Paytubi; Antonio Juarez; Fernando Sotillo; Lennart Lindbom; Carme Caelles; Maria-Rosa Sarrias; Jaime Sancho; Antonio Castrillo; Eduardo N Chini; Annabel F Valledor (2017). The nuclear receptor LXR limits bacterial infection of host macrophages through a mechanism that impacts cellular NAD metabolism. Cell Reports . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2211-1247
Mónica Pascual-García; Cristina Bértolo Martín de Rosales; Juan C. Nieto Sachica; Neus Serrat Aymerich; Íñigo Espinosa Mariscal; Emanuela D'Angelo; Raquel Muñoz; Ramón Rovira Negrete; Silvia Vidal Alcorisa; Jaime Prat Díaz de Losada (2016). CD8 down-regulation on cytotoxic T lymphocytes of patients with endometrioid endometrial carcinomas. Human Pathology . ISSN: 0046-8177
Mónica Pascual-García; Annabel Valledor Fernández (2012). Biological Roles of Liver X Receptors in Immune Cells. Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis, 60(4), pp. 235 - 249 . ISSN: 0004-069X
Pascual-García, M.; Carbó, J.M.; León, T.; Matalonga, J.; Out, R.; Van Berkel, T.; Sarrias, M.R.; Lozano, F.; Celada, A.; Valledor, A.F. (2011). Liver X Receptors Inhibit Macrophage Proliferation through Downregulation of Cyclins D1 and B1 and Cyclin-Dependent Kinases 2 and 4. The Journal of Immunology, 186(8), pp. 4656 - 4667 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0022-1767

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