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Host-pathogen interactions, circadian behaviour, glia, Parasitism, cell biology
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The University of Manchester: Manchester, GB

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University of Manchester - PURE

University of Manchester: Manchester, GB

2023-11-01 to present | Principal Investigator / Group Leader (Division, Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine, Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Geoffrey Jefferson Centre for Brain Research)
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Juan F. Quintana

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

2013-03-01 to present | Postgraduate Research Assistant (Institute for Immunology and Infection Research)
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Juan F. Quintana

University of Glasgow: Glasgow, Glasgow, GB

2021-02-01 to 2026-01-31 | LKAS Leadership fellow (IBAHCM)
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Juan F. Quintana

University of Glasgow: Glasgow, Glasgow, GB

2021-02-01 to 2026-01-31 | Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow / Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Leadership Fellow (Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology / Institute of Biodiversity, Animal health, and Comparative Medicine)
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Juan F. Quintana

University of Glasgow: Glasgow, Glasgow, GB

2021-02-01 to 2025-01-31 | Sir Henry Wellcome fellow (Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology)
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Juan F. Quintana

University of Glasgow: Glasgow, GB

2019-10-01 to 2023-10-31 | Research Fellow (Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology)
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Juan F. Quintana

University of Dundee: Dundee, Dundee, GB

2017-10-02 to 2019-10-01 | Postdoctoral Research Associate (The Wellcome Trust Centre for Anti-Infective Research)
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Juan F. Quintana

Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas: Madrid, Madrid, ES

2012-07-01 to 2012-11-30 | Postgraduate Research Assistant (Chemical and Physical Biology)
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Juan F. Quintana

Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas: Madrid, Madrid, ES

2010-09-01 to 2011-08-30 | • Scholarship from the program Bancaja-CIBER of Rare Diseases (CIBERER) (Cellular and Molecular Medicine)
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Juan F. Quintana

Universidad de Zaragoza: Zaragoza, Aragón, ES

2009-03-01 to 2010-08-30 | Postgraduate Research Assistant (Departamento de Bioquimica y Biologia molecular y celular)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

2014-09-01 to 2017-09-30 | PhD (Institute for Infection and Immunology Research (IIIR))
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Universidad de Zaragoza: Zaragoza, Aragón, ES

2009-03-01 to 2010-08-30 | MSc (with distinction) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Departamento de Bioquimica y Biologia molecular y celular)
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Juan F. Quintana

Universidad de Carabobo: Valencia, Carabobo, VE

2002-09-01 to 2007-12-16 | BSc (Hons) Biology (Biologia)
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Funding (4)

LKAS leadership fellowship

2021-02 to 2026-01 | Award
University of Glasgow (Glasgow, GB)
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Juan F. Quintana

Molecular basis of the pathogen-induced disruption of host circadian outputs

2021-02 to 2026-01 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
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Juan F. Quintana

NEUROTryp: mouse and human brain organoids to model host-pathogen interactions

2021-02 to 2023-02 | Grant
National Centre for the Replacement Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (London, GB)
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Juan F. Quintana

Small RNAs and extracellular vesicles in filarial nematodes: from nematode development to diagnostics

2016-10 to 2016-11 | Award
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (IL, IL, US)
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Works (34)

Interleukin-17 and fat: Timing is everything

Immunity
2025-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Matthew C. Sinton; Olivia Shorthouse; Alice Costain; Juan F. Quintana
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Murine trypanosomiasis recapitulates transcriptomic features of acute kidney injury

2024-05-08 | Preprint
Contributors: John Ogunsola; Anneli Cooper; Juan F. Quintana; Annette MacLeod
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The murine meninges acquire lymphoid tissue properties and harbour autoreactive B cells during chronic Trypanosoma brucei infection

PLOS Biology
2023-11-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Juan F. Quintana; Takeshi Tsubata; Matthew C. Sinton; Praveena Chandrasegaran; Lalit Kumar Dubey; John Ogunsola; Moumen Al Samman; Michael Haley; Gail McConnell; Nono-Raymond Kuispond Swar et al.
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IL-17 signalling is critical for controlling subcutaneous adipose tissue dynamics and parasite burden during chronic murine Trypanosoma brucei infection

Nature Communications
2023-11-03 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Matthew Sinton; Praveena R. G. Chandrasegaran; Paul Capewell; Anneli Cooper; Alex Girard; John Ogunsola; Georgia Perona-Wright; Dieudonné M Ngoyi; Nono Kuispond; Bruno Bucheton et al.
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University of Manchester - PURE

γδ T cells control murine skin inflammation and subcutaneous adipose wasting during chronic Trypanosoma brucei infection

Nature Communications
2023-08-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Juan F. Quintana; Matthew C. Sinton; Praveena Chandrasegaran; Agatha Nabilla Lestari; Rhiannon Heslop; Bachar Cheaib; John Ogunsola; Dieudonne Mumba Ngoyi; Nono-Raymond Kuispond Swar; Anneli Cooper et al.
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Modelling host-Trypanosoma brucei gambiense interactions in vitro using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cortical brain organoids [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

2023-07-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2046-1402
Funded by GRANT_NUMBER: 221640
Funded by GRANT_NUMBER: NC/ECA0001/1
Contributors: Praveena Chandrasegaran; Agatha Nabilla Lestari; Matthew C. Sinton; Jay Gopalakrishnan; Juan F. Quintana; Chandrasegaran Praveena; Chandrasegaran Praveena; Chandrasegaran Praveena; Chandrasegaran Praveena; Chandrasegaran Praveena et al.
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The murine meninges acquire lymphoid tissue properties and harbour autoreactive B cells during chronic Trypanosoma brucei infection

2023-05-11 | Preprint
Contributors: Juan Quintana; Matthew Sinton; Praveena Chandrasegaran; Lalit Kumar Dubey; John Ogunsola; Moumen Samman; Michael Haley; Gail McConnell; Nono Kuispond Swar; Dieudonne Mumba Ngoyi et al.
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The murine meninges acquire lymphoid tissue properties and harbour autoreactive B cells during chronicTrypanosoma bruceiinfection

2023-04-30 | Preprint
Contributors: Juan F. Quintana; Matthew C. Sinton; Praveena Chandrasegaran; Lalit Kumar Dubey; John Ogunsola; Moumen Al Samman; Michael Haley; Gail McConnell; Nono-Raymond Kuispond Swar; Dieudonne Mumba Ngoyi et al.
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Modelling host-Trypanosoma brucei gambiense interactions in vitro using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cortical brain organoids

F1000Research
2023-04-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Praveena Chandrasegaran; Agatha Nabilla Lestari; Matthew C. Sinton; Jay Gopalakrishnan; Juan F. Quintana
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Spatially-resolved single cell transcriptomics reveal a critical role for γδ T cells in the control of skin inflammation and subcutaneous adipose wasting during chronic Trypanosoma brucei infection

2023-03-14 | Preprint
Contributors: Juan Quintana; Matthew Sinton; Praveena Chandrasegaran; Agatha Lestari; Rhiannon Heslop; Bachar Cheaib; John Ogunsola; Dieudonne Mumba Ngoyi; Nono Kuispond Swar; Anneli Cooper et al.
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Spatially-resolved single cell transcriptomics reveal a critical role for γδ T cells in the control of skin inflammation and subcutaneous adipose wasting during chronicTrypanosoma bruceiinfection

2023-03-02 | Preprint
Contributors: Juan F. Quintana; Matthew C. Sinton; Praveena Chandrasegaran; Agatha Nabilla Lestari; Rhiannon Heslop; Bachar Cheaib; John Ogunsola; Dieudonne Mumba Ngoyi; Nono-Raymond Kuispond Swar; Anneli Cooper et al.
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Single cell and spatial transcriptomic analyses reveal microglia-plasma cell crosstalk in the brain during Trypanosoma brucei infection

Nature Communications
2022-09-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Juan F. Quintana; Praveena Chandrasegaran; Matthew C. Sinton; Emma M. Briggs; Thomas D. Otto; Rhiannon Heslop; Calum Bentley-Abbot; Colin Loney; Luis de Lecea; Neil A. Mabbott et al.
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Single cell and spatial transcriptomic analyses reveal microglia-plasma cell crosstalk in the brain during Trypanosoma brucei infection

2022-04-19 | Preprint
Contributors: Juan Quintana; Praveena Chandrasegaran; Matthew Sinton; Emma Briggs; Thomas Otto; Rhiannon Heslop; Calum Bentley-Abbot; Colin Loney; Luis de Lecea; Neil Mabbott et al.
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Application of light-sheet mesoscopy to image host-pathogen interactions in intact organs

2022-04-05 | Preprint
Contributors: Eliana Battistella; Juan F. Quintana; Gail McConnell
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Microfluidic system for near-patient extraction and detection of miR-122 microRNA biomarker for drug-induced liver injury diagnostics

Biomicrofluidics
2022-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Maïwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas; Antonio Liga; Appan Roychoudhury; Marilena Stamouli; Rhiannon Grant; Damaso Sanchez Carrera; Holger Schulze; Witold Mielczarek; Wilna Oosthuyzen; Juan F. Quintana et al.
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Integrative single cell and spatial transcriptomic analysis reveal reciprocal microglia-plasma cell crosstalk in the mouse brain during chronic Trypanosoma brucei infection

2022-03-27 | Preprint
Contributors: Juan F. Quintana; Praveena Chandrasegaran; Matthew C. Sinton; Emma Briggs; Thomas D. Otto; Rhiannon Heslop; Calum Bentley-Abbot; Colin Loney; Luis de Lecea; Neil A. Mabbott et al.
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Expression in Escherichia coli, purification and kinetic characterization of LAPLm, a Leishmania major M17-aminopeptidase

Protein Expression and Purification
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Mirtha Elisa Aguado; Maikel González-Matos; Maikel Izquierdo; Juan Quintana; Mark C. Field; Jorge González-Bacerio
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Evolving Differentiation in African Trypanosomes

Trends in Parasitology
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1471-4922
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Positively selected modifications in the pore of TbAQP2 allow pentamidine to enter Trypanosoma brucei

eLife
2020-08-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2050-084X
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Juan F. Quintana

Instability of aquaglyceroporin (AQP) 2 contributes to drug resistance in Trypanosoma brucei

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2020-07-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Juan F. Quintana; Timothy G. Geary; Juan Bueren-Calabuig; Fabio Zuccotto; Harry P. de Koning; David Horn; Mark C. Field
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To the skin and beyond: the immune response to African trypanosomes as they enter and exit the vertebrate host

Frontiers in Immunology
2020-05-18 | Journal article
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Instability of aquaglyceroporin (AQP) 2 contributes to drug resistance inTrypanosoma brucei

2020-02-23 | Preprint
Contributors: Juan F. Quintana; Juan Bueren-Calabuig; Fabio Zuccotto; Harry P. de Koning; David Horn; Mark C. Field
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Comparative analysis of small RNAs released by the filarial nematode Litomosoides sigmodontis in vitro and in vivo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2019-11-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Juan F. Quintana; Sasisekhar Bennuru; Sujai Kumar; Alasdair Ivens; Franklin W. N. Chow; Anna M. Hoy; Alison Fulton; Paul Dickinson; Coralie Martin; Matthew Taylor et al.
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Adaptation and Therapeutic Exploitation of the Plasma Membrane of African Trypanosomes

Genes
2018-07-20 | Journal article
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Small RNAs and extracellular vesicles in filarial nematodes: from nematode development to diagnostics

Parasite Immunology
2016-10-17 | Journal article
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Juan F. Quintana

MicroRNAs: new players in IBD

Gut
2015 | Journal article
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doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2014-307891

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Juan F. Quintana

The Discovery, Distribution, and Evolution of Viruses Associated with Drosophila melanogaster

PLoS BIOLOGY
2015 | Journal article
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Juan F. Quintana

Protein and small non-coding RNA-enriched extracellular vesicles are released by the pathogenic blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
2015-10-05 | Journal article
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Juan F. Quintana

Exosomes secreted by nematode parasites transfer small RNAs to mammalian cells and modulate innate immunity

Nature communications
2014 | Journal article
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doi:10.1038/ncomms6488

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Juan F. Quintana

Parasite-derived MicroRNAs in host serum as novel biomarkers of helminth infection

PLoS neglected tropical diseases
2014 | Journal article
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002701

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Structural Analysis and Mutant Growth Properties Reveal Distinctive Enzymatic and Cellular Roles for the Three Major L-Alanine Transaminases of Escherichia coli

PLoS ONE
2014 | Journal article
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Juan F. Quintana

Efecto del tratamiento con praziquantel sobre la actividad de la fosfatasa alcalina, fosfatasa acida, superoxido dismutasa en extractos crudos y productos de excreción-secreción de gusanos de Schistosoma mansoni.

BIOMOLP. VEINTE AÑOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN PARASITOLÓGICA
2013 | Journal article
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Juan F. Quintana

Course of Infection with the Emergent Pathogen Brucella microti in Immunocompromised Mice

Infection and immunity
2011 | Journal article
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doi: 10.1128/IAI.05542-11

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Juan F. Quintana

The new species Brucella microti replicates in macrophages and causes death in murine models of infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases
2010 | Journal article
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doi: 10.1086/653084

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Juan F. Quintana

Peer review (9 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for Genome medicine. (1)
Review activity for Nature communications (7)
Review activity for Tropical animal health and production. (1)