Prof. Luz Pámela Blanco

NIH National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, USA

Scientist

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1990 – 1996 Ph.D., Universidad de Chile, Microbiology

1982 – 1988 Biochemist, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Immunology

Publications (selected)

1. Patino-Martinez, E., Hajihosseini, M., Hanata, N., et al. (2026). Longitudinal multiomic and spatial transcriptomic profiling of lupus nephritis progression in a murine model. Journal of Immunology, 215(5), Article vkag100.
2. Romo-Tena, J., Sengupta, S., Carmona-Rivera, C., et al. (2026). Preconditioning determines engraftment and therapeutic efficacy of anti-CD19 CAR-T cells in murine lupus. Journal of Immunology, 215(5), Article vkag112.
3. Blanco, LP., Regmi, B., Carmona-Rivera, C., et al. (2026). Dysregulation of U12-Type Splicing in Lupus Neutrophils. Arthritis & Rheumatology. Advance online publication.
4. Romo-Tena, JR., Sengupta, S., Ambler, W., et al. (2025). Efficacy and engraftment of anti-CD19 CAR-T cells in murine lupus. Journal of Immunology, 214(Suppl. 1), Article vkaf2832041.
5. Romo-Tena, J., Blanco, L., Nakabo, S., et al. (2025). Nerve Injury-Induced Protein-1 (Ninj1) Deficiency Aggravates Murine Lupus Through Modulation of Macrophage Polarization. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 77(Suppl. 9), 1836-1837.
6. Blanco, LP., Salmeri, N., Temkin, SM., et al. (2025). Endometriosis and autoimmunity. Autoimmunity Reviews, 24(4), Article 103752.
7. Patiño-Martinez, E., Nakabo, S., Jiang, K., et al. (2024). The Aconitate Decarboxylase 1/Itaconate Pathway Modulates Immune Dysregulation and Associates with Cardiovascular Disease Markers and Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Journal of Immunology, 213(4).
8. Patino-Martinez, E., Blanco, L., Weiss, J., et al. (2024). Differentiation of monocytes to macrophages with GM-CSF impairs ACOD1 and Itaconate production after TLR-4 activation. Journal of Immunology, 212(Suppl. 1), Article 0177_4212.
9. Staal, J., Blanco, LP., & Perl, A. (2023). Editorial: Mitochondrial dysfunction in inflammation and autoimmunity. Frontiers in Immunology, 14, Article 1304315.
10. Martinez, EP., Nakabo, S., Claybaugh, D., et al. (2023). Modulation of murine lupus by Aconitate Decarboxylase 1. Journal of Immunology, 210(Suppl. 1).
11. Blanco, LP., & Kaplan, MJ. (2023). Metabolic alterations of the immune system in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. PLOS Biology, 21(4), Article e3002084.
12. Blanco, LP., Patino-Martinez, E., Nakabo, S., et al. (2022). Modulation of the Itaconate Pathway Attenuates Murine Lupus. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 74(12), 1971-1983.
13. Wu, J., Singh, K., Lin, A., et al. (2022). Boosting NAD+ blunts TLR4-induced type I IFN in control and systemic lupus erythematosus monocytes. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 132(5), Article e139828.
14. Blanco, LP., Wang, XH., Carlucci, PM., et al. (2021). RNA Externalized by Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Promotes Inflammatory Pathways in Endothelial Cells. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 73(12), 2282-2292.
15. Romo-Tena, J., Esparza-Lopez, J., Carmona-Rivera, C., et al. (2021). Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Modulates Endothelial-to-mesenchymal -Transition and Increases Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 73(Suppl. 9), 1058-1059.
16. Wang, XH., Blanco, LP., Carmona-Rivera, C., et al. (2020). Effects of Gasdermin D in Modulating Murine Lupus and its Associated Organ Damage. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 72(12), 2118-2129.
17. Romo-Tena, J., Esparza-López, J., Carmona-Rivera, C., et al. (2020). Role of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) in Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EndoMT) Promoted by Inflammation: Implications for SLE. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 72(Suppl. 10).
18. Tumurkhuu, G., Chen, S., Montano, E., et al. (2020). Oxidative DNA Damage Accelerates Skin Inflammation in Pristane-induced lupus Model. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 72(Suppl. 10).
19. Wang, XH., Carlucci, P., Romo-Tena, J., et al. (2020). RNA Externalized by Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Promotes Inflammatory Pathways in Endothelial Cells. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 72(Suppl. 10).
20. Wang, XH., Blanco, L., Carmona-Rivera, C., et al. (2020). Gasdermin D Modulates Murine Lupus and Its Associated Organ Damage. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 72(Suppl. 10).

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WOS ResearcherID: CHF-6886-2022