Rodrigo Morales Castro
About me
My research goal is to understand the basis of inflammatory responses during damage at a cellular and molecular level, and specifically how different immune players can modulate tissue repair and regeneration. In my scientific career I have specialized in the application of zebrafish models to study the role of immune cells during tissue damage and regeneration. I joined Karolinska Institutet with the goal of developing novel zebrafish tools to study in vivo the immunological mechanisms leading to the initiation and treatment of intestinal pathologies such as Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). My long-term goal is to address with zebrafish clinically relevant questions which remain challenging due to the limitations of classical animal models or in vitro approaches.
Articles
- Journal article: NATURE PROTOCOLS. 2024;19(10):3085-3137
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;14(1):8402
- Article: EBIOMEDICINE. 2023;94:104691
- Article: IMMUNITY. 2022;55(12):2336-2351.e12
- Article: MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2022;15(5):940-951
- Article: MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2022;15(3):443-458
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2022;13(1):828
- Article: DISEASE MODELS & MECHANISMS. 2021;14(12):dmm049104
- Article: CELL REPORTS. 2020;32(5):107979
- Article: REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY. 2020;93:163-168
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2020;10(1):2191
- Article: DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;41(1-2):112-122
- Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2019;10:253
- Article: IMMUNOGENETICS. 2017;69(5):341-349
- Article: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY. 2016;117(8):1880-1889
- Article: IMMUNOLOGY. 2015;146(1):81-88
- Article: IMMUNOBIOLOGY. 2015;220(6):769-774
- Article: IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY. 2015;93(2):113-119
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(12):e0144848
- Article: JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2013;11:128
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All other publications
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2021
- Book chapter: MOLECULAR GENETICS OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. 2019;p. 47-76
- Review: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2015;6:232
- Review: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2013;4:405
Employments
- Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2028
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2020-2024