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Amanda Sierra Saavedra

Principal Investigator

Ikerbasque Research Professor

Amanda Sierra Saavedra

Contact

Email:Amanda.Sierra@achucarro.org

Tel.:(+34) 94 601 8136

Science Park of the UPV/EHU
Sede Building, 3rd floor, Barrio Sarriena, s/n
E-48940 Leioa Spain

About me

PhD Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2003

Our laboratory works on the study of microglial cells at the interplay between phagocytosis and inflammation in the diseased brain. The research involves the study of the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of the efficiency of microglial phagocytosis.

Publications

  1. Microglia as hunters or gatherers of brain synapses

    Pereira-Iglesias, Marta; Maldonado-Teixido, Joel; Melero, Alejandro; Piriz, Joaquin; Galea, Elena; Ransohoff, Richard M.; Sierra, Amanda
    Nature Neuroscience (Dec, 2024) DOI: 10.1038/s41593-024-01818-w
  2. Microglial lipid phosphatase SHIP1 limits complement-mediated synaptic pruning in the healthy developing hippocampus

    Matera, Alessandro; Compagnion, Anne-Claire; [...] Kerr, William G.; Paolicelli, Rosa C.
    Immunity (Dec, 2024) DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.11.003
  3. A bottom-up approach identifies the antipsychotic and antineoplastic trifluoperazine and the ribose derivative deoxytubercidin as novel microglial phagocytosis inhibitors

    Rodriguez-Iglesias, N.; Paris, I.; Valero, J.; Cañas-Zabala, L.; Carretero, A.; Hatje, K.; Zhang, J.D.; Patsch, C.; Britschgi, M.; Gutbier, S.; Sierra, A.
    GLIA (Oct, 2024) DOI: 10.1002/glia.24637
  4. Microglia in Health and Diseases: Integrative Hubs of the Central Nervous System (CNS)

    Sierra, Amanda; Miron, Veronique E.; Paolicelli, Rosa C.; Ransohoff, Richard M.
    Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology (Aug, 2024) DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041366
  5. Interferons: Invited guests at the brain’s gala banquet

    Márquez-Ropero, Mar; Sierra, Amanda
    Neuron (Apr, 2024) DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.03.010
  6. Microglia and meningeal macrophages depletion delays the onset of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Montilla, Alejandro; Zabala, Alazne; Er-Lukowiak, Marco; Rissiek, Björn; Magnus, Tim; Rodriguez-Iglesias, Noelia; Sierra, Amanda; Matute, Carlos; Domercq, María
    Cell Death & Disease (Jan, 2023) DOI: 10.1038/s41419-023-05551-3
  7. Microglial phagocytosis dysfunction in stroke is driven by energy depletion and induction of autophagy

    Beccari, Sol; Sierra-Torre, Virginia; [...] Plaza-Zabala, Ainhoa; Sierra, Amanda
    Autophagy (Jan, 2023) DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2023.2165313
  8. Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

    Paolicelli, Rosa C.; Sierra, Amanda; [...] Wu, Long-Jun; Wyss-Coray, Tony
    Neuron (Nov, 2022) DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.10.020
  9. Susceptibility of Female Mice to the Dietary Omega-3/Omega-6 Fatty-Acid Ratio: Effects on Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Glia

    Rodríguez-Iglesias, Noelia; Nadjar, Agnes; Sierra, Amanda; Valero, Jorge
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Mar, 2022) DOI: 10.3390/ijms23063399
  10. Editorial: Assessing Microglial Function and Identity

    Sierra, Amanda; Paolicelli, Rosa Chiara
    Frontiers in Immunology (Dec, 2021) DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.824866