Minerva Garcia-Barrio
Research Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
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Available to mentor

Minerva Garcia-Barrio
Research Assistant Professor
  • Center Memberships
  • Recent Publications
  • Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center
    • Center Member
      Caswell Diabetes Institute
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      EXPOSURE OF HUMAN DERIVED MACROPHAGES TO SOLUBLE UROKINASE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR RECEPTOR DECREASES THEIR PHAGOCYTIC ABILITY
      Ismail A, Erne GK, Presswalla F, Hutten C, Diaz KM, Catalan T, Pizzo I, Anderson E, Blakely PK, Garcia C, Leon-Sanchez L, Garcia-Barrio M, Hayek S. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2024 Apr; 83 (13): 1305 DOI:10.1016/s0735-1097(24)03295-9
    • Journal Article
      Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies risk loci for abdominal aortic aneurysm and highlights PCSK9 as a therapeutic target.
      Roychowdhury T, Klarin D, Levin MG, Spin JM, Rhee YH, Deng A, Headley CA, Tsao NL, Gellatly C, Zuber V, Shen F, Hornsby WE, Laursen IH, Verma SS, Locke AE, Einarsson G, Thorleifsson G, Graham SE, Dikilitas O, Pattee JW, Judy RL, Pauls-Verges F, Nielsen JB, Wolford BN, Brumpton BM, Dilmé J, Peypoch O, Juscafresa LC, Edwards TL, Li D, Banasik K, Brunak S, Jacobsen RL, Garcia-Barrio MT, Zhang J, Rasmussen LM, Lee R, Handa A, Wanhainen A, Mani K, Lindholt JS, Obel LM, Strauss E, Oszkinis G, Nelson CP, Saxby KL, van Herwaarden JA, van der Laan SW, van Setten J, Camacho M, Davis FM, Wasikowski R, Tsoi LC, Gudjonsson JE, Eliason JL, Coleman DM, Henke PK, Ganesh SK, Chen YE, Guan W, Pankow JS, Pankratz N, Pedersen OB, Erikstrup C, Tang W, Hveem K, Gudbjartsson D, Gretarsdottir S, Thorsteinsdottir U, Holm H, Stefansson K, Ferreira MA, Baras A, Kullo IJ, Ritchie MD, Christensen AH, Iversen KK, Eldrup N, Sillesen H, Ostrowski SR, Bundgaard H, Ullum H, Burgess S, Gill D, Gallagher K, Sabater-Lleal M, DiscovEHR , Regeneron Genetics Center , UK Aneurysm Growth Study , DBDS Genomic Consortium , VA Million Veteran Program , Surakka I, Jones GT, Bown MJ, Tsao PS, Willer CJ, Damrauer SM. Nat Genet, 2023 Nov; 55 (11): 1831 - 1842. DOI:10.1038/s41588-023-01510-y
      PMID: 37845353
    • Journal Article
      Myeloid BAF60a deficiency alters metabolic homeostasis and exacerbates atherosclerosis.
      Zhao Y, Liu Y, Zhao G, Lu H, Liu Y, Xue C, Chang Z, Liu H, Deng Y, Liang W, Wang H, Rom O, Garcia-Barrio MT, Zhu T, Guo Y, Chang L, Lin J, Chen YE, Zhang J. Cell Rep, 2023 Oct 31; 42 (10): 113171 DOI:10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113171
      PMID: 37768825
    • Journal Article
      Abstract 684: Hepatic Oxalate Overproduction As A Driver And Therapeutic Target In NASH And Atherosclerosis
      Das S, Finney AC, kumar D, Liu Y, Rohilla S, Anand SK, Nunez K, liu Z, Pearson-Gallion B, Abdullah CS, Cockerham ED, Bhuiyan MS, Orr WW, Garcia-Barrio MT, Zhang J, Liu W, Chen YE, Thevenot P, Cohen A, Yurdagul A, Rom O. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 2023 May; 43 (Suppl_1): DOI:10.1161/atvb.43.suppl_1.684
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Loss-of-STING function by nitro-fatty acids reduces endometriotic lesion formation in a syngeneic model of endometriosis
      Pitts M, Xu W, Garcia-Barrio M, Schopfer F, Thompson W, Villacorta L. Physiology, 2023 May; 38 (S1): 5731415 DOI:10.1152/physiol.2023.38.s1.5731415
    • Journal Article
      PRDM16 deficiency in vascular smooth muscle cells aggravates abdominal aortic aneurysm.
      Wang Z, Zhao X, Zhao G, Guo Y, Lu H, Mu W, Zhong J, Garcia-Barrio M, Zhang J, Chen YE, Chang L. JCI Insight, 2023 Jun 8; 8 (11): DOI:10.1172/jci.insight.167041
      PMID: 37079380
    • Journal Article
      Gut microbiota production of trimethyl-5-aminovaleric acid reduces fatty acid oxidation and accelerates cardiac hypertrophy.
      Zhao M, Wei H, Li C, Zhan R, Liu C, Gao J, Yi Y, Cui X, Shan W, Ji L, Pan B, Cheng S, Song M, Sun H, Jiang H, Cai J, Garcia-Barrio MT, Chen YE, Meng X, Dong E, Wang DW, Zheng L. Nat Commun, 2022 Apr 1; 13 (1): 1757 DOI:10.1038/s41467-022-29060-7
      PMID: 35365608
    • Journal Article
      BAF60c prevents abdominal aortic aneurysm formation through epigenetic control of vascular smooth muscle cell homeostasis.
      Zhao G, Zhao Y, Lu H, Chang Z, Liu H, Wang H, Liang W, Liu Y, Zhu T, Rom O, Guo Y, Chang L, Yang B, Garcia-Barrio MT, Lin JD, Chen YE, Zhang J. J Clin Invest, 2022 Nov 1; 132 (21): DOI:10.1172/JCI158309
      PMID: 36066968