Jesús M. Bañales

Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Biodonostia (IIS Biodonostia), Spain

  • CAIXARESEARCH
    AWARDEE

    Jesús M. Bañales
    Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Biodonostia (IIS Biodonostia), Spain
    Targeting the adipose tissue to treat fatty liver: role of TGR5
    Co-leader

  • CONSORTIUM

    Rui Castro
    Universidad de Lisboa, Portugal
    Project leader

  • PROFILE

    Dr. Bañales is Head of the Liver Diseases Group at the IIS Biodonostia, Ikerbasque Research Professor, Miguel Servet II Researcher, and Investigator of CIBERehd (National Network Center for Hepatology and Gastroenterology Research). In addition, Dr. Bañales is Professor of Sciences at the University of Navarra (Pamplona) and Assistant Professor in Medicine/Science at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, USA) and Universidad Área Andina (Bogotá, Colombia).

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  • RESEARCH
    INTERESTS

    Prof. Bañales is an international expert on the study of liver pathobiology, from health to disease, with 20 years of experience in basic, translational and clinical research. His multidisciplinary group is chiefly focused on studying the molecular mechanisms involved in liver pathobiology, with special attention to cholestatic liver diseases (primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), and polycystic liver disease (PLD)), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA)), and looking for novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.

  • CONTACT INFO

    IIS Biodonostia
    Pº Dr. Beguiristain, s/n
    20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa
    Spain
    Tel.: +34 943 00 60 12

    https://www.biodonostia.org/en/