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Rodrigo Morales Castro

Rodrigo Morales Castro

Assistant Professor
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Postal address: H5 Laboratoriemedicin, H5 Klin immunologi Bergman, 141 52 Huddinge
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About me

  • My research goal is to understand the basis of inflammatory responses during tissue damage at a cellular and molecular level, and specifically investigate how different immune players modulate tissue repair and regeneration. I have specialized in the application of zebrafish models to study in real-time the role of immune cells during tissue damage and regeneration. I joined ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ with the goal of developing new zebrafish models to study in vivo the immunological mechanisms leading to the initiation and treatment of chronic 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

  • Article: MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2025;:S1933-0219(25)00042-X
    Morales Castro RA; Kern BC; Díaz-Basabe A; Meinen ER; Zhao D; Zhou Y; Castillo F; Monasterio G; Farcas V; Chávez MN; Fransson J; Villablanca EJ
  • Article: MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2025
    Morales Castro RA; Kern BC; Díaz-Basabe A; Meinen ER; Zhao D; Zhou Y; Castillo F; Monasterio G; Farcas V; Chávez MN; Fransson J; Villablanca EJ
  • Article: NATURE. 2025;637(8048):1198-1206
    Das S; Parigi SM; Luo X; Fransson J; Kern BC; Okhovat A; Diaz OE; Sorini C; Czarnewski P; Webb AT; Morales RA; Lebon S; Monasterio G; Castillo F; Tripathi KP; He N; Pelczar P; Schaltenberg N; De la Fuente M; Lopez-Kostner F; Nylen S; Larsen HL; Kuiper R; Antonson P; Hermoso MA; Huber S; Biton M; Scharaw S; Gustafsson J-A; Katajisto P; Villablanca EJ
  • Article: ISCIENCE. 2024;27(12):111406
    Chavez MN; Arora P; Meer M; Marques IJ; Ernst A; Morales Castro RA; Mercader N
  • Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;14(1):8402
    Pennacchietti F; Alvelid J; Morales RA; Damenti M; Ollech D; Oliinyk OS; Shcherbakova DM; Villablanca EJ; Verkhusha VV; Testa I
  • Article: EBIOMEDICINE. 2023;94:104691
    Devarakonda S; Thorsell A; Hedenstrom P; Rezapour A; Heden L; Banerjee S; Johansson MEV; Birchenough G; Moren AT; Gustavsson K; Skokic V; Pettersson VL; Sjoberg F; Kalm M; Al Masri M; Ekh M; Fagman H; Wolving M; Perkins R; Morales RA; Castillo F; Villablanca E; Yrlid U; Bergmark K; Steineck G; Bull C
  • Article: IMMUNITY. 2022;55(12):2336-2351.e12
    Frede A; Czarnewski P; Monasterio G; Tripathi KP; Bejarano DA; Flores ROR; Sorini C; Larsson L; Luo X; Geerlings L; Novella-Rausell C; Zagami C; Kuiper R; Morales RA; Castillo F; Hunt M; Mariano LL; Hu YOO; Engblom C; Lennon-Dumenil A-M; Mittenzwei R; Westendorf AM; Hoevelmeyer N; Lundeberg J; Saez-Rodriguez J; Schlitzer A; Das S; Villablanca EJ
  • Article: MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2022;15(5):940-951
    Morales RA; Rabahi S; Diaz OE; Salloum Y; Kern BC; Westling M; Luo X; Parigi SM; Monasterio G; Das S; Hernandez PP; Villablanca EJ
  • Article: MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2022;15(3):443-458
    Melhem H; Kaya B; Kaymak T; Wuggenig P; Flint E; Roux J; Oost KC; Cavelti-Weder C; Balmer ML; Walser J-C; Morales RA; Riedel CU; Liberali P; Villablanca EJ; Niess JH
  • Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2022;13(1):828
    Parigi SM; Larsson L; Das S; Flores ROR; Frede A; Tripathi KP; Diaz OE; Selin K; Morales RA; Luo X; Monasterio G; Engblom C; Gagliani N; Saez-Rodriguez J; Lundeberg J; Villablanca EJ
  • Article: DISEASE MODELS & MECHANISMS. 2021;14(12):dmm049104
    Diaz OE; Sorini C; Morales RA; Luo X; Frede A; Krais AM; Chavez MN; Wincent E; Das S; Villablanca EJ
  • Article: CELL REPORTS. 2020;32(5):107979
    Kaya B; Donas C; Wuggenig P; Diaz OE; Morales RA; Melhem H; Hernandez PP; Kaymak T; Das S; Hruz P; Franc Y; Geier F; Ayata CK; Villablanca EJ; Niess JH
  • Article: REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY. 2020;93:163-168
    Diaz OE; Xue S; Luo X; Nava J; Appelblom A; Morales RA; Das S; Villablanca EJ
  • Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2020;10(1):2191
    Chavez MN; Morales RA; Lopez-Crisosto C; Carlos Roa J; Allende ML; Lavandero S
  • Article: DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;41(1-2):112-122
    Anguita-Salinas C; Sanchez M; Morales RA; Laura Ceci M; Rojas-Benitez D; Allende ML
  • Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2019;10:253
    Morales RA; Allende ML
  • Article: IMMUNOGENETICS. 2017;69(5):341-349
    Paredes-Zuniga S; Morales RA; Munoz-Sanchez S; Munoz-Montecinos C; Parada M; Tapia K; Rubilar C; Allende ML; Pena OA
  • Article: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY. 2016;117(8):1880-1889
    Carrillo SA; Anguita-Salinas C; Pena OA; Morales RA; Munoz-Sanchez S; Munoz-Montecinos C; Paredes-Zuniga S; Tapia K; Allende ML
  • Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2016;7:458
    Garcia-Gonzalez PA; Schinnerling K; Sepulveda-Gutierrez A; Maggi J; Hoyos L; Morales RA; Mehdi AM; Nel HJ; Soto L; Pesce B; Carmen Molina M; Cuchacovich M; Larrondo ML; Neira O; Francisco Catalan D; Hilkens CM; Thomas R; Verdugo RA; Aguillon JC
  • Article: IMMUNOLOGY. 2015;146(1):81-88
    Gajardo T; Morales RA; Campos-Mora M; Campos-Acuna J; Pino-Lagos K
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All other publications

  • Preprint: ELSEVIER BV. 2025
    Fransson J; Sorini C; Castillo F; Chi Y; He N; Morales Castro RA; Sounart H; Zagami C; Cardoso RF; Das S; Giacomello S; Mechling A; Smith P; Villablanca EJ
  • Review: NATURE PROTOCOLS. 2024;19(10):3085-3137
    Monasterio G; Morales RA; Bejarano DA; Abalo XM; Fransson J; Larsson L; Schlitzer A; Lundeberg J; Das S; Villablanca EJ
  • Preprint: BIORXIV. 2024
    Chávez MN; Arora P; Ernst A; Meer M; Morales RA; Mercader N
  • Preprint: BIORXIV. 2021
    Parigi S; Larsson L; Das S; Ramirez Flores R; Frede A; Tripathi K; Diaz O; Selin K; Morales R; Luo X; Monasterio G; Engblom C; Gagliani N; Saez-Rodriguez J; Lundeberg J; Villablanca E
  • Preprint: BIORXIV. 2021
    Melhem H; Kaya B; Kaymak T; Wuggenig P; Flint E; Roux J; Cavelti-Weder C; Balmer M; Walser J-C; Morales R; Riedel C; Liberali P; Villablanca E; Niess JH
  • Preprint: BIORXIV. 2020
    Kaya B; Cuadra CD; Wuggenig P; Diaz O; Morales R; Melhem H; Swiss IBD Cohort Investigators; Hernández P; Kaymak T; Das S; Hruz P; Ayata K; Villablanca E; Niess JH
  • Book chapter: MOLECULAR GENETICS OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. 2019;p. 47-76
    Diaz OE; Morales RA; Das S; Villablanca EJ
  • Review: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2015;6:232
    Gajardo Carrasco T; Morales RA; Perez F; Terraza C; Yanez L; Campos-Mora M; Pino-Lagos K
  • Review: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2013;4:405
    Campos-Mora M; Morales RA; Gajardo T; Catalan D; Pino-Lagos K

Grants

  • Developing a zebrafish-based model to study intestinal regeneration in vivo
    KI Research Foundation
    1 January 2022 - 31 December 2023
  • Addressing the activity of human IBD-risk non-coding regions after exposure to environmental factors in vivo
    KI Research Foundation
    1 January 2020 - 31 December 2021

Employments

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2024-2028
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Medicine, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2020-2024

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