Fernando Figueroa Elizalde

Títulos o grados académicos

• Especialista en Medicina Interna y Reumatología en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

• Estudios de Postgrado en Inmunología y Reumatología en las Universidades de Rockefeller, California y Montpellier.

• Fellow del American College of Physicians.

• Médico Cirujano, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

• Licenciado en Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Asignaturas que imparte

  • Medicina Interna.
  • Reumatología.
  • Inmunología Clínica.

Categoría Académica

  • Profesor Titular.

Publicaciones

  • Mitochondrial transfer balances cell redox, energy and metabolic homeostasis in the osteoarthritic chondrocyte preserving cartilage integrity

  • Survival advantage of native and engineered T cells is acquired by mitochondrial transfer from mesenchymal stem cells

  • Current status of cell-based therapies for respiratory virus infections: applicability to COVID-19

  • Magic realism: a Latin American paradigm for stem cell research & development?

  • Mitochondrial transfer from MSCs to T cells induces Treg differentiation and restricts inflammatory response

Proyectos de investigación

  • CENTER OF INTERVENTIONAL MEDICINE FOR PRECISION AND ADVANCED CELLULAR THERAPY

  • IMPACT OF HORIZONTAL ARTIFICIAL TRANSFER OF MITOCHONDRIA ON UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION AND ITS CLINICAL RELEVANCE IN GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE.

  • Mitochondrial transfer within the osteoarthritic joint: restoration of the dysfunctional stress-response and metabolic pathway in cartilage in-vitro and in an animal model of disease

Apariciones en Medios

  • Studies in the Area of Medical Errors Reported from Universidad Abierta Interamericana (Patient Identification in the Prevention of Errors and Adverse Events: A Systematic Review)

  • U.S. Clinical Trial: Universidad de los Andes, Chile Listed a New Clinical Trial to Study "Ready-to-use" Intra-articular Formulation of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (PANLAR-II)

  • The Campus Roundup: October 21, 2021