Karina Oyarce Merino

1.- Neuroinflamación y su contribución al desarrollo y mantención de enfermedades neuropsiquiátricas
2.- Nuevos biomarcadores para enfermedades neuropsiquiátricas

1.- 2025. Vera-Montecinos, A., Pardo, C.C., Hernández, M. et al. High throughput tear proteomics with data independent acquisition enables biomarker discovery in allergic conditions. Sci Rep 15, 31181. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17105-y.

2.- 2025. Carril Pardo, C., Oyarce Merino, K., & Vera-Montecinos, A. Neuroinflammatory Loop in Schizophrenia, Is There a Relationship with Symptoms or Cognition Decline? International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26(1), 310. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26010310

3.- 2025. Vega-Letter, A.M., García-Guerrero, C., Yantén-Fuentes, L. et al. Safety and efficacy of mesenchymal stromal cells mitochondria transplantation as a cell-free therapy for osteoarthritis. J Transl Med 23, 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-024-05945-7

4.- 2024. Regulatory T cells administration reduces anxiety-like behavior in mice submitted to chronic restraint stress. Cepeda, Y., Elizondo-Vega, R., Garrido, C., Tobar, C., Araneda, M., Oliveros, P., Ordenes, P., Carril, C., Vidal, P., Luz-Crawford, P., García-Robles, MA., Oyarce, K. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 2024 Ago. doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2024.1406832

5.- 2023. Lactate: an alternative pathway for the immunosuppressive properties of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells. Pradenas C, Luque-Campos N, Oyarce K, Contreras-Lopez R, Bustamante-Barrientos FA, Bustos A, Galvez-Jiron F, Araya MJ, Asencio C, Lagos R, Herrera-Luna Y, Abba Moussa D, Hill CN, Lara-Barba E, Altamirano C, Ortloff A, Hidalgo-Fadic Y, Vega-Letter AM, García-Robles MLÁ, Djouad F, Luz-Crawford P, Elizondo-Vega R. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2023 Nov 19;14(1):335. doi: 10.1186/s13287- 023-03549-4.

1.- Small extracellular vesicles derived from glycolytic MSC as a new approach to increase neuroprotective role of astrocytes in a murine model of diabetes-induced encephalopathy, Fondecyt Regular ANID, co-investigadora, 2024-2028.

2.- Efecto del estrés por aislamiento social sobre la inflamación en ratones hembra, VRID Enfoque de Género UdeC, co-investigadora, 2023-2025.

3.- Immunomodulatory effect of vitamin D-treated Tregs on peripheral and central inflammation on murine models of depression, Fondecyt de Iniciación ANID, Investigadora responsable, 2019-2023.