Research
José
Viña was born in Valencia, Spain in 1953.
After pursuing his studies in Medicine at the
University of Valencia, and doing research work under the
auspices of Prof Hans Krebs (Krebs cycle) in Oxford, he
obtained his PhD in 1976.
After teaching Physiology at Extremadura University
(Spain) he returned to Valencia and took up his position as
Professor of Physiology at the University of Valencia where
he still works. Here Prof Viña combines his teaching duties
with research work, the latter in two main lines: Ageing and
exercise.
José
Viña leads a successful research group working on different
aspects of oxidative stress with whom he has won numerous
prizes for research work; he has published widely on
glutathione, mitochondria, oxidative stress, free radicals
and nutrition.
José
Viña keeps fit by regularly playing tennis and sailing.
He collects fountain pens and listens to classical
music when the world of Science and sports gives him the
opportunity.
Honors
·
Boehringer prize for best
research work in Biochemistry developed in Spain. (For
scientists under the age of 35, 1985) Awarded by the Spanish
Biochemical Society. 1985.
·
National Research Prize in Biomedicine awarded by the
National Academy of Medicine of Spain for research on Aging.
1998
·
Spanish Society of Geriatrics
and Gerontolgy Prize for research in Geriatrics and
Gerontolgy 2004) Awarded by the Sociedad Española de
Geriatría y Gerontología, June 2004
·
10th Edition of the Alberto Sols ex aequo prize for
research) Awarded by the Ilmo. Ayuntmiento de Sax (Council
of Sax), November 2004
·
8th edition of awards presented by 3M Foundation for
Innovation) (Research in Alzheimer's disease) awarded by
Fundación 3M, July 2006
·
Prof. Viña was made Honorary Fellow of the Academy of
Medicine of Torino, Italy on 14.12.07
·
Prof. Viña was made Doctor Honoris Causa of the University
of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in November 2008.
Selected
Publications
188.-
Viña, J., Sastre, J., Pallardó, F.V., Gambini, J.,
Borrás, C. (2008) Modulation of
longevity-associated genes by estrogens or phytoestrogens
Biol Chem. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18177268
187.-
Pereda, J., Escobar, J., Sandoval, J., Rodríguez, J. L.,
Sabater, L., Pallardó, F. V., Torres, L., Franco, L., Viña,
J., López-Rodas, G., Sastre, J. (2008) Glutamate
cysteine ligase up-regulation fails in necrotizing
pancreatitis Free Radical Biology & Medicine In
press
186.-
Gomez-Cabrera MC, Domenech E, Viña J. (2008) Moderate
exercise is an antioxidant: Upregulation of antioxidant
genes by training. Free Radic Biol Med
15;44(2):126-31. Epub 2007 Feb 9.
185.-
Gomez-Cabrera MC, Domenech E, Romagnoli M, Arduini A,
Borras C, Pallardo FV, Sastre J, Viña J. (2008) Oral
administration of vitamin C decreases muscle mitochondrial
biogenesis and hampers training-induced adaptations in
endurance performance. Am J Clin Nutr
87(1):142-9
184.-
Vallés SL, Borrás C, Gambini J, Furriol J, Ortega A,
Sastre J, Pallardó FV, Viña J. (2008) Oestradiol
or genistein rescues neurons from amyloid beta-induced cell
death by inhibiting activation of p38 Aging Cell 7(1):112-8.
183.-
Martín JA, Pereda J, Martínez-López I, Escrig R,
Miralles V, Pallardó FV, Viña JR, Vento M, Viña J, Sastre
J. (2007) Oxidative stress as a
signal to up-regulate gamma-cystathionase in the
fetal-to-neonatal transition in rats Cell Mol Biol 53
Suppl:OL1010-7
182.-
Serviddio G, Sastre J, Bellanti F, Viña J, Vendemiale G,
Altomare E. (2007) Mitochondrial
involvement in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis Molecular
Aspects of Medicine 29: 22 - 35
181.-
Aranda R, Doménech E, Rus AD, Real JT, Sastre J, Viña
J, Pallardó FV. (2007) Age-related
increase in xanthine oxidase activity in human plasma and
rat tissues. Free Radic Res. 41 (11): 1195 -
1200
180.-
Viña J, Lloret A, Vallés SL, Borrás C, Badía MC,
Pallardó FV, Sastre J, Alonso MD. (2007) Effect
of gender on mitochondrial toxicity of Alzheimer's Abeta
peptide. Antioxid Redox Signal. 9(10):1677-90
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