Laura Amo Herrero

Ikerbasque Research Fellow, Biobizkaia

Ikerbasque Research Fellow at Biobizkaia.

Research line:

Immunology.

Honorable mention abstract at Malaria Research Program Symposium and top three abstracts in NIAID 13th Annual Fellows Workshop, 2019. OTD Exchange Program Award at Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 2018. Postdoctoral Fellowship award by Intramural Research Program of the NIH, 2016.

Previous research experience at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), United States.

Doctor in Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology in 2016 from University of the Basque Country.

Argitalpenak
Kongresuak eta Proceedings

2024

Article / Activated NK cells with a predominance of inhibitory receptors and a decidual-like phenotype expand after autologous HSCT in children with tumors.

Gabirel Astarloa-Pando, Diego Polanco-Alonso, Ane Orrantia, Ainhoa Amarilla-Irusta, Silvia Pérez-Fernández, Raquel Pérez-Garay, Arrate Sevilla, Víctor Sandá, Ainara Lopez-Pardo, Aritz Tijero, José J. Úriz, Mercedes Rey, Itizar Astigarraga, Bárbara Manzanares-Martin, Laura Amo, Olatz Zenarruzabeitia, Francisco Borrego.

Article / Degranulation assay to evaluate NK cell natural and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity against A549 tumor spheroids

Methods in Cell Biology

Lopez-Pardo, A.; Amarilla-Irusta, A.; Sandá, V.; Stan-Fontoba, M.; Borrego, F.; Amo, L.

Article / CD151 identifies an NK cell subset that is enriched in COVID-19 patients and correlates with disease severity

Journal of Infection

Amarilla-Irusta, A.; Zenarruzabeitia, O.; Sevilla, A.; Sandá, V.; Lopez-Pardo, A.; Astarloa-Pando, G.; Pérez-Garay, R.; Pérez-Fernández, S.; Meijide, S.; Imaz-Ayo, N.; Arana-Arri, E.; Amo, L.; Borrego, F.

Review / Elucidating the mechanisms and efficacy of antimalarial drugs in systemic lupus erythematosus

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Paredes-Ruiz, D.; Martin-Iglesias, D.; Amo, L.; Ruiz-Irastorza, G.

2023

Book / Purification and characterization of kidney-infiltrating leukocytes in a mouse model of lupus nephritis

Methods in Cell Biology

Amo L, Kole HK, Scott B, Borrego F, Qi CF, Wang H, Bolland S.

Article / Hydroxicloroquine in patients with Systemic Lupus Erithematosus: How much is enough?

International Immunopharmacology

Paredes-Ruiz D, Arizpe F, Campos-Rodriguez V, Moreno-Torres V, Amo L, Ruiz-Arruza I, Martin-Iglesias D, Ruiz-Irastorza G.

Article / IL-12/15/18-induced cell death and mitochondrial dynamics of human NK cells.

Frontiers in Immunology

Iñigo Terrén, Víctor Sandá, Ainhoa Amarilla-Irusta, Ainara Lopez-Pardo, Arrate Sevilla, Gabirel Astarloa-Pando, Laura Amo, Olatz Zenarruzabeitia, Luca Scorrano, Francisco Borrego

Article / Human IgMhiCD300a+ B cells are circulating marginal zone memory B cells that respond to pneumococcal polysaccharides and their frequency is decreased in people living with HIV

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Joana Vitallé, Olatz Zenarruzabeitia, Aitana Merino-Pérez, Iñigo Terrén, Ane Orrantia, Arantza Pacho de Lucas, José A Iribarren, Lucio J García-Fraile, Luz Balsalobre, Laura Amo, Belén de Andrés, Francisco Borrego

Article / Human IgM<sup>hi</sup>CD300a<sup>+</sup> B Cells Are Circulating Marginal Zone Memory B Cells That Respond to Pneumococcal Polysaccharides and Their Frequency Is Decreased in People Living with HIV

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Vitallé, J.; Zenarruzabeitia, O.; Merino-Pérez, A.; Terrén, I.; Orrantia, A.; Pacho de Lucas, A.; Iribarren, J.A.; García-Fraile, L.J.; Balsalobre, L.; Amo, L.; de Andrés, B.; Borrego, F.

Article / IL-12/15/18-induced cell death and mitochondrial dynamics of human NK cells

Frontiers in Immunology

Terrén, I.; Sandá, V.; Amarilla-Irusta, A.; Lopez-Pardo, A.; Sevilla, A.; Astarloa-Pando, G.; Amo, L.; Zenarruzabeitia, O.; Scorrano, L.; Borrego, F.

2023

Oral presentation | The essential role of CCL17-producing inflammatory dendritic cells in lupus nephritis is uncovered by the suppressive effect of an infection with Plasmodium

Spanish Immunology Society Congress (SEI 44) - Oral presentation

Amo L, Kole HK, Scott B, Qi.CF, Wu M, Krymskaya, L, Wang H, Bolland S

Oral presentation | Expansion of CD151+ NK cell subset correlates with COVID-19 severity

44 Annual Meeting of Spanish Association of Immunology - Oral presentation

Ainhoa Amarilla-Irusta, Olatz Zenarruzabeitia, Arrate Sevilla, Iñigo Terrén, Gabirel Astarloa-Pando, Ainara López-Pardo, Víctor Sandá, Iria Arrese-Muñoz, Raquel Pérez-Garay, Natale Imaz-Ayo, Eunate Arana-Arri, Laura Amo, Francisco Borrego

Oral presentation | Expansion of a decidual-like NK cell subset early after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children with solid tumors

44 Annual Meeting of Spanish Association of Immunology - Oral presentation

Gabirel Astarloa-Pando, Diego Polanco-Alonso, Ane Orrantia, Iñigo Terrén, Ainhoa Amarilla-Irusta, Silvia Pérez-Fernández, Raquel Pérez-Garay, Laura Amo, Arrate Sevilla, Iria Arrese-Muñoz, Victor Sandá, Ainara Lózpez-Pardo, José J. Úriz, Mercedes Rey, Itziar Astigarraga, Rafael González-Fernández, Olatz Zenarruzabeitia, Francisco Borrego

Poster presentation | Podocalyxin enhances the interaction of antigen presenting cells with CD4+ and CD8+ T cells

Spanish Immunology Society Congress (SEI 44) - Poster presentation

Amo L, Díez-García J, Tamayo-Orbegozo E, Alonso M, Maruri N, Larrucea S

Poster presentation | Longitudinal study of adaptive NK cells in CMV-seroconverted healthy donors

Spanish Immunology Society Congress (SEI 44) - Poster presentation

Arrese-Muñoz I, Astarloa Pando G, Gonzalez O, Zenarruzabeitia O, Terrén I, Amarilla-Irusta A, Sevilla A, López-Pardo A, Sandá V, Biritxinaga L, Martínez-Gallo M, Amo L, Borrego F

Poster presentation | Plasticity of cytokine-induced memory-like (CIML) NK cells in response to TGF-β

Spanish Immunology Society Congress (SEI 44) - Poster presentation

Sevilla-Mambrilla A, Amarilla-Irusta A, Tijero A, Terrén I, López-Pardo A, Astarloa Pando G, Sandá V, Arrese-Muñoz I, Zenarruzabeitia O, Amo L, Borrego F

Poster presentation | Respuesta inmunitaria tras la inmunización heteróloga con una vacuna experimental para COVID-19 y BNT162b2

Spanish Immunology Society Congress (SEI 44) 2023 - Poster presentation

. Solaun-Aguirre M, Garcia-Vazquez M.D, Orcajo-Lago J, Mejide S, Amo L, Imaz-Ayo N, Cobos S, Arana-Arri E, Borrego Rabasco F

Poster presentation | Following autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation immature, activated, inhibitory KIR expressing and CD9+CD151+ decidual-like NK cell subsets are expanded in children with cancer.

NK2023. Society for Natural Immunity, 20th meeting. Oslo, Norway. - Poster presentation

Astarloa Pando G, Polanco-Alonso D, Orrantia A, Terrén I, Amarilla-Irusta A, Pérez-Fernández S, Pérez-Garay R, Amo L, Arrese-Muñoz I, Sevilla A, Sandá V, López-Pardo A, Úriz J.J, Rey M, Astigarraga I, González-Fernández R, Zenarruzabeitia O, Borrego F.

Poster presentation | Expansion of CD151+ NK cell subset correlates with COVID-19 severity.

NK2023. Society for Natural Immunity, 20th meeting. Oslo, Norway. - Poster presentation

Amarilla-Irusta A, Zenarruzabeitia O, Sevilla A, Terrén I, Astarloa Pando G, López-Pardo A, Sandá V, Arrese-Muñoz I, Pérez-Garay R, Imaz-Ayo N, Arana-Arri E, Amo L, Borrego F.