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Sergio Crespo-Garcia
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Research
Latest papers
Adipocytes influence choroidal neovascularization via PRDM16.
EMBO molecular medicine · 2026
Impact of prenatal alcohol exposure in midlife: an assessment of the retina in the vervet monkey.
Experimental eye research · 2025
Metabolic reprogramming of the neovascular niche promotes regenerative angiogenesis in proliferative retinopathy.
Nature communications · 2025
Latest funding
- $1,170,450
Replacement of Intraocular Injections with Eye Drops for the Treatment of Retinal Diseases Using Gold Nanoparticles
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $120,000
Microvascular complications of the retina related to faulty metabolism of homocysteine
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
- $76,000
Inter-cellular causality in the formation and degradation of the vascular glycocalyx
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
16 publications.
Adipocytes influence choroidal neovascularization via PRDM16.
Diaz-Marin R, Hata M, Guber V, De Guire V, Wilson AM, Crespo-Garcia S, Sapieha P
Impact of prenatal alcohol exposure in midlife: an assessment of the retina in the vervet monkey.
Bellemare G, Micaelo-Fernandes C, Belanger HA, Garon ML, Ptito M, Palmour RM, Crespo-Garcia S, Bouchard JF
Metabolic reprogramming of the neovascular niche promotes regenerative angiogenesis in proliferative retinopathy.
Cagnone G, Pundir S, Betus C, Agnihotri T, Ren A, -Kim JS, Harvey NR, Heckel E, Chen MX, Situ A, Gaub P, Kim N, Das A, Leclerc S, Wünnemann F, Berillon L, Andelfinger G, Crespo-Garcia S, Dubrac A, Rezende FA, Clish CB, Maranda B, Rivera JC, Smith LEH, Sapieha P, Joyal JS
Outer retina micro-inflammation is driven by T cell responses prior to retinal degeneration in early age-related macular degeneration.
Stürzbecher L, Bartolomaeus H, Bartolomaeus TUP, Bolz S, Sekulic A, Ueffing M, Clark SJ, Reichhart N, Crespo-Garcia S, Wilck N, Strauß O
Corticosteroids reduce pathological angiogenesis yet compromise reparative vascular remodeling in a model of retinopathy.
Hata M, Hata M, Dejda A, Pilon F, Diaz-Marin R, Fournier F, Joyal JS, Cagnone G, Ochi Y, Crespo-Garcia S, Wilson AM, Sapieha P
Therapeutic targeting of cellular senescence in diabetic macular edema: preclinical and phase 1 trial results.
Crespo-Garcia S, Fournier F, Diaz-Marin R, Klier S, Ragusa D, Masaki L, Cagnone G, Blot G, Hafiane I, Dejda A, Rizk R, Juneau R, Buscarlet M, Chorfi S, Patel P, Beltran PJ, Joyal JS, Rezende FA, Hata M, Nguyen A, Sullivan L, Damiano J, Wilson AM, Mallette FA, David NE, Ghosh A, Tsuruda PR, Dananberg J, Sapieha P
HIF1α-dependent hypoxia response in myeloid cells requires IRE1α.
Mawambo G, Oubaha M, Ichiyama Y, Blot G, Crespo-Garcia S, Dejda A, Binet F, Diaz-Marin R, Sawchyn C, Sergeev M, Juneau R, Kaufman RJ, Affar EB, Mallette FA, Wilson AM, Sapieha P
Past history of obesity triggers persistent epigenetic changes in innate immunity and exacerbates neuroinflammation.
Hata M, Andriessen EMMA, Hata M, Diaz-Marin R, Fournier F, Crespo-Garcia S, Blot G, Juneau R, Pilon F, Dejda A, Guber V, Heckel E, Daneault C, Calderon V, Des Rosiers C, Melichar HJ, Langmann T, Joyal JS, Wilson AM, Sapieha P
Myeloid-resident neuropilin-1 promotes choroidal neovascularization while mitigating inflammation.
Andriessen EMMA, Binet F, Fournier F, Hata M, Dejda A, Mawambo G, Crespo-Garcia S, Pilon F, Buscarlet M, Beauchemin K, Bougie V, Cumberlidge G, Wilson AM, Bourgault S, Rezende FA, Beaulieu N, Delisle JS, Sapieha P
Anti-Inflammatory Role of Netrin-4 in Diabetic Retinopathy.
Crespo-Garcia S, Reichhart N, Kociok N, Skosyrski S, Joussen AM
Replacement of Intraocular Injections with Eye Drops for the Treatment of Retinal Diseases Using Gold Nanoparticles
Principal investigators: Boisselier Mailfait, Elodie; Crespo-Garcia, Sergio
Keywords: Angiogenesis; Drug Delivery System; Encapsulation; Gold Nanoparticles; In Vitro Models; In Vivo Models; Inflammation; Ophthalmic Eye Drops; Retinal Diseases; Therapeutic Efficacy
Microvascular complications of the retina related to faulty metabolism of homocysteine
Principal investigators: Bellemare, Guillaume
Keywords: Biologie Cellulaire; Culture Cellulaire; Dégénérescence Maculaire; Homocystéine; Immunocytochimie; Métabolisme; Qpcr; Rétine; Vieillissement; Western Blot
Inter-cellular causality in the formation and degradation of the vascular glycocalyx
Principal investigators: Crespo-Garcia, Sergio
Keywords: glycocalyx; calcium-dependent signalling; perivascular cells; pericytes; glia; inter-cellular interactions; vascular function; endothelial cells
Inter-cellular causality in the formation and degradation of the vascular glycocalyx
Principal investigators: Crespo-Garcia, Sergio
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Przemyslaw Sapieha and Sergio Crespo-Garcia: 11 shared papers
- Przemyslaw Sapieha and Jean-Sébastien Joyal: 7 shared papers
- Jean-Philippe Gratton and Malika Oubaha: 6 shared papers
- Przemyslaw Sapieha and Malika Oubaha: 4 shared papers
- Gregor Andelfinger and Przemyslaw Sapieha: 3 shared papers
- Jean-Sébastien Joyal and Sergio Crespo-Garcia: 3 shared papers
- Przemyslaw Sapieha and Jean-Philippe Gratton: 2 shared papers
- Przemyslaw Sapieha and Alexandre Dubrac: 2 shared papers
- Alexandre Dubrac and Sergio Crespo-Garcia: 2 shared papers
- Christian Beausejour and Przemyslaw Sapieha: 1 shared paper
- Christian Beausejour and Jean-Sébastien Joyal: 1 shared paper
- Christian Beausejour and Alexandre Dubrac: 1 shared paper
- Christian Beausejour and Sergio Crespo-Garcia: 1 shared paper
- Gregor Andelfinger and Alexandre Dubrac: 1 shared paper
- Gregor Andelfinger and Sergio Crespo-Garcia: 1 shared paper
- Steve Bourgault and Przemyslaw Sapieha: 1 shared paper
- Steve Bourgault and Sergio Crespo-Garcia: 1 shared paper
- Przemyslaw Sapieha and Christine Des Rosiers: 1 shared paper
- Jean-Sébastien Joyal and Christine Des Rosiers: 1 shared paper
- Jean-Sébastien Joyal and Malika Oubaha: 1 shared paper
- Jean-Philippe Gratton and Alexandre Dubrac: 1 shared paper
- Jean-Philippe Gratton and Sergio Crespo-Garcia: 1 shared paper
- Christine Des Rosiers and Sergio Crespo-Garcia: 1 shared paper
- Malika Oubaha and Sergio Crespo-Garcia: 1 shared paper
- École d'optométrie
- Ophthalmology
- Pediatrics
- Fetomaternal and Neonatal Pathologies
- Physiology and Pharmacology
- Pédiatrie
- Pharmacology
- Other
Co-authors at Université de Montréal, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Przemyslaw Sapieha
Ophthalmology
11 shared papers, latest 2026
Jean-Sébastien Joyal
Pediatrics
3 shared papers, latest 2024
Alexandre Dubrac
Fetomaternal and Neonatal Pathologies
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Jean-Philippe Gratton
Pharmacology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Christine Des Rosiers
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Christian Beausejour
Physiology and Pharmacology
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Malika Oubaha
Département des sciences biologiques
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Gregor Andelfinger
Pédiatrie
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Steve Bourgault
Département de chimie
1 shared papers, latest 2021
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