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Ernest Diez Benavente

Assistant Professor

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Research groups

Cardiovascular disease in women

Research aim

Our group's aim is to translate knowledge from experimental cardiovascular research to improve womens's cardiovascular health.

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Recent publications

Integrative genomics of Plasmodium knowlesi reveals parasite-intrinsic regulators of severe human malaria Jacob A F Westaway, Ernest Diez Benavente, Michal Kucharski, Sourav Nayak, Duong T Q Huy, Sarah Auburn, Timothy William, Giri S Rajahram, Kim A Piera, Hidayat Trimarsanto, Kian Soon Hoon, Caitlin Bourke, Anisah Jantim, Abdul Marsudi Manah, William Gotulis, Robert W Moon, Roberto Amato, Bridget E Barber, Chris Drakeley, Nicholas M Anstey, Matt A Field, Zbynek Bozdech, Matthew J Grigg
2026
Female-Biased VSMC GRNs Predict MYH9 as Regulator of Fibrous Plaque Phenotype R Noah Perry, Graham Lenert, Ernest Diez Benavente, Aydin Bölük, Rebecca Hernandez, Lijiang Ma, Nicolas Barbera, Kelsey Watts, Victor Mendoza, Tiit Örd, Mari Taipale, Nadja Sachs, Jessica Pauli, Michal Mokry, Dominique P V de Kleijn, Menno P J de Winther, Manuel Mayr, Lars Maegdefessel, Karen Reue, Minna U Kaikkonen, Johan L M Björkegren, Hester M den Ruijter, Mete Civelek
Circulation research, 2026, vol. 138
Atherosclerotic Fibrous Plaques in Women Present ECM Remodeling Linked to TGF-β Tim R Sakkers, Eloi Mili, Hanna Winter, Daniek Kapteijn, R Noah Perry, Nicolas Barbera, Kelsey Watts, Inês R Dias, Denitsa Meteva, Marian Wesseling, Barend M Mol, Gert J de Borst, Dominique P V de Kleijn, Sander W van der Laan, Mete Civelek, Stephen J White, Lars Maegdefessel, Manuel Mayr, Gerard Pasterkamp, Michal Mokry, Ernest Diez Benavente, Hester M den Ruijter
Circulation research, 2026, vol. 138
Proteome organ aging and cardiometabolic risk in a population at risk for heart failure Kaiyong Qu, Elisa Dal Canto, Anne-Mar L N van Ommen, Sabrina Abou Kamar, Arco J Teske, Maarten Jan Cramer, Marianne C Verhaar, Dirk J Duncker, Frans H Rutten, Isabella Kardys, Roxana Menken, Leonard Hofstra, Igor I Tulevski, G Aernout Somsen, N Charlotte Onland-Moret, Ernest Diez Benavente, Hester M den Ruijter
Cardiovascular Diabetology, 2025, vol. 24, p.1-16
Integrating multi-modal omics to identify therapeutic atherosclerosis pathways for coronary heart disease Sophie C. de Ruiter, Marion van Vugt, Chris Finan, Diederick E. Grobbee, Dominique P.V. de Kleijn, Gerard Pasterkamp, Hester M. den Ruijter, Ernest Diez Benavente, Sanne A.E. Peters, A. Floriaan Schmidt
EBioMedicine, 2025, vol. 121
Living myocardial slices retain patient-specific features Jort S.A. van der Geest, Willem B. van Ham, Ernest Diez Benavente, Mohsin El Amrani, M. Mostafa Mokhles, Marish I.F.J. Oerlemans, Pieter A. Doevendans, Teun P. de Boer, Joost P.G. Sluijter, Linda W. van Laake, Vasco Sampaio-Pinto
JHLT Open, 2025, vol. 9

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