Education
Ph.D. in Cell Biology, University of Barcelona, 1994
Current position
Tenure-track Lecturer, Medical Sciences Deparment, School of Medicine, University of Girona
Senior Researcher, Cardiovascular Genetics Center, Girona Biomedical Research Institute, Spain
Publications
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Riuro, H., Beltran-Alvarez, P., Tarradas, A., Selga, E., Campuzano, O., Verges, M., Pagans, S., Iglesias, A., Brugada, J., Brugada, P., Vazquez, F. M., Perez, G. J., Scornik, F. S. and Brugada, R. (2013). A missense mutation in the sodium channel beta2 subunit reveals SCN2B as a new candidate gene for Brugada syndrome. Hum Mutat 34(7): 961-966.
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Cuartero, Y., Mellado, M., Capell, A., Alvarez-Dolado, M. and Verges, M. (2012). Retromer regulates postendocytic sorting of beta-secretase in polarized Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. Traffic 13(10): 1393-1410.
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Su, T., Bryant, D. M., Luton, F., Verges, M., Ulrich, S. M., Hansen, K. C., Datta, A., Eastburn, D. J., Burlingame, A. L., Shokat, K. M. and Mostov, K. E. (2010). A kinase cascade leading to Rab11-FIP5 controls transcytosis of the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor. Nat Cell Biol 12(12): 1143-1153.
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Fuster, J. J., Gonzalez, J. M., Edo, M. D., Viana, R., Boya, P., Cervera, J., Verges, M., Rivera, J. and Andres, V. (2010). Tumor suppressor p27(Kip1) undergoes endolysosomal degradation through its interaction with sorting nexin 6. FASEB J 24(8): 2998-3009.
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Verges, M. (2008). Retromer: multipurpose sorting and specialization in polarized transport. Int Rev Cell Mol Biol 271: 153-198. (Review/Book Chapter)
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Verges, M. (2007). Retromer and sorting nexins in development. Front Biosci 12: 3825-3851.
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Verges, M., Sebastian, I. and Mostov, K. E. (2007). Phosphoinositide 3-kinase regulates the role of retromer in transcytosis of the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor. Exp Cell Res 313(4): 707-718. (corresponding author: M. Vergés)
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Mostov, K., Brakeman, P., Datta, A., Gassama, A., Katz, L., Kim, M., Leroy, P., Levin, M., Liu, K., Martin, F., O'Brien, L. E., Verges, M., Su, T., Tang, K., Tanimizu, N., Yamaji, T. and Yu, W. (2005). Formation of multicellular epithelial structures. Novartis Found Symp 269: 193-200; discussion 200-195, 223-130. (Book Chapter)
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Verges, M., Luton, F., Gruber, C., Tiemann, F., Reinders, L. G., Huang, L., Burlingame, A. L., Haft, C. R. and Mostov, K. E. (2004). The mammalian retromer regulates transcytosis of the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor. Nat Cell Biol 6(8): 763-769.
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Verges, M., Bensadoun, A., Herz, J., Belcher, J. D. and Havel, R. J. (2004). Endocytosis of hepatic lipase and lipoprotein lipase into rat liver hepatocytes in vivo is mediated by the low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein. J Biol Chem 279(10): 9030-9036.
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Mostov, K. E., Verges, M. and Altschuler, Y. (2000). Membrane traffic in polarized epithelial cells. Curr Opin Cell Biol 12(4): 483-490.
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Luton, F., Verges, M., Vaerman, J. P., Sudol, M. and Mostov, K. E. (1999). The SRC family protein tyrosine kinase p62yes controls polymeric IgA transcytosis in vivo. Mol Cell 4(4): 627-632. (The two first authors contributed equally to this work)
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Verges, M., Havel, R. J. and Mostov, K. E. (1999). A tubular endosomal fraction from rat liver: biochemical evidence of receptor sorting by default. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96(18): 10146-10151.
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Bergeron, N., Kotite, L., Verges, M., Blanche, P., Hamilton, R. L., Krauss, R. M., Bensadoun, A. and Havel, R. J. (1998). Lamellar lipoproteins uniquely contribute to hyperlipidemia in mice doubly deficient in apolipoprotein E and hepatic lipase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95(26): 15647-15652.
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Verges, M., Castro, A., Jaumot, M., Bachs, O. and Enrich, C. (1997). Cyclin A is present in the endocytic compartment of rat liver cells and increases during liver regeneration. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 230(1): 49-53.
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Enrich, C., Verges, M. and Evans, W. H. (1995). Functional identification of three major phosphoproteins in endocytic fractions from rat liver. A comparative in vivo and in vitro study. Eur J Biochem 231(3): 802-808.
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Castro, A., Jaumot, M., Verges, M., Agell, N. and Bachs, O. (1994). Microsomal localization of cyclin A and cdk2 in proliferating rat liver cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 201(3): 1072-1078.
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Enrich, C., Verges, M. and Evans, W. H. (1992). Reorganization of the endocytic compartment in regenerating liver. Exp Cell Res 201(2): 399-407.
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Enrich, C., Verges, M. and Evans, W. H. (1992). Differential expression of asialoglycoprotein receptor subunits in the endocytic compartment during liver regeneration. J Cell Physiol 150(2): 344-352.