Marcelino Cereijido Mattioli, Argentine-born Mexican cytologist (Buenos Aires 29 January 1933 –

Expert on molecular and cell physiology

Authored 350 papers and 14 books (with over 5,000 citations)

Much of his work are regarded as citation classics  

Developed experimental techniques for studying basic mechanisms of transport epithelium and elucidated them

Discovered how cultured cells recognize each other, associate to close the surfaces between them and don’t let the entrance of certain substances

With P. F. Curran developed a method for measuring K influx into the epithelial cells of frog skin from the inside solution in J. Gen. Physiol. (1965)

With D.D. Sabatini introduced Madin-Darby canine kidney cell culture for the study of epithelial cell polarity (1970s)

With R.G. Contreras, J.J. Bolívar & A. Lazaro. A novel type of cell-cell coperation between epithelial cells. J. Membr. Biol. (1995)

With I. Larre showed the role of the ouabain in the cell communication (2006)

With I. Larre. Na+, K+-ATPase is the putative membrane receptor of hormone ouabain. Comm. Integr. Biol. 3(6):625-8, 2010  

With C. A. Rotunno & M.I. Pouchan. Location of mechanism of active transport of sodium across the frog skin. Nature 210 (5036):597-9, 1966

With A. Ponce & L. Gonzalez Mariscal. Tight junctions and apical/basolateral polarity. J. Membr. Biol. 110(1):1-9, 1989