Resumen: We obtain several restrictions on the terms of the ascending central series of a nilpotent Lie algebra g under the presence of a complex structure J. In particular, we find a bound for the dimension of the center of g when it does not contain any non-trivial J-invariant ideal. Thanks to these results, we provide a structural theorem describing the ascending central series of 8-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebras g admitting this particular type of complex structure J. Since our method is constructive, it allows us to describe the complex structure equations that parametrize all such pairs (g, J). Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1090/tran/7512 Año: 2019 Publicado en: TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 372, 6 (2019), 3867-3903 ISSN: 0002-9947 Factor impacto JCR: 1.363 (2019) Categ. JCR: MATHEMATICS rank: 60 / 323 = 0.186 (2019) - Q1 - T1 Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 2.022 - Mathematics (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Applied Mathematics (Q1)