• Antagonists of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Inhibit the Growth of Pituitary Adenoma Cells by Hampering Oncogenic Pathways and Promoting Apoptotic Signaling 

      Gesmundo, Iacopo; Granato, Giuseppina; Fuentes-Fayos, Antonio C.; Álvarez, Clara V.; Diéguez, Carlos; Zatelli, Maria Chiara; Congiusta, Noemi; Banfi, Dana; Prencipe, Nunzia; Leone, Sheila; Brunetti, Luigi; Castaño, Justo P.; Luque, Raúl M.; Cai, Renzhi; Sha, Wei; Ghigo, Ezio; Schally, Andrew V.; Granata, Riccarda (MDPI, 2021)
      Pituitary adenomas (PAs) are intracranial tumors, often associated with excessive hormonal secretion and severe comorbidities. Some patients are resistant to medical therapies; therefore, novel treatment options are needed. ...
    • In1-ghrelin splicing variant is overexpressed in pituitary adenomas and increases their aggressive features 

      Ibáñez-Costa, Alejandro; Gahete Ortiz, Manuel D.; Rivero-Cortés, Esther; Rincón-Fernández, David; Nelson, Richard; Beltrán, Manuel; Riva, Andrés de la; Japón, Miguel A.; Venegas-Moreno, Eva; García-Arnés, Juan A.; Soto-Moreno, Alfonso; Morgan, Jennifer; Tsomaia, Natia; Culler, Michael D.; Diéguez, Carlos; Castaño, Justo P.; Luque, Raúl M.; Gálvez-Moreno, M. Ángeles (Nature.com, 2015)
      Pituitary adenomas comprise a heterogeneous subset of pathologies causing serious comorbidities, which would benefit from identification of novel, common molecular/cellular biomarkers and therapeutic targets. The ghrelin ...
    • Journal article resistin regulates pituitary somatotrope cell function through the activation of multiple signaling pathways 

      Rodríguez Pacheco, F.; Vázquez Martínez, Rafael; Martínez-Fuentes, Antonio J.; Pulido, Marina R.; Gahete Ortiz, Manuel D.; Vaudry, Hubert; Gracia-Navarro, F.; Diéguez, Carlos; Castaño, Justo P.; Malagón, María M. (Endocrine Society, 2009)
      The adipokine resistin is an insulin-antagonizing factor that also plays a regulatory role in inflammation, immunity, food intake, and gonadal function. Although adipose tissue is the primary source of resistin, it is also ...
    • Maternal Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Levels Decrease during Early Pregnancy in Normotensive Pregnant Women but Are Higher in Preeclamptic Women—A Longitudinal Study 

      Buell-Acosta, Julieth Daniela; Garces, Maria Fernanda; Parada-Baños, Arturo José; Angel-Muller, Edith; Paéz, María Carolina; Eslava-Schmalbach, Javier; Escobar-Córdoba, Franklin; Caminos-Cepeda, Sofía Alexandra; Lacunza, Ezequiel; Castaño, Justo P.; Nogueiras, Rubén; Diéguez, Carlos; Ruiz-Parra, Ariel Iván; Caminos, Jorge Eduardo (MDPI, 2022)
      Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF-21) is an endocrine factor involved in glucose and lipid metabolism that exerts pleiotropic effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the serum FGF-21 profile in healthy and mild ...
    • Nutritional, hormonal, and depot-dependent regulation of the expression of the small GTPase Rab18 in rodent adipose tissue 

      Pulido, Marina R.; Rabanal Ruiz, Yoana; Almabouada, Farid; Díaz-Ruiz, Alberto; Burrel, María A; Vázquez, María J.; Castaño, Justo P.; Kineman, Rhonda D.; Luque, Raúl M.; Diéguez, Carlos; Vázquez-Martínez, Rafael; Malagón, María M. (Society for Endocrinology, 2013)
      There is increasing evidence that proteins associated with lipid droplets (LDs) play a key role in the coordination of lipid storage and mobilization in adipocytes. The small GTPase, RAB18, has been recently identified as ...
    • Sequential Exposure to Obesogenic Factors in Females Rats: From Physiological Changes to Lipid Metabolism in Liver and Mesenteric Adipose Tissue 

      Novelle, Marta G.; Vázquez, María J.; Peinado, Juan R.; Martinello, Kátia D.; López, Miguel; Luckman, Simon M.; Tena-Sempere, Manuel; Malagón, María M.; Nogueiras, Rubén; Diéguez, Carlos (Nature Research, 2017)
      During their lifetime, females are subjected to different nutritional and hormonal factors that could increase the risk of obesity and associated comorbidities. From early postnatal periods until the postmenopausal phase, ...
    • The l-α-Lysophosphatidylinositol/GPR55 system and its potential role in human obesity 

      Moreno-Navarrete, José María; Catalán, Victoria; Whyte, Lauren; Díaz-Arteaga, Adenis; Vázquez-Martínez, Rafael; Rotellar, Fernando; Guzmán-Ruiz, Rocío; Gómez-Ambrosi, Javier; Pulido, Marina R.; Russell, Wendy R.; Imbernón, Mónica; Ross, Ruth A.; Malagón, María M.; Diéguez, Carlos; Fernández-Real, José Manuel; Frühbeck, Gema; Nogueiras, Rubén (American Diabetes Asociation, 2012)
      GPR55 is a putative cannabinoid receptor, and l-α-lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI) is its only known endogenous ligand. We investigated 1) whether GPR55 is expressed in fat and liver; 2) the correlation of both GPR55 and LPI ...