• 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 ...
    • Splicing factor SF3B1 is overexpressed and implicated in the aggressiveness and survival of hepatocellular carcinoma 

      López Cánovas, Juan Luis; Río Moreno, Mercedes del; García Fernández, Helena; Jiménez-Vacas, J.M.; Moreno Montilla, M. Trinidad; Sánchez-Frías, Marina; Amado-Torres, Víctor; L-López, Fernando; Fernández Fondevila, Marcos; Ciria, Rubén; Gómez-Luque, Irene; Briceño Delgado, Francisco Javier; Nogueiras, Rubén; Mata, Manuel de la; Castaño, Justo P.; Rodríguez-Perálvarez, Manuel; Luque, Raúl M.; Gahete Ortiz, Manuel D. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Splicing alterations represent an actionable cancer hallmark. Splicing factor 3B subunit 1 (SF3B1) is a crucial splicing factor that can be targeted pharmacologically (e.g. pladienolide-B). Here, we show that SF3B1 is ...
    • 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 ...