Tumor angiogenesis group
Casanovas’ Lab

DESCRIPTION

Mechanisms of resistance to antiangiogenic therapies.
Therapeutic studies in Kidney Cancer murine models, both PDOX and syngenic.
Therapeutic studies in pancreatic NeuroEndocrine tumors.
Discovery of non-invasive biomarkers in clinical trials with antiangiogenics.

Our research group at the ProCURE Program (Catalan Institute of Oncology) and OncoBell Program (IDIBELL) is focused on determining the consequences of adaptation and resistance to anti-angiogenic cancer therapy. For that we use translational research in murine models of cancer, particularly Kindey Cancer PDOX models and NeuroEndocrine transgenic models to study in vivo mechanisms of adaptation to anti-angiogenics, and validate our findings using clinical samples from our hospital and collaborating institutions.
Our scientific achievements have been published in prestigious journals in the field of cancer research with numerous “preview”, “highlight” or commentary articles in high impact scientific journals. Furthermore, we have an important international position in the field of antitumor therapies and angiogenic resistance mechanisms.

Group members

Felix-Joan Peix

Young investigators

Laura Puigròs

Young investigators

Jessica Videira

Young investigators

Maria Del Mar Martinez Lozano

Support staff

Irene Ortiz-Rubio

Researchers

Laura Bernaus

Support staff

Publications

Therapeutic Benefit of Selective Inhibition of p110α PI3-Kinase in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

27 de May de 2016/in Casanovas's Lab/by miguel

Clin Cancer Res. 2016 Dec 1;22(23):5805-5817. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-15-3051. Epub 2016 May 25. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Mutations in the PI3K pathway occur in 16% of patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs), which suggests that these tumors are an exciting setting for PI3K/AKT/mTOR pharmacologic intervention. Everolimus, an mTOR inhibitor, is being used to treat patients with advanced PanNETs. […]

Resistance to Antiangiogenic Therapies by Metabolic Symbiosis in Renal Cell Carcinoma PDX Models and Patients

3 de May de 2016/in Casanovas's Lab/by miguel

Cell Rep. 2016 May 10;15(6):1134-43. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.04.015. Epub 2016 Apr 28. ABSTRACT Antiangiogenic drugs are used clinically for treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) as a standard first-line treatment. Nevertheless, these agents primarily serve to stabilize disease, and resistance eventually develops concomitant with progression. Here, we implicate metabolic symbiosis between tumor cells distal and proximal […]

Scanning, non-contact, hybrid broadband diffuse optical spectroscopy and diffuse correlation spectroscopy system

16 de March de 2016/in Casanovas's Lab/by miguel

Biomed Opt Express. 2016 Jan 15;7(2):481-98. doi: 10.1364/BOE.7.000481. eCollection 2016 Feb 1. ABSTRACT A scanning system for small animal imaging using non-contact, hybrid broadband diffuse optical spectroscopy (ncDOS) and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (ncDCS) is presented. The ncDOS uses a two-dimensional spectrophotometer retrieving broadband (610-900 nm) spectral information from up to fifty-seven source-detector distances between 2 […]

Antiangiogenic Resistance: Novel Angiogenesis Axes Uncovered by Antiangiogenic Therapies Research

2 de March de 2016/in Casanovas's Lab/by miguel

Curr Drug Targets. 2016;17(15):1728-1734. doi: 10.2174/1389450117666160301101425. ABSTRACT The mechanisms of tumor growth and progression involve the activation of different processes such as neovascularization and angiogenesis. These processes involve tumoral cells and stromal cells. Hence, inhibiting angiogenesis affects tumor growth and proliferation in patients with different types of cancer. Nevertheless, tumoral cells and stromal components are […]

MicroRNA-497 impairs the growth of chemoresistant neuroblastoma cells by targeting cell cycle, survival and vascular permeability genes

30 de January de 2016/in Casanovas's Lab/by miguel

Oncotarget. 2016 Feb 23;7(8):9271-87. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.7005. ABSTRACT Despite multimodal therapies, a high percentage of high-risk neuroblastoma (NB) become refractory to current treatments, most of which interfere with cell cycle and DNA synthesis or function, activating the DNA damage response (DDR). In cancer, this process is frequently altered by deregulated expression or function of several genes […]

Research Projects

MICIU PID2022-142386OB-I00 Disección de los mecanismos de Plaquetas y genes de Coagulación en la metástasis del Cancer de Riñón Oriol Casanovas 325.000,00 €PREP2022-000672 Disección de los mecanismos de Plaquetas y genes de Coagulación en la metástasis del Cancer de Riñón Oriol Casanovas 111.758,00 €
Proyecto PID2022-142386OB-I00 financiado por MCIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 y por FEDER, UE
MTV3 201910-30 Identification of Kidney Cancer progression targets and biomarkers through CRISPRengineered organoids and xenograft mouse models Oriol Casanovas 136.250,00 €
MICIU PID2019-107557RB-I00 Targeteando la Coagulación en la formación de metástasis en cáncer renal Oriol Casanovas 145.200,00 €
Proyecto PID2019-107557RB-I00 financiado por MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033
AGAUR 2021 SGR 01289 Interacció Tumor Estroma i Resistència Terapèutica – ITERT Oriol Casanovas 40.000,00 €

Tech Transfer Projects
MICIU CPP2023-010718 Opening a New Era in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by a Novel Blood Biomarker for Individual Selection of Treatment (PersonalHCC) Oriol Casanovas 514.874,00 €
Proyecto CPP2023-010718 financiado por MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 y por FEDER, UE.
AGAUR 2022 DI 00052 Inhibiting Cannibalism to Fight Resistant Tumors Oriol Casanovas 33.960,00 €
MICIU PDC2021-121308-I00 Desarrollo de un nuevo biomarcador y su ‘kit’ prototipo para predecir la Respuesta Agresiva en Cancer Oriol Casanovas 132.250,00 €
Proyecto PDC2021-121308-I00 financiado por MCIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 y por la Unión Europea NextGenerationEU/ PRTR
ISCIII DTS21/00163 Angiotheragnostics: Desarrollo de un nuevo tratamiento con su biomarcador de selección de pacientes para pacientes con cáncer colorectal avanzado. Oriol Casanovas 149.600,00 €

Collaborations

International:
Douglas Hanahan, ISREC

Gabriele Bergers, KULeuven

Masahiro Inoue, Univ.Osaka

Kristian Pietras, Karolinska I.

Enrico Giraudo, IRCC

Stefano Indraccolo, IOV

National:

Joan Carles, VHIO

Cristina Suárez, VHIO

Maria Ochoa, ICO

August Vidal, HUB

Ramon Salazar, ICO

X García del Muro, ICO

Tumor angiogenesis groupCasanovas’ Lab

DESCRIPTION

Felix-Joan Peix

Young investigators

Laura Puigròs

Young investigators

Jessica Videira

Young investigators

Maria Del Mar Martinez Lozano

Support staff

Irene Ortiz-Rubio

Researchers

Laura Bernaus

Support staff

Tech Transfer Projects

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Tumor angiogenesis group
Casanovas’ Lab