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Susceptibility, tumor progression and resistance
Pujana’s Lab

DESCRIPTION

Targeting cancer complexity at origin and progression

Our research is focused on better understanding breast cancer initiation and, from acquired knowledge, to assess targeted prevention strategies. In parallel, we study pan-cancer vulnerabilities and the connection to a rare, lung metastatic disease, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM).

Miquel Angel Pujana

Group leaders

Principal investigator

Francesca Mateo

Researchers

Research assistant

Roderic Espín

Young investigators

PhD student

Lara Ruiz

Young investigators

PhD student

Arzoo Shabbir

Young investigators

PhD student

Luís Alfaro

Young investigators

PhD student

Differential metabolic activity and discovery of therapeutic targets using summarized metabolic pathway models

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NPJ Syst Biol Appl. 2019 Mar 1;5:7. doi: 10.1038/s41540-019-0087-2. eCollection 2019. ABSTRACT In spite of the increasing availability of genomic and transcriptomic data, there is still a gap between the detection of perturbations in gene expression and the understanding of their contribution to the molecular mechanisms that ultimately account for the phenotype studied. Alterations in […]

Reactive oxygen species modulate macrophage immunosuppressive phenotype through the up-regulation of PD-L1

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Mar 5;116(10):4326-4335. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1819473116. Epub 2019 Feb 15. ABSTRACT The combination of immune checkpoint blockade with chemotherapy is currently under investigation as a promising strategy for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are the most prominent component of the breast cancer microenvironment […]

Evolutionary Changes after Translational Challenges Imposed by Horizontal Gene Transfer

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Genome Biol Evol. 2019 Mar 1;11(3):814-831. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evz031. ABSTRACT Genes acquired by horizontal gene transfer (HGT) may provide the recipient organism with potentially new functions, but proper expression level and integration of the transferred genes in the novel environment are not granted. Notably, transferred genes can differ from the receiving genome in codon usage preferences, […]

AhR controls redox homeostasis and shapes the tumor microenvironment in BRCA1-associated breast cancer

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Feb 26;116(9):3604-3613. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1815126116. Epub 2019 Feb 7. ABSTRACT Cancer cells have higher reactive oxygen species (ROS) than normal cells, due to genetic and metabolic alterations. An emerging scenario is that cancer cells increase ROS to activate protumorigenic signaling while activating antioxidant pathways to maintain redox homeostasis. […]

Correction: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Biomarkers Linked to Lung Metastatic Potential and Cell Stemness

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PLoS One. 2018 Nov 12;13(11):e0207586. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207586. eCollection 2018. ABSTRACT [This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132546.]. PMID:30419005 | PMC:PMC6231678 | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0207586

The group works and collaborates to decipher the systems mechanisms of cancer development and progression, with the aim of developing more precise preventive and therapeutic approaches. The group combines in silico and wet-lab studies for the purpose of identifying cancer principles and vulnerabilities.

CIMBA – Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2

https://cimba.ccge.medschl.cam.ac.uk/

Lobular Breast Cancer

https://lobsterpot.eu/

BRCA1 breast cancer

Khokha Lab

https://medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/khokha

Hakem Lab

https://medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/hakem

Maxwell Lab

https://www.bcchr.ca/cmaxwell

Serra Lab

https://vhio.net/biosketch-violeta-serra/

Cancer biology

Schramek Lab

https://schramek.lunenfeld.ca/

Li Lab

https://lilab.smhs.gwu.edu/

Barcellos-Hoff Lab

https://barcelloshofflab.ucsf.edu/principal-investigator

Cancer genetics

De Cid Lab – GCAT

http://www.gcatbiobank.org/

LAM research

Johnson Lab – LAM UK

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine/people/simon.johnson

Elżbieta Radzikowska

National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Poland

Kwiatkowski Lab

https://www.kwiatkowskilab.org/

AELAM

https://www.aelam.org/

VHIR

https://vhir.vallhebron.com/en/research/pneumology

Molina Lab

https://idibell.cat/en/research/translational-medicine-area/cardiovascular-respiratory-and-systemic-diseases-and-cellular-aging-program/pneumology/

Research group photo.Pujana's Lab
Program Against Cancer Therapeutic Resistance

CONTACT US

Campus IDIBELL
(L’Hospitalet del Llobregat)
Hospital Duran i Reynals, Gran Via 199,
L’Hospitalet del Llobregat,
Barcelona 08908
Tel. +34 93 260 7952

Campus IGTP-IJC
(Badalona)
Campus Can Ruti – IGTP – Building Muntanya,
Rd. Can Ruti, Camí de les escoles s/n,
Badalona, Barcelona 08916
Tel. +34 93 554 3069

Campus IDIBGI
(Girona)
Parc Hospitalari Martí i Julià de Salt, Dr. Castany s/n,
Salt, Girona 17190
Tel. +34 872 987 087

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