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    Platinum iodido drugs show potential anti-tumor activity, affecting cancer cell metabolism and inducing ROS and senescence in gastrointestinal cancer cells

    Cisplatin-based chemotherapy has associated clinical disadvantages, such as high toxicity and resistance. Thus, the development of new antitumor metallodrugs able to overcome different clinical barriers is a p...

    Jorge Melones-Herrero, Sonia Alcalá, Laura Ruiz-Cañas in Communications Biology (2024)

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    Targeting cancer stem cell OXPHOS with tailored ruthenium complexes as a new anti-cancer strategy

    Previous studies by our group have shown that oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) is the main pathway by which pancreatic cancer stem cells (CSCs) meet their energetic requirements; therefore, OXPHOS represents...

    Sonia Alcalá, Lara Villarino in Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer … (2024)

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    Dysregulated splicing factor SF3B1 unveils a dual therapeutic vulnerability to target pancreatic cancer cells and cancer stem cells with an anti-splicing drug

    Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal cancer, requiring novel treatments to target both cancer cells and cancer stem cells (CSCs). Altered splicing is emerging as both a novel cancer hallm...

    Emilia Alors-Perez, Ricardo Blázquez-Encinas in Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer … (2021)

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    Exploiting oxidative phosphorylation to promote the stem and immunoevasive properties of pancreatic cancer stem cells

    Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the fourth leading cause of cancer death, has a 5-year survival rate of approximately 7–9%. The ineffectiveness of anti-PDAC therapies is believed to be due to the exis...

    Sandra Valle, Sonia Alcalá, Laura Martin-Hijano in Nature Communications (2020)

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    Elaboration of extra-virgin olive oils rich in oleocanthal and oleacein: pilot plant’s proposal

    Extra-virgin olive oil is basically used in food, but it can also be used as a source of high added-value components, such as oleocanthal and oleacein. Oleocanthal and oleacein are bioactive compounds with pro...

    Alfonso Manuel Vidal, Sonia Alcalá in European Food Research and Technology (2020)

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    ISG15 and ISGylation is required for pancreatic cancer stem cell mitophagy and metabolic plasticity

    Pancreatic cancer stem cells (PaCSCs) drive pancreatic cancer tumorigenesis, chemoresistance and metastasis. While eliminating this subpopulation of cells would theoretically result in tumor eradication, PaCSC...

    Sonia Alcalá, Patricia Sancho, Paola Martinelli, Diego Navarro in Nature Communications (2020)

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    Tumor-associated macrophage-secreted 14-3-3ζ signals via AXL to promote pancreatic cancer chemoresistance

    Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an inherently chemoresistant tumor. Chemotherapy leads to apoptosis of cancer cells, and in previous studies we have shown that tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) infi...

    Gabriele D’Errico, Marta Alonso-Nocelo, Mireia Vallespinos, Patrick C. Hermann in Oncogene (2019)