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    • Silva-Pavez, Eduardo; Villar, Paulina; Trigo, César; Caamaño, Esteban; Niechi, Ignacio; Pérez, Pablo; Muñoz, Juan P.; Aguayo, Francisco; Burzio, Verónica A.; Varas Godoy, Manuel; Castro, Ariel F.; Colombo, María I.; Tapia, Julio C. (Nature Publishing Group, 2019)
      Protein kinase CK2 is a highly conserved and constitutively active Ser/Thr-kinase that phosphorylates a large number of substrates, resulting in increased cell proliferation and survival. A known target of CK2 is Akt, a ...
    • Lobos González, Lorena; Bustos, Rocío; Campos, América; Silva, Valeria; Silva, Verónica; Jeldes, Emanuel; Salomón, Carlos; Varas Godoy, Manuel; Cáceres Verschae, Albano; Durán, Eduardo; Vera, Tamara; Ezquer, Fernando; Ezquer, Marcelo; Burzio, Verónica A.; Villegas, Jaime (Nature, 2020)
      During intercellular communication, cells release extracellular vesicles such as exosomes, which contain proteins, ncRNAs and mRNAs that can influence proliferation and/or trigger apoptosis in recipient cells, and have ...
    • Villota, Claudio; Varas-Godoy, Manuel; Jeldes, Emanuel; Campos, América; Villegas, Jaime; Borgna, Vincenzo; Burzio, Luis O.; Burzio, Verónica A. (Impact Journals LLC, 2019)
      © Villota et al. Human and mouse cells display a differential expression pattern of a family of mitochondrial noncoding RNAs (ncmtRNAs), according to proliferative status. Normal proliferating and cancer cells express a ...
    • Varas Godoy, Manuel; Lladser, Álvaro; Farfan, Nicole; Villota, Claudio; Villegas, Jaime; Tapia Pineda, Julio; Burzio, Luis O.; Burzio, Verónica A.; Valenzuela, Pablo D. T. (Wiley, 2018)
      The family of non-coding mitochondrial RNAs (ncmtRNA) is differentially expressed according to proliferative status. Normal proliferating cells express sense (SncmtRNA) and antisense ncmtRNAs (ASncmtRNAs), whereas tumor ...
    • Pérez Moreno, Pablo; Quezada Meza, Camila; Chávez Almarza, Cristopher; Niechi, Ignacio; Silva Pavez, Eduardo; Trigo Hidalgo, César; Aguayo González, Francisco; Jara Sosa, Lilian; Cáceres Verschae, Albano; Varas Godoy, Manuel; Díaz, Víctor M.; García de Herreros, Antonio; Burzio, Verónica A.; Tapia Pineda, Julio (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE1) activates the endothelin-1 peptide, which upregulates pathways that are related to diverse hallmarks of cancer. ECE1 is expressed as four isoforms differing in their N-terminal domains. ...
    • Lobos González, Lorena; Silva, Verónica; Araya, Mariela; Restovic, Franko; Echeñique, Javiera; Oliveira Cruz, Luciana; Fitzpatrick, Christopher; Briones, Macarena; Villegas, Jaime; Villota, Claudio; Vidaurre, Soledad; Borgna, Vincenzo; Socias, Miguel; Valenzuela, Sebastián; López, Constanza; Socias, Teresa; Varas, Manuel; Díaz, Jorge; Burzio, Luis O.; Burzio, Verónica A. (Impact Journals, 2016)
      We reported that knockdown of the antisense noncoding mitochondrial RNAs (ASncmtRNAs) induces apoptotic death of several human tumor cell lines, but not normal cells, suggesting this approach for selective therapy against ...