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A course-based undergraduate research experience to illustrate the early stages of the drug discovery process
García-Caballero, Melissa; Moya-García, Aurelio Ángel
; Torres-Vargas, José Antonio; García-Ponce, Ángel Luis; Rodríguez-Quesada, Ana María (Wiley, 2022-07-12)
We have implemented at the University of Málaga (Spain) a new course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) to involve undergraduate students of Science in a real-world scientific problem. Within the topic “Let's ... -
Angioprevention of Urologic Cancers by Plant-Derived Foods.
García-Caballero, Melissa; Torres-Vargas, José Antonio; Marrero Capitán, Ana Dácil; Martínez-Póveda, Beatriz Amparo; Medina-Torres, Miguel Ángel; Rodríguez-Quesada, Ana María[et al.] (MDPI, 2022-01-21)
The number of cancer cases worldwide keeps growing unstoppably, despite the undeniable advances achieved by basic research and clinical practice. Urologic tumors, including some as prevalent as prostate, bladder or kidney ... -
Antiangiogenic potential of an anthraquinone metabolite isolated from a marine fungus.
Vidal-Valenzuela, Isabel; Torres-Vargas, José Antonio; García-Caballero, Melissa; Medina-Torres, Miguel Ángel; Rodríguez-Quesada, Ana María (2023)
The potential of marine organisms to yield bioactive molecules is vast and largely unexplored. Significantly, certain bioactive compounds derived from the marine environment have already received approval as anticancer ... -
Antioxidant potential of an anthraquinone metabolite isolated from a marine fungus.
Vidal-Valenzuela, Isabel; Torres-Vargas, José Antonio; García-Caballero, Melissa; Medina-Torres, Miguel Ángel; Rodríguez-Quesada, Ana María (2023)
Marine ecosystem is a fruitful source of many pharmacologically active. In particular, a number of marine anthraquinones and their derivatives, have been studied for their potential as anticancer and antimetastatic agents, ... -
Antitumor activity of Toluquinol
Torres-Vargas, José Antonio; Sounni, Nor Eddine; Medina-Torres, Miguel Ángel; Rodríguez-Quesada, Ana María; García-Caballero, Melissa (2022)
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cause of cancer mortality worldwide, with more than 1.85 million cases and 850.000 deaths annually1. Currently, the primary methods for treating CRC are surgery, radiotherapy ... -
Bringing Light to Science Undergraduate Students: A Successful Laboratory Experiment Illustrating the Principles and Applications of Bioluminescence
García-Ponce, Ángel Luis; Torres-Vargas, José Antonio; García-Caballero, Melissa; Medina-Torres, Miguel Ángel; Blanco-López, Ángel; Rodríguez-Quesada, Ana María[et al.] (ACS Publications, 2021)
Although many laboratory experiments are available to illustrate spectrophotometric or fluorometric methods, few of them introduce the use of luminometry to students. Bioluminescence, a subtype of chemiluminescence, ... -
Búsqueda y caracterización de nuevos inhibidores de la angiogénesis.
(UMA Editorial, 2023)La angiogénesis es el proceso de formación de nuevos vasos sanguíneos a partir de un lecho vascular preexistente. Se trata de un proceso estrechamente regulado que tiene lugar cuando el balance se inclina a favor de las ... -
Characterization of the activity and the mechanism of action of a new toluquinol derivative with improved potential as an antiangiogenic drug.
Torres-Vargas, José Antonio; Cheng-Sánchez, Iván; Martínez-Póveda, Beatriz Amparo; Medina-Torres, Miguel Ángel; Sarabia-García, Francisco Ramón; García-Caballero, Melissa; Rodríguez-Quesada, Ana María[et al.] (Elsevier, 2022-09-30)
The inhibition of sustained angiogenesis is an attractive approach for the treatment of cancer, blindness and other angiogenesis-dependent diseases. Encouraged by our previous finding that toluquinol, a methyl hydroquinone ... -
Danthron, an Anthraquinone Isolated from a Marine Fungus, Is a New Inhibitor of Angiogenesis Exhibiting Interesting Antitumor and Antioxidant Properties
Vidal-Valenzuela, Isabel; Torres-Vargas, José Antonio; Sánchez López, José María; Trigal Martínez, Mónica; García-Caballero, Melissa; Medina-Torres, Miguel Ángel; Rodríguez-Quesada, Ana María[et al.] (MDPI, 2023-05-15)
The role played by a sustained angiogenesis in cancer and other diseases stimulates the interest in the search for new antiangiogenic drugs. In this manuscript, we provide evidence that 1,8- dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone ... -
El análogo de las estrigolactonas GR-24 induce cambios en el citoesqueleto de células tumorales y endoteliales y modula su balance rédox
Torres-Vargas, José Antonio; Martínez-Póveda, Beatriz Amparo; Carrillo Fernández, Paloma; Medina-Torres, Miguel Ángel; Rodríguez-Quesada, Ana María (2018-12-12)
Las estrigolactonas son hormonas vegetales con estructura terpenoide, implicadas en el control de una serie de procesos que incluyen la inhibición de la ramificación de la raíz y el brote. Recientemente, se ha descrito el ... -
Non-targeted metabolomics characterization of Annona muricata leaf extracts with anti-angiogenic activity
Cárdenas García, Casimiro; Torres-Vargas, José Antonio; Cárdenas Valdivia, Abel; Jurado, Nuria; Rodríguez-Quesada, Ana María; García-Caballero, Melissa; Martínez-Póveda, Beatriz Amparo; Medina-Torres, Miguel Ángel[et al.] (ELSEVIER, 2021-11)
The tropical plant Annona muricata has been widely used for traditional ethnobotanic and pharmacologic applications. Extracts from different parts of this plant have been shown to have a wide range of biological activities. ... -
Synthesis and Antitumor Activity Evaluation of Compounds Based on Toluquinol
Cheng-Sánchez, Iván; Torres-Vargas, José Antonio; Martínez-Póveda, Beatriz Amparo; Guerrero Vásquez, Guillermo A.; Medina, Miguel Ángel; Sarabia-García, Francisco Ramón; Quesada, Ana R.[et al.] (MDPI, 2019-08-23)
Encouraged by the promising antitumoral, antiangiogenic, and antilymphangiogenic properties of toluquinol, a set of analogues of this natural product of marine origin was synthesized to explore and evaluate the effects of ...