Sobre el VHIR
Al Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR) promovem la recerca biomèdica, la innovació i la docència. Més de 1.800 persones busquen comprendre les malalties avui per millorar-ne el tractament demà.
Recerca
Treballem per entendre les malalties, saber com funcionen i crear millors tractaments per als pacients. Coneix els nostres grups i les seves línies de recerca.
Persones
Les persones són el centre del Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR). Per això ens vinculem amb els principis de llibertat de recerca, igualtat de gènere i actitud professional que promou l’HRS4R.
Assaigs clínics
La nostra tasca no és només bàsica o translacional; som líders en recerca clínica. Entra per saber quins assaigs clínics estem duent a terme i perquè som referent mundial en aquest camp.
Progrés
Volem que la recerca que es fa al Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR) sigui un motor de transformació. Com? Identificant noves vies i solucions per fomentar la salut i el benestar de les persones.
Core facilities
Oferim un suport especialitzat als investigadors tant interns com externs, des d’un servei concret fins a l’elaboració d’un projecte complet. Tot, amb una perspectiva de qualitat i agilitat de resposta.
Actualitat
Et donem una porta d’entrada per estar al dia de tot el que passa al Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), des de les últimes notícies fins a les activitats i iniciatives solidàries futures que estem organitzant.
El nostre grup té com a objectiu desvelar els mecanismes moleculars de la progressió i les metàstasis del càncer per a identificar nous marcadors diagnòstics, pronòstics, així com noves dianes terapèutiques. Gràcies al profund coneixement de les bases moleculars tumorals del grup d’investigació, així com a la disponibilitat de mostres tumorals humanes, desenvolupem diferents línies d’investigació centrades en el següent:
Connexins and pannexins are structural units of gap junctions permitting direct intercellular communication. Deregulation of gap junctions is a frequent feature of carcinogenesis. We are characterizing the expression level of a variety of connexins and pannexins in primary and metastatic human tumours. In vitro we are studying how these proteins affect features related to the degree of malignancy such as migration, invasion and resistance to hypoxia. In connexin-deficient cell lines we are over-expressing specific wild-type or truncated forms of connexins and pannexins using retroviral constructs recently generated. In cell lines expressing high levels of specific connexins, we knockdown the expression levels using established lentiviral shRNA strategies. We aim to correlate connexin expression and cell communication with malignancy using a variety of well characterized assays with particular focus on colony formation, migration, invasion, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, changes in tumour stem cell populations, and hypoxia and drug resistance. The aim of the study is to: 1) Identify any significant correlation between the expression of various gap junction proteins and the malignancy, prognosis, chemo-resistance and overall survival in a variety of cancers 2) Gain mechanistic insight and identify direct functional roles of connexins and pannexins during tumour progression.
IP: Trond Aasen
To study the degree and types of skeletal muscle involvement in CF patients who present exercise intolerance and its relationship with the genotype.
To determine the relationship between the type and/or degree of skeletal muscle involvement by histologic and mitochondrial respiratory chain function study, and the CF genotype.
Correlation study between exercise capacity, pulmonary function and genotype.
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Aging may be considered as an accumulation of changes in cells and tissues that increases the risk of disease and death. The senescence-accelerated prone mice SAMP8 is an aging model with brain histopathological signs and other aging-related disorders, such as ß-amyloid and tau protein aggregates and increased oxidative stress. If hyperphosphorylated, tau protein contributes to the development of a tauopathy, process linked to neurodegenerative diseases of the aging brain such as Alzheimer disease. Several kinases (PKC, ERK, CDK5 or GSK3ß) perform this tau protein post-transcriptional modification. We plan to determine the effect that inhibitors of these kinases such as lithium, in vivo and in vitro, could have in slowing down the brain neurodegenerative processes.
Besides, we will study the role of a newly described protein family, sirtuins. Sirtuins are ontogenically preserved proteins related to longevity. We will evaluate the gene and protein expression of Sirt 1, 2 and 3 in cultured neurons and in the brain of this mouse strain. We seek to elucidate the participation of sirtuins in cerebral ageing using as a tools resveratrol, a flavonoid described as activator of these proteins, and caloric restriction, two paradigms that lead to an elongation of lifespan and neuroprotection in several animal models. In the in vitro studies, the role of GDNF in maintaining neuronal functionality and its correlation with sirtuins will be investigated because this trophic factor decreases with aging and shows a lesser expression in SAMP8 mice. These studies will contribute to the development of new therapeutic strategies to prevent age-related neurodegeneratives diseases.
In previous works we studied several factors involved in cell signalling pathways that control cell growth. The found that the phosphorylated form of 4E-BP1 was the only factor that correlated with prognosis, and histologic aggressive features in several types of cancers. 4E-BP1 is a key regulator of CAP-dependent traslation and its main function is the inactivation of eIF4E. However, not all the aggressive tumors show activation of this factor. On the other hand, it has been shown that under hypoxia conditions cells the translation of some key factors can be regulated by CAP-independent pathways, mediated by factors known as ITAFs. The aim of our study is to find the CAP-depdendent/CAP-independent balance in tumors in relation to hypoxia, and evaluate its impact on prognosis.
IP: Josep Castellví Vives
IP: Santiago Ramon y Cajal Agüeras Col·laboradors: Josep Tabernero Caturla, Jordi Temprana Salvador, INtegrative GENomic, digital Imaging and clinical information towars Precision Oncology Optimization – INGENIO, Teresa Macarulla Mercadé, Ana Mazaltob Oaknin benzaquen, Josep Castellví Vives, Ana Vivancos Prellezo, Raquel Pérez López, Joaquim Mateo Valderrama, Javier Hernandez Losa, Vicente Peg Camara, Irene Sansano Valero Entitat finançadora: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Finançament: 80400 Referència: PMP21/00107 Durada: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025
IP: Cleofé Romagosa Pérez-Portabell Col·laboradors: Xavier Martínez Gómez, Ximena Garcia Torres Entitat finançadora: Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer Finançament: 270130 Referència: ECAEC222952DEAL Durada: 01/12/2022 - 30/11/2027
IP: Stefan Hummer Col·laboradors: - Entitat finançadora: Fundació Institut Bioenginyeria de Catalunya Finançament: 0.01 Referència: IBEC/2022/ HUMMER Durada: 02/01/2023 - 31/12/2024
IP: Maria Mar Hernandez Guillamon Col·laboradors: Anna Penalba Morenilla, Jessica Camacho Soriano, Anas Chaachou Charradi, Elena Antima Martinez Saez, Laia Fernandez Resano Entitat finançadora: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Finançament: 174845 Referència: AC22/00051 Durada: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025
Els deu grups de l’Àrea de Càncer combinen recerca bàsica, translacional i clínica per identificar noves dianes, biomarcadors i estratègies terapèutiques.
Els ajuts impulsen noves estratègies terapèutiques i eines de diagnòstic en tumors d’alta complexitat com el glioblastoma, el càncer de mama triple negatiu i el càncer d’endometri.
En el Dia Mundial de la Recerca en Càncer, el VHIR destaca els últims avenços per conèixer els mecanismes biològics del càncer, millorar els tractaments existents i l’aposta per la nanomedicina i teràpies avançades.
Consulta les tarifes vigents dels serveis que ofereix el grup de recerca en Patologia Molecular Translacional.
Tarifes actuals
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Tarifes Anatomia Patologica VHIR 2021
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