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Research Group

Detalle de: Epigenetic Memory in Disease

Title Epigenetic Memory in Disease
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[EN] We study the molecular basis of epigenetic memory to facilitate the design of new epigenetic therapies to treat cancer and other aging-associated illness.

The Landeira lab is driven by the belief that many aspects of human health are not genetically predetermined. We hypothesize that the onset of aging-associated diseases is partly a consequence of the deterioration of the cellular epigenetic memory, eventually leading to changes in cell identity and the onset of aging-associated diseases including cancer. We aim to contribute to establish the molecular foundation of epigenetic memory, to identify which are the key epigenetic pathways that drive aging and cancer progression, and to the design of new therapies that reverse aging-associated diseases.

We are a multidisciplinary group affiliated to the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II of the University of Granada.

[ES] En nuestro laboratorio tenemos la convicción de que muchos aspectos de la salud humana no están predeterminados genéticamente. Planteamos que la aparición de enfermedades asociadas al envejecimiento es en parte consecuencia del deterioro de la memoria epigenética celular, lo que finalmente conduce a cambios en la identidad celular y al inicio de patologías asociadas al envejecimiento, incluido el cáncer. Nuestro objetivo es contribuir a establecer los fundamentos moleculares de la memoria epigenética, identificar cuáles son las vías epigenéticas clave que impulsan el envejecimiento y la progresión del cáncer, y al diseño de nuevas terapias que reviertan las enfermedades asociadas al envejecimiento.

Somos un grupo multidisciplinar adscrito al Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular II de la Universidad de Granada.

Home Page https://www.genyo.es/en/research/research-groups/epigenetic-memory-in-disease/
Contact Email david.landeira@genyo.es
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Institution UGR-GENYO
Ontology Epigenomics, Medicine
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Research Lines What is the molecular basis of epigenetic memory?, Is the loss of epigenetic information the reason we age? Can we slow down the pace of aging using drugs that stabilize our epigenome?, Is epigenetic instability a driver of cancer progression? Can we cure cancer by modulating the cancer epigenome?
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Researchers Iván Fernández Rengel

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