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Juan Carlos Lacal is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, biomedical engineering, epidemiology, ophthalmology, and biomaterials.

Their work covers several main topics such as:

  • Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research
  • Drug-Induced Ocular Toxicity
  • Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ

Juan Carlos Lacal has published research in several scientific venues, with the highest frequency in:

  • Pharmaceutics
  • British Journal of Cancer
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Scientific Reports

Notable recent papers include:

  • Choline Kinase: An Unexpected Journey for a Precision Medicine Strategy in Human Diseases (2021, Pharmaceutics)
  • Inhibition of the AURKA/YAP1 axis is a promising therapeutic option for overcoming cetuximab resistance in colorectal cancer stem cells (2024, British Journal of Cancer)
  • Preclinical Development of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Hyperthermia Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer (2025, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • Identification and validation of novel and more effective choline kinase inhibitors against Streptococcus pneumoniae (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Choline Kinase α Inhibitors MN58b and RSM932A Enhances the Antitumor Response to Cisplatin in Lung Tumor Cells (2022, Pharmaceutics)

The scientist has frequently collaborated with colleagues such as Tahl Zimmerman, Arancha Cebrián, Salam A. Ibrahim, Anxo Río-Vilariño, and Aiora Cenigaonandia-Campillo. The collaborations highlight ongoing multidisciplinary cooperation within the biomedical research community.

Juan Carlos Lacal's work contributes to understanding molecular mechanisms and developing therapeutic strategies related to protein kinase regulation, drug resistance in cancer therapies, nanoparticle use in hyperthermia treatment, and precision medicine approaches targeting choline kinase and related pathways.

Best Publications

  • Activation of the nuclear factor-kappaB by Rho, CDC42, and Rac-1 proteins.

    R Perona;S Montaner;L Saniger;I Sánchez-Pérez

  • Overexpression of choline kinase is a frequent feature in human tumor-derived cell lines and in lung, prostate, and colorectal human cancers

    Ana Ramı́rez de Molina;Agustı́n Rodrı́guez-González;Ruth Gutiérrez;Luis Martı́nez-Piñeiro

  • Rho signals to cell growth and apoptosis.

    Salvador Aznar;Juan Carlos Lacal

  • Novel source of 1,2-diacylglycerol elevated in cells transformed by Ha- ras oncogene

    Juan Carlos Lacal;Jorge Moscat;Stuart A. Aaronson

  • Rho GTPase expression in tumourigenesis: evidence for a significant link.

    Teresa Gómez del Pulgar;Salvador A. Benitah;Pilar F. Valerón;Carolina Espina

  • Increased choline kinase activity in human breast carcinomas: clinical evidence for a potential novel antitumor strategy.

    Ana Ramírez de Molina;Ruth Gutiérrez;Maria Angeles Ramos;José María Silva

  • Multiple signalling pathways lead to the activation of the nuclear factor κB by the Rho family of GTPases

    Silvia Montaner;Rosario Perona;Luisa Saniger;Juan Carlos Lacal

  • Phosphorylcholine: a novel second messenger essential for mitogenic activity of growth factors.

    Antonio Cuadrado;Amancio Carnero;F. Dolfi;Benilde Jiménez

  • Choline kinase inhibitors as a novel approach for antiproliferative drug design

    R Hernández-Alcoceba;L Saniger;J Campos;M C Núñez

  • Rho proteins induce metastatic properties in vivo.

    del Peso L;del Peso L;Hernández-Alcoceba R;Embade N;Carnero A

  • Orthotopic microinjection of human colon cancer cells in nude mice induces tumor foci in all clinically relevant metastatic sites.

    María Virtudes Céspedes;Carolina Espina;Miguel Angel García-Cabezas;Miguel Angel García-Cabezas;Manuel Trias

  • A ras-related protein is phosphorylated and translocated by agonists that increase cAMP levels in human platelets.

    E G Lapetina;J C Lacal;B R Reep;L Molina y Vedia

  • Rho GTPases in human cancer: an unresolved link to upstream and downstream transcriptional regulation.

    Salvador A. Benitah;Pilar F. Valerón;Linda van Aelst;Christopher J. Marshall

  • Expression of choline kinase alpha to predict outcome in patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer: a retrospective study

    Ana Ramírez de Molina;Jacinto Sarmentero-Estrada;Cristóbal Belda-Iniesta;Cristóbal Belda-Iniesta;Miquel Tarón

  • Choline kinase activation is a critical requirement for the proliferation of primary human mammary epithelial cells and breast tumor progression.

    Ana Ramírez de Molina;Mónica Báñez-Coronel;Ruth Gutiérrez;Agustín Rodríguez-González

  • In Vivo Antitumor Activity of Choline Kinase Inhibitors: A Novel Target for Anticancer Drug Discovery

    Rubén Hernández-Alcoceba;Félix Fernández;Juan Carlos Lacal

  • Noninvasive magnetic resonance spectroscopic pharmacodynamic markers of the choline kinase inhibitor MN58b in human carcinoma models.

    Nada M.S. Al-Saffar;Helen Troy;Ana Ramírez de Molina;Laura E. Jackson

  • Choline Uptake and Metabolism Modulate Macrophage IL-1β and IL-18 Production.

    Elsa Sanchez-Lopez;Zhenyu Zhong;Zhenyu Zhong;Alexandra Stubelius;Shannon R. Sweeney

  • Rapid Stimulation of Diacylglycerol Production in Xenopus Oocytes by Microinjection of H-ras p21

    JC Lacal;P de la Pena;J Moscat;P Garcia-Barreno

  • Involvement of functional protein kinase C in the mitogenic response to the H-ras oncogene product.

    J C Lacal;T P Fleming;B S Warren;P M Blumberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart A. Aaronson
Stuart A. Aaronson Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Amancio Carnero
Amancio Carnero Spanish National Research Council
Salvador Aznar Benitah
Salvador Aznar Benitah Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Luis Carrasco
Luis Carrasco Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa
Paul Workman
Paul Workman Institute of Cancer Research
Antonio Cuadrado
Antonio Cuadrado Autonomous University of Madrid
Martin O. Leach
Martin O. Leach Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Jorge Moscat
Jorge Moscat Cornell University
Axel Ullrich
Axel Ullrich Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
John R. Griffiths
John R. Griffiths University of Manchester

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