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Overview

Neus Agell is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain, focusing their research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Oncology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, as well as Genetics. Their research topics cover areas such as DNA Repair Mechanisms, Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Cancer Therapeutics and Mechanisms, Genetic Factors in Colorectal Cancer, RNA Modifications and Cancer, and RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms.

Neus Agell has contributed to several publications, with notable papers including:

  • "Nucleotide depletion reveals the impaired ribosome biogenesis checkpoint as a barrier against DNA damage" (2020), published in The EMBO Journal
  • "Pleiotropic Roles of Calmodulin in the Regulation of KRas and Rac1 GTPases: Functional Diversity in Health and Disease" (2020), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "KRAS phosphorylation regulates cell polarization and tumorigenic properties in colorectal cancer" (2021), published in Oncogene
  • "OZF is a Claspin-interacting protein essential to maintain the replication fork progression rate under replication stress" (2020), published in The FASEB Journal
  • "RAD51 is a druggable target that sustains replication fork progression upon DNA replication stress" (2022), published in PLoS ONE

Their frequent co-authors include Montserrat Jaumot, Sònia Feu, Fernando Unzueta, Caroline Mauvezin, and Sònia Brun.

Publication venues for their work most commonly include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The EMBO Journal
  • Oncogene
  • The FASEB Journal

Best Publications

  • Modulation of the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK pathway by Ca2+, and Calmodulin

    Neus Agell;Oriol Bachs;Nati Rocamora;Priam Villalonga

  • The p21Cip1 protein, a cyclin inhibitor, regulates the levels and the intracellular localization of CDC25A in mice regenerating livers

    Maribel Jaime;Maria Jessús Pujol;Joan Serratosa;Cristina Pantoja

  • Disruption of the antiproliferative TGF-beta signaling pathways in human pancreatic cancer cells.

    A Villanueva;C García;A B Paules;M Vicente

  • Calmodulin Binds to K-Ras, but Not to H- or N-Ras, and Modulates Its Downstream Signaling

    Priam Villalonga;Cristina López-Alcalá;Marta Bosch;Antonio Chiloeches

  • TNF Can Directly Induce the Expression of Ubiquitin-Dependent Proteolytic System in Rat Soleus Muscles

    Marta Llovera;Cèlia Garcı́a-Martı́nez;Neus Agell;Francisco J. López-Soriano

  • Calcium and Calmodulin Function in the Cell Nucleus

    Oriol Bachs;Neus Agell;Ernesto Carafoli

  • Tumour necrosis factor-α increases the ubiquitinization of rat skeletal muscle proteins

    Cèlia García-Martínez;Neus Agell;Marta Llovera;Francisco J. López-Soriano

  • The SET protein regulates G2/M transition by modulating cyclin B-cyclin-dependent kinase 1 activity.

    Núria Canela;Aina Rodriguez-Vilarrupla;Josep Marı́a Estanyol;Carmen Dı́az

  • Muscle protein waste in tumor-bearing rats is effectively antagonized by a beta 2-adrenergic agonist (clenbuterol). Role of the ATP-ubiquitin-dependent proteolytic pathway.

    P Costelli;C García-Martínez;M Llovera;N Carbó

  • Osmotic Stress Regulates the Stability of Cyclin D1 in a p38SAPK2-dependent Manner

    Oriol Casanovas;Francesc Miró;Josep Maria Estanyol;Emili Itarte

  • Ubiquitin gene expression is increased in skeletal muscle of tumour-bearing rats

    Marta Llovera;Célia García-Martínez;Neus Agell;Marc Marzábal

  • Role of TNF receptor 1 in protein turnover during cancer cachexia using gene knockout mice

    Marta Llovera;Cèlia Garcı́a-Martı́nez;Joaquı́n López-Soriano;Neus Carbó

  • Muscle wasting associated with cancer cachexia is linked to an important activation of the ATP-dependent ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis.

    Marta Llovera;Cèlia Garcia-Martinez;Neus Agell;Francisco J. Lopez-Soriano

  • Fermented wheat germ extract inhibits glycolysis/pentose cycle enzymes and induces apoptosis through poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activation in Jurkat T-cell leukemia tumor cells.

    Begoña Comı́n-Anduix;László G. Boros;Silvia Marin;Joan Boren

  • A clathrin-dependent pathway leads to KRas signaling on late endosomes en route to lysosomes

    Albert Lu;Francesc Tebar;Blanca Alvarez-Moya;Cristina López-Alcalá

  • Different cytokines modulate ubiquitin gene expression in rat skeletal muscle

    Marta Llovera;Neus Carbó;Joaquı́n López-Soriano;Cèlia Garcı́a-Martı́nez

  • Ubiquitin in stressed chicken embryo fibroblasts.

    U Bond;N Agell;A L Haas;K Redman

  • Ubiquitin gene expression in skeletal muscle is increased by tumour necrosis factor-alpha.

    C. Garciamartinez;M. Llovera;N. Agell;F.J. Lopezsoriano

  • The Protein SET Regulates the Inhibitory Effect of p21Cip1 on Cyclin E-Cyclin-dependent Kinase 2 Activity

    Josep Maria Estanyol;Montserrat Jaumot;Oriol Casanovas;Aina Rodriguez-Vilarrupla

  • Calmodulin regulates intracellular trafficking of epidermal growth factor receptor and the MAPK signaling pathway.

    Francesc Tebar;Priam Villalonga;Tatiana Sorkina;Neus Agell

Frequent Co-Authors

Oriol Bachs
Oriol Bachs University of Barcelona
Josep M. Argilés
Josep M. Argilés University of Barcelona
Francisco J. López-Soriano
Francisco J. López-Soriano University of Barcelona
Marta Cascante
Marta Cascante University of Barcelona
Gabriel Capellá
Gabriel Capellá Institut d'Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge
Milton J. Schlesinger
Milton J. Schlesinger Washington University in St. Louis
Carlos Enrich
Carlos Enrich University of Barcelona
Ernesto Carafoli
Ernesto Carafoli University of Padua
Enrique Pérez-Payá
Enrique Pérez-Payá Spanish National Research Council
Thomas Ried
Thomas Ried National Institutes of Health

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