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Raúl M. Luque

Raúl M. Luque

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Biology and Biochemistry

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54
Citations
8523
World Ranking
15807
National Ranking
346

Overview

Raúl M. Luque is affiliated with the University of Córdoba in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cancer Research, Epidemiology, and Physiology as subfields of study.

Their scholarly work covers several specialized topics, including:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors

Luque has contributed extensively to the scientific literature with key publications in notable venues, particularly:

  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cancers
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Translational Research

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Dysregulation of the splicing machinery is directly associated to aggressiveness of prostate cancer", 2020, EBioMedicine
  • "Adipocyte-derived extracellular vesicles regulate survival and function of pancreatic β cells", 2021, JCI Insight
  • "Splicing machinery dysregulation drives glioblastoma development/aggressiveness: oncogenic role of SRSF3", 2020, Brain
  • "Splicing factor SF3B1 is overexpressed and implicated in the aggressiveness and survival of hepatocellular carcinoma", 2020, Cancer Letters
  • "Long-term consumption of a mediterranean diet or a low-fat diet on kidney function in coronary heart disease patients: The CORDIOPREV randomized controlled trial", 2022, Clinical Nutrition

Raúl M. Luque frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Manuel D. Gahete, Justo P. Castaño, Antonio C. Fuentes-Fayos, Juan M. Jiménez-Vacas, and Antonio J. Montero-Hidalgo. These collaborations appear across numerous publications, reflecting an active role in multi-author research projects.

Best Publications

  • Intracellular Signaling Mechanisms Mediating Ghrelin-Stimulated Growth Hormone Release in Somatotropes

    María M Malagón;Raul M Luque;Ernesto Ruiz-Guerrero;Francisca Rodríguez-Pacheco

  • Identification and Characterization of Two Novel Truncated but Functional Isoforms of the Somatostatin Receptor Subtype 5 Differentially Present in Pituitary Tumors

    Mario Durán-Prado;Manuel D. Gahete;Antonio J. Martínez-Fuentes;Raúl M. Luque

  • Metabolic regulation of ghrelin O-acyl transferase (GOAT) expression in the mouse hypothalamus, pituitary, and stomach

    Manuel D. Gahete;Jose Córdoba-Chacón;Roberto Salvatori;Justo P. Castaño

  • Understanding the multifactorial control of growth hormone release by somatotropes: lessons from comparative endocrinology.

    Manuel D. Gahete;Mario Durán-Prado;Raúl M. Luque;Antonio J. Martínez-Fuentes

  • The adult pituitary shows stem/progenitor cell activation in response to injury and is capable of regeneration.

    Qiuli Fu;Lies Gremeaux;Raul M. Luque;Daisy Liekens

  • Expression of the Ghrelin and neurotensin systems is altered in the temporal lobe of Alzheimer's disease patients

    Manuel D. Gahete;Alicia Rubio;José Córdoba-Chacón;Francisco Gracia-Navarro

  • Role of ghrelin system in neuroprotection and cognitive functions: implications in Alzheimer's disease.

    Manuel D. Gahete;José Córdoba-Chacón;José Córdoba-Chacón;José Córdoba-Chacón;Rhonda D. Kineman;Rhonda D. Kineman;Raúl M. Luque

  • Obestatin regulates adipocyte function and protects against diet-induced insulin resistance and inflammation

    Riccarda Granata;Davide Gallo;Raul M. Luque;Alessandra Baragli

  • Kisspeptin Regulates Gonadotroph and Somatotroph Function in Nonhuman Primate Pituitary via Common and Distinct Signaling Mechanisms

    Raúl M. Luque;José Córdoba-Chacón;Manuel D. Gahete;Manuel D. Gahete;Víctor M. Navarro

  • Ghrelin gene products, receptors, and GOAT enzyme: biological and pathophysiological insight

    Manuel D Gahete;David Rincón-Fernández;Alicia Villa-Osaba;Daniel Hormaechea-Agulla

  • A Potential Inhibitory Role for the New Truncated Variant of Somatostatin Receptor 5, sst5TMD4, in Pituitary Adenomas Poorly Responsive to Somatostatin Analogs

    Mario Durán-Prado;Alexandru Saveanu;Raul M. Luque;Manuel D. Gahete

  • A plasma circulating miRNAs profile predicts type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes: from the CORDIOPREV study.

    Rosa Jiménez-Lucena;Rosa Jiménez-Lucena;Antonio Camargo;Antonio Camargo;Juan Francisco Alcalá-Diaz;Juan Francisco Alcalá-Diaz;Cristina Romero-Baldonado

  • A novel human ghrelin variant (in1-ghrelin) and ghrelin-O-acyltransferase are overexpressed in breast cancer: Potential pathophysiological relevance

    Manuel D. Gahete;José Córdoba-Chacón;Marta Hergueta-Redondo;Antonio J. Martínez-Fuentes

  • Evidence that Ghrelin Is as Potent as Growth Hormone (GH)-Releasing Hormone (GHRH) in Releasing GH from Primary Pituitary Cell Cultures of a Nonhuman Primate (Papio anubis), Acting through Intracellular Signaling Pathways Distinct from GHRH

    Rhonda D. Kineman;Raul M. Luque

  • Truncated somatostatin receptor variant sst5TMD4 confers aggressive features (proliferation, invasion and reduced octreotide response) to somatotropinomas.

    Raúl M. Luque;Alejandro Ibáñez-Costa;Leonardo Vieira Neto;Giselle F. Taboada

  • Obesity-induced hypogonadism in the male: premature reproductive neuroendocrine senescence and contribution of Kiss1-mediated mechanisms.

    Miguel Angel Sánchez-Garrido;Francisco Ruiz-Pino;Maria Manfredi-Lozano;Silvia Leon

  • Expression of Somatostatin, cortistatin, and their receptors, as well as dopamine receptors, but not of neprilysin, are reduced in the temporal lobe of Alzheimer's disease patients.

    Manuel D. Gahete;Alicia Rubio;Mario Durán-Prado;Jesús Avila

  • Dysregulation of the splicing machinery is directly associated to aggressiveness of prostate cancer.

    Juan M. Jiménez-Vacas;Vicente Herrero-Aguayo;Antonio J. Montero-Hidalgo;Enrique Gómez-Gómez

  • The new truncated somatostatin receptor variant sst5TMD4 is associated to poor prognosis in breast cancer and increases malignancy in MCF-7 cells

    M Durán-Prado;M D Gahete;M Hergueta-Redondo;M Hergueta-Redondo;A J Martínez-Fuentes

  • Adipocyte-derived extracellular vesicles regulate survival and function of pancreatic β cells.

    Iacopo Gesmundo;Barbara Pardini;Eleonora Gargantini;Giacomo Gamba

Frequent Co-Authors

Justo P. Castaño
Justo P. Castaño University of Córdoba
Jose Lopez-Miranda
Jose Lopez-Miranda Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Jose M. Ordovas
Jose M. Ordovas Tufts University
Manuel Tena-Sempere
Manuel Tena-Sempere University of Córdoba
Carlos Dieguez
Carlos Dieguez University of Santiago de Compostela
Ezio Ghigo
Ezio Ghigo University of Turin
Luis de Lecea
Luis de Lecea Stanford University
Leonor Pinilla
Leonor Pinilla University of Córdoba
Gema Moreno-Bueno
Gema Moreno-Bueno The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Colleen C. Nelson
Colleen C. Nelson Queensland University of Technology

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