Research Group on Tissular Biochemistry
Metabolism and Organic Damage Area
To study the influence of age at pregnancy and duration of breastfeeding on risk of breast cancer, and specifically, the role of calpain-2 as a regulatory node
To study the role of calpains 1, 2 and 3 as key mediators of hormones and Ca2+ metabolism in osteoblast differentiation and platelet abnormalities in LGMD patients
To study the mechanisms that control respiratory homeostasis, as well as the dysregulation of molecular and cellular pathways in respiratory pathological processes, such as vitamin A deficiency, allergic inflammation, or pulmonary fibrosis

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Publications
Epithelial coxsackievirus adenovirus receptor promotes house dust mite-induced lung inflammation. Ortiz-Zapater E, Bagley D, Hernandez V, Roberts L, Maguire T, Voss F, Mertins P, Kirchner M, Peset-Martin I, Woszczek G, Rosenblatt J, Gotthardt M, Santis G, Parsons M. Nature Communications. 2022 Oct 27;13(1):6407. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33882-w. PMID: 36302767
Identification of circulating miRNAs differentially expressed in patients with Limb-girdle, Duchenne or facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophies. Garcia-Gimenez JL, Garcia-Trevijano ER, Aviles-Alia AI, Ibanez-Cabellos JS, Bovea-Marco M, Bas T, Pallardo FV, Vina JR, Zaragoza R. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2022 Dec 27;17(1):450. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02603-3. PMID: 36575500
Lung fibrosis and fibrosis in the lungs: is it all about myofibroblasts?. Ortiz-Zapater E, Signes-Costa J, Montero P, Roger I. Biomedicines. 2022 Jun 15;10(6):1423. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10061423. PMID: 35740444
Editorial: organization and functional properties of the blood-brain Barrier. Peterson DR, Hawkins RA, Vina JR. Frontiers in Physiology. 2021 Dec 2;12:796030. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.796030. PMID: 34925076
Epigenetic Mechanisms Are Involved in the Oncogenic Properties of ZNF518B in Colorectal Cancer. Gimeno-Valiente F, Riffo-Campos A, Torres L, Tarazona N, Gambardella V, Cervantes A, Lopez-Rodas G, Franco L, Castillo J. Cancers. 2021 Mar 21;13(6):1433. doi: 10.3390/cancers13061433. PMID: 33801071
Blockade of the trans-sulfuration pathway in acute pancreatitis due to nitration of cystathionine beta-synthase. Rius-Perez S, Perez S, Torres-Cuevas I, Marti-Andres P, Talens-Visconti R, Paradela A, Guerrero L, Franco Vera L, Lopez Rodas G, Torres Asensi L, Corrales F, Sastre J. Redox Biology. 2020 Jan;28:101324. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2019.101324. PMID: 31539805
From genetics to epigenetics to unravel the etiology of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Perez-Machado G, Berenguer-Pascual E, Bovea-Marco M, Rubio-Belmar P, Garcia-Lopez E, Garzon M, Mena Molla S, Pallardo Calatayud F, Bas T, Viña Ribes J, Garcia Gimenez J. Bone. 2020 Nov;140:115563. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2020.115563. PMID: 32768685
Transport of Amino Acids Across the Blood-Brain Barrier. Zaragoza R. Frontiers in Physiology. 2020 Sep 23;11:973. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00973. PMID: 33071801
Projects
Title: Subvenciones concedidas del Programa Prometeo para grupos de investigación de excelencia
Funding body: Conselleria de Innovación, Universidades, Ciencia y Sociedad Digital
Principal Investigator: Elena Ruiz García-Trevijano, Juan Viña Ribes
Duration: 2022 – 2025
Total budget: 240.238 €
Title: Molecular mechanisms in the development of scoliosis in limb-girdle muscular dystrophies
Funding body: Fundación Ramón Areces
Principal Investigator: Juan Viña Ribes
Duration: 2019 – 2021
Total budget: 121.176 €
Title: Estudios tridimensionales de ductos mamarios para determinar el papel de las calpaínas en la remodelación del tejido mamario. Implicaciones biomédicas
Funding body: Conselleria de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
Principal Investigator: Juan Viña Ribes
Duration: 2018 – 2021
Total budget: 201.920 €
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Doctoral candidate: Rodríguez Fernández, Lucía
Director(s): Viña Ribes, Juan; Zaragozá Colom, Rosa; Ruiz García-Trevijano, Elena
Date of the defense: 29/03/2019
University: Universitat de València