Research Highlights (8)

Genetic and Microenvironmental heterogeneity impacts colorectal cancer progression

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a highly diverse disease, where different genomic instability pathways shape genetic…

By Ana Rita Grosso

 Glycosylation machinery is tightly regulated in healthy tissues and impaired in ageing/tumorigenesis 

Glycosylation is a fundamental cellular process affecting human development and health. Complex machinery establishes the…

By Ana Rita Grosso

Innate immune evasion revealed in a colorectal zebrafish xenograft model

Cancer immunoediting is a dynamic process of crosstalk between tumor cells and the immune system.

By Ana Rita Grosso

Pan-Cancer Analysis reveals association of Genetic Heterogeneity with Epigenetic Modifiers

Intratumor genetic heterogeneity (ITH) is the main obstacle to effective cancer treatment and a major…

By Ana Rita Grosso

Transcription Dynamics Prevent RNA-Mediated Genomic Instability

Genomic instability is frequently caused by nucleic acid structures termed R-loops that are formed during…

By Ana Rita Grosso

Introns Protect Eukaryotic Genomes from Transcription-Associated Genetic Instability

Transcription is a source of genetic instability that can notably result from the formation of…

By Ana Rita Grosso

Pan-cancer analysis of MYC-PVT1 reveals CNV-unmediated deregulation

The PVT1 lncRNA has recently been involved in tumorigenesis by affecting the protein stability of…

By Ana Rita Grosso

Cancer cells ignore “stop signs”

Aberrant expression of cancer genes and non-canonical RNA species is a hallmark of cancer. However,…

By Ana Rita Grosso