Grupo de Investigación en Bioquímica Tisular

Responsable de la Unidad de Investigación:

Juan Viña Ribes

Leading Researcher

Áreas de investigación

Líneas de investigación

  1. Influence of age at pregnancy and duration of lactation on breast cancer risk
  2. Role of calpain-2 as a regulatory node in post-lactation involution and neoplastic development
  3. Identification and analysis of calpain activity end-products in the post-lactation breast and their potential use in identifying patients at risk for pregnancy-associated breast cancer
  4. Study of ECM alteration in liver and lung in chronic vitamin A deficiency models
  5. Investigation of molecular and cellular pathways involved in inflammatory respiratory diseases, particularly pulmonary fibrosis
  6. Search for early markers of pulmonary fibrosis with prognostic value
  7. Participation of calpains in the development of various pathologies associated with ECM alterations: pulmonary fibrosis, muscular dystrophies, and cancer