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Viales

LINES OF RESEARCH

Our lines of research are aligned with the high priority health topics of the Mexican Social Security Institute

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Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases

  • Biomarkers of metabolic diseases associated with cardiovascular risk.

  • Identification of mutations in genes associated with hypertrophic and dilated myocardiopathy.

Diabetes mellitus, obesity and overweight

  • Diabetes and prediabetes.

  • Preeclampsia and gestational diabetes.

  • Biomarkers of metabolic diseases associated with obesity.

  • Investigations in the effect of hypoglycemics on neurotoxin induced neuronal death.

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Cancer / malignant neoplasms

  • Predisposing genetics on the development of prostatic cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma and bladder cancer.

  • Organotypic cultures as a model to evaluate anticarcinogenic compounds.

  • Studies searching for drug combinations against hepatocellular carcinoma in cellular and animal models.

  • Identification of human papilloma virus variants in cervical-uterine samples.

Tuberculosis

  • Study of genetic variations of the immune system in patients with tuberculosis.

  • Genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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Respiratory diseases

  • Sequelae of COVID-19 prevalent in the Mexican population.

  • Effectiveness of vaccination and treatment against COVID-19.

  • Development of synthetic molecules for the molecular diagnosis of emergent diseases.

  • Development of diagnostic tools for respiratory diseases.

  • Genetic characterization of influenza virus hemagglutinin and neuraminidase.

Mental and behavioral disorders

  • Burnout and work-related stress.

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Antimicrobial resistance

  • Studies searching for alternative treatments with medicinal plants extracts against Entamoeba histolytica and Trichomonas vaginalis.

  • Studies searching molecular biomarkers of tuberculosis drug resistance.

  • The use of nanoparticles to increase drug and natural products deworming efficiency.

Neurological conditions/Cerebrovascular events

  • The study of mechanisms of neuronal death in in vitro and in vivo models of Parkinson disease.

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Kidney disease

  • Acute kidney injury

  • Primary nephrotic syndrom 

  • Corticoresistance

  • Transplant

  • Hemodialysis

  • Peritoneal dialysis

  • Mortality

* En Unidad de Investigación en Epidemiología y Servicios de Salud Monterrey

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