María Sofía Sánchez Muñoz, Rui Benedito, Irene García González, Susana da Conceição Ferreira da Rocha y Aroa García Cabero.
    Research, Publications
    Nature: Scientists have uncovered alternative pathways for blood vessel growth that could help overcome resistance to anti-angiogenic cancer treatments

    A study involving CNIC researchers shows that blood vessels can grow in the absence of VEGF-VEGFR2 signalling, one of the pathways most commonly targeted for therapeutic purposes in clinical practice.

    Yolanda Martí-Mateos, José Antonio Enríquez y Rebeca Acín-Pérez.
    Research, Publications
    The EMBO Journal: CNIC researchers identify a protein essential for preventing liver damage and tumor development during aging

    The protein, OMA1, delays immune-system overactivation, liver fibrosis, and liver cancer during aging

    eLife
    About the CNIC, Research
    eLife: A virtual map shows how the mammalian heart takes shape

    The study reveals that the early heart is shaped by distinct but closely coordinated patterns of tissue deformation 

    Ana Simón Chica y David Filgueiras Rama
    Research, Publications
    Circulation Research: Study reveals new cellular mechanisms that allow the most common chronic cardiac arrhythmia to persist in the heart

    The study, published in Circulation Research, identifies cardiac fibroblasts and resident macrophages as essential contributors to the characteristic electrical activity that maintains this arrhythmia

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