Welcome to
Valiente Lab
Brain Metastasis Group

The laboratory develops research
projects on brain metastases.

What do we do?

Our objective is to understand the biology of brain metastasis in experimental models in order to develop new opportunities for treating patients suffering from this disease.

Projects

Drug discovery
METPlatform
Are there more effective ways to find drugs working against brain metastasis?
Resistance
Radiation
Radiation gets immediate access to the brain but it is not as effective as expected, why?
Resistance
Local relapse
Surgery is a key aspect in the treatment of some patients with brain metastasis. If the metastasis is removed, why is this therapy not curative?

Our
Team

We apply a multidisciplinary approach to study the biology of brain metastasis as a strategy to create new opportunities to improve the clinical management of the disease. Our team consists of technicians, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers with experience in different scientific fields.

Last
Publications

2022

Stratification of radiosensitive brain metastases based on an actionable S100A9/RAGE resistance mechanism. 

Monteiro C, Miarka L, et al.

Nature Medicine

2022

Toward plasmonic neural probes: SERS detection of neurotransmitters through gold nanoislands-decorated tapered optical fibers with sub-10 nm gaps

Zheng D, Pisano F, Collard L, Balena A, Pisanello M, Spagnolo B, Mach-Batlle R, Tantussi F, Carbone L, De Angelis F, Valiente M, de La Prida L, Ciracì C, De Vittorio M, Pisanello F.

Advanced Materials

2022

Emerging targets for cancer treatment: S100A9/RAGE

Valiente M, Sepúlveda JM, Pérez A.

ESMO Open

2022

A clinically-compatible drug-screening platform based on organotypic cultures identifies vulnerabilities to prevent and treat brain metastasis.

Zhu L, et al.

EMBO Mol. Med.

2021

Brain microenvironment heterogeneity: potential value for brain tumors

Álvaro-Espinosa L, de Pablos-Aragoneses A, et al.

Front. Oncol

2021

Plasmonics on a neural implant: engineering light–matter interactions on the nonplanar surface of tapered optical fibers. 

Pisano F, et al.

Adv.Opt. Mater.

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