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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.

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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

Meet the 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.

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Vibrational fiber photometry: label-free and reporter-free minimally invasive Raman spectroscopy deep in the mouse brain

Nature Methods

First author/s: Pisano F**, Masmudi-Martín M** et al.

Corresponding author/s: Pisano F

Potential of ex vivo organotypic slice cultures in neuro-oncology

Neuro-Oncology

First author/s: Steindl A and Valiente M*

Corresponding author/s: Valiente M.

Integrating Priorities at the Intersection of Cancer and Neuroscience

Cancer Cell

First author/s: Hwang WL* et al.
Corresponding author/s: Hwang WL, Moran A.

S100A proteins show a spatial distribution of inflammation associated with the glioblastoma microenvironment architecture

Theranostics

First author/s: Pisano F**, Cómitre-Mariano B et al.
Corresponding author/s: Gargini R, Pérez-Nuñez A

TIMP1 mediates astrocyte-dependent local immunosuppression in brain metastasis acting on infiltrating CD8+ T cells.

Cancer Discovery (2024)

First author/s: Priego N et al.
Corresponding author/s: Valiente M

RET overexpression leads to increased brain metastatic competency in luminal breast cancer

JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2024)

First Author/s: Jagust P et al.
Corresponding author/s:Young L.

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