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Alberto Davalos
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Group leader of the Epigenetics of Lipid Metabolism Group, IMDEA Food Institute, Dr. Alberto Dávalos holds a degree in Pharmacy and Biochemistry by San Marcos University (Lima) and a PhD in Pharmacy by Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid).
He has conducted postdoctoral research at the Hospital Ramón y Cajal (Madrid), at Yale University School of Medicine, (New Haven), and at New York University School of Medicine (New York). Dr. Dávalos’s research program focuses in identifying and characterizing new noncoding RNAs (miRNAs, lncRNAs and other type of regulatory RNAs) that regulate lipid metabolism and the effects of minor dietary components (micronutrients) on their expression.
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PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences
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Group leader of the Epigenetics of Lipid Metabolism Group
IMDEA Food Institute
Epigenetics of Lipid Metabolism Group
Cardiometabolic diseases are the main causes of mortality in the world and excess in the diet is one of the main causes of these human diseases linked to our modern life-style. The objective is to understand how different non-coding RNAs regulate lipid metabolism during states of health and disease, developing new strategies, both pharmacological and dietetic, to modulate their function. Pharmacological or dietary modulation of the activity of non-coding RNAs that, ultimately, regulate the metabolism of lipids lead to the prevention or treatment of cardiometabolic diseases. The increasing prevalence of chronic diseases has prompted a strategic focus on prevention strategies. While Precision (personalized) Medicine strives to provide ‘the right therapeutic strategy for the right person at the right time’ a distinct approach is needed for disease prevention.
Epigenetics of Lipid Metabolism Group also focus on understanding lifestyle modification of the pigenome in order to try to personalize the health of individuals using epigenetics for the development of Precision Nutrition. This group works to generate new basic knowledge of how non-coding RNAs regulate the metabolism of lipids under physiological and pathological conditions. To find and evaluate minor dietary components for their ability to modulate the activity of non-coding RNAs associated with the metabolism of lipids.
To carry out collaborative projects with the food and pharmaceutical industry to test and develop new dietary supplements or functional foods based on solid scientific knowledge to prevent or treat a variety of lipid metabolism disorders. And, to incorporate the use non-coding RNAs data to develop Precision Nutrition. In this endeavor, the group actively collaborate with many international research groups located at the following institutions: CINVESTAV (Mérida, Mexico), URFJ (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil), IMSERM UMR1011 (Lille, France) and many other national research groups.
PeerJ Contributions
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June 7, 2023
Mariano Guardado-Estrada, Christian A. Cárdenas-Monroy, Vanessa Martínez-Rivera, Fernanda Cortez, Carlos Pedraza-Lara, Oliver Millan-Catalan, Carlos Pérez-Plasencia
December 19, 2022
Shuai Liu, Yang Li, Xian Wei, Dilare Adi, Yong-Tao Wang, Min Han, Fen Liu, Bang-Dang Chen, Xiao-Mei Li, Yi-Ning Yang, Zhen-Yan Fu, Yi-Tong Ma
September 22, 2022
Guohua Lai, Renli Zhao, Weida Zhuang, Zuoxu Hou, Zefeng Yang, Peipei He, Jiachang Wu, Hongxun Sang
January 26, 2022
Chao Xu, Guanwen Zhou, Zhuang Sun, Zhaocun Zhang, Haifeng Zhao, Xianzhou Jiang
January 5, 2022
Arshiya Mariam, Galen Miller-Atkins, Amika Moro, Alejandro I. Rodarte, Shirin Siddiqi, Lou-Anne Acevedo-Moreno, J. Mark Brown, Daniela S. Allende, Federico Aucejo, Daniel M. Rotroff
September 29, 2021
Dannielle Post, Agnes Vitry, Katherine L. Baldock
September 2, 2021
Abbas Al Mutair, Alya Al Mutairi, Yasmine Alabbasi, Abbas Shamsan, Sana Al-Mahmoud, Saad Alhumaid, Muhammad zeshan Arshad, Mansour Awad, Ali Rabaan
May 11, 2021
Hellen S. Agurto, Ana L. Alcantara-Diaz, Eduardo Espinet-Coll, Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo
March 5, 2021
Chunyang Li, Haopeng Yu, Yajing Sun, Xiaoxi Zeng, Wei Zhang
February 4, 2021
Laongthip Ruknarong, Chongchira Boonthongkaew, Nisa Chuangchot, Amonrat Jumnainsong, Naruemon Leelayuwat, Apinya Jusakul, Silvana Gaudieri, Chanvit Leelayuwat
September 17, 2020
Fermín Mar-Aguilar, Alejandra Arreola-Triana, Daniela Mata-Cardona, Vianey Gonzalez-Villasana, Cristina Rodríguez-Padilla, Diana Reséndez-Pérez
September 17, 2020
Juliana Moraes Coelho, Katia Cansanção, Renata de Mello Perez, Nathalie Carvalho Leite, Patrícia Padilha, Andrea Ramalho, Wilza Peres
September 17, 2020
Beatriz Sarriá, Miren Gomez-Juaristi, Sara Martínez López, Joaquín García Cordero, Laura Bravo, Mª Raquel Mateos Briz
January 9, 2019
Yuko Hisatomi, Kenji Kugino
July 31, 2018
Juan Xiao, Siyuan Feng, Xun Wang, Keren Long, Yi Luo, Yuhao Wang, Jideng Ma, Qianzi Tang, Long Jin, Xuewei Li, Mingzhou Li
July 13, 2018
Sara Thabit, Heba Handoussa, Mariana Roxo, Nesrine S. El Sayed, Bruna Cestari de Azevedo, Michael Wink
July 11, 2018
Jessica Krieger, Byung-Wook Park, Christopher R. Lambert, Christopher Malcuit
March 14, 2018
María Reguera, Carlos Manuel Conesa, Alejandro Gil-Gómez, Claudia Mónika Haros, Miguel Ángel Pérez-Casas, Vilbett Briones-Labarca, Luis Bolaños, Ildefonso Bonilla, Rodrigo Álvarez, Katherine Pinto, Ángel Mujica, Luisa Bascuñán-Godoy
August 25, 2016
Kin Weng Kong, Azlina Abdul Aziz, Nurhanani Razali, Norhaniza Aminuddin, Sarni Mat Junit
July 12, 2016
Graeme D. Coles, Stephen D. Wratten, John R. Porter
January 28, 2016
Kin Weng Kong, Sarni Mat-Junit, Norhaniza Aminudin, Fouad Abdulrahman Hassan, Amin Ismail, Azlina Abdul Aziz