Viridiana Alcantara-Alonso

Email:
v.alcantaraalonso@reading.ac.uk

Areas of interest

Atherosclerosis
Cardiovascular disease
Metabolism
Neuroendocrinology

Expertise

Western-Blotting
ELISA
Real-time qPCR
Confocal microscopy

Background

As part of my masterтs and PhD studies at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, I investigated some of the molecular mechanisms involved in stress responses and metabolism. Currently, I am exploring the effects of a potential treatment for atherosclerosis usingЬ§in vitroЬ§methods. I am analysing the intracellular pathways implicated in the formation of the atherosclerotic lesion and the possibility of regression with cysteamine and cysteamine-related molecules. The effectiveness of these treatments is crucial for the management of cardiovascular disease, one of the main causes of death and disability worldwide.

Selected publications

Alvarez-SalasЬ§Ь§E, AlcУЁntara-Alonso V, Matamoros-Trejo G, Vargas MA, Morales-Mulia M, de Gortari P. Mediobasal hypothalamic and adenohypophyseal TRH-degrading enzyme (PPII) is down-regulated by zinc deficiency.Ь§International Journal of Developmental NeuroscienceЬ§2015,46:115-124. DАПБѕ:Ь§
Puga L, AlcУЁntara-Alonso V, Coffeen U, Jaimes O, de Gortari P.Ь§Behav Brain ResЬ§2016, 306:128-136.Ь§DАПБѕ:Ь§
ValdУЉs-Moreno MI, AlcУЁntara-Alonso V, Estrada-Camarena E, Mengod G, Amaya MI, Matamoros-Trejo G, de Gortari P.Ь§Ь§Behav Brain Res. 2017 Feb 15;319:165-173.Ь§DАПБѕ:Ь§
AlcУЁntara-Alonso V, Amaya MI, Matamoros-Trejo G, de Gortari P.Ь§Neuropeptides.Ь§2017 Jun; 63:75-82.Ь§DАПБѕ:Ь§
AlcУЁntara-Alonso V, Panetta P, de Gortari P, Grammatopoulos DK.Ь§Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2017 Jul 11;8:161.Ь§DАПБѕ:Ь§
AlcУЁntara-Alonso V, Alvarez-Salas E, Matamoros-Trejo G, de Gortari P. Intrauterine Zn Deficiency Favors Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone-Increasing Effects on Thyrotropin Serum Levels and Induces Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Weaned Rats.Ь§Nutrients. 2017 Oct 18;9:1139.Ь§DАПБѕ:Ь§
de Gortari P., AlcУЁntara-Alonso V., Matamoros-Trejo G., Amaya M.I.,Alvarez-Salas E.Ь§Differential effects of leptin administration on feeding and HPT axis function in early-life overfed adult rats.Ь§Peptides. 2020 Feb 24;127:170285.Ь§DАПБѕ:Ь§
Meijles DN, Cull JJ, Cooper STE, Markou T, Hardyman MA, Fuller SJ, Alharbi HO, Haines ZHR,Ь§AlcУЁntara-Alonso V, Glennon PE, Sheppard MN, Sugden PH, Clerk A.Ь§The anti-cancer drug dabrafenib is not cardiotoxic and inhibits cardiac remodelling and fibrosis in a murine model of hypertension.Ь§Clin Sci (Lond).Ь§2021 Jul 30;135(14):1631-1647.Ь§DАПБѕ:Ь§
AlcУЁntara-Alonso E, Molinar-Ramos F, GonzУЁlez-LУГpez JA,Ь§AlcУЁntara-Alonso V, MuУБoz-PУЉrez MA, Lozano-Nuevo JJ, BenУtez-Maldonado DR, Mendoza-Portillo E.Ь§High triglyceride to HDL-cholesterol ratio as a biochemical marker of severe outcomes in COVID-19 patients.Ь§Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2021 Aug;44:437-444.DАПБѕ:Ь§
ChУЁvez J,Ь§AlcУЁntara-Alonso V, GarcУa-Luna C, Soberanes-ChУЁvez P, Grammatopoulos D, de Gortari P.Hypothalamic TRH mediates anorectic effects of serotonin in rats.Ь§eNeuro.Ь§2022 May 11;9(3):ENEURO.0077-22.2022.Ь§DАПБѕ:Ь§

Connections

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ORCID iD:Ь§0000-0002-9782-2398

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