Luis Mario Villela

Dr. Luis Mario Villela


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 December 2021 in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
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JCJulián M. Cota-Arce
Julián M. Cota-Arce
JCJonhatan Cota
Jonhatan Cota
MLMarco A. De León-Nava
Marco A. De León-Nava
AHAlexia Hernández-Cáceres
Alexia Hernández-Cáceres
LMLeopoldo I. Moncayo-Salazar
Leopoldo I. Moncayo-Salazar
LVLuis Mario Villela
Luis Mario Villela

19 April 2022 in Cancers
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APAlfredo Pherez-Farah
Alfredo Pherez-Farah
RLRosa Carmen López-Sánchez
Rosa Carmen López-Sánchez
LVLuis Mario Villela
Luis Mario Villela
RORocio Ortiz-Lopez
Rocio Ortiz-Lopez
BBBrady E. Beltrán
Brady E. Beltrán
JHJosé Ascención Hernández-Hernández
José Ascención Hernández-Hernández
Lymphomas are a highly heterogeneous group of hematological neoplasms. Given their ethiopathogenic complexity, their classification and management can become difficult tasks; therefore, new approaches are continuously being sought. Metabolic reprogramming at the lipid level is a hot topic in cancer research, and sphingolipidomics has gained particular focus in this area due to the bioactive nature of molecules such as sphingoid bases, sphingosine-1-phosphate, ceramides, sphingomyelin, cerebrosides, globosides, and gangliosides. Sphingolipid metabolism has become especially exciting because they are involved in virtually every cellular process through an extremely intricate metabolic web; in fact, no two sphingolipids share the same fate. Unsurprisingly, a disruption at this level is a recurrent mechanism in lymphomagenesis, dissemination, and chemoresistance, which means potential biomarkers and therapeutical targets might be hiding within these pathways. Many comprehensive reviews describing their role in cancer exist, but because most research has been conducted in solid malignancies, evidence in lymphomagenesis is somewhat limited. In this review, we summarize key aspects of sphingolipid biochemistry and discuss their known impact in cancer biology, with a particular focus on lymphomas and possible therapeutical strategies against them.