Esli Janai Flores Palma

Ms. Esli Janai Flores Palma


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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

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26 July 2026 in Pharmaceuticals
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Esli Janai Flores Palma
Diana Laura Gonzalez -TolentinoDiana Laura Gonzalez -Tolentino
Diana Laura Gonzalez -Tolentino
Sergio Manuel Manuel Encarnacion-GuevaraSergio Manuel Manuel Encarnacion-Guevara
Sergio Manuel Manuel Encarnacion-Guevara
Jeovanis Gil ValdesJeovanis Gil Valdes
Jeovanis Gil Valdes
RBRamiro Alonso Bastida
Ramiro Alonso Bastida
MVMarco Antonio Leyva Vazquez
Marco Antonio Leyva Vazquez
Background: B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is the most frequent malignancy of childhood; worldwide, 487,294 new cases and 305,405 deaths were reported in 2022, including more than 5000 new cases in Mexico. Chemotherapy, delivered in induction, consolidation and maintenance phases, remains the mainstay of treatment, yet 10–20% of patients relapse after induction because of chemoresistance, whose molecular basis is still incompletely understood. Methods: This retrospective study aimed to identify proteins associated with resistance to vincristine (VCR) and methotrexate (MTX) administered during the induction phase, using LC–MS/MS proteomics and bioinformatic analysis of treatment-naive bone marrow aspirates from responders and nonresponders. Results: Nonresponders showed a distinct proteomic profile, with deregulated processes converging on cytoskeletal structure and dynamics, nucleic acid metabolism, DNA repair and RNA processing. Within these processes, thymidine phosphorylase (TYMP) and gelsolin (GSN) emerged as differentially expressed proteins, both consistently overexpressed in nonresponders at the individual-patient level. Conclusions: We conclude that cytoskeletal remodeling and nucleotide metabolism are prominent features of intrinsic chemoresistance in pediatric B-ALL, and that TYMP and GSN represent candidate biomarkers of nonresponse to VCR- and MTX-based induction that warrant validation by orthogonal methods in independent, adequately powered cohorts.