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Guillermo Velasco

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Guillermo Velasco
First Name:	Guillermo
Last Name:	Velasco
Current Position:	Associate Professor
Institute:	Complutense University
Department:	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I
City:	Madrid
Country:	Spain
Nationality:	Spain

EMBO LTF

Year LTF application:	1997
Institute of LTF:	University of Dundee
Department of LTF:	MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit
City of LTF:	Dundee
Country of LTF:	United Kingdom
Web page lab LTF:	www.dundee.ac.uk/lifesciences/mrcppu/

Research Interests

Research Area:	Molecular Medicine
Publication 1:	Carracedo A, Gironella M, Lorente M, Garcia S, Guzman M, Velasco G, Iovanna JL. Cannabinoids induce apoptosis of pancreatic tumor cells via endoplasmic reticulum stress-related genes. Cancer Res. 2006 Jul 1;66(13):6748-55. PMID: 16818650
Publication 2:	Guzman M, Duarte MJ, Blazquez C, Ravina J, Rosa MC, Galve-Roperh I, Sanchez C, Velasco G, Gonzalez-Feria L. A pilot clinical study of Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. Br J Cancer. 2006 Jul 17;95(2):197-203. P
Publication 3:	Carracedo A, Lorente M, Egia A, Blazquez C, Garcia S, Giroux V, Malicet C, Villuendas R, Gironella M, Gonzalez-Feria L, Piris MA, Iovanna JL, Guzman M, Velasco G. The stress-regulated protein p8 mediates cannabinoid-induced apoptosis of tumor cells. Cance
Publication 4:	Herrera B, Carracedo A, Diez-Zaera M, Gomez del Pulgar T, Guzman M, Velasco G. The CB2 cannabinoid receptor signals apoptosis via ceramide-dependent activation of the mitochondrial intrinsic pathway. Exp Cell Res. 2006 Jul 1;312(11):2121-31. PMID: 1662428
Publication 5:	Velasco G, Galve-Roperh I, Sanchez C, Blazquez C, Guzman M. Hypothesis: cannabinoid therapy for the treatment of gliomas?. Neuropharmacology. 2004 Sep;47(3):315-23. PMID: 15275820

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