Projects

This page gathers ongoing and completed research projects by members of the Castro and Medina research groups.

Role of diet in cancer

The Immune Regulation

Inflammation

Cancer

Ongoing Project

Alejandra Rueda, Brenda Landa, Denisse Castro

Effect of gut microbiome metabolites on insulin resistance in pediatric patients with obesity and sarcopenia

Immmunological Analysis

Metabolism

Ongoing Project

This research project evaluates the association between microbiota metabolites and insulin resistance in pediatric obesity

Diana Villalpando, Paulina Zaldivar, Arleth Garibay, Oscar Medina

Role of IL-36 cytokines in the regulation of the immune response in intestinal mucosa

Mucosal Immunology

Inflammation

Past Project

LPS/ATP stimulation induces cytokine relocalization to the plasma membrane, and conventional secretion blockade triggers no IL-36g accumulation within the cell.

Laura Manzanares, Oscar Medina