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FUENTES VARELA, Pedro

Professor Ajudant doctor
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Department of Biomedical Sciences

Contact

pfuentesv@uic.es
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  • Academic training
  • Professional experience
  • Publications
    • Articles
  • Subjects taught
Doctor of Medicine, Morphological Sciences Program, UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA
Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry, UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA
Graduate in Human Biology, UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA
• Postdoctoral Researcher, IDIBELL (2020–present). Fellowships: AECC Postdoctoral Fellowship (POSTD211561FUEN) and Juan de la Cierva
Incorporación (FJC2020-043273-I)
• PhD Student, VHIR – Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (2015–2020)
• Laboratory Technician, IDIBELL (2014–2015)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, LARP1 integrates MYC and mTOR signaling to enable anabolic growth during tumor initiation
    Name: Fuentes, Pedro; Iannizzotto, Flavia; Battaglia, Elisa; Balzamo, Chiara; Tola, Carla; Forcada, Berta; Bosch-I-Crespo, Pau; Morón-Duran, Francisco D.; Frank, Brandon E.; Martínez-Herráez, Carolina; Mastora, Zoi; Manfili-Marinho, Gabriella; Tauler, Albert; Santos, Cristina; Salazar, Ramón; Gentilella, Antonio Role: Autor Publishing date: 2026
    Vol.: 123 No.: 24
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2523043123 ISSN or title: 0027-8424
  • iScience, Ribosomal protein deficiencies linked to Diamond-Blackfan anemia induce distinctive alterations of ATF4 expression
    Name: Lorenzo-Martín, L. Francisco; Robles-Valero, Javier; Ramírez-Cota, Rosa; Gaspar, Sonia G.; Fuentes, Pedro; Gentilella, Antonio; Bustelo, Xosé R.; Dosil, Mercedes Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Vol.: 28 No.: 4
    DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112138
  • NAR Cancer, Decoding ribosome complexity
    Name: Fuentes, Pedro; Pelletier, Joffrey; Gentilella, Antonio Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Vol.: 6 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1093/narcan/zcae032
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Overcoming Paradoxical Kinase Priming by a Novel MNK1 Inhibitor
    Name: Bou-Petit, Elisabeth; Hümmer, Stefan; Alarcon, Helena; Slobodnyuk, Konstantin; Cano-Galietero, Marta; Fuentes, Pedro; Guijarro, Pedro J.; Muñoz, María José; Suarez-Cabrera, Leticia; Santamaria, Anna; Estrada-Tejedor, Roger; Borrell, José I.; Ramón Y Cajal, Santiago Role: Autor Publishing date: 2022
    Start page: 6070 End page: 6087 Vol.: 65 No.: 8
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01941 ISSN or title: 0022-2623
  • Science Advances, The 40S-LARP1 complex reprograms the cellular translatome upon mTOR inhibition to preserve the protein synthetic capacity
    Name: Fuentes, Pedro; Pelletier, Joffrey; Martinez-Herraez, Carolina; Diez-Obrero, Virginia; Iannizzotto, Flavia; Rubio, Teresa; Garcia-Cajide, Marta; Menoyo, Sandra; Moreno, Victor; Salazar, Ramon; Tauler, Albert; Gentilella, Antonio Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Vol.: 7 No.: 48
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg9275
  • Nature Communications , ITGB3-mediated uptake of small extracellular vesicles facilitates intercellular communication in breast cancer cells
    Name: Fuentes, Pedro; Sesé, Marta; Guijarro, Pedro J.; Emperador, Marta; Sánchez-Redondo, Sara; Peinado, Héctor; Hümmer, Stefan; Ramón y. Cajal, Santiago Role: Autor Publishing date: 2020
    Vol.: 11 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18081-9
  • Oncotarget, Hypoxia-mediated translational activation of ITGB3 in breast cancer cells enhances TGF-β signaling and malignant features in vitro and in vivo
    Name: Sesé, Marta; Fuentes, Pedro; Esteve-Codina, Anna; Béjar, Eva; McGrail, Kimberley; Thomas, George; Aasen, Trond; Ramón y Cajal, Santiago Role: Autor Publishing date: 2017
    Start page: 114856 End page: 114876 Vol.: 8 No.: 70
    DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.23145
  • Molecular cell, Autogenous Control of 5′TOP mRNA Stability by 40S Ribosomes
    Name: Gentilella, Antonio; Morón-Duran, Francisco D.; Fuentes, Pedro; Rocha, G. Z.; Riaño-Canalias, Ferran; Pelletier, Joffrey; Ruiz, Marta; Turón, Gemma; Castaño, Julio; Tauler, Albert; Bueno, Clara; Menéndez, Pablo; Kozma, Sara C.; Thomas, George Role: Autor Publishing date: 2017
    Start page: 55 End page: 70.e4 Vol.: 67 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.06.005 ISSN or title: 1097-2765
Course 2025-2026 - Period: 01/09/2025 - 31/08/2026
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Sciences
    • - Integrated Biomedicine II
    • - Clinical Biochemistry
    • - Techniques for Biomedical Analysis I
    • - Final Degree Project
    • - External Laboratory Practices
  • Official Master
    University Master's Degree in Experimental Biomedical Research
    • - Practicum I
    • - Final Master's Degree Project
    • - Advanced Methodologies in Experimental Research and Data Analysis
    • - Practicum II

Academic training

Doctor of Medicine, Morphological Sciences Program, UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA
Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry, UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA
Graduate in Human Biology, UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA

Professional experience

• Postdoctoral Researcher, IDIBELL (2020–present). Fellowships: AECC Postdoctoral Fellowship (POSTD211561FUEN) and Juan de la Cierva
Incorporación (FJC2020-043273-I)
• PhD Student, VHIR – Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (2015–2020)
• Laboratory Technician, IDIBELL (2014–2015)

Publications

Articles

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, LARP1 integrates MYC and mTOR signaling to enable anabolic growth during tumor initiation
    Name: Fuentes, Pedro; Iannizzotto, Flavia; Battaglia, Elisa; Balzamo, Chiara; Tola, Carla; Forcada, Berta; Bosch-I-Crespo, Pau; Morón-Duran, Francisco D.; Frank, Brandon E.; Martínez-Herráez, Carolina; Mastora, Zoi; Manfili-Marinho, Gabriella; Tauler, Albert; Santos, Cristina; Salazar, Ramón; Gentilella, Antonio Role: Autor Publishing date: 2026
    Vol.: 123 No.: 24
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2523043123 ISSN or title: 0027-8424
  • iScience, Ribosomal protein deficiencies linked to Diamond-Blackfan anemia induce distinctive alterations of ATF4 expression
    Name: Lorenzo-Martín, L. Francisco; Robles-Valero, Javier; Ramírez-Cota, Rosa; Gaspar, Sonia G.; Fuentes, Pedro; Gentilella, Antonio; Bustelo, Xosé R.; Dosil, Mercedes Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Vol.: 28 No.: 4
    DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112138
  • NAR Cancer, Decoding ribosome complexity
    Name: Fuentes, Pedro; Pelletier, Joffrey; Gentilella, Antonio Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Vol.: 6 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1093/narcan/zcae032
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Overcoming Paradoxical Kinase Priming by a Novel MNK1 Inhibitor
    Name: Bou-Petit, Elisabeth; Hümmer, Stefan; Alarcon, Helena; Slobodnyuk, Konstantin; Cano-Galietero, Marta; Fuentes, Pedro; Guijarro, Pedro J.; Muñoz, María José; Suarez-Cabrera, Leticia; Santamaria, Anna; Estrada-Tejedor, Roger; Borrell, José I.; Ramón Y Cajal, Santiago Role: Autor Publishing date: 2022
    Start page: 6070 End page: 6087 Vol.: 65 No.: 8
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01941 ISSN or title: 0022-2623
  • Science Advances, The 40S-LARP1 complex reprograms the cellular translatome upon mTOR inhibition to preserve the protein synthetic capacity
    Name: Fuentes, Pedro; Pelletier, Joffrey; Martinez-Herraez, Carolina; Diez-Obrero, Virginia; Iannizzotto, Flavia; Rubio, Teresa; Garcia-Cajide, Marta; Menoyo, Sandra; Moreno, Victor; Salazar, Ramon; Tauler, Albert; Gentilella, Antonio Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Vol.: 7 No.: 48
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg9275
  • Nature Communications , ITGB3-mediated uptake of small extracellular vesicles facilitates intercellular communication in breast cancer cells
    Name: Fuentes, Pedro; Sesé, Marta; Guijarro, Pedro J.; Emperador, Marta; Sánchez-Redondo, Sara; Peinado, Héctor; Hümmer, Stefan; Ramón y. Cajal, Santiago Role: Autor Publishing date: 2020
    Vol.: 11 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18081-9
  • Oncotarget, Hypoxia-mediated translational activation of ITGB3 in breast cancer cells enhances TGF-β signaling and malignant features in vitro and in vivo
    Name: Sesé, Marta; Fuentes, Pedro; Esteve-Codina, Anna; Béjar, Eva; McGrail, Kimberley; Thomas, George; Aasen, Trond; Ramón y Cajal, Santiago Role: Autor Publishing date: 2017
    Start page: 114856 End page: 114876 Vol.: 8 No.: 70
    DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.23145
  • Molecular cell, Autogenous Control of 5′TOP mRNA Stability by 40S Ribosomes
    Name: Gentilella, Antonio; Morón-Duran, Francisco D.; Fuentes, Pedro; Rocha, G. Z.; Riaño-Canalias, Ferran; Pelletier, Joffrey; Ruiz, Marta; Turón, Gemma; Castaño, Julio; Tauler, Albert; Bueno, Clara; Menéndez, Pablo; Kozma, Sara C.; Thomas, George Role: Autor Publishing date: 2017
    Start page: 55 End page: 70.e4 Vol.: 67 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.06.005 ISSN or title: 1097-2765
Course 2025-2026 - Period: 01/09/2025 - 31/08/2026
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Sciences
    • - Integrated Biomedicine II
    • - Clinical Biochemistry
    • - Techniques for Biomedical Analysis I
    • - Final Degree Project
    • - External Laboratory Practices
  • Official Master
    University Master's Degree in Experimental Biomedical Research
    • - Practicum I
    • - Final Master's Degree Project
    • - Advanced Methodologies in Experimental Research and Data Analysis
    • - Practicum II