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Rafael Sebastián Fort

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[HTML][HTML] An integrated view of the role of miR-130b/301b miRNA cluster in prostate cancer

RS Fort, C Mathó, C Oliveira-Rizzo, B Garat… - … hematology & oncology, 2018 - Springer
Prostate cancer is a major health problem worldwide due to its high incidence morbidity and
mortality. There is currently a need of improved biomarkers, capable to distinguish mild …

[HTML][HTML] Recurrent dissemination of SARS-CoV-2 through the Uruguayan–Brazilian border

…, I Ferrés, P Smircich, J Sotelo Silveira, RS Fort… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Uruguay is one of the few countries in the Americas that successfully contained the coronavirus
disease 19 (COVID-19) epidemic during the first half of 2020. Nevertheless, the intensive …

[HTML][HTML] Nc886 is epigenetically repressed in prostate cancer and acts as a tumor suppressor through the inhibition of cell growth

RS Fort, C Mathó, MV Geraldo, MC Ottati… - BMC cancer, 2018 - Springer
Background Nc886 is a 102 bp non-coding RNA transcript initially classified as a microRNA
precursor (Pre-miR-886), later as a divergent homologue of the vault RNAs (vtRNA 2–1) and …

[HTML][HTML] vtRNA2-1/nc886 produces a small RNA that contributes to its tumor suppression action through the microRNA pathway in prostate cancer

RS Fort, B Garat, JR Sotelo-Silveira, MA Duhagon - Non-coding RNA, 2020 - mdpi.com
vtRNA2-1 is a vault RNA initially classified as microRNA precursor hsa-mir-886 and recently
proposed as “nc886”, a new type of non-coding RNA involved in cancer progression acting …

[HTML][HTML] UTRme: a scoring-based tool to annotate untranslated regions in trypanosomatid genomes

S Radío, RS Fort, B Garat, J Sotelo-Silveira… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Most signals involved in post-transcriptional regulatory networks are located in the
untranslated regions (UTRs) of the mRNAs. Therefore, to deepen our understanding of gene …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation and structural characterization of bioactive molecules on prostate cancer from Mayan traditional medicinal plants

RS Fort, JM Trinidad Barnech, J Dourron, M Colazzo… - Pharmaceuticals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men around the world. It is a complex and
heterogeneous disease in which androgens and their receptors play a crucial role in the …

[HTML][HTML] Current status of regulatory non-coding RNAs research in the tritryp

RS Fort, S Chavez, JM Trinidad Barnech… - Non-coding RNA, 2022 - mdpi.com
Trypanosomatids are protozoan parasites that cause devastating vector-borne human diseases.
Gene expression regulation of these organisms depends on post-transcriptional control …

[HTML][HTML] Hsa-miR-183-5p Modulates Cell Adhesion by Repression of ITGB1 Expression in Prostate Cancer

C Oliveira-Rizzo, MC Ottati, RS Fort, S Chavez… - Non-coding RNA, 2022 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancer is a major health problem worldwide. MiR-183 is an oncomiR and a candidate
biomarker in prostate cancer, affecting various pathways responsible for disease initiation …

Distinct small non-coding RNA landscape in the axons and released extracellular vesicles of developing primary cortical neurons and the axoplasm of adult nerves

R Mesquita-Ribeiro, RS Fort, A Rathbone, J Farias… - RNA biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Neurons have highlighted the needs for decentralized gene expression and specific RNA
function in somato-dendritic and axonal compartments, as well as in intercellular …

[HTML][HTML] Pan-cancer chromatin analysis of the human vtRNA genes uncovers their association with cancer biology

RS Fort, MA Duhagon - F1000Research, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The vault RNAs (vtRNAs) are a class of 84-141-nt eukaryotic non-coding RNAs
transcribed by RNA polymerase III, associated to the ribonucleoprotein complex known as …