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Last published 2025
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Sergio Alberto Cortés-Ramírez

Post Doctoral Fellow

Also affiliated: University of Ottawa (2024); National Institute of Genomic Medicine (2020–2024)

11 h-index 19 pubs 313 cited

  • Humans
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Male
  • Animals
  • Transcriptome
  • Dimethyl Sulfoxide
  • Zebrafish
  • Cell Line
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Endocrine Disruptors
  • Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase
  • Fatty Acids, Omega-3
  • Parkinsonian Disorders
  • Androgens
  • Mammals

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Sergio Alberto Cortés-Ramírez, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, investigates mechanisms of cancer development and potential therapeutic strategies. His research includes studying the role of specific genes and molecular pathways in prostate cancer progression, such as the SFRP1 gene's impact on TMPRSS2-ERG expression. Cortés-Ramírez also explores the utility of novel tools like aptamers for prostate cancer theranostics and the application of three-dimensional spheroid models for analyzing tumor heterogeneity. His work has also touched upon the interrelationship between hormone-related cancers and autoimmune diseases, as well as the influence of platelets in cancer progression and their potential for liquid biopsy applications. He has co-authored 17 publications, with an h-index of 10 and 283 total citations, and collaborates with researchers including Alberto Losada-García and Shuk-Mei Ho.

Metrics

  • h-index: 11
  • Publications: 19
  • Citations: 313

Positions

  • Post Doctoral Fellow 2024–present
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Pharmacology and Toxicology ORCID
  • PhD student 2018–2023
    Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica Oncogenomics ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Gene Set Enrichment Analysis in Zebrafish Embryos Is Susceptible to False-Positive Results in the Absence of Differentially Expressed Genes (2025)
    Bioinformatics and Biology Insights 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The role of platelets in cancer: from their influence on tumor progression to their potential use in liquid biopsy (2025)
    Biomarker Research 40 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: A Looming Threat to Current and Future Generations (2024)
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 5 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

21 Collaborators 13 Institutions 3 Countries

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