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Research interests

• Identification and functional analysis of microRNAs in cancer
• MicroRNAs in cancer therapy
• Cancer transcriptomics
• Bioinformatics
• Cell and molecular biology

Profile

Professor Elena Arechaga Ocampo is a biologist graduated from the School of Biological Sciences of the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. She did her undergraduate thesis at the Nitrogen Fixation Research Center (currently CCG) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), where she worked on aspects of plant molecular biology. Subsequently, she completed her Master´s and Ph.D. in Molecular Biomedicine at CINVESTAV, working on the study of the expression and function of apoptotic proteins in cervical-uterine cancer.

From 2008 to 2014, she was an Associate Researcher at the National Cancer Institute, working initially in clinical research focused on the response to antineoplastic treatments in lung cancer. Based on her observations, she initiated a line of research based on the use of genomic and molecular biology tools to study the expression and function of microRNAs in tumor cells resistant to radiotherapy.

Since January 2014 she is a Professor at the Department of Natural Sciences of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Cuajimalpa Campus.

At the University, she continues working in her research line and teaches the courses of General Microbiology, Introduction to Molecular Biology, Biochemistry I, Cell Biology, Cell Biology II, Molecular Biology Techniques I, II, III, and Selected Topics. In the Graduate Program in Natural Sciences and Engineering (PCNI), she teaches Molecular Biology and Selected Topics UEAs.

She has trained two undergraduate students, six Master's students, and two Ph.D. students. She has been an advisor of 12 Master´s students and nine Ph.D. students.

She has published 24 original articles, three review articles, eight book chapters, three popular science articles, two laboratory manuals, and the edition of one book.

She has participated in several national and international congresses.

She has organized the 1st National Symposium on Oncogenomics and Cancer Proteomics and the First Conference on Neuroscience in the framework of the Brain Week 2018; supported by the Mexico City Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (CDMX-SFN). He belongs to the National System of Researchers Level I, has PRODEP Profile and is a member of the Academic Body of Cell and Tissue Physiology of the Division of Natural Sciences and Engineering (DCNI).

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Research interests

• Identification and functional analysis of microRNAs in cancer
• MicroRNAs in cancer therapy
• Cancer transcriptomics
• Bioinformatics
• Cell and molecular biology

Academic Work

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Open Access	References	UN SDGs
OA	Galindo-Pérez, M.J., Martínez-Acevedo, L., Campos-Terán, J. and 4 more (...) (2026).Green fabrication and biofunctional evaluation of C-phycocyanin/WPI-zein nanocomplexes obtained by the pH-shifting method. Food Chemistry,525
OA	Flores-Fortis, M., Perez-Añorve, I.X., Patiño-Morales, C.C. and 6 more (...) (2026).Loss of miR-122 promotes cell migration and poor prognosis in triple-negative breast cancer treated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Clinical and Translational Oncology,28(4) 1285-1302	3
OA	Dotor-Llerena, A.L., Reyes-Long, S., Najera-García, L. and 7 more (...) (2025).The Effect of Neurorehabilitation of the Cognitive Symptoms of Long COVID Evaluated with Neuropsi Atención y Memoria-III and BANFE-III. Biomedicines,13(9)
OA	Zambrano-Vásquez, O.R., Cortes-Camacho, F., Cabrera-Angeles, J.C. and 10 more (...) (2025).The Combination Empagliflozin/Metformin Attenuates the Progression of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease in a Diet-Induced Experimental Rat Model. International Journal of Molecular Sciences,26(18)	3
OA	Medrano-Silva, M., Salmerón-Bárcenas, E.G., Arechaga-Ocampo, E. and 13 more (...) (2025).MicroRNAs Let-7b-5p and miR-24-3p as Potential Therapeutic Agents Targeting Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences,26(22)	3
	Zambrano-Vásquez, O.R., Cortés-Camacho, F., Castañeda-Sánchez, J.I. and 8 more (...) (2025).Update in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease management: role of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors. Life Sciences,372	3
	Arechaga-Ocampo, E. (2024).Epigenetics as a determinant of radiation response in cancer. International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology,383145-190	3
OA	Cortés-Camacho, F., Zambrano-Vásquez, O.R., Aréchaga-Ocampo, E. and 5 more (...) (2024).Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter Inhibitors: Cellular Mechanisms Involved in the Lipid Metabolism and the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease Associated with Metabolic Syndrome. Antioxidants,13(7)	3
OA	Arias-Pérez, O., Escobedo-Tapia, T., Cintora-Ahumada, C. and 6 more (...) (2024).Enrichment of H3S28p and H3K9me2 Epigenetic Marks on Inflammatory-Associated Gene Promoters in Response to Severe Burn Injury. Life,14(12)
OA	Carrión-Estrada, D.A., Aguilar-Rojas, A., Huerta-Yepez, S. and 9 more (...) (2024).Antineoplastic effect of compounds C14 and P8 on TNBC and radioresistant TNBC cells by stabilizing the K-Ras4BG13D/PDE6δ complex. Frontiers in Oncology,14	3
OA	Perez-Añorve, I.X., Flores-Fortis, M., Patiño-Morales, C.C. and 10 more (...) (2024).Integrated Transcriptome Analysis of Radioresistant Cells Revealed Genes and Pathways Predictive Of Tumor Response to Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer. Advanced Therapeutics,7(7)	3
OA	Madrigal, T., Ortega-Bernal, D., Herrera, L.A. and 4 more (...) (2023).Mutant p53 Gain-of-Function Induces Migration and Invasion through Overexpression of miR-182-5p in Cancer Cells. Cells,12(20)	3
OA	García-Andrade, F., Vigueras-Villaseñor, R.M., Chávez-Saldaña, M.D. and 7 more (...) (2023).Molecular Characterization of Patients with Cryptorchidism: Preliminary Search for an Expression Profile Related to That of Testicular Germ-Cell Tumors. Diagnostics,13(18)	3
OA	Álvarez-Hilario, L.G., Salmerón-Bárcenas, E.G., Ávila-López, P.A. and 10 more (...) (2023).Circulating miRNAs as Noninvasive Biomarkers for PDAC Diagnosis and Prognosis in Mexico. International Journal of Molecular Sciences,24(20)	3
	Flores Fortis, M., Perez Añorve, I.X., del Moral Hernandez, O. and 2 more (...) (2023).Transcriptomic profiles-based approach to decode the role of miR-122 in triple negative breast cancer. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer,62(7) 392-404	3
OA	García-Andrade, F., Vigueras-Villaseñor, R.M., Chávez-Saldaña, M.D. and 5 more (...) (2022).The Role of microRNAs in the Gonocyte Theory as Target of Malignancy: Looking for Potential Diagnostic Biomarkers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences,23(18)	3
OA	Perez-Bacho, E.G., Beltrán-Anaya, F.O., Arechaga-Ocampo, E. and 5 more (...) (2022).The E6 Oncoprotein of HPV16 AA-c Variant Regulates Cell Migration through the MINCR/miR-28-5p/RAP1B Axis. Viruses,14(5)	3
	Cabrera-Licona, A., Pérez-Añorve, I.X., Flores-Fortis, M. and 5 more (...) (2021).Deciphering the epigenetic network in cancer radioresistance. Radiotherapy and Oncology,15948-59	3
	Landero-Huerta, D.A., Vigueras-Villaseñor, R.M., Taja-Chayeb, L. and 6 more (...) (2021).Analysis of the CAG tract length in the Androgen Receptor gene in Mexican patients with nonsyndromic cryptorchidism. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism,34(7) 843-849
OA	Landero-Huerta, D.A., Vigueras-Villaseñor, R.M., Yokoyama-Rebollar, E. and 7 more (...) (2020).Cryptorchidism and Testicular Tumor: Comprehensive Analysis of Common Clinical Features and Search of SNVs in the KIT and AR Genes. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology,8	3
OA	Patiño-Morales, C.C., Soto-Reyes, E., Arechaga-Ocampo, E. and 4 more (...) (2020).Curcumin stabilizes p53 by interaction with NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 in tumor-derived cell lines. Redox Biology,28	3

Courses taught by the professor in recent trimesters

*Courses are conducted in spanish

Num.	Trim.	Course Name	Level
1	26P	Trabajo de Investigación VIII	Posgrado
2	26P	Seminario Doctoral II	Posgrado
3	26P	Proyecto de Investigación I	Posgrado
4	26P	Seminario III	Posgrado
5	26P	Seminario III	Posgrado
6	26P	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
7	26P	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
8	26P	Técnicas de Biología Molecular I	Licenciatura
9	26P	Introducción a la Biología Molecular	Licenciatura
10	26I	Proyecto de Investigación III	Posgrado
11	26I	Proyecto de Investigación III	Posgrado
12	26I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
13	26I	Proyecto Terminal III	Licenciatura
14	26I	Seminario I	Posgrado
15	26I	Temas Selectos en Biología Molecular I	Licenciatura
16	26I	Temas Selectos en Biología Molecular II	Licenciatura
17	26I	Trabajo de Investigación VII	Posgrado
18	25O	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
19	25O	Proyecto de Investigación II	Posgrado
20	25O	Proyecto de Investigación II	Posgrado
21	25O	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis III	Posgrado
22	25O	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
23	25O	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
24	25O	Seminario Doctoral I	Posgrado
25	25O	Seminario II	Posgrado
26	25O	Seminario II	Posgrado
27	25O	Seminario VI	Posgrado
28	25O	Técnicas de Biología Molecular I	Licenciatura
29	25O	Trabajo de Investigación VI	Posgrado
30	25O	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis III	Posgrado
31	25P	Biología Celular	Licenciatura
32	25P	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis II	Posgrado
33	25P	Biología Molecular Genómica	Posgrado
34	25P	Proyecto de Investigación I	Posgrado
35	25P	Proyecto de Investigación I	Posgrado
36	25P	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
37	25P	Seminario V	Posgrado
38	25P	Temas Selectos en Biomedicina Molecular I	Licenciatura
39	25P	Temas Selectos en Biomedicina Molecular II	Licenciatura
40	25P	Trabajo de Investigación V	Posgrado
41	25P	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis II	Posgrado
42	25I	Biología Molecular	Posgrado
43	25I	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis I	Posgrado
44	25I	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
45	25I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
46	25I	Seminario I	Posgrado
47	25I	Seminario I	Posgrado
48	25I	Seminario I	Posgrado
49	25I	Seminario I	Posgrado
50	25I	Seminario IV	Posgrado
51	25I	Trabajo de Investigación IV	Posgrado
52	25I	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis I	Posgrado
53	24O	Biología Celular	Licenciatura
54	24O	Introducción a la Biología Molecular	Licenciatura
55	24O	Trabajo de Investigación IX	Posgrado
56	24O	Trabajo de Investigación III	Posgrado
57	24O	Seminario VII	Posgrado
58	24O	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
59	24O	Seminario III	Posgrado
60	24P	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura

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