Epernicus: Ivan Martinez, Ph.D.

Ivan Martinez, Ph.D.

Position:
Post Doctoral Fellow

Genetics

Yale University (New Haven, CT)
Advisor:
Daniel DiMaio
Degrees:

Ph.D., Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)

M.Sc., Cell Biology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico)

B.Sc., Biology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico)
Past Advisors:

Saleem A Khan (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)
Research:
microRNAs and cancer

The main goal of my research career is to contribute toward the understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in microRNA gene expression, target gene regulation and how these processes are affected in human carcinogenesis.

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Ivan Martinez's Publications (5)

Human papillomavirus type 16 reduces the expression of microRNA-218 in cervical carcinoma cells.
Martinez I, Gardiner AS, Board KF, Monzon FA, Edwards RP, Khan SA

Oncogene. 2008 Apr 17;27(18):2575-82
Identification of differentially expressed genes in HPV-positive and HPV-negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas.
Martinez I, Wang J, Hobson KF, Ferris RL, Khan SA

European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990). 2007 Jan;43(2):415-32
Human papillomavirus-16 associated squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN): a natural disease model provides insights into viral carcinogenesis.
Ferris RL, Martinez I, Sirianni N, Wang J, López-Albaitero A, Gollin SM, Johnson JT, Khan S

European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990). 2005 Mar;41(5):807-15
High prevalence of RET tyrosine kinase activation in Mexican patients with papillary thyroid carcinomas.
Martínez I, Mantilla A, Medrano ME, Hernández R, Hernández DM, Lazos M, Santiago H, González B, Hidalgo A, Salcedo M

Endocrine pathology. 2001;12(2):113-23
Presence of the 918 mutation in the RET proto-oncogene in a Mexican patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B.
Hidalgo A, Medrano ME, Rodrìguez S, Franco C, Martinez I, Benítez L, Salcedo M

Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR. 1998 Jun;17(2):149-52

Ivan Martinez's Posters and Presentations (2)

Gene expression profile of human papillomavirus-positive cervical carcinoma cell lines using microarray analysis (presentation)
Ivan Martinez

Twenty-Second International Papillomavirus Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; 04/2005
Identification of viral-host interactions in human papillomavirus-positive cervical carcinoma cell lines using microarray analysis (presentation)
Ivan Martinez

Twenty-First International Papillomavirus Conference, Mexico City, Mexico; 02/2004

One Figure

Unsupervised hierarchical cluster analysis in oropharyngeal tissue samples. From a total of 22,215 transcripts on the microarray, 8,286 genes showed variations in expression. We identified 5 clusters of genes that show differential expression between the

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