Search Results - "Menendez, J. A."

Microwave heating processes involving carbon materials by Menéndez, J.A., Arenillas, A., Fidalgo, B., Fernández, Y., Zubizarreta, L., Calvo, E.G., Bermúdez, J.M.

“…Carbon materials are, in general, very good absorbents of microwaves, i.e., they are easily heated by microwave radiation. This characteristic allows them to…”
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Effect of the porosity and microstructure on the mechanical properties of organic xerogels by Flores-López, S. L., Karakashov, B., Ramírez-Montoya, L. A., Menéndez, J. A., Fierro, V., Arenillas, A., Montes-Morán, M. A., Celzard, A.

“…The synthesis of resorcinol–formaldehyde (RF) xerogels is versatile enough to provide materials with custom pore size distributions in the meso-/macroporous…”
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Ball lightning plasma and plasma arc formation during the microwave heating of carbons by Menéndez, J.A., Juárez-Pérez, E.J., Ruisánchez, E., Bermúdez, J.M., Arenillas, A.

“…Photographic evidence of plasma formation when different carbon materials are subjected to microwave heating is presented. Two different kinds of plasmas are…”
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Optimizing the electrochemical performance of aqueous symmetric supercapacitors based on an activated carbon xerogel by Calvo, E.G., Lufrano, F., Staiti, P., Brigandì, A., Arenillas, A., Menéndez, J.A.

“…A highly porous carbon xerogel was synthesized by means of physical activation. The activated carbon xerogel, which displayed a well-developed porous texture…”
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Oleic acid, the main monounsaturated fatty acid of olive oil, suppresses Her-2/neu (erbB-2) expression and synergistically enhances the growth inhibitory effects of trastuzumab (Herceptin™) in breast cancer cells with Her-2/neu oncogene amplification by Menendez, J. A., Vellon, L., Colomer, R., Lupu, R.

“…Background: The relationship between the intake of olive oil, the richest dietary source of the monounsaturated fatty acid oleic acid (OA; 18:1n-9), and breast…”
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Low temperature regeneration of activated carbons using microwaves: Revising conventional wisdom by Çalışkan, E., Bermúdez, J.M., Parra, J.B., Menéndez, J.A., Mahramanlıoğlu, M., Ania, C.O.

“…The purpose of this work was to explore the application of microwaves for the low temperature regeneration of activated carbons saturated with a pharmaceutical…”
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Effect of pyrolysis temperature on the composition of the oils obtained from sewage sludge by Sánchez, M.E., Menéndez, J.A., Domínguez, A., Pis, J.J., Martínez, O., Calvo, L.F., Bernad, P.L.

“…Sewage sludge was pyrolysed in a quartz reactor at 350, 450, 550 and 950 °C. The pyrolysis oils from the sewage sludge were characterized in detail by means of…”
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Multifunctional targets of dietary polyphenols in disease: A case for the chemokine network and energy metabolism by Joven, J., Rull, A., Rodriguez-Gallego, E., Camps, J., Riera-Borrull, M., Hernández-Aguilera, A., Martin-Paredero, V., Segura-Carretero, A., Micol, V., Alonso-Villaverde, C., Menéndez, J.A.

“…► Inflammation and metabolism are closely interrelated in the pathophysiology of non-communicable diseases. ► Polyphenols may be useful in treating and…”
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CO2 reforming of coke oven gas over a Ni/γAl2O3 catalyst to produce syngas for methanol synthesis by Bermúdez, J.M., Fidalgo, B., Arenillas, A., Menéndez, J.A.

“…► A Ni/γAl2O3 catalyst has been tested in the CO2 reforming of coke oven gas. ► Process occurs preferably through Reverse Water Gas Shift followed by steam…”
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Metformin and energy metabolism in breast cancer: from insulin physiology to tumour-initiating stem cells by Vazquez-Martin, A, Oliveras-Ferraros, C, Cufí, S, Martin-Castillo, B, Menendez, J A

“…A whole new area of investigation has emerged recently with regards to the anti-diabetic drug metformin and breast cancer. Metformin's anti-breast cancer…”
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Overexpression of fatty acid synthase gene activates HER1/HER2 tyrosine kinase receptors in human breast epithelial cells by Vazquez-Martin, A., Colomer, R., Brunet, J., Lupu, R., Menendez, J. A.

“…  Objectives: More than 50 years ago, we learned that breast cancer cells (and those of many other types of tumour) endogenously synthesize 95% of fatty acids…”
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Study of energy consumption in a laboratory pilot plant for the microwave-assisted CO2 reforming of CH4 by Fidalgo, B., Menéndez, J.A.

“…In this work the microwave-assisted CO2 reforming of CH4 over carbon-based catalysts, carried out in a lab-scale microwave pilot plant, was investigated…”
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New process for producing methanol from coke oven gas by means of CO2 reforming. Comparison with conventional process by Bermúdez, J.M., Ferrera-Lorenzo, N., Luque, S., Arenillas, A., Menéndez, J.A.

“…A novel method of producing methanol from coke oven gas (COG), involving the CO2 reforming of COG to obtain an appropriate syngas for the synthesis of methanol…”
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Cross-suppression of EGFR ligands amphiregulin and epiregulin and de-repression of FGFR3 signalling contribute to cetuximab resistance in wild-type KRAS tumour cells by Oliveras-Ferraros, C, Cufí, S, Queralt, B, Vazquez-Martin, A, Martin-Castillo, B, de Llorens, R, Bosch-Barrera, J, Brunet, J, Menendez, J A

“…BACKGROUND: In addition to the mutational status of KRAS , the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) ligands amphiregulin ( AREG ) and epiregulin ( EREG )…”
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Antitumoral actions of the anti-obesity drug orlistat (Xenical™) in breast cancer cells: blockade of cell cycle progression, promotion of apoptotic cell death and PEA3-mediated transcriptional repression of Her2/neu (erbB-2) oncogene by Menendez, J.A., Vellon, L., Lupu, R.

“…Background:: Orlistat (Xenical™), a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug for bodyweight loss, has recently been demonstrated to exhibit…”
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Incorporating the antidiabetic drug metformin in HER2-positive breast cancer treated with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and trastuzumab: an ongoing clinical–translational research experience at the Catalan Institute of Oncology by Martin-Castillo, B., Dorca, J., Vazquez-Martin, A., Oliveras-Ferraros, C., Lopez-Bonet, E., Garcia, M., del Barco, S., Menendez, J. A.

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Continuous administration of polyphenols from aqueous rooibos ( Aspalathus linearis) extract ameliorates dietary-induced metabolic disturbances in hyperlipidemic mice by Beltrán-Debón, R., Rull, A., Rodríguez-Sanabria, F., Iswaldi, I., Herranz-López, M., Aragonès, G., Camps, J., Alonso-Villaverde, C., Menéndez, J.A., Micol, V., Segura-Carretero, A., Joven, J.

“…The incidence of obesity and related metabolic diseases is increasing globally. Current medical treatments often fail to halt the progress of such…”
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Optimizing the performance of supercapacitors based on carbon electrodes and protic ionic liquids as electrolytes by Demarconnay, L., Calvo, E.G., Timperman, L., Anouti, M., Lemordant, D., Raymundo-Piñero, E., Arenillas, A., Menéndez, J.A., Béguin, F.

“…Protic ionic liquids (PILs) were implemented as electrolytes for supercapacitors using activated carbons with various porous textures as electrode material…”
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Low-scale phosphoproteome analyses identify the mTOR effector p70 S6 kinase 1 as a specific biomarker of the dual-HER1/HER2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor lapatinib (Tykerb®) in human breast carcinoma cells by Vazquez-Martin, A., Oliveras-Ferraros, C., Colomer, R., Brunet, J., Menendez, J.A.

“…Discovery of key proliferative and/or survival cascades closely linked to the biological effects of human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER) 1 (erbB-1)…”
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Fatty acid synthase regulates estrogen receptor-α signaling in breast cancer cells by Menendez, J A, Lupu, R

“…Fatty acid synthase (FASN), the key enzyme for endogenous synthesis of fatty acids, is overexpressed and hyperactivated in a biologically aggressive subset of…”
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