Molecular Imaging Core Unit

Francisca Mulero Head of Unit
T +34 917328000 (Ext 3150)
fmulero@cnio.es

Technicians

Guillermo Garaulet
Guillermo Medrano
David Sabador

A new strategy involving molecular imaging is Theranostics, which integrates diagnostics and therapy for patient management. In the oncology field, this technique combines tumour diagnostic imaging and therapeutics, trying to improve existing techniques. The possibility of detecting the disease, guiding therapy and conducting follow-up is opening a new chapter in precision medicine.

In molecular imaging medicine, theranostics refers to the use of molecules labelled with either diagnostic radionuclides (e.g. gamma-ray or positron emitters) or with therapeutic radionuclides (beta-particle emitters) for diagnosis and treatment of a particular disease. Thus, molecular imaging and disease diagnosis can effectively lead to personalised treatment using the same study molecules.

Publications

Bertolin J, Sánchez V, Ribera A, Jaén ML, Garcia M, Pujol A, Sánchez X, Muñoz S, Marcó S, Pérez J, Elias G, León X, Roca C, Jimenez V, Otaegui P, Mulero F, Navarro M, Ruberte J, Bosch F. (2021). Treatment of skeletal and non-skeletal alterations of Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA by AAV-mediated gene therapy. Nat Commun 12, 5343. CNIO Publication.
Garlito-Díaz H, Esteban J, Mediero A, Carias-Cálix RA, Toirac B, Mulero F, Faus-Rodrigo V, Jiménez-Morales A, Calvo E, Aguilera-Correa JJ. (2021). A New Antifungal-Loaded Sol-Gel Can Prevent Candida albicans Prosthetic Joint Infection. Antibiotics-Basel 10, 711. CNIO Publication.
Mora-Raimundo P, Lozano D, Benito M, Mulero F, Manzano M, Vallet-Regí M. (2021). Osteoporosis Remission and New Bone Formation with Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles. Adv Sci 8, e2101107. CNIO Publication.
Shaikh F, Andersen MB, Sohail MR, Mulero F, Awan O, Dupont-Roettger D, Kubassova O, Dehmeshki J, Bisdas S (2021). Current Landscape of Imaging and the Potential Role for Artificial Intelligence in the Management of COVID-19. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol 50, 430-435. CNIO Publication.
Conesa-Buendía FM, Mediero A, Fujikawa R, Esbrit P, Mulero F, Mahillo-Fernández I, Mues AO (2020). Beneficial effects of manually assisted chiropractic adjusting instrument in a rabbit model of osteoarthritis. Sci Rep 10, 1237. CNIO Publication. Open Access
Aguilera-Correa JJ, Garcia-Casas A, Mediero A, Romera D, Mulero F, Cuevas-López I, Jiménez-Morales A, Esteban J (2020). A new antibiotic-loaded sol-gel can prevent bacterial prosthetic joint infection: from in vitro studies to an in vivo model.. Front Microbiol 17, 2935. CNIO Publication.
Shaikh F, Andersen MB, Sohail MR, Mulero F, Awan O, Dupont-Roettger D, Kubassova O, Dehmeshki J, Bisdas S (2020). Current landscape of imaging and the potential role for artificial intelligence in the management of COVID-19.. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol (in press). CNIO Publication.
Garaulet G, Pérez-Chacon G, Alarcón H, Alfranca A, Mulero F, Martínez-Torrecuadrada J, Zapata JM, Rodríguez A (2019). Intratumoral expression using a NFkB-based promoter enhances IL12 antitumor efficacy. Cancer Gene Ther 26, 216-233. CNIO Publication.
Cussó L, Musteanu M, Mulero F, Barbacid M, Desco M (2019). Effects of a Ketogenic Diet on [18F]FDG-PET Imaging in a Mouse Model of Lung Cancer. Mol Imaging Biol 21, 279-285. CNIO Publication.
Jimenez V, Jambrina C, Casana E, Sacristan V, Muñoz S, Darriba S, Rodó J, Mallol C, Garcia M, León X, Marcó S, Ribera A, Elias I, Casellas A, Grass I, Elias G, Ferré T, Motas S, Franckhauser S, Mulero F, Navarro M, Haurigot V, Ruberte J, Bosch F (2018). FGF21 gene therapy as treatment for obesity and insulin resistance. EMBO Mol Med 10, e8791. CNIO Publication. Open Access
Muñoz-Espín D, Rovira M, Galiana I, Giménez C, Lozano-Torres B, Paez-Ribes M, Llanos S, Chaib S, Muñoz-Martín M, Ucero AC, Garaulet G, Mulero F, Dann SG, VanArsdale T, Shields DJ, Bernardos A, Murguía JR, Martínez-Máñez R, Serrano M (2018). A versatile drug delivery system targeting senescent cells. EMBO Mol Med 10, pii: e9355. CNIO Publication. Open Access
Gambera S, Abarrategi A, Rodríguez-Milla MA, Mulero F, Menéndez ST, Rodriguez R, Navarro S, García-Castro J (2018). Role of Activator Protein-1 Complex on the Phenotype of Human Osteosarcomas Generated from Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Stem Cells 36, 1487-1500. CNIO Publication.
Morcillo MÁ, García de Lucas Á, Oteo M, Romero E, Magro N, Ibáñez M, Martínez A, Garaulet G, Arroyo AG, López-Casas PP, Hidalgo M, Mulero F, Martínez-Torrecuadrada J (2018). MT1-MMP as a PET Imaging Biomarker for Pancreas Cancer Management. Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging 2018, 8382148. CNIO Publication. Open Access
Cussó L, Musteanu M, Mulero F, Barbacid M, Desco M (2018). Effects of a Ketogenic Diet on [18F]FDG-PET Imaging in a Mouse Model of Lung Cancer. Mol Imaging Biol 21, 279-285. CNIO Publication.
Quintela-Fandino M, Lluch A, Manso LM, Calvo I, Cortes J, Garcia Saenz JA, Gil JM, Martinez-Jez N, Gonzalez Martin A, Adrover E, De Andres R, Viñas G, Llombart-Cussac A, Alba E, Guerra K, Bermejo B, Zamora E, Moreno-Anton F, Pernas Simón S, Carrato A, Lopez A, Escudero MJ, Campo R, Carrasco EM, Palacios J, Mulero F, Colomer R (2017). 18F-fluoromisonidazole PET and activity of neoadjuvant nintedanib in early HER2-negative breast cancer: a window-of-opportunity randomized trial.. Clin Cancer Res 23, 1432-1441. CNIO Publication.
Mancheño-Corvo P, Lopez-Santalla M, Menta R, DelaRosa O, Mulero F, Del Rio B, Ramirez C, Büscher D, Bueren JA, Lopez-Belmonte J, Dalemans W, Garin MI, Lombardo E (2017). Intralymphatic Administration of Adipose Mesenchymal Stem Cells Reduces the Severity of Collagen-Induced Experimental Arthritis. Front Inmmunol 8, 462. CNIO Publication.
López-Herradón A, Fujikawa R, Gómez-Marín M, Stedile-Lovatel JP, Mulero F, Ardura JA, Ruiz P, Muñoz I, Esbrit P, Mahíllo-Fernández I, Ortega-de Mues A (2017). Impact of chiropractic manipulation on bone and skeletal muscle of ovariectomized rats.. Calcified Tissue Int 101, 519-529. CNIO Publication.
Olmeda D, Cerezo-Wallis D, Riveiro-Falkenbach E, Pennacchi PC, Contreras-Alcalde M, Ibarz N, Cifdaloz M, Catena X, Calvo TG, Cañón E, Alonso-Curbelo D, Suarez J, Osterloh L, Graña O, Mulero F, Megías D, Cañamero M, Martínez-Torrecuadrada JL, Mondal C, Di Martino J, Lora D, Martinez-Corral I, Bravo-Cordero JJ, Muñoz J, Puig S, Ortiz-Romero P, Rodriguez-Peralto JL, Ortega S, Soengas MS (2017). Whole-body imaging of lymphovascular niches identifies pre-metastatic roles of midkine.. Nature 546, 676-680. CNIO Publication.
de Cárcer G, Wachowicz P, Martínez-Martínez S, Oller J, Méndez-Barbero N, Escobar B, González-Loyola A, Takaki T, El Bakkali A, Cámara JA, Jiménez-Borreguero LJ, Bustelo XR, Cañamero M, Mulero F, de Los Ángeles Sevilla M, Montero MJ, Redondo JM, Malumbres M. (2017). Plk1 regulates contraction of postmitotic smooth muscle cells and is required for vascular homeostasis.. Nat Med 23, 964-974. CNIO Publication.