Unidad Clínica de Cáncer Familiar

María Curras Jefe de Unidad Clínica
T +34 (+34) 917 328 000 (Ext )
mcurras@cnio.es

Investigadores

Ana Osorio

Becarios Pre-Doctorales

Erik Michel Marchena

Técnicos de Laboratorio

Alicia Barroso
Victoria Fernández
Verónica García
Fátima Mercadillo

The SARS-CoV2 pandemic created an unprecedented situation affecting all human activities and it forced alliances between healthcare workers, academics, scientists, and administrative and government entities around the world, to accelerate our knowledge about the disease and the search for efficient treatments and immunisation. COVID-19 exhibits great clinical and, possibly, populational heterogeneity, in which our genes probably play an important role.

In April 2020, our Unit, together with the Genotyping Unit, set out to identify prognostic markers that could help to stratify the population and allow us to identify a priori those subjects who will have a more severe course of Covid-19. Understanding this would enable us to focus preventive resources on them and prioritise future immunisation. Since the beginning of the pandemic, various national and international projects and initiatives have been launched with similar objectives. The COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative (https://www.covid19hg.org/) is an international consortium that integrates more than 150 participants. Together with other groups from Spain, we are participating in exploring the role of host genetic factors in the severity of the disease. At the national level, the ScourGe consortium was created, made up of more than 70 clinical, research and biobank groups. We are currently analysing the genome of more than 10,000 individuals with different clinical forms of Covid-19.

The goal is to ultimately gather genomic data from many thousands of individuals from different populations to try to identify clinically relevant markers in a disease like Covid-19, whose genetic bases will be difficult to unravel.

Publicaciones

Glubb DM, Thompson DJ, Aben KKH, Alsulimani A, Amant F, Annibali D, Attia J, Barricarte A, Beckmann MW, Berchuck A, Bermisheva M, Bernardini MQ, Bischof K, Bjorge L, Bodelon C, Brand AH, Brenton JD, Brinton LA, Bruinsma F, Buchanan DD, Burghaus S, Butzow R, Cai H, Carney ME, Chanock SJ, Chen C, Chen XQ, Chen Z, Cook LS, Cunningham JM, De Vivo I, deFazio A, Doherty JA, Dörk T, du Bois A, Dunning AM, Dürst M, Edwards T, Edwards RP, Ekici AB, Ewing A, Fasching PA, Ferguson S, Flanagan JM, Fostira F, Fountzilas G, Friedenreich CM, Gao B, Gaudet MM, Gawelko J, Gentry-Maharaj A, Giles GG, Glasspool R, Goodman MT, Gronwald J, Harris HR, Harter P, Hein A, Heitz F, Hildebrandt MAT, Hillemanns P, Høgdall E, Høgdall CK, Holliday EG, Huntsman DG, Huzarski T, Jakubowska A, Jensen A, Jones ME, Karlan BY, Karnezis A, Kelley JL, Khusnutdinova E, Killeen JL, Kjaer SK, Klapdor R, Köbel M, Konopka B, Konstantopoulou I, Kopperud RK, Koti M, Kraft P, Kupryjanczyk J, Lambrechts D, Larson MC, Le Marchand L, Lele S, Lester J, Li AJ, Liang D, Liebrich C, Lipworth L, Lissowska J, Lu L, Lu KH, Macciotta A, Mattiello A, May T, McAlpine JN, McGuire V, McNeish IA, Menon U, Modugno F, Moysich KB, Nevanlinna H, Odunsi K, Olsson H, Orsulic S, Osorio A, Palli D, Park-Simon TW, Pearce CL, Pejovic T, Permuth JB, Podgorska A, Ramus SJ, Rebbeck TR, Riggan MJ, Risch HA, Rothstein JH, Runnebaum IB, Scott RJ, Sellers TA, Senz J, Setiawan VW, Siddiqui N, Sieh W, Spiewankiewicz B, Sutphen R, Swerdlow AJ, Szafron LM, Teo SH, Thompson PJ, Thomsen LCV, Titus L, Tone A, Tumino R, Turman C, Vanderstichele A, Edwards DV, Vergote I, Vierkant RA, Wang Z, Wang-Gohrke S, Webb PM; OPAL Study Group; AOCS Group, White E, Whittemore AS, Winham SJ, Wu X, Wu AH, Yannoukakos D, Spurdle AB, O'Mara TA (2021). Cross-Cancer Genome-Wide Association Study of Endometrial Cancer and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Identifies Genetic Risk Regions Associated with Risk of Both Cancers. Cancer Epidem Biomar 30, 217-228. Publicación CNIO.
Feliubadaló L, Moles-Fernández A, Santamariña-Pena M, Sánchez AT, López-Novo A, Porras LM, Blanco A, Capellá G, de la Hoya M, Molina IJ, Osorio A, Pineda M, Rueda D, de la Cruz X, Diez O, Ruiz-Ponte C, Gutiérrez-Enríquez S, Vega A, Lázaro C (2021). A Collaborative Effort to Define Classification Criteria for ATM Variants in Hereditary Cancer Patients. Clin Chem 67, 518-533. Publicación CNIO.
Perea J, et al. (incl. Malats N, Urioste M) (2021). cohort profile: the Spanish Early-onset Colorectal Cancer (SECOC) cohort: a multicentre Cohort study on the molecular basis of colorectal cancer among young individuals in Spain.. BMJ Open 11, e055409. Publicación CNIO.
Figueiredo J, Mercadillo F, Melo S, Barroso A, Gonçalves M, Díaz-Tasende J, Carneiro P, Robles L, Colina F, Ibarrola C, Perea J, Morais-de-Sá E, Seruca R, Urioste M. (2021). Germline CDH1 G212E Missense Variant: Combining Clinical, In Vitro and In Vivo Strategies to Unravel Disease Burden. Cancers 13, 4359. Publicación CNIO.
Tapial S, García JL, Corchete L, Holowatyj AN, Pérez J, Rueda D, Urioste M, González-Sarmiento R, Perea J. (2021). Copy neutral loss of heterozygosity (cnLOH) patterns in synchronous colorectal cancer. Eur J Hum Genet 29, 709-713. Publicación CNIO.
Perea J, García JL, García-Olmo D, Urioste M, González-Sarmiento R; ?on behalf of the Spanish EOCRC group and the European study of EOCRC group (EUREOC) (2020). Comment On: Clinicopathological Features and Oncological Outcomes of Patients With Young-Onset Rectal Cancer. Brit J Surg 107, e277. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
Yang X et al. (incl. Osorio A) (2020). Ovarian and breast cancer risks associated with pathogenic variants in RAD51C and RAD51D. J Natl Cancer I 112, 1242-1250. Publicación CNIO.
Carreño M, Pena-Couso L, Mercadillo F, Perea J, Urioste M (2020). Investigation on the Role of PALB2 Gene in CDH1-Negative PatientsWith Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer. Clin Transl Gastroenterol 11, e00280. Publicación CNIO.
Calvete O, Garcia-Pavia P, Domínguez F, Mosteiro L, Pérez-Cabornero L, Cantalapiedra D, Zorio E, Ramón Y Cajal T, Crespo-Leiro MG, Teulé Á, Lázaro C, Morente MM, Urioste M, Benitez J (2019). POT1 and Damage Response Malfunction Trigger Acquisition of Somatic Activating Mutations in the VEGF Pathway in Cardiac Angiosarcomas. J. Am. Heart Assoc. 8, e012875. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
Tapial S, Olmedillas-López S, Rueda D, Arriba M, García JL, Vivas A, Pérez J, Pena-Couso L, Olivera R, Rodríguez Y, García-Arranz M, García-Olmo D, González-Sarmiento R, Urioste M, Goel A, Perea J. (2019). Cimp-Positive Status is More Representative in Multiple Colorectal Cancers than in Unique Primary Colorectal Cancers.. Sci Rep 9, 10516. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
Álvaro E, Cano JM, García JL, Brandáriz L, Olmedillas-López S, Arriba M, Rueda D, Rodríguez Y, Cañete Á, Arribas J, Inglada-Pérez L, Pérez J, Gómez C, García-Arranz M, García-Olmo D, Goel A, Urioste M, González-Sarmiento R, Perea J (2019). . Int J Mol Sci 20, PII:E968.. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
Arriba M, Sánchez C, Vivas A, Nutu OA, Rueda D, Tapial S, Rodríguez Y, Brandáriz L, García JL, García-Olmo D, Goel A, González-Sarmiento R, Urioste M, Perea J (2019). Intermediate-onset colorectal cancer: A clinical and familial boundary between both early and late-onset colorectal cancer. PLoS One 14, e0216472. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
Perea J, García JL, Corchete L, Lumbreras E, Arriba M, Rueda D, Tapial S, Pérez J, Vieiro V, Rodríguez Y, Brandáriz L, García-Arranz M, García-Olmo D, Goel A, Urioste M, González Sarmiento R (2019). Redefining synchronous colorectal cancers based on tumor clonality. Int J Cancer 144, 1596-1608. Publicación CNIO.
Perea García J, Arribas J, Cañete A, García JL, Álvaro E, Tapial S, Narváez C, Vivas A, Brandáriz L, Hernández-Villafranca S, Rueda D, Rodríguez Y, Pérez-García J, Olmedillas-López S, García-Olmo D, Cavestro GM, Urioste M, Goel A, González-Sarmiento R (2019). Association of polyps with early-onset colorectal cancer and throughout surveillance: novel clinical and molecular implications.. Cancers 11, pii: E1900. Publicación CNIO.
Bellido F, Sowada N, Mur P, Lázaro C, Pons T, Valdés-Mas R, Pineda M, Aiza G, Iglesias S, Soto JL, Urioste M, Caldés T, Balbín M, Blay P, Rueda D, Durán M, Valencia A, Moreno V, Brunet J, Blanco I, Navarro M, Calin GA, Borck G, Puente XS, Capellá G, Valle L (2018). Association between germline mutations in BRF1, a subunit of the RNA Polymerase III Transcription Complex, and Hereditary Colorectal Cancer. Gastroenterology 154, 181-194. Publicación CNIO.
Mur P, De Voer RM, Olivera-Salguero R, Rodríguez-Perales S, Pons T, Setién F, Aiza G, Valdés-Mas R, Bertini A, Pineda M, Vreede L, Navarro M, Iglesias S, González S, Brunet J, Valencia A, Esteller M, Lázaro C, Kops GJPL, Urioste M, Puente XS, Capellá G, Valle L (2018). Germline mutations in the spindle assembly checkpoint genes BUB1 and BUB3 are infrequent in familial colorectal cancer and polyposis. Mol Can 17, 23. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
Alonso N, Cañueto J, Ciria S, Bueno E, Palacios-Alvarez I, Alegre M, Badenas C, Barreiro A, Pena L, Maldonado C, Nespeira-Jato MV, Peña-Penabad C, Azon A, Gavrilova M, Ferrer I, Sanmartin O, Robles L, Hernandez-Martin A, Urioste M, Puig S, Puig L, Gonzalez-Sarmiento R (2018). Novel clinical and molecular findings in Spanish patients with naevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome. Brit J Dermatol 178, 198-206. Publicación CNIO.
Tapial S, Rueda D, Arriba M, Luis García J, Brandáriz L, Pérez J, Rodríguez Y, García-Olmo D, González-Sarmiento R, Urioste M, Perea J (2018). Comment on ‘Distinct clinical outcomes of two CIMP-positive colorectal cancer subtypes based on a revised CIMP classification system’. Br J Cancer 118, E3. Publicación CNIO.
Mur P, Jemth AS, Bevc L, Amaral N, Navarro M, Valdés-Mas R, Pons T, Aiza G, Urioste M, Valencia A, Lázaro C, Moreno V, Puente XS, Stenmark P, Warpman-Berglund U, Capellá G, Helleday T, Valle L (2018). Germline variation in the oxidative DNA repair genes NUDT1 and OGG1 is not associated with hereditary colorectal cancer or polyposis. Hum Mutat 39, 1214-1225. Publicación CNIO.
Brandariz L, Arriba M, García JL, Cano JM, Rueda D, Rubio E, Rodríguez Y, Pérez J, Vivas A, Sánchez C, Tapial S, Pena L, García-Arranz M, García-Olmo D, Urioste M, González-Sarmiento R, Perea J (2018). Differential clinicopathological and molecular features within late-onset colorectal cancer according to tumor location. Oncotarget 9, 15302-15311. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
Pena-Couso L, Perea J, Melo S, Mercadillo F, Figueiredo J, Sanches JM, Sánchez-Ruiz A, Robles L, Seruca R, Urioste M (2018). Clinical and functional characterization of the CDH1 germline variant c.1679C>G in three unrelated families with hereditary diffuse gastric cancer. Eur J Hum Genet 26, 1348-1353. Publicación CNIO.
Paumard-Hernández B, Calvete O, Inglada Pérez L, Tejero H, Al-Shahrour F, Pita G, Barroso A, Triviño JC, Urioste M, Valverde C, González Billalabeitia E, Quiroga V, Rodríguez Moreno JF, Fernández Aramburo A, López C, Maroto P, Sastre J, Juan Fita MJ, Duran I, Lorenzo-Lorenzo I, Iranzo P, García Del Muro X, Ros S, Zambrana F, Autran AM, Benítez J (2018). Whole Exome Sequencing identifies PLEC, EXO5 and DNAH7 as novel susceptibility genes in testicular cancer. Int J Cancer 143, 1954-1962. Publicación CNIO.
Benítez-Buelga C, Baquero JM, Vacklova T, Fernández V, Martín P, Inglada-Perez L, Urioste M, Osorio A, Benítez J (2017). Genetic variation in the NEIL2 DNA glycosylase gene is associated with oxidative DNA damage in BRCA2 mutation carriers. Oncotarget 8, 114626-114636. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
Perea J, García JL, Pérez J, Rueda D, Arriba M, Rodríguez Y, Urioste M, González-Sarmiento R (2017). NOMO-1 gene is deleted in early-onset colorectal cancer. Oncotarget 8, 24429-24436. Publicación CNIO.
Arriba M, Sánchez R, Rueda D, Gómez L, García JL, Rodríguez Y, Díaz D, Pajares JA, Pérez J, Urioste M, González-Sarmiento R, Perea J (2017). Toward a Molecular Classification of Synchronous Colorectal Cancer: Clinical and Molecular Characterization.. Clin Colorectal Cancer 16, 31-37. Publicación CNIO.
Perea J, Arriba M, Rodríguez Y, Rueda D, García JL, Pérez J, González-Sarmiento R, Urioste M (2017). Frequency and impact of KRAS mutation in early onset colorectal cancer.. Hum Pathol 61, 221-222. Publicación CNIO.
Gayarre J, Martín-Gimeno P, Osorio A, Paumard B, Barroso A, Fernández V, de la Hoya M, Rojo A, Caldés T, Palacios J, Urioste M, Benítez J, García MJ (2017). Characterisation of the novel deleterious RAD51C p.Arg312Trp variant and prioritisation criteria for functional analysis of RAD51C missense changes.. Br J Cancer 117, 1048-1062. Publicación CNIO.
Calvete O, Garcia-Pavia P, Domínguez F, Bougeard G, Kunze K, Braeuninger A, Teule A, Lasa A, Ramón Y Cajal T, Llort G, Fernández V, Lázaro C, Urioste M, Benitez J. (2017). The wide spectrum of POT1 gene variants correlates with multiple cancer types.. Eur J Hum Genet 25, 1278-1281. Publicación CNIO.
Tavera-Tapia A, Pérez-Cabornero L, Macías JA, Ceballos MI, Roncador G, de la Hoya M, Barroso A, Felipe-Ponce V, Serrano-Blanch R, Hinojo C, Miramar-Gallart MD, Urioste M, Caldés T, Santillan-Garzón S, Benitez J, Osorio A (2017). Almost 2% of Spanish breast cancer families are associated to germline pathogenic mutations in the ATM gene.. Breast Cancer Res Treat 161, 117-134. Publicación CNIO.