Mario E Palma Alarcon

Biography

Education and Training

• Bs, Biological sciences
  University of Concepcion
• Bioengineering, Molecular and Cellular Biology
  University of Concepcion
• PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biology
  University of Concepcion

Publications

• NUAK1 coordinates growth factor-dependent activation of mTORC2 and Akt signaling.

  Palma M, Riffo E, Farias A, Coliboro-Dannich V, Espinoza-Francine L, Escalona E, Amigo R, Gutiérrez JL, Pincheira R, Castro AF. Cell Biosci 2023 Dec 22

• The Sall2 transcription factor promotes cell migration regulating focal adhesion turnover and integrin ß1 expression.

  Riffo E, Palma M, Hepp MI, Benítez-Riquelme D, Torres VA, Castro AF, Pincheira R. Front Cell Dev Biol 2025

• Identification of a nuclear localization signal and importin beta members mediating NUAK1 nuclear import inhibited by oxidative stress.

  Palma M, Riffo EN, Suganuma T, Washburn MP, Workman JL, Pincheira R, Castro AF. J Cell Biochem 2019 09

• Rheb signaling and tumorigenesis: mTORC1 and new horizons.

  Armijo ME, Campos T, Fuentes-Villalobos F, Palma ME, Pincheira R, Castro AF. Int J Cancer 2016 Apr 15

• Rheb promotes cancer cell survival through p27Kip1-dependent activation of autophagy.

  Campos T, Ziehe J, Palma M, Escobar D, Tapia JC, Pincheira R, Castro AF. Mol Carcinog 2016