
Estefania Labanca
Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Instructor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2019 | MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA, PHD, Cancer Biology |
2014 | Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ARG, BS/MS, Molecular Biology |
Postgraduate Training
2020-2023 | Research Fellowship, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Associate Member, MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), Houston, TX, 2023 - Present
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Toro A, Lage-Vickers S, Bizzotto J, Vilicich F, Sabater A, Pascual G, Ledesma-Bazan S, Sanchis P, Ruiz MS, Arevalo AP, Porfido JL, Abbate M, Seniuk R, Labanca E, Anselmino N, Navone NM, Alonso DF, Vazquez E, Crispo M, Cotignola J, Gueron G. Pin-Pointing the Key Hubs in the IFN-γ Pathway Responding to SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Viruses 14(10), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36298734.
- Labanca E, Yang J, Shepherd PDA, Wan X, Starbuck MW, Guerra LD, Anselmino N, Bizzotto JA, Dong J, Chinnaiyan AM, Ravoori MK, Kundra V, Broom BM, Corn PG, Troncoso P, Gueron G, Logothethis CJ, Navone NM. Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 Drives the Metastatic Progression of Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol Oncol 5(2):164-175, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34774481.
- Sanchis P, Anselmino N, Lage-Vickers S, Sabater A, Lavignolle R, Labanca E, Shepherd PDA, Bizzotto J, Toro A, Mitrofanova A, Valacco MP, Navone N, Vazquez E, Cotignola J, Gueron G. Bone Progenitors Pull the Strings on the Early Metabolic Rewiring Occurring in Prostate Cancer Cells. Cancers (Basel) 14(9), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35565211.
- Lage-Vickers S, Sanchis P, Bizzotto J, Toro A, Sabater A, Lavignolle R, Anselmino N, Labanca E, Paez A, Navone N, Valacco MP, Cotignola J, Vazquez E, Gueron G. Exploiting Interdata Relationships in Prostate Cancer Proteomes: Clinical Significance of HO-1 Interactors. Antioxidants (Basel) 11(2), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35204174.
- Labanca E, Bizzotto J, Sanchis P, Anselmino N, Yang J, Shepherd PDA, Paez A, Antico-Arciuch V, Lage-Vickers S, Hoang AG, Tang X, Raso MG, Titus M, Efstathiou E, Cotignola J, Araujo J, Logothetis C, Vazquez E, Navone N, Gueron G. Prostate cancer castrate resistant progression usage of non-canonical androgen receptor signaling and ketone body fuel. Oncogene 40(44):6284-6298, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34584218.
- Cascardo F, Anselmino N, Páez A, Labanca E, Sanchis P, Antico-Arciuch V, Navone N, Gueron G, Vázquez E, Cotignola J. HO-1 Modulates Aerobic Glycolysis through LDH in Prostate Cancer Cells. Antioxidants (Basel) 10(6), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34208670.
- Lage-Vickers S, Bizzotto J, Valacco MP, Sanchis P, Nemirovsky S, Labanca E, Scorticati C, Mazza O, Mitrofanova A, Navone N, Vazquez E, Cotignola J, Gueron G. The expression of YWHAZ and NDRG1 predicts aggressive outcome in human prostate cancer. Commun Biol 4(1):103, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33483585.
- Palanisamy N, Yang J, Shepherd PDA, Li-Ning-Tapia EM, Labanca E, Manyam GC, Ravoori MK, Kundra V, Araujo JC, Efstathiou E, Pisters LL, Wan X, Wang X, Vazquez ES, Aparicio AM, Carskadon SL, Tomlins SA, Kunju LP, Chinnaiyan AM, Broom BM, Logothetis CJ, Troncoso P, Navone NM. The MD Anderson Prostate Cancer Patient-derived Xenograft Series (MDA PCa PDX) Captures the Molecular Landscape of Prostate Cancer and Facilitates Marker-driven Therapy Development. Clin Cancer Res 26(18):4933-4946, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32576626.
- Labanca E, Vazquez ES, Corn PG, Roberts JM, Wang F, Logothetis CJ, Navone NM. Fibroblast growth factors signaling in bone metastasis. Endocr Relat Cancer 27(7):R255-R265, 2020. PMID: 32369771.
- Ortiz E, Sanchis P, Bizzotto J, Lage-Vickers S, Labanca E, Navone N, Cotignola J, Vazquez E, Gueron G. Myxovirus Resistance Protein 1 (MX1), a Novel HO-1 Interactor, Tilts the Balance of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress towards Pro-Death Events in Prostate Cancer. Biomolecules 10(7), 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32640729.
- Anselmino N, Starbuck M, Labanca E, Cotignola J, Navone N, Gueron G, Zenclussen AC, Vazquez E. Heme Oxygenase-1 Is a Pivotal Modulator of Bone Turnover and Remodeling: Molecular Implications for Prostate Cancer Bone Metastasis. Antioxid Redox Signal 32(17):1243-1258, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31861963.
- Anselmino N, Bizzotto J, Sanchis P, Lage-Vickers S, Ortiz E, Valacco P, Paez A, Labanca E, Meiss R, Navone N, Cotignola J, Vazquez E, Gueron G. HO-1 Interactors Involved in the Colonization of the Bone Niche: Role of ANXA2 in Prostate Cancer Progression. Biomolecules 10(3), 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32197509.
- Gueron G, Anselmino N, Chiarella P, Ortiz EG, Lage Vickers S, Paez AV, Giudice J, Contin MD, Leonardi D, Jaworski F, Manzano V, Strazza A, Montagna DR, Labanca E, Cotignola J, D Accorso N, Woloszynska-Read A, Navone N, Meiss RP, Ruggiero R, Vazquez E. Game-changing restraint of Ros-damaged phenylalanine, upon tumor metastasis. Cell Death Dis 9(2):140, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29396431.
- Paez AV, Pallavicini C, Schuster F, Valacco MP, Giudice J, Ortiz EG, Anselmino N, Labanca E, Binaghi M, Salierno M, Martí MA, Cotignola JH, Woloszynska-Read A, Bruno L, Levi V, Navone N, Vazquez ES, Gueron G. Heme oxygenase-1 in the forefront of a multi-molecular network that governs cell-cell contacts and filopodia-induced zippering in prostate cancer. Cell Death Dis 7(12):e2570, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28032857.
- Labanca E, De Luca P, Gueron G, Paez A, Moiola CP, Massillo C, Porretti J, Giudice J, Zalazar F, Navone N, Vazquez E, De Siervi A. Association of HO-1 and BRCA1 Is Critical for the Maintenance of Cellular Homeostasis in Prostate Cancer. Mol Cancer Res 13(11):1455-64, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26227317.
Book Chapters
- Navone NM and Labanca E. Modeling Cancer Metastasis. In: Patient Derived Xenograft Models of Human Cancer. Springer International Publishing AG 2017. Humana Press, Ch7. p 93-114, 2017.
Grant & Contract Support
Title: | Patient-Derived Models of Prostate Cancer for Personalized Medicine |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Instructor |