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Columba De La Parra Simental, PhD

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology

Positions

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Graduate Education

PhD from University of Puerto Rico

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A DAP5/eIF3d alternate mRNA translation mechanism promotes differentiation and immune suppression by human regulatory T cells

Volta, Viviana; Pérez-Baos, Sandra; de la Parra, Columba; Katsara, Olga; Ernlund, Amanda; Dornbaum, Sophie; Schneider, Robert J

Nature communications. 2021 Nov 30; 12(1):6979

A widespread alternate form of cap-dependent mRNA translation initiation

de la Parra, Columba; Ernlund, Amanda; Alard, Amandine; Ruggles, Kelly; Ueberheide, Beatrix; Schneider, Robert J

Nature communications. 2018 08 03; 9(1):3068

Translation initiation factors and their relevance in cancer

de la Parra, Columba; Walters, Beth A; Geter, Phillip; Schneider, Robert J

Current opinion in genetics & development. 2018 02; 48:82-88

Soy Isoflavone Genistein-Mediated Downregulation of miR-155 Contributes to the Anticancer Effects of Genistein

de la Parra, Columba; Castillo-Pichardo, Linette; Cruz-Collazo, Ailed; Cubano, Luis; Redis, Roxana; Calin, George A; Dharmawardhane, Suranganie

Nutrition & cancer. 2016 Feb; 68(1):154-64

Equol, an Isoflavone Metabolite, Regulates Cancer Cell Viability and Protein Synthesis Initiation via c-Myc and eIF4G

de la Parra, Columba; Borrero-Garcia, Luis D; Cruz-Collazo, Ailed; Schneider, Robert J; Dharmawardhane, Suranganie

Journal of biological chemistry. 2015 Mar 06; 290(10):6047-57

BCL-2 family protein, BAD is down-regulated in breast cancer and inhibits cell invasion

Cekanova, Maria; Fernando, Romaine I; Siriwardhana, Nalin; Sukhthankar, Mugdha; De la Parra, Columba; Woraratphoka, Jirayus; Malone, Christine; Ström, Anders; Baek, Seung J; Wade, Paul A; Saxton, Arnold M; Donnell, Robert M; Pestell, Richard G; Dharmawardhane, Suranganie; Wimalasena, Jay

Experimental cell research. 2015 Feb 01; 331(1):1-10

The Rac Inhibitor EHop-016 Inhibits Mammary Tumor Growth and Metastasis in a Nude Mouse Model

Castillo-Pichardo, Linette; Humphries-Bickley, Tessa; De La Parra, Columba; Forestier-Roman, Ingrid; Martinez-Ferrer, Magaly; Hernandez, Eliud; Vlaar, Cornelis; Ferrer-Acosta, Yancy; Washington, Anthony V; Cubano, Luis A; Rodriguez-Orengo, Jose; Dharmawardhane, Suranganie

Translational oncology. 2014 Oct; 7(5):546-55

The soy isoflavone equol may increase cancer malignancy via up-regulation of eukaryotic protein synthesis initiation factor eIF4G

de la Parra, Columba; Otero-Franqui, Elisa; Martinez-Montemayor, Michelle; Dharmawardhane, Suranganie

Journal of biological chemistry. 2012 Dec 07; 287(50):41640-50

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