Najate Benhra

    Research Group: 
    Development and Growth Control Laboratory
    Unit: 
    CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
    Position: 
    Alumni - Postdoctoral Fellow
    Office: 
    EMPBB21
    Telephone: 
    +34 93 40 34901
    Email: 
    najate.benhra@irbbarcelona.org

    Left IRB Barcelona in August 2016

    Selected group publications

    Regulation of Anisotropic Tissue Growth by Two Orthogonal Signaling Centers
    L.Barrio, M.Milán
    Dev Cell, (2020)
    Eiger/TNFα-mediated Dilp8 and ROS production coordinate intra-organ growth in Drosophila
    Sanchez JA, Mesquita D, Ingaramo MC, Ariel F, Milán M*, and Dekanty A* (*shared senior authorship)
    Plos Genet, 15 (8), e1008133 (2019)
    Selective Killing of RAS-Malignant Tissues by Exploiting Oncogene-Induced DNA Damage
    Murcia L, Clemente-Ruiz M, Pierre-Elies P, Royou A and Milán M.
    Cell Rep, 28 (1), 119-131.e4 (2019)
    Chromosomal Instability Induces Cellular Invasion in Epithelial Tissues
    Benhra N, Barrio L, Muzzopappa M and Milán M.
    Dev Cell, 47 (2), 161-174.e4 (2018)
    Feedback amplification loop drives malignant growth in epithelial tissues
    Muzzopappa M, Murcia L and Milán M.
    P Natl Acad Sci Usa, 114 (35), E7291-E730 (2017)
    Boundary Dpp promotes growth of medial and lateral regions of the Drosophila wing
    Barrio L and Milan M.
    Elife, 6 (2017)
    A Drosophila model of myeloproliferative neoplasm reveals a feed-forward loop in the JAK pathway mediated by p38 MAPK signalling
    Terriente-Félix A, Pérez L, Bray SJ, Nebreda AR and Milán M.
    Dis Model Mech, 10 (4), 399-407 (2017)
    JAK/STAT controls organ size and fate specification by regulating morphogen production and signalling
    Recasens-Alvarez C, Ferreira A and Milán M.
    Nat Commun, 8 13815 (2017)
    Gene Dosage Imbalance Contributes to Chromosomal Instability-Induced Tumorigenesis
    Clemente-Ruiz M, Murillo-Maldonado JM, Benhra N, Barrio L, Pérez L, Quiroga G, Nebreda AR and Milán M.
    Dev Cell, 36 (3), 290-302 (2016)
    Dally Proteoglycan Mediates the Autonomous and Nonautonomous Effects on Tissue Growth Caused by Activation of the PI3K and TOR Pathways
    Ferreira A and Milán M.
    Plos Biol, 13 (8), e1002239 (2015)
    Contributions of DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints and cell death to suppressing the DNA damage-induced tumorigenic behavior of Drosophila epithelial cells
    Dekanty A, Barrio L and Milán M.
    Oncogene, 34 (8), 978-85 (2015)
    MicroRNA-mediated regulation of Dp53 in the Drosophila fat body contributes to metabolic adaptation to nutrient deprivation
    Barrio L, Dekanty A and Milán M.
    Cell Rep, 8 (2), 528-41 (2014)
    bantam miRNA Promotes Systemic Growth by Connecting Insulin Signaling and Ecdysone Production
    Boulan L, Martín D and Milán M.
    Curr Biol, 23 (6), 473-8 (2013)
    Aneuplody-induced delaminating cells drive tumorigenesis in drosophila epithelia
    Dekanty A, Barrio L, Muzzopappa M, Auer H, and Milán M
    P Natl Acad Sci Usa, 109 (50), 20549-54 (2012)
    Deleterious effects of neuronal accumulation of glycogen in flies and mice
    Duran J, Tevy MF, Garcia-Rocha M, Calbó J, Milán M* and Guinovart JJ*.
    EMBO Mol Med, 4 (8), 719-29 (2012)
    A dp53-dependent mechanism involved in coordinating tissue growth in Drosophila
    Mesquita D, Dekanty A and Milán M.
    Plos Biol, 8 (12), e1000566 (2010)
    A role of receptor Notch in ligand cis-inhibition in Drosophila
    Becam I, Fiuza UM, Arias AM and Milán M.
    Curr Biol, 20 (6), 554-60 (2010)
    The miRNA machinery targets Mei-P26 and regulates Myc protein levels in the Drosophila wing
    Herranz H, Hong X, Pérez L, Ferreira A, Olivieri D, Cohen SM and Milán M.
    Embo J, 29 (10), 1688-98 (2010)
    A Wingless and Notch double-repression mechanism regulates G1-S transition in the Drosophila wing
    Herranz H, Pérez L, Martín FA and Milán M.
    Embo J, 27 (11), 1633-45 (2008)
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