Publications

2025

Fatty acid uptake activates an AXL-CAV1-β-catenin axis to drive melanoma progression 

Chocarro-Calvo A, Jociles-Ortega M, García-Martinez JM, Louphrasitthiphol P, Carvalho-Marques S, Vivas-García Y, Ramírez-Sánchez A, Chauhan J, Fiuza MC, Druan M, Sánchez-Danés A, Goding CR*, García-Jiménez C*. Genes Dev. 2025 Feb 27. doi: 10.1101/gad.351985.124. Online ahead of print.PMID: 40015991 

Survivin promotes stem cell competence for skin cancer initiation

Canato S*, Sarate R*, Carvalho-Marques S*, Maia Soares R, Song Y, Monteiro-Ferreira S, Vieugué P, Liagre M, Grossi G, Cardoso E, Dubois C, Conway EM, Schenone S, Sanchez-Danes A$, Blanpain C$.Cancer Discovery. Cancer Discov. 2025 Feb 7;15(2):427-443. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-24-0263. PMID: 39526566

denotes *co-first authors, $ co-last and co-corresponding authors

2024

Biomechanics of stem cell fate decisions in multilayered tissues

Sahu P, Canato S, Soares R, Sánchez-Danés A*, Hannezo E*. Preprint, biorxiv, 2024. doi:

https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.12.628138

denotes * co-corresponding authors

2018

A slow-cycling LGR5 tumour population mediates basal cell carcinoma relapse after therapy

Sanchez-Danes A, Larsimont JC, Liagre M, Munoz-Couselo E, Lapouge G, Brisebarre A, Dubois C, Suppa M, Sukumaran V, Del Marmol V, Tabernero J, Blanpain C.. Nature (2018) 562(7727): 434–438

YAP and TAZ are essential for basal and squamous cell carcinoma initiation

Debaugnies M*, Sanchez-Danes A*, Rorive S, Raphael M, Liagre M, Parent MA, Brisebarre A, Salmon I, Blanpain C. EMBO Rep (2018) 19:e45809

Defining the earliest step of cardiovascular lineage segregation by single-cell RNA-seq

Lescroart F, Wang X, Lin X, Swedlund B, Gargouri S, Sanchez-Danes A, Moignard V, Dubois C, Paulissen C, Kinston S, Gottgens B, Blanpain C.Science (2018) 359(6380):1177-1181

Deciphering the cells of origin of squamous cell carcinomas

Sanchez-Danes A, Blanpain C. Nat Rev Cancer (2018) 18(9):549-561

2017

Maintaining hair follicle stem cell identity in a dish

Sanchez-Danes A, Blanpain C (2017). EMBO J (2017) 36(2):132-134

2016

Defining the clonal dynamics leading to mouse skin tumour initiation

Sanchez-Danes A*, Hannezo E*, Larsimont JC, Liagre M, Youssef KK, Simons BD, Blanpain C. Nature (2016) 536(7616):298-303

2015

Sox9 Controls Self-Renewal of Oncogene Targeted Cells and Links Tumor Initiation and Invasion

Larsimont JC, Youssef KK, Sanchez-Danes A, Sukumaran V, Defrance M, Delatte B, Liagre M, Baatsen P, Marine JC, Lippens S, Guerin C, Del Marmol V, Vanderwinden JM, Fuks F, Blanpain C.Cell Stem Cell (2015) 17(1):60-73 

Aberrant epigenome in iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons from Parkinson's disease patients

Fernández-Santiago R, Carballo-Carbajal I, Castellano G, Torrent R, Richaud Y, Sánchez-Danés A, Vilarrasa-Blasi R, Sánchez-Pla A, Mosquera JL, Soriano J, López-Barneo J, Canals JM, Alberch J, Raya Á, Vila M, Consiglio A, Martín-Subero JI, Ezquerra M, Tolosa E. Aberrant epigenome in iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons from Parkinson's disease patients.EMBO Mol Med (2015) 7(12):1529-46

2012

Disease-specific phenotypes in dopamine neurons from human iPS-based models of genetic and sporadic Parkinson's disease

Sánchez-Danés A, Richaud-Patin Y, Carballo-Carbajal I, Jiménez-Delgado S, Caig C, Mora S, Di Guglielmo C, Ezquerra M, Patel B, Giralt A, Canals JM, Memo M, Alberch J, López-Barneo J, Vila M, Cuervo AM, Tolosa E, Consiglio A, Raya A.EMBO Mol Med (2012) 4(5):380-95

Efficient generation of A9 midbrain dopaminergic neurons by lentiviral delivery of LMX1A in human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells

Sanchez-Danes A, Consiglio A, Richaud Y, Rodriguez-Piza I, Dehay B, Edel M, Bove J, Memo M, Vila M, Raya A, Izpisua Belmonte JC.Hum Gene Ther (2012) 23(1):56-69

2010

A protocol describing the genetic correction of somatic human cells and subsequent generation of iPS cells

Raya A, Rodriguez-Piza I, Navarro S, Richaud-Patin Y, Guenechea G, Sanchez-Danes A, Consiglio A, Bueren J, Izpisua Belmonte JC. Nat Protoc (2010) 5(4):647-60

Rem2 GTPase controls proliferation and apoptosis of neurons during embryo development

Edel MJ, Boue S, Menchon C, Sanchez-Danes A, Izpisua Belmonte JC. Cell Cycle (2010) 9(17):3414-22