M. Carmen Lafita‐Navarro

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The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ORCID

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M Carmen Lafita-Navarro, M. C. Lafita-Navarro, M. Carmen Lafita-Navarro, M. Carmen Lafita‐Navarro, M.C. Lafita-Navarro, M.Carmen Lafita-Navarro, M.Carmen Lafita‐Navarro, Maria del Carmen Lafita-Navarro

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748

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All Affiliations

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Children's Medical Center Southwestern Medical Center

About

M. Carmen Lafita‐Navarro is an author at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center specializing in cancer cell biology, tumor biology, and cancer biology.

Top Concepts

#	Concept	H-Index	Publications	Citations
1	Medicine	4	4	353
2	Cell Biology	4	4	353
3	Natural Sciences	3	3	341
4	Biochemistry	1	1	274
5	Cellular Physiology	1	1	43

M. Carmen Lafita‐Navarro

Publications

610

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	Year	Citations
MYC promotes tryptophan uptake and metabolism by the kynurenine pathway in colon cancer Niranjan Venkateswaran, M. Carmen Lafita‐Navarro, Yi-Heng Hao, Genes & Development Metabolomic ProfilingCancer BiologyTumor BiologyCancer Cell BiologyMetabolism	2019	274
Induction of LEF1 by MYC activates the WNT pathway and maintains cell proliferation Yi-Heng Hao, M. Carmen Lafita‐Navarro, Lauren G. Zacharias, Cell Communication and Signaling	2019	89
Inhibition of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway limits ribosomal RNA transcription causing nucleolar stress in glioblastoma cells M. Carmen Lafita‐Navarro, Niranjan Venkateswaran, Jessica A. Kilgore, PLoS Genetics	2020	70
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor regulates nucleolar activity and protein synthesis in MYC-expressing cells M. Carmen Lafita‐Navarro, Min Kim, Nofit Borenstein‐Auerbach, Genes & Development Molecular RegulationMolecular BiologyCancer BiologyCellular PhysiologyTumor Biology	2018	43
The transcription factors aryl hydrocarbon receptor and MYC cooperate in the regulation of cellular metabolism M. Carmen Lafita‐Navarro, Lizbeth Perez‐Castro, Lauren G. Zacharias, Journal of Biological Chemistry	2020	37
Tryptophan fuels MYC-dependent liver tumorigenesis through indole 3-pyruvate synthesis Niranjan Venkateswaran, Roy Garcia, M. Carmen Lafita‐Navarro, Nature Communications	2024	34
MXD1 localizes in the nucleolus, binds UBF and impairs rRNA synthesis M. Carmen Lafita‐Navarro, Rosa Blanco, Jorge Mata-Garrido, Oncotarget Molecular BiologyCancer BiologyTumor BiologyTranscriptional RegulationCancer Cell Biology	2016	24
The MNT transcription factor autoregulates its expression and supports proliferation in MYC-associated factor X (MAX)-deficient cells M. Carmen Lafita‐Navarro, Judit Liaño-Pons, Andrea Quintanilla, Journal of Biological Chemistry	2020	17
The AHR target gene scinderin activates the WNT pathway by facilitating the nuclear translocation of β-catenin Lizbeth Perez‐Castro, Niranjan Venkateswaran, Roy Garcia, Journal of Cell Science GeneticsCell ProliferationCancer BiologyHydrocarbon ReceptorTumor Biology	2022	12
ZNF692 organizes a hub specialized in 40S ribosomal subunit maturation enhancing translation in rapidly proliferating cells M. Carmen Lafita‐Navarro, Yi‐Heng Hao, Chunhui Jiang, Cell Reports	2023	10

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