Alberto Losada Garcia, MSc, PhD

Research Program: Cancer Biology Faculty Rank: Post Doctoral Fellow Campus: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College: College of Medicine Department: Pharmacology & Toxicology

Cancer Research Interest

• Disease Site Focus: Prostate, Gynecology
• Research Focus Area: Carcinogenesis, Diagnosis/ Prognosis, Informatics
• Type of Research: Basic
• Research Keywords: Prostate, stem cells,cancer, heavy metals, bisphenol
• Research Interest Statement: My main interest is to investigate how components within the tumor microenvironment contribute to cancer resistance, as well as identify how cancer stem cells (CSCs) participate in disease progression, Explore the molecular mechanisms associated with CSCs and develop new strategies against this cell subtype.

Contact Information

• Email Address: ALosada@uams.edu

Recent Publications

• Morales-Pacheco M, Valenzuela-Mayen M, Gonzalez-Alatriste AM, [et al., including Losada-García A]. The role of platelets in cancer: from their influence on tumor progression to their potential use in liquid biopsy. Biomarker research. 2025 13(1):27. PMID: 39934930. PMCID: PMC11818056.
• Cruz-Burgos M, Cortés-Ramírez SA, Losada-García A, [et al.]. Unraveling the Role of EV-Derived miR-150-5p in Prostate Cancer Metastasis and Its Association with High-Grade Gleason Scores: Implications for Diagnosis. Cancers. 2023 15(16). PMID: 37627176. PMCID: PMC10453180.
• Cortés-Ramírez SA, Salazar AM, Sordo M, [et al., including Losada-García A]. Transcriptome-Wide Analysis of Low-Concentration Exposure to Bisphenol A, S, and F in Prostate Cancer Cells. International journal of molecular sciences. 2023 24(11). PMID: 37298413. PMCID: PMC10253990.
• Losada-García A, Salido-Guadarrama I, Cortes-Ramirez SA, [et al.]. SFRP1 induces a stem cell phenotype in prostate cancer cells. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology. 2023 11:1096923. PMID: 36968194. PMCID: PMC10033548.
• Cruz-Hernández CD, Rodríguez-Martínez G, Cortés-Ramírez SA, [et al., including Losada-García A]. Aptamers as Theragnostic Tools in Prostate Cancer. Biomolecules. 2022 12(8). PMID: 36008950. PMCID: PMC9406110.
• Losada-García A, Cortés-Ramírez SA, Cruz-Burgos M, [et al.]. Hormone-Related Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases: A Complex Interplay to be Discovered. Frontiers in genetics. 2021 12:673180. PMID: 35111194. PMCID: PMC8801914.
• Cruz-Burgos M, Losada-Garcia A, Cruz-Hernández CD, [et al.]. New Approaches in Oncology for Repositioning Drugs: The Case of PDE5 Inhibitor Sildenafil. Frontiers in oncology. 2021 11:627229. PMID: 33718200. PMCID: PMC7952883.
• Rodríguez-Dorantes M, Cruz-Hernandez CD, Cortés-Ramírez SA, [et al., including Losada-Garcia A]. Prostate Cancer Spheroids: A Three-Dimensional Model for Studying Tumor Heterogeneity. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2021 2174:13-17. PMID: 32813241.
• Rodríguez-Dorantes M, Cortés-Ramírez SA, Cruz-Burgos JM, [et al., including Losada-García A]. Cell-Internalization SELEX of RNA Aptamers as a Starting Point for Prostate Cancer Research. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2021 2174:245-254. PMID: 32813254.