| Location within campus: | Laboratory No. 4, Biomedicine Unit (UBIMED) |
| Phone: | 55 5623-1138 |
| Head of Laboratory: | Dr. Ricardo Mejía Zepeda Full Professor B rmejia@unam.mx |
| Research lines per researcher: | Involvement of Lipids in the Pathogenesis of Diseases such as Diabetes and Cancer. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Their Relationship with the Development/Control of Various Pathologies. |
To study the involvement of lipids, particularly fatty acids, in the physicochemical properties of membranes and their relationship with the development of various pathologies such as diabetes and cancer. Additionally, we are interested in investigating the effects of long-chain and short-chain omega-3 fatty acids on the development of different pathologies and the physicochemical properties of biological membranes.
Mejía-Zepeda, R., Pérez-Hernández, I.H. Effect of alpha linolenic acid on membrane fluidity and respiration of liver mitochondria in normoglycemic and diabetic Wistar rats. (Sent for publication to Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, april 2020).
Figueroa-García, M.C., Coate-Camacho R., Mejía-Zepeda, R. Effect of short chain omega 3 fatty acids supplementation on brain lipids metabolism and their relationship with the encephalization quotient in lactating rats. Rev. Hosp Juárez de México. 2020. (Accepted).
Figueroa-García, M.C., Romero-Figueroa, B.P., Lara-García, R., Jiménez-García, L.P., Mejía-Zepeda, R. Efecto de la suplementación de ácidos grasos omega-3 en ratas diabéticas tipo 2: histología del ojo del feto. Revista del Hospital Juárez de México. (2019) 86(1):6-16.
Pérez-Hernández, I.H., Domínguez-Fuentes, J.M., Palomar-Morales, M., Zazueta-Mendizabal, A.C., Baiza-Gutman, A., Mejía-Zepeda, R. Liver mitocondrial membrane fluidity at early development of diabetes and its correlation with the respiration. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes (2017) 49:231:239. (DOI:10.1007/s10863-017-9700-5).
Figueroa-García, M.C., Espinosa-García, M.T., Martinez-Montes, F., Palomar-Morales, M., Mejía-Zepeda, R. Even a chronic mild hyperglycemia affects membrane fluidity and lipoperoxidation in placental mitochondria in Wistar rats. PLOS ONE (2015) 1-15 (DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0143778)
| Entry profile of potential thesis students: | Interest in the Study of Biological Membranes and Strong Foundations in Biochemistry. |
| Service Social Data: | Lipid Metabolism in the Development of Diabetes. Ricardo Mejía Zepeda. 2019-12/63-2337 |