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Fonollosa A, Charcán I, Giralt L, Artaraz J, Soto A, Ruiz-Arruza I, Agarwal A. Hyper-Reflective Outer Nuclear Layer (HONL) in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease and Sympathetic Ophthalmia. Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2024; 32:419-423. [PMID: 36332138 DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2022.2134038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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PURPOSE To describe the optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings of hyper-reflective outer nuclear layer (HONL) in two cases of stromal choroiditis (Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease - VKH, and sympathetic ophthalmia - SO). METHODS Case report. RESULTS Clinical and imaging findings of two patients (37-year-old female with VKH and 34-year-old male with SO) have been described. Both patients showed typical features of the disease with subretinal fluid accumulation and choroidal thickening on OCT. However, OCT of both patients at the initial visit revealed HONL, which was unusual in these conditions. During follow-up, OCT scans revealed thinning and atrophy of the outer retinal layers, irregular thickening of the retinal pigment epithelium, and irregular autofluorescence pattern on autofluorescence imaging. CONCLUSIONS The presence of HONL may serve as a poor prognostic factor in VKH and SO, resulting in thinning and atrophy of the outer retinal layers.
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- A Fonollosa
- Department of Ophthalmology, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain
- Department of Retina, Instituto Oftalmológico Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Department of Retina, Institut Català de la Retina, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Molina-Mateo D, Valderrama BP, Zárate RV, Hidalgo S, Tamayo-Leiva J, Soto A, Guerra S, Arriagada V, Oliva C, Diez B, Campusano JM. Kanamycin treatment in the pre-symptomatic stage of a Drosophila PD model prevents the onset of non-motor alterations. Neuropharmacology 2023; 236:109573. [PMID: 37196855 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2023.109573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor alterations, which is preceded by a prodromal stage where non-motor symptoms are observed. Over recent years, it has become evident that this disorder involves other organs that communicate with the brain like the gut. Importantly, the microbial community that lives in the gut plays a key role in this communication, the so-called microbiota-gut-brain axis. Alterations in this axis have been associated to several disorders including PD. Here we proposed that the gut microbiota is different in the presymptomatic stage of a Drosophila model for PD, the Pink1B9 mutant fly, as compared to that observed in control animals. Our results show this is the case: there is basal dysbiosis in mutant animals evidenced by substantial difference in the composition of midgut microbiota in 8-9 days old Pink1B9 mutant flies as compared with control animals. Further, we fed young adult control and mutant flies kanamycin and analyzed motor and non-motor behavioral parameters in these animals. Data show that kanamycin treatment induces the recovery of some of the non-motor parameters altered in the pre-motor stage of the PD fly model, while there is no substantial change in locomotor parameters recorded at this stage. On the other hand, our results show that feeding young animals the antibiotic, results in a long-lasting improvement of locomotion in control flies. Our data support that manipulations of gut microbiota in young animals could have beneficial effects on PD progression and age-dependent motor impairments.
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- D Molina-Mateo
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile; Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia UC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile; Center for Genome Regulation, Faculty of Science, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile; Center for Genome Regulation, Faculty of Science, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; Center for Climate and Resilience Research, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile; Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia UC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.
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Furuuchi K, Fulmer J, Rybinski K, Liu H, Soto A, Halle W, Jean-Toussaint R, Smith S, Uenaka T. 4P Evaluation of antitumor activity and immunogenic cell death (ICD) induction by MORAb-202 (farletuzumab ecteribulin) in human ovarian cancer (OV) models. ESMO Open 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2023.100858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023] Open
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de la Cruz-Merino L, Gion M, Cruz J, Alonso-Romero JL, Quiroga V, Moreno F, Andrés R, Santisteban M, Ramos M, Holgado E, Cortés J, López-Miranda E, Cortés A, Henao F, Palazón-Carrión N, Rodriguez LM, Ceballos I, Soto A, Puertes A, Casas M, Benito S, Chiesa M, Bezares S, Caballero R, Jiménez-Cortegana C, Sánchez-Margalet V, Rojo F. Pembrolizumab in combination with gemcitabine for patients with HER2-negative advanced breast cancer: GEICAM/2015-04 (PANGEA-Breast) study. BMC Cancer 2022; 22:1258. [PMID: 36463104 PMCID: PMC9719636 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-022-10363-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We evaluated a new chemoimmunotherapy combination based on the anti-PD1 monoclonal antibody pembrolizumab and the pyrimidine antimetabolite gemcitabine in HER2- advanced breast cancer (ABC) patients previously treated in the advanced setting, in order to explore a potential synergism that could eventually obtain long term benefit in these patients. METHODS HER2-negative ABC patients received 21-day cycles of pembrolizumab 200 mg (day 1) and gemcitabine (days 1 and 8). A run-in-phase (6 + 6 design) was planned with two dose levels (DL) of gemcitabine (1,250 mg/m2 [DL0]; 1,000 mg/m2 [DL1]) to determine the recommended phase II dose (RP2D). The primary objective was objective response rate (ORR). Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) density and PD-L1 expression in tumors and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) levels in peripheral blood were analyzed. RESULTS Fourteen patients were treated with DL0, resulting in RP2D. Thirty-six patients were evaluated during the first stage of Simon's design. Recruitment was stopped as statistical assumptions were not met. The median age was 52; 21 (58%) patients had triple-negative disease, 28 (78%) visceral involvement, and 27 (75%) ≥ 2 metastatic locations. Progression disease was observed in 29 patients. ORR was 15% (95% CI, 5-32). Eight patients were treated ≥ 6 months before progression. Fourteen patients reported grade ≥ 3 treatment-related adverse events. Due to the small sample size, we did not find any clear association between immune tumor biomarkers and treatment efficacy that could identify a subgroup with higher probability of response or better survival. However, patients that experienced a clinical benefit showed decreased MDSCs levels in peripheral blood along the treatment. CONCLUSION Pembrolizumab 200 mg and gemcitabine 1,250 mg/m2 were considered as RP2D. The objective of ORR was not met; however, 22% patients were on treatment for ≥ 6 months. ABC patients that could benefit of chemoimmunotherapy strategies must be carefully selected by robust and validated biomarkers. In our heavily pretreated population, TILs, PD-L1 expression and MDSCs levels could not identify a subgroup of patients for whom the combination of gemcitabine and pembrolizumab would induce long term benefit. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov and EudraCT (NCT03025880 and 2016-001,779-54, respectively). Registration dates: 20/01/2017 and 18/11/2016, respectively.
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- L. de la Cruz-Merino
- grid.411375.50000 0004 1768 164XDepartment of Medical Oncology, Medicine Department, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, University of Seville, Dr. Fedriani St, No. 3, Seville, 41009 Spain ,grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain ,grid.411347.40000 0000 9248 5770Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain ,grid.411220.40000 0000 9826 9219Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain ,grid.411372.20000 0001 0534 3000Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de La Arrixaca-IMIB, Murcia, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain ,grid.418701.b0000 0001 2097 8389Department of Medical Oncology, Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (B-ARGO Group), Catalan Institute of Oncology, Badalona, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain ,grid.411068.a0000 0001 0671 5785Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain ,grid.411050.10000 0004 1767 4212Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Saragossa, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain ,grid.411730.00000 0001 2191 685XDepartment of Medical Oncology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Navarra, Spain ,grid.508840.10000 0004 7662 6114IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Pamplona, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain ,grid.418394.3Department of Medical Oncology, Centro Oncológico de Galicia, A Coruña, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain ,grid.414808.10000 0004 1772 3571Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital La Luz, Quironsalud, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain ,International Breast Cancer Center (IBCC), Quiron Group, Barcelona and Madrid, Spain ,grid.411083.f0000 0001 0675 8654Vall d´Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain ,grid.119375.80000000121738416Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain ,grid.411347.40000 0000 9248 5770Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.411347.40000 0000 9248 5770Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.411375.50000 0004 1768 164XDepartment of Medical Oncology, Medicine Department, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, University of Seville, Dr. Fedriani St, No. 3, Seville, 41009 Spain ,grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.411375.50000 0004 1768 164XDepartment of Medical Oncology, Medicine Department, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, University of Seville, Dr. Fedriani St, No. 3, Seville, 41009 Spain ,grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain ,grid.411220.40000 0000 9826 9219Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain ,grid.411220.40000 0000 9826 9219Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- grid.411372.20000 0001 0534 3000Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de La Arrixaca-IMIB, Murcia, Spain
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- grid.411372.20000 0001 0534 3000Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de La Arrixaca-IMIB, Murcia, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.411375.50000 0004 1768 164XMedical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Immunology Department, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- grid.411375.50000 0004 1768 164XMedical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Immunology Department, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- grid.430580.aGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain ,grid.419651.e0000 0000 9538 1950Pathology Department, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain ,CIBERONC-ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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Furuuchi K, Fulmer J, Rybinski K, Soto A, Drozdowski B, Uenaka T. Evaluation of in vitro/in vivo bystander effect and immunogenic cell death induction by MORAb-202 (farletuzumab ecteribulin). Eur J Cancer 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(22)01031-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Rafkin S, Lora JM, Soto A, Battalio J. The interaction of deep convection with the general circulation in Titan's atmosphere. Part 1: Cloud Resolving Simulations. Icarus 2022; 373:114623. [PMID: 34916708 PMCID: PMC8670393 DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The deep convective cloud-environment feedback loop is likely important to Titan's global methane, energy, and momentum cycles, just as it is for Earth's global water, energy, and momentum budgets. General circulation models of Titan's atmosphere are unable to explicitly simulate deep convection and must instead parameterize the impact of this important subgrid-scale phenomenon on the model-resolved atmospheric state. The goal of this study is to better quantify through cloud resolving modeling the effects of deep convective methane storms on their environment and to feed that information forward to improve parameterizations in global models. Dozens of atmospheric profiles unstable with respect to deep moist convection are extracted from the global Titan Atmospheric Model (TAM) and used to initialize the cloud-resolving Titan Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (TRAMS). Mean profiles of heating/cooling and moistening/drying of the large-scale environment in TRAMS indicate that Titan's deep convection forces the environment in a manner analogous to Earth: Large-scale subsidence of the environmental air warms and dries the environment, but clouds can also moisten the environment through the detrainment and evaporation of condensate near cloud top. Relative humidity profiles and characteristic convective time scales are derived to guide the tuning of the deep convective parameterization implemented in TAM, as described in a companion paper. The triggering of convection, the dry convective mixing of the planetary boundary layer, and the entrainment of environmental air into rising air parcels are found to be critical to determining whether a deep convective cloud will form. Only profiles with relatively large convective available potential energy (CAPE) and well mixed planetary boundary layers with high relative humidity were found to produce storms. Environments with low level thermal inversions and planetary boundary layers with low relative humidity or rapidly decreasing moisture with height failed to generate deep convection in TRAMS despite positive CAPE.
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- S. Rafkin
- Southwest Research Institute, Department of Space Studies, Boulder, CO
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- Yale University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, New Haven, CT
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- Southwest Research Institute, Department of Space Studies, Boulder, CO
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- Yale University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, New Haven, CT
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Soto A, Guillén-Grima F, Morales G, Muñoz S, Aguinaga-Ontoso I, Fuentes-Aspe R. [Prevalence and incidence of ictus in Europe: systematic review and meta-analysis]. An Sist Sanit Navar 2021; 45:e0979. [PMID: 34751194 PMCID: PMC10114054 DOI: 10.23938/assn.0979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Stroke is the second cause of death and the first cause of disability in Europe. The number of stroke patients shows a rapidly increasing due to the increase in the elderly population. The aim of this meta-analysis is to evaluate the prevalence and incidence of stroke in Europe. METHOD We conducted a literature search in MEDLINE, SCOPUS, CINAHL Complete and EMBASE, using the keywords "stroke", "cerebrovascular accident", "epidemiology", "prevalence", "incidence" and "Europe". In order to evaluate the quality and risk of bias, we used the Hoy's modified scale for prevalence studies and the Newcastle Ottawa Scale for incidence studies. A random effects model with 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) was used for the meta-analysis. The I2 statistic was applied to assess heterogeneity. RESULTS The prevalence of stroke in Europe adjusted for sex was estimated at 9.2% (95%CI: 4.4-14.0). The prevalence was 9.1% (95%CI: 4.7-13.6) in men and 9.2% (95%CI: 4.1-14.4) in women, and increased with age. The incidence of stroke in Europe adjusted for sex was 191.9 per 100,000 person-years (95%CI: 156.4-227.3); it was 195.7 per 100,000 person-years (95%CI: 142.4-249.0) in men and 188.1 per 100,000 person-years (95%CI: 138.6-237.7) in women. Again, these rates increased with age. CONCLUSION The prevalence of stroke in Europe is 9.2%. The incidence of stroke in Europe is 191.9 per 100,000 person-years. The prevalence of stroke has increased, whereas the incidence of stroke is stable in comparison with studies conducted at the beginning of the 21st century.
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- A Soto
- Unidad de Neurología. Hospital Dr. Hernán Henríquez Aravena. Temuco. Chile. Departamento de Especialidades Médi-cas. CIGES y EPICYN. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de La Frontera. Temuco. Chile..
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva. Clínica Universidad de Navarra. Pamplona. Navarra. España.IDISNA. Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Pública de Navarra. Pamplona. Navarra. España
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- Centro de Investigación en Epidemiología Cardiovascular y Nutricional (EPICYN). Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de La Frontera. Temuco. Chile. Departamento de Salud Pública. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de La Frontera. Temuco. Chile
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- Centro de Investigación en Epidemiología Cardiovascular y Nutricional (EPICYN). Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de La Frontera. Temuco. Chile. Departamento de Salud Pública. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de La Frontera. Temuco. Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Pública de Navarra. Pamplona. Navarra. España. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra (IDISNA). Pamplona. Navarra. España
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- Centro de Excelencia en Capacitación, Investigación y Gestión para la Salud Basada en Evidencia (CIGES). Departa-mento de Medicina Interna. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de La Frontera. Temuco. Chile
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Schoenthaler A, De La Calle F, Soto A, Barrett D, Cruz J, Payano L, Rosado M, Adhikari S, Ogedegbe G, Rosal M. Correction to: Bridging the evidence-to-practice gap: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating practice facilitation as a strategy to accelerate translation of a multi-level adherence intervention into safety net practices. Implement Sci Commun 2021; 2:122. [PMID: 34674755 PMCID: PMC8532349 DOI: 10.1186/s43058-021-00226-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Antoinette Schoenthaler
- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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Farias A, Soto A, Puttur F, Goldin CJ, Sosa S, Gil C, Goldbaum FA, Berguer PM. A TLR4 agonist improves immune checkpoint blockade treatment by increasing the ratio of effector to regulatory cells within the tumor microenvironment. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15406. [PMID: 34321536 PMCID: PMC8319313 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94837-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Brucella lumazine synthase (BLS) is a homodecameric protein that activates dendritic cells via toll like receptor 4, inducing the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. We have previously shown that BLS has a therapeutic effect in B16 melanoma-bearing mice only when administered at early stages of tumor growth. In this work, we study the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effect of BLS, by analyzing the tumor microenvironment. Administration of BLS at early stages of tumor growth induces high levels of serum IFN-γ, as well as an increment of hematopoietic immune cells within the tumor. Moreover, BLS-treatment increases the ratio of effector to regulatory cells. However, all treated mice eventually succumb to the tumors. Therefore, we combined BLS administration with anti-PD-1 treatment. Combined treatment increases the outcome of both monotherapies. In conclusion, we show that the absence of the therapeutic effect at late stages of tumor growth correlates with low levels of serum IFN-γ and lower infiltration of immune cells in the tumor, both of which are essential to delay tumor growth. Furthermore, the combined treatment of BLS and PD-1 blockade shows that BLS could be exploited as an essential immunomodulator in combination therapy with an immune checkpoint blockade to treat skin cancer.
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- A Farias
- Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Inflammation, Repair and Development, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Chano V, Sobrino-Plata J, Collada C, Soto A. Wood development regulators involved in apical growth in Pinus canariensis. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2021; 23:438-444. [PMID: 33301624 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The shoot apical meristem is responsible of seasonal length increase in plants. In woody plants transition from primary to secondary growth is also produced during seasonal apical growth. These processes are controlled by different families of transcription factors. Levels of transcriptomic activity during apical growth were measured by means of a cDNA microarray designed from sequences related to meristematic activity in Pinus canariensis. The identification of differentially expressed genes was performed using a time-course analysis. A total of 7170 genes were differentially expressed and grouped in six clusters according to their expression profiles. We identified master regulators, such as WUSCHEL-like HOMEOBOX (WOX), to be involved in the first stages of apical development, i.e. growth of primary tissues, while other transcription factors, such as Class III HOMEODOMAIN-LEUCINE ZIPPER (HD-ZIP III) and KNOTTED-like (KNOX) and BEL1-like (BELL) HOMEODOMAIN proteins, were found to be induced during last stages of apical seasonal development, already with secondary growth. Our results reveal the main expression patterns of these genes during apical development and the transition from primary to secondary stem growth. In particular, the regulatory factors identified play key roles in controlling stem architecture and constitute candidate genes for the study of other development processes in conifers.
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- V Chano
- GENFOR, Grupo de Investigación en Genética y Fisiología Forestal, ETSI Montes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- GENFOR, Grupo de Investigación en Genética y Fisiología Forestal, ETSI Montes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- GENFOR, Grupo de Investigación en Genética y Fisiología Forestal, ETSI Montes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- GENFOR, Grupo de Investigación en Genética y Fisiología Forestal, ETSI Montes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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Schoenthaler A, De La Calle F, Soto A, Barrett D, Cruz J, Payano L, Rosado M, Adhikari S, Ogedegbe G, Rosal M. Bridging the evidence-to-practice gap: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating practice facilitation as a strategy to accelerate translation of a multi-level adherence intervention into safety net practices. Implement Sci Commun 2021; 2:21. [PMID: 33597041 PMCID: PMC7888171 DOI: 10.1186/s43058-021-00111-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Background Poor adherence to antihypertensive medications is a significant contributor to the racial gap in rates of blood pressure (BP) control among Latino adults, as compared to Black and White adults. While multi-level interventions (e.g., those aiming to influence practice, providers, and patients) have been efficacious in improving medication adherence in underserved patients with uncontrolled hypertension, the translation of these interventions into routine practice within “real world” safety-net primary care settings has been inadequate and slow. This study will fill this evidence-to-practice gap by evaluating the effectiveness of practice facilitation (PF) as a practical and tailored strategy for implementing Advancing Medication Adherence for Latinos with Hypertension through a Team-based Care Approach (ALTA), a multi-level approach to improving medication adherence and BP control in 10 safety-net practices in New York that serve Latino patients. Methods and design We will conduct this study in two phases: (1) a pre-implementation phase where we will refine the PF strategy, informed by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, to facilitate the implementation of ALTA into routine care at the practices; and (2) an implementation phase during which we will evaluate, in a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial, the effect of the PF strategy on ALTA implementation fidelity (primary outcome), as well as on clinical outcomes (secondary outcomes) at 12 months. Implementation fidelity will be assessed using a mixed methods approach based on the five core dimensions outlined by Proctor’s Implementation Outcomes Framework. Clinical outcome measures include BP control (defined as BP< 130/80 mmHg) and medication adherence (assessed using the proportion of days covered via pharmacy records). Discussion The study protocol applies rigorous research methods to identify how implementation strategies such as PF may work to expedite the translation process for implementing evidence-based approaches into routine care at safety-net practices to improve health outcomes in Latino patients with hypertension, who suffer disproportionately from poor BP control. By examining the barriers and facilitators that affect implementation, this study will contribute knowledge that will increase the generalizability of its findings to other safety-net practices and guide effective scale-up across primary care practices nationally. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03713515, date of registration: October 19, 2018.
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- Antoinette Schoenthaler
- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, NYU Langone Health, 180 Madison Avenue, 752, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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Casco N, Jorge AL, Palmero D, Alffenaar JW, Fox G, Ezz W, Cho JG, Skrahina A, Solodovnikova V, Bachez P, Arbex MA, Galvão T, Rabahi M, Pereira GR, Sales R, Silva DR, Saffie MM, Miranda RC, Cancino V, Carbonell M, Cisterna C, Concha C, Cruz A, Salinas NE, Revillot ME, Farias J, Fernandez I, Flores X, Gallegos P, Garavagno A, Guajardo C, Bahamondes MH, Merino LM, Muñoz E, Muñoz C, Navarro I, Navarro J, Ortega C, Palma S, Pardenas AM, Pereira G, Castillo PP, Pinto M, Pizarro R, Rivas F, Rodriguez P, Sánchez C, Serrano A, Soto A, Taiba C, Venegas M, Vergara MS, Vilca E, Villalon C, Yucra E, Li Y, Cruz A, Guelvez B, Plaza R, Tello K, Andréjak C, Blanc FX, Dourmane S, Froissart A, Izadifar A, Rivière F, Schlemmer F, Gupta N, Ish P, Mishra G, Sharma S, Singla R, Udwadia ZF, Manika K, Diallo BD, Hassane-Harouna S, Artiles N, Mejia LA, Alladio F, Calcagno A, Centis R, Codecasa LR, D Ambrosio L, Formenti B, Gaviraghi A, Giacomet V, Goletti D, Gualano G, Kuksa L, Danila E, Diktanas S, Miliauskas S, Ridaura RL, López F, Torrico MM, Rendon A, Akkerman OW, Piubello A, Souleymane MB, Aizpurua E, Gonzales R, Jurado J, Loban A, Aguirre S, de Egea V, Irala S, Medina A, Sequera G, Sosa N, Vázquez F, Manga S, Villanueva R, Araujo D, Duarte R, Marques TS, Grecu VI, Socaci A, Barkanova O, Bogorodskaya M, Borisov S, Mariandyshev A, Kaluzhenina A, Stosic M, Beh D, Ng D, Ong C, Solovic I, Dheda D, Gina P, Caminero JA, Cardoso-Landivar J, de Souza Galvão ML, Dominguez-Castellano A, García-García JM, Pinargote IM, Fernandez SQ, Sánchez-Montalvá A, Huguet ET, Murguiondo MZ, Bruchfeld J, Bart PA, Mazza-Stalder J, Tiberi S, Arrieta F, Heysell S, Logsdon J, Young L. TB and COVID-19 co-infection: rationale and aims of a global study. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2021; 25:78-80. [PMID: 33384052 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- New South Wales, Australia
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- New South Wales, Australia
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Lizondo M, Fuentes-Raspall J, Soto A, Jornet N, Latorre-Musoll A, Delgado-Tapia P, Carrasco P, Pérez-Alija J, Gallego P, Simón P, Ruiz-Martínez A, Adrià M, Valverde-Pascual I, Barceló M, Garcia N, Ribas M. PO-0939: Structured prospective database:exploratory study about toxicity and progression in breast patients. Radiother Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)00956-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Albone E, Cheng X, Verdi A, Jacob S, Fernando S, Furuuchi K, Fulmer J, Soto A, Drozdowski B, Mano Y, Nakatani Y, Uenaka T. 579P MORAb-109: A site-specific eribulin-conjugated ADC targeting human mesothelin. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Doussoulin A, Rivas C, Bacco J, Sepúlveda P, Carvallo G, Gajardo C, Soto A, Rivas R. Prevalence of Spasticity and Postural Patterns in the Upper Extremity Post Stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2020; 29:105253. [PMID: 33066909 DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION A high number of patients with stroke develop upper extremity spasticity, causing abnormal postures and patterns. These alterations limit the use of arm in functional activities and affect social participation. AIM To determine the prevalence of spasticity and postural patterns of the upper extremity post stroke. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive design was used with a prospective follow-up. The sample included 136 patients. The study included 3 measuring times; at 10 days (T1), applying a record with sociodemographic-clinical data, the evaluation of muscle tone in the elbow and wrist and the postural patterns of the UE, and at 3 months (T2) and 12 months (T3) post stroke, re-evaluating tone and patterns. Prevalence was calculated through the one-sample chi-squared (χ2) test followed by inspection of the standardized residuals (z) in each cell. The Kappa coefficient evaluated the degree of agreement in elbow and wrist tone. RESULTS The prevalence of spasticity in the elbow was 37.5% at T1, 57.4% at T2, and 57.4% at T3. At each time there was a high degree of agreement between elbow and wrist tone. Patients developed increased elbow tone between T1 and T2, with maintained tone between T2 and T3. Postural pattern III was the most prevalent according to Hefter's classification. CONCLUSION The prevalence of spasticity in the elbow and wrist increases between 10 days and 3 months post stroke, and is maintained between 3 and 12 months. The onset of spasticity occurs in almost half of patients during the first 10 days post stroke. Postural pattern III according to Hefter's classification presented the greatest prevalence in the spastic UE.
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- A Doussoulin
- Physiotherapist, Associate Professor, Departamento de Pediatría y Cirugía Infantil - Universidad de La Frontera Temuco, Hochstetter 405, Temuco, Chile.
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- Physiotherapist MV Clinical Temuco, Chile
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- Rehabilitation Physician, Instituto Teletón - Valparaíso
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- Physiotherapist, Departamento Ciencias Preclínicas - Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco
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- Physiotherapist, Hospital Dr. Hernán Henríquez Aravena, Temuco, Chile
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- Physiotherapist, Centro Habilidades Clínicas, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Neurologist, Hospital Dr. Hernán Henríquez Aravena, Temuco, Chile; Departamento de Especialidades Médicas, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Departamento de Especialidades Médicas, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile; Neurologist, Clínica Alemana de Temuco, Chile
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Merino LDC, Cruz J, Alonso J, Garcia VQ, Anton FM, Andres R, Santiesteban M, Vazquez MR, Cortes MG, Cortés J, Carrion NP, Lenza IC, Soto A, Casas M, Benito S, Montes SB, Holgado E. Results from a Phase II Trial of Pembrolizumab (P) Plus Gemcitabine (GEM) in patients (PTS) with HER2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC): GEICAM/2015-04 (PANGEA-Breast) study. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz451.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Corchero R, Marcilla A, Olaya MM, Carbonell-Hermida P, Soto A. Equilibria and correlation of systems involving 1-hexyl-3-methylpyridinium trifluoromethanesulfonate. RSC Adv 2019; 9:42524-42532. [PMID: 35542839 PMCID: PMC9076675 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra09283h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Ionic liquids are being proposed for the improvement of many refinery-related applications where water and oil coexist. However, the lack of relevant thermodynamic data on equilibrium processes involving water, oil and an ionic liquid is a stumbling block. Phase diagrams of these systems are complex, with many different regions, especially when the ionic liquid is solid at room conditions. This greatly complicates modelling, which is usually neglected or carried out only partially. In this work, for the first time, the simultaneous correlation not only of liquid–liquid and liquid–liquid–liquid but also solid–liquid equilibrium data for ternary systems involving ionic liquids has been carried out. To that end, the ionic liquid 1-hexyl-3-methylpyridinium trifluoromethanesulfonate, with an alkyl chain length that favours nano-segregation, was selected. Phase diagrams with water and different representative oils (octane, toluene and cyclohexane) have been determined at various temperatures and atmospheric pressure. The great capacity of the NRTL model, a powerful tool used in all chemical process simulators, was shown by simultaneously correlating data from all the equilibrium regions. However, adequate equilibrium equations and pivotal strategies were required. Low deviations and a good representation of phase diagrams was achieved. A topological analysis based on the Gibbs common tangent criterion and a stability test allowed validation of the proposed correlation parameters. The NRTL model is a useful tool to carry out the simultaneous correlation of all different equilibrium regions found in a phase diagram.![]()
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- R. Corchero
- Cretus Institute
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
- E-15782 Santiago de Compostela
- Spain
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- Chemical Engineering Department
- University of Alicante
- 03080 Alicante
- Spain
- Institute of Chemical Process Engineering
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- Chemical Engineering Department
- University of Alicante
- 03080 Alicante
- Spain
- Institute of Chemical Process Engineering
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- Cretus Institute
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
- E-15782 Santiago de Compostela
- Spain
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Quiroga V, Holgado E, Alonso J, Andres R, Moreno Anton F, Alamo De La Gala M, Henao F, Cirauqui Cirauqui B, Margeli M, Cortes Castan J, Gion Cortes M, Soto A, Benito S, Escudero M, Chiesa M, Caballero R, Bezares Montes S, Carrasco E, De La Cruz Merino L. Run-in-phase results from a multicenter phase II trial to evaluate pembrolizumab (P) and gemcitabine (Gem) in patients (pts) with HER2-negative advanced breast cancer (ABC): GEICAM/2015-04 PANGEA-Breast. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy487.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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del Carpio L, Gomila P, Camacho S, Moron S, Riudavets M, Molto C, Bujosa A, Borrell M, Teres R, Martin B, Gallardo P, Acosta E, Tilea L, Soto A, De Quintana C, Craven-Bartle J, Gallardo A, Gomez B, Bonilla S, Gallego O. Impaired survival in resected glioblastoma multiforme patients treated with early chemoradiation. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy273.376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Carnero Contentti E, Soto de Castillo I, Daccach Marques V, López P, Antunes Barreira A, Armas E, de Aquino Cruz C, Rubstein A, Lavigne Moreira C, Molina O, Soto A, Tkachuk V. Application of the 2015 diagnostic criteria for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders in a cohort of Latin American patients. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2018; 20:109-114. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2018.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Poveda A, Del Campo JM, Ray-Coquard I, Alexandre J, Provansal M, Guerra Alía EM, Casado A, Gonzalez-Martin A, Fernández C, Rodriguez I, Soto A, Kahatt C, Fernández Teruel C, Galmarini CM, Pérez de la Haza A, Bohan P, Berton-Rigaud D. Phase II randomized study of PM01183 versus topotecan in patients with platinum-resistant/refractory advanced ovarian cancer. Ann Oncol 2018; 28:1280-1287. [PMID: 28368437 PMCID: PMC5452066 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background PM01183 is a new compound that blocks active transcription, produces DNA breaks and apoptosis, and affects the inflammatory microenvironment. PM01183 showed strong antitumor activity in preclinical models of cisplatin-resistant epithelial ovarian cancer. Patients and methods Patients with platinum-resistant/refractory ovarian cancer were included in a two-stage, controlled, randomized (in a second stage), multicenter, phase II study. Primary endpoint was overall response rate (ORR) by RECIST and/or GCIG criteria. The exploratory first stage (n = 22) confirmed the activity of PM01183 as a single agent at 7.0 mg flat dose every 3 weeks (q3wk). The second stage (n = 59) was randomized and controlled with topotecan on days 1-5 q3wk or weekly (every 4 weeks, q4wk). Results ORR was 23% (95% CI, 13%-37%) for 52 PM01183-treated patients. Median duration of response was 4.6 months (95% CI, 2.5-6.9 months), and 23% (95% CI, 0%-51%) of responses lasted 6 months or more. Ten of the 12 confirmed responses were reported for 33 patients with platinum-resistant disease [ORR = 30% (95% CI, 16%-49%)]; for the 29 patients treated with topotecan in the second stage, no responses were found. Median PFS for all PM01183-treated patients was 4.0 months (95% CI, 2.7-5.6 months), and 5.0 months (95% CI, 2.7-6.9 months) for patients with platinum-resistant disease. Grade 3/4 neutropenia in 85% of patients; febrile neutropenia in 21% and fatigue (grade 3 in 35%) were the principal safety findings for PM01183. Conclusion PM01183 is an active drug in platinum-resistant/refractory ovarian cancer and warrants further development. The highest activity was observed in platinum-resistant disease. Its safety profile indicates the dose should be adjusted to body surface area (mg/m2). Trial code EudraCT 2011-002172-16.
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard and University Claude Bernard, GINECO Group, Lyon
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Paris Descartes University, GH Cochin Hôtel Dieu, Paris
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Paoli Calmettes Marseille, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos, Madrid
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- Clinical R&D, Pharma Mar, S.A, Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain
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- Clinical R&D, Pharma Mar, S.A, Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain
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- Clinical R&D, Pharma Mar, S.A, Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain
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- Clinical R&D, Pharma Mar, S.A, Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain
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- Clinical R&D, Pharma Mar, S.A, Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain
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- Clinical R&D, Pharma Mar, S.A, Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest, Centre René Gauducheau, Nantes-Saint Herblain, France
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Mathias PM, Soto A, Fele-Zilnik L, de Hemptinne JC, Bazyleva A, Abildskov J. Data Quality and Assessment, Validation Methods and Error Propagation through the Simulation Software: Report from the Round-Table Discussion at the 10 th World Congress of Chemical Engineering in Barcelona (October 1-5, 2017). Chem Eng Res Des 2018; 137. [PMID: 32116401 DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2018.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The issues of data quality and propagation of data uncertainties into process design and plant specifications are of great current interest. Hence, two Working Parties of the European Federation of Chemical Engineers (EFCE) organized a Round Table Discussion on the topic, as part of the World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE10) in Barcelona, in October 2017. The discussion was guided by industrial and academic experts, with the audience as a key part of the discussion, trying to find some answers in three areas: Data acquisition and evaluation of experimental uncertainties, tools for data reconciliation to improve their quality, and impact of data uncertainties on the process at the end. Several concrete stories are presented that demonstrate the importance of considering data quality and all possible contributions to the uncertainty of chemical process design. Difficulties associated with data quality are discussed at various levels: (1) the experimentalists (measurement issues, evaluation of uncertainties, use of consistency analysis tools); (2) model developers (capture of adequate physics, parameter regression strategies, uncertainty propagation), (3) vendors of process simulation software, and (4) process engineers (who are responsible at the end). Paths for improvements were proposed through better and more efficient communication among different participants, as well as through education.
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- P M Mathias
- Fluor Corporation, 3 Polaris Way, Aliso Viejo, California 92698, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, P.O.Box 660, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- IFP Energies nouvelles, 1&4 Avenue de Bois Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France
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- Applied Chemicals and Materials Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305-3337, USA
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- PROSYS, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Building 229, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Rubio-Rivas M, Corbella X, Pestaña-Fernández M, Tolosa-Vilella C, Guillen-Del Castillo A, Colunga-Argüelles D, Trapiella-Martínez L, Iniesta-Arandia N, Castillo-Palma MJ, Sáez-Comet L, Egurbide-Arberas MV, Ortego-Centeno N, Freire M, Vargas-Hitos JA, Ríos-Blanco JJ, Todolí-Parra JA, Rodríguez-Carballeira M, Marín-Ballvé A, Segovia-Alonso P, Pla-Salas X, Madroñero-Vuelta AB, Ruiz-Muñoz M, Fonollosa-Pla V, Simeón-Aznar CP, Callejas Moraga E, Calvo E, Carbonell C, Castillo MJ, Chamorro AJ, Colunga D, Corbella X, Egurbide MV, Espinosa G, Fonollosa V, Freire M, García Hernández FJ, González León R, Guillén Del Castillo A, Iniesta N, Lorenzo R, Madroñero AB, Marí B, Marín A, Ortego-Centeno N, Pérez Conesa M, Pestaña M, Pla X, Ríos Blanco JJ, Rodríguez Carballeira M, Rubio Rivas M, Ruiz Muñoz M, Sáez Comet L, Segovia P, Simeón CP, Soto A, Tarí E, Todolí JA, Tolosa C, Trapiella L, Vargas Hitos JA, Verdejo G. First clinical symptom as a prognostic factor in systemic sclerosis: results of a retrospective nationwide cohort study. Clin Rheumatol 2017; 37:999-1009. [PMID: 29214548 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-017-3936-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 11/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The objective of the study is to determine the importance of the mode of onset as prognostic factor in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Data were collected from the Spanish Scleroderma Registry (RESCLE), a nationwide retrospective multicenter database created in 2006. As first symptom, we included Raynaud's phenomenon (RP), cutaneous sclerosis, arthralgia/arthritis, puffy hands, interstitial lung disease (ILD), pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and digestive hypomotility. A total of 1625 patients were recruited. One thousand three hundred forty-two patients (83%) presented with RP as first symptom and 283 patients (17%) did not. Survival from first symptom in those patients with RP mode of onset was higher at any time than those with onset as non-Raynaud's phenomenon: 97 vs. 90% at 5 years, 93 vs. 82% at 10 years, 83 vs. 62% at 20 years, and 71 vs. 50% at 30 years (p < 0.001). In multivariate analysis, factors related to mortality were older age at onset, male gender, dcSSc subset, ILD, PAH, scleroderma renal crisis (SRC), heart involvement, and the mode of onset with non-Raynaud's phenomenon, especially in the form of puffy hands or pulmonary involvement. The mode of onset should be considered an independent prognostic factor in systemic sclerosis and, in particular, patients who initially present with non-Raynaud's phenomenon may be considered of poor prognosis.
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- Manuel Rubio-Rivas
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Corporación Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Institut Clinic de Medicina i Dermatología, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Collagenosis and Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Thrombosis and Vasculitis Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Consorci Hospitalari de Vic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Autoimmune Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Autoimmune Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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Pérez-Rodríguez J, Martínez-Blay V, Soto A, Selfa J, Monzó C, Urbaneja A, Tena A. Aggregation Patterns, Sampling Plan, and Economic Injury Levels for the New Citrus Pest Delottococcus aberiae (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). J Econ Entomol 2017; 110:2699-2706. [PMID: 29220519 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tox258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Delottococcus aberiae De Lotto (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is the latest exotic mealybug species introduced in citrus in the Mediterranean basin. It causes severe distortion and size reduction on developing fruits. Due to its first interaction with citrus, D. aberiae economic thresholds are still unknown for this crop and the current Integrated Pest Management programs have been disrupted. The objectives of this study were to determine the aggregation patterns of D. aberiae in citrus, develop an efficient sampling plan to assess its population density, and calculate its Economic and Economic Environmental Injury Levels (EIL and EEIL, respectively). Twelve and 19 orchards were sampled in 2014 and 2015, respectively. At each orchard, population densities were monitored fortnightly in leaves, twigs, and fruit, and fruit damage was determined at harvest. Our results showed a clumped aggregation of D. aberiae in all organs with no significant differences between generations on fruit. Fruit damage at harvest was strongly correlated with fruit occupation in spring. Based on these results and using chlorpyrifos as the insecticide of reference, the EIL and EEIL were calculated as 7.1 and 12.1% of occupied fruit in spring, respectively. With all this, we recommend sampling 275 fruits using a binomial sampling method or alternatively, 140 fruits with an enumerative method bimonthly between petal fall and July.
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- J Pérez-Rodríguez
- Unidad de Entomología IVIA-UJI, Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Spain
- Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo (IAM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
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- Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo (IAM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
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- Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo (IAM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
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- Laboratori d'Investigació d'Entomologia, Departament de Zoologia, Facultat de Ciències 12 Biològiques, Spain
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- Unidad de Entomología IVIA-UJI, Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Spain
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- Unidad de Entomología IVIA-UJI, Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Spain
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- Unidad de Entomología IVIA-UJI, Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Spain
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Chano V, Collada C, Soto A. Transcriptomic analysis of wound xylem formation in Pinus canariensis. BMC Plant Biol 2017; 17:234. [PMID: 29202766 PMCID: PMC5715621 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-017-1183-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Woody plants, especially trees, usually must face several injuries caused by different agents during their lives. Healing of injuries in stem and branches, affecting the vascular cambium and xylem can take several years. In conifers, healing takes place mainly from the remaining vascular cambium in the margin of the wound. The woundwood formed in conifers during healing usually presents malformed and disordered tracheids as well as abundant traumatic resin ducts. These characteristics affect its functionality as water conductor and its technological properties. RESULTS In this work we analyze for the first time the transcriptomic basis of the formation of traumatic wood in conifers, and reveal some differences with normal early- and late-wood. Microarray analysis of the differentiating traumatic wood, confirmed by quantitative RT-PCR, has revealed alterations in the transcription profile of up to 1408 genes during the first period of healing. We have grouped these genes in twelve clusters, according to their transcription profiles, and have distinguished accordingly two main phases during this first healing. CONCLUSIONS Wounding induces a complete rearrangement of the transcriptional program in the cambial zone close to the injuries. At the first instance, radial growth is stopped, and a complete set of defensive genes, mostly related to biotic stress, are induced. Later on, cambial activity is restored in the lateral borders of the wound, even at a high rate. During this second stage certain genes related to early-wood formation, including genes involved in cell wall formation and transcription factors, are significantly overexpressed, while certain late-wood related genes are repressed. Additionally, significant alterations in the transcription profile of abundant non annotated genes are reported.
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- V. Chano
- G.I. Genética, Fisiología e Historia Forestal. ETSI Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural. Dpto. Sistemas y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s, /n 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- G.I. Genética, Fisiología e Historia Forestal. ETSI Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural. Dpto. Sistemas y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s, /n 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Unidad Mixta de Genómica y Ecofisiología Forestal INIA/UPM, Madrid, Spain
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- G.I. Genética, Fisiología e Historia Forestal. ETSI Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural. Dpto. Sistemas y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s, /n 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Unidad Mixta de Genómica y Ecofisiología Forestal INIA/UPM, Madrid, Spain
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García O, Ajuriagerra J, Alday A, Alonso S, Pérez J, Soto A, Uriarte I, Yurrebaso I. Frequencies of the precision ID ancestry panel markers in Basques using the Ion Torrent PGM TM platform. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2017; 31:e1-e4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2017.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 09/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Bravo M, Bermeo A, Huerta M, Llumiguano C, Bermeo J, Clotet R, Soto A. A system for finger tremor quantification in patients with Parkinson's disease. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2017; 2017:3549-3552. [PMID: 29060664 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2017.8037623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The current diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) is based on a subjective assessment by the specialist. The monitoring of the tremor that presents in the hand index fingers in a patient with Parkinson's is one of the most important parameters to diagnose the evolution of the disease in an objective manner. This research analyze the tremor in the hand index fingers of patients with PD with medication and without medication. A sensor based in a triaxial accelerometer was used to acquire the data produced by the acceleration changes of parkinsonian tremor in the case of three activities: postural tremor, action tremor and rest tremor. Acquired data were processed in Matlab; the data were filtered and the spectral power density (PSD) was estimated with the Burg periodogram. It has been verified that the system presented in this article can accurately detect the parkinsonian tremors of the patients evaluated, additionally has been found that with the medication the tremors do not disappear completely, these remained with the same frequencies of PD but with a very small amplitude.
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Lander B, Alvarado M, Alvarez IC, Armas E, Chique-Alfonzo G, Hernandez F, Labarca R, Leon R, Molina O, Monasterios I, Ramirez CI, Rubio E, Torres B, Viso-Barroso R, Simmonds Z, Soto A. [Venezuelan consensus guidelines on the use of magnetic resonance in diagnosis and follow up of patients with multiple sclerosis]. Rev Neurol 2017; 65:117-126. [PMID: 28699154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The clinical use of magnetic resonance (MR) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has advanced markedly over the past few years. Several groups around the world have developed consensus guidelines about the role of MR in MS at diagnosis and during follow up. However, in some regions is difficult to extrapolate the recommendations. AIM To provide recommendations for the implementation of MR in MS patients at diagnosis and follow up in Venezuela. DEVELOPMENT A group of experts from Venezuela that included neurologists and radiologists, by using the online surveys methodology as well as face to face meetings developed the intended consensus for the use of MR during the diagnosis and follow up of MS patients in Venezuela. Seventeen recommendations were established based on published evidence and the expert opinion. Recommendations focused on the role of conventional MR techniques and brain atrophy measurement in MS patients both at diagnosis and during follow-up. CONCLUSIONS The recommendations of this consensus guidelines attempts to optimize the health care and management of patients with MS in Venezuela.
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- B Lander
- Universidad Central de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Universidad Central de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Universidad Central de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Instituto de Salud del Estado Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela
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- Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Instituto Autonomo Hospital Universitario de Los Andes (IAHULA), Merida, Venezuela
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- Hospital Dr. Domingo Luciani, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Hospital Central de Maracay, Maracay, Venezuela
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- Hospital Universitario Dr. Luis Razetti, Barcelona, Venezuela
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- Centro Medico Docente La Trinidad, Caracas, Venezuela
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Bermeo A, Bravo M, Huerta M, Soto A. A system to monitor tremors in patients with Parkinson's disease. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2017; 2016:5007-5010. [PMID: 28269393 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2016.7591852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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In this work the design and development of a system to monitor tremors in patients with Parkinson's disease based on Arduino open-source prototyping platform is presented. For processing data tremors acquired by the sensor device we have developed an Android application which allows an evaluation of the state of PD patients based on three types of tests that are in the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale recommended by the Movement Disorder Society (MDS-UPDRS); the tests performed in the application are: postural tremor of the hands, kinetic tremors of the hands and resting tremor amplitude. The results of PD Patients showed that despite receiving medication to minimize symptoms of their disease, patients have a considerable tremor amplitude, which affects the normal development of their daily activities. In addition, the spectral analysis of the tremors shows that two of the patients were correctly diagnosed with PD while the third patient showed spectral characteristics which led us to suggest to the treating physician reconsider the diagnosis.
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García O, Soto A, Yurrebaso I. Allele frequencies and other forensic parameters of the HID-Ion AmpliSeq™ Identity Panel markers in Basques using the Ion Torrent PGM™ platform. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2017; 28:e8-e10. [PMID: 28342798 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2017.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Revised: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The HID-Ion AmpliSeq™ Identity Panel amplifies 90 autosomal SNPs and 34 Y- SNPs with massively parallel sequencing (MPS) using the Ion Torrent PGM™ platform. In the present study, 105 Basques were analyzed to assess this panel. All loci were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and no association between them was detected. Forensic parameters were calculated as 5.74×10-36 for combined match probability and 99.99998% for combined power of exclusion. In conclusion, the HID Identity panel and the use of this new MPS technology are very promising tools for paternity testing and human identification in routine casework in the forensic field.
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- O García
- Forensic Science Unit, Forensic Genetics Section, Basque Country Police, Erandio, Bizkaia, Spain.
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- Forensic Science Unit, Forensic Genetics Section, Basque Country Police, Erandio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Forensic Science Unit, Forensic Genetics Section, Basque Country Police, Erandio, Bizkaia, Spain
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Ávalos JA, Balasch S, Soto A. Flight behaviour and dispersal of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) adults using mark-release-recapture method. Bull Entomol Res 2016; 106:606-614. [PMID: 27215794 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485316000341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The flight ability and patterns of an insect influence its spread, and the study of its behaviour can be used to improve the strategies to control the pest. Regarding Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae), one of the worst threats to palm trees worldwide, laboratory experiments have been conducted to analyze their flight potential. However, these data must be complemented with tests that allow us to know its flight behaviour and dispersal patterns under field conditions. Two mark-release-recapture experiments were conducted in areas with R. ferrugineus infestations. In the first, the effects of weevil sex, temperature, solar radiation, and relative humidity, on the take-off and flight mobility of adults were analyzed. The second experiment aimed to determine the maximum flight distance covered by adults in field. The take-off rate for R. ferrugineus males was significantly greater than for females, and was positively influenced by temperature (optimum take-off around 25°C) and solar radiation, both factors being highly correlated. Female weevil recaptures were significantly higher, especially as temperatures increased (optimum recapture around 21°C). Dispersal distances of weevil adults increased when temperatures rose, and while this insect tended to fly short distances (<500 m), it was able to cover up to 7 km. The dispersal of R. ferrugineus adults mainly occurred during the first 7 days after their release, and when relative humidity increased, their dispersal time was reduced. The results obtained will permit a more effective implementation of certain measures used to control R. ferrugineus, such as olfactory trapping or intensive surveillance around pest outbreaks.
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- J A Ávalos
- Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo (IAM),Universitat Politècnica de València,Camino de Vera s/n,46022,Valencia,Spain
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- Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa Aplicadas y Calidad,Universitat Politècnica de València,Camino de Vera s/n,46022,Valencia,Spain
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- Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo (IAM),Universitat Politècnica de València,Camino de Vera s/n,46022,Valencia,Spain
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Poveda A, Oaknin A, Romero I, Guerrero A, Madrid LF, Soto A, Peris C, Guerrero JL. Phase Ib/II study to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of PM01183 (lurbinectedin) in combination with olaparib in patients with advanced solid tumors. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw374.48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Zafra GM, Te Masso J, Gonzalez JR, Luque PS, Romero JA, García T, Henarejos PS, Soto A, Martinez M. Differential clinical and pathological characteristics of hereditary neuroendocrine pancreatic tumours (NEPT). Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw369.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rodríguez-Escontrela I, Arce A, Soto A, Marcilla A, Olaya MM, Reyes-Labarta JA. Correlation of three-liquid-phase equilibria involving ionic liquids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:21610-7. [PMID: 27427420 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp03467e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The difficulty in achieving a good thermodynamic description of phase equilibria is finding a model that can be extended to a large variety of chemical families and conditions. This problem worsens in the case of systems containing more than two phases or involving complex compounds such as ionic liquids. However, there are interesting applications that involve multiphasic systems, and the promising features of ionic liquids suggest that they will play an important role in many future processes. In this work, for the first time, the simultaneous correlation of liquid-liquid and liquid-liquid-liquid equilibrium data for ternary systems involving ionic liquids has been carried out. To that end, the phase diagram of the water + [P6 6 6 14][DCA] + hexane system has been determined at 298.15 K and 323.15 K and atmospheric pressure. The importance of this system lies in the possibility of using the surface active ionic liquid to improve surfactant enhanced oil recovery methods. With those and previous measurements, thirteen sets of equilibrium data for water + ionic liquid + oil ternary systems have been correlated. The isoactivity equilibrium condition, using the NRTL model, and some pivotal strategies are proposed to correlate these complex systems. Good agreement has been found between experimental and calculated data in all the regions (one triphasic and two biphasic) of the diagrams. The geometric aspects related to the Gibbs energy of mixing function obtained using the model, together with the minor common tangent plane equilibrium condition, are valuable tools to check the consistency of the obtained correlation results.
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- I Rodríguez-Escontrela
- Chemical Engineering Department, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain
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Soto I, Molina O, Soto A, Armas E, Castillo M, Vllalobos V, Hernandez F, Ferrer O. Brain lesions in Venezuelans NMOSD patients. J Neurol Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.08.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Farías G, Nuñez J, Venegas P, Martínez M, Soto A. Clinical and neuropsychological characteristics in patients with parkinsonims. J Neurol Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.08.931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Freire M, Rivera A, Soto A, Fonollosa V, Colunga D, Egurbide M, Marí B, Simeon C. FRI0480 Clinic and Mortality Differences Between Sclerodermic Men and Women of the Rescle Cohort. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.5644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Kuvin JT, Soto A, Foster L, Dent J, Kates AM, Polk DM, Rosenzweig B, Indik J. The Cardiovascular In-Training Examination. J Am Coll Cardiol 2015; 65:1218-1228. [PMID: 25814229 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2014] [Revised: 01/06/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Kuvin JT, Soto A, Foster L, Dent J, Kates A, Polk D, Rosenzweig B, Indik J. DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY’S IN-TRAINING EXAMINATION. J Am Coll Cardiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(15)61399-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Beltrà A, Pekas A, Soto A, Tena A. Employing evolutionary theory to improve biological pest control: Causes of non-adaptive sex allocation behavior in parasitoid wasps and implications. Basic Appl Ecol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2014.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Battaglioli T, Soto A, Agapito J, Acurio V, Van der Stuyft P. Manual liquid culture on simple Middlebrook 7H9 or MGIT for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis. Trop Med Int Health 2014; 19:1500-3. [DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- T. Battaglioli
- Epidemiology & Disease Control Unit; Department of Public Health; Institute of Tropical Medicine; Antwerp Belgium
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- Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue; Lima Perú
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- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; Lima Perú
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- Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue; Lima Perú
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- Epidemiology & Disease Control Unit; Department of Public Health; Institute of Tropical Medicine; Antwerp Belgium
- Department of Public Health; Faculty of Medicine; Ghent University; Ghent Belgium
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Ávalos JA, Martí-Campoy A, Soto A. Study of the flying ability of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) adults using a computer-monitored flight mill. Bull Entomol Res 2014; 104:462-470. [PMID: 24739938 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485314000121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae), native to tropical Asian regions, has become a serious threat to palm trees all over the world. Knowledge of its flight potential is vital to improving the preventive and curative measures currently used to manage this pest. As R. ferrugineus is a quarantine pest, it is difficult to study its flight potential in the field. A computer-monitored flight mill was adapted to analyse the flying ability of R. ferrugineus through the study of different flight parameters (number of flights, total distance flown, longest single flight, flight duration, and average and maximum speed) and the influence of the weevil's sex, age, and body size on these flight parameters. Despite significant differences in the adult body size (body weight and length) of males and females, the sex of R. ferrugineus adults did not have an influence on their flight potential. Neither adult body size nor age was found to affect the weevil's flying abilities, although there was a significantly higher percentage of individuals flying that were 8-23 days old than 1-7 days old. Compared to the longest single flight, 54% of the insects were classified as short-distance flyers (covering <100 m) and 36 and 10% were classified as medium- (100-5000 m) and long-distance (>5000 m), respectively. The results are compared with similar studies on different insect species under laboratory and field conditions.
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- J A Ávalos
- Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo (IAM),Universitat Politècnica de València,Camino de Vera s/n, 46022, Valencia,Spain
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- Departamento de Informática de Sistemas y Computadores (DISCA),Universitat Politècnica de València,Camino de Vera s/n, 46022, Valencia,Spain
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- Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo (IAM),Universitat Politècnica de València,Camino de Vera s/n, 46022, Valencia,Spain
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Olave E, Binvignat O, Soto A, Cabezas JJ. Huesos Sesamoideos en la Mano Humana. INT J MORPHOL 2014. [DOI: 10.4067/s0717-95022014000100009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Leiva E, Mujica V, Orrego R, Wehinger S, Soto A, Icaza G, Vásquez M, Díaz L, Andrews M, Arredondo M. Subjects with impaired fasting glucose: evolution in a period of 6 years. J Diabetes Res 2014; 2014:710370. [PMID: 25215305 PMCID: PMC4158147 DOI: 10.1155/2014/710370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Revised: 08/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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AIM To study the evolution of impaired fasting glucose (IFG), considering glucose and HbA1c levels and risk factors associated, in a period of 6 years. METHODS We studied 94 subjects with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) that were diagnosed in 2005 and followed up to 2012. Glucose and HbA1c levels were determined. A descriptive analysis of contingence charts was performed in order to study the evolution in the development of type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). RESULTS Twenty-eight of ninety-four subjects became T2DM; 51/94 remained with IFG; and 20/94 presented normal fasting glucose. From the 28 diabetic subjects, 9 had already developed diabetes and were under treatment with oral hypoglycemic agents; 5 were diagnosed with plasma glucose < 126 mg/dL, but with HbA1c over 6.5%. In those who developed diabetes, 15/28 had a family history of T2DM in first relative degree. Also, diabetic subjects had a BMI significantly higher than nodiabetics (t test: P < 0.01). The individuals that in 2005 had the highest BMI are those who currently have diabetes. CONCLUSION The IFG constitutes a condition of high risk of developing T2DM in a few years, especially over 110 mg/dL and in obesity patients.
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- E. Leiva
- Programa de Investigación de Excelencia Interdisciplinaria en Envejecimiento Saludable (PIEI-ES), Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunohematología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Talca, 3465548 Talca, Chile
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica del Maule, Avenida San Miguel 3605, 3480112 Talca, Chile
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- Programa de Investigación de Excelencia Interdisciplinaria en Envejecimiento Saludable (PIEI-ES), Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunohematología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Talca, 3465548 Talca, Chile
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- Programa de Investigación de Excelencia Interdisciplinaria en Envejecimiento Saludable (PIEI-ES), Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunohematología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Talca, 3465548 Talca, Chile
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- Programa de Investigación de Excelencia Interdisciplinaria en Envejecimiento Saludable (PIEI-ES), Instituto de Matemáticas y Física, Universidad de Talca, Chile 2 Norte 685, 3465548 Talca, Chile
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- Programa de Investigación de Excelencia Interdisciplinaria en Envejecimiento Saludable (PIEI-ES), Instituto de Matemáticas y Física, Universidad de Talca, Chile 2 Norte 685, 3465548 Talca, Chile
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- Programa de Investigación de Excelencia Interdisciplinaria en Envejecimiento Saludable (PIEI-ES), Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunohematología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Talca, 3465548 Talca, Chile
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- Programa de Investigación de Excelencia Interdisciplinaria en Envejecimiento Saludable (PIEI-ES), Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunohematología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Talca, 3465548 Talca, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Micronutrientes, INTA, Universidad de Chile, El Líbano 5524, Macul, 7830490 Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Micronutrientes, INTA, Universidad de Chile, El Líbano 5524, Macul, 7830490 Santiago, Chile
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Olave E, Cabezas JJ, Soto A, Binvignat O. Nervio Femoral Accesorio: Una Variación del Plexo Lumbar. INT J MORPHOL 2013. [DOI: 10.4067/s0717-95022013000400053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ketzoian C, Hackembruch H, Melcon M, Melcon C, Bartoloni L, Cristiano E, Durán J, Kuntz Grzesiuk A, Dadalti Fragoso Y, Bidin Brooks J, Díaz V, Romero García K, Cabera Gómez J, Abad P, Macías Islas M, Gracia F, Hamuy Díaz de Bedoya V, Córdoba Ruiz M, Oehninger C, Soto A. Association between multiple sclerosis prevalence and environmental and genetic factors in Latin America and the Caribbean: An ecological study. J Neurol Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.07.1446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Soto A, Olave E, Binvignat O. Características Biométricas de los Huesos Metacarpianos en Individuos Chilenos. INT J MORPHOL 2013. [DOI: 10.4067/s0717-95022013000300004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Beltrá A, Garcia-Marí F, Soto A. Seasonal phenology, spatial distribution, and sampling plan for the invasive mealybug Phenacoccus peruvianus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). J Econ Entomol 2013; 106:1486-1494. [PMID: 23865218 DOI: 10.1603/ec13024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Phlenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is an invasive mealybug of Neotropical origin. In recent years it has invaded the Mediterranean Basin causing significant damages in bougainvillea and other ornamental plants. This article examines its phenology, location on the plant and spatial distribution, and presents a sampling plan to determine P. peruvianus population density for the management of this mealybug in southern Europe. Six urban green spaces with bougainvillea plants were periodically surveyed between March 2008 and September 2010 in eastern Spain, sampling bracts, leaves, and twigs. Our results show that P. peruvianus abundance was high in spring and summer, declining to almost undetectable levels in autumn and winter. The mealybugs showed a preference for settling on bracts and there were no significant migrations between plant organs. P. peruvianus showed a highly aggregated distribution on bracts, leaves, and twigs. We recommend abinomial sampling of 200 leaves and an action threshold of 55% infested leaves for integrated pest management purposes on urban landscapes and enumerative sampling for ornamental nursery management and additional biological studies.
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- A Beltrá
- Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo, Universität Politécnica de València, Camí de Vera s/n; 46022 València, Spain
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Cumplido D, Soto A, Toral J. Bevacizumab in patients with brain radionecrosis. Rep Pract Oncol Radiother 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2013.03.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Cumplido D, Toral J, Soto A. Bladder leiomyosarcoma: Partial cystectomy and complementary treatment. Rep Pract Oncol Radiother 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2013.03.478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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