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Carral F, Jiménez AI, Tomé M, Alvarez J, Díez A, García C, Vega V, Ayala C. Seguridad y rendimiento diagnóstico de la medición de PTH en el lavado del aspirado de lesiones sospechosas de adenomas de paratiroides. ENDOCRINOL DIAB NUTR 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.endinu.2020.07.011] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Carral F, Jiménez AI, Tomé M, Alvarez J, Díez A, García C, Vega V, Ayala C. Safety and diagnostic performance of parathyroid hormone assay in fine-needle aspirate in suspicious parathyroid adenomas. ENDOCRINOL DIAB NUTR 2021; 68:481-488. [PMID: 34863413 DOI: 10.1016/j.endien.2020.07.004] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and diagnostic performance of parathyroid hormone assay in fine-needle aspirate (PTH-FNA) in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and suspicious parathyroid adenomas. METHODOLOGY A retrospective observational study was performed in 47 patients (57.7 ± 11.2 years of average age, 74% women) attending an endocrinology clinic for primary hyperparathyroidism (average calcemia: 11.6 ± 1.6 mg/dl and PTH: 276 ± 477 pg/mL) in which PTH-FNA was made. Sensibility, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value were calculated in all surgical patients. RESULTS Forty-seven lesions were punctured (mean adenoma maximum diameter: 1.8 ± 2.6 cm): negative image in the sestamibi scan (26 patients); the discordance between ultrasonography and the sestamibi scan (6 patients); possible intrathyroidal adenomas (4 patients); a positive sestamibi scan in 2 or more localizations (4 patients); ectopic adenoma (3 patients); persistent primary hyperparathyroidism (2 patients) and atypical adenomas (2 patients). Mean PTH-FNA was 2853 ± 3957 pg/mL and 68% were considered positive (PTH-FNA ≥ 100 pg/mL). No complications were detected during or after the puncture. Thirty-seven patients were operated on, 95% were cured and no parathyromatosis cases were detected. PTH-FNA ≥ 100 pg/mL as a diagnostic test had a sensitivity of 93.7%, a specificity of 100%, a positive predictive value of 100% and an negative predictive value of 71.4%. CONCLUSION PTH-FNA is an easy and safe diagnostic test and has a high sensitivity and specificity for differentiating between parathyroid adenomas and other cervical masses in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism.
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- Florentino Carral
- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Cirugía General y Digestiva, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Cirugía General y Digestiva, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Cirugía General y Digestiva, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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Moreno-Montañés J, Bleau AM, Martínez T, Vargas B, González MV, Jiménez AI. siRNA Therapeutics in Ocular Diseases. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2282:417-442. [PMID: 33928588 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1298-9_23] [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] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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The field of RNAi therapeutics has quickly adapted to the treatment of ocular diseases. Although the eye provides a unique system for the delivery of siRNAs, its complex structure and composition fostered the development of novel strategies for efficient gene silencing in the target compartment. Moreover, anterior and posterior segments differ in their multiple drug barriers and clearance mechanisms. This chapter summarizes the recent achievements in terms of routes of administration, chemical modifications, and delivery systems for siRNAs that specifically apply to eye disorders. Methods employed for siRNA detection/quantitation in ocular tissues are also described, together with safety concerns that need to be addressed to fulfill regulatory requirements of new drug approval. Even though RNAi therapies for ocular diseases have not yet translated into patient care, we document herein the rising number of candidate drugs currently under preclinical or clinical development.
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Carral F, Tomé M, Fernández JJ, Piñero A, Expósito C, Jiménez AI, García C, Ayala C. The presence of microvascular complications is associated with a poor evolution of metabolic control in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. ENDOCRINOL DIAB NUTR 2021; 68:389-397. [PMID: 34742472 DOI: 10.1016/j.endien.2021.10.001] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To report the evolution of metabolic control and to assess the clinical and metabolic factors associated with the presence of microvascular complications in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). MATERIAL AND METHODS This was a retrospective, observational study analysing clinical, laboratory, and therapeutic data from a registry of patients with T1DM created in 2010. RESULTS Data recorded from 586 patients (males: 50.2%; mean age: 36.1±13.5 years; T1DM duration: 18.0±12.1 years) followed for a mean of 6.0±3.1 years were assessed, and 8133 HbA1c levels (13.2±7.6 measurements/patient) were analysed, with a mean evolutionary HbA1c of 7.9%±1.2%. The mean annual HbA1c level gradually improved from 8.6%±1.6% in 2010 to 7.5%±1.4% in 2019, with 34.3% and 69.0% of patients having HbA1c levels ≤7% and ≤8% respectively. Patients with T1DM duration of <10 years and ≥20 years, non-smokers, CSII users, and those using the insulin/carbohydrate ratio had better current and evolutionary HbA1c levels. The presence of microvascular complications was independently associated with T1DM lasting ≥20 years, the presence of HBP, and evolutionary HbA1c≥7.0%. CONCLUSION A progressive but still inadequate improvement in metabolic control over 10 years was seen in patients with T1DM. Poor metabolic control (mean HbA1c over 10 years ≥7%) was independently associated with the presence of microvascular complications.
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- Florentino Carral
- Unidad de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
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- Unidad de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Unidad de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Unidad de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Unidad de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Unidad de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Unidad de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Unidad de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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Carral F, Tomé M, Fernández JJ, Piñero A, Expósito C, Jiménez AI, García C, Ayala C. La presencia de complicaciones microvasculares se asocia con un mal control metabólico evolutivo en pacientes con diabetes tipo 1. ENDOCRINOL DIAB NUTR 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.endinu.2020.07.009] [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: 10/22/2022]
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Andreu-Ballester JC, Galindo-Regal L, Hidalgo-Coloma J, Cuéllar C, García-Ballesteros C, Hurtado C, Uribe N, del Carmen Martín M, Jiménez AI, López-Chuliá F, Llombart-Cussac A. Differences in circulating γδ T cells in patients with primary colon cancer and relation with prognostic factors. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0243545. [PMID: 33326443 PMCID: PMC7743935 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Downregulation of the T cell system has been proposed as a mechanism to block immunity in colonic cancer (CC). However, little has been studied about circulating αβ and γδ T cells and their immunological status in newly diagnosed patients. The aim of this study was to characterize the αβ and γδ T cell subsets in peripheral blood of patients with CC matched with healthy volunteers. In this prospective case-control study, blood samples were obtained from 96 patients with newly diagnosed treatment-naïve infiltrating colonic adenocarcinoma and 48 healthy volunteers. Pathological report at surgery was obtained from all CC patients. A significant decrease in CD3+ γδ T cells and CD3+CD8+ γδ T cells (p<0.001) were observed in CC patients. Apoptosis was significantly increased in all conventional and both αβ and γδ T cell subsets in patients with CC vs healthy subjects. γδ T cells were decreased in peripheral blood of patients with microscopic infiltration in tissues, history of cancer and synchronous colon cancer (p < 0.05). IFN-γ was significantly reduced in CC patients compared to controls. Cytotoxic effector γδ T cells TEMRA (CD8 and CD56) are the proportionally most abundant T cells in peripheral blood of CC patients. Patients with CC present a deep downregulation in the systemic T-cell immunity. These variations are evident through all tumor stages and suggest that a deficiency in γδ T cell populations could be preventing control of tumor progression. This fact prove the role of immunomodulation on CC carcinogenesis.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, València, Spain
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Parasitology, University San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, València, Spain
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- Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, València, Spain
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- Pathology Department, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, València, Spain
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Carral F, Jiménez AI, Tomé M, Alvarez J, Díez A, Partida F, Ayala C. Factors associated with negative 99mTc-MIBI scanning in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2020. [PMID: 33246888 DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2020.07.001] [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] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The objective was to evaluate the clinical and biological factors associated with negative 99mTc-MIBI scanning in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective observational study was designed in 195 patients (mean age: 59.2±13.0years; 77% woman) with PHPT (calcium: 11.3±1.1mg/dl and PTH: 218±295pg/ml) studied in endocrinology setting between 2013 and 2020. An univariate and multivariate analysis was made to evaluate the clinical and biological factors associated with negative 99mTc-MIBI scanning. RESULTS 50 patients (26%) with negative 99mTc-MIBI scanning had lower PTH levels (146±98 vs. 244±334; p<0.001), adenomas with smaller sonographic dimensions (maximum diameter: 1.2±0.4 vs. 1.7±0.9cm; p=0.001 and volume: 0.36±0.43 vs. 1.7±4.1cm3; p<0.001), localized more frequently in upper parathyroid glands (37% vs. 14%; p=0.005) and associated more frequently to thyroid nodules (72% vs. 57%; p=0.045) than patients with positive scanning. 116 patients were operated and parathyroid adenomas were smaller (maximum diameter: 1.3±0.5 vs. 1.9±1.1cm; p=0.008 and volume: 0.30±0.20 vs. 1.2±1.1cm3; p<0.001), less heavy (567±282 vs. 1470±1374mg; p=0.030) and were localized more frequently in upper situation (65% vs. 16%; p<0.001) than patients with positive scanning. In the multivariate analysis an independent association between negative 99mTc-MIBI scanning and size of removed adenoma ≤1cm (OR: 5.77; 95% CI: 1.46-22.71) and upper adenoma localization were observed (OR: 8.05; 95% IC: 2.22-29.16). CONCLUSIONS One in four patients studied for PHPT had a negative 99mTc-MIBI scanning and were independent associated with size of adenoma ≤1cm and upper adenoma localization.
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- F Carral
- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Cádiz, España.
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Cádiz, España
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Cádiz, España
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Cirugía General y Digestiva, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Cádiz, España
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Cirugía General y Digestiva, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Cádiz, España
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- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, España
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Cádiz, España
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Carral F, Ayala MDC, Jiménez AI, García C, Robles MI, Vega V. Elevada capacidad de localización ecográfica de adenomas paratiroideos en endocrinología (estudio ETIEN 4). ENDOCRINOL DIAB NUTR 2020; 67:272-278. [DOI: 10.1016/j.endinu.2019.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 04/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Carral F, Ayala MDC, Jiménez AI, García C, Robles MI, Porras E, Vega V. Diagnostic performance of the American Thyroid Association ultrasound risk assessment of thyroid nodules in endocrinology (the ETIEN 3 study). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 67:130-136. [PMID: 31129037 DOI: 10.1016/j.endinu.2019.03.011] [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: 12/20/2018] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION No study has been published to date in Spain about the value of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) ultrasound risk assessment of thyroid nodules applied by endocrinologists. OBJECTIVES To assess the diagnostic performance of ATA thyroid nodule risk classification applied by endocrinologists with respect to histological results. METHODS A retrospective, observational study of 317 patients (mean age, 51.7±13.7 years; 83.3% women) with thyroid nodules (maximum diameter: 3.2±1.4cm) who underwent US-guided FNA in endocrinology between October 2015 and December 2018, were classified based on the ATA ultrasound risk assessment. Surgery was performed in all of them. Quality criteria of the ultrasound classification were assessed as compared to histological results. RESULTS Overall, 61.2% of nodules assessed were classified as benign (n=3) and very low (n=60) or low suspicion (n=131), 11.7% as intermediate suspicion (n=37), and 27.1% as high suspicion (n=86). Benign nodular disease was found in 260 patients, and thyroid cancer in 57 patients. There were 14 incidental papillary microcarcinomas. Classification of thyroid nodules as high suspicion showed a high diagnostic performance to identify malignant nodules (87.7% sensitivity, 86.2% specificity, negative predictive value 97.0%), improving sensitivity (93.0%) and reducing specificity (73.1%) when considering high and intermediate suspicion nodules as a risk for thyroid cancer. CONCLUSIONS Application by endocrinologists of the ATA ultrasound risk assessment of thyroid nodules shows a high diagnostic performance to identify malignant thyroid nodules before surgery.
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- Florentino Carral
- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, España.
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, España
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, España
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, España
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Cirugía General, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, España
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, España
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Cirugía General, Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, España
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Collado S, Pueyo A, Baudequin C, Bischoff L, Jiménez AI, Cativiela C, Hoarau C, Urriolabeitia EP. Orthopalladation of GFP-Like Fluorophores Through C-H Bond Activation: Scope and Photophysical Properties. European J Org Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201800966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Sandra Collado
- INSA Rouen, CNRS, COBRA; Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN; 1 rue Tesnière 76821 Mont Saint Aignan France
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- Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH); CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza; Pedro Cerbuna 12 50009 Zaragoza Spain
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- INSA Rouen, CNRS, COBRA; Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN; 1 rue Tesnière 76821 Mont Saint Aignan France
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- INSA Rouen, CNRS, COBRA; Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN; 1 rue Tesnière 76821 Mont Saint Aignan France
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- Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH); CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza; Pedro Cerbuna 12 50009 Zaragoza Spain
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- Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH); CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza; Pedro Cerbuna 12 50009 Zaragoza Spain
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- INSA Rouen, CNRS, COBRA; Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN; 1 rue Tesnière 76821 Mont Saint Aignan France
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- Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH); CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza; Pedro Cerbuna 12 50009 Zaragoza Spain
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Carral F, Ayala MDC, Jiménez AI, García C. Impacto asistencial y económico de la ecografía tiroidea en acto único en consultas de endocrinología (estudio ETIEN 1). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 63:64-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.endonu.2015.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Revised: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 10/30/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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RNA interference is a cellular mechanism by which small molecules of double stranded RNA modulate gene expression acting on the concentration and/or availability of a given messenger RNA. Almost 10 years after Fire and Mello received the Nobel Prize for the discovery of this mechanism in flat worms, RNA interference is on the edge of becoming a new class of therapeutics. With various phase III studies underway, the following years will determine whether RNAi-therapeutics can rise up to the challenge and become mainstream medicines. The present review gives a thorough overview of the current status of this technology focusing on the path to the clinic of this new class of compounds.
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- Tamara Martínez
- Sylentis, R&D department c/Santiago Grisolía, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Sylentis, R&D department c/Santiago Grisolía, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Sylentis, R&D department c/Santiago Grisolía, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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Carral F, Ayala MDC, Fernández JJ, González C, Piñero A, García G, Cañavate C, Jiménez AI, García C. Web-based telemedicine system is useful for monitoring glucose control in pregnant women with diabetes. Diabetes Technol Ther 2015; 17:349-54. [PMID: 25629547 DOI: 10.1089/dia.2014.0223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the impact of a Web-based telemedicine system for monitoring glucose control in pregnant women with diabetes on healthcare visits, metabolic control, and pregnancy outcomes. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A prospective, single-center, interventional study with two parallel groups was performed in Puerto Real University Hospital (Cadiz, Spain). Women were assigned to two different glucose monitoring groups: the control group (CG), which was managed only by follow-ups with the Gestational Diabetes Unit (GDU), and the telemedicine group (TMG), which was monitored by both more spaced GDU visits and a Web-based telemedicine system. The number of healthcare visits, degree of metabolic control, and maternal and neonatal outcomes were evaluated. RESULTS One hundred four pregnant women with diabetes (77 with gestational diabetes, 16 with type 1 diabetes, and 11 with type 2 diabetes) were included in the TMG (n=40) or in the CG (n=64). There were no significant differences in mean glycated hemoglobin level during pregnancy or after delivery, despite a significantly lower number of visits to the GDU (3.2±2.3 vs. 5.9±2.3 visits; P<0.001), nurse educator (1.7±1.3 vs. 3.0±1.7 visits; P<0.001), and general practitioner (3.7±2.0 vs. 4.9±2.8 visits; P<0.034) in the TMG. There were no significant differences between groups in maternal or neonatal outcomes. CONCLUSIONS A Web-based telemedicine system can be a useful tool facilitating the management of pregnant diabetes patients, as a complement to conventional outpatient clinic visits.
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Martínez T, Wright N, López-Fraga M, Jiménez AI, Pañeda C. Silencing human genetic diseases with oligonucleotide-based therapies. Hum Genet 2013; 132:481-93. [PMID: 23494242 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-013-1288-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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RNA interference is an endogenous mechanism present in most eukaryotic cells that enables degradation of specific mRNAs. Pharmacological exploitation of this mechanism for therapeutic purposes attracted a whole amount of attention in its initial years, but was later hampered due to difficulties in delivery of the pharmacological agents to the appropriate organ or tissue. Advances in recent years have to a certain level started to address this specific issue. Genetic diseases are caused by aberrations in gene sequences or structure; these particular abnormalities are in theory easily addressable by RNAi therapeutics. Sequencing of the human genome has largely contributed to the identification of alterations responsible for genetic conditions, thus facilitating the design of compounds that can address these diseases. This review addresses the currently on-going programs with the aim of developing RNAi and other antisense compounds for the treatment of genetic conditions and the pros and cons that these products may encounter along the way. The authors have focused on those programs that have reached clinical trials or are very close to do so.
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- Tamara Martínez
- Sylentis, PCM C/Santiago Grisolía no 2, Tres Cantos, 28760, Madrid, Spain
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Martín E, Jiménez AI, Hernández O, Jiménez F, Arias JJ. Simultaneous kinetic spectrophotometric determination of spironolactone and canrenone in urine using partial least-squares regression. Talanta 2008; 49:143-54. [PMID: 18967585 DOI: 10.1016/s0039-9140(98)00357-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/1998] [Revised: 11/10/1998] [Accepted: 11/12/1998] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A method is proposed for the simultaneous determination of spironolactone and canrenone in urine based on the different rates at which they react with sulphuric acid to yield a trienone. Kinetic spectrophotometric data are processed by partial least-squares (PLS) regression. The optimum sulphuric acid concentration and temperature are determined from response surfaces, using PLS methodology to relate both variables to the relative square error of prediction (RSEP, the parameter to be minimized). The relative errors made in the quantitation of each diuretic by the proposed method are less than 5% and the overall error, as RSEP, ranges from 1.06 and 1.44%.
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- E Martín
- Departamento de Quimica Analitica, Nutrición y Bromatologia, Facultad de Quimica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38204, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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Blasco Patiño F, Pérez Maestu R, Martínez López de Letona J, Jiménez AI, García Navarro MJ. [Study of the conpsumption of innapropiate medicaments in elder hospitalized in the Internal Medicine Service]. An Med Interna 2008; 25:269-274. [PMID: 19295973] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND The elderly patients are characterized by the high degree of polymedication. This factor is the most important in the appearance of adverse effects (EAD). The study of the medicaments helps to establish which are inappropriate and therefore they must move back, diminishing of this form EAD's possibility. PATIENTS AND METHOD Prospective and observacional Study. Criterion of incorporation: patients of > 64 years old, hospitalized in an Internal Medicine Service. There were defined as inappropriate medicament the medicines of low therapeutic utility, them not indicated, and the inadequate ones for the elder. By means of the SPSS 11.5 program the possible variables related with the consumption were analyzed. RESULTS 172 elders were included in the study. The average of medicines for person and day belonged to 5.34 (0-15). 52.5% was consuming an inappropriate medicament (36.6% inadequate for the elder, 15% not indicated, and 12% UTBs). The analysis multivariant associates the consumption of these medicaments with a major number of diseases (p < 0.012), to a major consumption of medicines (p < 0.001) and to the origin of the nursing residences (p < 0.001). Only the consumption of medicaments not adapted for the elder is associated with increase of EAD. CONCLUSION The half of the elders takes at least a medicament of unnecessary form, and the majority of these medicaments favors appearance of EAD.
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- F Blasco Patiño
- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Torrevieja, Alicante.
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Jiménez AI. [RNA interferences therapeutics: a new approach to the treatment of ocular diseases]. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol 2007; 82:261-3. [PMID: 17516260 DOI: 10.4321/s0365-66912007000500002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Blasco Patiño F, Pérez Maestu R, Román García F, López de Letona JM, Villares P, Jiménez AI. [High output heart failure and pulmonary acute edema as presentation of thyrotoxicosis secondary to toxic multinodular goiter]. Rev Clin Esp 2004; 204:608-9. [PMID: 15511414 DOI: 10.1157/13067378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Tubaro M, Fedrigo MA, Cativiela C, Jiménez AI, Traldi P. Is the atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation and collisionally induced methanol loss from protonated dehydroamino acids a retrosynthetic process? Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2003; 17:107-113. [PMID: 12512088 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Unsaturated 5(4H)-oxazolones lead, by methanolysis, to the corresponding dehydroamino acid derivatives. Interestingly, under atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation (APCI) conditions, the latter give rise, aside from abundant [M+H](+) ions, to [MHbondCH(3)OH](+) species, formally corresponding to the protonated oxazolones employed for their synthesis. Retrosynthetic processes have often been described as energetically favoured decompositions of odd-electron molecular ions but never invoked in APCI-activated fragmentations. To investigate this possible retrosynthetic process, occurring also under collisional conditions, some experiments on the deuterated analogues have been undertaken. The breakdown curves of [M+H](+) of oxazolones and [MHbondCH(3)OH](+) of the dehydroamino acid derivatives are superimposable, proving their structural identity and giving experimental evidence of the occurrence of a real retrosynthetic process from even-electron protonated molecules.
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- Michela Tubaro
- CNR, Istituto per le Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35100 Padova, Italy
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The analytical resolution of different derivatives of cis c(6)Phe (cyclohexane analogs of phenylalanine) was tested by HPLC using the mixed 10-undecenoate/3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate of amylose bonded on allylsilica gel as the chiral stationary phase. The same chiral support has allowed the enantioseparation of racemate cis-4 on a semipreparative column (150 x 20 mm ID) with a mixture of n-hexane/2-propanol/chloroform as the mobile phase. Some 200-300 mg of the optically pure enantiomers were isolated and transformed into the N-benzyloxycarbonyl amino acids. The X-ray diffraction structure of (1R;2R)-4 is reported.
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- M Alías
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, ICMA, Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
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Jiménez AI, Castro E, Communi D, Boeynaems JM, Delicado EG, Miras-Portugal MT. Coexpression of several types of metabotropic nucleotide receptors in single cerebellar astrocytes. J Neurochem 2000; 75:2071-9. [PMID: 11032896 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0752071.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We have examined the expression of mRNA for several P2Y nucleotide receptors by northern blot analysis in purified type 1 cerebellar astrocyte cultures. These results suggest that different P2Y subtypes could be responsible for ATP metabotropic calcium responses in single type 1 astrocytes. To identify these subtypes we have studied the pharmacological profile of ATP calcium responses using fura-2 microfluorimetry. All tested astrocytes responded to ATP and UTP stimulations evoking similar calcium transients. Most astrocytes also responded to 2-methylthioATP and ADP challenges. The agonist potency order was 2-methylthioATP > ADP > ATP = UTP. Cross-desensitization experiments carried out with ATP, UTP, and 2-methylthioATP showed that 2-methylthioATP and UTP interact with different receptors, P2Y(1) and P2Y(2) or P2Y(4). In a subpopulation of type 1 astrocytes, ATP prestimulation did not block UTP responses, and UDP elicited clear intracellular Ca(2+) concentration responses at very low concentrations. 2-MethylthioATP and UTP calcium responses exhibited different sensitivity to pertussis toxin and different inhibition patterns in response to P2 antagonists. The P2Y(1)-specific antagonist N:(6)-methyl-2'-deoxyadenosine 3', 5'-bisphosphate (MRS 2179) specifically blocked the 2-methylthio-ATP responses. We can conclude that all single astrocytes coexpressed at least two types of P2Y metabotropic receptors: P2Y(1) and either P2Y(2) or P2Y(4) receptors. Moreover, 30-40% of astrocytes also coexpressed specific pyrimidine receptors of the P2Y(6) subtype, highly selective for UDP coupled to pertussis-toxin insensitive G protein.
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- A I Jiménez
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Hernández O, Martín E, Jiménez F, Jiménez AI, Arias JJ. Use of partial least-squares regression for multicomponent determinations based on kinetic spectrofluorimetric data. Simultaneous determination of canrenone and spironolactone in urine. Analyst 2000; 125:1159-65. [PMID: 10932858 DOI: 10.1039/b000666l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new spectrofluorimetric method for the simultaneous determination of canrenone and spironolactone in urine is proposed. The method is based on the different rates at which the two analytes react with hot sulfuric acid to form a trienone. The kinetic spectrofluorimetric data are processed by partial least-squares regression. The effects of sulfuric acid concentration and temperature on the system under study were also evaluated and the optimum values for carring out the reaction were 50% and 50 degrees C, respectively. The method was checked by analyzing urine samples that they contained both diuretics. The accuracy and the precision of the method were tested. The relative standard errors in the quantification of each analyte in all tested samples were 3.69 and 3.59%. The proposed method was validated by comparison with a high performance liquid chromatographic method for urine samples.
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- O Hernández
- Departamento de Química Analítica, Nutrición y Bromatología, Facultad de Química, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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Cristoni S, Cativiela C, Jiménez AI, Traldi P. Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization multi-stage mass spectrometry in the characterization of stereoisomeric synthons of cyclopropane amino acids. J Mass Spectrom 2000; 35:199-209. [PMID: 10679982 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9888(200002)35:2<199::aid-jms930>3.0.co;2-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The mass spectrometric behaviour of (1S,2R)-, (1R,2R)-, (1R,2S)- and (1S,2S)-2-[(S)-2,2-dimethyl-1, 3-dioxolan-4-yl]-1-spiro-¿4'[2'-phenyl-5'(4'H)-oxazolone]¿ cyclopropane (2) and (1S,2R)-, (1R,2R)-, (1R,2S)- and (1S, 2S)-methyl-1-benzamido-2-[(S)-2,2-dimethyl-1, 3-dioxolan-4-yl]cyclopropanecarboxylate (3) was studied under atmospheric pressure ionization conditions and by multi-stage mass spectrometric (MS(n)) experiments performed with an ion trap. Interestingly, by using methanol as solvent, compounds 2 lead to [M + H + CH(3)OH](+) ions which, as proved by collisional experiments, exhibit the same structure of the corresponding compound 3. MS/MS of [MH](+) ions allows a clear characterization of the different stereoisomers, which give rise to specific fragmentation pathways, rationalized with respect to the structure of the neutral molecules.
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- S Cristoni
- CNR, Area della Ricerca, Corso Stati Uniti 4, I-35100 Padova, Italy
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Luis ML, García JM, Jiménez F, Jiménez AI, Arias JJ. Simultaneous determination of chlorthalidone and spironolactone with univariate and multivariate calibration: wavelength range selection. J AOAC Int 1999; 82:1054-63. [PMID: 10513007] [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: 02/14/2023]
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Chlorthalidone and spironolactone were determined simultaneously with the aid of univariate and multivariate calibration methods. Univariate calibration was performed by the zero-crossing and derivative ratio spectrum methods. Extensive spectral overlap and the scarcity of wavelengths in derivative spectra allowing one analyte to be distinguished and quantitated in the presence of the other gave rise to poor results that called for multivariate calibration. Partial least-squares regression was used in combination with a suitable method for selecting the optimum wavelength range and number of factors for analysis. The ensuing method was applied to simultaneous determination of chlorthalidone and spironolactone in a commercially available pharmaceutical preparation. The results were validated by high-performance liquid chromatography.
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- M L Luis
- Universidad de La Laguna, Facultad de Química, Departamento de Química Analítica, Nutrición y Bromatología, Tenerife, Spain
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Jiménez AI, Castro E, Mirabet M, Franco R, Delicado EG, Miras-Portugal MT. Potentiation of ATP calcium responses by A2B receptor stimulation and other signals coupled to Gs proteins in type-1 cerebellar astrocytes. Glia 1999; 26:119-28. [PMID: 10384877] [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: 02/13/2023]
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We have studied the interaction between P1 and P2 purinoceptors in purified type-1 astrocyte cultures from postnatal days 7-8 rat cerebella using single cell microfluorimetry with fura-2. The stimulation of astrocytes with ATP elicits rapid [Ca2+]i transients showing an EC50 value of 7.9 +/- 0.3 microM. Costimulation of type-1 astrocytes with adenosine and ineffective ATP concentrations (0.1 or 1 microM) evoked [Ca2+]i transients that correspond to 60% of the maximal ATP response. NECA (5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine) was the only agonist that mimicked the adenosine effect and showed an EC50 value of 0.17 +/- 0.01 microM. This value was identical to that obtained for the cAMP production stimulation, indicating that A2B receptors coupled to adenylate cyclase activation were involved. The presence of A2B adenosine receptors was also confirmed by immocytochemistry experiments. When astrocytes were costimulated with isoproterenol and ineffective ATP concentrations similar [Ca2+]i transients were observed. The treatment of astrocytes with cholera toxin potentiated ATP calcium signals, lowering the EC50 value for ATP to 1.5 +/- 0.2 microM. However, the pretreatment of cells with forskolin or a permeable cAMP analogue had no effect on ATP calcium responses. These results indicated that the potentiation mechanism was elicited before the adenylate cyclase activation. We could conclude that in type-1 astrocytes, the activation of A2B adenosine receptors or other signals positively coupled to adenylate cyclase stimulation strongly potentiate metabotropic calcium responses to ATP. The potentiation was parallel but independent on cAMP accumulation suggesting the involvement of beta gamma subunits released after Gs stimulation.
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- A I Jiménez
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Jiménez AI, Castro E, Delicado EG, Miras-Portugal MT. Potentiation of adenosine 5'-triphosphate calcium responses by diadenosine pentaphosphate in individual rat cerebellar astrocytes. Neurosci Lett 1998; 246:109-11. [PMID: 9627192 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(98)00227-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The calcium responses induced by adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) were examined in single cerebellar type 1 astrocytes by fura-2 microfluorometry. ATP elicited fast and transient increases of intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) even in the absence of extracellular calcium, indicating the involvement of metabotropic purinoceptors. The co-stimulation with P1P5-di(adenosine-5')pentaphosphate (Ap5A; 0.1 microM) potentiated ATP-metabotropic calcium responses. After this preincubation ineffective concentrations of ATP triggered 40% of maximal response. Co-stimulation with Ap5A and ATP was mandatory. The potentiated response to ATP was also independent of extracellular Ca2+ and was maintained for long periods of time (h). These results show a relevant interaction of purinoceptors that may imply a novel mechanism of action for diadenosine polyphosphates.
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- A I Jiménez
- Departamento de Bioquimica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Bautista RD, Jiménez AI, Jiménez F, Arias JJ. Simultaneous determination of diazepam and pyridoxine in synthetic mixtures and pharmaceutical formulations using graphical and multivariate calibration-prediction methods. J Pharm Biomed Anal 1996; 15:183-92. [PMID: 8933420 DOI: 10.1016/0731-7085(96)01844-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Several methods are reported for the simultaneous determination of diazepam and pyridoxine: two graphical methods (zero-crossing and derivative quotient spectra); and two numerical methods (multiple linear regression and partial least-squares regression). The methods have been applied in the concentration ranges 1.4-4.0 micrograms ml-1 diazepam and 4.0-12.0 micrograms ml-1 pyridoxine. The accuracy and precision of the methods have been determined and they have been validated by analysing synthetic mixtures containing the two drugs in variable proportions. The methods were also applied to the determination of diazepam and pyridoxine in pharmaceutical preparations. The analytical results were quite good in all cases.
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- R D Bautista
- Departamento de Quimica Analitica, Nutrición y Bromatologia, Facultad de Quimica, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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Hernández O, Jiménez F, Jiménez AI, Arias JJ. Multicomponent analysis by flow injection using a partial least-squares model. Determination of copper and zinc in serum and metal alloys. Analyst 1996. [DOI: 10.1039/an9962100169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 11/21/2022]
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Marqués Gubern A, Jiménez AI, Martínez Ibánez V, Maldonado J, Sánchez de Toledo J, Colomer L, Moraga F, de Torres Ramírez IM. [Embryonal fatty tumors. Lipoblastoma-lipoblastomatosis]. Cir Pediatr 1990; 3:109-12. [PMID: 1963550] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The authors present four cases. The first case is a diaphragmatic-mediastinal, the second one is a cervical-mediastinal one, the third case has a buttock, the last one is a case of hip-thigh. Their ages are one, eight and three years old and the fourth case is seven days old. They appear in axilla, neck, thoracic wall and fat prevertebral tissue, in below three year old children. Despite their benignity, the tumors grow very fast. The complete extirpation is fundamental to avoid relapses, which are presented approximately in a 15 for 100 of the cases. Mutilations are not necessary, since it is a benign tumor. Finally, the authors amply review the literature. They differentiate the concepts of lipoma, hibernoma and lipoblastoma.
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- A Marqués Gubern
- Departamento de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Materno-Infantil, Valle Hebrón, Barcelona
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Casasa JM, Jiménez AI, Fuentes E, Gil-Vernet JM, Boix Ochoa J. [Total parenteral nutrition. A 1-year experience with 96 patients]. Cir Pediatr 1990; 3:19-22. [PMID: 2127371] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In 1987, ninety-six surgical patients, of whom 44 were premature or newborn babies and 52 were infants or older children, received total parenteral nutrition (T.P.N.) at our hospital. A peripheral venous line was utilized on forty patients in the first group and only on 9 in the second group. The excellent results yielded by T.P.N. are self-evident from the low mortality showed by these patients. Thirty-three out of the 44 neonates and premature infants with serious surgical problems survived, being noteworthy the occurrence of just 3 deaths within a series of 13 necrotizing enterocolitis. In the series of 52 infants and older children, composed of 13 digestive patients (with 5 liver transplants), 6 tumoral, 9 neurologic, 4 renal (2 transplantations), 18 cardiac, 1 thoracic and 1 burnt, only 9 patients died. The average duration of T.P.N. was 10 days in the group of premature and newborn infants and 6 days for the nursing infants and older children, save for the 8 patients in whom the treatment had to be prolonged for a few months. We conclude that T.P.N., when applied in time and of short duration should entail no risk at all. In neonate and premature infant a peripheral vein shall be the route of choice. In the nursing infant and older child a central venous line is preferable, if possible the superior vena cava or its major tributary veins.
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- J M Casasa
- Departamento de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Materno-Infantil Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona
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Regás JS, Jiménez AI, Roca de Viñals JM, Tresserra L, García-Vaquero JA, Albisu MA, Boix-Ochoa J. [Fistula of the pyriform sinus. Report of 2 cases]. Cir Pediatr 1989; 2:203-6. [PMID: 2488081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The authors present two patients of 8 and 11 years of age that presented a left sided piriform sinus fistula diagnosed by esophagram and surgically treated in our centre. One had been operated previously with a diagnosis of relapsing thyroglossal quist on five occasions. The piriform sinus fistula is a recently recognised entity as cause of thyroiditis and suppurative cervical infections in the pediatric age. Communicated for the first time in the literature in 1957 by Japanese authors, it was not until 1973 that Tucker published for the first time in English a case of recurrent cervical abscess caused by a fistula initiated in the piriform sinus. Until now very few cases have been published. The majority of authors consider it to be an embryological residue of the third or fourth pharyngeal pouch. The key to diagnosis is to bear it in mind whenever a patient presents suppurative thyroiditis or repetitive cervical infections, principally of the left side. An esophagram is necessary to demonstrate the course of the fistula. In cases of thyroiditis a thyroidal gammagraphy will allow vision of a cold zone in the upper third of the affected lobe. Treatment consists of total extirpation of the fistula and affected portion of the thyroidal lobe, once the infection has been solutioned. Before intervention it is important to collocate a tube in the fistula's course by means of a direct microlaryngoscopy which will serve as guide and allow the injection of methylene blue.
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Marhuenda C, Ezzedine M, Maldonado J, Piro C, Fuentes E, Pérez A, Jiménez AI, Sánchez de Toledo J, Boix-Ochoa J. [Bolande's tumor: significance of its early diagnosis and treatment]. Cir Pediatr 1989; 2:196-9. [PMID: 2562173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Four patients diagnosed of having a tumor of Bolande and treated at our institution in the past ten years are presented. In two of them, early diagnosis was aided by prenatal echographic techniques; the other two diagnoses were suspected ar three and ten days of age because of an abdominal mass. The four of them underwent a complete study which included: a plain abdominal film, an ultrasound scan and an intravenous urogram; the last three patients were also surveyed by a CT scan of the abdomen. Surgery was undertaken early on all the patients, the time of operation being in every instance within the first month of life. A laparotomy was performed and, once the contralateral kidney had been carefully examined, a nephroureterectomy was implemented, having been able to preserve in all the cases the suprarenal gland in view of the benign nature of the tumor. A histologic study confirmed the diagnosis and revealed the complete delimitation of the tumor by the renal capsule. The authors underscore the importance of this tumor's suspicion in the face of any solid renal mass detected by prenatal echography or in the neonatal period, since early diagnosis and treatment are imperative in order to prevent the ensuing complications in the rare and unfortunate cases that show a malignant tumoral trend.
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Martínez Ibáñez V, Fina A, Salcedo S, Sanchís L, Marhuenda C, Jiménez AI, Boix-Ochoa J. [Surgical approach in persistent neonatal pneumothorax]. Cir Pediatr 1989; 2:76-8. [PMID: 2485674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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837 neonates required mechanical ventilation at the Neonatal Intensive Unit in the last five years. 136 of them developed tension pneumothorax. Authors report our experience in these patients, who underwent next protocol: 1. Early diagnosis. 2. Underwater-seal drainage. 3. Suction drainage. 4. Selective intubation of contralateral bronchus. 5. Surgical closure. We explain step to step the protocol, specially in the 15 neonates who needed surgery. In such cases, surgical survival was 100%, in the postoperative phase 93% and total survival reached 78.5%. Therefore, we recommend surgery closure in patients who maintain pulmonary fistula in spite of an aggressive conservative treatment.
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Gil-Vernet JM, Sanchís LF, Marhuenda C, Jiménez AI. [Fecal incontinence derived from ano-rectal atresia]. Cir Pediatr 1988; 1:69-84. [PMID: 3152888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Martínez Ibáñez V, Jiménez AI, Closa R, Lloret J, Sanchis L, Boix Ochoa J. [48 new cases of necrotizing enterocolitis: analysis of a protocol]. Cir Pediatr 1988; 1:28-30. [PMID: 3152877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Casasa JM, Broto J, Jiménez AI, Boix-Ochoa J. [Intestinal diversions in the treatment of Hirschsprung's disease]. An Esp Pediatr 1987; 27:281-3. [PMID: 3426020] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Forty six enterostomies performed among one hundred and thirty one patients with Hirschsprung's diseases are reviewed. The advantages and disadvantages of the different types of intestinal diversions are considered. We conclude that the best option is to make a terminal enterostomy just proximal to the aganglionic gut.
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- J M Casasa
- Departamento de Cirugía, Hospital Infantil Valle de Hebrón, Barcelona
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