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Beca-Carretero P, Marín C, Azcárate-García T, Cara CL, Brun F, Stengel DB. Ecotype-Specific and Correlated Seasonal Responses of Biomass Production, Non-Structural Carbohydrates, and Fatty Acids in Zostera marina. Plants (Basel) 2024; 13:396. [PMID: 38337929 PMCID: PMC10856944 DOI: 10.3390/plants13030396] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Seagrasses, which are marine flowering plants, provide numerous ecological services and goods. Zostera marina is the most widely distributed seagrass in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, tolerant of a wide range of environmental conditions. This study aimed to (i) examine seasonal trends and correlations between key seagrass traits such as biomass production and biochemical composition, and (ii) compare seasonal adaptation of two ecotypes of Z. marina exposed to similar environmental conditions on the west coast of Ireland. During summer, plants accumulated higher levels of energetic compounds and levels of unsaturated fatty acids (FAs) decreased. Conversely, the opposite trend was observed during colder months. These findings indicate a positive seasonal correlation between the production of non-structural carbohydrates and saturated fatty acids (SFAs), suggesting that seagrasses accumulate and utilize both energetic compounds simultaneously during favorable and unfavorable environmental conditions. The two ecotypes displayed differential seasonal responses by adjusting plant morphology and production, the utilization of energetic reserves, and modulating unsaturation levels of fatty acids in seagrass leaves. These results underscore the correlated seasonal responses of key compounds, capturing ecotype-specific environmental adaptations and ecological strategies, emphasizing the robust utility of these traits as a valuable eco-physiological tool.
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- Pedro Beca-Carretero
- Botany and Plant Science, School of Natural Sciences, University of Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland (D.B.S.)
- Department of Theoretical Ecology and Modelling, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- Centro de Investigación Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain;
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- Centro de Investigación Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain;
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences & Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio), University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain;
- Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Botany and Plant Science, School of Natural Sciences, University of Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland (D.B.S.)
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- Department of Biology, Division of Ecology, Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Cadiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain;
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- Botany and Plant Science, School of Natural Sciences, University of Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland (D.B.S.)
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Gutiérrez-Arnal J, Marín C. The Latent Threat in Wild Birds: Clostridium botulinum. Vet Sci 2024; 11:36. [PMID: 38250942 PMCID: PMC10818396 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci11010036] [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: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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Avian botulism caused by Clostridium botulinum emerged in 1910, affecting birds across North America, leading to severe outbreaks exacerbated by climate change, decreasing water levels, and inadequate wastewater management. While deadly for birds, its epidemiological impact on humans and other animals remains limited. Despite its significance, understanding and controlling the disease remain challenging. This review delves into the pathogen's epidemiology in wild bird populations, exploring the transmission, pathogenicity, clinical symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. The disease's growing concern in wild birds relates to the bacterium's adaptability and expansive spread, evident through genetic similarities among strains across countries. Outbreaks are influenced by environmental factors such as temperature and soil characteristics. Wild birds inadvertently transmit the bacterium, perpetuating the cycle through carcasses and flies. Some species suffer severely, while others, like scavengers, show resistance. Understanding disease mechanisms, involving potential toxin ingestion or internal production, remains ongoing. Clinical signs vary, affecting diverse bird orders. Diagnostic methods evolve, with treatment success varying among affected populations. Prevention and surveillance take precedence due to treatment challenges, emphasising population-based strategies and preventive measures to manage the widespread presence of C. botulinum.
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- Josep Gutiérrez-Arnal
- Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Calle Santiago Ramón y Cajal 20, 45115 Valencia, Alfara del Patriarca, Spain;
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- Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Calle Santiago Ramón y Cajal 20, 45115 Valencia, Alfara del Patriarca, Spain
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Landin Basterra E, Naidoo M, Calvacanti D, Silva NJ, Williams S, Lloyd SJ, Marín C, Ardiles Ruesjas S, Rubio FA, Rasella D. Social protection in global crises: a gap between evidence and action. BMJ Glob Health 2023; 8:e013980. [PMID: 37923321 PMCID: PMC10626864 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
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- Elisa Landin Basterra
- Health Impact Assessment Group, ISGlobal, Hospital Clinic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Impact Assessment Group, ISGlobal, Hospital Clinic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Impact Assessment Group, ISGlobal, Hospital Clinic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Climate, Air Polllution, Nature, and Urban Health Group, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Climate, Air Polllution, Nature, and Urban Health Group, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Policy Department, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, (ISGlobal), Madrid, Spain
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- Climate, Air Polllution, Nature, and Urban Health Group, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Impact Assessment Group, ISGlobal, Hospital Clinic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Impact Assessment Group, ISGlobal, Hospital Clinic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Padilla-Blanco M, Vega S, Enjuanes L, Morey A, Lorenzo T, Marín C, Ivorra C, Maiques E, Rubio V, Rubio-Guerri C. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in a dog with hemorrhagic diarrhea. BMC Vet Res 2022; 18:370. [PMID: 36224622 PMCID: PMC9554378 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-022-03453-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19, has infected several animal species, including dogs, presumably via human-to-animal transmission. Most infected dogs reported were asymptomatic, with low viral loads. However, in this case we detected SARS-CoV-2 in a dog from the North African coastal Spanish city of Ceuta presenting hemorrhagic diarrhea, a disease also reported earlier on in an infected dog from the USA. Case presentation In early January 2021, a West Highland Terrier pet dog from Ceuta (Spain) presented hemorrhagic diarrhea with negative tests for candidate microbial pathogens. Since the animal was in a household whose members suffered SARS-CoV-2 in December 2020, dog feces were analyzed for SARS-CoV-2, proving positive in a two-tube RT-PCR test, with confirmation by sequencing a 399-nucleotide region of the spike (S) gene. Furthermore, next-generation sequencing (NGS) covered > 90% SARS-CoV-2 genome sequence, allowing to classify it as variant B.1.177. Remarkably, the sequence revealed the Ile402Val substitution in the spike protein (S), of potential concern because it mapped in the receptor binding domain (RBD) that mediates virus interaction with the cell. NGS reads mapping to bacterial genomes showed that the dog fecal microbiome fitted best the characteristic microbiome of dog’s acute hemorrhagic diarrhea. Conclusion Our findings exemplify dog infection stemming from the human SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, providing nearly complete-genome sequencing of the virus, which is recognized as belonging to the B.1.177 variant, adding knowledge on variant circulation in a geographic region and period for which there was little viral variant characterization. A single amino acid substitution found in the S protein that could have been of concern is excluded to belong to this category given its rarity and intrinsic nature. The dog’s pathology suggests that SARS-CoV-2 could affect the gastrointestinal tract of the dog. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12917-022-03453-8.
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- Miguel Padilla-Blanco
- Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, 46113, Alfara del Patriarca, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, 46115, Alfara del Patriarca, Valencia, Spain.
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, Alfara del Patriarca, 46113, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, 46115, Alfara del Patriarca, Valencia, Spain
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- I+D+I Department, Sequencing Multiplex SL (I+D+I, Seqplexing), Parque Científico Universidad de Valencia, 46980, Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, Alfara del Patriarca, 46113, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IBV-CSIC) and CIBERER-ISCIII, 46010, Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
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- Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, 46113, Alfara del Patriarca, Valencia, Spain.
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Cortés V, Sevilla-Navarro S, García C, Marín C, Catalá-Gregori P. Research Note: Campylobacter spp. control at field level two years after the implementation of European Regulation (EU) 2017/1495. Poult Sci 2022; 101:102089. [PMID: 36087471 PMCID: PMC9464875 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.102089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Campylobacteriosis was the most frequently reported foodborne infection in humans in the European Union in the last years. Campylobacter spp. in broiler flocks from Spain was monitored at farm level during 12-month period (2020–2021). Feces samples were analyzed according to ISO (International Standard Organization) 10272-2:2018. From all samples collected, 54% were Campylobacter spp. positive. Regarding the age, Campylobacter spp. was isolated in 36% of the flocks during thinning and 64% in flocks at slaughter age. In addition, Campylobacter spp. counts increased with the age of the animals. On the other hand, the presence of Campylobacter showed statistical differences between the months of the year (P-value <0.05) in flocks at thinning age that exceeded the ≥1,000 CFU/g limit. The highest rates were found from June to December coinciding with the seasons of summer and autumn. In conclusion, our study shows the situation of Campylobacter spp. in broiler flocks in Spain considering age and season effects. This way, it was found higher rates and counts in broilers close to slaughter age and peaking during the summer to autumn period.
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Niklander S, Guerra D, Contreras F, González-Arriagada W, Marín C. MicroRNAs and their role in the malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia: a scoping review. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 2022; 27:e77-e84. [PMID: 34564679 PMCID: PMC8719793 DOI: 10.4317/medoral.24975] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background MiRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level and have been associated with malignant transformation of oral epithelial precursor lesions such as oral leukoplakia. The aim was to perform a scoping review of the contemporary literature about the different roles of miRNAs during the malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia. Material and Methods We conducted a systematic search with the following MeSH terms: ‘oral leukoplakia’, ‘carcinoma in situ’, ‘microRNAs’, ‘mouth neoplasms’ and ‘epithelial–mesenchymal transition’ in PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE and SpringerLink. Results Fifteen articles were included for analysis, among which in vivo and in vitro articles were included. A total of 21 different miRNAs were found to be involved in the malignant transformation process of oral leukoplakia. Regarding their possible effects, 6 miRNAs were classified as oncogenic, 5 as tumour suppressors and 10 were related to epithelial–mesenchymal transition, invasion and migration. Conclusions Based on the current review, we concluded that miRNAs-21, 345, 181-b and 31* seem to be potential markers of malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia. However, further clinical prospective studies are needed in order to validate their utility as prognostic biomarkers. Key words:miRNAs, oral leukoplakia, oral squamous cell carcinoma, biomarkers, malignant transformation.
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- S Niklander
- Departamento de Patología y Medicina Oral Universidad Andres Bello Postcode: 2520000. Quillota 980, Viña del Mar, Chile
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Cortés V, Sevilla-Navarro S, García C, Marín C, Catalá-Gregori P. Seroprevalence and Prevalence of Infectious Bronchitis Virus in broilers, laying hens and broiler breeders in Spain. Poult Sci 2022; 101:101760. [PMID: 35378349 PMCID: PMC8980484 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.101760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV) is one of the most important viral diseases which causes important economic losses in poultry industry. This study aimed to assess the seroprevalence, prevalence, and variants of IBV in broilers, layers, and broiler breeders´ farms of Gallus gallus species in Eastern Spain. Thus, 29, 16, and 14 flocks of broilers, layers and broiler breeders, respectively were analyzed. To assess seroprevalence, sera samples were analyzed by ELISA. Tracheal swabs and tissue samples were tested by PCR to know the prevalence and detect specific variants. An IBV seroprevalence of 100% was detected in the 3 productive orientations. According to PCR results, a prevalence of 38% in broilers, 44% in layers and 43% in broiler breeders was obtained. The variant-specific RT-PCR analysis showed that 4/91, Massachusetts, QX, Italy-02 and D274 strains were present in commercial flocks in eastern Spain, being 4/91 the most prevalent in all the productive orientations. In layers 100% of QX prevalence, 14% of Italy 02 and 14% of D274 was detected. Regarding broilers, a prevalence of 18% of Massachusetts strain was also detected. In contrast, in broiler breeders´ farms only 4/91 strain was found. In conclusion, our findings showed the presence of IBV in eastern Spain and the changing situation of the IBV variants´ prevalence, being different according to the productive orientation. The continuous emergence of new variants emphasizes the importance of continuous IBV monitoring in order to optimize vaccination strategies.
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Cortés V, Sevilla-Navarro S, García C, Tudón A, Marín C, Catalá-Gregori P. Seroprevalence and prevalence of Mycoplasma synoviae in laying hens and broiler breeders in Spain. Poult Sci 2020; 100:100911. [PMID: 33518326 PMCID: PMC7936174 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.11.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma species are worldwide recognized poultry pathogens, with Mycoplasma synoviae being the second most important species from the clinical point of view that causes considerable economic losses in the poultry industry. The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence, prevalence, and phylogenetic variants of M. synoviae present in layers and broiler breeders' farms of Gallus gallus species located in eastern Spain. Thus, 19 and 23 flocks of layers and broiler breeders, respectively, were analyzed at 3 different ages. To assess seroprevalence, sera samples were analyzed by ELISA. Tracheal swabs were tested by PCR to assess the prevalence. A M. synoviae seroprevalence of 95 and 74% was detected in layers and broiler breeders, respectively. Regarding age-wise analysis, the positive rates obtained seemed to be higher as the age of sampling increased. As per PCR results, a prevalence of 95% in layers and 35% in broiler breeders was obtained. The genetic analysis showed that the strains present in broilers breeders were vaccine strains (MS H strain). In contrast, 6 different field strains were detected in layer hens. In conclusion, this study carried out in eastern Spain showed a higher seroprevalence and prevalence of M. synoviae field strains in layer flocks regarding broiler breeders, highlighting the usefulness of monitoring flocks to control this poultry pathogen. Moreover, our findings suggest M. synoviae vaccination in broiler breeders could be an effective prevention strategy.
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- Verónica Cortés
- Centro de Calidad Avícola y Alimentación Animal de la Comunidad Valenciana (CECAV), Castellón, Spain.
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- Centro de Calidad Avícola y Alimentación Animal de la Comunidad Valenciana (CECAV), Castellón, Spain; Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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- Centro de Calidad Avícola y Alimentación Animal de la Comunidad Valenciana (CECAV), Castellón, Spain
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- Centro de Calidad Avícola y Alimentación Animal de la Comunidad Valenciana (CECAV), Castellón, Spain
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- Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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- Centro de Calidad Avícola y Alimentación Animal de la Comunidad Valenciana (CECAV), Castellón, Spain; Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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Cambil T, Terrón JA, Marín C, Martín T. 125I radioactive seed localization (RSL) in surgery of cervical metastasis of thyroid cancer. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2020; 39:140-145. [PMID: 32402777 DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2019.11.003] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Revised: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The aim of this work is the evaluation of usefulness of radioactive seed localization (RSL) for the detection of cervical recurrence of thyroid cancer in order to improve the surgical outcome. MATERIAL AND METHOD Ten patients with thyroid cancer and lymph node involvement (4 naive and 6 with cervical recurrence) evidenced by ultrasound, cytology/Tg-FNAB (reoperated group) were selected for this procedure. A 125I seed was placed in the metastatic lesion using a needle guided by ultrasound. During surgery, a handheld gamma probe/portable gammacamera were used for lesion localization and excision. After removing the target tissue, it was verified that the seed was included in the excised tissue. Surgical intervention duration, lesion location, seed activity, thyroglobulin level, effective radiation dose, complications and the degree of surgical resection were analyzed. RESULTS All the marked nodes were positive in histology. The mean duration of the ultrasound procedure was 11.4±3.4minutes. Seed was kept inside the patient, in average, during 4days (1-7) and the average surgical time was 44.7±29.1minutes. We found 21 metastatic specimens with an average diameter 13.9±6.3mm. The mean activity of the implanted seed was 71.27±21.6MBq (42.8-105) In the reoperated group, thyroglobulin level was 2.08±1.56ng/dl and decreased after surgery to 0.13±0.12ng/dl, P<.01. Only one case of transient hypoparathyroidism was found in the total group. CONCLUSIONS The introduction of RSL in our unit has shown benefits for the patient and medical team, being a safe and effective procedure that also improves surgical programming.
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- T Cambil
- Departamento de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, España
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- Departamento de Radiofísica, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, España
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- Departamento de Cirugía General, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, España
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- Departamento de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, España.
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Iglesias C, Navas F, Ciani E, Arando A, González A, Marín C, Nogales S, Delgado J. Análisis biocinemático de locomoción y termografía aplicada en la raza camellar canaria. ARCH ZOOTEC 2020. [DOI: 10.21071/az.v69i265.5045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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La comprensión anatómica y locomotora de los aires naturales del camello es un elemento esencial para su evaluación cinética y cinemática en tanto que constituyen herramientas de marcada predictibilidad del rendimiento funcional, gasto energético y respuesta al entrenamiento. El estudio biomecánico, en asociación con evaluaciones termográficas complementarias, permite la delimitación precisa de los factores de riesgo potencialmente asociados a lesiones músculo-esqueléticas derivadas del trabajo físico desarrollado por estos animales y en consideración de patologías de etiología multifactorial en la mayor parte de los casos. Competiciones de velocidad, exhibiciones lúdicas o paseos turísticos son algunas de las actividades motoras desempeñadas por camellos y que, en regiones geográficas concretas, se encuentran perfiladas por un marcado arraigo cultural. En el caso particular del camello canario (Camelus dromedarius), su uso actual está marginalmente relegado al sector turístico. En condición de raza autóctona amenazada, el ajuste sistematizado de registros de rendimiento locomotor enriquecerá la viabilidad y sostenibilidad de las acciones de conservación, cría selectiva y revalorización funcional de esta raza camellar.
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Iglesias C, Navas F, Ciani E, Arando A, González A, Marín C, Nogales S, Delgado J. Caracterización zoométrica y evaluación de la condición corporal en la raza camellar canaria. ARCH ZOOTEC 2020. [DOI: 10.21071/az.v69i265.5034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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La conservación, mejora y uso racional de los recursos genéticos animales locales y su diversidad son propósitos prioritarios a nivel nacional e internacional de evidente carácter legítimo. Reconocida en situación de amenaza, la raza camellar canaria (Camelus dromedarius) se encuentra marginalmente reducida a las islas orientales del archipiélago. Su uso queda restringido fundamentalmente a la explotación turística y, de forma esporádica, a labores variadas en el ámbito agropecuario. La caracterización morfoestructural y zoométrica del camello canario es una tarea clave que permitirá la identificación de aquellos caracteres o rasgos fenotípicos implicados en la actividad productivo-económica de estos animales con el fin de recuperar posibles nuevos nichos funcionales. La presente propuesta metodológica se enmarca en un contexto de oportunidad y resurgimiento de una potencial industria de producción con el asentamiento de las bases para un programa de recuperación y cría selectiva de esta raza camellar a través de su sustentabilidad funcional.
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Iglesias C, Navas F, Ciani E, Arando A, González A, Marín C, Nogales S, Delgado J. Caracterización etológica de la raza camellar canaria. ARCH ZOOTEC 2020. [DOI: 10.21071/az.v69i265.5046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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El interés creciente en la aplicación de las ciencias del comportamiento a la producción animal ha posibilitado el desarrollo progresivo de técnicas para el mejoramiento y ajuste de los sistemas de manejo con vistas a obtener rendimientos productivos elevados en el marco de la sostenibilidad. La reproducción selectiva y diferencial para rasgos conductuales específicos y deseables en la raza camellar canaria (Camelus dromedarius), previa caracterización etofuncional, puede aplicarse a lograr un incremento del valor adaptativo de los animales a las presiones de los sistemas de producción pecuaria en que se encuentran. Esta iniciativa se enmarca en un plan estratégico de conservación, mejora y fomento de una raza autóctona amenazada a través de vías alternativas de rentabilidad y utilización sostenibles de la raza y sus productos. La cualificación del equipo humano implicado, así como la optimización técnica y mecánica de las infraestructuras en los sistemas de producción camellar, se convierten en objetivos de consideración prioritaria en etología aplicada.
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Sevilla E, Marín C, Delgado-Blas JF, González-Zorn B, Vega S, Kuijper E, Bolea R, Mainar-Jaime RC. Wild griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) fed at supplementary feeding stations: Potential carriers of pig pathogens and pig-derived antimicrobial resistance? Transbound Emerg Dis 2020; 67:1295-1305. [PMID: 31901154 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The carriage of two important pathogens of pigs, that is enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and Clostridioides difficile, was investigated in 104 cloacal samples from wild griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) fed on pig carcasses at supplementary feeding stations (SFS), along with their level of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). E. coli was isolated from 90 (86.5%) samples, but no ETEC was detected, likely because ETEC fimbriae confer the species specificity of the pathogen. Resistance to at least one antimicrobial agent was detected in 89.9% of E. coli isolates, with AMR levels being extremely high (>70%) for tetracycline and streptomycin and very high (>50%) for ampicillin and sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim. Resistance to other critically important antimicrobials such as colistin and extended-spectrum cephalosporins was 2.2% and 1.1%, respectively, and was encoded by the mcr-1 and blaSHV-12 genes. Multidrug resistance was displayed by 80% of the resistant E. coli, and blaSHV-12 gene shared plasmid with other AMR genes. In general, resistance patterns in E. coli from vultures mirrored those found in pigs. Clostridioides difficile was detected in three samples (2.9%); two of them belonged to PCR ribotype 078 and one to PCR ribotype 126, both commonly found in pigs. All C. difficile isolates were characterized by a moderate-to-high level of resistance to fluoroquinolones and macrolides but susceptible to metronidazole or vancomycin, similar to what is usually found in C. difficile isolates from pigs. Thus, vultures may contribute somewhat to the environmental dissemination of some pig pathogens through their acquisition from pig carcasses and, more importantly, of AMR for antibiotics of critical importance for humans. However, the role of vultures would likely be much lesser than that of disposing pig carcasses at the SFS. The monitoring of AMR, and particularly of colistin-resistant and ESBL-producing E. coli, should be considered in pig farms used as sources of carcasses for SFS.
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- Eloísa Sevilla
- Dpto. de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 - (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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- Dpto. de Sanidad Animal y Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Dpto. de Sanidad Animal y Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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- Dpt. of Medical Microbiology, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Dpto. de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 - (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Dpto. de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 - (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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Marín C, Benitez M, Otazu A, Torres D, Cotrin P, Pinzan-Vercelino C, Valarelli F, Freitas K. Correlation of age and skeletal effects after miniscrew assisted rapid palatal expansion. J Clin Exp Dent 2020; 15:e269-e276. [PMID: 37152494 PMCID: PMC10155939 DOI: 10.4317/jced.60211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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Background To evaluate the skeletal and dentoalveolar effects after miniscrew assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) and their correlation with the age of the patients. Settings and sample population: Sample comprised 19 patients with maxillary atresia and posterior crossbite, treated with MARPE. Cone-beam computed tomographs (CBCT) were evaluated before and after expansion. Three patients were excluded since the midpalatal suture was not opened. Thus, 16 patients (11 female; 5 male) were evaluated, with a mean age of 24.92 years (s.d.=7.60). The time between the installation of MARPE and the second CBCT was, on average, 1.64 months (s.d.=1.12). Material and Methods Linear and angular measurements were performed: bone thickness and level, tooth inclination, transverse dental widths, and nasal base and jugula widths. Comparison was performed with dependent t-test and correlations with Pearson coefficient. Results MARPE was 84.2% successful. There was significant reduction in the buccal bone thickness of the first molars and an increase in the palatal bone thickness of all teeth. First molars showed significant buccal inclination. All transverse dimensions showed a significant increase. Older patients tended to show a less maxillary transverse skeletal increase. A greater maxillary transverse increase was accompanied by a greater intermolar width increase and also a greater buccal bone loss in the mesiobuccal roots of the maxillary first molars. Conclusions MARPE corrected the maxillary atresia in adult patients, with significant transverse increases, a slight decrease in buccal bone thickness and buccal inclination of the first molars, combining skeletal and dental effects. Older patients presented less transverse skeletal increases. Key words:Palatal expansion technique, skeletal anchorage, cone-beam computed tomography.
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Anjum MF, Marco-Jimenez F, Duncan D, Marín C, Smith RP, Evans SJ. Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus From Animals and Animal Products in the UK. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2136. [PMID: 31572341 PMCID: PMC6751287 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) is an emerging problem in many parts of the world. Although animal-adapted LA-MRSA has been known for many years, recent reports suggest a possible increasing trend in the zoonotic transmission of LA-MRSA in Europe. Since its emergence in the early 2000's, several investigations have indicated that persons in prolonged, repeated contact with affected livestock are at a higher risk of becoming colonized with LA-MRSA. LA-MRSA monitoring in livestock is voluntary under current EU legislation, and not all member states, including the UK, participate. UK LA-MRSA isolates have been detected through scanning surveillance, where samples are submitted from clinically diseased livestock for diagnostic investigation, and research studies. Surveys conducted on retail beef, pig and poultry meat on sale in the UK have also detected LA-MRSA. Taken together these results suggest that LA-MRSA is present in the UK, possibly at low prevalence level, as suggested by available evidence. In this review, we examine the data available from UK livestock and animal products, and make recommendations for future. We also review the findings from whole genome sequencing (WGS) of the possible lineage of some UK livestock isolates.
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- Muna F. Anjum
- Department of Bacteriology, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Animal, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
- Department of Epidemiological Sciences, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Epidemiological Sciences, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Bacteriology, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom
- Departamento de Producción Animal, Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiological Sciences, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Bacteriology, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom
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Trujillo S, Henao J, Marín G, Isaza C, Vargas C, Aranzazu J, Murillo B, Isaza J, Marín C. Stem cells doses in knee osteoarthritis. Cytotherapy 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2019.03.427] [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]
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Sevilla-Navarro S, Marín C, Cortés V, García C, Vega S, Catalá-Gregori P. Autophage as a control measure for Salmonella in laying hens. Poult Sci 2019; 97:4367-4373. [PMID: 29982828 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pey294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Notwithstanding the National Salmonella Control Programs, the latest data published by the European Food Safety Authority show an increase in Salmonella Enteritidis prevalence in laying hen flocks. For this reason, the implementation of innovative techniques such as phage therapy is needed to control Salmonella at farm level. Most common bacteriophage applications are a cocktail of 2 or more bacteriophages, as it has been described that cocktails could remove different Salmonella serotypes, thus providing cross efficacy. Nevertheless, resistance to the bacteriophage cocktail has been reported, resulting in a decrease in their effectiveness. Along these lines, some authors have reported the possibility of using autophage when commercial bacteriophage cocktails are not active against field strains. To our best knowledge, no autophage (bacteriophage isolated from the same environment where the pathogen is isolated) has been found to control Salmonella in laying hens. In this context, the aim of this study was to assess the application of autophage in reducing Salmonella Enteritidis in environmental and fecal samples in a layer farm. To this end, the bacteriophage was isolated from the same farm where the bacteria was present and was applied onto the facility installations and the animals, at 2 different times. After bacteriophage challenges, swab cloths from facility surfaces and feces samples were collected at 3 times according to the time spent after the bacteriophage challenge. The results obtained in our study showed that all the surface samples collected from the farm facilities after phage therapy were negative for Salmonella. Concerning faces samples, statistical differences were found in Salmonella counts, with the strongest decrease (1.78log10) occurring after the second challenge. Otherwise, depending of the moment of sampling, the results obtained were 2.34log10, 1.39log10, 0.56log10, and 0.97log10 cfu/g for T0, T1, T2, and T3 respectively. The study highlights the use of autophage therapy not only for Salmonella Enteritidis control in animals, but as a sanitizer in cleaning and disinfection.
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- S Sevilla-Navarro
- Centro de Calidad Avícola y Alimentación Animal de la Comunidad Valenciana (CECAV), Castellon, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas. Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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- Centro de Calidad Avícola y Alimentación Animal de la Comunidad Valenciana (CECAV), Castellon, Spain
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- Centro de Calidad Avícola y Alimentación Animal de la Comunidad Valenciana (CECAV), Castellon, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas. Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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- Centro de Calidad Avícola y Alimentación Animal de la Comunidad Valenciana (CECAV), Castellon, Spain.,Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas. Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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Marín C, Simarro-Catalá L, Villagrá A. Technical note: Assessment of the better location of gnawing sticks in growing rabbit cages. World Rabbit Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.4995/wrs.2018.7547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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<p>The present work tries to determine the best location of wooden sticks for environmental enrichment, considering usage and level of contamination as variables. A total of 540 rabbits at 4 wk of age were caged in 60 groups of nine animals in conventional rabbit cages, and the effect of the allocation of wooden sticks was studied by fixing them on the floor in 30 cages and on the cage ceiling in the other 30 cages. The sticks were sampled during the fattening period (5 wk) to evaluate the contamination of the sticks, with detection of the most common faecal indicator bacteria in rabbit production (<em>E. coli</em> and <em>Clostridium</em> spp.). Likewise, quantitative enumeration analyses for <em>E. coli</em> were performed at the same sampling times for detection of both bacteria. Sticks used for environmental enrichment of the cage in this experiment were made of fir (<em>Picea abies</em>). According to the results, placing the wooden stick on the ceiling instead of the floor reduces stick consumption (6.28±1.75 <em>vs.</em> 13.55±1.75% of stick consumed). Moreover, microbiological analyses revealed that wooden sticks placed on the ceiling were less contaminated than those placed on the floor (2.8 and 22.8% for <em>E. coli</em>, respectively and 1.1 and 10.6% for <em>Clostridium</em> spp., respectively). In conclusion, fixing the sticks on the ceiling of the cage was revealed as a safer choice during most weeks of the growing period.</p>
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Rosales MJ, Ximenis M, Costa A, Rotger C, Romero D, Olmo F, Delgado E, Clares MP, García-España E, Marín C, Sánchez M. <i>In Vitro</i> Activity of Squaramides and Acyclic Polyamine Derivatives against Trophozoites and Cysts of <i>Acanthamoeba castellanii</i>. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.4236/jbm.2018.68001] [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: 11/20/2022]
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Camargo A, Rangel-Zúñiga OA, Alcalá-Díaz J, Gomez-Delgado F, Delgado-Lista J, García-Carpintero S, Marín C, Almadén Y, Yubero-Serrano EM, López-Moreno J, Tinahones FJ, Pérez-Martínez P, Roche HM, López-Miranda J. Dietary fat may modulate adipose tissue homeostasis through the processes of autophagy and apoptosis. Eur J Nutr 2017; 56:1621-1628. [PMID: 27029919 DOI: 10.1007/s00394-016-1208-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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PURPOSE Obesity increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus and cancer development. Autophagy and apoptosis are critical processes for development and homeostasis in multicellular organisms and have been linked to a variety of disorders. We aimed to investigate whether the quantity and quality of dietary fat can influence these processes in the adipose tissue of obese people. METHODS A randomized, controlled trial within the LIPGENE study assigned 39 obese people with metabolic syndrome to 1 of 4 diets: (a) a high-saturated fatty acid diet, (b) a high-monounsaturated fatty acid (HMUFA) diet, and (c, d) two low-fat, high-complex carbohydrate diets supplemented with long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LFHCC n-3) or placebo (LFHCC), for 12 weeks each. RESULTS We found an increase in the expression of autophagy-related BECN1 and ATG7 genes after the long-term consumption of the HMUFA diet (p = 0.001 and p = 0.004, respectively) and an increase in the expression of the apoptosis-related CASP3 gene after the long-term consumption of the LFHCC and LFHCC n-3 diets (p = 0.001 and p = 0.029, respectively). CASP3 and CASP7 gene expression changes correlated with HOMA index. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that the processes of autophagy and apoptosis in adipose tissue may be modified by diet and that the consumption of a diet rich in monounsaturated fat may contribute to adipose tissue homeostasis by increasing autophagy. They also reinforce the notion that apoptosis in adipose tissue is linked to insulin resistance. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00429195.
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- A Camargo
- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal, s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Córdoba, Spain
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal, s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Córdoba, Spain
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal, s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Córdoba, Spain
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal, s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Córdoba, Spain
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal, s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Córdoba, Spain
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal, s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Córdoba, Spain
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal, s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Córdoba, Spain
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal, s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Córdoba, Spain
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal, s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Córdoba, Spain
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal, s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Córdoba, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Córdoba, Spain
- Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Malaga, Spain
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal, s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Córdoba, Spain
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- UCD Institute of Food and Health, UCD Conway Institute, School of Public Health and Population Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, UK
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, IMIBIC, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal, s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain.
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Córdoba, Spain.
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Marín C, Soto V, Marco-Jimenez F. Short communication: Absence of campylobacter spp. In intensive rabbit farming in eastern Spain, preliminary results. World Rabbit Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.4995/wrs.2016.5197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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<p>Campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis are the most frequently reported zoonoses and among the most common causes of diarrhoeal illness in the European Union and the United States, and their incidence appears to be increasing. <em>Campylobacter </em>species are routinely found in poultry, swine, cattle, dairy cows and sheep. So far, there are few descriptions of <em>Campylobacter </em>isolation from rabbits. Rabbit meat is a common item in the Mediterranean diet. In this context, the aim of the present study was to investigate the occurrence of <em>Campylobacter </em>spp. in healthy rabbits reared in intensive farms in the Alto Palancia region, eastern Spain. Caecal contents from 70 healthy does reared on 7 different farms were collected. Bacteriological culture was performed in accordance with ISO 10272-1:2006. All samples tested negative for <em>Campylobacter </em>spp. To our knowledge, this is the first study in which comprehensive monitoring was specifically carried out in order to provide data on the occurrence of thermophilic <em>Campylobacter </em>spp. in large intensive rabbit farms in Spain. However, further microbiological studies throughout the Spanish territory are needed to determine the prevalence and risk of other foodborne pathogens in rabbits at farm level.</p>
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Díaz-Villamarín X, Fajardo CLD, Romero RM, Medina MDCG, Corpas MV, Hidalgo IC, Fernández CG, Gómez-Peña C, Cabeza-Barrera J, Marín C. CP-069 Evaluation of the effectiveness of fampridine and comparison with a clinical trial. Eur J Hosp Pharm 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/ejhpharm-2016-000875.69] [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: 11/03/2022] Open
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García C, Marín C, Catalá-Gregori P, Soriano JM. [Use of bacteriphages against Salmonella Enteritidis: a prevention tool]. NUTR HOSP 2015; 31:2740-2. [PMID: 26040389 DOI: 10.3305/nh.2015.31.6.8975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Salmonellosis is a highly prevalent disease still searching for preventive tools to avoid contamination level priority public health. OBJECTIVE The in vitro effect of bacteriophages against Salmonella enteritidis was evaluated as a prevention tool. METHOD Two tests with three concentrations of bacteriophages were conducted against two strains of Salmonella Enteritidis inoculated in fresh faeces of laying hens. Each test had a positive control. Thus, four groups in each test were evaluated. Each experimental group included two replicates, and three plates were incubated per replicate. The concentrations tested were three: commercial solution (5 × 10(7) pfu/mL), and two dilutions (1/10 and 1/30). One of the strains tested was CECT 4300, a certified strain of Colección Española de Cultivo Tipo and the other a field isolated strain in a sacrificed hen farm. Both strains were inoculated at 1.3 × 10(5) cfu/g of faeces in each of the four groups. Isolation and identification of bacteria by ISO6579 was done at various times after inoculation: 1 minute, 24 hours and 7 days. RESULTS In the first test, with certified strain, Salmonella was isolated in all groups at time 1 minute. After 24 hours, Salmonella was isolated in all groups except in one of the replicas treated with 1/10 dilution of bacteriophages, one of the other replica plate treated with 1/10 dilution, and two plates of the two replicas treated with the commercial solution. After 7 days, the bacteria were not isolated from any of the experimental groups. In the second test, with the field strain, Salmonella was isolated in all groups at time 1 minute. After 24 hours, Salmonella was isolated in all groups except in one of the replicas treated with 1/10 dilution of bacteriophages and the two replicas treated with the commercial solution. Salmonella was not isolated in any of the experimental groups at 7 days. CONCLUSIONS The use of bacteriophages reduced Salmonella enteritidis isolates in faeces at 24 hours after the application, so it could be considered as a prevention tool. At 7 days after inoculation of bacteria, no one was isolated in any of the experimental groups.
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- Cristina García
- Centro de Calidad Avícola y Alimentación Animal de la Comunidad Valenciana CECAV, Alquerías del Niño Perdido, Castellón..
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- Facultad de Veterinaria. Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera (Moncada), Valencia..
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- Centro de Calidad Avícola y Alimentación Animal de la Comunidad Valenciana CECAV, Alquerías del Niño Perdido, Castellón..
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- Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Endocrinología, Nutrición y Dietética Clínica. Universitat de València- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (Valencia), España..
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Vega S, Rosell R, Orden JA, Pérez T, Marín C, González S, Marco I, Cabezón O, de la Fuente R. Antigenic and molecular characterisation of Border disease virus associated with high mortality in lambs in Spain. Vet Rec Open 2015; 2:e000048. [PMID: 26392884 PMCID: PMC4567141 DOI: 10.1136/vetreco-2014-000048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 05/07/2014] [Revised: 11/20/2014] [Accepted: 11/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Introduction Border disease virus (BDV) causes congenital disorders in sheep and results in severe, but underestimated, economic losses worldwide. However, information about BDV strains affecting several ruminants worldwide is scarce. Therefore, antigenic and genetic classification of isolates from different geographical regions is important to enhance the knowledge of the epidemiology of BDV. Materials and methods Five pestiviruses isolated from lambs in an epidemic outbreak with an unusually high mortality in Spain in 1997 were characterised antigenically with a panel of monoclonal antibodies and genetically by sequencing within the 50 untranslated (50UTR) region of the genome. Results All the isolates were classified as BDV and showed a high homology with the Aveyron strain (Av), which was associated with an epidemic reported in sheep from the Aveyron region of France in 1984. Conclusions Classification of the isolates from this study provides valuable information on the molecular epidemiology of BDV.
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- S Vega
- Facultad de Veterinaria, Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal , Salud Pública Veterinaria, Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera , Valencia , Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Barcelona , Spain ; Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca , Alimentació i Medi Natural, Generalitat de Catalunya
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- Facultad de Veterinaria, Departamento de Sanidad Animal , Universidad Complutense , Madrid , Spain
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- Facultad de Farmacia, Departamento de Farmacia , Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera , Valencia , Spain
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- Facultad de Veterinaria, Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal , Salud Pública Veterinaria, Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera , Valencia , Spain
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- Facultad de Veterinaria, Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal , Salud Pública Veterinaria, Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera , Valencia , Spain
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- Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge (SEFaS), Facultat de Veterinaria, Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Barcelona , Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Barcelona , Spain ; Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge (SEFaS), Facultat de Veterinaria, Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Barcelona , Spain
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- Facultad de Veterinaria, Departamento de Sanidad Animal , Universidad Complutense , Madrid , Spain
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Marín C, Ferreiro L, Tejera A, Roca J. Trombosis venosa profunda primaria de miembro superior. Semergen 2015; 41:e15-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.semerg.2014.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2014] [Revised: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 05/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cerisuelo A, Marín C, Sánchez-Vizcaíno F, Gómez EA, de la Fuente JM, Durán R, Fernández C. The impact of a specific blend of essential oil components and sodium butyrate in feed on growth performance and Salmonella counts in experimentally challenged broilers. Poult Sci 2014; 93:599-606. [PMID: 24604853 DOI: 10.3382/ps.2013-03528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Essential oils (EO) and short-chain fatty acids have potential antimicrobial activity in broilers. This study aimed to investigate the effect of a specific blend of EO and a combination of this blend of EO with sodium-butyrate on growth performance and Salmonella colonization in broilers. A total of 480 one-day-old male broilers were distributed into 5 treatments (8 pens per treatment and 12 birds per pen) and reared during 42 d in experimental conditions. Dietary treatments consisted of the addition of different doses of EO (0 mg/kg, control; 50 mg/kg, EO50 and 100 mg/kg, EO100) or a combination of EO with 1 g/kg of sodium-butyrate (B; EO50 + B, EOB50 and EO100 + B, EOB100) to a basal diet. All birds were orally infected with 10(8) cfu of Salmonella Enteritidis on d 7 of study. Individual BW and feed intake per pen were measured at arrival and on a weekly basis. The prevalence and enumeration of Salmonella in feces was determined per treatment at 72 h postinfection and on d 23 and 37 of study. At slaughter, cecal content and liver samples from 16 birds per treatment were cultured for Salmonella and cecal pH was measured. No differences were observed on growth performance among treatments. All fecal samples analyzed were positive for Salmonella from d 10 to the end of the rearing period. At slaughter, Salmonella contamination (positive samples) in cecum was lower in birds fed EOB50 compared with the other treatments (P < 0.05), whereas birds fed the control diet showed the highest colonization rates. The pH of the cecal content was not different among treatments. Thus, EO or its combination with sodium-butyrate did not affect growth performance. However, a clear effectiveness of these products was observed in Salmonella control, especially when low doses of EO were combined with sodium-butyrate (EOB50).
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- A Cerisuelo
- Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Animal (CITA), Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), 12400 Segorbe, Castellón, Spain
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Olmo F, Clares MP, Marín C, González J, Inclán M, Soriano C, Urbanová K, Tejero R, Rosales MJ, Krauth-Siegel RL, Sánchez-Moreno M, García-España E. Synthetic single and double aza-scorpiand macrocycles acting as inhibitors of the antioxidant enzymes iron superoxide dismutase and trypanothione reductase in Trypanosoma cruzi with promising results in a murine model. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra09866h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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] Open
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Synthetic scorpiand-like azamacrocycles selectively inhibit SOD and TR enzymes of Trypanosoma cruzi in mice causing death of the parasites and increasing the mouse survival rate after infection and treatment.
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- Departamento de Parasitología
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs. Granada
- Universidad de Granada
- Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica
- Universidad de Valencia
- Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Parasitología
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs. Granada
- Universidad de Granada
- Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica
- Universidad de Valencia
- Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica
- Universidad de Valencia
- Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Universidad de Valencia
- Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Parasitología
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs. Granada
- Universidad de Granada
- Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física
- Universidad de Valencia
- Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Parasitología
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs. Granada
- Universidad de Granada
- Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Parasitología
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs. Granada
- Universidad de Granada
- Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica
- Universidad de Valencia
- Valencia, Spain
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Marín C, Alache HC, Mohamed L, Quiroga B. [Dyspnea caused by Coxiella Burnetii]. Semergen 2013; 39:218-21. [PMID: 23726734 DOI: 10.1016/j.semerg.2012.01.005] [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] [Received: 12/04/2011] [Accepted: 01/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dyspnea is a subjective sensation of difficult or uncomfortable breathing caused by increased excitation of brain respiratory centres,(1) and is usually secondary to pulmonary or cardiac disease.(2) Heart failure is a serious public health problem in industrialised countries, with an increasing prevalence and incidence. It is more common in the elderly, and is usually caused by a defect in myocardial contraction, coronary atherosclerosis, or less frequently, valvular disease.(3) Aortic insufficiency (AI) is one of them. It may originate from infective endocarditis, congenital or valvular heart disease, or rheumatic fever. It may lead to a medical emergency due to the inability of the left ventricle to adapt to the rapid increase in the end-diastolic volume caused by regurgitation of blood from aorta to left ventricle. If not corrected, the AI can lead to acute cardiogenic shock.(4.)
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- C Marín
- Servicio de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Centro de Salud Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, España.
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Ovalles-Bonilla J, Martínez-Barrio J, Lόpez-Longo F, de la Torre I, González C, Valor L, Montoro-Άlvarez M, Aramburu F, Marín C, Martínez-Estupiñán L, Nieto J, Hinojosa M, Bello N, Monteagudo I, Carreño L. AB0678 Artrhitic patterns in systemic lupus erythematosus. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.678] [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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Ovalles-Bonilla J, Martínez-Barrio J, Lόpez-Longo F, de la Torre I, González C, Valor L, Montoro-Άlvarez M, Aramburu F, Marín C, Martínez-Estupiñán L, Nieto J, Hinojosa M, Bello N, Monteagudo I, Carreño L. AB0677 Late onset systemic lupus erythematosus: Is it actually a milder variant? Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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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Ovalles-Bonilla J, Martínez-Barrio J, Lόpez-Longo F, de la Torre I, González C, Valor L, Montoro-Άlvarez M, Aramburu F, Marín C, Martínez-Estupiñán L, Nieto J, Hinojosa M, Bello N, Monteagudo I, Carreño L. FRI0260 Survival, causes of death and mortality risk factors in systemic sclerosis:. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.2717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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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Dávila Fajardo C, Sánchez-Ramos J, Toledo Frías P, García C, Gómez C, Marín C, Bautista A, Burillo F, Cabeza Barrera J. PHC-019 Pharmacogenetics of Antiplatelet Agents: Towards Personalised Treatment? Eur J Hosp Pharm 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/ejhpharm-2013-000276.364] [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] Open
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López-Cespedes A, Longoni SS, Sauri-Arceo CH, Rodríguez-Vivas RI, Villegas N, Escobedo-Ortegón J, Barrera-Pérez MA, Sánchez-Moreno M, Bolio González ME, Marín C. Seroprevalence of Antibodies Against the Excreted Antigen Superoxide Dismutase byTrypanosoma Cruziin Dogs From the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico). Zoonoses Public Health 2012; 60:277-83. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01520.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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López-Céspedes A, Longoni SS, Sauri-Arceo CH, Sánchez-Moreno M, Rodríguez-Vivas RI, Escobedo-Ortegón FJ, Barrera-Pérez MA, Bolio-González ME, Marín C. Leishmania spp. epidemiology of canine leishmaniasis in the Yucatan Peninsula. ScientificWorldJournal 2012; 2012:945871. [PMID: 22927792 PMCID: PMC3417185 DOI: 10.1100/2012/945871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 04/04/2012] [Accepted: 04/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Canine Leishmaniasis is widespread in various Mexican states, where different species of Leishmania have been isolated from dogs. In the present study, we describe the detection of L. braziliensis, L. infantum, and L. mexicana in serum of dogs from the states of Yucatan and Quintana Roo in the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico). A total of 412 sera were analyzed by ELISA using the total extract of the parasite and the iron superoxide dismutase excreted by different trypanosomatids as antigens. We found the prevalence of L. braziliensis to be 7.52%, L. infantum to be 6.07%, and L. mexicana to be 20.63%, in the dog population studied. The results obtained with ELISA using iron superoxide dismutase as the antigen were confirmed by western blot analysis with its greater sensitivity, and the agreement between the two techniques was very high.
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- A López-Céspedes
- Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Severo Ochoa s/n, Granada, Spain
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Robles R, Marín C, Lopez-Conesa A, Capel A, Perez-Flores D, Parrilla P. Comparative study of right portal vein ligation versus embolisation for induction of hypertrophy in two-stage hepatectomy for multiple bilateral colorectal liver metastases. Eur J Surg Oncol 2012; 38:586-93. [PMID: 22560404 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2012.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2011] [Revised: 03/13/2012] [Accepted: 03/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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AIM In patients with two-stage hepatectomy (TSH) for multiple bilobar liver metastases from colorectal cancer, few clinical series compare functional remnant hypertrophy of the liver volume between right portal vein ligation (PVL) and embolisation (PVE). Our objective is to analyse the effectiveness of portal vein ligation to achieve hypertrophy of the functional remnant volume (FRV) of the liver and to compare the results with portal vein embolisation in a series of patients with multiple bilobar liver metastases from colorectal carcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between September 2001 and September 2011 we performed a TSH in 41 patients with multiple bilobar colorectal liver metastases. A right PVL was performed in 23 patients with an insufficient FRV (three patients did not complete the second stage due to tumour progression and were excluded). We prospectively compare these results with the increased remnant volume obtained in 18 patients with right PVE. RESULTS The median FRV was higher in the patients with PVE, rising from 501 ml (range 309-703) to 636 ml (range 387-649), than those with PVL, rising from 510 ml (range 203-824) to 595 ml (range 313-1213) (p < 0.05). The median %FRVI was higher in the patients with PVE (median 40%; range 21-65%) than those with PVL (median 30%; range 21-60%) (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS PVL and PVE were effective in all cases for obtaining hypertrophy of the FRV before major liver resection. Right PVE obtains better results and should be used where necessary to achieve a further increase in volume.
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- R Robles
- Virgen de Arrixaca University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, Spain.
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Romero M, Sánchez A, Marín C, Navarro M, Ferri J, Noé E. Utilidad clínica de la versión en castellano del Mississippi Aphasia Screening Test (MASTsp): validación en pacientes con ictus. Neurologia 2012; 27:216-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2011.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2011] [Revised: 05/25/2011] [Accepted: 06/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Delgado-Casado N, Yubero-Serrano E, Pérez-Martínez P, Tasset-Cuevas I, Santos-González M, Delgado-Lista J, García-Ríos A, Marín C, Fuentes F, Villalba J, Túnez I, Pérez-Jiménez F, López-Miranda J. P351 THE SUPPLEMENTATION OF COENZYME Q10 TO A MEDITERRANEAN DIET IMPROVES ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEMS AND REDUCES CELLULAR OXIDATION IN ELDERLY SUBJECTS. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(10)70418-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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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Oliver B, Orpez T, Mayorga C, Pinto-Medel MJ, Leyva L, López-Gómez C, Marín C, Luque G, Ortega-Pinazo J, Fernández O. Neutralizing antibodies against IFN beta in patients with multiple sclerosis: a comparative study of two cytopathic effect tests (CPE) for their detection. J Immunol Methods 2009; 351:41-5. [PMID: 19786034 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2009.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2009] [Revised: 09/17/2009] [Accepted: 09/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Neutralizing antibodies (NABs) against IFN beta should be measured in specialized laboratories, using a test of inhibition of the cytopathic effect (bioassay or CPE test), based on the capacity of IFNss to block the infection of live monolayer-cultured cells by a virus, depending on the presence or absence of NABs. The European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) considers this assay to be the gold standard. However, the various different ways to perform this assay complicate comparison of the results between laboratories. The World Health Organization (WHO) has published several recommendations to perform this assay using the A549 cell line and the murine encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV). In order to validate the results previously obtained in our laboratory with HEP2/VSV, we undertook a comparative analysis of the two bioassays, HEP2/VSV and A549/EMCV, to assess whether the use of different cell lines and viruses influences sensitivity. We also calibrated the A549/EMCV assay with a reference IFNss. Our results confirm that the bioassay with HEP2/VSV is as sensitive as the assay with A549/EMCV and that a significant association and correlation exist in the results between both assays. Thus, past results with HEP2/VSV in our laboratory could be comparable with those obtained with A549/EMCV in both our laboratory and others.
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- B Oliver
- Research Laboratory, Hospital Civil, Pab. 5, Sótano, 29009 Málaga, Spain.
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Marín C, Dollet M, Pagès M, Bastien P. Large differences in the genome organization of different plant Trypanosomatid parasites (Phytomonas spp.) reveal wide evolutionary divergences between taxa. Infect Genet Evol 2008; 9:235-40. [PMID: 19111630 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2008] [Revised: 11/20/2008] [Accepted: 11/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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All currently known plant trypanosomes have been grouped in the genus Phytomonas spp., although they can differ greatly in terms of both their biological properties and effects upon the host. Those parasitizing the phloem sap are specifically associated with lethal syndromes in Latin America, such as, phloem necrosis of coffee, 'Hartrot' of coconut and 'Marchitez sorpresiva' of oil palm, that inflict considerable economic losses in endemic countries. The genomic organization of one group of Phytomonas (D) considered as representative of the genus has been published previously. The present work presents the genomic structure of two representative isolates from the pathogenic phloem-restricted group (H) of Phytomonas, analyzed by pulsed field gel electrophoresis followed by hybridization with chromosome-specific DNA markers. It came as a surprise to observe an extremely different genomic organization in this group as compared with that of group D. Most notably, the chromosome number is 7 in this group (with a genome size of 10 Mb) versus 21 in the group D (totalling 25 Mb). These data unravel an unsuspected genomic diversity within plant trypanosomatids, that may justify a further debate about their division into different genera.
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- C Marín
- CIRAD, Department of Biological Systems, Research Unit 29 "Etiology wilts" TA A-29/F, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Robles R, Marín C, Parrilla P. Laparoscopic liver resection for metastatic disease. MINERVA CHIR 2008; 63:441-453. [PMID: 19078876] [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: 05/27/2023]
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AIM Open surgery (OS) is currently the ''gold standard'' for liver metastasis (LM) treatment. However, in order to evaluate the efficiency of laparoscopic surgery (LS) for LM treatment, it is necessary to carry out studies to demonstrating that this technique can obtain the same results as OS. In this study the current position of LS for LM is presented. METHODS The authors carried out a bibliographical search of all the series of LM resected using LS from the following sources: Medline, Embase, Ovid and Cochrane. The following aspects of LM treatment using LS were examined: intraoperative objectives, postoperative morbidity and mortality and follow-up (5-year survival rate). RESULTS In selected cases for LS, there are similar postoperative morbidity and mortality rates with LS and OS. However, LS does not meet the intraoperative objectives because there is under staging of the abdominal cavity and of the liver. Therefore, hand-assisted laparoscopic liver surgery (HALLS) could be a valid alternative. There are few studies that have shown survival rates at 5 years, although in selected cases, the results of LS and OS are similar. CONCLUSIONS OS continues to be the ''gold standard'' for the surgical treatment of LM. HALLS is a valid alternative to totally LS so long as there is no improvement in the pre and intraoperative means of staging.
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- R Robles
- Department of Surgery, Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain.
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Villagrán ME, Sánchez-Moreno M, Marín C, Uribe M, de la Cruz JJ, de Diego JA. Seroprevalence to Trypanosoma cruzi in rural communities of the state of Querétaro (Mexico): statistical evaluation of tests. Clin Biochem 2008; 42:12-6. [PMID: 19014924 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.09.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2008] [Revised: 09/17/2008] [Accepted: 09/18/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The detection of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies has become one of the priorities of the clinical establishments in the health sector, due both to the increase in positive cases found in transfusion centres as well as to the appearance of patients with characteristic Chagas cardiopathies that seek emergency treatment in the main hospitals of Querétaro (Mexico). DESIGN AND METHODS The present study seeks to establish for the first time the infection level of Trypanosoma cruzi, in the rural communities of this state and implement the preventive measures necessary to control and/or eradicate this infection. A transversal study was conducted, examining seriologically 1029 blood samples of the inhabitants of rural areas of the state of Querétaro, to detect anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies. RESULTS The indirect serological diagnostic tests were indirect hemagglutination, enzymo-immunoenzymatic absorbent, recombinant ELISA, and indirect immunofluorescence. For the diagnostic evaluation of serological tests used, ELISA was considered the control test. CONCLUSIONS The first conclusion was that the two tests with the greatest serological reactivity were ELISA and recombinant ELISA, followed by IFA and IHA, respectively, with the final percentage of positives being 6.6%, far above the national mean of seroprevalence in Mexico (1.6%). On the other hand, the sensitivity, specificity, VP+, VP-, percentage of concordance and Kappa index of the recombinant ELISA tests, IFA, and IHA were determined against the control ELISA. It was found that ELISA and recombinant ELISA presented a greater sensitivity level, as well as the highest values for the different parameters studied.
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- M E Villagrán
- Laboratorio de Tripanosomiasis Americana, Facultad de Química, UAQ, CHIVO I.S.S.S.T.E., México
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Marín C, Robles R, Pastor P, Parrilla P. [Liver resection in the treatment of intrahepatic lithiasis. Immediate and long-term results in a single-center series]. Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2008; 100:225-9. [PMID: 18563980 DOI: 10.4321/s1130-01082008000400006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE intrahepatic lithiasis (IHL) is an uncommon entity in our environment. When associated with Caroli s disease or stenosis of the biliary radicals it may be necessary to perform liver resection to provide definitive resolution. We present immediate and long term results in a Spanish series of patients with hepatic resection to treat hepatolithiasis. PATIENTS between January 1996 and December 2007 we performed a liver resection (LR) in 8 patients for IHL. The IHL was associated with Caroli s disease in 3 cases and with stenosis of segmentary radicals in the other 5 cases. It manifested itself as acute cholangitis in 5 cases, as biliary colic in two cases and recurrent pancreatitis in one case. The surgical technique was 1 right hepatectomy, 2 left hepatectomies and 5 segmentary resections. RESULTS there was no intra- or postoperative mortality. The morbidity rate was 25%. One patient (12%) with Caroli s disease which had malignised to cholangiocarcinoma died in the follow-up period. The remaining 7 patients have had no IHL recurrence after a mean follow-up of 62 +/- 2 months (range: 31-106). CONCLUSIONS in our experience liver resection, either lobar or segmentary, is the treatment for patients with IHL associated with stenosis and dilatation of the bile duct, as it provides complete resolution of the disease with low rates of morbidity and mortality.
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- C Marín
- Departamento de Cirugía, Unidad de Cirugía Hepática y Transplante Hepática, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, El Palmar, Murcia.
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Jiménez-Gómez Y, Pérez-Jiménez F, Marín C, Gómez P, Moreno R, Delgado J, Pérez-Martínez P, Gómez MJ, López-Miranda J. The -250G/A polymorphism in the hepatic lipase gene promoter influences the postprandial lipemic response in healthy men. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2008; 18:173-181. [PMID: 17399967 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2006.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2006] [Revised: 10/30/2006] [Accepted: 11/13/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM The -250G/A promoter polymorphism of the hepatic lipase gene has been associated with changes in the activity of the enzyme. We investigated whether this polymorphism modifies the postprandial response of triacylglycerol-rich lipoproteins (TRL) in young normolipemic males. METHODS AND RESULTS Fifty-one healthy apolipoprotein (apo) E3/E3 male volunteers (30 G/G and 21 carriers of the A allele) underwent a vitamin A fat-loading test and blood samples were drawn every hour until the 6th, and every 2h and 30 min until the 11th. Total plasma cholesterol and triacylglycerols (TG), as well as cholesterol, TG and retinyl palmitate (RP) in TRL, isolated by ultracentrifugation, were determined. Carriers of the A allele showed a higher response (P=0.008), a higher area under the curve (AUC; P=0.022) and a lower RP peak time (P=0.029) in small TRL during the postprandial response, as well as a lower peak time in total plasma TG levels (P=0.034) and large TRL-TG (P=0.033) than subjects who were homozygous for the G allele. CONCLUSION Our data indicate that the presence of the A allele in the -250G/A promoter polymorphism of the hepatic lipase gene is associated with a higher postprandial lipemic response.
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- Y Jiménez-Gómez
- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Avda. Menéndez Pidal, s/n, 14004 Córdoba, Spain
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Marín C, Robles R, Fernández JA, Bueno FS, Ramírez P, Miras M, Parrilla P. Role of liver transplantation in the management of unresectable neuroendocrine liver metastases. Transplant Proc 2007; 39:2302-3. [PMID: 17889171 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.06.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 12/14/2022]
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UNLABELLED The use of OLT in the management of liver metastases of any origin is highly controversial, as most patients receiving a transplant for this indication display poor results owing to early tumor spread secondary to the effects of immunosuppression. However, as they have a better biological behavior, neuroendocrine (NE) tumors may be a good indication for OLT. Our aim was to present our experience in the management of unresectable liver metastases of tumors of NE origin. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between January 1996 and April 2006, 10 patients underwent OLT for unresectable liver metastases of a neuroendocrine origin, accounting for 1.2% of all transplants performed to date in our unit (n = 626). The most common location of the primary tumor was the pancreas in six cases: three in the pancreatic tail--one carcinoid tumor, one gastrinoma, and one nonfunctioning NE [NF-NE] tumor; and three cases in the pancreatic head--three NF-NE tumors. In the remaining four cases, including three carcinoid tumours and one NF-NE tumors, two were located in the small bowel (at the ileum and ileocecal valve) and two in the lung. The liver metastases were synchronous with the primary tumor in seven cases and metachronous in three cases. RESULTS The morbidity rate was 75% and the mortality rate, 10% (n = 1). The tumor recurrence rate was 33% with 1- and 3-year survival rates of 86% and 57%, respectively.
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- C Marín
- Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Liver Transplant Unit, Murcia, Spain.
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Robles R, Marín C, Pastor P, Ramírez P, Sanchez-Bueno F, Pons JA, Parrilla P. Liver transplantation for Klatskin's tumor: contraindicated, palliative, or indicated? Transplant Proc 2007; 39:2293-4. [PMID: 17889167 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.06.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Surgical resection is the only potential curative treatment for Klatskin's tumor. In the cases of Bismuth type IV, some authors have suggested performing liver transplantation (OLT). Our aim was to present our experience in the management of Klatskin's tumor, with special reference to patients undergoing OLT. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between May 1988 and December 2006, 66 patients were treated in our department for Klatskin's tumor, including 43 men and 23 women of overall mean age 66 years (range = 38 to 88). Twenty patients (group 1) were in operable and 46 patients underwent resection surgery (group 2), including 13 tumors considered unresectable (group 2a), with OLT contraindicated for disseminated tumor; tumor resection was possible in 23 cases (group 2b) and the remaining 10 patients who were surgically unresectable but with nondisseminated neoplasm (by staging laparotomy) underwent OLT (group 2c). The mean waiting time for OLT was 2 months (range = 1 to 4 months). RESULTS The mean survival rates of the group 1 and 2a patients was 6 +/- 2 months and 8 +/- 2 months, respectively. Of the 23 resected patients, the 1-, 3-, and 5-year survivals were 84%, 59%, and 40%. The 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival of OLT was 80%, 60%, and 37%, respectively. Among the 10 transplanted patients, six died due to tumor recurrence at 46, 43, 19, 16, 12, and 12 months. The remaining four patients are alive and tumor-free at 120, 89, 68, and 29 months, respectively. CONCLUSIONS A more accurate preoperative staging, perhaps by systematic use of pre-OLT laparotomy, and the use of adjuvant, and most importantly neoadjuvant therapy may improve the results of OLT in Klatskin's tumor.
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- R Robles
- Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Liver Transplant Unit, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain.
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Pérez-Martínez P, Adarraga-Cansino MD, Fernández de la Puebla RA, Blanco-Molina A, Delgado-Lista J, Marín C, Ordovás JM, López-Miranda J, Pérez-Jiménez F. The -675 4G/5G polymorphism at the Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) gene modulates plasma Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 concentrations in response to dietary fat consumption. Br J Nutr 2007; 99:699-702. [PMID: 17903340 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114507831710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The objective of the study was to determine whether Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Type 1 (PAI-1) -675 4G/5G polymorphism is associated with the response of functional plasma PAI-1 concentrations to changes in the amount and quality of dietary fat in healthy subjects. PAI-1 is the major inhibitor of fibrinolysis, and a lower level of fibrinolytic activity could be implicated in an increased risk of IHD. Fifty-nine healthy Spanish volunteers (ten 4G/4G homozygotes, twenty-eight heterozygotes 4G/5G and twenty-one 5G/5G homozygotes) consumed three diets for periods of 4 weeks each: a SFA-rich diet (38 % fat, 20 % SFA), followed by a carbohydrate-rich diet (30 % fat, 55 % carbohydrate) and a MUFA-rich diet (38 % fat, 22 % MUFA) according to a randomized crossover design. At the end of each dietary period plasma lipid and functional plasma PAI-1 concentrations were determined. Subjects carrying the 4G allele (4G/4G and 4G/5G) showed a significant decrease in PAI-1 concentrations after the MUFA diet, compared with the SFA-rich and carbohydrate-rich diets (genotype x diet interaction: P = 0.028). 5G/5G homozygotes had the lowest plasma PAI-1 concentrations compared with 4G/4G and 4G/5G subjects (genotype: P = 0.002), without any changes as a result of the amount and the quality of the dietary fat. In summary, no differences in plasma PAI-1 concentration response were found after changes in dietary fat intake in 5G/5G homozygotes, although these subjects displayed the lowest concentrations of PAI-1. On the other hand, carriers of the 4G allele are more likely to hyper-respond to the presence of MUFA in the diet because of a greater decrease in PAI-1 concentrations.
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- P Pérez-Martínez
- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, CIBER, Fisiopatologia, Obesidad y Nutricion, Avda. Menendez Pidal, s/n. 14004 Cordoba, Spain.
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Vargas F, Córdova Paz Soldán O, Marín C, Jose Rosales M, Sánchez-Gutierrez R, Sánchez-Moreno M. Epidemiology of American trypanosomiasis in northern Peru. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2007; 101:643-8. [PMID: 17877882 DOI: 10.1179/136485907x229031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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- F Vargas
- Instituto de Investigación en Microbiología y Parasitología Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Trujillo, Peru
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Marín C, Longoni SS, Mateo H, de Diego JA, Alunda JM, Minaya G, Sánchez-Moreno M. The use of an excreted superoxide dismutase in an ELISA and Western blotting for the diagnosis of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum naturally infected dogs. Parasitol Res 2007; 101:801-8. [PMID: 17497171 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0551-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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] [Received: 01/09/2007] [Accepted: 04/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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An excreted iron superoxide dismutase of pI 3.75 and a molecular mass of approximately 25 kDa was partially purified by QAE Sephadex ion-exchange chromatography from the in vitro culture of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum. This enzyme was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western blot of anti-L. infantum antibodies in dog serum. For the determination of the sensitivity and specificity of this protein, the results using the complete-parasite antigen fraction were taken as references. For this, 39 sera were assayed in dogs from different Spanish provinces. By Western blot, at a dilution of 1:250, 82% of the sera were positive when superoxide dismutase excreted was used as the antigen, against 56.4% positivity when the complete parasite was used as the antigen. These findings support the results of a previous study, indicating that the superoxide dismutase excreted can be useful in diagnosing L. (L.) infantum.
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- C Marín
- Instituto de Biotecnología, Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, C/ Severo Ochoa s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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Carbonell P, Glover G, Fernández JA, Ramírez M, Marín C, Castellanos G, Parrilla P. [Hereditary pancreatitis caused by a new mutation in the trypsinogen gene. Report of a family]. Cir Esp 2006; 79:252-4. [PMID: 16753108 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-739x(06)70863-6] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hereditary pancreatitis is an uncommon autosomal dominant disease secondary to a mutation normally located in the trypsinogen gene, preventing trypsin deactivation. This mutation translates clinically into recurrent attacks of acute pancreatitis and an increased risk of pancreatic cancer. We report a case of acute hereditary pancreatitis due to a trypsinogen mutation that has previously been described in only one family.
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- Unidad de Genética Molecular, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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