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García-Bouyssou I, Laredo C, Massons M, Serrano M, Moreira F, Cabero-Arnold A, Urra X, Chamorro A. Clinical and neuroanatomical predictors of post-stroke fatigue. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2024; 33:107708. [PMID: 38582265 DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.107708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Post-stroke fatigue (PSF) has been described as early exhaustion with tiredness that develops during physical or mental activity and generally does not improve with rest. There are inconsistent findings on the relationship between the characteristics of the ischemic brain lesion and PSF. However, some studies suggest that specific neuroanatomical and neuroplastic changes could explain post-stroke fatigue. The aim was to evaluate the severity of PSF in relation to the location and the size of the ischemic lesion in acute stroke patients to establish possible predictors of PSF. PATIENTS AND METHODS We performed a prospective observational study to establish potential early predictors of long-term PSF, which was assessed using the Fatigue Assessment Scale six months after ischemic stroke. After segmenting brain infarcts on Diffusion-Weighted Imaging (DWI) images, we studied the association with PSF using Voxel-Based Lesion-Symptom Mapping (VLSM). RESULTS Out of 104 patients, 61 (59 %) reported PSF. Female sex and history of diabetes mellitus were associated with a greater risk of developing PSF. The association of PSF with female sex was confirmed in a replication cohort of 50 patients. The ischemic lesion volume was not associated with PSF, and VBLSM analysis did not identify any specific brain area significantly associated with PSF. CONCLUSIONS PSF is frequent in stroke patients, especially women, even after six months. The absence of neuroanatomical correlates of PSF suggests that it is a multifactorial process with biological, psychological, and social risk factors that require further study.
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- I García-Bouyssou
- Institut Clínic de Malalties Mèdiques i Quirúrgiques, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Core Facility, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Comprehensive Stroke Center, Department of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Comprehensive Stroke Center, Department of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Médico Altiplano Salud, Jumilla, Spain
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- Comprehensive Stroke Center, Department of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Comprehensive Stroke Center, Department of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Comprehensive Stroke Center, Department of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Lakhssassi K, Meneses C, Sarto MP, Serrano M, Calvo JH. Genome-wide analysis reveals that the cytochrome P450 family 7 subfamily B member 1 gene is implicated in growth traits in Rasa Aragonesa ewes. Animal 2023; 17:100975. [PMID: 37734362 DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2023.100975] [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: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023] Open
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Sheep are very well adapted to changing environments and are able to produce and reproduce with low inputs in feed and water better than other domestic ruminants. Indeed, the ewe body condition score (BCS) and live weight (LW) play a significant role in productive and reproductive performance. This work conducts a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to detect genetic variants associated with growth traits in 225 adult ewes of the Rasa Aragonesa breed by using the genotypes from 50 k and HD Illumina Ovine BeadChip. These ewes were measured for LW, BCS and growth rate (GR) for 2 years, from January to September. Corrected phenotypes for BCS, LW and GR were estimated and used as input for the GWAS. Only one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs425509273 in chromosome 9 (OAR9), associated with the GR, overcame the genome-wise significance level. One, three and nine SNPs were associated at the chromosome-wise level (FDR 10%) for traits BCS, LW and GR, respectively. The cytochrome P450 family 7 subfamily B member 1 (CYP7B1) candidate gene, located 83 kb upstream from SNP rs425509273 in OAR9, was partially isolated and Sanger-sequenced. Fifteen polymorphisms comprising 12 SNPs, two indels and one polyC, were detected in promoter, exon 1, 3, 5, and intron 1-3 region. The SNP association analysis of the polymorphisms located close to the transcription start site (TSS) showed that a 22 bp insertion located at -58 nucleotides from the TSS (indel (-58)), a polyC (-25), and two A/G SNPs (SNP3 (-114) and SNP5 (-63)) were associated with the GR trait, whereas only the indel (-58) was associated with the BCS trait. The haplotype analysis confirmed these results. The functional characterisation of the polymorphisms at CYP7B1 gene in liver by real-time quantitative PCR analysis confirmed that the mutations in the promoter region affected CYP7B1 gene expression. Our results demonstrated the involvement of the CYP7B1 gene promoter on GR and BCS traits in Rasa Aragonesa. These findings suggest that variations in ovine CYP7B1 may serve as potential genetic markers to be used in breeding programmes to improve growth characteristics that could influence reproductive traits.
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- K Lakhssassi
- Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA-IA2), Avda. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain; Research Unit of Animal Production, National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA), BP 6356, Institutes 10101, Rabat, Morocco
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA-IA2), Avda. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA-IA2), Avda. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain; Aragonese Foundation for Research and Development (ARAID), 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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Tilly CM, Serrano M, Witt B, Ravikumar P, Counce R, Barkley H, Becton D, Perin R, Mack JM. Got evaluations? - a single institution’s journey to 1,000 evaluations in 90 days. Am J Med Sci 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9629(23)00203-3] [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: 01/28/2023]
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Tan YP, Bishop-Hurley SL, Shivas RG, Cowan DA, Maggs-Kölling G, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Pinruan U, Bransgrove KL, De la Peña-Lastra S, Larsson E, Lebel T, Mahadevakumar S, Mateos A, Osieck ER, Rigueiro-Rodríguez A, Sommai S, Ajithkumar K, Akulov A, Anderson FE, Arenas F, Balashov S, Bañares Á, Berger DK, Bianchinotti MV, Bien S, Bilański P, Boxshall AG, Bradshaw M, Broadbridge J, Calaça FJS, Campos-Quiroz C, Carrasco-Fernández J, Castro JF, Chaimongkol S, Chandranayaka S, Chen Y, Comben D, Dearnaley JDW, Ferreira-Sá AS, Dhileepan K, Díaz ML, Divakar PK, Xavier-Santos S, Fernández-Bravo A, Gené J, Guard FE, Guerra M, Gunaseelan S, Houbraken J, Janik-Superson K, Jankowiak R, Jeppson M, Jurjević Ž, Kaliyaperumal M, Kelly LA, Kezo K, Khalid AN, Khamsuntorn P, Kidanemariam D, Kiran M, Lacey E, Langer GJ, López-Llorca LV, Luangsa-Ard JJ, Lueangjaroenkit P, Lumbsch HT, Maciá-Vicente JG, Mamatha Bhanu LS, Marney TS, Marqués-Gálvez JE, Morte A, Naseer A, Navarro-Ródenas A, Oyedele O, Peters S, Piskorski S, Quijada L, Ramírez GH, Raja K, Razzaq A, Rico VJ, Rodríguez A, Ruszkiewicz-Michalska M, Sánchez RM, Santelices C, Savitha AS, Serrano M, Leonardo-Silva L, Solheim H, Somrithipol S, Sreenivasa MY, Stępniewska H, Strapagiel D, Taylor T, Torres-Garcia D, Vauras J, Villarreal M, Visagie CM, Wołkowycki M, Yingkunchao W, Zapora E, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW. Fungal Planet description sheets: 1436-1477. Persoonia 2022; 49:261-350. [PMID: 38234383 PMCID: PMC10792226 DOI: 10.3767/persoonia.2022.49.08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Argentina, Colletotrichum araujiae on leaves, stems and fruits of Araujia hortorum. Australia, Agaricus pateritonsus on soil, Curvularia fraserae on dying leaf of Bothriochloa insculpta, Curvularia millisiae from yellowing leaf tips of Cyperus aromaticus, Marasmius brunneolorobustus on well-rotted wood, Nigrospora cooperae from necrotic leaf of Heteropogon contortus, Penicillium tealii from the body of a dead spider, Pseudocercospora robertsiorum from leaf spots of Senna tora, Talaromyces atkinsoniae from gills of Marasmius crinis-equi and Zasmidium pearceae from leaf spots of Smilaxglyciphylla. Brazil, Preussia bezerrensis from air. Chile, Paraconiothyrium kelleni from the rhizosphere of Fragaria chiloensis subsp. chiloensis f. chiloensis. Finland, Inocybe udicola on soil in mixed forest with Betula pendula, Populus tremula, Picea abies and Alnus incana. France, Myrmecridium normannianum on dead culm of unidentified Poaceae. Germany, Vexillomyces fraxinicola from symptomless stem wood of Fraxinus excelsior. India, Diaporthe limoniae on infected fruit of Limonia acidissima, Didymella naikii on leaves of Cajanus cajan, and Fulvifomes mangroviensis on basal trunk of Aegiceras corniculatum. Indonesia, Penicillium ezekielii from Zea mays kernels. Namibia, Neocamarosporium calicoremae and Neocladosporium calicoremae on stems of Calicorema capitata, and Pleiochaeta adenolobi on symptomatic leaves of Adenolobus pechuelii. Netherlands, Chalara pteridii on stems of Pteridium aquilinum, Neomackenziella juncicola (incl. Neomackenziella gen. nov.) and Sporidesmiella junci from dead culms of Juncus effusus. Pakistan, Inocybe longistipitata on soil in a Quercus forest. Poland, Phytophthora viadrina from rhizosphere soil of Quercus robur, and Septoria krystynae on leaf spots of Viscum album. Portugal (Azores), Acrogenospora stellata on dead wood or bark. South Africa, Phyllactinia greyiae on leaves of Greyia sutherlandii and Punctelia anae on bark of Vachellia karroo. Spain, Anteaglonium lusitanicum on decaying wood of Prunus lusitanica subsp. lusitanica, Hawksworthiomyces riparius from fluvial sediments, Lophiostoma carabassense endophytic in roots of Limbarda crithmoides, and Tuber mohedanoi from calcareus soils. Spain (Canary Islands), Mycena laurisilvae on stumps and woody debris. Sweden, Elaphomyces geminus from soil under Quercus robur. Thailand, Lactifluus chiangraiensis on soil under Pinus merkusii, Lactifluus nakhonphanomensis and Xerocomus sisongkhramensis on soil under Dipterocarpus trees. Ukraine, Valsonectria robiniae on dead twigs of Robinia hispida. USA, Spiralomyces americanus (incl. Spiralomyces gen. nov.) from office air. Morphological and culture characteristics are supported by DNA barcodes. Citation: Tan YP, Bishop-Hurley SL, Shivas RG, et al. 2022. Fungal Planet description sheets: 1436-1477. Persoonia 49: 261-350. https://doi.org/10.3767/persoonia.2022.49.08.
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- Y P Tan
- Queensland Plant Pathology Herbarium, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dutton Park 4102, Queensland, Australia
- Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba 4350, Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland Plant Pathology Herbarium, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dutton Park 4102, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba 4350, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa
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- School of Life Sciences and Technology, Centre for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611 731, P.R. China
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- Plant Microbe Interaction Research Team (APMT), Integrative Crop Biotechnology and Management Research Group (ACBG), National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road, Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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- Agri-Science Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Mareeba 4880, Queensland, Australia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, and Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Box 461, SE40530 Göteborg, Sweden
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- State Herbarium of South Australia, Department for Environment and Water, Hackney Road, Adelaide 5000, South Australia
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- Forest Pathology Department, Division of Forest Protection, KSCSTE-Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi - 680 653, Thrissur, Kerala, India
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- Sociedad Micológica Extremeña, C/ Sagitario 14, 10001 Cáceres, Spain
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- Jkvr. C.M. van Asch van Wijcklaan 19, 3972 ST Driebergen-Rijsenburg, The Netherlands
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- Plant Microbe Interaction Research Team (APMT), Integrative Crop Biotechnology and Management Research Group (ACBG), National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road, Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Mycology and Plant Resistance, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Maidan Svobody 4, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- CERZOS-UNS-CONICET, Camino La Carrindanga Km 7, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica), Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- EMSL Analytical, Inc., 200 Route 130 North, Cinnaminson, NJ 08077 USA
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- Departamento de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal, Universidad de La Laguna, Apdo. 456, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Islas Canarias
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- CERZOS-UNS-CONICET, Camino La Carrindanga Km 7, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- Depto. de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, UNS, San Juan 670, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Sect. Mycology and Complex Diseases, Dept. Forest Protection, Northwest German Forest Research Institute (NW-FVA), Grätzelstr. 2, 37079 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Forest Ecosystems Protection, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Krakow, Poland
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- School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Laboratory of Basic, Applied Mycology and Scientific Dissemination (FungiLab), State University of Goiás, Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), Av. Vicente Méndez 515, Chillán, Ñuble, Chile
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), Av. Vicente Méndez 515, Chillán, Ñuble, Chile
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), Av. Vicente Méndez 515, Chillán, Ñuble, Chile
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- Plant Microbe Interaction Research Team (APMT), Integrative Crop Biotechnology and Management Research Group (ACBG), National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road, Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, Thailand
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Studies in Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570006, Karnataka, India
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- School of Life Sciences and Technology, Centre for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611 731, P.R. China
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- Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dutton Park 4102, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba 4350, Queensland, Australia
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- Laboratory of Basic, Applied Mycology and Scientific Dissemination (FungiLab), State University of Goiás, Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
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- Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dutton Park 4102, Queensland, Australia
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- CERZOS-UNS-CONICET, Camino La Carrindanga Km 7, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- Depto. de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, UNS, San Juan 670, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy and Botany (DU Botany), Faculty of Pharmacy, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Basic, Applied Mycology and Scientific Dissemination (FungiLab), State University of Goiás, Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), Av. Vicente Méndez 515, Chillán, Ñuble, Chile
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- Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Forest Ecosystems Protection, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Krakow, Poland
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, and Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Box 461, SE40530 Göteborg, Sweden
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- EMSL Analytical, Inc., 200 Route 130 North, Cinnaminson, NJ 08077 USA
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- Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Agri-Science Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Mareeba 4880, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus-54590, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Plant Microbe Interaction Research Team (APMT), Integrative Crop Biotechnology and Management Research Group (ACBG), National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road, Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Botany, Division of Science & Technology, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Microbial Screening Technologies, 28 Percival Rd, Smithfield, New South Wales 2164, Australia
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- Sect. Mycology and Complex Diseases, Dept. Forest Protection, Northwest German Forest Research Institute (NW-FVA), Grätzelstr. 2, 37079 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology, Laboratory of Plant Pathology, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies (MIES) Ramón Margalef, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
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- Plant Microbe Interaction Research Team (APMT), Integrative Crop Biotechnology and Management Research Group (ACBG), National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road, Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Biodiversity Center, Kasetsart University (BDCKU), Bangkok, Thailand
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- The Field Museum of Natural History, Science & Education, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute for Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), P.O. Box 50, 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Yuvaraja's College, University of Mysore, Mysuru - 570005, Karnataka, India
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- Queensland Plant Pathology Herbarium, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dutton Park 4102, Queensland, Australia
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica), Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica), Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus-54590, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica), Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Babcock University, Ilishan remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
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- Sect. Mycology and Complex Diseases, Dept. Forest Protection, Northwest German Forest Research Institute (NW-FVA), Grätzelstr. 2, 37079 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Algology and Mycology, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland
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- Harvard University Herbaria, 20 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- CERZOS-UNS-CONICET, Camino La Carrindanga Km 7, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- Departamento de Agronomía, UNS, San Andrés 612, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus-54590, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy and Botany (DU Botany), Faculty of Pharmacy, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica), Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- CERZOS-UNS-CONICET, Camino La Carrindanga Km 7, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- Depto. de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, UNS, San Juan 670, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), Av. Vicente Méndez 515, Chillán, Ñuble, Chile
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka, India
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- University of Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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- Laboratory of Basic, Applied Mycology and Scientific Dissemination (FungiLab), State University of Goiás, Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
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- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, P.O. Box 115, 1431 As, Norway
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- Plant Microbe Interaction Research Team (APMT), Integrative Crop Biotechnology and Management Research Group (ACBG), National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road, Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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- Department of Studies in Microbiology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysuru-570 006, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Forest Ecosystems Protection, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Krakow, Poland
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- Biobank Lab, Department of Molecular Biophysics, University of Lodz, Pomorska 139, 90-235 Lodz, Poland
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- Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dutton Park 4102, Queensland, Australia
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
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- Biological Collections of Åbo Akademi University, Biodiversity Unit, Herbarium, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland
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- Departamento Ciencias de la Vida (Botánica), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá, 28805, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Institute of Forest Sciences, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45E, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland
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- Plant Microbe Interaction Research Team (APMT), Integrative Crop Biotechnology and Management Research Group (ACBG), National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road, Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, Thailand
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Institute of Forest Sciences, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45E, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Cevallos MA, Basanta MD, Bello-López E, Escobedo-Muñoz AS, González-Serrano FM, Nemec A, Romero-Contreras YJ, Serrano M, Rebollar EA. Genomic characterization of antifungal Acinetobacter bacteria isolated from the skin of the frogs Agalychnis callidryas and Craugastor fitzingeri. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2022; 98:6775075. [PMID: 36288213 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiac126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 08/08/2022] [Revised: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Chytridiomycosis, a lethal fungal disease caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is responsible for population declines and extinctions of amphibians worldwide. However, not all amphibian species are equally susceptible to the disease; some species persist in Bd enzootic regions with no population reductions. Recently, it has been shown that the amphibian skin microbiome plays a crucial role in the defense against Bd. Numerous bacterial isolates with the capacity to inhibit the growth of Batrachochytrium fungi have been isolated from the skin of amphibians. Here, we characterized eight Acinetobacter bacteria isolated from the frogs Agalychnis callidryas and Craugastor fitzingeri at the genomic level. A total of five isolates belonged to Acinetobacter pittii,Acinetobacter radioresistens, or Acinetobactermodestus, and three were not identified as any of the known species, suggesting they are members of new species. We showed that seven isolates inhibited the growth of Bd and that all eight isolates inhibited the growth of the phytopathogen fungus Botrytis cinerea. Finally, we identified the biosynthetic gene clusters that could be involved in the antifungal activity of these isolates. Our results suggest that the frog skin microbiome includes Acinetobacter isolates that are new to science and have broad antifungal functions, perhaps driven by distinct genetic mechanisms.
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- M A Cevallos
- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad s/n, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62220, México
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad s/n, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62220, México.,Department of Biology, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N Virgina St, Reno, NV 89557, United States
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad s/n, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62220, México
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad s/n, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62220, México
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad s/n, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62220, México
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Genetics, Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health, Šrobárova 48, 100 00 Prague 10, Czechia.,Department of Medical Microbiology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, and Motol University Hospital, V Úvalu 84, 150 06 Prague 5, Czechia
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad s/n, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62220, México
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad s/n, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62220, México
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad s/n, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62220, México
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Haramati L, Ortiz D, Serrano M, Cruz C, Torres J, Seu R, Chudgar N, Kalnicki S, Stiles B. EP01.04-001 A Programmatic Approach to Improve Efficiency in Lung Cancer Screening. J Thorac Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.07.296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Malerba L, Caturla M, Gaganidze E, Kaden C, Konstantinović M, Olsson P, Robertson C, Rodney D, Ruiz-Moreno A, Serrano M, Aktaa J, Anento N, Austin S, Bakaev A, Balbuena J, Bergner F, Boioli F, Boleininger M, Bonny G, Castin N, Chapman J, Chekhonin P, Clozel M, Devincre B, Dupuy L, Diego G, Dudarev S, Fu CC, Gatti R, Gélébart L, Gómez-Ferrer B, Gonçalves D, Guerrero C, Gueye P, Hähner P, Hannula S, Hayat Q, Hernández-Mayoral M, Jagielski J, Jennett N, Jiménez F, Kapoor G, Kraych A, Khvan T, Kurpaska L, Kuronen A, Kvashin N, Libera O, Ma PW, Manninen T, Marinica MC, Merino S, Meslin E, Mompiou F, Mota F, Namburi H, Ortiz C, Pareige C, Prester M, Rajakrishnan R, Sauzay M, Serra A, Simonovski I, Soisson F, Spätig P, Tanguy D, Terentyev D, Trebala M, Trochet M, Ulbricht A, M.Vallet, Vogel K, Yalcinkaya T, Zhao J. Multiscale modelling for fusion and fission materials: The M4F project. Nuclear Materials and Energy 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2021.101051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Gonzalez-Serna A, Corma-Gomez A, Tellez F, García-Martin S, Rivero-Juarez A, Frias M, Vera-Méndez FJ, De Los Santos I, Merino D, Morano L, Imaz A, Galera C, Serrano M, Macias J, Pineda JA. Liver stiffness change with HCV cure in HIV-infected patients on non-nucleoside analogues. J Antimicrob Chemother 2021; 76:2375-2379. [PMID: 34021755 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkab157] [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: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Liver stiffness (LS) at sustained viral response (SVR) is strongly associated with a lower incidence of subsequent hepatic events. HIV NNRTIs may have a beneficial impact on fibrogenesis. OBJECTIVES Our aim was to analyse the influence of NNRTI-based therapy on the change in LS from starting direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy to achieving SVR in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients. METHODS Three hundred and thirteen HIV/HCV-coinfected patients who fulfilled the following criteria were included: (i) had achieved SVR with an IFN-free, DAA-including regimen; (ii) LS ≥9.5 kPa before therapy; (iii) LS measurement available at SVR; (iv) seronegative for HBsAg; and (v) ART containing 2 NRTIs plus either 1 NNRTI or 1 integrase inhibitor (INI) or 1-2 NRTIs plus 1 PI. LS changes were assessed. RESULTS Seventy-four patients received NNRTI-based combinations [53 (71.6%) rilpivirine and 16 (21.6%) efavirenz] and 239 patients received other regimens. At baseline, the median (IQR) LS was 16.7 kPa (11.8-25.6) in the NNRTI group and 17.3 kPa (11.9-27.4) in the non-NNRTI group (P = 0.278). The median (IQR) percentage of LS decrease from baseline to SVR was 35.2% (18.2%-52.3%) for NNRTI-based therapy and 29.5% (10%-45.9%) for PI- or INI-based therapy (P = 0.018). In multivariate analysis, adjusted for sex, age, HCV genotype, NRTI backbone and propensity score for HIV therapy, NNRTI-based regimen use was associated with a higher LS decrease [β = 11.088 (95% CI = 1.67-20.51); P = 0.021]. CONCLUSIONS Treatment with NNRTI plus 2 NRTI combinations is associated with a higher LS decline than other ART combinations in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients receiving DAA-based therapy.
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- A Gonzalez-Serna
- Unit of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Seville, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Seville, Spain
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- UGC Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario de Puerto Real, Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
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- UGC Unidad Gestión Clínica de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario de Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, Instituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomedica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Universidad de Córdoba (UCO), Córdoba, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, Instituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomedica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Universidad de Córdoba (UCO), Córdoba, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Spain
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- Unit of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez, Huelva, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Pathology, Hospital Universitario Alvaro Cunqueiro, Vigo, Spain
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- HIV and STI Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- HIV and STI Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrin, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Seville, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Seville, Spain
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Rodriguez-Carrasco M, Libânio D, Pimentel-Nunes P, Barreiro P, Ferreira A, Küttner-Magalhães R, Pinho R, Boal Carvalho P, Areia M, Lage J, Serrano M, Silva J, Dias-Pereira A, Carvalho L, Cadime AT, Cotter J, Carvalho J, Pedroto I, Gonçalves R, Chagas C, Dinis-Ribeiro M. Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: A Country Implementation Experience and Results. ESGE Days 2021 2021. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1724382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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- Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, Gastroenterology Department
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Health Information and Decision
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- Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, Gastroenterology Department
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Health Information and Decision
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Department of Surgery and Physiology
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- Lisboa Ocidental Hospital Centre, Egas Moniz Hospital, Gastroenterology Department
- Lusíadas Hospital, Gastroenterology Department
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- Hospital of Braga, Gastroenterology Department
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- Vila Nova de Gaia Hospital Centre, Gastroenterology Department
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- Portuguese Oncology Institute of Coimbra, Gastroenterology Department
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- Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Hospital Centre, Gastroenterology Department
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- Portuguese Oncology Institute of Lisbon, Gastroenterology Department
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- Portuguese Oncology Institute of Lisbon, Gastroenterology Department
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- Portuguese Oncology Institute of Lisbon, Gastroenterology Department
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- Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Hospital Centre, Gastroenterology Department
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- Portuguese Oncology Institute of Coimbra, Gastroenterology Department
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- Senhora da Oliveira Hospital, Gastroenterology Department
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- Vila Nova de Gaia Hospital Centre, Gastroenterology Department
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- Porto University Hospital Centre, Gastroenterology Department
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- Hospital of Braga, Gastroenterology Department
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- Lisboa Ocidental Hospital Centre, Egas Moniz Hospital, Gastroenterology Department
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- Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, Gastroenterology Department
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Health Information and Decision
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Jindal S, Serrano M, Baron S, Rikin S, Mehta V, Alexander M, Stuart M, Galeas J, Packer S, Grossberg R, Halmos B, Haramati L. P44.04 Evaluating Lung Cancer Screening in People Living With HIV. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Serrano M, Ramón M, Calvo JH, Jiménez MÁ, Freire F, Vázquez JM, Arranz JJ. Genome-wide association studies for sperm traits in Assaf sheep breed. Animal 2020; 15:100065. [PMID: 33573944 DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2020.100065] [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: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Sperm quality traits routinely collected by artificial insemination (AI) center for rams progeny test are related with the capacity to produce sperm doses for AI and, in more or less grade, with males' fertility. Low-quality ejaculates are unuseful to perform AI sperm doses, which suppose high economic loses for the AI center. Moreover, sperm quality traits have low heritability values which make traditional genetic selection little efficient to its improvement. In this work, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted by using sperm quality traits data and 50 K Affymetrix custom chip genotypes of 429 rams of Assaf breed from OVIGEN AI centre. Furthermore, 47 of these rams were also genotyped with the Illumina HD Ovine BeadChip, and therefore HD genotypes were imputed for all rams with phenotype data. Previous to the GWAS, a linear regression model was fitted including sperm traits as dependent variables; the flock of origin, date of sperm collection, and jump number as fixed effects; rams age at collection in months as covariate; and ram permanent effect as random. Pseudo-phenotypes obtained from this model were used as input for GWAS. Associations at the chromosome-wise level (FDR 10%) of 76 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 4 chromosomes for ejaculate concentration (CON), 20 SNPs in 3 chromosomes for ejaculate volume (VOL), 32 SNPs in 1 chromosome for ejaculate number of spermatozoa (SPZ), and 23 SNPs for spermatozoa mass motility (MOT) in 17 chromosomes were found. Only SNPs associated with MOT overcame the genome-wide significance level. Some candidate genes for sperm traits variability were SLC9C1 (OAR1), TSN (OAR2), and FUT10 (OAR26) for MOT;. DOCK2, CPLANE1, SPEF2, and RAI14 (OAR16) for CON; SCAPER and PSMA4 (OAR18) for VOL; and PARM1 and LOC101110593 (OAR6) for SPZ. SNPs associated with sperm traits were not found to be correlated with milk production genetic variation; however, the high frequencies of some SNPs with negative effect over sperm traits found in animals at the top milk yield estimated breeding values (EBVs) ranking would allow to exert some selective presure to improve rams sperm performances. Effects and frequencies of some of the SNPs detected over sperm quality traits make these variants good candidates to be used in marker-assisted selection to improve sperm characteristics of Assaf rams and AI center efficiency to produce sperm doses.
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- M Serrano
- Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- IRIAF-CERSYRA, Valdepeñas 13300, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Unidad de Tecnología en Producción Animal, CITA, 59059 Zaragoza, Spain; ARAID, 50004 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- OVIGEN, Granja Florencia s/n, Ctra. Villalazán-Peleagonzalo, 49800 Toro, Zamora, Spain
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- OVIGEN, Granja Florencia s/n, Ctra. Villalazán-Peleagonzalo, 49800 Toro, Zamora, Spain
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- Departamento de Producción Animal, Universidad de León, 24007 León, Spain
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Pozo-Antonio JS, Sanmartín P, Serrano M, De la Rosa JM, Miller AZ, Sanjurjo-Sánchez J. Impact of wildfire on granite outcrops in archaeological sites surrounded by different types of vegetation. Sci Total Environ 2020; 747:141143. [PMID: 32768769 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The lack of scientific information about the effects of wildfire on prehistoric structures and rock art, such as dolmens and petroglyphs, impedes the development of conservation guidelines. In this study, the impact of a recent wildfire (late 2017) on granite outcrops in the San Salvador de Coruxo archaeological site (Vigo, SW Galicia) was evaluated. Samples of the same type of granite were obtained from three sites characterised by different types of vegetation (natural scrub, native deciduous oak and non-native pine-eucalypt forest) in order to determine how the vegetation influences the fire-caused damage to the rock. Three subsamples were taken from each of the granite samples at depths of 1 cm-3 cm to study how fire affects the rock at depth. In all sites, the temperature reached at the granite surface was below 380 °C. No mineralogical changes due to fire exposure were detected, and no physical changes that could be attributed to the effect of the fire on the fissure system of the granite were identified. However, aesthetic colour changes due to the deposition of organic and charred matter, which even penetrated the fissures, were detected. The existence of lignin-derived compounds, lipids and carbohydrates in the samples from the oakwood site indicates greater resistance to fire effects in this type of vegetation than in the other two types. Although preliminary, these findings suggest that oakwoods could act as protective belts around archaeological sites by reducing the wildfire severity, because of their greater resistance to being burnt, and that they could buffer the damaging effects of fire in natural areas where parietal art is found.
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- J S Pozo-Antonio
- Departamento de Enxeñaría de Recursos Naturais e Medioambiente, Escola de Minas, Universidade de Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain; CINTECX, Universidade de Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain.
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- Departamento de Edafoloxía e Química Agrícola, Facultade de Farmacia, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Galiza, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IRNAS-CSIC), Avenida Reina Mercedes 10, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Hercules Laboratory, University of Évora, Largo Marquês de Marialva 8, 7000-809 Évora, Portugal
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- Instituto Universitario de Xeoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de Elviña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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Corma-Gómez A, Macías J, Lacalle-Remigio JR, Téllez F, Morano L, Rivero A, Serrano M, Ríos MJ, Vera-Méndez FJ, Alados JC, Real LM, Palacios R, Santos IDL, Imatz A, Pineda JA. HIV infection is associated with lower risk of hepatocellular carcinoma after sustained virological response to direct-acting antivirals in hepatitis C infected-patients with advanced fibrosis. Clin Infect Dis 2020; 73:e2109-e2116. [PMID: 32766891 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1111] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the impact of HIV infection on the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in HCV-infected patients who achieve sustained virological response (SVR) with direct-acting antiviral (DAA). METHODS Multisite prospective cohort study, where HCV-monoinfected patients and HIV/HCV-coinfected individuals were included if they met: 1) SVR with DAA-based combination; 2) Liver stiffness (LS) ≥9.5 kPa previous to treatment; 3) LS measurement at the SVR time-point. The main endpoint was the occurrence of HCC. Propensity score (PS) was calculated to address potential confounders due to unbalanced distribution of baseline characteristics of HIV/HCV-coinfected and HCV-monoinfected patients. RESULTS 1035 HCV-infected patients were included, 667 (64%) coinfected with HIV. After a median (Q1-Q3) follow-up time of 43 (31-49) months, 19 (1.8%) patients developed HCC [11 (3.0%) HCV-monoinfected, 8(1.2%) HIV/HCV-coinfected individuals; p=0.013]. In the multivariable analysis, HIV co-infection was associated with a lower adjusted risk of developing HCC [sHR=0.27, 95% IC (0.08-0.90); p=0.034]. Predictors of HCC emergence were: HCV genotype 3 [sHR=7.9 (2.5-24.9); p<0.001], MELD score at SVR>10 [sHR=1.37 (1.01-1.86); p=0.043] and LS value at SVR [sHR=1.03 (1.01-1.06) for 1 kPa increase; p=0.011]. Using inverse probability weighting method on the PS, HIV-infected patients had a lower risk of HCC [powered HR=0.33 (0.11-0.85)]. CONCLUSIONS Among HCV-infected patients with advanced fibrosis, who achieve SVR with DAA, HIV-coinfection seems to be associated with a lower risk of HCC occurrence. The underlying causes for this finding need to be investigated.
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- A Corma-Gómez
- Unit of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. Hospital Universitario de Valme. Seville. Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. Hospital Universitario de Valme. Seville. Spain
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- Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario de Puerto Real, Faculty of Medicine, Cadiz, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Pathology, Hospital Universitario Alvaro Cunqueiro, Vigo, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, Córdoba, Spain
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- UnitofInfectiousDiseases, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain
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- Section of Infectious Medicine/Service of Internal Medicine, Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Spain
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- Unit of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Jerez, Cadiz, Spain
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- Unit of Immunology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaga, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain
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- Unit of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. Hospital Universitario de Valme. Seville. Spain
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Wilkes MC, Siva K, Chen J, Varetti G, Youn MY, Chae H, Ek F, Olsson R, Lundbäck T, Dever DP, Nishimura T, Narla A, Glader B, Nakauchi H, Porteus MH, Repellin CE, Gazda HT, Lin S, Serrano M, Flygare J, Sakamoto KM. Diamond Blackfan anemia is mediated by hyperactive Nemo-like kinase. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3344. [PMID: 32620751 PMCID: PMC7334220 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17100-z] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Diamond Blackfan Anemia (DBA) is a congenital bone marrow failure syndrome associated with ribosomal gene mutations that lead to ribosomal insufficiency. DBA is characterized by anemia, congenital anomalies, and cancer predisposition. Treatment for DBA is associated with significant morbidity. Here, we report the identification of Nemo-like kinase (NLK) as a potential target for DBA therapy. To identify new DBA targets, we screen for small molecules that increase erythroid expansion in mouse models of DBA. This screen identified a compound that inhibits NLK. Chemical and genetic inhibition of NLK increases erythroid expansion in mouse and human progenitors, including bone marrow cells from DBA patients. In DBA models and patient samples, aberrant NLK activation is initiated at the Megakaryocyte/Erythroid Progenitor (MEP) stage of differentiation and is not observed in non-erythroid hematopoietic lineages or healthy erythroblasts. We propose that NLK mediates aberrant erythropoiesis in DBA and is a potential target for therapy. Diamond Blackfan Anemia (DBA) is a congenital bone marrow failure syndrome that is associated with anemia. Here, the authors examine the role of Nemo-like kinase (NLK) in erythroid cells in the pathogenesis of DBA and as a potential target for therapy.
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- M C Wilkes
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy, Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, Lund, 22184, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy, Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, Lund, 22184, Sweden
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona, 08028, Spain.,Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, 08028, Spain.,Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Group, Department of Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, 22184, Sweden
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Group, Department of Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, 22184, Sweden
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- Chemical Biology Consortium Sweden (CBCS), Science for Life Laboratory, Department for Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.,Division of Stem Cell Therapy, Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Biosciences Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA.,Division of Genetics and Genomics, Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Development Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona, 08028, Spain.,Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, 08028, Spain.,Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy, Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, Lund, 22184, Sweden
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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Serrano M, Araujo J, Pacheco-Román C, Macetas J, Berrospi F, Ruiz E, Luque C, Taxa L, Montenegro P. P-237 Impact of adjuvant chemotherapy in poorly cohesive gastric carcinoma: Experience from the Peruvian National Cancer Institute. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.04.319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Pacheco-Román C, Arnao V, Serrano M, Calderon M, Castro V, Macetas J, Mantilla R, Montenegro P. P-205 Could chemotherapy still be useful in hepatocarcinoma? Experience at a single institution in Lima, Peru. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.04.287] [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: 11/25/2022] Open
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Maia F, Jesus V, Mateus C, Paulo S, Marcelino L, Serrano M. Auditory training app validation. Eur J Public Health 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa040.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction One of the main hearing complaints is the difficulty to perceive speech in noisy environments. This complaint gets worse with ageing at which cognitive processing speed slows and/or when hearing loss is present. An auditory training can improve speech perception in adverse environments. The use of auditory training software on various digital platforms is becoming a reality.
Objectives To validate the auditory training app in European Portuguese with individuals aged between 55 and 64 years old with an approximate average of 20dB of hearing thresholds.
Methodology The sample consists in two groups of seven individuals without cognitive problems. One of the groups performed eight auditory training sessions with the application for a period of four weeks and the other group (the control group) did not perform any auditory training session. The evaluation was made in all the individuals with the filtered speech test. The training group was evaluated before, immediately after and after four weeks of the auditory training sessions and the control group was evaluated after four weeks.
Results Statistically there is a significant difference between before and immediately after the auditory training in the filtered speech test (p = 0.018). Four weeks after the end of the training the performance of each individual was the same. In the control group there were no significant differences between the two evaluation moments.
Conclusion The EVOLLU auditory training app promotes an improvement in the perception of the word in adverse environments that continues even after some time. This is a sign that individuals are applying that learning into their day to day living. The Evollu application can and should be used in the auditory training of individuals aged between 55 to 64 years old.
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- F Maia
- Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC-Coimbra Health School, Audiologia, Portugal
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- Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC-Coimbra Health School, Audiologia, Portugal
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- Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC-Coimbra Health School, Audiologia, Portugal
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Fonseca S, Reis C, Monteiro L, Monteiro C, Serrano M. Hearing Screening in Preschool Children of a Rural Community in Portugal - A 10-year Experience. Eur J Public Health 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa040.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction Preschool hearing screening programmes would identify later onset or progressive hearing losses and conductive hearing loss, due to the high prevalence of otitis media with effusion in childhood. Hearing loss associated with otitis media with effusion can have a great impact on reading, writing, central auditory processing and balance.
Objectives The present study aims at characterising the audiological alterations found in preschool children screened in a rural community in Portugal, and the correlation between audiological findings and otoscopy.
Methodology This is an observational study using the results obtained in a ten year audiological and otological screening of preschool children. Otoscopy, Tympanometry and Audiometry (1, 2 and 4 KHz presented at 40 and 20 dB intensity) were performed at the first stage of the screening and the results were classified as “pass” or “refer”. Every non-normal result of any category would imply a second stage consisting of observation by an ENT specialist at the site and the establishing of a follow-up plan. Written Informed Consent was obtained from the parents prior to initiating the study.
Results 595 children aged 5 and 6 years were screened between 2007 and 2017, of whom 192 (32.3%) required referral to the second stage. The most frequent alteration was found in the tympanogram. The tympanograms showed a significant correlation with the otoscopy performed by the ENT doctor, mainly type B tympanograms. The pass/refer audiometry also showed a statistically significant correlation with the medical otoscopy, although weak in all frequencies studied.
Conclusion It’s extremely important to perform a hearing screening in the age range of 5-6 years (with a high predisposition to middle ear problems), with the main objective of identifying and referring for treatment children who present alterations in order to reduce the consequences of the hearing impairment.
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- S Fonseca
- Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC-Coimbra Health School, Audiologia, Portugal
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- Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC-Coimbra Health School, Audiologia, Portugal
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- Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC-Coimbra Health School, Audiologia, Portugal
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Cruz N, Serrano M, Lopez A, Medrano IH, Lozano J, Coll B. P581Electronic health records (EHRs) data validation in atherosclerotic/cardiovascular clinical phenotypes. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0191] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Research efforts to develop strategies to effectively identify patients and reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases is essential for the future of the health system. Most research studies have used only coded parts of electronic health records (EHRs) for case-detection obtaining missed data cases, reducing study quality and in some case bias findings. Incorporating information from free-text into case-detection through Big Data and Artificial Intelligence techniques improves research quality. Savana has developed EHRead, a powerful technology that applies Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning and Deep Learning, to analyse and automatically extracts highly valuable medical information from unstructured free text contained in the EHR to support research and practice.
Purpose
We aimed to validate the linguistic accuracy performance of Savana, in terms of Precision (P), Recall (R) and overall performance (F-Score) in the cardiovascular domain since this is one of the most prevalent disease in the general population. This means validating the extent to which the Savana system identifies mentions to atherosclerotic/cardiovascular clinical phenotypes in EHRs.
Methods
The project was conducted in 3 Spanish sites and the system was validated using a corpus that consisted of 739 EHRs, including the emergency, medical and discharge records, written in free text. These EHRs were randomly selected from the total number of clinical documents generated during the period of 2012–2017 and were fully anonymized to comply with legal and ethical requirements. Two physicians per site reviewed records (randomly selected) and annotated all direct references to atherosclerotic/cardiovascular clinical phenotypes, following the annotation guidelines previously developed. A third physician adjudicated discordant annotations. Savana's performance was automatically calculated using as validation resource the gold standard created by the experts.
Results
We found good levels of performance achieved by Savana in the identification of mentions to atherosclerotic/cardiovascular clinical phenotypes, yielding an overall P, R, and F-score of 0.97, 0.92, and 0.94, respectively. We also found that going through all the EHRs and identifying the mentions to atherosclerotic/cardiovascular clinical phenotypes, the expert spent ∼ 60h while Savana ∼ 36 min.
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Innovative techniques to identify atherosclerotic/cardiovascular clinical phenotypes could be used to support real world data research and clinical practice. Overall Savana showed a high performance, comparable with those obtained by an expert physician annotator doing the same task. Additionally, a significant reduction of time in using automatic information extraction system was achieved.
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- Amgen Spain, Barcelona, Spain
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Marques T, Crespo C, Serrano M. Audiology in primary health care: “Be Happy Project”. Eur J Public Health 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz034.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- T Marques
- OuviSonus- Centro de Audiologia, Portugal
- ESTeSC - Coimbra Health School, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
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- Unidade de Cuidados na Comunidade de Celas, ARS Centro, Portugal
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- ESTeSC - Coimbra Health School, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
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Davis KW, Serrano M, Loddo S, Robinson C, Alesi V, Dallapiccola B, Novelli A, Butler MG. Parent-of-Origin Effects in 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 Microdeletion (Burnside-Butler) Syndrome. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E1459. [PMID: 30909440 PMCID: PMC6470921 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20061459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Revised: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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To identify whether parent-of-origin effects (POE) of the 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 microdeletion are associated with differences in clinical features in individuals inheriting the deletion, we collected 71 individuals reported with phenotypic data and known inheritance from a clinical cohort, a research cohort, the DECIPHER database, and the primary literature. Chi-squared and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to test for differences in specific and grouped clinical symptoms based on parental inheritance and proband gender. Analyses controlled for sibling sets and individuals with additional variants of uncertain significance (VOUS). Among all probands, maternal deletions were associated with macrocephaly (p = 0.016) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD; p = 0.02), while paternal deletions were associated with congenital heart disease (CHD; p = 0.004). Excluding sibling sets, maternal deletions were associated with epilepsy as well as macrocephaly (p < 0.05), while paternal deletions were associated with CHD and abnormal muscular phenotypes (p < 0.05). Excluding sibling sets and probands with an additional VOUS, maternal deletions were associated with epilepsy (p = 0.019) and paternal deletions associated with muscular phenotypes (p = 0.008). Significant gender-based differences were also observed. Our results supported POEs of this deletion and included macrocephaly, epilepsy and ASD in maternal deletions with CHD and abnormal muscular phenotypes seen in paternal deletions.
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- Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome 00165, Italy.
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- Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome 00165, Italy.
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- Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome 00165, Italy.
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- Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome 00165, Italy.
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- Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
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Calvo J, González-Calvo L, Dervishi E, Blanco M, Iguácel L, Sarto P, Pérez-Campo F, Serrano M, Bolado-Carrancio A, Rodríguez-Rey J, Joy M. A functional variant in the stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) gene promoter affects gene expression in ovine muscle. Livest Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2018.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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To improve our understanding of the timing of cold stress and its effect on Pythium damping-off, we performed a factorial experiment with two cold stress temperatures (4 and 10°C); exposure to 96 h of cold stress at 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 days after planting; and inoculation with Pythium sylvaticum-infested millet or control. Increased susceptibility to damping-off resulting in reduced emergence was found in inoculated plants when the cold stress period began 2 or 4 days after planting. In the noninoculated controls, no effect of cold stress on emergence was observed. Slower seedling growth was observed during the cold stress period and in inoculated plants after exposure to cold stress. Seed exudation, mycelial growth, and sporangia germination of P. sylvaticum was evaluated at 4, 10, and 18°C. The greatest seed exudation was observed at 4°C. Low temperatures delayed mycelial growth of P. sylvaticum, although the pathogen was still able to grow at 4°C. Sporangia incubated for 3 h at 18°C in the presence of seed exudates had higher germination in comparison with sporangia incubated at 10 or 4°C. Moreover, more sporangia germinated in response to seed exudates that were previously collected from seed imbibed for 24 h at low temperatures (4°C). These results suggest that cold stress 2 to 4 days after planting increases soybean susceptibility to damping-off, presumably because of increased seed exudation and delayed seedling growth.
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- M Serrano
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011
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Páramo JA, Pérez JL, Serrano M, Rochal E. Types 1 and 2 Plasminogen Activator lnhibitor and Tirmor Necrosis Factor Alpha in Fatients with Sepsis. Thromb Haemost 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1647143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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SummaryWe have determined the plasma concentrations of types 1 and 2 of plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1 and PAI-2), tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) and endotoxin in 47 patients with bacterial infection (22 patients presented with positive blood cultures). Results were compared with those observed in 30 healthy subjects. There was a significant increase in PAI-1 and TNF-α in patients as compared to controls (p <0.0001), whereas no differences for PAI-2 were observed. PAI-1 and TNF-α were significantly higher in 18 patients with gram-negative bacteremia as compared to all other patients (p <0.0001). However, no correlation between the analyzed parameters and either endotoxin or clinical outcome was observed. We conclude that there is an increase of PAI-1 and TNF-α in patients with sepsis, which is not related to the endotoxin concentration. Our results suggest that PAI-1, but not PAI-2, is the main plasminogen activator inhibitor in human sepsis.
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- J A Páramo
- The Hematology Servicel, Pamplona, Spain
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- University Clinic of Navarra and Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Internal Medicine Department, Pamplona, Spain
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- The Hematology Servicel, Pamplona, Spain
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Perelman J, Serrano M, Bodriesz J, Kunst A. The impact of tobacco control policies on smoking among older adults: A longitudinal analysis of 10 European countries. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.respe.2018.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Calvo J, Serrano M, Martinez-Royo A, Lahoz B, Sarto P, Ibañez-Deler A, Folch J, Alabart J. SNP rs403212791 in exon 2 of the MTNR1A gene is associated with reproductive seasonality in the Rasa aragonesa sheep breed. Theriogenology 2018; 113:63-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2018.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Revised: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 02/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hidalgo AM, Gómez M, Murcia MD, Serrano M, Rodríguez-Schmidt R, Escudero PA. Behaviour of polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane for dyes removal. Water Sci Technol 2018; 77:2093-2100. [PMID: 29722695 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2018.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Although ultrafiltration membranes have been used for the separation of macromolecules and colloids from solutions, this process has a limited application in the removal of dyes present in coloured discharges of textile industry, as these typically have much lower molecular weight than the molecular cut-off of the membranes (MWCO). In the present work, we have evaluated the behaviour of a polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane in the removal of different dyes from aqueous solutions (Congo red, methyl green and amaranth). Different variables (tangential flow rate, concentration of dye and pH of the feed) were studied to determine their influence on the separation processes (permeate flux and rejection coefficient). The results show that Congo red is easily removed with a GR60PP membrane (MWCO = 25 kDa), whereas methyl green and amaranth show rejection coefficient values of approximately 25.78% and 13.85%, respectively, at neutral pH. Also, an interesting effect is observed for the rejection coefficient for methyl green at different pH values. In addition, several treatments were performed to the membrane so as to modify its surface, trying to improve the values obtained for permeate flux and rejection rate.
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- A M Hidalgo
- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia 30100, Spain E-mail:
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia 30100, Spain E-mail:
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia 30100, Spain E-mail:
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia 30100, Spain E-mail:
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia 30100, Spain E-mail:
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia 30100, Spain E-mail:
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Pérez D, Tincani A, Serrano M, Shoenfeld Y, Serrano A. Antiphospholipid syndrome and IgA anti-beta2-glycoprotein I antibodies: when Cinderella becomes a princess. Lupus 2017; 27:177-178. [PMID: 29067871 DOI: 10.1177/0961203317738227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 02/02/2023]
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IgA anti-beta2-glycoprotein I (IgA-aB2GPI) antibodies are currently not included as a laboratory criterion of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). In the 13th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies, Galveston, TX, (USA) in 2010, these antibodies were accepted as an APS laboratory criterion in patients who had clinical manifestations of APS but were negative for "consensus" antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) (IgG and IgM isotypes). Consequently, individuals with thrombotic events who are negative for consensus aPL may be undiagnosed for APS. The most recent publications have confirmed that IgA-aB2GPI antibodies are a risk factor for thrombotic events. In this viewpoint, we propose that IgA-aB2GPI antibodies should be included as an APS consensus criterion and that we have to help Cinderella become a princess.
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- D Pérez
- 1 Department of Immunology, 16473 Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre , Madrid, Spain.,2 Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- 3 Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Department, Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- 1 Department of Immunology, 16473 Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre , Madrid, Spain
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- 2 Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- 1 Department of Immunology, 16473 Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre , Madrid, Spain
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Puerta-Roldan P, Guillen-Quesada A, Carrasco R, Muchart J, Serrano M, Ferrer E. [Hydrocephalus due to hyperplasia of the choroid plexuses in a patient with trisomy 9 mosaicism. A real diagnostic and therapeutic challenge]. Rev Neurol 2017; 65:112-116. [PMID: 28699153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Trisomy 9 is an unusual chromosome abnormality in live-born patients, which is frequently accompanied by functional and structural anomalies of the central nervous system. Among many other alterations, several studies have been published in the English-speaking literature that show an association between chromosome 9 abnormality and pathologies affecting the choroid plexuses. CASE REPORT We report the case of a 4-month-old male with trisomy 9 mosaicism associated to hydrocephalus secondary to choroid plexus hyperplasia, who was referred due to a clinical picture of intracranial hypertension. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage procedure that was initially chosen caused massive ascites due to an excessive production of CSF, and led to a cascade of multiple surgical interventions, which included endoscopic and drainage procedures. CONCLUSIONS This is another example of an association between choroid plexus pathologies and chromosome 9 abnormality. Due to its scarce incidence, diagnosis of hydrocephalus secondary to plexus hyperplasia is difficult, as is selecting its most suitable treatment. In this type of hydrocephalus there is a double pathophysiological mechanism, which involves an increase in CSF production and a decrease in its reabsorption. Despite taking these considerations into account, the treatment of hydrocephalus secondary to plexus hyperplasia is a real challenge that usually leads to multiple surgical interventions ranging from plexectomy or coagulation of the choroid plexuses to the implantation of CSF drainage devices.
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- Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Espana
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- Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Espana
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- Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Espana
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- Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Espana
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Valero Albarran J, Ruiz Herrero A, Montero A, Sanchez E, Castro E, Olmos D, Hernandez M, Ciervide R, Chen X, Alvarez B, Garcia Aranda M, Lopez M, Serrano M, Osorio L, Asenjo M, Fernandez Leton P, Acosta A, Hernando Requejo O, Rubio C. EP-1357: moderate hypofractionated-imrt of prostate bed after radical prostatectom : acute toxicity. Radiother Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(17)31792-9] [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: 10/19/2022]
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Hensel C, Vanzo R, Martin M, Dixon S, Lambert C, Levy B, Nelson L, Peiffer A, Ho KS, Rushton P, Serrano M, South S, Ward K, Wassman E. Analytical and Clinical Validity Study of FirstStepDx PLUS: A Chromosomal Microarray Optimized for Patients with Neurodevelopmental Conditions. PLoS Curr 2017; 9. [PMID: 28357155 PMCID: PMC5346028 DOI: 10.1371/currents.eogt.7d92ce775800ef3fbc72e3840fb1bc22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Introduction: Chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) is recognized as the first-tier test in the genetic evaluation of children with developmental delays, intellectual disabilities, congenital anomalies and autism spectrum disorders of unknown etiology. Array Design: To optimize detection of clinically relevant copy number variants associated with these conditions, we designed a whole-genome microarray, FirstStepDx PLUS (FSDX). A set of 88,435 custom probes was added to the Affymetrix CytoScanHD platform targeting genomic regions strongly associated with these conditions. This combination of 2,784,985 total probes results in the highest probe coverage and clinical yield for these disorders. Results and Discussion: Clinical testing of this patient population is validated on DNA from either non-invasive buccal swabs or traditional blood samples. In this report we provide data demonstrating the analytic and clinical validity of FSDX and provide an overview of results from the first 7,570 consecutive patients tested clinically. We further demonstrate that buccal sampling is an effective method of obtaining DNA samples, which may provide improved results compared to traditional blood sampling for patients with neurodevelopmental disorders who exhibit somatic mosaicism.
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- Clinical Genetic Services, Lineagen, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Operations, Lineagen, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Global Health, Division of Translational Informatics, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Affiliated Genetics Laboratory, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Lineagen, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Lineagen, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; 23andMe, Inc., Mountain View, California, USA
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- Affiliated Genetics Laboratory, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Pineda JA, Morano-Amado LE, Granados R, Macías J, Téllez F, García-Deltoro M, Ríos MJ, Collado A, Delgado-Fernández M, Suárez-Santamaría M, Serrano M, Miralles-Álvarez C, Neukam K. Week 4 response predicts sustained virological response to all-oral direct-acting antiviral-based therapy in cirrhotic patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 3 infection. Clin Microbiol Infect 2017; 23:409.e5-409.e8. [PMID: 28137633 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.12.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Revised: 12/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/31/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the predictive capacity of response at treatment week (TW) 4 for the achievement of sustained virological response 12 weeks after the scheduled end of therapy date (SVR12) to treatment against hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 3 (GT3) infection with all-oral direct-acting antiviral (DAA) -based regimens. PATIENTS AND METHODS From a prospective multicohort study, HCV GT3-infected patients who completed a course of currently recommended DAA-based therapy at 33 Spanish hospitals and who had reached the SVR12 evaluation time-point were selected. TW4 HCV-RNA levels were categorized as target-not-detected (TND), below the lower limit of quantification (LLOQTD) and ≥LLOQ. RESULTS A total of 123 patients were included, 86 (70%) received sofosbuvir/ daclatasvir±ribavirin, 27 (22%) received sofosbuvir/ ledipasvir/ ribavirin and 10 (8.1%) received sofosbuvir/ ribavirin, respectively. In all, 114 (92.7%) of the 123 patients presented SVR12 in an on-treatment approach, but nine (7.3%) patients relapsed, all of them had presented cirrhosis at baseline. In those who achieved TND, LLOQTD and ≥LLOQ, SVR12 was observed in 81/83 (98%; 95% CI 91.5%-99.7%), 24/28 (85.7%; 95% CI 67.3%-96%) and 9/12 (75%; 95% CI 42.8%-94.5%), respectively; p(linear association) 0.001. Corresponding numbers for subjects with cirrhosis were: 52/54 (96.3%; 95% CI 87.3%-95.5%), 14/18 (77.8%; 95% CI 52.4%-93.6%) and 7/10 (70%; 95% CI 34.8%-93.3%); p 0.004. CONCLUSIONS TW4-response indicates the probability of achieving SVR12 to currently used DAA-based therapy in HCV genotype 3-infected individuals with cirrhosis. This finding may be useful to tailor treatment strategy in this setting.
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- J A Pineda
- Unit of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Seville, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Pathology, Hospital Universitario Alvaro Cunqueiro, Vigo, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Seville, Spain; Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Seville, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Hospital La Línea, AGS Campo de Gibraltar, La Linea de la Concepcion, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Torrecárdenas, Almeria, Spain
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- Fundación Biomédica del Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo (CHUVI), Vigo, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Pathology, Hospital Universitario Alvaro Cunqueiro, Vigo, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Seville, Spain; Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Seville, Spain.
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Suberviola B, Rodrigo E, González-Castro A, Serrano M, Heras M, Castellanos-Ortega Á. Association between exposure to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers prior to septic shock and acute kidney injury. Med Intensiva 2017; 41:21-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2016.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2016] [Revised: 07/23/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Serrano M, Cabrera-Marante O, Martínez-Flores JA, Morales P, Pérez D, Mora S, García F, González E, Paz-Artal E, Morales JM, Serrano A. Study of β 2-Glycoprotein I Polymorphisms in Patients With Chronic Renal Failure as a Predisposing Factor for the Development of Anti-β 2-Glycoprotein I Auto-Antibodies. Transplant Proc 2016; 48:2876-2879. [PMID: 27932096 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Immunoglobulin (Ig)A anti-β2-glycoprotein I (aB2GP1) antibodies are associated with thrombotic events, cardiovascular morbidity, and death in dialysis patients. About 30% of patients with chronic renal disease are positive for IgA aB2GP1; however, the origin of these antibodies is unknown. It has been speculated that dialysis membranes, age, or etiology of renal base disease are possible precipitating factors, although these factors do not appear to be the source of antibodies. B2GP1 is a protein of 326 amino acids grouped into five domains. Eight polymorphisms have been described; the most important are Val/Leu247, which appears to predispose aB2GP1 antibody production in patients with anti-phospholipid syndrome, and Trp/Ser316, which appears to have protective antibody production of aB2GP1. METHODS DNA samples from 92 patients with renal failure on hemodialysis were randomly collected with a 1:1 ratio for the positivity for IgA aB2GP1. Forty-six samples were positive for IgA aB2GP1 (group 1) and 46 negative for IgA aB2GP1 (group 2). All samples were anonymized to study polymorphism Val/Leu247 and polymorphism Trp/Ser316. RESULTS No significant differences were observed between those who were positive or negative for IgA aB2GP1 in patients with renal failure treated with hemodialysis and the polymorphism located in codons 247 and 316. CONCLUSIONS The two groups of patients have the same prevalence in polymorphisms 247 and 316, and therefore there appears not to be a genetic predisposition in our population. New trigger factors must be studied.
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- M Serrano
- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigación, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigación, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigación, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigación, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigación, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigación, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nephrology, Instituto de Investigación, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nephrology, Instituto de Investigación, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigación, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; Immunology Section, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, Madrid, Spain; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigación, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigación, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
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Fernández-Navarro P, Barrigón ML, Lopez-Castroman J, Sanchez-Alonso M, Páramo M, Serrano M, Arrojo M, Baca-García E. Suicide mortality trends in Galicia, Spain and their relationship with economic indicators. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci 2016; 25:475-484. [PMID: 26328749 PMCID: PMC7137585 DOI: 10.1017/s2045796015000773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2015] [Accepted: 08/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recent research has shown an association between unemployment and suicide, but the mediating factors in this relationship are still unknown. In this study, we investigated the effect of unemployment and economic recession on suicide rates in the Spanish region of Galicia between 1975 and 2012 Method. We analysed age-standardised suicide rates in men and women and in four age groups: less than 25 years, 25-45 years, 45-65 years and more than 65 years and performed a joinpoint analysis to determine trend changes throughout 1975-2012 period. Also we analysed the association between suicide, recession and unemployment by means of a temporal trend model with a Generalised Additive Model. RESULTS Suicide rates increased from 145 suicides in 1975 to a high in 1993, with 377 deaths by suicide, representing 1.38% of all causes of death, and thereafter they tend to decrease to 335 suicides in 2012. Joinpoint analyses revealed that suicide rates changed differently across sex and age groups. For men, the annual percentage of change (APC) between 1975 and 1988 (CI 95% 1986-1994) was 5.45 (CI 95% = 3.5, -7.2) but from 1988 the APC became negative [-0.66 (CI 95% = -1.3, -0.1)]. For women, APC between 1974 and 1990 (CI 95% 1986-1992) was 4.86 (CI 95% = 3.2, -6.4) and -1.46 subsequently (CI 95% = -2.2, -0.5). Women aged 24 years or less showed stable suicide rates while men from 45-65 years showed two incidence peaks. When we studied the independent correlation between unemployment, recession and suicide, we found a significant association between unemployment and suicide, but not between recession and suicide for both sexes together and for men while for women there was no significant correlation between suicide and unemployment or recession. Finally, when we studied the effect of the interaction between unemployment and recession on suicide we found economic recession and unemployment interacted with regards to suicide rates (F = 5.902; df = 4.167; p = 0.00098) and after adjusting by sex, the effect was confirmed among men (F = 4.827; df = 2.823; p = 0.0087), but not among women (F = 0.001; df = 1.000; p = 0.979). CONCLUSIONS Although suicide rates in Galicia are gradually decreasing in the last decades, there are important sex and age differences. Unemployment was related with suicide during economic recession periods according to our results.
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- P. Fernández-Navarro
- Cancer and Environmental Epidemiology Unit, National Centre for Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, Avda. Monforte de Lemos, 5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública – CIBERESP), Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, IIS-Jimenez Diaz Foundation, Autonoma University, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Emergency Psychiatry and Post-Acute Care, CHRU Montpellier and INSERM U1061, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Psychiatry, IIS-Jimenez Diaz Foundation, Autonoma University, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Psiquiatría, EOXI de Santiago, Servicio Gallego de Salud, Spain
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- Servicio de Psiquiatría, EOXI de Coruña, Servicio Gallego de Salud, Spain
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- Servicio de Salud Mental y Asistencia a Drogodependencias, Dirección General de Asistencia Sanitaria, Servicio Gallego de Salud, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, IIS-Jimenez Diaz Foundation, Autonoma University, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, USA
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Martínez-Madrid M, Serrano M, Pretel M, Martínez-Reina G, Romojaro F. Note. The ripening of Prunus persica fruits with a dominant flat allele Nota. Maduración de frutos de Prunus persica con un alelo dominante de la forma achatada. FOOD SCI TECHNOL INT 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/108201320000600506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The changes of peaches ( Prunus persica, L.) with a predominant flat allele were studied during their ripening on the tree. Physicochemical and physiological parameters were analyzed between days 101 and 121 after fruit set. During this period, the weight ranged from 65 g (corresponding to fruit growth stage III) up to a stabilized weight of 90 g when the fruit was ripe. The color changes that characterized fruit ripening began to appear on day 112 after fruit set, with a decrease in the hue angle value both in the skin and pulp. Firmness diminished along the experience from 6.75 to 3.03 Monet units in ripe state. Ripened fruit was also characterized by a soluble solid content of 13.43 °Brix and 0.178% malic acid as titratable acidity. The ripeness index increased throughout maturation from 25.41 at the outset to 44.42 on day 112 after fruit set, and 75.45 at the end of the experiment. The fruit showed a clear climacteric behavior with increased ethylene production and respiration rate. The onset in both processes started on day 112 after fruit set, reached a maximum on day 116, and decreased thereafter. Changes in the content of free and conjugated 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxy lic acid (ACC) were coincident with those of ethylene evolution throughout ripening. In regard to polyamine levels, putrescine showed a peak slightly later than that of ethylene and ACC.
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- M.C. Martínez-Madrid
- Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Miguel Hernández. Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
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- Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Miguel Hernández. Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
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- Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Miguel Hernández. Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
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- Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura, CSIC. Avenida La Fama 1, 30003 Murcia, Spain
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Serrano M, Martínez-Madrid M, Martínez G, Riquelme F, Pretel M, Romojaro F. Review : Role of polyamines in chilling injury of fruit and vegetables/Revisión: El papel de las poliaminas en los daños por frío de frutas y hortalizas. FOOD SCI TECHNOL INT 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/108201329600200401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Some tropical and subtropical fruit and vegetables suffer chilling injuries (CI) when exposed to low (above freezing) temperatures. The symptoms of such injuries vary between species, although they usually involve staining of the peel and internal browing, and are related to important modi fications at the cell membrane level. The polyamines putrescine, spermidine and spermine, have an antisenescent action because of their capacity to link with anionic compounds in the cell membrane and to capture free radicals, thus stabilizing the lipid bilayer and preventing membrane deterioration. This paper reviews the mechanism responsible for the physiological alterations produced by chilling, the role of polyamines and the quantitative changes they undergo in the affected tissues. Finally, it describes the possibility of using different treatments to reduce the negative effects of low temperatures and their influence on polyamine levels.
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- M. Serrano
- Escuela Politécnica Superior (UPV), Ctra. Beniel-Orihuela, Orihuela (Alicante), Spain
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- Escuela Politécnica Superior (UPV), Ctra. Beniel-Orihuela, Orihuela (Alicante), Spain
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- Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura, CSIC, Avda La Fama, 1. Murcia, Spain
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- Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura, CSIC, Avda La Fama, 1. Murcia, Spain
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- Escuela Politécnica Superior (UPV), Ctra. Beniel-Orihuela, Orihuela (Alicante), Spain
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- Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura, CSIC, Avda La Fama, 1. Murcia, Spain
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Amorós A, Zapata P, Pretel MT, Botella MA, Serrano M. Physico-Chemical and Physiological Changes during Fruit Development and Ripening of Five Loquat (Eriobotrya Japonica Lindl.) Cultivars. FOOD SCI TECHNOL INT 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/1082013203009001007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Physico-chemical and physiological changes during development and ripening of five loquat cultivars ( Eriobotrya japonica Lindl., cv. Algerie, Cardona, Golden, Magdall and Peluche) were determined. Fruit growth showed a sigmoid curve in all loquat cultivars. A good relationship between duration of fast growth phase and fruit size was found. In addition, a positive correlation was also established between seed number and fruit size, and between seed weight and both fruit and flesh weight. Colour changes, sugar content increase and the decrease in fruit firmness and organic acids started simultaneously when loquat fruits were in the phase of fast growth, and at about 70-80% of their final weight. These physico-chemical changes related to fruit ripening coincided with an increase in both ethylene production rate and free and total 1-aminocyclopropane-1 -carboxylic acid (ACC) content in the flesh. In addition, a small respiration peak associated with ripening was also detected. These results indicated that loquat fruits of all five studied cultivars showed a pattern of ripening in the tree that could be classified as climacteric, with relatively low ethylene production evolving at an early phase of fruit development.
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- A. Amorós
- Dpto. Biología Aplicada, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Miguel Hernández. Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
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- Dpto. Biología Aplicada, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Miguel Hernández. Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
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- Dpto. Biología Aplicada, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Miguel Hernández. Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
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- Dpto. Biología Aplicada, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Miguel Hernández. Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
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- Dpto. Biología Aplicada, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Miguel Hernández. Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
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Some physicochemical parameters related to ripening and their relationship with ethylene were studied in date fruits ( Phoenix dactyliferaL. type Negros). Dates were harvested and classified into sixteen ripening stages according to their color, ranging from yellow-greenish to dark brown. Fruit firmness decreased through the different ripening stages, while the ripening index, expressed as the relation between soluble solids and acidity, increased. The greatest loss of fruit firmness correlated with the greatest increases in both polygalacturonase and •-galactosidase activities. In early ripening stages, a small peak in ethylene production was detected, followed by a peak in respiration rate, suggesting that a date could be considered as a climacteric fruit, with the plant hormone ethylene being responsible for changes in color, fruit firmness, soluble solids content and acidity.
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- M. Serrano
- División, Biología Vegetal, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Carretera de Beniel Km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
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- División, Biología Vegetal, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Carretera de Beniel Km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
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Pérez D, Martínez-Flores JA, Serrano M, Lora D, Paz-Artal E, Morales JM, Serrano A. Evaluation of three fully automated immunoassay systems for detection of IgA anti-beta 2-glycoprotein I antibodies. Int J Lab Hematol 2016; 38:560-8. [PMID: 27435259 DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.12543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 01/11/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In recent years, we have been witnessing increased clinical interest in the determination of IgA anti-beta 2-glycoprotein I (aB2GPI) antibodies as well as increased demand for this test. Some ELISA-based diagnostic systems for IgA aB2GPI antibodies detection are suboptimal to detect it. The aim of our study was to determine whether the diagnostic yield of modern detection systems based on automatic platforms to measure IgA aB2GPI is equivalent to that of the well-optimized ELISA-based assays. METHODS In total, 130 patients were analyzed for IgA aB2GPI by three fully automated immunoassays using an ELISA-based assay as reference. The three systems were also analyzed for IgG aB2GPI with 58 patients. RESULTS System 1 was able to detect IgA aB2GPI with good sensitivity and kappa index (99% and 0.72, respectively). The other two systems had also poor sensitivity (20% and 15%) and kappa index (0.10 and 0.07), respectively. On the other hand, kappa index for IgG aB2GPI was >0.89 in the three systems. CONCLUSION Some analytical methods to detect IgA aB2GPI are suboptimal as well as some ELISA-based diagnostic systems. It is important that the scientific community work to standardize analytical methods to determine IgA aB2GPI antibodies.
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- D Pérez
- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Epidemiology Section, Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.,Immunology Section, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.,Immunology Section, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, Madrid, Spain
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González-Calvo L, Joy M, Blanco M, Dervishi E, Molino F, Sarto P, Ripoll G, Serrano M, Calvo JH. Effect of vitamin E supplementation or alfalfa grazing on fatty acid composition and expression of genes related to lipid metabolism in lambs. J Anim Sci 2016; 93:3044-54. [PMID: 26115290 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2014-8758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of vitamin E (VE) supplementation and alfalfa grazing during fattening on fatty acid composition and mRNA expression of genes related to lipid metabolism in the LM of Rasa Aragonesa light lambs. After weaning, 48 lambs were kept indoors and fed a commercial concentrate and a VE supplemented concentrate (480 mg DL-α-tocopheryl acetate/kg DM) for 0 (control [CON]), 10 (VE10d), 20 (VE20d), and 30 d (VE30d) before slaughtering at 22 to 24 kg. Simultaneously, 8 unweaned lambs grazed in alfalfa (154 mg α-tocopherol/kg DM) paddocks with their dams and supplemented with the commercial concentrate (ALF). Immediately after slaughter, LM was sampled to determine gene expression. After 24 h of cooling at 4°C, LM was extracted to determine intramuscular fat (IMF) content and fatty acid composition. The IMF content did not differ with the dietary treatment ( = 0.212). Unweaned grazing alfalfa lambs had greater concentration of rumenic acid (C18:2 c9,t11; P < 0.001) and lower oleic acid (C18:1 c9; = 0.001) content and PUFA n-6:n-3 ratio (P < 0.001) but similar expression of genes implicated in lipid metabolism compared to the concentrate-fed lambs. Vitamin E supplementation did not modify muscle fatty acid composition; however, it increased the expression of FADS2 and ELOVL6, which are involved in desaturation of long-chain fatty acid and the elongation of SFA and MUFA. The results showed that a short period of VE supplementation, especially 10 (VE10d) and 20 d (VE20d), modified gene expression. Overall, the results showed that VE may be acting as a regulatory factor for transcriptional control of genes related to lipid metabolism in the muscle of Rasa Aragonesa light lambs (22-24 kg live weight and younger than 90 d old).
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Serrano M, Varela-Moreiras G. Calorie reduction in soft drinks during the last 5 years on the Spanish market. NUTR HOSP 2015; 32 Suppl 2:10342. [PMID: 26615311 DOI: 10.3305/nh.2015.32.sup2.10342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023] Open
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- M Serrano
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences. Faculty of Pharmacy. CEU San Pablo University. Madrid. Spain
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences. Faculty of Pharmacy. CEU San Pablo University. Madrid. Spain
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Hael-Conrad V, Abou-Mansour E, Díaz-Ricci JC, Métraux JP, Serrano M. The novel elicitor AsES triggers a defense response against Botrytis cinerea in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Sci 2015; 241:120-7. [PMID: 26706064 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.09.025] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Revised: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 09/29/2015] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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AsES (Acremonium strictum Elicitor and Subtilisin) is a novel extracellular elicitor protein produced by the avirulent isolate SS71 of the opportunist strawberry fungal pathogen A. strictum. Here we describe the activity of AsES in the plant-pathogen system Arabidopsis thaliana-Botrytis cinerea. We show that AsES renders A. thaliana plants resistant to the necrotrophic pathogen B. cinerea, both locally and systemically and the defense response observed is dose-dependent. Systemic, but not local resistance is dependent on the length of exposure to AsES. The germination of the spores in vitro was not inhibited by AsES, implying that protection to B. cinerea is due to the induction of the plant defenses. These results were further supported by the findings that AsES differentially affects mutants impaired in the response to salicylic acid, jasmonic acid and ethylene, suggesting that AsES triggers the defense response through these three signaling pathways.
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- V Hael-Conrad
- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biológicas (INSIBIO), CONICET-UNT, e Instituto de Química Biológica "Dr. Bernabé Bloj", Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, UNT. Chacabuco 461, T4000ILI San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
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- Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biológicas (INSIBIO), CONICET-UNT, e Instituto de Química Biológica "Dr. Bernabé Bloj", Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, UNT. Chacabuco 461, T4000ILI San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 2001, 62210 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
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Martinez G, Serrano M, Pretel MT, Riquelme F, Romojaro F. Ethylene biosynthesis and physico-chemical changes during fruit ripening of cherimoya (Annona cherimola,Mill). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00221589.1993.11516375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Background We report our initial gastric electrical stimulation experience using the abiliti® system for the treatment of obese patients followed for 1 year. Method Between March 2011 and June 2013, 27 obese patients (BMI 30 to 46 kg/m2) were enrolled in a prospective open label study and implanted with a gastric stimulator. The patients were provided with nutritional support, and sensor-based behavioral feedback. Results At 12 months, percent excess weight loss (%EWL) obtained was 49.3 ± 19.2 % with no significant differences between gender or age sub-groups. The %EWL data were segmented into two groups according to BMI 30–40 kg/m2 patients (obesity grade I and II) and BMI >40 kg/m2, with the results of weight loss being significantly higher for the lower BMI group (59.1 ± 19.5 vs. 46.7 ± 13.4, respectively, p < 0.01). One subject requested to have his device explanted, and the minor postoperative adverse events were resolved without hospital admission. All patients experienced early satiety and reduced their intake. Conclusions After 12 months of follow-up, gastric electrical stimulation treatment appears to be a safe and effective option for weight loss in obese subjects. Long-term follow-up and further studies are warranted.
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- M Miras
- Obesity and Laparoscopy Unit, Clínica La Luz, General Rodrigo 8, 28003, Madrid, Spain,
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Montiel M, Serrano M, Máximo M, Gómez M, Ortega-Requena S, Bastida J. Synthesis of cetyl ricinoleate catalyzed by immobilized Lipozyme® CalB lipase in a solvent-free system. Catal Today 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2014.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Palmer SC, Ruospo M, Wong G, Craig JC, Petruzzi M, De Benedittis M, Ford P, Johnson DW, Tonelli M, Natale P, Saglimbene V, Pellegrini F, Celia E, Gelfman R, Leal MR, Torok M, Stroumza P, Bednarek-Skublewska A, Dulawa J, Frantzen L, Ferrari JN, del Castillo D, Bernat AG, Hegbrant J, Wollheim C, Gargano L, Bots CP, Strippoli GF, Raña S, Serrano M, Claros S, Arias M, Petracci L, Arana M, De Rosa P, Gutierrez A, Simon M, Vergara V, Tosi M, Cernadas M, Vilamajó I, Gravac D, Paulón M, Penayo L, Carrizo G, Ghiani M, Perez G, Da Cruz O, Galarce D, Gravielle M, Vescovo E, Paparone R, Mato Mira C, Mojico E, Hermida O, Florio D, Yucoswky M, Labonia W, Rubio D, Di Napoli G, Fernandez A, Altman H, Rodriguez J, Serrano S, Valle G, Lobos M, Acosta V, Corpacci G, Jofre M, Gianoni L, Chiesura G, Capdevila M, Montenegro J, Bequi J, Dayer J, Gómez A, Calderón C, Abrego E, Cechín C, García J, Corral J, Natiello M, Coronel A, Muñiz M, Muñiz V, Bonelli A, Sanchez F, Maestre S, Olivera S, Camargo M, Avalos V, Geandet E, Canteli M, Escobar A, Sena E, Tirado S, Peñalba A, Neme G, Cisneros M, Oliszewski R, Nascar V, Daud M, Mansilla S, Paredes Álvarez A, Gamín L, Arijón M, Coombes M, Zapata M, Boriceanu C, Frantzen-Trendel S, Albert K, Csaszar I, Kiss E, Kosa D, Orosz A, Redl J, Kovacs L, Varga E, Szabo M, Magyar K, Kriza G, Zajko E, Bereczki A, Csikos J, Kuti A, Mike A, Steiner K, Nemeth E, Tolnai K, Toth A, Vinczene J, Szummer S, Tanyi E, Toth R, Szilvia M, Dambrosio N, Paparella G, Sambati M, Donatelli C, Pedone F, Cagnazzo V, Antinoro R, Torsello F, Saturno C, Giannoccaro G, Maldera S, Boccia E, Mantuano M, Di Toro Mammarella R, Meconizzi M, Steri P, Riccardi C, Flammini A, Moscardelli L, Murgo M, San Filippo N, Pagano S, Marino G, Montalto G, Cantarella S, Salamone B, Randazzo G, Rallo D, Maniscalco A, Fici M, Lupo A, Pellegrino P, Fichera R, D’Angelo A, Falsitta N, Bochenska-Nowacka E, Jaroszynski A, Drabik J, Birecka M, Daniewska D, Drobisz M, Doskocz K, Wyrwicz G, Inchaustegui L, Outerelo C, Sousa Mendes D, Mendes A, Lopes J, Barbas J, Madeira C, Fortes A, Vizinho R, Cortesão A, Almeida E, Bernat A, De la Torre B, Lopez A, Martín J, Cuesta G, Rodriguez R, Ros F, Garcia M, Orero E, Ros E, Caetano A, MacGregor K, Santos M, Silva Pinheiro S, Martins L, Leitão D, Izidoro C, Bava G, Bora A, Gorena H, Calderón T, Dupuy R, Alonso N, Siciliano V, Frantzen-Trendel S, Nagy K, Bajusz Ö, Pinke I, Decsi G, Gyergyoi L, Jobba Z, Zalai Z, Zsedenyi Á, Kiss G, Pinter M, Kereszturi M, Petruzzi M, De Benedittis M, Szkutnik J, Sieczkarek J, Capelo A, Garcia Gallart M, Mendieta C. Dental Health and Mortality in People With End-Stage Kidney Disease Treated With Hemodialysis: A Multinational Cohort Study. Am J Kidney Dis 2015; 66:666-76. [DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.04.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 04/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Serrano M, Bartolomé M, Gallego-Picó A, Garcinuño R, Bravo J, Fernández P. Synthesis of a molecularly imprinted polymer for the isolation of 1-hydroxypyrene in human urine. Talanta 2015; 143:71-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2015.04.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Revised: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Hilton BA, Li Z, Musich PR, Wang H, Cartwright BM, Serrano M, Zhou XZ, Lu KP, Zou Y. ATR Plays a Direct Antiapoptotic Role at Mitochondria, which Is Regulated by Prolyl Isomerase Pin1. Mol Cell 2015; 60:35-46. [PMID: 26387736 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [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] [Received: 03/24/2015] [Revised: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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ATR, a PI3K-like protein kinase, plays a key role in regulating DNA damage responses. Its nuclear checkpoint kinase function is well documented, but little is known about its function outside the nucleus. Here we report that ATR has an antiapoptotic activity at mitochondria in response to UV damage, and this activity is independent of its hallmark checkpoint/kinase activity and partner ATRIP. ATR contains a BH3-like domain that allows ATR-tBid interaction at mitochondria, suppressing cytochrome c release and apoptosis. This mitochondrial activity of ATR is downregulated by Pin1 that isomerizes ATR from cis-isomer to trans-isomer at the phosphorylated Ser428-Pro429 motif. However, UV inactivates Pin1 via DAPK1, stabilizing the pro-survival cis-isomeric ATR. In contrast, nuclear ATR remains in the trans-isoform disregarding UV. This cytoplasmic response of ATR may provide a mechanism for the observed antiapoptotic role of ATR in suppressing carcinogenesis and its inhibition in sensitizing anticancer agents for killing of cancer cells.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, J.H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, J.H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, J.H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, J.H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, J.H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, J.H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Life Science, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Life Science, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, J.H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA.
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