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Triguero A, Xicoy B, Zamora L, Jiménez MJ, García O, Calabuig M, Díaz-Beyá M, Arzuaga J, Ramos F, Medina A, Bernal T, Talarn C, Coll R, Collado R, Chen TH, Borrás J, Brunet S, Marchante I, Marco V, López F, Calbacho M, Simiele A, Cortés M, Cedena MT, Pedreño M, Aguilar C, Pedró C, Fernández M, Stoica C, Ribera JM, Sanz G. RESPONSE TO AZACITIDINE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA ACCORDING TO OVERLAP MYELODYSPLASTIC/MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS CRITERIA. Leuk Res 2022; 116:106836. [DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2022.106836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Llorca T, García O, Martínez R, Méndez C, Ruiz MJ, Abadía AC, Ruiz C, García E. P–398 Decidualization inhibits the expression of CXCR3-binding chemokines by human decidual stromal cells. Role in maternal-fetal immune tolerance. Hum Reprod 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab130.397] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Study question
We aimed to analyze the effects of decidualization on the expression of chemokines that attract abortogenic T cells by human DSCs.
Summary answer
Decidualization inhibits the expression of chemokines that attract Th1 and Tc1 cells by DSCs, thereby preventing the arrival of abortogenic T cells into the decidua.
What is known already
Decidual stromal cells (DSCs) are the most abundant cells in the human decidua, the tissue that constitutes the maternal component of the placenta. Numerous evidences confirm that DSCs play a key role in maternal-fetal immune tolerance. In normal pregnancy, DSCs undergo a process of differentiation (decidualization) under the effect of progesterone and other pregnancy hormones. Decidualized DSCs become rounded and secrete prolactin, IL–15 and other factors. In the mouse, it has been observed that during pregnancy, DSCs inhibit the expression of chemokines that attract abortogenic Th1 and Tc1 cells from blood to the decidua.
Study design, size, duration
We compared the expression of CXCR3-binding chemokines by undifferentiated and decidualized human DSCs. We also compared the capacity of these cells to attract activated Th1 and Tc1 cells in vitro. Ten DSC lines were obtained from elective vaginal terminations of first-trimester pregnancies (6–11 weeks). Donors were healthy women aged 20–30 years. Informed consent was obtained from each donor. This study was approved by the Research and Ethics Committee of the University of Granada.
Participants/materials, setting, methods
Decidual stromal cell lines were established as previously described. These lines were decidualized with progesterone and cAMP in vitro. The expression of chemokines by these cells was studied by RT-PCR. Peripheral blood lymphocytes were activated with PHA, anti-CD28 and IL–2. As a consequence of this activation, CXCR3+ Th1 and Tc1 cells were produced. We used a migration assay in Transwell chambers to study the capacity of DSCs to attract these activated T cells.
Main results and the role of chance
We observed that those chemokines that bind to CXCR3, a chemokine receptor detected in activated Th1 and Tc1 cells, were not expressed by either undifferentiated and decidualized DSCs (CXCL9) or their expression was inhibited in decidualized DSCs (CXCL10 P < 0.01, CXCL11 P < 0.05). We found that conditioned media of undifferentiated DSCs decreased the migration of CXCR3+ activated T cells (Th1 and Tc1 cells) (P < 0.05), and this effect was even stronger with conditioned media of decidialized DSCs P < 0.001). These results demonstrated that decidualization of DSCs during pregnancy inhibits the expression of chemokines that attract Th1 and Tc1 cells by DSCs, thereby preventing the arrival of abortogenic T cells into the decidua.
Limitations, reasons for caution
This is an in vitro study due to the impossibility of performing an in vivo study in humans for ethical reasons.
Wider implications of the findings: Several publications have shown that DSCs have a therapeutic effect in various Th1-associated diseases. Our results explain this effect and suggest the extension of the use of these cells in the treatment of this type of diseases.
Trial registration number
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- T Llorca
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica. Universidad de Granada, Bioquímica y Biología Molecular III e Inmunología, Granada, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica. Universidad de Granada, Bioquímica y Biología Molecular III e Inmunología, Granada, Spain
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- University of Edinburgh, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica. Universidad de Granada, Bioquímica y Biología Molecular III e Inmunología, Granada, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica. Universidad de Granada, Bioquímica y Biología Molecular III e Inmunología, Granada, Spain
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- Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Granada, Bioquímica y Biología Molecular III e Inmunología, Granada, Spain
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- Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Granada, Bioquímica y Biología Molecular III e Inmunología, Granada, Spain
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- Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Granada, Bioquímica y Biología Molecular III e Inmunología, Granada, Spain
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Tercero F, López-Pérez JA, Gallego JD, Beltrán F, García O, Patino-Esteban M, López-Fernández I, Gómez-Molina G, Diez M, García-Carreño P, Malo I, Amils R, Serna JM, Albo C, Hernández JM, Vaquero B, González-García J, Barbas L, López-Fernández JA, Bujarrabal V, Gómez-Garrido M, Pardo JR, Santander-García M, Tercero B, Cernicharo J, de Vicente P. Yebes 40 m radio telescope and the broad band NANOCOSMOS receivers at 7 mm and 3 mm for line surveys. Astron Astrophys 2021; 645:A37. [PMID: 33408420 PMCID: PMC7116543 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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CONTEXT Yebes 40m radio telescope is the main and largest observing instrument at Yebes Observatory and it is devoted to Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and single dish observations since 2010. It has been covering frequency bands between 2 GHz and 90 GHz in discontinuous and narrow windows in most of the cases, to match the current needs of the European VLBI Network (EVN) and the Global Millimeter VLBI Array (GMVA). AIMS Nanocosmos project, a European Union funded synergy grant, opened the possibility to increase the instantaneous frequency coverage to observe many molecular transitions with single tunnings in single dish mode. This reduces the observing time and maximises the output from the telescope. METHODS We present the technical specifications of the recently installed 31.5 - 50GHz (Q band) and 72 - 90.5 GHz (W band) receivers along with the main characteristics of the telescope at these frequency ranges. We have observed IRC+10216, CRL 2688 and CRL 618, which harbour a rich molecular chemistry, to demonstrate the capabilities of the new instrumentation for spectral observations in single dish mode. RESULTS The results show the high sensitivity of the telescope in the Q band. The spectrum of IRC+10126 offers a signal to noise ratio never seen before for this source in this band. On the other hand, the spectrum normalised by the continuum flux towards CRL 618 in the W band demonstrates that the 40 m radio telescope produces comparable results to those from the IRAM 30 m radio telescope, although with a smaller sensitivity. The new receivers fulfil one of the main goals of Nanocosmos and open the possibility to study the spectrum of different astrophysical media with unprecedented sensitivity.
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- F. Tercero
- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (IGN), C/ Alfonso XII, 3, 28014, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
- Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (IGN), C/ Alfonso XII, 3, 28014, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental (IFF-CSIC). Group of Molecular Astrophysics, C/ Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
- Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (IGN), C/ Alfonso XII, 3, 28014, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
- Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (IGN), C/ Alfonso XII, 3, 28014, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental (IFF-CSIC). Group of Molecular Astrophysics, C/ Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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Teruel-Juanes R, Pascual-Jose B, del Río C, García O, Ribes-Greus A. Dielectric analysis of photocrosslinked and post-sulfonated styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene block copolymer based membranes. REACT FUNCT POLYM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2020.104715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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López PA, Pedraza M, Moreno A, García O, Buitrago R, Mogollon G, Fory L, Conrado H. Multidisciplinary management of giant cervicothoracic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Int J Surg Case Rep 2019; 61:294-297. [PMID: 31401438 PMCID: PMC6699553 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.07.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Non treated squamous cell carcinoma could present as an uncontrollable and substantial disaurement neoplasm. Squamous cell carcinoma that are diagnosed early and successfully treated by surgical excision, has a better forecast. When a patient present with a gigant squamous cell carcinoma always requires a multidisciplinary team.
Introduction Cutaneus squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common type of nonmelanoma skin cancer. SCC is a malignant neoplasm of the skin characterized by aberrant proliferation of keratinocytes. Presentation case We report multidisciplinary surgical management of a 36-year-old male who presented with a huge cutaneous protruding tumor of the cervicothoracic wall. Clinically, he presented with a growing mass on the anterior cervicothoracic wall 3 years ago. Microscopic examination revealed SCC. He underwent complete excision of the lesion. The patient neglected attending our oncological department for receiving chemotherapy. Today, one year after surgery, he is alive without evidence of disease recurrence. Discussion SCC treatment depends on location of the lesion, involvement of neighboring structures, functional level of the patient, and the patient’s acceptance of the proposed management strategy. Conclusion We conclude that SCC can grow to a huge size if left untreated. Surgery by a multidisciplinary surgical team is the primary mode of treatment, followed by chemotherapy if necessary.
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- P A López
- Department of General Surgery, Bosque University, Colombia; Bosque University, Colombia
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- Department of General Surgery, Bosque University, Colombia; Bosque University, Colombia.
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, National Institute of Cancer, Bogotá, Colombia; National Institute of Cancer, Bogotá, Colombia; Bosque University, Colombia
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- Department of Soft Tissue and Breast, National Institute of Cancer, Bogotá, Colombia; National Institute of Cancer, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Thorax Surgery, National Institute of Cancer, Bogotá, Colombia; National Institute of Cancer, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, National Institute of Cancer, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of General Surgery, Universidad Militar Central, Bogotá, Colombia
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- South Colombian University, Colombia
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Barrio P, Crespillo M, Luque J, Aler M, Baeza-Richer C, Baldassarri L, Carnevali E, Coufalova P, Flores I, García O, García M, González R, Hernández A, Inglés V, Luque G, Mosquera-Miguel A, Pedrosa S, Pontes M, Porto M, Posada Y, Ramella M, Ribeiro T, Riego E, Sala A, Saragoni V, Serrano A, Vannelli S. GHEP-ISFG collaborative exercise on mixture profiles (GHEP-MIX06). Reporting conclusions: Results and evaluation. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2018; 35:156-163. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2018.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Liras M, Simoncelli S, Rivas-Aravena A, García O, Scaiano JC, Alarcon EI, Aspée A. Nitroxide amide-BODIPY probe behavior in fibroblasts analyzed by advanced fluorescence microscopy. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 14:4023-6. [PMID: 27065020 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob00533k] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A novel synthesized nitroxide amide-BODIPY prefluorescent probe was used to study cellular redox balance that modulates nitroxide/hydroxylamine ratio in cultured human fibroblasts. FLIM quantitatively differentiated between nitroxide states of the cytoplasm-localized probe imaged by TIRF, monitoring nitroxide depletion by hydrogen peroxide; eluding incorrect interpretation if only fluorescence intensity is considered.
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- M Liras
- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICTP-CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006, Madrid, España and Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences and Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Ontario K1N6N5, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences and Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Ontario K1N6N5, Canada and INQUIMAE and Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica, y Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Radiobiología Molecular y Celular, Departamento de Aplicaciones Nucleares, Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Santiago, Chile
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICTP-CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006, Madrid, España
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences and Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Ontario K1N6N5, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences and Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Ontario K1N6N5, Canada and Bio-nanomaterials Chemistry and Engineering Laboratory, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin St., Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4W7, Canada.
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- Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Casilla 40 Correo 33, Santiago, Chile.
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García O, Ajuriagerra J, Alday A, Alonso S, Pérez J, Soto A, Uriarte I, Yurrebaso I. Frequencies of the precision ID ancestry panel markers in Basques using the Ion Torrent PGM TM platform. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2017; 31:e1-e4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2017.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 09/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Sancho J, Gual F, Fernández-Álvarez R, González-García E, Grande C, Gutiérrez N, Peñarrubia M, Batlle-López A, González-Barca E, Guinea J, Gimeno E, Peñalver F, Fuertes M, Gayoso J, Hernández-Rivas J, Moraleda J, García O, Martín A. R-COMP VS R-CHOP AS FIRST-LINE THERAPY FOR DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA IN PATIENTS OLDER THAN 60 YEARS: RESULTS FROM A RANDOMIZED PHASE 2 STUDY FROM THE SPANISH GELTAMO GROUP. Hematol Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.2438_47] [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: 11/12/2022]
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- J. Sancho
- Hematology; ICO-IJC-Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol; Badalona Spain
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- Cardiology; Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol; Badalona Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital 12 de Octubre; Madrid Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca; Salamanca Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid; Valladolid Spain
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- Hematology; ICO-Hospital Durán i Reynals, Hospitalet de Llobregat; Spain
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- Hematology; Ho'spital Universitario de araba; Vitoria Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital del Mar; Barcelona Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario Fundación de Alcorcón; Alcorcón Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa; Zaragoza Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Gregorio Marañón; Madrid Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca; Murcia Spain
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- Hematology; ICO-IJC-Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol; Badalona Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca; Salamanca Spain
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Triguero A, Xicoy B, Jiménez M, García O, Ramos F, Calabuig M, Liang T, Arzuaga J, Díaz-Beyá M, Medina Á, Bernal T, Brunet S, Coll R, Collado R, Borrás J, Talarn C, Sanz G. Response to Azacitidine in a Series of 94 Patients with Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia from the Spanish Group of Myelodysplastic Syndromes. Leuk Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0145-2126(17)30232-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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García O, Soto A, Yurrebaso I. Allele frequencies and other forensic parameters of the HID-Ion AmpliSeq™ Identity Panel markers in Basques using the Ion Torrent PGM™ platform. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2017; 28:e8-e10. [PMID: 28342798 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2017.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Revised: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The HID-Ion AmpliSeq™ Identity Panel amplifies 90 autosomal SNPs and 34 Y- SNPs with massively parallel sequencing (MPS) using the Ion Torrent PGM™ platform. In the present study, 105 Basques were analyzed to assess this panel. All loci were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and no association between them was detected. Forensic parameters were calculated as 5.74×10-36 for combined match probability and 99.99998% for combined power of exclusion. In conclusion, the HID Identity panel and the use of this new MPS technology are very promising tools for paternity testing and human identification in routine casework in the forensic field.
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- O García
- Forensic Science Unit, Forensic Genetics Section, Basque Country Police, Erandio, Bizkaia, Spain.
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- Forensic Science Unit, Forensic Genetics Section, Basque Country Police, Erandio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Forensic Science Unit, Forensic Genetics Section, Basque Country Police, Erandio, Bizkaia, Spain
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Liras M, Quijada-Garrido I, García O. QDs decorated with thiol-monomer ligands as new multicrosslinkers for the synthesis of smart luminescent nanogels and hydrogels. Polym Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7py00954b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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QDs decorated with thiol-monomer ligands as new multicrosslinkers for the synthesis of smart (photoluminescent and pH/temperature sensitive) nanogels and hydrogels.
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- M. Liras
- Instituto IMDEA-Energía
- Parque Tecnológico de Móstoles
- E-28935 Móstoles-Madrid
- Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP-CSIC)
- E-28006-Madrid
- Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP-CSIC)
- E-28006-Madrid
- Spain
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Balada F, Aluja A, Blanch A, García O, García L, Blanco E. Prefrontal brain activation in inhibited versus disinhibited subjects in response to viewing pictures with different emotional valence. Personality and Individual Differences 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.05.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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García O, Di Giorgio M, Radl A, Taja MR, Sapienza CE, Deminge MM, Fernández Rearte J, Stuck Oliveira M, Valdivia P, Lamadrid AI, González JE, Romero I, Mandina T, Guerrero-Carbajal C, ArceoMaldonado C, Cortina Ramírez GE, Espinoza M, Martínez-López W, Di Tomasso M. The Latin American Biological Dosimetry Network (LBDNet). Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2016; 171:64-69. [PMID: 27555654 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncw209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Biological Dosimetry is a necessary support for national radiation protection programmes and emergency response schemes. The Latin American Biological Dosimetry Network (LBDNet) was formally founded in 2007 to provide early biological dosimetry assistance in case of radiation emergencies in the Latin American Region. Here are presented the main topics considered in the foundational document of the network, which comprise: mission, partners, concept of operation, including the mechanism to request support for biological dosimetry assistance in the region, and the network capabilities. The process for network activation and the role of the coordinating laboratory during biological dosimetry emergency response is also presented. This information is preceded by historical remarks on biological dosimetry cooperation in Latin America. A summary of the main experimental and practical results already obtained by the LBDNet is also included.
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- O García
- Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones (CPHR), La Habana, Cuba
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- Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Radioprotección y Dosimetría (IRD), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear (CHEN), Santiago de Chile, Chile
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- Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones (CPHR), La Habana, Cuba
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- Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones (CPHR), La Habana, Cuba
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- Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones (CPHR), La Habana, Cuba
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- Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones (CPHR), La Habana, Cuba
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares (ININ), México DF, México
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- Instituto Peruano de Energía Nuclear (IPEN), Lima, Perú
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Toscanini U, Gusmão L, Álava Narváez MC, Álvarez JC, Baldassarri L, Barbaro A, Berardi G, Betancor Hernández E, Camargo M, Carreras-Carbonell J, Castro J, Costa SC, Coufalova P, Domínguez V, Fagundes de Carvalho E, Ferreira STG, Furfuro S, García O, Goios A, González R, de la Vega AG, Gorostiza A, Hernández A, Jiménez Moreno S, Lareu MV, León Almagro A, Marino M, Martínez G, Miozzo MC, Modesti NM, Onofri V, Pagano S, Pardo Arias B, Pedrosa S, Penacino GA, Pontes ML, Porto MJ, Puente-Prieto J, Pérez RR, Ribeiro T, Rodríguez Cardozo B, Rodríguez Lesmes YM, Sala A, Santiago B, Saragoni VG, Serrano A, Streitenberger ER, Torres Morales MA, Vannelli Rey SA, Velázquez Miranda M, Whittle MR, Fernández K, Salas A. Analysis of uni and bi-parental markers in mixture samples: Lessons from the 22nd GHEP-ISFG Intercomparison Exercise. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2016; 25:63-72. [PMID: 27500650 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Revised: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/17/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Since 1992, the Spanish and Portuguese-Speaking Working Group of the ISFG (GHEP-ISFG) has been organizing annual Intercomparison Exercises (IEs) coordinated by the Quality Service at the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences (INTCF) from Madrid, aiming to provide proficiency tests for forensic DNA laboratories. Each annual exercise comprises a Basic (recently accredited under ISO/IEC 17043: 2010) and an Advanced Level, both including a kinship and a forensic module. Here, we show the results for both autosomal and sex-chromosomal STRs, and for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in two samples included in the forensic modules, namely a mixture 2:1 (v/v) saliva/blood (M4) and a mixture 4:1 (v/v) saliva/semen (M8) out of the five items provided in the 2014 GHEP-ISFG IE. Discrepancies, other than typos or nomenclature errors (over the total allele calls), represented 6.5% (M4) and 4.7% (M8) for autosomal STRs, 15.4% (M4) and 7.8% (M8) for X-STRs, and 1.2% (M4) and 0.0% (M8) for Y-STRs. Drop-out and drop-in alleles were the main cause of errors, with laboratories using different criteria regarding inclusion of minor peaks and stutter bands. Commonly used commercial kits yielded different results for a micro-variant detected at locus D12S391. In addition, the analysis of electropherograms revealed that the proportions of the contributors detected in the mixtures varied among the participants. In regards to mtDNA analysis, besides important discrepancies in reporting heteroplasmies, there was no agreement for the results of sample M4. Thus, while some laboratories documented a single control region haplotype, a few reported unexpected profiles (suggesting contamination problems). For M8, most laboratories detected only the haplotype corresponding to the saliva. Although the GHEP-ISFG has already a large experience in IEs, the present multi-centric study revealed challenges that still exist related to DNA mixtures interpretation. Overall, the results emphasize the need for further research and training actions in order to improve the analysis of mixtures among the forensic practitioners.
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- U Toscanini
- PRICAI-Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- DNA Diagnostic Laboratory (LDD), State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; IPATIMUP (Institute of Pathology and Molecular Immunology from de University of Porto), Porto, Portugal; I3s (Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto), Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratorio de Genética Regional Bogotá del Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses., Bogotá, Colombia
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- Lab. de Identificación Genética. Depto. de Medicina Legal, Toxicología y Antropología Física. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Institute of Public Sanity Section of Legal Medicine Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Studio Indagini Mediche E Forensi (SIMEF), Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- PRICAI-Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio Genética Forense, Instituto de Medicina Legal de Las Palmas, ULPG., Las Palmas, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Genética Regional Suroccidente del Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses., Cali, Colombia
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- Policia de la Generalitat - Mossos d'Esquadra, Divisió de Policia Científica, Unitat Central del Laboratori Biològic, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
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- Genética Forense, Unidad Criminalistica Contra la Vulneración de Derechos Fundamentales, Ministerio Público, Venezuela
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- Laboratório de Polícia Científica da Polícia Judiciária, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Institute of Criminalistics Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Lab. Biológico de la Dirección Nacional de Policía Científica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- DNA Diagnostic Laboratory (LDD), State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisa de DNA Forense, IPDNA, Polícia Civil do Distrito Federal, PCDF, Brasília, Brazil, and Secretaria Nacional de Segurança Pública do Ministério da Justiça, SENASP/MJ, Brasília, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Análisis de ADN- Facultad de Ciencias Médicas- Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Forensic Science Unit, Forensic Genetics Section, Basque Country Police-Ertzaintza, Erandio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- IPATIMUP (Institute of Pathology and Molecular Immunology from de University of Porto), Porto, Portugal; I3s (Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto), Porto, Portugal
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- Registro Nacional de ADN, Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile
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- Instituto Nacional de Toxicología y Ciencias Forenses, Delegación en Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biología Forense. Dpto Patología y Cirugía. Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Spain
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- Unidade de Xenética, Departamento de Anatomía Patolóxica e Ciencias Forenses, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, and GenPop Research Group, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Galicia, Spain
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- Comisaría General de Policía Científica - Laboratorio de ADN, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Genética Forense, Poder Judicial de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Servicio de Genética Forense, Superior Tribunal de Justicia de Entre Ríos, Paraná, Argentina
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- Laboratorio Regional de Genética Forense del NOA - Departamento Médico - Poder Judicial de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina
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- Instituto de Genética Forense. Poder Judicial de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Universita' Politecnica Delle Marche, DSBSP, Section of Legal Medicine, Ancona, Italy
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- Instituto Nacional de Toxicología y Ciencias Forenses, Departamento de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Unidad de Analisis de ADN, Colegio Oficial de Farmaceuticos y Bioquímicos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Serviço de Genética e Biologia Forenses, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, I.P. - Delegação do Norte, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Genética e Biologia Forenses, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, I.P., Coimbra, Portugal
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- LabGenetics. Laboratorio de Genética Clínica S.L., Madrid, Spain
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- Serviço de Genética e Biologia Forenses, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, I.P.-Delegação Sul, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Laboratorio de Biología y Genética Regional Noroccidente del Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses., Medellín, Colombia
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- Servicio de Huellas Digitales Genéticas-Fac. Farmacia y Bioquímica-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional de Toxicología y Ciencias Forenses, Departamento de Madrid. Servicio de Biología., Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Genética Forense, Servicio Médico Legal, Santiago, Chile
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- Instituto Nacional de Toxicología y Ciencias Forenses, Departamento de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratorio Regional Patagonia Norte de Genética Forense - Poder Judicial de Río Negro, Bariloche, Argentina
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- Genomic Engenharia Molecular, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Toxicología y Ciencias Forenses, Departamento de Madrid. Servicio de Biología., Madrid, Spain
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- Unidade de Xenética, Departamento de Anatomía Patolóxica e Ciencias Forenses, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, and GenPop Research Group, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Galicia, Spain
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García-Bosch N, Liras M, Quijada-Garrido I, García O. Multiamino polymeric capping of fluorescent silver nanodots as an effective protective, amphiphilic and pH/thermo-responsive coating. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra12024e] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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New multiamino thermosensitive polymers based on MEO2MA have been described and used to the in situ synthesis of polymeric capped silver nanodots. The new highly luminescent hybrids show amphiphilic and pH/thermo-responsiveness.
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- N. García-Bosch
- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP–CSIC)
- E-28006-Madrid
- Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP–CSIC)
- E-28006-Madrid
- Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP–CSIC)
- E-28006-Madrid
- Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP–CSIC)
- E-28006-Madrid
- Spain
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García O, Yurrebaso I, Mancisidor I, López S, Alonso S, Gusmão L. Data for 27 Y-chromosome STR loci in the Basque Country autochthonous population. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2016; 20:e10-e12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2015.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Revised: 09/13/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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del Río C, García O, Morales E, Escribano P. Single cell performance and electrochemical characterization of photocrosslinked and post-sulfonated SEBS-DVB membranes. Electrochim Acta 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lemus-Espinoza D, Teresa Maniscalchi M, Villarroel O, Bónoli SB, Wahab F, García O. [Superficial mycoses in patients from Anzoátegui state, Venezuela, period 2002-2012]. Invest Clin 2014; 55:311-320. [PMID: 25558751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Superficial fungal diseases that affect the skin and its appendages are frequently seen in basic triage and in dermatology services. These diseases are distributed in Venezuela with an incidence of 92.9%. The aim of this study was to determine the genera and species that cause dermatomycoses in residents of Anzoátegui state, Venezuela, during the period 2002-2012. A total of 4257 patients with a presumptive diagnosis of superficial mycoses were studied, with ages from 7 months to 79 years. The overall prevalence was 30.9%. The most frequent were dermatophytosis (44.7%). M. canis produced 148 cases of tinea capitis. Three dermatophytic agents represented 95% of all cases, with a significant predominance of T. mentagrophytes with 50%. Candidosis occurred in 28.4%. C. albicans, and the C. parapsilosis complex, were responsible for 80% of the cases. The other species identified were C. tropicalis (n = 41, 11.0%), C. glabrata (n = 10, 2.7%), C. guilliermondii (n = 6, 1.6%), C. krusei (n = 4, 1.1%). Pityriasis versicolor occurred in 22.4% of the cases studied, and less frequently were present onychomycosis produced by a non dermatophytic mold: Fusarium oxysporum (n = 34, 65.4%), Aspergillus terreus (n=16, 30.8%) and Scytalidium dimidiatum (n=2; 3.8%). Rare cases of Trichosporon onychomycosis (0.5%) and one case of black tinea were also found. Health education in the population is recommended to promote measures to prevent transmission of these fungi and prevent the spread of this silent public health problem.
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Crespillo M, Barrio P, Luque J, Alves C, Aler M, Alessandrini F, Andrade L, Barretto R, Bofarull A, Costa S, García M, García O, Gaviria A, Gladys A, Gorostiza A, Hernández A, Piñero MH, Hombreiro L, Ibarra A, Jiménez M, Luque G, Madero P, Martínez-Jarreta B, Masciovecchio M, Modesti N, Moreno F, Pagano S, Pedrosa S, Plaza G, Prat E, Puente J, Rendo F, Ribeiro T, Sala A, Santamaría E, Saragoni V, Whittle M. GHEP-ISFG collaborative exercise on mixture profiles of autosomal STRs (GHEP-MIX01, GHEP-MIX02 and GHEP-MIX03): Results and evaluation. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2014; 10:64-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2013] [Revised: 12/30/2013] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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García O, López F, Icaran E, Burgos S. Relationship between general intelligence, competences and academic achievement among university students. Personality and Individual Differences 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Aluja A, García L, García O, Blach A. Desinhibited personality and gonodal hormones in man. Personality and Individual Differences 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Aluja A, García L, García O, Fibla J, Blanch A. Testosterone and androgen receptor CAG repeats length genotype interaction in motor impulsiveness. Personality and Individual Differences 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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García O, Alonso J, Cano J, García R, Luque G, Martín P, de Yuso IM, Maulini S, Parra D, Yurrebaso I. Corrigendum to “Population genetic data and concordance study for the kits Identifiler, NGM, PowerPlex ESX 17 System and Investigator ESSplex in Spain” [Forensic Sci. Int.: Genet. 6 (2012), e78–e79]. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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García O, Di Giorgio M, Vallerga MB, Radl A, Taja MR, Seoane A, De Luca J, Stuck Oliveira M, Valdivia P, Lamadrid AI, González JE, Romero I, Mandina T, Pantelias G, Terzoudi G, Guerrero-Carbajal C, Arceo Maldonado C, Espinoza M, Oliveros N, Martínez-López W, Di Tomaso MV, Méndez-Acuña L, Puig R, Roy L, Barquinero JF. Interlaboratory comparison of dicentric chromosome assay using electronically transmitted images. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2013; 154:18-25. [PMID: 22869818 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The bottleneck in data acquisition during biological dosimetry based on a dicentric assay is the need to score dicentrics in a large number of lymphocytes. One way to increase the capacity of a given laboratory is to use the ability of skilled operators from other laboratories. This can be done using image analysis systems and distributing images all around the world. Two exercises were conducted to test the efficiency of such an approach involving 10 laboratories. During the first exercise (E1), the participant laboratories analysed the same images derived from cells exposed to 0.5 and 3 Gy; 100 images were sent to all participants for both doses. Whatever the dose, only about half of the cells were complete with well-spread metaphases suitable for analysis. A coefficient of variation (CV) on the standard deviation of ∼15 % was obtained for both doses. The trueness was better for 3 Gy (0.6 %) than for 0.5 Gy (37.8 %). The number of estimated doses classified as satisfactory according to the z-score was 3 at 0.5 Gy and 8 at 3 Gy for 10 dose estimations. In the second exercise, an emergency situation was tested, each laboratory was required to score a different set of 50 images in 2 d extracted from 500 downloaded images derived from cells exposed to 0.5 Gy. Then the remaining 450 images had to be scored within a week. Using 50 different images, the CV on the estimated doses (79.2 %) was not as good as in E1, probably associated to a lower number of cells analysed (50 vs. 100) or from the fact that laboratories analysed a different set of images. The trueness for the dose was better after scoring 500 cells (22.5 %) than after 50 cells (26.8 %). For the 10 dose estimations, the number of doses classified as satisfactory according to the z-score was 9, for both 50 and 500 cells. Overall, the results obtained support the feasibility of networking using electronically transmitted images. However, before its implementation some issues should be elucidated, such as the number and resolution of the images to be sent, and the harmonisation of the scoring criteria. Additionally, a global website able to be used for the different regional networks, like Share Points, will be desirable to facilitate worldwide communication.
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- O García
- Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones (CPHR), Calle 20 No. 4113 e/41 y 47 Miramar, 11300 La Havana, Cuba
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González JE, Romero I, Barquinero JF, García O. Automatic analysis of silver-stained comets by CellProfiler software. Mutat Res 2012; 748:60-4. [PMID: 22771502 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2012.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2012] [Revised: 06/25/2012] [Accepted: 06/27/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The comet assay is one of the most widely used methods to evaluate DNA damage and repair in eukaryotic cells. The comets can be measured by software, in a semi-automatic or automatic process. In this paper, we apply the CellProfiler open-source software for automatic analysis of comets from digitized images, reporting the percentage of tail DNA. A side-by-side comparison of CellProfiler with CASP software demonstrated good agreement between the two packages. Our work demonstrates that automatic measurement of silver-stained comets with open-source software is possible, providing significant time savings.
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- J E González
- Laboratorio de Radiobiología, Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones, La Habana, Cuba.
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Espín F, Bianchi A, Llorca S, Feliu J, Palomera E, García O, Remon J, Suñol X. Metastatic lymph node ratio versus number of metastatic lymph nodes as a prognostic factor in gastric cancer. Eur J Surg Oncol 2012; 38:497-502. [PMID: 22445061 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2012.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2011] [Revised: 12/17/2011] [Accepted: 01/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Knowledge of prognostic factors in gastric cancer is essential to decide on single patient management. We aim to establish the value of lymph node ratio compared to lymph node involvement in the prediction of gastric cancer survival and treatment approach. METHODS Charts of ninety-six consecutive patients undergoing gastrectomy for resectable gastric cancer were reviewed between January 1996 and December 2005. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were plotted to verify the accuracy of metastatic lymph node ratio (MLNR) and number of metastatic lymph node (NMLN) cut-off values for survival prediction. Patients were divided into two groups according to ROC curve cut-offs and accuracy in prognosis was reviewed. RESULTS ROC curves showed that 5 metastatic nodes and a node ratio value of 20% had the best survival prognostic correlation. The median survival of patients with MLNR and NMLN were similar according to cut-off determinations (≤ 5/> 5 metastatic nodes and ≤20/>20% lymph node ratio). Five-year survival rates were 70.9% vs 17.1% and 72.4% vs 15.6%, respectively (p < 0.001). Positive correlation coefficient was found between the number of excised nodes and the number of metastatic nodes. CONCLUSION Number of metastatic lymph nodes showed greater accuracy than lymph node ratio for survival prediction in gastric cancer.
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- General Surgery Department, Hospital de Mataró, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB, Spain.
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García O, Alonso J, Cano J, García R, Luque G, Martín P, de Yuso IM, Maulini S, Parra D, Yurrebaso I. Population genetic data and concordance study for the kits Identifiler, NGM, PowerPlex ESX 17 System and Investigator ESSplex in Spain. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2012; 6:e78-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2011.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2011] [Accepted: 05/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Luna M, García S, García O, Trigos Á. Serratin a new metabolite obtained from Serratia marcescens, a bacterium isolated from the microflora associated with banana plantations. Nat Prod Res 2012; 27:49-53. [DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2011.650638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- M. Luna
- a Laboratorio de Alta Tecnología de Xalapa , Universidad Veracruzana. Calle Médicos , 5, Col. Unidad del Bosque. 91010 Xalapa, Veracruz , México
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- a Laboratorio de Alta Tecnología de Xalapa , Universidad Veracruzana. Calle Médicos , 5, Col. Unidad del Bosque. 91010 Xalapa, Veracruz , México
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- c Unidad de Servicios de Apoyo en Resolución Analítica , Luis Castelazo Ayala s/n , Col. Industrial Ánimas, 91190 Xalapa, Veracruz , México
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- a Laboratorio de Alta Tecnología de Xalapa , Universidad Veracruzana. Calle Médicos , 5, Col. Unidad del Bosque. 91010 Xalapa, Veracruz , México
- b Instituto de Ciencias Básicas , Universidad Veracruzana. Luis Castelazo Ayala s/n , Col. Industrial Ánimas, 91190 Xalapa, Veracruz , México
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Gutiérrez C, Loáisiga J, Campos L, Monterrosa J, Morales J, Inda F, Uriarte I, Yurrebaso I, García O. Population genetic data for 15 STR loci (PowerPlex 16 kit) in Nicaragua. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2011; 5:563-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2010] [Revised: 08/09/2010] [Accepted: 08/13/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Liras M, García O, Quijada-Garrido I, París R. Transformation of the Bromine End Group into Thiol in (Meth)acrylic Polymers Synthesized by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Macromolecules 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/ma102829s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- M. Liras
- Departamento de Química y Propiedades de Materiales Poliméricos and ‡Departamento de Química-Física de Polímeros, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), c/Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química y Propiedades de Materiales Poliméricos and ‡Departamento de Química-Física de Polímeros, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), c/Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química y Propiedades de Materiales Poliméricos and ‡Departamento de Química-Física de Polímeros, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), c/Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química y Propiedades de Materiales Poliméricos and ‡Departamento de Química-Física de Polímeros, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), c/Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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París R, Quijada-Garrido I, García O, Liras M. BODIPY-Conjugated Thermo-Sensitive Fluorescent Polymers Based On 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate. Macromolecules 2010. [DOI: 10.1021/ma102189n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- R. París
- Departamento de Química-Física de Polímeros
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- Departamento de Fotoquímica de Polímeros
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- Departamento de Fotoquímica de Polímeros
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Arnó A, García O, Hernán I, Sancho J, Acosta A, Barret J. Extracorporeal shock waves, a new non-surgical method to treat severe burns. Burns 2010; 36:844-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Revised: 09/21/2009] [Accepted: 11/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cerdán L, Costela A, García-Moreno I, García O, Sastre R. Laser emission from mirrorless waveguides based on photosensitized polymers incorporating POSS. Opt Express 2010; 18:10247-10256. [PMID: 20588878 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.010247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Laser emission from leaky waveguides based in dye-doped organic gain media incorporating Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS) nanoparticles is reported. The samples consist of thin film gain media deposited onto glass substrate defining a planar asymmetric slab waveguide, which does not incorporate any resonant substructure. The presence of POSS results in additional amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) spectral narrowing, and conditions have been found for which directional multimode laser emission is achieved. The spectral narrowing is ascribed to the photon path enlargement caused by a non-resonant feedback mechanism provided by individual scatterers, which enhances incoherently the magnitude of the amplification process. On the contrary, the appearance of multimode lasing is attributed to coherent random lasing from a many scatterers collective effect.
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- L Cerdán
- Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano, C.S.I.C., Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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Espín F, Bianchi A, Llorca S, Pulido L, Feliu J, Cruz JDL, Palomera E, García O, Remon J, Suñol X. Large lymph node size harvested as prognostic factor in gastric cancer? Rev esp enferm dig 2010; 102:169-75. [DOI: 10.4321/s1130-01082010000300003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Mesa JC, García O, Lillo J, Mascaró F, Arruga J. [Evidence-based ophthalmology: critical evaluation of the literature in relation to diagnostic tests]. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol 2008; 83:639-52. [PMID: 19006016 DOI: 10.4321/s0365-66912008001100004] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PURPOSE In general, articles on diagnostic tests have a very poor methodological quality. If we translate their conclusions to daily practice without a proper analysis it is easy to see a typical trend: physicians use new (and expensive) tests without increasing diagnostic capacity; they only increase the health budget. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) consists of using the best evidence in decision-making. It deals with selected and relevant information, supported by data obtained through the most rigorous scientific method: epidemiology and statistics. Critical evaluation of papers related to diagnostic tests is our aim. We provide with basic skills for evaluation and analysis of papers by means of simple topics on statistics, design of clinical assays and clinical epidemiology. METHODS Review of the medical literature. RESULTS To evaluate papers on diagnostic tests and to use a test correctly, it is necessary to know its diagnostic capacity, the level of certainty to start treatment, the probability of having the disease before using the test and the test capacity to change that probability. CONCLUSIONS The maximum performance of a test is reached when it is used in a maximum uncertainty situation (disease probability 50%). Its highest usefulness is obtained when pre-test probability is maximal, after a careful review of the patient's history and a complete patient examination.
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- J C Mesa
- Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Bellvitge, Barcelona, España.
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García-Hirschfeld J, Alonso A, García O, Amorim A, Gusmão L, Luque J, van Asch B, Carracedo A, Gómez J. GEP-ISFG proficiency testing programs: 2007 update. Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2007.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Gusmão L, Alves C, Sánchez-Diz P, Zarrabeitia M, Abovich M, Aragón I, Arce B, Arrieta G, Arroyo E, Atmetlla I, Baeza C, Bobillo M, Cainé L, Campos R, Caraballo L, Carvalho E, Carvalho M, Cicarelli R, Comas D, Corach D, Espinoza M, Espinheira M, Rendo F, García O, Gomes I, González A, Hernández A, Hidalgo M, Lozano P, Malaghini M, Manzanares D, Martínez B, Martins J, Maxzud K, Miguel I, Modesti N, Montesino M, Ortiz R, Pestano J, Pinheiro M, Prieto L, Raimondi E, Riancho J, Rodríguez M, Salgado I, Salgueiro N, Sánchez J, Silva S, Toscanini U, Vidales C, Silva C, Villalobos M, Vullo C, Yurrebaso I, Zubillaga A, Carracedo A, Amorim A. Results of the GEP-ISFG collaborative study on an X-STR Decaplex. Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2007.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Costela A, García O, Cerdán L, García-Moreno I, Sastre R. Amplified spontaneous emission and optical gain measurements from pyrromethene 567--doped polymer waveguides and quasi-waveguides. Opt Express 2008; 16:7023-36. [PMID: 18545406 DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.007023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Amplified spontaneous emission from planar waveguides and quasi-waveguides based on Pyrromethene 567-doped poly(methyl methacrylate) thin films deposited onto quartz and glass substrates is investigated. Films with different thickness were prepared and pumped optically at 532 nm with pulses of up to 8 MW/cm(2). Pump thresholds for the onset of ASE emission, optical gains and losses were assessed. Net gain coefficients were estimated by fitting the data provided by variable stripe length measurements with a theoretical expression which takes into account saturation. In this way, net gain coefficients of up to 56 +/- 9 cm(-1) at a pump intensity of 5.3 MW/cm(2) for quasi-waveguides and up to 20.6 +/- 2.7 cm(-1) at a pump intensity of 3.4 MW/cm2 for waveguides, were obtained. Loss coefficients in the waveguides were estimated to be 3.8 +/- 0.4 cm-1 and 6.1 +/- 1.3 cm(-1) for 15 microm and 5 microm thick films, respectively. The results obtained seem to indicate a stronger self-mode-restriction capability in the quasiwaveguides than in conventional total internal-reflection waveguides.
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- Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano, CSIC, Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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García-Moreno I, Costela A, Cuesta A, García O, del Agua D, Sastre R. Synthesis, structure, and physical properties of hybrid nanocomposites for solid-state dye lasers. J Phys Chem B 2007; 109:21618-26. [PMID: 16853807 DOI: 10.1021/jp058076a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We report on the synthesis, structural characterization, physical properties, and lasing action of two organic dyes, Rhodamine 6G (Rh6G) and Pyrromethene 597 (PM597), incorporated into new hybrid organic-inorganic materials, where the organic component was either poly(2-hydroxyethyl-methacrylate) (PHEMA) or copolymers of HEMA with methyl methacrylate (MMA), and the inorganic counterpart consisted of silica derived from hydrolysis-condensation of methyltriethoxysilane (TRIEOS) in weight proportion of up to 30%. Lasing efficiencies of up 23% and high photostabilities, with no sign of degradation in the initial laser output after 100 000 pump pulses at 10 Hz, were demonstrated when pumping the samples transversely at 534 nm with 5.5 mJ/pulse. A direct relationship could be established between the structure of the hybrid materials, analyzed by solid-state NMR, and their laser behavior. An inorganic network dominated by di-/tri- substituted silicates in a proportion approximately 35:65, corresponding to samples of HEMA with 15 and 20 wt % proportion of TRIEOS, optimizes the lasing photostability. The thermal properties of these materials, together with the high homogeneity revealed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) images, even in compounds with high silica content, indicate their microstructure to be a continuous phase, corresponding to the polymer matrix, which "traps" the silica components at molecular level via covalent bonding, with few or no silica islands.
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- I García-Moreno
- Instituto de Química-Física "Rocasolano", C.S.I.C., Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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Martín P, García O, Albarrán C, García P, Yurrebaso I, Alonso A. Allele frequencies of six miniSTR loci (D10S1248, D14S1434, D22S1045, D4S2364, D2S441 and D1S1677) in a Spanish population. Forensic Sci Int 2007; 169:252-4. [PMID: 16720087 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2006] [Revised: 03/16/2006] [Accepted: 03/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Allele frequencies and forensic parameters for six miniSTR autosomal loci (D10S1248, D14S1434, D22S1045, D4S2364, D2S441 and D1S1677) were obtained from a sample of 264 unrelated individuals from Spain. No significant deviations from Hardy-Weinberg expectations were found. Due to the small PCR products (<125 bp), the use of these non-CODIS (NC) miniSTRs can increase the probability that a degraded sample can be typed. Additionally, these systems can be used in routine paternity analyses where more markers are needed to increase the power of exclusion or in complex paternity cases (e.g. involving closely related individuals).
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- P Martín
- Instituto Nacional de Toxicología y Ciencias Forenses, Servicio de Biología, Luis Cabrera 9, 28002 Madrid, Spain.
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Rodríguez A, Arrieta G, Sanóu I, Vargas MC, García O, Yurrebaso I, Pérez JA, Villalta M, Espinoza M. Population genetic data for 18 STR loci in Costa Rica. Forensic Sci Int 2007; 168:85-8. [PMID: 16516422 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2005] [Revised: 01/24/2006] [Accepted: 01/25/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Allele frequencies for 18 STR autosomal loci (D3S1358, VWA, FGA, D8S1179, D21S11, D18S51, D5S818, D13S317, D7S820, D16S539, TH01, TPOX, CSF1PO, Penta D, Penta E, D19S433, D2S1338 and SE33) were obtained from a sample of 191-500 unrelated individuals from Costa Rica, Central America.
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- A Rodríguez
- Unidad de Genética Forense, Departamento de Ciencias Forenses, Organismo de Investigación Judicial, Poder Judicial, Costa Rica
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Sanóu I, Núñez G, Rodríguez A, Silva S, García O, Uriarte J, Espinoza M. STR data for 11 autosomal STR markers from Costa Rica, Central America. Forensic Sci Int 2005; 153:272-3. [PMID: 16139118 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2004] [Revised: 01/15/2005] [Accepted: 01/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Allele frequencies for 11 STR autosomal loci (F13A01, F13B, FESFPS, LPL, CSF1PO, TH01, TPOX, VWA, D16S539, D7S820 and D13S317) were obtained from a sample of 200 unrelated individuals from Costa Rica, Central America.
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- Unidad Genética Forense, Departamento de Ciencias Forenses, Organismo de Investigación Judicial de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
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Alonso A, Alves C, Suárez-Mier MP, Albarrán C, Pereira L, Fernández de Simón L, Martín P, García O, Gusmão L, Sancho M, Amorim A. Mitochondrial DNA haplotyping revealed the presence of mixed up benign and neoplastic tissue sections from two individuals on the same prostatic biopsy slide. J Clin Pathol 2005; 58:83-6. [PMID: 15623490 PMCID: PMC1770540 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.017673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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DNA typing was requested to investigate a presumptive cancer diagnosis error by confirming whether benign and cancerous prostatic tissue in the same presurgical haematoxylin and eosin stained slide belonged to the same person. After independent histological re-examination of the slide by a pathologist, manual slide dissection was used to guarantee independent and high recovery DNA isolation from each tissue section, avoiding carryover and background contamination. Nuclear DNA quantification performed by real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) revealed the absence of human DNA for short tandem repeat (STR) typing. Mitochondrial DNA was only obtained by performing PCR of very short fragments ( approximately 100 bp), indicating high DNA degradation. Different low frequency hypervariable region I haplotypes were obtained from each tissue section (normal tissue section haplotype: 16224C, 16234T, 16311C, 16356C; cancer tissue section haplotype: 16256T, 16270T, 16293G). Only the normal tissue section haplotype matched that obtained from the patient's blood sample, indicating that the cancer tissue section originated from an unknown patient. These results supported the hypothesis of sample mix up during block processing or slide preparation by a carryover mechanism. Mitochondrial genetic typing is recommended to exclude the possibility of carryover artefacts when low DNA content and high degradation compromise conventional STR typing.
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- A Alonso
- Instituto Nacional de Toxicología y Ciencias Forenses, Servicio de Biología, Luis Cabrera 9, 28002 Madrid, Spain.
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Costela A, García Moreno I, Gómez C, García O, Sastre R, Roig A, Molins E. Polymer-Filled Nanoporous Silica Aerogels as Hosts for Highly Stable Solid-State Dye Lasers. J Phys Chem B 2005; 109:4475-80. [PMID: 16851520 DOI: 10.1021/jp040714m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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New hybrid solid-state dye laser materials based on highly porous silica aerogels have been synthesized. The open porous network of the aerogel was saturated with laser dyes dissolved in appropriate organic monomers, and polymerization took place inside the silica structure. The resulting polymer-filled nanoporous aerogel (PFNPA) was cast in a cylindrical shape, forming monoliths that were used as gain media in solid-state dye lasers. When the PFNPA incorporated pyrromethene dyes, highly photostable laser emission with good lasing efficiency was obtained. Under the demanding conditions of tightly focused transversal pumping with 532 nm, 5 mJ pulses at 10 Hz repetition rate, the commercial dye Pyrromethene 567 exhibited laser action with only a 10% drop in the laser output after 10(6) pump pulses in the same position of the sample.
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- A Costela
- Instituto de Química-Física Rocasolano, C.S.I.C., Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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Davidenko N, García O, Sastre R. The efficiency of titanocene as photoinitiator in the polymerization of dental formulations. J Biomater Sci Polym Ed 2004; 14:733-46. [PMID: 12903740 DOI: 10.1163/156856203322274978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A comparative kinetic study of the polymerization of tetraethyleneglycol dimethacrylate (TEEGDM) under visible light irradiation was carried out in order to determine the effectiveness of titanocene as photoinitiator in this process. The pair camphorquinone/dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, CQ/DMAEMA (0.5/0.5%, by weight), was used as a reference photoinitiatior system. The reactions were carried out both in the presence and absence of oxygen (in N2) and with variable and constant titanocene concentration and incident light intensity. It was observed that in both atmospheres the polymerization reaction commenced rapidly and its initial rate was comparable with that obtained in the presence of the classic initiation system. However, after reacting for a few seconds this process suffered abrupt deactivation, this tendency being more noticeable at low titanocene concentrations. To explain the observed kinetic behavior, the study of the photofragmentation of titanocene upon irradiation with visible light in both atmospheres was carried out. The quantum yield calculated in the presence of O2 (phifr = 8 at 465 nm) suggests the existence of a chain reaction with participation of oxygen, and this explains, in turn, the high value of the initial rate of polymerization and also the rapid disappearance of the photoinitiator. In an inert atmosphere the photofragmentation occurs in a conventional way, this being a very effective process with quantum yield of 0.7 at 465 nm. However, it seems that only a small part of the active species acts as initiating radicals and these are not sufficient to achieve the appropriate monomer conversion.
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- N Davidenko
- Centro de Biomateriales, Universidad de La Habana, Ave. Universidad s/n e/G y Ronda, Ciudad de La Habana 10400, Cuba
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García O, Costela A, García-Moreno I, Sastre R. Pyrromethene 567 Dye as Visible Light Photoinitiator for Free Radical Polymerization. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2003. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.200300010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- C I Vargas
- Laboratorio de Genética, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Spain.
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García O, Massieu L. Strategies for neuroprotection against L-trans-2,4-pyrrolidine dicarboxylate-induced neuronal damage during energy impairment in vitro. J Neurosci Res 2001; 64:418-28. [PMID: 11340649 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.1093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Increased levels of extracellular excitatory amino acids and failure of energy metabolism are two conditions associated with brain ischemia. In the present study we have combined the simultaneous inhibition of glutamate uptake and mitochondrial electron transport chain to simulate neuronal damage associated with brain ischemia. Results show that cerebellar granule neurons are not vulnerable to transient glutamate uptake inhibition by L-trans-pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylate (PDC) despite the increase in the extracellular concentration of glutamate, unless they are simultaneously exposed to the mitochondrial toxins 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) or sodium azide. Cell damage was assessed by light microscopy observation, by reduction of 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT), and by the fluorescent markers for live and dead cells, calcein and ethidium homodimer, respectively. The protective effect of alternative energy substrates, such as pyruvate, acetoacetate, and beta-hydroxybutyrate against PDC-induced neuronal death during 3-NP exposure was studied and compared to the effects of the antioxidant vitamin E, the spin trapper alpha-phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN), voltage-dependent calcium channel antagonists, and glutamate receptor antagonists. Results show that neuronal damage can be efficiently prevented in the presence of pyruvate and the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist MK-801, whereas the non-NMDA receptor antagonist NBQX, acetoacetate, vitamin E, and PBN showed partial protection. In contrast, beta-hydroxybutyrate and voltage-dependent calcium channels blockers did not show any protective effect at the concentrations tested.
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Affiliation(s)
- O García
- Departamento de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F., México
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