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Kim SY, Noguera JC, Tato A, Velando A. Vitamins, stress and growth: the availability of antioxidants in early life influences the expression of cryptic genetic variation. J Evol Biol 2013; 26:1341-52. [PMID: 23517061 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Revised: 01/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Environmental inputs during early development can shape the expression of phenotypes, which has long-lasting consequences in physiology and life history of an organism. Here, we study whether experimentally manipulated availability of dietary antioxidants, vitamins C and E, influences the expression of genetic variance for antioxidant defence, endocrine signal and body mass in yellow-legged gull chicks using quantitative genetic models based on full siblings. Our experimental study in a natural population reveals that the expression of genetic variance in total antioxidant capacity in plasma increased in chicks supplemented with vitamins C and E despite the negligible effects on the average phenotype. This suggests that individuals differ in their ability to capture and transport dietary antioxidants or to respond to these extra resources, and importantly, this ability has a genetic basis. Corticosterone level in plasma and body mass were negatively correlated at the phenotypic level. Significant genetic variance of corticosterone level appeared only in control chicks nonsupplemented with vitamins, suggesting that the genetic variation of endocrine system, which transmits environmental cues to adaptively control chick development, appeared in stressful conditions (i.e. poor antioxidant availability). Therefore, environmental inputs may shape evolutionary trajectories of antioxidant capacity and endocrine system by affecting the expression of cryptic genetic variation.
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- S-Y Kim
- Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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Santos C, Ventura A, Gomes AM, Pereira S, Almeida C, Seabra J, Segelmark M, Mattsson L, Said S, Olde B, Solem K, Yu X, Zhang B, Sun B, Mao H, Xing C, Gruss E, Portoles J, Tato A, Lopez-Sanchez P, Jimenez P, de la Cruz R, Furaz K, Martinez S, Mas M, Andres MM, Corchete E, Kim YO, Kim HG, Kim BS, Song HC, Choi EJ, Ibeas J, Vallespin J, Fortuno JR, Rodriguez-Jornet A, Grau C, Merino J, Branera J, Perendreu J, Granados I, Mateos A, Jimeno V, Moya C, Ramirez J, Falco J, Gimenez A, Garcia M, Morgado E, Pinho A, Guedes A, Guerreiro R, Mendes P, Bexiga I, Silva A, Marques J, Neves P, Shibata K, Iwamoto T, Murakami T, Ono S, Kaneda T, Kuji T, Kawata S, Satta H, Tamura K, Toya Y, Yanagi M, Umemura S, Yasuda G, Yong OL, Lim WWL, Yong KM, Tay KH, Lim EK, Yang WS, Tan SG, Choong HL, Hill A, Blatter D, Kim YO, Kim HG, Song HC, Choi EJ, Kim SY, Min JK, Park WD, Kim HG, Kim YO, Kim BS, Kim SY, Min JK, Park WD, Ibeas J, Fortuno JR, Branera J, Rodriguez- Jornet A, Perendreu J, Marcet M, Vinuesa X, Mateo A, Jimeno V, Fernandez M, Moya C, Rivera J, Falco J, Garcia M, Shibahara H, Shibahara N, Takahashi S, Shibahara H, Shibahara N, Takahashi S, Kanaa M, Wright MJ, Sandoe JAT, Freudiger H, Dupret J, Jacquemoud MC, Rossi L, Kampouris C, Hatzimpaloglou A, Karamouzis M, Pliakos C, Malindretos P, Roudenko I, Grekas D, Costa AC, Santana A, Neves F, Costa AGD, Chaudhry M, Bhola C, Joarder M, Lok C, Coentrao L, Faria B, Frazao J, Pestana M, Sun XF, Yang Y, Wang J, Lin HL, Li JJ, Yao L, Zhao JY, Zhang ZM, Lun LD, Zhang JR, Zhang YM, Li MX, Jiang SM, Wang Y, Zhu HY, Chen XM, Caeiro F, Carvalho D, Cruz J, Ribeiro dos Santos J, Nolasco F, Bartlett R, Pandya B, Viana N, Machado S, Gil C, Lucas C, Mendes A, Barata J, Freitas L, Campos M, Rikker C, Juhasz E, Toth A, Vizi I, Tornoci L, Rosivall L, Tovarosi S, Cho S, Kim S, Lee YJ, Kanai H, Harada K, Nasu S, Shinozaki M, Shibahara N, Shibahara H, Takahashi S, Esenturk M, Zengin M, Ogun F, Akdemir A, Colak C, Pekince G, Gerasimovska V, Oncevski A, Gerasimovska-Kitanovska B, Sikole A, Kiselev N, Chernyshev S, Zlokazov V, Idov E, Bacallao Mendez R, Avila A, Salgado J, Llerena B, Badell A, Aties M, Severn A, Metcalfe W, Traynor J, Boyd J, Kerssens J, Henderson A, Simpson K, Roca-Tey R, Samon S, Ibrik O, Roda E, Gonzalez JC, Viladoms J, Malindretos P, Bamidis P, Liaskos C, Papagiannis A, Vrochides D, Frantzidis C, Sarafidis P, Lasaridis A, Chryssogonidis I, Nikolaidis P, Ibeas J, Vallespin J, Fortuno JR, Merino J, Rodriguez-Jornet A, Branera J, Grau C, Granados I, Mateos A, Jimeno V, Perndreu J, Moya C, Rivera J, Falco J, Gimenez A, Garcia M, Moyses Neto M, Ferreira V, Martinez R, Tercariol CAS, Lima DAFS, Figueiredo JFC, Costa JAC, Alayoud A, Hamzi A, Akhmouch I, Aatif T, Oualim Z, Jankovic A, Ilic M, Damjanovic T, Djuric Z, Popovic J, Adam J, Dimkovic N. Vascular access. Clin Kidney J 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/4.s2.39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Alcázar R, Tato A, García F, Barrios V, Quereda C. [Would prescription of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in pre-dialysis change after results from TREAT study?]. Nefrologia 2009; 30:114-118. [PMID: 20038963 DOI: 10.3265/nefrologia.pre2009.dic.5903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2009] [Accepted: 11/29/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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- R Alcázar
- Servicios de Nefrología, Hospital Infanta Leonor, Spain
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Portolés J, Tato A, López-Sánchez P, Gruss E, Cava F, Ortigosa A, Molano MD. [Cinacalcet in patients on peritoneal dialysis with moderate to severe hyperparathyroidism resistant to conventional treatment, a one-year, prospective study]. Nefrologia 2008; 28:419-424. [PMID: 18662150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cinacalcet has improved the management of hyperparathiroidism (HPTH) in hemodialysis. To our knowledge there are no specific studies on peritoneal dialysis (PD). AIM The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of Cinacalcet on the achievement of optimal and suboptimal targets on treatment of hyperparathiroidism (HPTH) in PD patients. As secondary objectives we have studied the safety of treatment and estimate the mean time to reach these targets, and evaluate economic cost. METHODS Eighteen patients undergoing more than 4 months on PD with a severe HPTH (PTH > 500 pg/ml) resistant to conventional treatment with diet, chelants and vitamin D were included in this prospective open-label study. We have used the targets of K/DOQITM-clinical guidelines as optimal target. We have selected as suboptimal targets: PTH < 350 pg/ml, phosphorus < 6 mg/dl and calcium < 10.4 mg/dl (only when simultaneous CaxP was under 55 mg2/dl2). Oral Cinacalcet was given with main meal in a single daily start dose of 30 mg and titrated thereafter monthly. We considered the first value on target as an event and used a Kaplan-Meyer survival analysis to estimate mean time to reach target. RESULTS On inclusion all patients have at least two previous PTH values over 500 pg/ml, PTH mean 695,3 (SD 96) and they were on PD with an appropriate efficacy during a mean of 15.56 months (SD 0.78). Mean follow-up time under Cinacalcet treatment was 12 months. The percentage of patients with a PTH under 350 pg/ml was 66,7% on month 3, 60% on month 6 and 100% after 1 year. The percentage of patients that reach an aggregate of all suboptimal targets (PTH< 350 pg/ml and calcium < 10.4 mg/dl and phosphorus< 6 mg/dl and CaxP < 55 mg2/dl2) was 33.3% on month 6 and 66.7% after 1 year. The mean time to reach PTH target was 2.33 months with a 95% confident interval [1.35-3.32] and to reach the aggregate of all target was 16.94 months [11.38-22.5]. Cinacalcet has been well tolerated, we reduced the dose in a single patient due to secondary effects, but treatment was not discontinued in any case. CONCLUSION In summary the addition of Cinacalcet to conventional treatment in PD patients with resistant HPTH has improved the achievement of targets, and has been reasonably safe in our patients.
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- J Portolés
- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, España.
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López Revuelta K, Barril G, Caramelo C, Delgado R, García López F, García Valdecasas J, Gruss E, Jiménez Almonacid P, Martínez Castelao A, Luis Miguel J, Ortiz A, Del Pino Y Pino MD, Portolés JM, Prados C, Sanz P, Tato A, Alvarez Ude F, Angoso M, Aranaz J, Arenas MD, Lorenzo S. [Developing a Clinical Performance Measures System for hemodialysis, Quality Group, Spanish Society of Nephrology]. Nefrologia 2007; 27:542-559. [PMID: 18045030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023] Open
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Hermoso de Mendoza J, Parra A, Tato A, Alonso JM, Rey JM, Peña J, García-Sánchez A, Larrasa J, Teixidó J, Manzano G, Cerrato R, Pereira G, Fernández-Llario P, Hermoso de Mendoza M. Bovine tuberculosis in wild boar (Sus scrofa), red deer (Cervus elaphus) and cattle (Bos taurus) in a Mediterranean ecosystem (1992–2004). Prev Vet Med 2006; 74:239-47. [PMID: 16297475 DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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: 09/21/2004] [Revised: 09/06/2005] [Accepted: 10/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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During the last 12 years, an increasing frequency in condemnation of hunted red deer and wild boar carcasses due to the presence of tubercle-like lesions has been observed in Extremadura (Western Spain). Before 1993, tuberculosis was a very rare finding in hunted animals. The current tuberculosis regional prevalence in cattle approaches 0.4% after years of expensive test and slaughter campaigns. It is imperative to investigate the epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infection in red deer and wild boar in order to keep a good health status and to maintain the effectiveness of domestic species TB eradication programs. The present paper evaluates the problem in Sierra de San Pedro, estimating the prevalence of TB in wild boar and red deer, the main wild artiodactyls in the area, and domestic cattle since 1992-2004, by the use of a low-cost surveillance method based on detailed pathological inspection of hunted animal carcasses. Microbiology and molecular epidemiology studies on several M. bovis isolates from domestic and wild animals helped to define the interspecies contacts. These findings, as well as recent history of game estates management and descriptive epidemiology field work, throw light on the rise and maintenance of these epizootics.
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- J Hermoso de Mendoza
- Patología Infecciosa, Departamento de Medicina y Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
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Parra A, García A, Inglis NF, Tato A, Alonso JM, Hermoso de Mendoza M, Hermoso de Mendoza J, Larrasa J. An epidemiological evaluation of Mycobacterium bovis infections in wild game animals of the Spanish Mediterranean ecosystem. Res Vet Sci 2006; 80:140-6. [PMID: 16045949 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2005.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 08/04/2004] [Revised: 04/04/2005] [Accepted: 05/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Recreational hunting of indigenous wild artiodactyls has been one of the most lucrative and rapidly growing industries in Western Spain over the last five years. In the absence of careful ecological management, one consequence of the commercial exploitation of this natural resource has been the appearance of outbreaks of infectious disease; most notably bovine tuberculosis. From the outset of the study in 1997, we have observed a steady increase in prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) in both species reaching 1.74 (+/-0.17) in deer in 2002 and 2.32 (+/-0.24) in wild boar. The latter species seems to be most severely affected with pulmonary lesions appearing more chronic than those observed in deer. In this study, we describe the epidemiology of M. bovis in European wild boar (Sus scrofa) and Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) in Extremadura (W. Spain); a region where there are large areas of natural habitat for these species.
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- A Parra
- Departamento de I+D, Laboratorios Dr. Larrasa S.L, C/Corredera Hernando de Soto 13-A, 06380 Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain.
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Gruss E, Portolés J, Jiménez P, Hernández T, Rueda JA, del Cerro J, Lasala M, Tato A, Gago MC, Martínez S, Velayos P. [Prospective monitoring of vascular access in hemodialysis by means of a multidisciplinary team]. Nefrologia 2006; 26:703-10. [PMID: 17227248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Nowadays, expert guidelines recommend the monitoring programs of the vascular access (VA) by a multidisciplinary team. MATERIAL AND METHOD We present the experience over the last five years, of a prospective VA surveillance by a multidisciplinary team. The quality indicators reached are described as the associated factors for survival of the new VA. RESULTS Three hundred seventeen VA have been studied, 73% were arteriovenous fistulas(AVF) and the rest were polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts at 282 patients. The main causes of dysfunctions were elevated dynamic venous pressure (42.5%) and the decreased blood flow (36.4%) with a 88% of positive predictive value. Over the 5 years there was 88 thrombosis (24 AVF and 64 PTFE grafts), that means a hazard thrombosis global rate of 0.15 access/year, which were distributed in 0.06 for AVF and 0.38 in PTFE grafts. Two hundred and one repairs of VA were done: 66.6% were elective repair after a proper review by the multidisciplinary team and the rest of them were done after the AV thrombosis happened. Urgent rescue surgeries were done in 76% of the thrombosis. 62.5% of the patients did not need a catheter after vascular access thrombosis. The complication relation with AVF and PTFE were 11.4% of the total patients hemodialysis hospitalizations. 65.2% of the VA were new access. 57% of patients were properly reviewed in the pre-dialysis unit at least once and 80% of them start haemodialysis with a mature access. The average survival (Kaplan Meier) of the new AVF was 1,575+/-55 days vs 1,087+/-102 of the PTFE grafts (p < 0.008). The survival after 1, 2 and 3 years for the AVF was 89%, 85% and 83% and for the PTFE graft 3% 67% and 51% respectively. The Cox regression has proved that the type of vascular access is the strongest factor associated to VA survival. The survival added of VA repaired due to dysfunction was 1,062 +/- 97 days vs 707 +/- 132 due to thrombosis, log rank 5.17 (p < 0,02). The increasing risk of those repaired after a thrombosis vs dysfunction is 4.2 p < 0,01. CONCLUSIONS The monitoring of the vascular access by a multidisciplinary team has reached:low rate of thrombosis, high elective number of repairs of the VA, high urgent rescue surgery after a thrombosis and a few number catheter needed and hospitalizations. AVF are associated with greater survival than PTFE. The VA repair due to dysfunction vs thrombosis had a greater survival as well.
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- E Gruss
- Fundación Hospital de Alcorcón, Bidapest 1, Alcorcón, Madrid.
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Quereda C, Pascual J, García-López F, Alcázar R, Aljama P, Amenábar JJ, Arias M, Barrio V, Fernández-Rodríguez A, Fernández Juárez G, Fernández-Lucas M, Gallego N, Hernández D, Gómez-Alamillo C, Maduell F, Martínez Castelao A, Marcén R, Matesanz R, Martín de Francisco AL, Orte L, Liaño F, Luño J, Ortuño J, Pérez García R, Praga M, Saracho R, Selgas R, Rivera M, Rodríguez Pérez JC, Teruel JL, Tato A, Torres A, Valdés F. [Clinical research based nephrology (bases for the constitution of an Evidence Based Nephrology Group in the Spanish Society of Nephrology)]. Nefrologia 2006; 26:163-72. [PMID: 16808254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
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Parra A, Fernández-Llario P, Tato A, Larrasa J, García A, Alonso JM, Hermoso de Mendoza M, Hermoso de Mendoza J. Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infections of pigs and wild boars using a molecular approach. Vet Microbiol 2003; 97:123-33. [PMID: 14637044 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2003.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 11/18/2022]
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A molecular epidemiological approach was applied to establishing a possible role for the wild boar as a natural reservoir of Mycobacterium bovis in Sierra de Villuercas, Western Spain; an area free of farmed cattle and wild deer populations. Spoligo and VNTR typing were used over a three year period to study the epidemiological relationship between the occurrence of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in extensively bred Iberian pigs and indigenous wild boar. The 37 sampled wild boar showed different degree of calcified granulomatous lesions in retropharyngeal, mediastinal and pulmonary lymph nodes. The 25 sampled Iberian pigs showed calcified lesions, mainly in the respiratory tract. Lesions located in the mesenteric lymph nodes appeared secondarily. M. bovis was isolated from all affected animals. Twenty-five and 37 isolates of M. bovis were obtained from domestic pigs and wild boar, respectively. Our findings provide evidence that supports the possibility of cross infection between wild boar and domestic pig populations. This is contrary to the generally held belief that swine represent an epidemiological dead end host and play no role in the epidemiology of M. bovis.
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- A Parra
- Cátedra de Patología Infecciosa y Epidemiología, Departamento de Medicina y Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria de Cáceres, UEX, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, 10071 Cáceres, Spain.
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Pascual J, Rivera M, Fernández M, Tato A, Cano T, Tenorio MT. [The functions of the community nephrologist and its importance in health care system]. Nefrologia 2003; 23:200-10. [PMID: 12891934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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- J Pascual
- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Area Sanitaria 4, Instituto Madrileño de la Salud.
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Pascual J, Alarcón MC, Marcén R, Burgos FJ, Tato A, Tenorio MT, Liaño F, Ortuño J. Cytomegalovirus infection after renal transplantation: selective prophylaxis and treatment. Transplant Proc 2003; 35:1756-7. [PMID: 12962783 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(03)00716-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 11/27/2022]
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We have reviewed our experience in selective cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection prophylaxis and treatment in our renal transplant population. Between 1996 and 2001, 263 cadaveric renal transplant recipients had at least 6 months follow up. Immunosuppression was based on cyclosporine Neoral (n=108) or tacrolimus (n=155). CMV infection prophylaxis (oral acyclovir or gancyclovir at half usual doses) was only prescribed in recipients receiving a CMV positive ve kidney and in recipients treated with OKT3. CMV infection was diagnosed by a positive pp65 antigenemia upon appearance of CMV-related symptoms, leading to specific treatment (IV ganciclovir) only if symptoms were intense or there was visceral involvement. Thus, no preemptive treatment or programmed or periodic antigenemia was performed in any case. Nineteen episodes of symptomatic CMV infection were diagnosed (prevalence 7.2%). The frequency was similar for all immunosuppressive regimens. Only 9 of 19 (47%) of patients were given IV ganciclovir; the others were not treated. All patients survived without apparent complications, relapses, or recurrences. No oral gancyclovir was delivered after IV treatment. Our CMV prophylaxis protocol was limited to high-risk patients, using lower gancyclovir dosages than those usually advocated. It does not include programmed or scheduled search for CMV antigenemia in asymptomatic renal transplant patients. Despite these factors, our CMV infection rate and severity were similar to those reported with more aggressive protocols, with extended prophylaxis, preemptive therapy, or intense surveillance.
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- J Pascual
- Servicios de Nefrología y Urología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
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Pascual J, Marcén R, Burgos FJ, Tato A, Tenorio MT, Liaño F, Ortuño J. A low incidence of new-onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus using tacrolimus in kidney recipients in Europe. Transplant Proc 2003; 35:1760-1. [PMID: 12962785 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(03)00606-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Employing tacrolimus (Tac) for routine immunosuppression in renal transplantation (RT), produced an incidence of new-onset, insulin-treated, diabetes mellitus (newDM) as high as 20%. More recently, several large multicenter kidney studies using Tac as the primary immunosuppressant have been reported in Europe. Between 1997 and 2001, we performed 155 RTs using Tac (0.2 mg/k/per day, targeting whole blood trough levels <15 ng/mL) with a rapid steroid taper. The acute rejection rate was 13%, and 89% of grafts are still functioning. Only 5 Tac-treated patients not previously requiring insulin needed insulin therapy for > or =30 days (3.2%). Eight separate studies employing Tac in at least one arm (N=2728) have been reported between 1997 and 2002. Tac was combined with azathioprine or MMF, and/or steroids. The incidence of new DM at study end ranged from 2.3% to 8.3%. The only trial with >6% incidence was the first one, using an initial dose of 0.3 mg/kg per day. The most recent studies utilized an initial dose of 0.2 mg/kg per day, targeting whole blood trough levels of <15 ng/mL and a steroid taper, with newDM at <6%. On the basis of these data, we confirm in that the use of Tac as a first-line immunosuppressant in renal transplant patients affords protection against acute rejection with a low level of newDM. The tendency to employ lower oral doses of Tac, lower blood target levels, and a reduced steroid dose appear to minimize glucose disturbances in RT.
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- J Pascual
- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
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Marcén R, Pascual J, Tato A, Villafruela JJ, Teruel JL, Rivera ME, Tenorio M, Fernández M, Burgos FJ, Ortuño J. Comparison of C0 and C2 cyclosporine monitoring in long-term renal transplant recipients. Transplant Proc 2003; 35:1780-2. [PMID: 12962793 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(03)00579-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Recent data show that monitoring cyclosporine A (CsA) concentrations with 2-hour postdose levels (C2) correlates with the incidence of rejection and graft outcome in de novo renal transplant patients. The purpose of the present work was to evaluate the advantage of C2 monitoring after the first year of kidney transplantation. We studied 161 patients, 96 on CsA-prednisone and 65 on triple therapy (Aza or MMF) who had been transplanted for a mean of 103+/-44 months. Mean serum creatinine (SCr) was 1.65+/-0.69 mg/dL, mean C0 was 174+/-44, and C2 was 667+/-194 ng/mL. Patients were classified according to C2 values: >850 (n=29), between 850 and 450 (n=109), and <450 (n=23) ng/mL. Patients with C2 <450 ng/mL displayed higher SCr values (1.97+/-0.99; 1.59+/-0.51; 1.52+/-0.4 mg/dL; P<.001), received lower CsA doses (172+/-54; 207+/-54; 227+/-56 mg/d, P<.01), showed lower C0 levels (155+/-48; 172+/-41; 199+/-45 ng/mL; P< .001), and included more patients on triple therapy (54.5%; 44%; 17.2%; P<.05). We found weak correlations between C0 and C2 (r=0.37), between C2 and CsA dose (r=0.36), and between C0 and SCr (r=-0.37). Among 117 patients followed up for 1 year with several C0 and C2 measurements, the coefficient of variation of C0 was 17% and of C2 was 21%. Graft functional deterioration occurred in 16 patients independent of the differences among the C2 groups, but 7 recipients (43.7%) had C0 <150 ng/mL and C2/C0 >5. We conclude that C2 in monitoring stable patients needs further evaluation.
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- R Marcén
- Department of Nephrology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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Nagore E, Martínez-Escribano JA, Tato A, Sabater V, Vilata JJ. Subcutaneous nodules following treatment with aluminium-containing allergen extracts. Eur J Dermatol 2001; 11:138-40. [PMID: 11275813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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We describe two patients who developed multiple itching nodules following immunization with vaccines adsorbed on aluminium hydroxide. Both patients had been treated with vaccines for extrinsic asthma and rhinitis for 4 and 10 years respectively. The lesions were persistent and lasted for several years. Histopathological findings were those of a foreign body reaction. Aluminium was most probably involved in the pathogenesis of these lesions because its presence could be demonstrated in macrophages using energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis. Although some symptomatic relief was achieved with topical corticosteroids and oral antihistamines, treatment was unsuccessful.
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- E Nagore
- Department of Dermatology, Hospital General Universitario, C/Denia, 20-6a, 46006 Valencia, Spain
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Barrios B, Pérez-Pé R, Gallego M, Tato A, Osada J, Muiño-Blanco T, Cebrián-Pérez JA. Seminal plasma proteins revert the cold-shock damage on ram sperm membrane. Biol Reprod 2000; 63:1531-7. [PMID: 11058562 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod63.5.1531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Ejaculated ram spermatozoa, freed from seminal plasma by a dextran/swim-up procedure and exposed to cold shock, were incubated with ram seminal plasma proteins and analyzed by fluorescence markers and scanning electron microscopy. Seminal plasma proteins bound to the sperm plasma membrane modified the functional characteristics of damaged spermatozoa, reproducing those of live cells. Scanning electron microscopy showed that the dramatic structural damage induced by cooling reverted after incubation with seminal plasma proteins. Assessment of membrane integrity by fluorescence markers also indicated a restoration of intact-membrane cells. This protein adsorption is a concentration-dependent process that induces cell surface restoration in relation to the amount of protein in the incubation medium. Fractionation of ram seminal plasma proteins by exclusion chromatography provided three fractions able to reverse the cold shock effect. Scanning electron microscopy also confirmed the high activity of one fraction, because approximately 50% of cold-shocked sperm plasma membrane surface was restored to its original appearance after incubation. Differences in composition between the three separated fractions mainly resulted from one major band of approximately 20 kDa, which must be responsible for recovering the sperm membrane permeability characteristic of a live cell.
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- B Barrios
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain
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Fernández-Merino MC, Rey-García J, Tato A, Beceiro F, Barros-Dios J, Gude F. [Self-perception of health and mortality in elderly from a rural community]. Aten Primaria 2000; 25:459-63. [PMID: 10851749 PMCID: PMC7679499 DOI: 10.1016/s0212-6567(00)78544-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 09/29/1999] [Accepted: 09/29/1999] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between self-perception of their health and mortality in a representative sample of persons over 65 in a rural community. DESIGN Survival study of population with three years observance. SETTING A non-coastal and rural borough in Galicia. PARTICIPANTS 408 people over 65, chosen by random sampling. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The demographic, social and health (objective and subjective) parameters were determined through an initial survey, with subsequent follow-up to find the date and cause of death should this have occurred. Of the 404 elderly people observed, 67 (16%) died. The main causes of death were diseases of the circulatory apparatus (48%) followed by tumours. Mortality was higher in people who were older, unmarried, didn't drink alcohol, were seriously ill, had restricted mobility, consumed more medicines and had a perception of their health as poor. We found an association between self-perceived health and mortality, after adjustment for age, sex, marital status, educational level and consumption of medicines, only when we looked at the elderly without restricted mobility (RR = 2.3; 95% CI = 1.0-5.3). CONCLUSIONS We think that self-perception of health status can be an overall indicator of health, linked to mortality, and that in the elderly with good mobility, this association can be independent of age, sex, educational level, marital status and consumption of medicines.
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Tato A, Ferrer JM, Stockert JC. Electron microscopic contrast of the cytoskeleton and junctional complexes of intestinal epithelial cells by ethanolic phosphotungstic acid. Eur J Morphol 2000; 38:134-41. [PMID: 10694911 DOI: 10.1076/0924-3860(200004)38:2;1-f;ft134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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: 11/03/2022]
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After glutaraldehyde fixation and treatment with ethanolic phosphotungstic acid (E-PTA) before plastic embedding, sections of rat large intestine showed a characteristic electron contrasting pattern in epithelial cells. The axis of microvilli, terminal web, a thin band below the luminal plasma membrane, centrioles and junctional complexes (tight junctions, adherens junctions, and desmosomes) appeared highly contrasted. In addition to protein components of microfilaments and intermediate filaments, proteins from the junctional complexes could also be implicated in the contrasting reaction with E-PTA. Mitochondrial membranes, chromatin masses, and nucleoli of enterocytes showed considerable electron density, whereas no reaction was found in the glycocalyx and mucin content of goblet cells. The clear visualization of cytoskeleton elements and junctional complexes by E-PTA contrasting represents a simple and valuable method for studies on the normal and pathological organization of these structures in epithelial cells.
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- A Tato
- Central Service for Support to Experimental Research, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain
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Dapena F, Tato A, Aguilera A, Delgado R. [Posterior leukoencephalopathy caused by erythropoietin]. Nefrologia 2000; 20:87-8. [PMID: 10822730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Stockert JC, Ibáñez N, Trigoso CI, Cañete M, Tato A. A barium method for the cytochemical detection of sulfated glycosaminoglycans in mast cells and basophilic leukocytes. Acta Histochem 1999; 101:397-408. [PMID: 10611928 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-1281(99)80040-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Barium ions precipitate inorganic as well as organic sulfate compounds and they can be detected by a reaction with sodium rhodizonate. In this work, we describe the use of a barium method for the selective demonstration of sulfated glycosaminoglycans in cytoplasmic granules of mast cells and basophilic leukocytes. Methanol-fixed smears of mouse peritoneal mast cells and rat bone marrow basophils were treated with 5% BaCl2 for 10 min, followed by staining with either 0.2% sodium rhodizonate in 50% ethanol for 2 h at 60 degrees C, or 0.01% brilliant green in distilled water for 1 min. Light microscopic observation revealed a strong staining reaction of the cytoplasmic granules of these cell types, which was more selective when using sodium rhodizonate. Control smears treated with BaCl2 or sodium rhodizonate alone, and those subjected to methylation/extraction of sulfate groups before staining remained unstained. The selective binding of barium ions to mast cell granules was established with scanning electron microscopy using a backscattered electron detector, and confirmed by energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis as well as element mapping.
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- J C Stockert
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Canto Blanco, Spain
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Forcada C, Alcacer E, Garcera MD, Tato A, Martinez R. Resistance to bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin in three strains of heliothis virescens: proteolytic and SEM study of the larval midgut. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 1999; 42:51-63. [PMID: 10467056 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(199909)42:1<51::aid-arch6>3.0.co;2-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In a previous study, we demonstrated that resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins in Heliothis virescens might be related to differences in the composition of the proteolytic extracts from insect midgut. There, we found specific proteolytic bands present in the gut extracts of the resistant strain and absent from the susceptible one. Here we report related facts using a new resistant strain (KCB) and a cross between the two strains used in our previous study. As would be expected, no quantitative differences in total proteolytic activity were found between the strains, although qualitative differences related to the presence or absence of specific proteolytic activity bands using SDS-PAGE could be responsible for the observed resistance phenomenon. Moreover, an SEM study made at different time intervals after intoxication shows that in the initial hours following intoxication, both the susceptible and the resistant strains show significant damage to the midgut epithelium. In the interval between 3 and 48 h, however, the resistant strain recovered such that by 48 h it had fully recovered whereas the susceptible strain did not. Arch. Copyright 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- C Forcada
- Unidad de Fisiologia Animal, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universitat de Valencia, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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Pascual J, Orofino L, de Vicente E, Burgos FJ, Morales A, Redondo C, Liaño F, Tato A, Ortuño J. An unusual case of villous adenoma of the ampulla Vateri in a renal allograft recipient. Nephrol Dial Transplant 1997; 12:833-4. [PMID: 9141029 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/12.4.833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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- J Pascual
- Servicios de Nefrología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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For cases of malignant pheochromocytoma the prognosis is poor and experience with its treatment remains limited. We present a case of a hypertensive 16 year old woman with malignant pheochromocytoma and a good treatment response. Bone metastases appeared 6 months after the first resection. Local excision of the thoracic vertebrae metastases and palliative radiation therapy were performed, after which she received twelve cycles of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and dacarbazine. Sixteen months later the patient remains asymptomatic without biochemical catecholamine activity.
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- A Tato
- Department of Nephrology, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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Teruel JL, Lasuncion MA, Rivera M, Aguilera A, Ortega H, Tato A, Marcen R, Ortuño J. Nandrolone decanoate reduces serum lipoprotein(a) concentrations in hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis 1997; 29:569-75. [PMID: 9100047 DOI: 10.1016/s0272-6386(97)90340-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We have studied the changes in the lipid profile of 14 chronic hemodialysis patients receiving a 6-month cycle of nandrolone decanoate as treatment for anemia. Nandrolone decanoate was administered in a weekly intramuscular dose of 200 mg and resulted in an increase in the hemoglobin concentration (baseline, 7.9 +/- 0.9 g/dL; month 6, 10.8 +/- 1.7 g/dL; P < 0.001, ANOVA) and also produced relevant modifications in the lipid concentrations. The most significant finding was a decrease in the concentration of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)]: baseline, 19.8 mg/dL (median), month 2, 10.6 mg/dL; month 4, 8.7 mg/dL; and month 6, 7.1 mg/dL (P < 0.001, Friedman). Other lipid changes induced by nandrolone decanoate were an increase in the concentrations of apolipoprotein B (P < 0.02, ANOVA) and triglyceride (P = NS, ANOVA) and a decrease of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (P < 0.001, ANOVA) and apolipoprotein A-I (P = NS, ANOVA). The decrease in HDL cholesterol was at the expense of the HDL2 cholesterol subfraction, whereas HDL3 remained unchanged. These lipid modifications were reversible; 4 months after nandrolone decanoate withdrawal, the lipid concentrations were similar to the basal values. The changes in Lp(a) levels did not correlate with those of hemoglobin or the other lipid parameters, suggesting that the underlying mechanisms are unrelated. Our findings could be clinically relevant if confirmed by further studies.
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- J L Teruel
- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Teruel JL, Nitvarro JF, Marcen R, Aguilera A, Tato A, Ottuño J. Satisfactory control of secondary hyperparathyroidism with low-calcium dialysate in patients not receiving vitamin D. Miner Electrolyte Metab 1997; 23:19-24. [PMID: 9058365] [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: 02/03/2023]
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The use of a dialysate calcium concentration of 2.5 mEq/1 for patients not receiving vitamin D is controversial. Therefore, it has been suggested that oral calcium supplements might be sufficient to avoid a negative calcium balance which could result in a worsening of secondary hyperparathyroidism. In order to clarify these aspects, we reduced the dialysis fluid calcium level in 26 patients on chronic hemodialysis with a dialysate calcium concentration of 3.25 mEq/l, all of them receiving low doses of calcium carbonate and aluminum hydroxide. No patient received supplements with vitamin D during the previous 2 years. These patients have been dialyzed using a dialysate calcium concentration of 2.5 mEq/l for 1 year. Gradually we increased the dose of calcium carbonate and decreased the dose of aluminum hydroxide to maintain the predialysis serum calcium and phosphate concentrations between 8-10 and 4-6 mg/dl, respectively. After 1 year of hemodialysis with a low-calcium dialysate (2.5 mEq/l), the oral dose of calcium carbonate was increased from 3.5 +/- 2.6 to 9.2 +/- 5.6 g/day (p < 0.001). In 22 patients (85%) the aluminum hydroxide was stopped, and in the remaining 4 cases the dose was lowered. The reduction in the dialysate calcium concentration did not increase the incidence of hypercalcemia or hyperphosphatemia. In the whole group, we did not observe a significant variation in the levels of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH; 324 +/- 123 vs. 311 +/- 256 pg/ ml) or alkaline phosphatase (230 +/- 115 vs. 224 +/- 127 U/l), although there was a reduction in the serum aluminum concentration (33 +/- 31 vs. 21.8 +/- 20.2 micrograms/l; p < 0.001). We analyzed the evolution of iPTH in each case. In 15 patients (58%) the iPTH concentration decreased, in 6 cases (23%) it remained stable, and in only 5 subjects (19%) there was an increase (2 of them did not take the oral calcium dosage recommended). In conclusion, a low dialysate calcium concentration (2.5 mEq/l) is safe for most patients not receiving vitamin D. But adherence of patients to high doses of oral calcium supplements is absolutely necessary.
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- J L Teruel
- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Gonzalo A, Gallego A, Tato A, Ortuño J. Age at renal replacement therapy in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Nephron Clin Pract 1996; 74:620. [PMID: 8938693 DOI: 10.1159/000189464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Fernández Lucas M, Marcén R, Villafruela J, Teruel JL, Tato A, Rivera M, Ortuño J. Effect of rHuEpo therapy in dialysis patients on endogenous erythropoietin synthesis after renal transplantation. Nephron Clin Pract 1996; 73:54-7. [PMID: 8742957 DOI: 10.1159/000188998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 02/01/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED We have undertaken a prospective study to examine the effect of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) therapy during dialysis on Epo levels after renal transplantation and to evaluate the impact of this therapy on the immediate graft function. Between December 1991 and December 1993, 91 renal transplant recipients were studied. There were 34 females and 57 males and the mean age was 38 years. Forty-two patients were treated during dialysis with rHuEpo due to anemia and 49 patients did not receive it. Endogenous Epo (eEpo), hemoglobin concentration, hematocrit level and serum creatinine were determined on days 0, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60 and 180 after transplantation. Ferritin level was determined pretransplant and on day 60. RESULTS Patients not treated with rHuEpo during dialysis experienced a transient increase in endogenous Epo after renal transplant that was not observed in treated patients (26 +/- 3.3 vs. 9 +/- 1.5 mU/ml, p < 0.001). The eEpo peak was similar in patients with early or delayed graft function (23 +/- 4.3 vs. 32 +/- 5.4 mU/ml, NS). The recovery of the anemia after a successful renal transplant took place in patients treated as well as those not treated with rHuEpo without significant differences. In the treated group, the pretransplant hematocrit level was similar in patients with early or delayed graft function (31 +/- 3.5% vs. 32 +/- 4.8%), but in the untreated group, the hematocrit level was lower in patients with early renal function (28.5 +/- 4% vs. 32 +/- 3%, p < 0.05). However, these patients also had a significantly shorter warm ischemia time (53 +/- 13.8 vs. 64 +/- 14.5 min). Fifty-two percent of the rHuEpo-treated patients and 36% of the untreated patients had delayed graft function. In conclusion, different courses of eEpo levels after renal transplant were observed depending on whether or not patients had been treated with rHuEpo during dialysis. Untreated patients experienced a transient increase which was not observed in the treated group. Immediate or delayed graft function did not modify eEpo levels. No association was found between rHuEpo therapy during dialysis and delayed graft function.
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Tato A, Ferrer JM, Trigoso CI, Stockert JC. Differential reactivity of structural components of eosinophil leucocyte granules as revealed by ethanolic phosphotungstic acid. Eur J Morphol 1995; 33:465-472. [PMID: 8907559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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After glutaraldehyde fixation and ethanolic phosphotungstic acid (E-PTA) treatment before embedding, thin sections of rat bone marrow and large intestine showed a characteristic pattern of electron opacity in eosinophil leucocyte granules. In both mature eosinophils and precursor cells, the matrix appeared highly contrasted while the crystalline core revealed no electron density. Additional treatment of sections with uranyl acetate did not modify the contrasting pattern of eosinophil granules. The absence of electron dense reaction in the crystalline core after E-PTA treatment seems to originate from removal of core components. The selective reactivity of the matrix toward E-PTA could be a valuable ultrastructural marker for studies on the differentiation of specific granules along the maturation of eosinophil leucocytes.
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- A Tato
- Central Service of Electron Microscopy, University of Valencia, Spain
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The structure of specific granules from horse eosinophil leukocytes is still largely unknown. In this work, electron microscopical studies of horse eosinophils reveal that the large cytoplasmic granules contain an external membrane, a matrix of less density, and a dense (non crystalline) core. Round vacuolar inclusions of matrix materials were often observed within the cores. Horse eosinophil granules showed a considerable heterogeneity, and three morphological types could be identified according to structural features of the core and matrix.
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- J C Stockert
- Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie, Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Tübingen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
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Romero JB, Ferrer JM, Tato A, Tandler CJ, Llorente AR, Del Castillo P, Stockert JC. Alkaline hydrolysis/methylation-acetylation: a new technique for ultrastructural DNA cytochemistry. J Microsc 1991; 162:295-8. [PMID: 1865496 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1991.tb03139.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A new technique for the visualization of DNA-containing structures in electron microscopy is described. Samples of glutaraldehyde-fixed bone marrow from rats were subjected to alkaline hydrolysis to remove RNA and the phosphate of phosphoproteins, followed by a combined blockage of protein carboxyl and amino groups through methylation-acetylation. After uranyl acetate staining of epoxy-embedded ultrathin sections, chromatin from all cell types showed a highly selective and intense electron opacity. Staining methods for DNA were also positive in semithin sections. This simple procedure could be very useful in ultrastructural cytochemistry of DNA and chromatin.
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- J B Romero
- Departamento de Biología Animal y Biología Celular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
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Tato A, Planes M, Ramos A, Stockert JC, Ferrer JM. Differential staining of mucin granules from epoxy resin sections by a phosphotungstic acid-methyl green procedure. Biotech Histochem 1991; 66:139-44. [PMID: 1716165 DOI: 10.3109/10520299109110568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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After treatment of epoxy resin semithin sections from glutaraldehyde fixed rat large intestine with 5% aqueous phosphotungstic acid (PTA), staining with unpurified 0.2% solutions of methyl green at 60 C for 5 min produces a color differentiation between mucin granules of goblet cells. Some mucin granules and the glycocalyx appear deep green while the remaining granules, luminal mucin and collagen fibers are pink. The known contamination of unpurified methyl green with crystal violet seems to be responsible for the pink staining reaction of the latter structures, which also present an orange-red fluorescence under green exciting light. Electron microscopic observations show selective contrast of mucin granules which appear with a different amount of PTA deposits. This procedure is useful to reveal the heterogeneity of mucin granules in light and electron microscopy.
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- A Tato
- Department of Animal Biology, Cell Biology and Parasitology, Faculty of Biology, University of Valencia, Spain
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Stockert JC, Blanco J, Ferrer JM, Trigoso C, Tato A, Del Castillo P, Gomez A, Testillano P, Risueño MC. Tungsten and molybdenum heteropolyacids as staining and contrasting agents: reactivity with epoxyresin-embedded cell and tissue structures. Acta Histochem 1989; 86:151-8. [PMID: 2481932 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-1281(89)80084-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 01/01/2023]
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In this work, we carry out a further approach to the knowledge of the reaction mechanism of phosphotungstic and phosphomolybdic acids (PTA and PMA), as well as some derivatives, with cell structures from epoxyresin-embedded materials. Applied on thin sections from glutaraldehyde-fixed tissues, PTA and PMA induced a strong electron contrasting reaction in spermatid acrosomes, goblet cell mucin, callose and plant cell walls, endexine, intine and starch granules. In light microscopy, the localization of heteropolyacids on these structures was achieved by treatments of semithin sections with suitable reducing agents (titanous sulfate, stannous chloride, sodium borohydride, or p-phenylenediamine) to form the mixed-valence heteropolyblues, or with Schiffs's reagent. The use of PTA-dye complexes (pyronin-PTA and Mallory's PTA-hematoxylin) also showed the same staining pattern. Taking into account the chemical characteristics of the PTA- and PMA-reactive tissue elements, the present results indicate that heteropolyacids selectively enter into the highest hydrophilic structures from non-polar epoxy-embedded sections; after brief washing, they appear predominantly retained in tissue structures containing a great amount of carbohydrate components.
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- J C Stockert
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Juarranz A, Ferrer JM, Tato A, Cañete M, Stockert JC. Metachromatic staining and electron dense reaction of glycosaminoglycans by means of cuprolinic blue. Histochem J 1987; 19:1-6. [PMID: 3583811 DOI: 10.1007/bf01675286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The cationic phthalocyanin-like dye Cuprolinic Blue, unlike phthalocyanin dyes such as Alcian Blue or Astra Blue, can definitely exhibit a clear metachromatic reaction with appropriate substrates. The application of Cuprolinic Blue to epoxy-embedded semithin sections revealed that mast cell cytoplasmic granules, goblet cell mucin and cartilage matrix stained in violet shades (metachromatic), whereas nuclear chromatin presented a bright blue coloration (orthochromatic). The metachromatic structures showed a high degree of contrast when ultrathin sections treated with Cuprolinic Blue were examined by electron microscopy. Cytophotometric measurements of stained components from the large intestine showed different absorption maxima: at 580 nm for mucin and at 640 nm for nuclei. The spectroscopical analysis revealed a clear-cut metachromatic shift when the dye was in the presence of chondroitin-4-sulphate. The addition of aluminium metal to Cuprolinic Blue solutions resulted in a striking spectral change; under such conditions the dye showed absorption maximum at 530 nm.
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Thin sections of glutaraldehyde-fixed, epoxy resin-embedded bone marrow from rats were treated with 2% palladium chloride in 2% concentrated HCl. This procedure was found to induce high electron density in chromatin from all cell types and in cytoplasmic granules of neutrophils and eosinophils. In the latter, the crystalline body showed more contrast than the matrix.
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Gomez-Perretta C, Armas-Portela R, Stockert JC, Tato A, Ferrer JM. Increased acidophilia of eosinophil granules after EDTA treatment. Histochem J 1986; 18:1-4. [PMID: 3086258 DOI: 10.1007/bf01676191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The acidophilic reaction of eosinophil leucocyte granules from human, pig and horse blood smears was investigated by using May-Grünwald-Giemsa staining after previous treatment with EDTA and sodium citrate solutions. The same peak at 530 nm, but absorption values considerably higher than those of controls, were found in eosinophil granules after application of chelating agents, indicating that removal of metal cations could unmask basic groups in these structures.
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Stockert JC, Armas-Portela R, Colman OD, Ferrer JM, Tato A. Oxidized p-phenylenediamine staining of epoxy resin sections. Z Naturforsch C Biosci 1984; 39:835-6. [PMID: 6208701 DOI: 10.1515/znc-1984-7-824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Semithin and thin sections of glutaraldehyde-fixed, epoxy resin-embedded animal tissues were treated with solutions of oxidized p-phenylenediamine (PPD). This method is suitable to reveal the general morphology of tissues in light microscopy, showing a high staining degree in some polyanion containing components. Posttreatments of thin sections with gold chloride solutions give considerable electron opacity in PPD positive structures.
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Blue molybdenum oxides (molybdenum blues) have been prepared from aqueous phosphomolybdic acid solutions and applied to thin and semi-thin sections of glutaraldehyde-fixed, epoxy-embedded tissues. A light blue colour and high electron opacity were found in mast cell granules, the secretion content of goblet cells, and cytoplasmic granules in Drosophila salivary glands. The possibility that binding of blue molybdenum oxides to polyhydroxylic components accounts for the staining and contrasting reactions in some cell structures is briefly discussed.
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Gutierrez-Gonzalvez MG, Stockert JC, Ferrer JM, Tato A. Ruthenium red staining of polyanion containing structures in sections from epoxy-resin embedded tissues. Acta Histochem 1984; 74:115-20. [PMID: 6203319 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-1281(84)80038-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Staining by ruthenium red (0.5 mg/ml in borate buffer at pH = 9.2) has been used for light and electron microscopic visualization of polyanion containing structures in sections from glutaraldehyde-fixed, epoxy-embedded tissues. This staining technique can be applied in a simple and rapid way, showing the reactive cell components with suitable resolution and contrast. Preliminary spectrophotometric studies show the correspondence in absorption characteristics of the dye which is bound to polyanions in situ or in vitro.
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