Publications by authors named "M Cascajo Castresana"

Statins are widely used in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. Muscle weakness and elevated creatine kinase (CK) are frequent side effects of statins with an incidence of about 15%. Statin-associated myopathy is more common in people who receive multiple drugs, the elderly or women but the mechanism underlying it is still unclear.

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A possible case of ulcerative colitis (UC) developed during treatment with ixekizumab is reported. Ixekizumab is a human monoclonal antibody approved for chronic plaque psoriasis that works by blocking interleukin-17 (IL-17). Cytoquines, such as IL-17, may be involved in the pathophysiology of psoriasis and inflammatory bowel diseases.

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A possible case of bullous pemphigoid (BP) that developed during treatment with ustekinumab is reported. Ustekinumab is a human monoclonal antibody found in pathologies such as psoriasis, which works by inhibiting the activity of interleukin-12 and interleukin-23. We describe the case of a 75-year-old woman who presented with new onset of erythematous and bullous lesions 5 days after receiving a fifth dose of ustekinumab.

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Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that speeds up the life cycle of skin cells, forming scales and red patches that are itchy and sometimes painful. It is a complex disease of autoimmune origin and genetic predisposition with more than 10 different loci associated. Here we described the production of an iPSC line generated by Sendai Virus (Klf4, Oct3/4, Sox2 and c-Myc) reprogramming of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs) from a Psoriasis patient.

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A 32 base pair deletion in the C-C chemokine receptor type gene (CCR5-Δ32), the main Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) co-receptor results in a non-functional protein. Individuals homozygous for the CCR5-Δ32 mutation are resistant to HIV infection. Here we report the generation, from pro-erythroblast enriched Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs) from a naturally occurring CCR5-Δ32/Δ32 individual, of the fully characterized iPSC line IMEDEAi008-A.

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