Publications by authors named "M I Capurro"

Article Synopsis
  • Follicular lymphoma (FL) is the most common slow-growing non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the U.S. and Europe, but there's limited data from Latin America, particularly Chile.
  • The study involved 722 Chilean patients diagnosed with FL from 2000 to 2019, revealing a median diagnosis age of 62, with many patients presenting advanced disease and a significant number affected by bone marrow involvement.
  • Key findings show that adding rituximab to chemotherapy improves overall survival and response rate, while experiencing POD24 (progression of disease within 24 months) indicates much poorer survival outcomes.
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Mitochondrial membranes define distinct structural and functional compartments. Cristae of the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) function as independent bioenergetic units that undergo rapid and transient remodelling, but the significance of this compartmentalized organization is unknown. Using super-resolution microscopy, here we show that cytosolic IMM vesicles, devoid of outer mitochondrial membrane or mitochondrial matrix, are formed during resting state.

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Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells represent a revolutionary immunotherapy that allows specific tumor recognition by a unique single-chain fragment variable (scFv) derived from monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). scFv selection is consequently a fundamental step for CAR construction, to ensure accurate and effective CAR signaling toward tumor antigen binding. However, conventional in vitro and in vivo biological approaches to compare different scFv-derived CARs are expensive and labor-intensive.

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Neutrophils are essential for host defense against (). The neuro-repellent, SLIT2, potently inhibits neutrophil chemotaxis, and might, therefore, be expected to impair antibacterial responses. We report here that, unexpectedly, neutrophils exposed to the N-terminal SLIT2 (N-SLIT2) fragment kill extracellular more efficiently.

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Dengue viruses (DENVs) are mosquito-borne flaviviruses causing millions of human infections each year and pose a challenge for public health systems worldwide. Aedes aegypti is the principal vector species transmitting DENVs to humans. Controlling Ae.

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