Publications by authors named "Otamendi-Lopez A"

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  • * A new CAR called MC9999 was developed to target both tumor and immunosuppressive cells effectively, demonstrating consistent antitumor effects in models of breast cancer, lung cancer, melanoma, and glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
  • * MC9999 CAR T cells have shown the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier and specifically kill immunosuppressive cells within GBM tumors, highlighting their potential as a foundation for improved CAR
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Purpose: Testicular cancer survivors (TCS) exposed to chemotherapy have an increased expression of CDKN2A/p16 and a lymphocyte phenotype associated with immunosenescence. We seek to define whether the immunosenescent phenotype is associated with chemotherapy.

Methods: Case-control study of TCS, disease-free ≥3 months and stratified by primary treatment modality into orchiectomy only, chemotherapy, or bone marrow transplant (BMT).

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Purpose: PreOperative radiotherapy (RT) is commonly used in the treatment of brain metastasis and different cancer types but has never been used in primary glioblastoma (GBM). Here, we aim to establish, describe, and validate the use of PreOperative RT for the treatment of GBM in a preclinical model.

Methods: Rat brains were locally irradiated with 30-Gy, hypofractionated in five doses 2 weeks before or after the resection of intracranial GBM.

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Background And Objectives: Degenerative spine disease is a leading cause of disability, with increasing prevalence in the older patients. While age has been identified as an independent predictor of outcomes, its predictive value is limited for similar older patients. Here, we aimed to determine the most predictive frailty score of adverse events in patients aged 80 and older undergoing instrumented lumbar fusion.

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Objective: Chordomas are rare tumors that often recur regardless of surgery with negative margins and postoperative radiotherapy. The predictive accuracy of widely used immunohistochemical (IHC) markers in addressing the recurrence of skull base chordomas (SBCs) is yet to be determined. This study aimed to investigate IHC markers in the prediction of recurrence after SBC resection with adjuvant radiation therapy.

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Background: Congenital hydrocephalus is a significant challenge in neurosurgery, particularly in resource-limited settings. This study focuses on the congenital hydrocephalus in Brazil, a developing country, over the past 13 years.

Methods: This study is a retrospective analysis of congenital hydrocephalus treatment and outcomes using data records on DATASUS from January 2008 to July 2021.

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Functional pituitary adenomas (FPAs) are associated with hormonal hypersecretion resulting in systemic endocrinopathies and increased mortality. The heterogenous composition of the FPA population has made modeling predictive factors of postoperative disease remission a challenge. Here, we aim to define a novel scoring system predictive of disease remission following transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) for FPAs and validate our process using supervised machine learning (SML).

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Objective: Chordomas are rare tumors from notochordal remnants and account for 1%-4% of all primary bone malignancies, often arising from the clivus and sacrum. Despite margin-negative resection and postoperative radiotherapy, chordomas often recur. Further, immunohistochemical (IHC) markers have not been assessed as predictive of chordoma recurrence.

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Background: Postoperative fatigue is a distressing symptom and can have a major impact on the patient's quality of life after surgery. We investigate the extent of postoperative fatigue following minimally invasive spine surgery under general anesthesia (GA), and its impact on patients' quality of life (QOL) and activities of daily living (ADLs).

Methods: We surveyed patients that underwent minimally-invasive lumbar spine surgery under GA within the previous year.

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Purpose: Meningiomas are the most common primary brain tumor and represent 35% of all intracranial neoplasms. However, in the early post-operative period approximate 3-5% of patients experience an acute symptomatic seizure. Establishing risk factors for postoperative seizures will identify those patients without preoperative seizures at greatest risk of postoperative seizures and may guide antiseizure medications (ASMs) management.

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Altered cellular metabolism is a hallmark of cancer pathogenesis and progression; for example, a near-universal feature of cancer is increased metabolic flux through the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP). This pathway produces uridine diphosphate -acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc), a potent oncometabolite that drives multiple facets of cancer progression. In this study, we synthesized and evaluated peracetylated hexosamine analogs designed to reduce flux through the HBP.

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Background: General anesthesia (GA) and spinal anesthesia (SA) have been adopted for lumbar spine surgery (LSS), but GA is used far more widely. We conducted a survey of spine surgeons to explore their attitudes and preferences regarding awake spine surgery under SA.

Methods: A survey was emailed to 150 spine surgeons.

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Metabolic rewiring in glioblastoma (GBM) is linked to intra- and extracellular pH regulation. In this study, we sought to characterize the role of melatonin on intracellular pH modulation and metabolic consequences to identify the mechanisms of action underlying melatonin oncostatic effects on GBM tumor initiating cells. GBM tumor initiating cells were treated at different times with melatonin (1.

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Background: Colloid cysts of the third ventricle are rare benign tumors, accounting for approximately 1% of all intracranial tumors. Familial colloid cysts are less common, only 25 cases have been previously reported in the literature. We aim to describe demographic and disease-specific characteristics to reduce the knowledge gap with this potentially life-threatening tumor.

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