Publications by authors named "P J Gomez Arias"

Hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 (HT-1) is an inborn error of metabolism caused by a defect in tyrosine (tyr) degradation. This defect results in the accumulation of succinylacetone (SA), causing liver failure with a high risk of hepatocarcinoma and kidney injury, leading in turn to Fanconi syndrome with urine loss of phosphate and secondary hypophosphatemic rickets (HR). HT-1 diagnosis is usually made in infants with acute or chronic liver failure or by neonatal screening programs.

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  • The 22q11.2 region is prone to genetic changes that can lead to several disorders, such as 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome and Emanuel Syndrome.
  • This study examines mortality rates, average age at death, and risk factors in 223 confirmed patients with 22q11.2 rearrangements, revealing that 21 (9.4%) of them died, predominantly in early childhood.
  • Key findings show that 71.42% of deaths were due to cardiac causes, with a median age of death of 3 months and 18 days, contributing valuable data on mortality associated with these genetic disorders.
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  • The study investigates how asthma affects naïve/memory lymphocyte proportions through CD26 levels, aiming to link asthma phenotype/severity with variations in CD26 among various lymphocyte populations.* -
  • Methods included flow cytometry analysis of blood samples from healthy and asthma patients to measure CD26 levels and characterize CD4CD26 T cell subsets, leading to the identification of four distinct inflammatory profiles.* -
  • Results showed that neutrophilic asthma had lower CD4CD26 cells correlated with inflammation, while eosinophilic asthma had expanded CD26 subsets, particularly in atopic patients, indicating a role in chronic inflammation associated with allergic asthma.*
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With climate extremes hitting nations across the globe, disproportionately burdening vulnerable developing countries, the prompt operation of the Loss and Damage fund is of paramount importance. As decisions on resource disbursement at the international level, and investment strategies at the national level, loom, the climate science community's role in providing fair and effective evidence is crucial. Attribution science can provide useful information for decision makers, but both ethical implications and deep uncertainty cannot be ignored.

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Non-immune hydrops fetalis (NIHF) is a rare entity characterized by excessive accumulation of fluid within the fetal extravascular compartments and body cavities. Here we present two intrauterine fetal demises with NIHF presenting with oligohydramnios, cystic hygroma, pleural effusion, and generalized hydrops with predominance of subcutaneous edema. The fetuses also presented with ascites, severe and precocious IUGR and skeletal anomalies.

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