Thromb Res
August 2024
Antiplatelet therapy, the gold standard of care for patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), is one of the therapeutic approaches most associated with the development of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Although numerous studies have shown that pharmacological intervention based on a limited number of high-evidence variants (primarily CYP2C19*2 and *3) can reduce the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), ADRs still occur at variable rates (10.1 % in our case) despite personalized therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe microstructure and wear properties of a Mg-1wt.% Zn-1wt.% Ca (ZX11) alloy with different heat treatments have been investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBetablockers (BBs) are prescribed for ischaemia in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). In Spain, bisoprolol and carvedilol are the most prescribed BBs, but patients often had to discontinue them due to adverse effects. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in ADRB1, ADRB2 and CYP2D6 genes have strong evidence of pharmacogenetic association with BBs in heart failure or hypertension, but the evidence in ACS is limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA severe form of myopia defined as pathologic/high myopia is the main cause of visual impairment and one of the most frequent causes of blindness worldwide. It is characterized by at least 6 diopters or axial length (AL) of eyeball > 26 mm and choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in 5 to 10% of cases. Ranibizumab is a humanized recombinant monoclonal antibody fragment targeted against human vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) used in the treatment of CNV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: DNA methylation (DNAm) age metrics have been widely accepted as an epigenetic biomarker for biological aging and disease. The purpose of this study is to assess whether or not individuals carrying Lynch Syndrome-associated mutations are affected in their rate of biological aging, as measured by the epigenetic clock.
Methods: Genome-wide bisulfite DNA sequencing data were generated using DNA from CD4 + T-cells obtained from peripheral blood using 27 patient samples from Lynch syndrome families.
Lenvatinib is an oral multityrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) with proven effectiveness in the treatment of radioactive iodine- (RAI-) refractory and/or unresectable differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). The present study reports the case of a 41-year-old male who underwent hemithyroidectomy in June 2015 due to a thyroid nodule with fine-needle aspiration follicular neoplasm cytology and no evidence of malignancy in the histopathological exam. Three years later, acute disabling clinical symptoms emerged, mainly high skeletal pain conditioned with an important performance status decrease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevious work from our group has shown that mice develop a milder pristane-induced lupus disease than WT or counterparts, demonstrating a new role for CD38 in promoting aberrant inflammation and lupus-like autoimmunity via a Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 2 (TRPM2)-dependent apoptosis-driven mechanism. In this study we asked whether CD38 may play a role in the expression and function of regulatory B cells (IL-10-producing B cells or B10 cells). In pristane-treated mice the frequency of spleen CD19⁺CD1dCD5⁺ B cells, which are highly enriched in B10 cells, was significantly increased in splenocytes compared to WT, while the frequency of peritoneal plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), which are major type I Interferon (IFN) producers, was greatly diminished.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, we investigated the role of CD38 in a pristane-induced murine model of lupus. CD38-deficient (Cd38) but not ART2-deficient (Art2) mice developed less severe lupus compared to wild type (WT) mice, and their protective phenotype consisted of (i) decreased IFN-I-stimulated gene expression, (ii) decreased numbers of peritoneal CCR2Ly6C inflammatory monocytes, TNF-α-producing Ly6G neutrophils and Ly6C monocytes/macrophages, (iii) decreased production of anti-single-stranded DNA and anti-nRNP autoantibodies, and (iv) ameliorated glomerulonephritis. Cd38 pristane-elicited peritoneal exudate cells had defective CCL2 and TNF-α secretion following TLR7 stimulation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCD157/Bst1 is a dual-function receptor and β-NAD-metabolizing ectoenzyme of the ADP-ribosyl cyclase family. Expressed in human peripheral blood neutrophils and monocytes, CD157 interacts with extracellular matrix components and regulates leukocyte diapedesis via integrin-mediated signalling in inflammation. CD157 also regulates cell migration and is a marker of adverse prognosis in epithelial ovarian cancer and pleural mesothelioma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCollagen-type-II-induced arthritis (CIA) is an autoimmune disease, which involves a complex host systemic response including inflammatory and autoimmune reactions. CIA is milder in CD38(-/-) than in wild-type (WT) mice. ProteoMiner-equalized serum samples were subjected to 2D-DiGE and MS-MALDI-TOF/TOF analyses to identify proteins that changed in their relative abundances in CD38(-/-) versus WT mice either with arthritis (CIA(+) ), with no arthritis (CIA(-) ), or with inflammation (complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)-treated mice).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeishmaniasis is important as a cause of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and must be considered and excluded in patients with HLH because it can cause severe or even fatal complications. When HLH is present, there is a deficient downregulation of the immune response, leading to an uncontrolled inflammation. We report a case of visceral leishmaniasis-HLH where the therapy with tocilizumab, targeting interleukin 6, help to regulate the immune response for the infection of Leishmania.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCD38 is a multifunctional protein possessing ADP-ribosyl cyclase activity responsible for both the synthesis and the degradation of several Ca(2+)-mobilizing second messengers. In mammals, CD38 also functions as a receptor. In this study CD38 expression in CD4(+), CD8(+), or CD25(+) T cells was significantly higher in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients than in Normal controls.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMediators Inflamm
February 2013
Kinases have been implicated in the immunopathological mechanisms of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). v-akt murine-thymoma viral-oncogene-homolog 1 (AKT1) and mitogen-activated-protein-kinase 1 (MAPK1) gene expressions in peripheral mononuclear cells from thirteen SLE patients with inactive or mild disease were evaluated using quantitative real-time reverse-transcription polymerase-chain-reaction and analyzed whether there was any correlation with T-helper (Th) transcription factors (TF) gene expression, cytokines, and S100A8/S100A9-(Calprotectin). Age- and gender-matched thirteen healthy controls were examined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Chronic inflammation plays an important role in the development of cardiovascular risk factors. Although the prevalence of comorbidities and cardiovascular events has been described in patients with psoriasis, few studies have examined subclinical atherosclerosis in psoriasis patients.
Objective: Our objective was to investigate the prevalence of atheroma plaques in patients with severe psoriasis compared with control subjects and to analyze the association with metabolic syndrome, homocysteine levels and inflammatory parameters.
CD38, a type II transmembrane glycoprotein expressed in many cells of the immune system, is involved in cell signaling, migration and differentiation. Studies in CD38 deficient mice (CD38 KO mice) indicate that this molecule controls inflammatory immune responses, although its involvement in these responses depends on the disease model analyzed. Here, we explored the role of CD38 in the control of autoimmune responses using chicken collagen type II (col II) immunized C57BL/6-CD38 KO mice as a model of collagen-induced arthritis (CIA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProteins differentially expressed in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients versus Normal controls were identified by 2-DE and MALDI-MS. Thus, S100A9 expression was significantly increased in SLE PBMCs relative to Normal PBMCs at both mRNA and protein levels. Increased S100A9 levels in SLE PBMCs correlated positively with the abnormal presence of low-density granulocytes (LDGs) detected by flow-cytometry in the mononuclear cell fractions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of the present study was to explore the potential for using vermicompost from olive-mill waste as an organic amendment for enhanced bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)-contaminated soils. The focus was to analyse the genetic potential and the naphthalene dioxygenase (NDO) expression of the bacterial communities involved in the degradation of naphthalene, as chemical model for the degradation of PAH. The structure of the metabolically active bacterial population was evidenced in the RNA-based denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) profiles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDifferent pre-treatment methods have been compared for two-dimensional mapping of individual rat cerebrospinal fluid samples based on acetone, trichloroacetic acid/acetone and methanol/acetone precipitation of proteins. Acetone precipitation following incubation with DTT gave the highest protein recovery (72%) and the largest number of protein spots (92 +/- 4) as well as minimizing the time taken.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe have evaluated the effect of N,N-bis (2-chloroethyl)-N-nitrosourea (BCNU), an inhibitor of glutathione reductase (GR), on the oxidative status along with the integrity of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system of the rat. The oxidative status was studied by the quantification of carbonyl groups coupled to protein homogenates. Moreover, the specific oxidations in glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and neurofilament-200 (NF-200) were also measured.
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