Institut de Recerca Sant Pau
The Institut de Recerca Sant Pau, CERCA center and Health Research Institute accredited by the ISCIII, is a biomedical research foundation of excellence, attached to the UAB, which promotes basic, clinical, epidemiological and translational research with the aim of improving people's health and quality of life, through the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge, the training of international researchers, the generation of health innovations, the application of advances in care practice and health policies.


Research is carried out through consolidated, emerging and associated groups that are organized in strategic areas of research in onco-hematological diseases, in cardiovascular diseases, in neurological diseases, neurosciences and mental health, in epidemiology, public health and care primary and translational medicine and at the same time work is being done on transversal research programs in advanced therapies, in genomic medicine and rare diseases, in biomarkers for prognoses and diagnostics, in healthcare improvements, in women's and gender health and in Covid-19.

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2026-09-28
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16 p, 720.0 KB Beyond the Cumulative Antibiogram: A Weighted-Incidence Syndromic Combination Antibiogram to Guide Empirical Therapy of Bloodstream Infections in the Emergency Department / Batista, Celso Soares Pereira (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Escolà-Vergé, Laura (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina) ; Navarro Risueño, Ferran (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Rivera, Alba (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia
Introduction: Traditional cumulative antimicrobial susceptibility test report (cAST) have limitations in supporting empiric antibiotic selection decisions. We evaluated the complementary roles of weighted-incidence syndromic combination antibiogram (WISCA) and the traditional cumulative antimicrobial susceptibility test report (cAST) in guiding empirical therapy for bloodstream infections (BSIs) in the emergency department (ED). [...]
2026 - 10.1007/s40121-026-01437-x
Infectious Diseases and Therapy, September 2026  
2026-09-21
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32 p, 1.3 MB Super-Selectivity versus Affinity-Driven Targeting in Oncological Nanomedicine / Unzueta Elorza, Ugutz (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia) ; Parladé, Eloi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia) ; Mangues, Ramon 1957- (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Vázquez, Esther (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina "Vicent Villar Palasí") ; Villaverde, Antonio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia)
Developing functional nanomaterials for targeted drug delivery remains a major goal of nanomedicine, particularly in oncology, where cytotoxic drugs often cause severe systemic toxicity. Most nanoparticle-based strategies rely on surface ligands that bind receptors overexpressed on diseased cells. [...]
2026 - 10.1002/smll.75777
Small (Weinheim), 2026, art. e75777  
2026-09-25
13:13
14 p, 1.1 MB Recommendations for the development of an integrated lung cancer care process : an expert consensus report / Majem Tarruella, Margarita (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Alonso Fernández, Patricia (AXA Spain Healthcare Area) ; Garrido, Pilar (Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (Madrid)) ; Gayete, Angel (Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques) ; Hernando-Trancho, Florentino (Hospital Clínico San Carlos (Madrid)) ; López-Guerra, José Luis (Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío (Sevilla, Andalusia)) ; Lozano, Maria D. (Clínica Universidad de Navarra) ; Massutí Sureda, Bartomeu (Hospital Universitario Dr Balmis Alicante) ; Paz-Ares, Luis (Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (Madrid)) ; Ramón y Cajal, Santiago (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Rodríguez-Sales, Vanesa (Ricky Rubio Foundation) ; Seijo, Luis M. (Clínica Universidad de Navarra) ; Sisó Almirall, Antoni (Consorci d'Atenció Primària de Salut Barcelona Esquerra) ; Vicente Baz, David (Consorci d'Atenció Primària de Salut Barcelona Esquerra) ; Molins, Laureano (Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona)
Objective: To identify key aspects of the lung cancer care process and generate prioritised recommendations to optimise coordination, quality, and equitable access to diagnosis and treatment. Methods: 24 experts from the National Advisory Committee of the Lung Ambition Alliance in Spain participated in a structured consensus process using an adapted RAND/UCLA method. [...]
2026 - 10.1007/s12094-026-04275-y
Clinical & translational oncology, Vol. 28, Num. 9 (2026) , p. 3803-3816  
2026-09-21
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7 p, 728.7 KB Association of α-synuclein seed-amplification kinetics with cognitive decline in idiopathic Parkinson's disease / Rodríguez Antigüedad, Jon (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina) ; Puig-Davi, Arnau (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Ruiz Barrio, Iñigo (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Campo-Caballero, David (Biodonostia Osasun Ikerketako Institutura (País Basc)) ; Vacchi, Elena (Università della Svizzera Italiana) ; Melli, Giorgia (Università della Svizzera Italiana) ; Bojtos, Lidia (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Franch-Marti, Carla (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Olmedo-Saura, Gonzalo (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Vázquez-Oliver, Anna (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Martínez-Horta, Saul (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Kulisevsky, Jaime (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Pagonabarraga Mora, Javier (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau)
Introduction: Neurodegeneration and α-synuclein aggregates are pathological hallmarks of Parkinson's disease (PD). The α-synuclein seed-amplification assay (SAA) is a robust diagnostic tool for synucleinopathies. [...]
2026 - 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2026.108856
Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, Vol. 150 (September 2026) , art. 108856  
2026-09-16
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7 p, 789.1 KB Insight and depressive symptoms in eating disorders : the mediating role of disorder-specific psychopathology / Gawron, Leonor Patricia (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Portella Moll, Maria J., 1975- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal) ; Pousa Tomàs, Esther (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut
Objective: To study whether the insight described in psychosis also occurs in eating disorders (EDs), whether it differs between anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN), and whether diagnosis-specific ED psychopathology mediates this relationship. [...]
2026 - 10.1016/j.psychres.2026.116965
Psychiatry research, Vol. 358 (April 2026) , art. 116965  
2026-09-03
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38 p, 712.8 KB Promoting self-compassion meditation with intranasal oxytocin in borderline personality disorder : a pilot study / Arqueros, María (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Soler, Joaquim (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Almenta Gallego, David (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Soria, Anna (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya)) ; Schmidt, Carlos (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya)) ; Pascual, Juan Carlos (Consorci Hospitalari de Vic)
Background: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by emotion dysregulation, interpersonal difficulties, and high levels of self-criticism, which may hinder engagement with compassion-based therapeutic practices. [...]
2026 - 10.1016/j.psychres.2026.117294
Psychiatry research, Vol. 364 (October 2026) , art. 117294  
2026-09-21
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12 p, 2.0 MB Deciphering the role of complement system genes in pancreatic cancer susceptibility and prognosis / Rabadan, Raul (Columbia University (Estats Units d'Amèrica)) ; Alonso, Lola (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer) ; Lawlor, Rita (University of Verona) ; Carrato, Alfredo (Universitat d'Alcalá) ; Iglesias, Mar (Parc de Salut MAR de Barcelona) ; Molero, Xavier (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Perea, José (Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (Madrid)) ; O'Rorke, Michael (The University of Iowa) ; Tardón, Adonina (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública) ; Farré, Antoni (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya)) ; Domínguez-Muñoz, Enrique (Hospital Clínico Universitario (Santiago de Compostela, Galícia)) ; Greenhalf, William (University of Liverpool) ; Sharp, Linda (Newcastle University) ; Balsells Valls, Joaquim (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Costello, Eithne (University of Liverpool) ; Kleeff, Jörg (Martin-Luther-University Wittenber-Halle (Saale)) ; Kong, Bo (University Heidelberg) ; Mora Brugués, Josefina (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; O'Driscoll, Damian (University College Cork) ; Scarpa, Aldo (University of Verona) ; Ye, Weimin (Karolinska Institutet (Estocolm, Suècia)) ; Real, Francisco X. (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) ; López de Maturana, Evangelina (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer) ; Malats, Núria (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer) ; Gómez-Rubio, Paulina (Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)) ; Molina Montes, Esther (Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)) ; Márquez, Mirari (Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)) ; Lobato, Tania (Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)) ; Estudillo, Lidia (Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)) ; Hidalgo, Manuel (Universidad Camilo José Cela) ; Earl, Julie (Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (Madrid)) ; Caminoa, Alejandra (Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (Madrid)) ; Guillén-Ponce, Carmen (Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (Madrid)) ; Ferreiro, Reyes (Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (Madrid)) ; Pachón, Vanessa (Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (Madrid)) ; Muñoz, Maria 1961- (Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (Madrid)) ; Ilzarbe, Lucas (Parc de Salut MAR de Barcelona) ; Alvarez-Urturi, Cristina (Parc de Salut MAR de Barcelona) ; Bessa Caserras, Xavier (Parc de Salut MAR de Barcelona) ; Bory, Felipe (Parc de Salut MAR de Barcelona) ; Márquez, Lucía (Parc de Salut MAR de Barcelona) ; Poves, Ignasi (Parc de Salut MAR de Barcelona) ; Burdío, Fernando (Parc de Salut MAR de Barcelona) ; Grande, L. (Parc de Salut MAR de Barcelona) ; Gimeno Beltran, Javier (Parc de Salut MAR de Barcelona) ; Guarner, Luisa (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Salcedo, Mayte (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Merino, Xavier (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Verbeke, Caroline (Karolinska Institutet (Estocolm, Suècia)) ; Yu, Jingru (Karolinska Institutet (Estocolm, Suècia)) ; Loinaz, Carmelo (Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (Madrid)) ; Rodríguez-Peralto, José Luis (Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (Madrid)) ; Martín Flix, Marta (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya)) ; Artigas Raventos, Vicens (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya)) ; Guarner, Carlos (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Sancho, Francesc J. (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya)) ; Concepción, Mar (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Ramon y Cajal, Teresa (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Szafranska, Justyna (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Gallego Plazas, Javier (Hospital General Universitario de Elche) ; Lozano, Antonio (Hospital Clínico Universitario (Santiago de Compostela, Galícia)) ; Langtry, Alberto (Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)) ; Filip, Ioan (Columbia University) ; Sabroso-Lasa, Sergio (Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)) ; Moreno-Oya, Ane (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer) ; Alvarez-Gallego, Rafael (Universidad Camilo José Cela) ; Löhr, Matthias J. (Karolinska Institutet (Estocolm, Suècia)) ; Michalski, Christoph W. (University Heidelberg) ; Barberà, Victor M. (Hospital General Universitario de Elche) ; Muñoz-Bellvis, Luis (Universidad de Salamanca) ; Crnogorac-Jurcevic, Tatjana (Queen Mary University London) ; Gress, Thomas M. (University Hospital Giessen) ; Milne, Roger L. (Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)) ; Alfaro, Ana (Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)) ; Beghelli, Stefania (University of Verona) ; Cubillo, Antonio (Universidad Camilo José Cela) ; Peinado, Paloma (Universidad Camilo José Cela) ; Salas, Isabel (Universidad Camilo José Cela) ; Rodríguez Pascual, Jesús (Universidad Camilo José Cela) ; Rodríguez Garrote, Mercedes (Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (Madrid)) ; Longo Muñoz, Federico (Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (Madrid)) ; Vaz-Salgado, Mᵃ Ángeles (Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (Madrid)) ; Balcells, Joaquin (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Esposito, Irene (Technical University Munich (Alemanya)) ; Mota, Carmen (Technical University Munich (Alemanya)) ; Huang, Jiaqui (Karolinska Institutet) ; Teijo, Ana (Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (Madrid)) ; Peláez-Campomanes, Pablo (Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (Madrid)) ; Murray, Liam (Queen's University Belfast) ; Cantwell, Marie (Queen's University Belfast) ; Barneo, Luis (Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA)) ; Rodriguez-Suarez, M. M. (Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA)) ; Pazos, Yolanda (Hospital Clínico Universitario (Santiago de Compostela, Galícia)) ; Luaces, María (Hospital Clínico Universitario (Santiago de Compostela, Galícia)) ; Blanco-Antona, Francisco (Universidad de Salamanca) ; Sayagués Manzano, J. M. (Universidad de Salamanca) ; Gutiérrez Troncoso, M. L. (Universidad de Salamanca) ; Orfao de Matos, A. (Universidad de Salamanca) ; Buchholz, Malte (University Hospital Giessen) ; Neesse, Albrecht (University Hospital Giessen) ; Kocher, Hemant M. (Queen Mary University (Londres, Regne Unit)) ; Bhattacharya, Satyajit (Queen Mary University (Londres, Regne Unit)) ; Abraham, Ajit T. (Queen Mary University (Londres, Regne Unit)) ; Ennis, Darren P. (Queen Mary University (Londres, Regne Unit)) ; Dowe, Thomas (Queen Mary University (Londres, Regne Unit)) ; Radon, Tomasz (Queen Mary University (Londres, Regne Unit)) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) genetic susceptibility is partially identified. The complement system (CS) influences carcinogenesis and participates in immunological defense and homeostasis; however, its role in PDAC genetic susceptibility and prognosis is underexplored. [...]
2025 - 10.1038/s41467-025-65811-y
Nature communications, Vol. 16, Num. 1 (December 2025) , art. 10769  
2026-09-21
10:15
18 p, 4.8 MB Large-scale CSF proteome profiling identifies biomarkers for accurate diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia / Hok-A-Hin, Yanaika S. (Amsterdam UMC) ; Vermunt, Lisa (Amsterdam UMC) ; Peeters, Carel F.W. (Wageningen University & Research) ; van der Ende, Emma L. (VU University Medical Center.) ; de Boer, Sterre C.M. (The University of Sydney (Sydney, Austràlia)) ; Meeter, Lieke H. (Erasmus Medical Center) ; de Houwer, Julie (Alzheimer Center and Department of Neurology. Erasmus Medical Center) ; Seelaar, Harro (Erasmus Medical Center) ; van Swieten, John C. (Erasmus Medical Center) ; Hu, William T. (Emory University School of Medicine) ; Lleó, Alberto (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Alcolea, Daniel (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Engelborghs, Sebastiaan (Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel. Department of Neurology) ; Sieben, Anne (Antwerp University) ; Chen-Plotkin, Alice (University of Pennsylvania) ; Irwin, David J. (University of Pennsylvania) ; van der Flier, Wiesje M. (Amsterdam UMC) ; Pijnenburg, Yolande (Amsterdam UMC) ; Teunissen, Charlotte E. (Amsterdam UMC) ; Campo Milán, Marta del (Universidad CEU San Pablo) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina
Background: Diagnosis of Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and its specific underlying neuropathologies (frontotemporal lobar degeneration; FTLD-Tau and FTLD-TDP) are challenging, and thus, fluid biomarkers are needed to improve diagnostic accuracy. [...]
2025 - 10.1186/s13024-025-00882-5
Molecular neurodegeneration, Vol. 20, Num. 1 (December 2025) , p. 93  
2026-09-21
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10 p, 295.8 KB What is the optimal dose of N-acetylcysteine in adult patients with bronchiectasis?-data from the RIBRON registry / Oscullo, Grace (Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe (València)) ; Méndez, Raúl (Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe (València)) ; Olveira, Casilda (Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga) ; Girón, Rosa (Hospital Universitario de la Princesa (Madrid)) ; García Clemente, Marta (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias) ; Máiz, Luis (Universidad de Alcalá) ; Sibila, Oriol (Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona) ; Golpe, Rafael (Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti (Lugo)) ; Rodriguez Hermosa, Juan Luis (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) ; Barreiro, Esther (Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques) ; Prados, Concepción (Hospital Universitario La Paz) ; de la Rosa Carrillo, David (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Martínez García, Miguel Ángel (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias) ; Rodríguez López, Juan (Hospital Universitario San Agustín (Avilés)) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina
Background: Bronchiectasis is characterized by excessive respiratory secretions, the management of which is clinically significant. Among the available pharmacological treatments, mucolytics play a pivotal role. [...]
2025 - 10.21037/jtd-2025-1159
Journal of Thoracic Disease, Vol. 17, Num. 10 (31 2025) , p. 9003-9012  
2026-09-17
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17 p, 537.3 KB Ultrasound-Enhanced Assessment of Vitreous Status in Exudative AMD : Associations with Neovascular Phenotypes, Treatment Burden, and Functional Outcomes / Rodriguez-Vidal, Cristina (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ; Galletero Pandelo, Lucía (Hospital Universitario de Basurto (Bilbao, Biscaia)) ; Martínez-Alday, Nerea (Hospital Universitario de Cruces (Barakaldo, País Basc)) ; Bande, Manuel (Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela) ; Blanco Teijeiro, María José (Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina
Background/Objectives: The influence of the vitreoretinal interface on neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) remains poorly characterized. Most previous studies relied solely on macular optical coherence tomography (OCT), which provides limited information about global posterior vitreous detachment (PVD). [...]
2026 - 10.3390/jcm15010167
Journal of clinical medicine, Vol. 15, Num. 1 (January 2026) , p. 167