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7 p, 152.4 KB Prenatal and Postnatal Exposure to DDT by Breast Milk Analysis in Canary Islands / Vall, Oriol (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Pediatria, Obstetrícia i Ginecologia i Medicina Preventiva i Salut Pública) ; Gomez-Culebras, Mario (Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)) ; Puig Sola, Carmen (Red de Salud Materno-Infantil y del Desarrollo (SAMID), Instituto Carlos III) ; Rodriguez-Carrasco, Ernesto (Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)) ; Gomez Baltazar, Arelis (Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques) ; Canchucaja, Lizzeth (Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques) ; Joya, Xavier (Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques) ; Garcia-Algar, Oscar (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Pediatria, Obstetrícia i Ginecologia i Medicina Preventiva i Salut Pública)
The use of p,p' -dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) has been banned since the late 1970s due to its toxicity. However, its long half-life makes it persistent in the environment and, consequently, almost everyone has DDT residues in the body. [...]
2014 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0083831
PloS one, Vol. 9 (january 2014)  
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9 p, 995.5 KB Culicoides Midge Bites Modulate the Host Response and Impact on Bluetongue Virus Infection in Sheep / Pagès Martínez, Nonito (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries. Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal) ; Bréard, Emmanuel (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique. Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort) ; Urien, Céline (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique. Virologie et Immunologie Moléculaires) ; Talavera, Sandra (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries. Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal) ; Viarouge, Cyril (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique. Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort) ; Lorca Oró, Cristina (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries. Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal) ; Jouneau, Luc (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique. Virologie et Immunologie Moléculaires) ; Charley, Bernard (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique. Virologie et Immunologie Moléculaires) ; Zientara, Stéphan (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique. Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort) ; Bensaid, Albert (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries. Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal) ; Solanes, David (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries. Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal) ; Pujols, Joan (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries. Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal) ; Schwartz-Cornil, Isabelle (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique. Virologie et Immunologie Moléculaires)
Many haematophagous insects produce factors that help their blood meal and coincidently favor pathogen transmission. However nothing is known about the ability of Culicoides midges to interfere with the infectivity of the viruses they transmit. [...]
2014 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0083683
PloS one, Vol. 9 (january 2014)  
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7 p, 894.3 KB The Truncated Isoform of Somatostatin Receptor5 (sst5TMD4) Is Associated with Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Cancer / Puig Domingo, Manuel (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Luque, Raúl M. (Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba) ; Reverter, Jordi L. (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; López-Sánchez, Laura M. (Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba) ; Gahete, Manuel D. (Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba) ; Culler, Michael D. (IPSEN, Milford, Massachusetts, United States of America) ; Díaz-Soto, Gonzalo (Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid) ; Lomeña, Francisco (Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona) ; Squarcia, Mattia (Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona) ; Mate Sanz, Jose Luís (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Mora, Mireia (Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona) ; Fernández-Cruz, Laureano (Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona) ; Vidal, Oscar (Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona) ; Alastrue Vidal, Antonio (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Balibrea Del Castillo, José María (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca) ; Halperin, Irene (Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona) ; Mauricio Puente, Dídac (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Castaño, Justo P. (Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina
Somatostatin receptors (ssts) are expressed in thyroid cancer cells, but their biological significance is not well understood. The aim of this study was to assess ssts in well differentiated (WDTC) and poorly differentiated thyroid cancer (PDTC) by means of imaging and molecular tools and its relationship with the efficacy of somatostatin analog treatment. [...]
2014 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0085527
PloS one, Vol. 9 (january 2014)  
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8 p, 629.6 KB Thyroid Hormone Upregulates Zinc-α-glycoprotein Production in the Liver but Not in Adipose Tissue / Simó Canonge, Rafael (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina) ; Hernández, Cristina (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca) ; Sáez-López, Cristina (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca) ; Soldevila i Madorell, Berta (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Puig Domingo, Manuel (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Martínez Selva, David (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina
Overproduction of zinc-α-glycoprotein by adipose tissue is crucial in accounting for the lipolysis occurring in cancer cachexia of certain malignant tumors. The main aim of this study was to explore whether thyroid hormone could enhance zinc-α-glycoprotein production in adipose tissue. [...]
2014 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0085753
PloS one, Vol. 9 (january 2014)  
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13 p, 1.1 MB Altered Response Hierarchy and Increased T-Cell Breadth upon HIV-1 Conserved Element DNA Vaccination in Macaques / Kulkarni, Viraj (National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America) ; Valentin, Antonio (National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America) ; Rosati, Margherita (National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America) ; Alicea, Cándido (National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America) ; Singh, Ashish K. (National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America) ; Jalah, Rashmi (National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America) ; Broderick, Kate E. (Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States of America) ; Sardesai, Niranjan Y. (Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States of America) ; Le Gall, Sylvie (Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America) ; Mothe, Beatriz (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Institut de Recerca de la Sida IrsiCaixa) ; Brander, Christian (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Institut de Recerca de la Sida IrsiCaixa) ; Rolland, Morgane (University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America) ; Mullins, James I. (University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America) ; Pavlakis, George N. (National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America) ; Felber, Barbara K. (National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina
HIV sequence diversity and potential decoy epitopes are hurdles in the development of an effective AIDS vaccine. A DNA vaccine candidate comprising of highly conserved p24 gag elements (CE) induced robust immunity in all 10 vaccinated macaques, whereas full-length gag DNA vaccination elicited responses to these conserved elements in only 5 of 11 animals, targeting fewer CE per animal. [...]
2014 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0086254
PloS one, Vol. 9 (january 2014)  
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7 p, 162.7 KB Relationship between Meditative Practice and Self-Reported Mindfulness : The MINDSENS Composite Index / Soler, Joaquim (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau) ; Cebolla Marti, Ausias (Universitat Jaume I) ; Feliu-Soler, Albert (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau) ; Demarzo, Marcelo (University of Sao Paulo) ; Pascual Mateos, Juan Carlos (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau) ; Baños, Rosa (Universitat de València) ; Garcia-Campayo, Javier (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Mindfulness has been described as an inherent human capability that can be learned and trained, and its improvement has been associated with better health outcomes in both medicine and psychology. Although the role of practice is central to most mindfulness programs, practice-related improvements in mindfulness skills is not consistently reported and little is known about how the characteristics of meditative practice affect different components of mindfulness. [...]
2014 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0086622
PloS one, Vol. 9 (january 2014)  
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11 p, 3.3 MB Structural Integrity of the Contralesional Hemisphere Predicts Cognitive Impairment in Ischemic Stroke at Three Months / Dacosta Aguayo, Rosalia (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, San Sebastian, Spain) ; Graña, Manuel (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, San Sebastian, Spain) ; Fernández-Andújar, Marina (Universitat de Barcelona) ; López-Cancio, Elena (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Cáceres, Cynthia (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Bargalló, Núria (Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona) ; Barrios, Maite (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Metodologia de les Ciències del Comportament) ; Clemente, Immaculada (Universitat de Barcelona) ; Monserrat, Pere Toran (Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol) ; Sas, Maite Alzamora (Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol) ; Dávalos, Antoni (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Auer, Tibor (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, England) ; Mataró, Maria (Universitat de Barcelona) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina
After stroke, white matter integrity can be affected both locally and distally to the primary lesion location. It has been shown that tract disruption in mirror's regions of the contralateral hemisphere is associated with degree of functional impairment. [...]
2014 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0086119
PloS one, Vol. 9 (january 2014)  
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11 p, 844.7 KB Effect of Maraviroc Intensification on HIV-1-Specific T Cell Immunity in Recently HIV-1-Infected Individuals / Kawana-Tachikawa, Ai (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Institut de Recerca de la Sida IrsiCaixa) ; Llibre, Josep M.. (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Fundació de Lluita Contra la Sida) ; Bravo, Isabel (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Fundació de Lluita Contra la Sida) ; Escrig, Roser (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Fundació de Lluita Contra la Sida) ; Mothe, Beatriz (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Fundació de Lluita Contra la Sida) ; Puig, Jordi (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Fundació de Lluita Contra la Sida) ; Puertas, Maria C. (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Institut de Recerca de la Sida IrsiCaixa) ; Martinez-Picado, Javier (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Institut de Recerca de la Sida IrsiCaixa) ; Blanco, Julià (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Institut de Recerca de la Sida IrsiCaixa) ; Manzardo, Christian (Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona) ; Miro, Jose M. (Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona) ; Iwamoto, Aikichi (The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan) ; Pozniak, Anton L. (HIV/GUM Department, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom) ; Gatell, Jose M. (Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona) ; Clotet Sala, Bonaventura (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Fundació de Lluita Contra la Sida) ; Brander, Christian (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Fundació de Lluita Contra la Sida) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina
The effect of maraviroc on the maintenance and the function of HIV-1-specific T cell responses remains unknown. Subjects recently infected with HIV-1 were randomized to receive anti-retroviral treatment with or without maraviroc intensification for 48 weeks, and were monitored up to week 60. [...]
2014 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0087334
PloS one, Vol. 9 (january 2014)  
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9 p, 463.2 KB Urinary Peptide Profiling to Differentiate between Minimal Change Disease and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis / Pérez Jiménez, Vanessa (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Ibernon, Meritxell (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; López, Dolores (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Pastor, María Cruz (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Navarro, Maruja (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Navarro-Muñoz, Maribel (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Bonet Sol, Josep (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Romero, Ramón (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina)
Minimal change disease (MCD) and primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) are the main causes of primary idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in children and adults, with diagnosis being essential for the appropriate choice of therapy and requiring renal biopsy. [...]
2014 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0087731
PloS one, Vol. 9 (january 2014)  

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