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Articles 9 records found  
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12 p, 1.6 MB Detection of specific antibodies against Leishmania infantum in canine serum and oral transudate using an in-house ELISA / Baxarias, Marta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Viñals, Júlia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Álvarez-Fernández, Alejandra (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Alcover, M. Magdalena (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient) ; Solano Gallego, Laia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Canine leishmaniosis caused by the protozoan Leishmania infantum is a complex infection due to its variable clinical signs and laboratory findings. Therefore, a broad range of techniques is available for diagnosis. [...]
2022 - 10.1186/s13071-022-05246-2
Parasites & vectors, Vol. 15 (may 2022)  
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10 p, 8.9 MB Humoral Responses and Ex Vivo IFN-γ Production after Canine Whole Blood Stimulation with Leishmania infantum Antigen or KMP11 Recombinant Protein / Martínez-Orellana, Pamela (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; González, Noemí (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Baldassarre, Antonella (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro. Dipartimento delle Emergenze e dei Trapianti d' Organo) ; Álvarez-Fernández, Alejandra (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Ordeix, Laura (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Paradies, Paola (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro. Dipartimento delle Emergenze e dei Trapianti d' Organo) ; Soto, Manuel (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Departamento de Biología Molecular) ; Solano Gallego, Laia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
The effect of Leishmania infantum soluble antigen (LSA) and recombinant Kinetoplastid Membrane Protein 11 (rKMP11) on the induction of ex vivo specific IFN-γ (n = 69) and antibody responses (n = 108) was determined in dogs. [...]
2022 - 10.3390/vetsci9030116
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 9 Núm. 3 (2022) , p. 116  
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7 p, 610.4 KB The inflammatory cytokine effect of Pam3CSK4 TLR2 agonist alone or in combination with Leishmania infantum antigen on ex-vivo whole blood from sick and resistant dogs / Martínez-Orellana, Pamela (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Quirola-Amores, Paulina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Montserrat-Sangrà, Sara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Ordeix, Laura (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Llull, Joan (Hospital Mon Veterinari) ; Álvarez-Fernández, Alejandra (Clinica Veterinaria Noreña) ; Solano Gallego, Laia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
A wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and immune responses exist in canine L. infantum infection. Ibizan hounds are more "resistant" to disease than other dog breeds. Recognition of pathogen-associated molecule patterns by toll like receptors (TLRs) rapidly triggers a variety of anti-microbial immune responses through the induction of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α and IL-6 which may play an important role in controlling Leishmania infection. [...]
2017 - 10.1186/s13071-017-2062-3
Parasites & vectors, Vol. 10 (march 2017)  
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21 p, 2.5 MB Bartonella infections in cats and dogs including zoonotic aspects / Álvarez-Fernández, Alejandra (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Breitschwerdt, Edward (North Carolina State University. Department of Clinical Sciences) ; Solano Gallego, Laia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Bartonellosis is a vector-borne zoonotic disease with worldwide distribution that can infect humans and a large number of mammals including small companion animals (cats and dogs). In recent years, an increasing number of studies from around the world have reported Bartonella infections, although publications have predominantly focused on the North American perspective. [...]
2018 - 10.1186/s13071-018-3152-6
Parasites & vectors, Vol. 11 (december 2018)  
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14 p, 1.3 MB Prospective serological and molecular cross-sectional study focusing on Bartonella and other blood-borne organisms in cats from Catalonia (Spain) / Álvarez-Fernández, Alejandra (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Maggi, Ricardo (North Carolina State University. Department of Clinical Sciences and the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory) ; Martín-Valls, Gerard Eduard (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sanitat i d'Anatomia Animals) ; Baxarias, Marta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sanitat i d'Anatomia Animals) ; Breitschwerdt, Edward (North Carolina State University. Department of Clinical Sciences and the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory) ; Solano Gallego, Laia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
There is limited clinical or epidemiological knowledge regarding Bartonella infection in cats, and no serological studies have compared the presence of antibodies against different Bartonella species. [...]
2022 - 10.1186/s13071-021-05105-6
Parasites & vectors, Vol. 15 (january 2022)  
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11 p, 5.4 MB Bartonella henselae Antibodies in Serum and Oral Fluid Specimens from Cats / Álvarez-Fernández, Alejandra (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Breitschwerdt, Edward (North Carolina State University. Department of Clinical Sciences) ; Solano Gallego, Laia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Baxarias, Marta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Prandi Chevalier, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Cats are the primary reservoir host for Bartonella henselae(B. henselae), an etiological agent of human bartonellosis, including cat scratch disease. Although Bartonella DNA has been amplified from salivary swabs from cats, dogs and humans, we are not aware of studies investigating Bartonella antibodies in oral fluid (OF). [...]
2021 - 10.3390/pathogens10030329
Pathogens, Vol. 10 Núm. 3 (2021) , p. 329  
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9 p, 1007.4 KB Total serum IgD from healthy and sick dogs with leishmaniosis / Martínez-Orellana, P. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Maristany, C. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Baxarias, Marta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Álvarez-Fernández, A. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Baldassarre, Antonella (Università Degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro) ; Ordeix, L. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Hospital Clínic Veterinari.) ; Solano Gallego, Laia. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Background: Canine leishmaniosis (CanL) due to Leishmania infantum is characterized by the development of both cellular and humoral immune responses. The dysfunction of T cell-mediated immunity leads to a lack of proliferation of T cells in response to Leishmania antigens with the consequence of parasite dissemination that seems to be related to a T cell exhaustion mediated by regulatory B cells expressing immunoglobulin D (IgD). [...]
2019 - 10.1186/s13071-019-3384-0
Parasites & vectors, Vol. 12 Núm. 1 (26 2019) , p. 119  
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10 p, 1.6 MB Detection of Bacteriophage Particles Containing Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Sputum of Cystic Fibrosis Patients / Brown-Jaque, Maryury (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) ; Rodriguez Oyarzun, Lirain (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) ; Cornejo-Sánchez, Thais (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca) ; Martín-Gómez, Maria T. (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca) ; Gartner, Silvia (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; De Gracia, Javier (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Rovira, Sandra (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Álvarez Fernández, Antonio (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Jofre, Joan (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) ; González-López, Juanjo 1975- (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca) ; Muniesa, Maite (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic disease in which the bacterial colonization of the lung is linked to an excessive inflammatory response that leads to respiratory failure. The microbiology of CF is complex. [...]
2018 - 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00856
Frontiers in microbiology, Vol. 9 (may 2018)  
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16 p, 756.2 KB Does co-infection with vector-borne pathogens play a role in clinical canine leishmaniosis? / Baxarias, Marta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Álvarez-Fernández, Alejandra (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Martínez-Orellana, Pamela (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Montserrat-Sangrà, Sara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Ordeix, Laura (Ordeix i Esteve) (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Rojas, Alicia (Hebrew University. Koret School of Veterinay Medicine. Israel) ; Nachum-Biala, Yaarit (Hebrew University. Koret School of Veterinay Medicine. Israel) ; Baneth, Gad (Hebrew University. Koret School of Veterinay Medicine. Israel) ; Solano Gallego, Laia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
The severity of canine leishmaniosis (CanL) due to Leishmania infantum might be affected by other vector-borne organisms that mimic its clinical signs and clinicopathological abnormalities. The aim of this study was to determine co-infections with other vector-borne pathogens based on serological and molecular techniques in dogs with clinical leishmaniosis living in Spain and to associate them with clinical signs and clinicopathological abnormalities as well as disease severity. [...]
2018 - 10.1186/s13071-018-2724-9
Parasites & vectors, Vol. 11 (March 2018) , art. 135  

Research literature 1 records found  
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295 p, 11.5 MB Fibrosis Quística : caracterización y particularidades de la edad adulta / Álvarez Fernández, Antonio ; De Gracia, Javier, dir. ; Morell Brotad, Ferran, 1944-, dir.
Aquesta tesi doctoral analitza les particularitats de la fibrosi quística (FQ) de l'adult mitjançant les dades clíniques, analítiques, radiològiques, funcionals, microbiològiques, genètics i de seguiment, recollides entre gener de 1983 i desembre de 2019 en 349 pacients amb FQ confirmada , controlats en la Unitat d'Adults de FQ de l'Hospital Vall d'Hebron. [...]
Esta tesis doctoral analiza las particularidades de la fibrosis quística (FQ) del adulto a través de los datos clínicos, analíticos, radiológicos, funcionales, microbiológicos, genéticos y de seguimiento, recogidos entre enero de 1983 y diciembre de 2019 en 349 pacientes con FQ confirmada, controlados en la Unidad de Adultos de FQ del Hospital Vall d'Hebron. [...]
This doctoral thesis analyses the particularities of adult cystic fibrosis (CF) through clinical, analytical, radiological, functional, microbiological, genetic and follow-up data collected between January 1983 and December 2019 from 349 patients with confirmed CF, monitored at the Adult CF Unit of Vall d'Hebron Hospital. [...]

2021  

Course materials 3 records found  
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4 p, 104.5 KB Tècniques de Caracterització de Materials [43442] / Mata Martínez, Ignacio Ramón ; Álvarez-Fernández, Alejandra ; Hernando Campos, Jordi ; Navarro Senent, Cristina ; Casas Duocastella, Lluís ; Solsona Mateos, Pau ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Ciències
Aquest mòdul cobreix una part significativa de les principals tècniques de caracterització de materials i nanomaterials, sense pretendre cobrir la totalitat de les tècniques que s'utilitzen actualment. [...]
Este módulo cubre una parte significativa de las principales técnicas de caracterización de materiales y nanomateriales, pero no pretende abarcar todas las técnicas utilizadas actualmente. La mayoría de ellas están disponibles en nuestras instalaciones de investigación (Esfera UAB-CIE). [...]

2019-20
Màster Universitari en Nanociència i Nanotecnologia Avançades/ Advanced Nanoscience and Nanotechnology [1360]
3 documents
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4 p, 80.4 KB Tècniques de Caracterització de Materials [43442] / Mata Martínez, Ignacio Ramón ; Piniella Febrer, Juan Francisco ; Álvarez-Fernández, Alejandra ; Hernando Campos, Jordi ; Navarro Senent, Cristina ; Casas Duocastella, Lluís ; Solsona Mateos, Pau ; Nolis Fañanas, Pau ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Ciències
This module covers a significant part of the main techniques for characterization of materials and nanomaterials, but it is not aimed at comprising all the techniques currently used. Most of them are available at our research facilities (UAB-CIE Sphere). [...]
2018-19
Màster Universitari en Nanociència i Nanotecnologia Avançades/ Advanced Nanoscience and Nanotechnology [1360]  
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4 p, 80.4 KB Tècniques de Caracterització de Materials [43442] / Estop, E. ; Baró, M. D.. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física) ; Piniella Febrer, Juan Francisco ; Álvarez-Fernández, Alejandra ; Hernando Campos, Jordi ; Golvano Escobal, Irati ; Casas Duocastella, Lluís ; Nolis Fañanas, Pau ; Guerrero, Miguel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Ciències
This module covers a significant part of the main techniques for characterization of materials and nanomaterials, but it is not aimed at comprising all the techniques currently used. Most of them are available at our research facilities (UAB-CIE Sphere). [...]
2017-18
Màster Universitari en Nanociència i Nanotecnologia Avançades/ Advanced Nanoscience and Nanotechnology [1360]  

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