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The pseudotorsional space of RNA 

Grille, Leandro; Gallego Perez, Diego; Darré, Leonardo; da Rosa, Gabriela; Battistini, Federica; Orozco López, Modesto; Dans, Pablo D. (2025-08-25)

The characterization of the conformational landscape of the RNA backbone is rather complex due to the ability of RNA to assume a large variety of conformations. These backbone conformations can be depicted by pseudotorsional ...

Flexibility in PAM recognition expands DNA targeting in xCas9 

Hossain, Kazi A.; Nierzwicki, Lukasz; Orozco López, Modesto; Czub, Jacek; Palermo, Giulia (2025-09-05)

xCas9 is an evolved variant of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing system, engineered to improve specificity and reduce undesired off-target effects. How xCas9 expands the DNA targeting capability of Cas9 by recognising a series ...

Identification of LAT4, a novel amino acid transporter with system L activity 

Bodoy i Salvans, Susanna; Martín Jaular, Lorena; Zorzano Olarte, Antonio; Palacín Prieto, Manuel; Estévez Povedano, Raúl; Bertran, Joan (2021-05-03)

System L amino acid transporters mediate the movement of bulky neutral amino acids across cell membranes. Until now three proteins that induce system L activity have been identified: LAT1, LAT2, and LAT3. The former two ...

DNA specificities modulate the binding of human transcription factor A to mitochondrial DNA control region 

Cuppari, Anna; Fernández Millán, Pablo; Battistini, Federica; Tarrés Solé, Aleix; Lyonnais, Sébastien; Iruela Martín, Guillermo; Ruiz López, Elena; Enciso, Yuliana; Rubio Cosials, Anna; Prohens López, Rafael; Pons Vallès, Miquel; Alfonso, Carlos; Tóth, Katalin; Rivas, Germán; Orozco López, Modesto; Solà Vilarrubias, Maria (2020-01-30)

Human mitochondrial DNA (h-mtDNA) codes for 13 subunits of the oxidative phosphorylation pathway, the essential route that produces ATP. H-mtDNA transcription and replication depends on the transcription factor TFAM, which ...

Prevalent sequences in the Human Genome Can Form Mini i-Motif Structures at Physiological pH 

Mir Morro, Bartomeu; Serrano, Israel; Buitrago Ospina, Diana Camila; Orozco López, Modesto; Escaja Sánchez, Nuria; González, Carlos (2017-11-10)

We report here the solution structure of several repetitive DNA sequences containing d(TCGTTCCGT) and related repeats. At physiological pH, these sequences fold into i-motif like quadruplexes in which every two repeats a ...

Biogenic Amine Levels Markedly Increase in the Aqueous Humor of Individuals with Controlled Type 2 Diabetes. 

Lillo, Alejandro; Marín Martínez, Silvia; Serrano-Marín, Joan; Bernal Casas, David; Binetti, Nicolas; Navarro Brugal, Gemma; Cascante i Serratosa, Marta; Sánchez-Navés, Juan; Franco Fernández, Rafael (2023-02-27)

The composition of the aqueous humor of patients with type 2 diabetes is relevant to understanding the underlying causes of eye-related comorbidities. Information on the composition of aqueous humor in healthy subjects is ...

The tomato genome sequence providies insights into fleshy fruit evolution 

Tomato Genome Consortium; Orozco López, Modesto (2012-07-05)

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a major crop plant and a model system for fruit development. Solanum is one of the largest angiosperm genera1 and includes annual and perennial plants from diverse habitats. Here we present ...

Re-analysis of public genetic data reveals a rare X-chromosomal variant associated with type 2 diabetes 

Bonàs Guarch, Sílvia; Guindo Martínez, Marta; Miguel-Escalada, Irene; Grarup, Niels; Sebastián Muñoz, David; Rodriguez-Fos, Elias; Sánchez, Friman; Planas-Fèlix, Mercè; Cortes-Sánchez, Paula; González, Santi; Timshel, Pascal; Pers, Tune H.; Morgan, Claire C.; Moran, Ignasi; Atla, Goutham; González, Juan Ramón; Puiggròs, Montserrat; Martí, Jonathan; Andersson, Ehm A.; Díaz, Carlos; Badia, Rosa M.; Udler, Miriam; Leong, Aaron; Kaur, Varindepal; Flannick, Jason; Jørgensen, Torben; Linneberg, Allan; Jørgensen, Marit E.; Witte, Daniel R.; Christensen, Cramer; Brandslund, Ivan; Appel, Emil V.; Scott, Robert A.; Luan, Jian'an; Langenberg, Claudia; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Pedersen, Oluf; Zorzano Olarte, Antonio; Florez, Jose C.; Hansen, Torben (2018-03-21)

The reanalysis of existing GWAS data represents a powerful and cost-effective opportunity to gain insights into the genetics of complex diseases. By reanalyzing publicly available type 2 diabetes (T2D) genome-wide association ...

Fibroblast growth factor 21 in breast milk controls neonatal intestine function 

Gavaldà i Navarro, Aleix; Hondares, E.; Giralt i Oms, Marta; Mampel Astals, Teresa; Iglesias Coll, María del Rosario; Villarroya i Gombau, Francesc (2018-11-09)

FGF21 is a hormonal factor with important functions in the control of metabolism. FGF21 is found in rodent and human milk. Radiolabeled FGF21 administered to lactating dams accumulates in milk and is transferred to neonatal ...

Cafeteria diet induce changes in blood flow that are more related with heat dissipation than energy accretion 

Sabater Martínez, David; Agnelli, Silvia; Arriarán, Sofía; Romero Romero, María del Mar; Fernández López, José Antonio; Alemany, Marià, 1946-; Remesar Betlloch, Xavier (2016-09-06)

Podeu consultar dades primàries associades a l'article a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/96861

GDF15 mediates the metabolic effects of PPARβ/δ by activating AMPK 

Aguilar-Recarte, David; Barroso Fernández, Emma; Gumà i Garcia, Anna Maria; Pizarro Delgado, Javier; Peña, Lucía; Ruart, Maria; Palomer Tarridas, Francesc Xavier; Wahli, Walter; Vázquez Carrera, Manuel (2021-10-07)

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor β/ (PPARβ/) activates AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and plays a crucial role in glucose and lipid metabolism. Here, we examined whether the beneficial effects of PPARβ/δ ...

Innovació: alerta roja 

Canela Campos, Enric I. (Enric Isidre), 1949- (2018-01-30)

Les dades sobre l'Estat espanyol són dolentes, tant és així que, en referir-s'hi, la pàgina de resum titula: '«Aggravating decline: Spain»'. S'observa un descens de gairebé el 20% del pressupost públic en termes absoluts ...

NAD+-dependent post-translational modification of Escherichia coli glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 

Aguilera Gil, Maria Laura; Giménez Claudio, Rosa; Badía Palacín, Josefa; Aguilar Piera, Juan; Baldomà Llavinés, Laura (2013-01-25)

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a multifunctional housekeeping protein reported to be a target of several covalent modifications in many organisms. In a previous study we showed that enterohemorragic ...

Adenosine deaminase and A1 adenosine receptors internalize together following agonist-induced receptor desensitization 

Saura Antolín, Carlos A. (Carlos Alberto); Mallol Montero, Josefa; Canela Campos, Enric I. (Enric Isidre), 1949-; Lluís i Biset, Carme; Franco Fernández, Rafael (2018-05-09)

A1 adenosine receptors (A1Rs) and adenosine deaminase (ADA; EC 3.5.4.4) interact on the cell surface of DDT1MF-2 smooth muscle cells. The interaction facilitates ligand binding and signaling via A1R, but it is not known ...

Interoperable and scalable data analysis with microservices: applications in metabolomics 

Emami Khoonsari, Payam; Moreno, Pablo; Bergmann, Sven; Burman, Joachim; Capuccini, Marco; Carone, Matteo; Cascante i Serratosa, Marta; Atauri Carulla, Ramón de; Foguet Coll, Carles; Gonzalez-Beltran, Alejandra; Hankemeier, Thomas; Haug, Kenneth; He, Sijin; Herman, Stephanie; Johnson, David; Kale, Namrata; Larsson, Anders; Neumann, Steffen; Peters, Kristian; Pireddu, Luca; Rocca-Serra, Philippe; Roger, Pierrick; Rueedi, Rico; Ruttkies, Cristoph; Sadawi, Noureddin; Salek, Reza M.; Sansone, Susanna-Assunta; Schober, Daniel; Selivanov, Vitaly; Thevenot, Etienne A.; van Vliet, Michael; Zanetti, Gianluigi; Steinbeck, Christoph; Kultima, Kim; Spjuth, Ola (2020-11-11)

Motivation: Developing a robust and performant data analysis workflow that integrates all necessary components whilst still being able to scale over multiple compute nodes is a challenging task. We introduce a generic method ...

Integrating systemic and molecular levels to infer key drivers sustaining metabolic adaptations 

Atauri Carulla, Ramón de; Tarrado Castellarnau, Míriam Neus; Tarragó-Celada, Josep; Foguet Coll, Carles; Karakitsou, Effrosyni; Centelles Serra, Josep Joan; Cascante i Serratosa, Marta (2021-10-21)

Metabolic adaptations to complex perturbations, like the response to pharmacological treatments in multifactorial diseases such as cancer, can be described through measurements of part of the fluxes and concentrations at ...

La universitat híbrida 

Canela Campos, Enric I. (Enric Isidre), 1949- (2021-02-22)

A final de novembre, la consultora IPSOS va dur a terme una enquesta per al World Economic Forum sobre com preveuen els enquestats que serà la universitat, presencial o telemàtica, d'aquí a cinc anys [...] Les respostes ...

Falta suport a la Universitat 

Canela Campos, Enric I. (Enric Isidre), 1949- (2016-02-16)

S'ha lloat el sistema de recerca català obviant que la major part de la recerca de Catalunya es fa a les universitats i, si ens fixem en la recerca en l'àmbit de salut, de gran nivell, haurem d'anar al conjunt format per ...

Human endometrial CD98 is essential for blastocyst adhesion 

Domínguez, Francisco; Simón, Carlos; Quiñonero, Alicia; Ramírez, Miguel Ángel; González Muñoz, Elena; Burghardt Coll, Hans; Cervero, Ana; Martínez, Sebastián; Pellicer, Antonio; Palacín Prieto, Manuel; Sánchez-Madrid, Francisco; Yáñez-Mó, María (2018-07-24)

Background Understanding the molecular basis of embryonic implantation is of great clinical and biological relevance. Little is currently known about the adhesion receptors that determine endometrial receptivity for embryonic ...

Microglial Adenosine Receptors: From Preconditioning to Modulating the M1/M2 Balance in Activated Cells 

Franco Fernández, Rafael; Lillo, Alejandro; Rivas‐Santisteban, Rafael; Reyes Resina, Irene; Navarro Brugal, Gemma (2022-03-30)

Neuronal survival depends on the glia, that is, on the astroglial and microglial support. Neurons die and microglia are activated not only in neurodegenerative diseases but also in physiological aging. Activated microglia, ...

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