Estudio de los tumores óseos mediante el tratamiento de imágenes digitalizadas 

    Baltasar Sánchez, Alicia; González Sistal, Ángel (2006-03-13)

    Aquest informe tècnic mostra la classificació, incidència, característiques i diagnòstic dels tumors ossis primaris i secundaris metastàsics més freqüents a partir de 145 radiografies digitalitzades

    Safety and sustainability research for university schools of fine arts 

    Figueras Ferrer, Eva; Valle, Joan; Redondo i Arolas, Mar; Marcos Guardiola, Mª Carmen; López Vidal, Pere (2009-02-16)

    Comunicació presentada a "A new Knowledge Culture. Universities facing global changes for sustainability" EMSU 2008. International Conference, 15-17 October 2008, Barcelona

    Dual activation of pathways regulated by steroid receptors and peptide growth factors in primary prostate cancer revealed by Factor Analysis of microarray data 

    Lozano Salvatella, Juan José; Soler, Marta; Bermudo, Raquel; Abia, David; Fernández Ruiz, Pedro Luis; Thomson, Timothy M.; Ortiz, Angel R. (2009-03-20)

    Background: We use an approach based on Factor Analysis to analyze datasets generated for transcriptional profiling. The method groups samples into biologically relevant categories, and enables the identification of genes ...

    Directional and fluctuating asymmetry in finger and a-b ridge counts in psychosis: a case-control study 

    Saha, Sukanta; Loesch, Danuta; Chant, David; Welham, Joy; El-Saadi, Ossama; Fañanás Saura, Lourdes; Mowry, Bryan; McGrath, John J. (2009-03-20)

    Background: Several studies have reported alterations in finger and a-b ridge counts, and their derived measures of asymmetry, in schizophrenia compared to controls. Because ridges are fully formed by the end of the second ...

    Effects of heparin on the uptake of lipoprotein lipase in rat liver 

    Neuger, Lucyna; Vilaró, Senén, 1956-2005; López Iglesias, Carmen; Gupta, Jitendra; Olivecrona, Thomas; Olivecrona, Gunilla (2009-03-20)

    BACKGROUND: Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is anchored at the vascular endothelium through interaction with heparan sulfate. It is not known how this enzyme is turned over but it has been suggested that it is slowly released ...

    Reversal of a full-length mutant huntingtin neuronal cell phenotype by chemical inhibitors of polyglutamine-mediated aggregation 

    Wang, Jin; Ginés Padrós, Silvia; MacDonald, Marcy E.; Gusella, James F. (2009-03-20)

    Background: Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder triggered by an expanded polyglutamine tract in huntingtin that is thought to confer a new conformational property on this large protein. The ...

    Integration of enzyme kinetic models and isotopomer distribution analysis for studies of in situ cell operation 

    Selivanov, Vitaly; Sukhomlin, Tatiana; Centelles Serra, Josep Joan; Lee, Paul Wai Nang; Cascante i Serratosa, Marta (2009-03-20)

    A current trend in neuroscience research is the use of stable isotope tracers in order to address metabolic processes in vivo. The tracers produce a huge number of metabolite forms that differ according to the number and ...

    Microglial cells in astroglial cultures: a cautionary note 

    Saura Martí, Josep (2009-03-20)

    Primary rodent astroglial-enriched cultures are the most popular model to study astroglial biology in vitro. From the original methods described in the 1970's a great number of minor modifications have been incorporated ...

    Psychometric characteristics of the Spanish version of instruments to measure neck pain disability 

    Kovacs, Francisco M.; Bagó, Joan; Royuela, Ana; Seco, Jesús; Giménez, Sergio; Muriel, Alfonso; Abraira, Victor; Martín, José Luis; Peña, José Luis; Gestoso, Mario; Mufraggi, Nicole; Núñez Juárez, Montserrat; Corcoll, Josep; Gómez-Ochoa, Ignacio; Ramírez, Ma José; Calvo, Eva; Castillo, Ma Dolores; Martí, David; Fuster, Salvador; Fernández, Carmen; Gimeno, Nuria; Carballo, Alejandro; Milán, Álvaro; Vázquez, Dolores; Cañellas, Montserrat; Blanco, Ricardo; Brieva, Pilar; Rueda, Ma Trinidad; Álvarez, Luis; Gil del Real, María Teresa; Ayerbe, Joaquín; González, Luis; Ginel, Leovigildo; Ortega, Mariano; Bernal, Miryam; Bolado, Gonzalo; Vidal, Anna; Ausín, Ana; Ramón, Domingo; Mir, María Antonia; Tomás, Miguel; Zamora, Javier; Cano, Alejandra (2009-03-20)

    Background: The NDI, COM and NPQ are evaluation instruments for disability due to NP. There was no Spanish version of NDI or COM for which psychometric characteristics were known. The objectives of this study were to ...

    Bacterial lipopolysaccharide induces apoptosis in the trout ovary 

    MacKenzie, Simon; Montserrat Pulido, Núria; Mas, Mario; Acerete Rodríguez, Laura; Tort Bardolet, Lluís; Krasnov, Aleksei; Goetz, Frederick W.; Planas Vilarnau, Josep (2009-03-20)

    BACKGROUND: In mammals it is well known that infections can lead to alterations in reproductive function. As part of the innate immune response, a number of cytokines and other immune factors is produced during bacterial ...

    ORMDL proteins are a conserved new family of endoplasmic reticulum membrane proteins 

    Tusón Segarra, Miquel; Marfany i Nadal, Gemma; Herrero, Enric; Balcells Comas, Susana; Gonzàlez-Duarte, Roser; Hjelmqvist, Lars (2009-03-20)

    Background: Annotations of completely sequenced genomes reveal that nearly half of the genes identified are of unknown function, and that some belong to uncharacterized gene families. To help resolve such issues, information ...

    Cerebral infarction in diabetes: Clinical pattern, stroke subtypes,and predictors of in-hospital mortality 

    Arboix, A. (Adrià); Rivas, Antoni; García-Eroles, Luis; Marcos, Lourdes de; Massons, Joan; Oliveres, Montserrat (2009-03-20)

    Background: To compare the characteristics and prognostic features of ischemic stroke in patients with diabetes and without diabetes, and to determine the independent predictors of in-hospital mortality in people with ...

    Use of the lambda Red recombinase system to produce recombinant prophages carrying antibiotic resistance genes 

    Serra Moreno, Ruth; Acosta, Sandra; Hernalsteens, Jean Pierre; Jofre i Torroella, Joan; Muniesa Pérez, Ma. Teresa (2009-03-20)

    Background: The Red recombinase system of bacteriophage lambda has been used to inactivate chromosomal genes in E. coli K-12 through homologous recombination using linear PCR products. The aim of this study was to induce ...

    In vitro susceptibility to pentavalent antimony in Leishmania infantum strains is not modified during in vitro or in vivo passages but is modified after host treatment with meglumine antimoniate 

    Carrió Díaz-Meco, Jaume; Portús Vinyeta, Montserrat (2009-03-20)

    Background: Leishmaniasis is a common parasitic disease in Southern Europe, caused by Leishmania infantum. The failures of current treatment with pentavalent antimonials are partially attributable to the emergence of ...

    Short-term oleoyl-estrone treatment affects capacity to manage lipids in rat adipose tissue 

    Salas Mani, Anna; Noé Mata, Verónica; Ciudad i Gómez, Carlos Julián; Romero Romero, María del Mar; Remesar Betlloch, Xavier; Esteve Ràfols, Montserrat (2009-03-20)

    Background: Short-term OE (oleoyl-estrone) treatment causes significant decreases in rat weight mainly due to adipose tissue loss. The aim of this work was to determine if OE treatment affects the expression of genes that ...

    Identification by Real-time PCR of 13 mature microRNAs differentially expressed in colorectal cancer and non-tumoral tissues 

    Bandrés, E.; Cubedo, E.; Agirre, Xabier; Malumbres, R.; Zárate, R.; Ramirez, N.; Abajo, A.; Navarro Ponz, Alfons; Moreno, Isabel; Monzó Planella, Mariano; Garcia-Foncillas, Jesús (2009-03-20)

    MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNA molecules playing regulatory roles by repressing translation or cleaving RNA transcripts. Although the number of verified human miRNA is still expanding, only few have been ...

    Treatment of bipolar disorder: a complex treatment for a multi-faceted disorder 

    Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N.; Vieta i Pascual, Eduard, 1963-; Siamouli, Melenia; Valentí Ribas, Marc; Magiria, Stamatia; Oral, Timuciu; Fresno, David; Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon; Kaprinis, George S. (2009-03-20)

    Background: Manic-depression or bipolar disorder (BD) is a multi-faceted illness with an inevitably complex treatment. Methods: This article summarizes the current status of our knowledge and practice of its treatment. ...

    Probe-specific mixed-model approach to detect copy number differences using multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) 

    González, Juan R.; Carrasco Jordan, Josep Lluís; Armengol, Lluís; Villatoro, Sergi; Jover Armengol, Lluís de; Yasui, Yutaka; Estivill, Xavier, 1955- (2009-03-20)

    Background: MLPA method is a potentially useful semi-quantitative method to detect copy number alterations in targeted regions. In this paper, we propose a method for the normalization procedure based on a non-linear ...

    Molecular dating of caprines using ancient DNA sequences of Myotragus balearicus, an extinct endemic Balearic mammal 

    Lalueza Fox, Carles, 1965-; Castresana Villamor, José; Sampietro, Lourdes; Marquès i Bonet, Tomàs, 1975-; Alcover Tomas, Josep Antoni; Bertranpetit, Jaume, 1952- (2009-03-25)

    Background: Myotragus balearicus was an endemic bovid from the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean) that became extinct around 6,000-4,000 years ago. The Myotragus evolutionary lineage became isolated in the islands ...

    Phylogeography of competing sexual and parthenogenetic forms of a freshwater flatworm: patterns and explanations 

    Pongratz, Norbert; Storhas, Martin; Carranza, Salvador; Michiels, Nicolaas K. (2009-03-25)

    Background: Models of the maintenance of sex predict that one reproductive strategy, sexual or parthenogenetic, should outcompete the other. Distribution patterns may reflect the outcome of this competition as well as the ...