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Daily assessment of severity of illness and mortality prediction for individual patients
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2001)Objective: To refine the prognosis of critically ill patients using a statistical model that incorporates the daily probabilities of hospital mortality during the first week of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU). Design: ... -
Database constraints applied to metabolic pathway reconstruction tools
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014)Our group developed two biological applications, Biblio-MetReS and Homol-MetReS, accessing the same database of organisms with annotated genes. Biblio-MetReS is a data-mining application that facilitates the reconstruction ... -
De novo assembly of the Brown trout (Salmo trutta m. fario) brain and muscle transcriptome: transcript annotation, tissue differential expression profile and SNP discovery
(BMC, 2020-11-02)Objectives: The Brown trout is a salmonid species with a high commercial value in Europe. Life history and spawning behaviour include resident (Salmo trutta m. fario) and migratory (Salmo trutta m. trutta) ecotypes. The ... -
Decreased quality of live and treatment satisfaction in patients with latent autoinmune diabetes of the adult
(PeerJ, 2017-10-18)Objectives. Our main aim was to assess the quality of life (QoL) and treatment satisfaction (TS) of subjects with LADA (latent autoimmune diabetes of the adult) and compare these measures with those of patients with other ... -
Depletion of oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum stress regulators in Pick disease
(Elsevier, 2010)Both oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is associated with multiple neurodegenerative, age-related diseases. The rare disorder Pick disease (PiD) shares some pathological hallmarks of other neurodegenerative ... -
Development of a sequential workflow based on LC-PRM for the verification of endometrial cancer protein biomarkers in uterine aspirate samples
(Impact Journals, 2016)About 30% of endometrial cancer (EC) patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage of the disease, which is associated with a drastic decrease in the 5-year survival rate. The identification of biomarkers in uterine aspirate ... -
Developmental and Tissue-Specific Involvement of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-α in the Control of Mouse Uncoupling Protein-3 Gene Expression
(Endocrine Society, 2006)Uncoupling protein-3 (UCP3) is a member of the mitochondrial carrier family expressed preferentially in skeletal muscle and heart. It appears to be involved in metabolic handling of fatty acids in a way that minimizes ... -
Developmental silencing and independency from E2F of apoptotic gene expression in postmitotic tissues
(Wiley, 2007)The involvement of caspases in postmitotic cell death is controversial. Here we report that adult brain and heart are devoid of many key pro-apoptotic proteins due to a progressive postnatal silencing event involving a ... -
Dietary protein restriction decreases oxidative protein damage, peroxidizability index, and mitochondrial complex I content in rat liver
(Oxford University Press, 2007)Caloric restriction (CR) decreases oxidative damage, which contributes to the slowing of aging rate. It is not known if such decreases are due to calories themselves or specific dietary components. In this work, the ... -
Differences in pharmaceutical consumption and expenses between immigrant and Spanish-born populations in Lleida, (Spain): a 6-months prospective observational study
(BioMed Central, 2008)Background: There are few studies comparing pharmaceutical costs and the use of medications between immigrants and the autochthonous population in Spain. The objective of this study is to evaluate whether there are differences ... -
Differential effects of experimental and cold-induced hyperthyroidism on factors inducing rat liver oxidative damage
(Company of Biologists Ltd., 2006-03)Thyroid hormone-induced increase in metabolic rates is often associated with increased oxidative stress. The aim of the present study was to investigate the contribution of iodothyronines to liver oxidative stress in the ... -
Differential Inactivation of Alcohol Dehydrogenase Isoenzymes in Zymomonas mobilis by Oxygen
(American Society for Microbiology, 1997)Zymomonas mobilis is endowed with two isoenzymes of fermentative alcohol dehydrogenase, a zinc-containing enzyme (ADH I) and an iron-containing enzyme (ADH II). The activity of ADH I remains fully conserved, while ADH ... -
Directed pancreatic acinar differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells via embryonic signalling molecules and exocrine transcription factors
(Public Library of Science, 2013-01-17)Pluripotent embryonic stem cells (ESC) are a promising cellular system for generating an unlimited source of tissue for the treatment of chronic diseases and valuable in vitro differentiation models for drug testing. Our ... -
Disease-specific health-related quality of life questionnaires for heart failure: a systematic review with meta-analyses
(Springer Verlag, 2009)Background Heart failure (HF) is an increasingly common condition affecting patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQL). However, there is little literature comparing HF-specific instruments. Our aim was to evaluate and ... -
Dissecting the Transcriptional Regulatory Properties of Human Chromosome 16 Highly Conserved Non-Coding Regions
(Public Library of Science, 2011)Non-coding DNA conservation across species has been often used as a predictor for transcriptional enhancer activity. However, only a few systematic analyses of the function of these highly conserved non-coding regions ... -
Dissemination of periodic mammography and patterns of use, by birth cohort, in Catalonia (Spain)
(BioMed Central, 2008)Background: In Catalonia (Spain) breast cancer mortality has declined since the beginning of the 1990s. The dissemination of early detection by mammography and the introduction of adjuvant treatments are among the possible ... -
Distribution of functional polymorphic variants of inflammation-related genes RANTES and CCR5 in long-lived individuals
(Elsevier, 2012)Although persistent inflammation has been related to unsuccessful aging, a pro-inflammatory status is the common phenotype in older people. To assess for a genetic component in the inflammatory status of the oldest we ... -
DNA activates the Nse2/Mms21 SUMO E3 ligase in the Smc5/6 complex
(EMBO Press, 2018-06-15)Modification of chromosomal proteins by conjugation to SUMO is a key step to cope with DNA damage and to maintain the integrity of the genome. The recruitment of SUMO E3 ligases to chromatin may represent one layer of ... -
DnaK dependence of mutant ethanol oxidoreductases evolved for aerobic function and protective role of the chaperone against protein oxidative damage in Escherichia coli
(National Academy of Sciences, 2002)The adhE gene of Escherichia coli encodes a multifunctional ethanol oxidoreductase (AdhE) that catalyzes successive reductions of acetyl-CoA to acetaldehyde and then to ethanol reversibly at the expense of NADH. Mutant ... -
Does an oral analgesic protocol improve pain control for patients with cancer? An intergroup study coordinated by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
(Oxford University Press, 2005)Background: Cancer pain is highly prevalent and commonly undertreated. This study was designed to determine whether dissemination of a clinical protocol for pain management would improve outcomes in community oncology ...