• Targeted Phospholipidomic Analysis of Synovial Fluid as a Tool for Osteoarthritis Deep Phenotyping 

      Rocha Loureda, Beatriz; Illiano, Anna; Calamia, Valentina; Pinto, Gabriella; Amoresano, Angela; Ruiz-Romero, Cristina; Blanco García, Francisco J (Elsevier, 2021-10-20)
      [Abstract] Objective. The aim of this study was to carry out a targeted phospholipidomic analysis on synovial fluid (SF) from patients with different grades of osteoarthritis (OA) and controls, in order to search for ...
    • Test–retest precision and longitudinal cartilage thickness loss in the IMI-APPROACH cohort 

      Wirth, Wolfgang; Maschek, Susanne; Marijnissen, Anne C.A.; Lalande, Agnes; Blanco García, Francisco J; Berenbaum, Francis; van de Stadt, Lotte A.; Kloppenburg, Margreet; Haugen, Ida K.; Ladel, Christoph H.; Bacardit, Jaume; Wisser, Anna; Eckstein, Felix; Roemer, Frank W.; Lafeber, Floris P.J.G.; Weinans, Harrie H.; Jansen, Mylène (Elsevier, 2022-11-03)
      [Abstract] Objective. To investigate the test–retest precision and to report the longitudinal change in cartilage thickness, the percentage of knees with progression and the predictive value of the machine-learning-estimated ...
    • The addition of albumin improves Schwann cells viability in nerve cryopreservation 

      González Porto, Sara Alicia; Doménech, Nieves; González Rodríguez, Alba; Avellaneda Oviedo, Edgar Mauricio; Blanco García, Francisco J; Arufe, M.C.; Álvarez Jorge, Ángel; Sánchez Ibáñez, Jacinto; Rendal Vázquez, María Esther (Springer, 2018-04-26)
      [Abstract] The purpose of the current study was to establish a valid protocol for nerve cryopreservation, and to evaluate if the addition of albumin supposed any advantage in the procedure. We compared a traditional ...
    • The association of the lipid profile with knee and hand osteoarthritis severity: the IMI-APPROACH cohort 

      Loef, Marieke; van de Stadt, L.; Böhringer, S.; Bay-Jensen, Anne-C.; Mobasheri, Ali; Larkin, Jonathan; Lafeber, Floris P.J.G.; Blanco García, Francisco J; Haugen, Ida K.; Berenbaum, Francis; Giera, M.; Ioan-Facsinay, Andreea; Kloppenburg, Margreet (Elsevier, 2022-05-27)
      [Abstract] Objective: To investigate the association of the lipidomic profile with osteoarthritis (OA) severity, considering the outcomes radiographic knee and hand OA, pain and function. Design: We used baseline data ...
    • The mitochondrial inhibitor oligomycin induces an inflammatory response in the rat knee joint 

      Vaamonde-García, Carlos; Loureiro, Jesús; Valcárcel Ares, Marta Noa; Riveiro Naveira, Romina R.; Ramil-Gómez, Olalla; Hermida-Carballo, Laura; Centeno, Alberto; Meijide-Faílde, Rosa; Blanco García, Francisco J; López-Armada, María José (BioMed Central, 2017-06-12)
      [Abstract] Background. Recent findings support a connection between mitochondrial dysfunction and activation of inflammatory pathways in articular cells. This study investigates in vivo in an acute model whether ...
    • The phenotype of axial spondyloarthritis: is it dependent on HLA–B27 status? 

      Coates, Laura C.; Baraliakos, Xenofon; Blanco García, Francisco J; Alonso Blanco-Morales, Elena; Braun, Jurgen; Chadran, Vinod; Fernández-Sueiro, José Luis; FitzGerald, Oliver; Gallagher, Phil; Gladman, Dafna D.; Gubar, Elena; Korotaeva, Tatiana; Loginova, Elena; Lubrano, Ennio; Mulero, Juan; Pinto-Tasende, José A.; Queiro, Rubén; Sanz Sanz, Jesús; Szentpetery, Agnes; Helliwell, Philip S. (Wiley, 2020-02-26)
      [Abstract] Objective: To describe the radiographic phenotype of axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) according to the presence of HLA-B27. Methods: An international collaboration compared the radiographic phenotype of axial ...
    • The role of osmolarity adjusting agents in the regulation of encapsulated cell behavior to provide a safer and more predictable delivery of therapeutics 

      González-Pujana, Ainhoa; Rementería, Aitor; Blanco García, Francisco J; Igartua, Manoli; Pedraz, José Luis; Santos-Vizcaíno, Edorta; Hernández, Rosa María (Taylor & Francis, 2017-10-27)
      [Abstract] Transplantation of cells within alginate microspheres has been extensively studied for sustained drug delivery. However, the lack of control over cell behavior represents a major concern regarding the efficacy ...
    • Tips and Tricks for Successfully Culturing and Adapting Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells [Protocol] 

      Castro Viñuelas, Rocío; Sanjurjo-Rodríguez, Clara; Piñeiro-Ramil, María; Rodríguez-Fernández, Silvia; López-Baltar, Isidoro; Fuentes Boquete, Isaac Manuel; Blanco García, Francisco J; Díaz-Prado, Silvia (Cell Press, 2021-12)
      [Abstract] Reprogramming somatic cells toward pluripotency became possible over a decade ago. Since then, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have served as a versatile and powerful tool not only for basic research but ...
    • Translation of clinical problems in osteoarthritis into pathophysiological research goals 

      van der Kraan, Peter M.; Berenbaum, Francis; Blanco García, Francisco J; De Bari, Cosimo; Lafeber, Floris; Hauge, Ellen; Higginbottom, Adele; Ioan-Facsinay, Andreea; Loughlin, John; Meulenbelt, Ingrid; Moilanen, Eeva; Pitsilidou, Irene; Tsezou, Aspasia; van Meurs, Joyce; Vincent, Tonia; Wittoek, Ruth; Lories, Rik (BMJ, 2016-05-26)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis (OA) accounts for more disability among the elderly than any other disease and is associated with an increased mortality rate. The prevalence in Europe will rise in the future since this continent ...
    • Tratamiento de lesiones del cartílago articular con terapia celular 

      Fuentes Boquete, Isaac Manuel; Arufe, M.C.; Díaz-Prado, Silvia; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; De-Toro, Javier; Blanco García, Francisco J (Elsevier, 2008-11-13)
      [Resumen] Las lesiones del cartílago articular que no afectan a la integridad del hueso subcondral no se reparan espontáneamente. El carácter asintomático de estas lesiones propicia la progresiva degeneración articular y ...
    • Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus reversal via implantation of magnetically purified microencapsulated pseudoislets 

      Espona-Noguera, A.; Etxebarría-Elezgarai, J.; Sáenz del Burgo, L.; Cañibano-Hernández, A.; Gurruchaga, H.; Blanco García, Francisco J; Orive, G.; Hernández, Rosa M.; Benito-López, F.; Ciriza, J.; Basabe-Desmonts, L.; Pedraz, J.L. (Elsevier, 2019-02-10)
      [Abstract] Microencapsulation of pancreatic islets for the treatment of Type I Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) generates a high quantity of empty microcapsules, resulting in high therapeutic graft volumes that can enhance the ...
    • Umbilical Cord as a Mesenchymal Stem Cell Source for Treating Joint Pathologies 

      Arufe, M.C.; Fuente, Alexandre de la; Fuentes Boquete, Isaac Manuel; De-Toro, Javier; Blanco García, Francisco J (Baishideng, 2011-06-18)
      [Abstract] Articular cartilage disorders and injuries often result in life-long chronic pain and compromised quality of life. Regrettably, the regeneration of articular cartilage is a continuing challenge for biomedical ...
    • Urine metabolome profiling of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases 

      Arnald Alonso, Antonio Juliá; Vinaixa, María; Domènech, Eugeni; Fernández-Nebro, Antonio; Cañete, Juan D.; Ferrándiz, Carlos; Tornero, Jesús; Gisbert; Nos, PIlar; Gutiérrez Casbas, Ana; Puig, Lluís; González-Álvaro, Isidoro; Pinto-Tasende, José A.; Blanco, Ricardo; Rodríguez, Miguel A.; Beltrán, Antoni; Correig, Xavier; Marsal, Sara (Springer, 2016-09-08)
      [Abstract] Background, Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) are a group of complex and prevalent diseases where disease diagnostic and activity monitoring is highly challenging. The determination of the metabolite ...
    • Usefulness of mesenchymal cell lines for bone and cartilage regeneration research 

      Piñeiro-Ramil, María; Sanjurjo-Rodríguez, Clara; Castro Viñuelas, Rocío; Rodríguez-Fernández, Silvia; Fuentes Boquete, Isaac Manuel; Blanco García, Francisco J; Díaz-Prado, Silvia (MDPI, 2019-12-13)
      [Abstract] The unavailability of sufficient numbers of human primary cells is a major roadblock for in vitro repair of bone and/or cartilage, and for performing disease modelling experiments. Immortalized mesenchymal ...
    • Validation study of genetic biomarkers of response to TNF inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis 

      López-Rodríguez, Rosario; Pérez-Pampin, Eva; Márquez, Ana; Blanco García, Francisco J; Joven, Beatriz; Carreira, Patricia; Ferrer, Miguel Ángel; Cáliz, Rafael; Valor, Lara; Narváez, Javier; Cañete, Juan D.; Ordóñez, María del Carmen; Manrique-Arija, Sara; Vasilopoulos, Yiannis; Balsa, Alejandro; Pascual-Salcedo, Dora; Moreno-Ramos, Manuel J.; Alegre-Sancho, Juan José; Navarro-Sarabia, Federico; Moreira, Virginia; García-Portales, Rosa; Raya, Enrique; Magro-Checa, Rosa; Martín, Javier; Gómez-Reino, Juan J.; González, Antonio (PLoS, 2018-05-07)
      [Abstract] Genetic biomarkers are sought to personalize treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), given their variable response to TNF inhibitors (TNFi). However, no genetic biomaker is yet sufficiently validated. ...
    • Variation at interleukin-6 receptor gene is associated to joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis 

      López-Lasanta, María; Juliá, Antonio; Maymó, Joan; Fernández-Gutiérrez, Benjamín; Ureña-Garnica, Inmaculada; Blanco García, Francisco J; Cañete, Juan D.; Alperi-López, Mercedes; Olivé, Alex; Corominas, Héctor; Tornero, Jesús; Erra, Alba; Almirall, Miriam; Palau, Nuria; Ortiz, Ana; Ávila, Gabriela; Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Luis; Alonso, Arnald; Tortosa, Raül; González-Álvaro, Isidoro; Marsal, Sara (BMC, 2015-09-04)
      [Abstract] Introduction. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) cytokine signaling is key in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) pathophysiology. Blocking IL-6 receptor (IL6R) has proven to be a highly effective treatment to prevent joint damage. ...
    • Versatility of induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) for improving the knowledge on musculoskeletal diseases 

      Sanjurjo-Rodríguez, Clara; Castro Viñuelas, Rocío; Piñeiro-Ramil, María; Rodríguez-Fernández, Silvia; Fuentes Boquete, Isaac Manuel; Blanco García, Francisco J; Díaz-Prado, Silvia (MDPI, 2020-08-25)
      [Abstract] Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) represent an unlimited source of pluripotent cells capable of di erentiating into any cell type of the body. Several studies have demonstrated the valuable use of iPSCs ...
    • What did we learn from 'omics' studies in osteoarthritis 

      Ruiz-Romero, Cristina; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Blanco García, Francisco J (Wolters Kluwer, 2018-01-01)
      [Abstract] Purpose of review: 'Omics' technologies developed for the massive analysis of the major biologically relevant molecules (genes, proteins, metabolites) have been applied to the study of osteoarthritis (OA) for ...
    • Wnt and RUNX2 mediate cartilage breakdown by osteoarthritis synovial fibroblast‐derived ADAMTS‐7 and ‐12 

      Pérez-García, Selene; Carrión, Mar; Villanueva-Romero, Raúl; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes; Mellado, Mario; Blanco García, Francisco J; Juarranz, Yasmina; Gomariz, Rosa P. (Wiley, 2019-03-22)
      [Abstract] Failure of therapeutic approaches for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) based on the inhibition of metalloproteinases, might be because of their constitutive expression in homeostasis, together with their ...