• Exploring Early Detection of Frailty Syndrome in Older Adults: Evaluation of Oxi-Immune Markers, Clinical Parameters and Modifiable Risk Factors 

      Teixeira Gomes, Armanda; Laffon, Blanca; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Gostner, Johanna; Felder, Thomas; Costa, C.; Madureira, Joana; Fuchs, Dietmar; Teixeira, João; Costa, Solange (2021)
      [Abstract] Ageing is accompanied with a decline in several physiological systems. Frailty is an age-related syndrome correlated to the loss of homeostasis and increased vulnerability to stressors, which is associated with ...
    • Inter-Laboratory Variation in DNA Damage Using a Standard Comet Assay Protocol 

      Forchhammer, Lykke; Ersson, Clara; Loft, Steffen; Möller, Lennart; Godschalk, Roger W. L.; Schooten, Frederik J. van; Jones, George D. D.; Higgins, Jennifer A.; Cooke, Marcus; Mistry, Vilas; Karbaschi, Mahsa; Collins, Andrew R.; Azqueta, Amaya; Phillips, David H.; Sozeri, Osman; Routledge, Michael N.; Nelson-Smith, Kirsty; Riso, Patrizia; Porrini, Marisa; Matullo, Giuseppe; Allione, Alessandra; Stępnik, Maciej; Komorowska, Magdalena; Teixeira, João Paulo; Costa, Solange; Corcuera, Laura-Ana; López de Cerain, Adela; Laffon, Blanca; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Møller, Peter (Oxford University Press, 2012-07-27)
      [Abstract] There are substantial inter-laboratory variations in the levels of DNA damage measured by the comet assay. The aim of this study was to investigate whether adherence to a standard comet assay protocol would ...
    • Neuronal Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity Induced by Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles 

      Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Costa, C.; Kiliç, Gözde; Costa, Solange; Pásaro, Eduardo; Laffon, Blanca; Teixeira, João Paulo (Elsevier, 2013-03-26)
      [Abstract] Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) are one of the most abundantly used nanomaterials in consumer products and biomedical applications. As a result, human exposure to these NPs is highly frequent and they have ...
    • The hCOMET Project: International Database Comparison of Results with the Comet Assay in Human Biomonitoring. Baseline Frequency of DNA Damage and Effect of Main Confounders 

      Milić, Mirta; Ceppi, Marcello; Bruzzone, Marco; Azqueta, Amaya; Brunborg, Gunnar; Godschalk, Roger; Koppen, Gudrun; Langie, Sabine; Møller, Peter; Alija, Avdulla; Anderson, Diana; Andreoli, Cristina; Asllani, Fisnik; Boutet-Robinet, Elisa; Buschini, Annamaria; Cavallo, Delia; Costa, Solange; Da Silva, Juliana; Del Boˊ, Cristian; Djelić, Ninoslav; Dobrzyńska, Malgorzata; Dvořáková, Monika; Gajski, Goran; Galati, Serena; García Lima, Omar; Giovannelli, Lisa; Goroshinskaya, Irina A.; Grindel, Annemarie; Hernández, Alba; Hernández, Carlos; Holven, Kirsten B.; Ibero-Baraibar, Idoia; Ottestad, Inger; Kadioglu, Ela; Kuznetsova, Elena; Ladeira, Carina; Laffon, Blanca; Lamonaca, Palma; Lebailly, Pierre; Louro, Henriqueta; Mandina Cardoso, Tania; Marcon, Francesca; Marcos, Ricard; Moretti, Massimo; Moretti, Silvia; Najafzadeh, Mojgan; Nemeth, Zsuzsanna; Neri, Monica; Novotna, Bozena; Orlow, Irene; Paduchova, Zuzana; Pastor, Susana; Perdry, Hervé; Spremo-Potparević, Biljana; Ramadhani, Dwi; Riso, Patrizia; Rohr, Paula; Rojas, Emilio; Rossner, Pavel; Sardas, Semra; Silva, Maria João; Sirota, Nikolay; Smolkova, Bozena; Staruchova, Marta; Stetina, Rudolf; Stopper, Helga; Ursini, Cinzia Lucia; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Valverde, Mahara; Volkovova, Katarina; Wagner, Karl-Heinz; Živković, Lada; Dušinská, Maria; Collins, Andrew R.; Bonassi, Stefano; Teixeira, João; Andrade, Vanessa Moraes de; Bankoglu, Ezgi Eylül; Barančoková, Magdaléna; Pereira, Cristiana; Dimitrijević-Srećković, Vesna; Sáfár, Anna; Surikova, Ekaterina; Vodička, Pavel; Başaran, Nurşen; Costa, C.; Ďuračková, Zdeňka; Kažimírová, Alena; Gützkow, Kristine Bjerve; Ulven, Stine Marie (2021)
      [Abstract] The alkaline comet assay, or single cell gel electrophoresis, is one of the most popular methods for assessing DNA damage in human population. One of the open issues concerning this assay is the identification ...