• Applicability of EU(7)-PIM criteria in cross-national studies in European countries 

      Fialová, Daniela; Brkić, Jovana; Laffon, Blanca; Reissigová, Jindra; Grešáková, Silvia; Dogan, Soner; Doro, Peter; Tasić, Ljiljana; Marinković, Valentina; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Costa, Solange; Kostřiba, Jan (2019)
      [Abstract] Background: The European Union (EU)(7)-PIM (potentially inappropriate medication) list presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date tool for evaluation of PIM prescribing in Europe; however, several ...
    • Association of torquetenovirus viremia with physical frailty and cognitive impairment in three independent european cohorts 

      Giacconi, Robertina; Laffon, Blanca; Costa, Solange; Teixeira-Gomes, Armanda; Maggi, Fabrizio; Macera, Lisa; Spezia, Pietro Giogio; Piacenza, Francesco; Bürkle, Alexander; Moreno-Villanueva, María; Bonassi, Stefano; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Teixeira, Joao Paulo; Dollé, Martijn E.T.; Rietman, M. Liset; Jansen, Eugène; Grune, Tilman; Gonos, Efstathios S.; Franchesci, Claudio; Capri, Miriam; Weinberger, Birgit; Sikora, Ewa; Stuetz, Wolfgang; Toussaint, Olivier; Debacq-Chainiaux, Florence; Hervonen, Antti; Hurme, Mikko; Slagboom, P. Eline; Schön, Christiane; Bernhardt, Jürgen; Breusing, Nicolle; Pásaro, Eduardo; Maseda, Ana; Lorenzo-López, Laura; Millán-Calenti, José Carlos; Provinciali, Mauro; Malavolta, Marco (Karger, 2023-01-10)
      [Abstract] Introduction: Immunosenescence and inflammaging have been implicated in the pathophysiology of frailty. Torquetenovirus (TTV), a single-stranded DNA anellovirus, the major component of the human blood virome, ...
    • 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 ...
    • Low Vitamin D Levels and Frailty Status in Older Adults: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

      Marcos-Pérez, Diego; Sánchez-Flores, María; Bonassi, Stefano; Costa, Solange; Teixeira, João; Fernández-Tajes, Juan; Pásaro, Eduardo; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Laffon, Blanca (2020)
      [Abstract] Serum vitamin D deficiency is widespread among older adults and is a potential modifiable risk factor for frailty. Moreover, frailty has been suggested as an intermediate step in the association between low ...
    • Minimum Information for Reporting on the Comet Assay (MIRCA): Recommendations for Describing Comet Assay Procedures and Results 

      Møller, Peter; Azqueta, Amaya; Boutet-Robinet, Elisa; Koppen, Gudrun; Bonassi, Stefano; Milić, Mirta; Gajski, Goran; Costa, Solange; Teixeira, João; Pereira, Cristiana; Dusinska, Maria; Godschalk, Roger; Brunborg, Gunnar; Gützkow, Kristine Bjerve; Giovannelli, Lisa; Cooke, Marcus S.; Richling, Elke; Laffon, Blanca; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Başaran, Nurşen; Del Bo’, Cristian; Zegura, Bojana; Novak, Matjaz; Stopper, Helga; Vodička, Pavel; Vodenkova, Sona; Andrade, Vanessa Moraes de; Sramkova, Monika; Gabelova, Alena; Collins, Andrew; Langie, Sabine (2020)
      [Abstract] The comet assay is a widely used test for the detection of DNA damage and repair activity. However, there are interlaboratory differences in reported levels of baseline and induced damage in the same experimental ...
    • 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 ...
    • Relationship between DNA damage measured by the comet-assay and cognitive function 

      Lorenzo-López, Laura; Lema-Arranz, Carlota; Fernández-Bertólez, Natalia; Costa, Solange; Costa, Carla; Teixeira, Joao Paulo; Pásaro, Eduardo; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Laffon, Blanca (Elsevier, 2022-10-17)
      [Abstract] Recent studies exploring the relationship between DNA damage measured by the comet assay (single-cell gel electrophoresis) and cognitive function in both animal models and humans are reviewed and summarized. ...
    • 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 ...
    • Toxoplasma gondii IgG serointensity is positively associated with frailty 

      Mohyuddin, Hira; Laffon, Blanca; Teixeira, Joao P.; Costa, Solange; Teixeira-Gomes, Armanda; Pásaro, Eduardo; Constantine, Niel; Dagdag, Aline; Ortmeyer, Heidi K.; Tizenberg, Boris; Afram, Liubov; Yen, Poyu; Marano, Christopher; Lowry, Christopher A.; Hoisington, Andrew J.; RachBeisel, Jill A.; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Lema-Arranz, Carlota; Fernández-Bertólez, Natalia; Maseda, Ana; Millán-Calenti, José Carlos; Kovacs, Elizabeth J.; Gostner, Johanna M.; Fuchs, Dietmar; Brenner, Lisa A.; Lorenzo-López, Laura; Postolache, Teodor T. (Oxford University Press, 2023-11-06)
      [Abstract] Background: Persistent inflammation related to aging ("inflammaging") is exacerbated by chronic infections and contributes to frailty in older adults. We hypothesized associations between Toxoplasma gondii (T. ...