• 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. ...
    • Salivary Leucocytes as In Vitro Model to Evaluate Nanoparticle-Induced DNA Damage 

      Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Fernández-Bertólez, Natalia; Lema-Arranz, Carlota; Rodríguez-Fernández, Raquel; Pásaro, Eduardo; Reis, Ana Teresa; Teixeira, João; Costa, C.; Laffon, Blanca (MDPI, 2021-07-27)
      [Abstract] Metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have a wide variety of applications in many consumer products and biomedical practices. As a result, human exposure to these nanomaterials is highly frequent, becoming an issue ...
    • 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. ...