• 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 ...