• Impaired metabolic flexibility in the osteoarthritis process: a study on transmitochondrial cybrids 

      Dalmao-Fernández, Andrea; Lund, Jenny; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; Vázquez-Mosquera, María E.; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Blanco García, Francisco J; Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes (MDPI, 2020-03-27)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most frequent joint disease; however, the etiopathogenesis is still unclear. Chondrocytes rely primarily on glycolysis to meet cellular energy demand, but studies implicate impaired ...
    • In vitro comprehensive analysis of VA692 a new chemical entity for the treatment of osteoarthritis 

      Cheleschi, Sara; Calamia, Valentina; Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes; Biava, Mariangela; Giordani, Antonio; Fioravanti, Antonella; Anzini, Maurizio; Blanco García, Francisco J (Elsevier, 2018-08-25)
      [Abstract] Selective cyclooxigenase (COX)-2 inhibitors were developed to prevent traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (tNSAIDs) gastro-intestinal adverse effects. VA692, a recently disclosed selective COX-2 ...
    • Increased synovial immunohistochemistry reactivity of TGF-β1 in erosive peripheral psoriatic arthritis 

      Pinto-Tasende, José A.; Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes; Vázquez-Mosquera, María E.; Fernández-López, Carlos; Oreiro, Natividad; de-Toro, Javier; Blanco García, Francico J (BioMed Central, 2023-03-30)
      [Abstract] Background: Immune and non-immune cells contribute to the pathology of chronic arthritis, and they can contribute to tissue remodeling and repair as well as disease pathogenesis. The present research aimed to ...
    • Induced pluripotent stem cells for cartilage repair: current status and future perspectives 

      Castro Viñuelas, Rocío; Sanjurjo-Rodríguez, Clara; Piñeiro-Ramil, María; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; Fuentes Boquete, Isaac Manuel; De-Toro, Javier; Blanco García, Francisco J; Díaz-Prado, Silvia (AO Research Institute Davos, 2018-09-11)
      [Abstract] The establishment of cartilage regenerative medicine is an important clinical issue, but the search for cell sources able to restore cartilage integrity proves to be challenging. Human mesenchymal stromal cells ...
    • Integrative Metabolic Pathway Analysis Reveals Novel Therapeutic Targets in Osteoarthritis 

      Rocha Loureda, Beatriz; Cillero-Pastor, B.; Eijkel, Gert; Calamia, Valentina; Fernández-Puente, Patricia; Paine, Martin R.L.; Ruiz-Romero, Cristina; Heeren, Ron M.A.; Blanco García, Francisco J (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), 2020-01-24)
      [Abstract] In osteoarthritis (OA), impairment of cartilage regeneration can be related to a defective chondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs). Therefore, understanding the proteomic- and ...
    • Interactions between rheumatoid arthritis antibodies are associated with the response to anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy 

      Juliá, Antonio; López-Lasanta, María; Blanco García, Francisco J; Gómez, Antonio; Haro, Isabel; juan Más, Antonio; Erra, Alba; García-Vivar, María L.; Monfort, Jordi; Sánchez-Fernández, Simón; González, Isidoro; Alperi-López, Mercedes; Castellanos-Moreira, Raúl; Fernández-Nebro, Antonio; Díaz-Torné, César; Lastra, Raquel M.; Lladós, Jordi; Palau, Núria; Sanmartí, Raimon; Marsal, Sara (Springer, 2021-04-21)
      [Abstract] Background. Blocking of the Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) activity is a successful therapeutic approach for 50–60% of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. However, there are yet no biomarkers to stratify patients ...
    • Intraarticular administration effect of hydrogen sulfide on an in vivo rat model of osteoarthritis 

      Vaamonde-García, Carlos; Burguera, Elena F.; Vela-Anero, Á.; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; Filgueira-Fernández, P.; Fernández-Rodríguez, Jennifer Adriana; Meijide-Faílde, Rosa; Blanco García, Francisco J (MDPI, 2020-10-08)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common articular chronic disease. However, its current treatment is limited and mostly symptomatic. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an endogenous gas with recognized physiological ...
    • Intraneural IFG-1 in cryopreserved nerve isografts increase neural regeneration and functional recovery in the rat sciatic nerve 

      González Porto, Sara Alicia; Doménech, Nieves; Blanco García, Francisco J; Centeno, Alberto; Rivadulla, Casto; Álvarez Jorge, Álvaro; Sánchez Ibáñez, Jacinto; Rendal Vázquez, María Esther (Oxford, 2018-07-27)
      [Abstract] Background: Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) was found to stimulate Schwann cell mitosis. Exogenous IGF-1 may improve nerve regeneration after cryopreservation. Objective: To evaulate the effect of ...
    • Is It Time for Epigenetics in Osteoarthritis? 

      Blanco García, Francisco J; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio (Wiley, 2014-05-16)
      [Abstract] DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism of reversible gene regulation which typically results in gene silencing upon hypermethylation in high CpG density regions of promoters (termed CpG islands), and increased ...
    • Is osteoarthritis a mitochondrial disease?: what is the evidence 

      Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Blanco García, Francico J (Wolters Kluwer, 2022-01)
      [Abstract] Propose of review: To summarize the evidence that suggests that osteoarthritis (OA) is a mitochondrial disease. Recent findings: Mitochondrial dysfunction together with mtDNA damage could contribute to cartilage ...
    • Isolation and characterization of mesenchymal stem cells from human amniotic membrane 

      Díaz-Prado, Silvia; Muíños-López, Emma; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; Rendal Vázquez, María Esther; Fuentes Boquete, Isaac Manuel; De-Toro, Javier; Blanco García, Francisco J (Mary Ann Liebert, 2011-01-04)
      [Abstract] Introduction: The human amniotic membrane is a highly abundant and readily available tissue that may be useful for regenerative medicine and cell therapy. Aim: To compare two previously published protocols for ...
    • iTRAQ-Based Analysis of Progerin Expression Reveals Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Reactive Oxygen Species Accumulation and Altered Proteostasis 

      Mateos, Jesús; Landeira-Abia, Arancha; Fafián Labora, Juan Antonio; Fernández-Pernas, Pablo; Lesende-Rodríguez, Iván; Fernández-Puente, Patricia; Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes; Delmiro, Aitor; Martín, Miguel A.; Blanco García, Francisco J; Arufe, M.C. (BioMed Central, 2015-06-12)
      [Abstract] Introduction. Nuclear accumulation of a mutant form of the nuclear protein Lamin-A, called Progerin (PG) or Lamin AΔ50, occurs in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) or Progeria, an accelerated aging ...
    • Lack of replication of higher genetic risk load in men than in women with systemic lupus erythematosus 

      Alonso-Pérez, Elisa; Suárez-Gestal, Marian; Calaza, Manuel; Blanco García, Francisco J; Suárez, Ana; Santos, María José; Papasteriades, Chryssa; Carreira, Patricia; Pullmann, Rudolf; Ordi-Ros, Josep; Marchini, Maurizio; Skopouli, Fotini N.; Bijl, Marc; Barrizone, Nadia; Sebastiani, Gian Domenico; Migliaresi, Sergio; Witte, Torsten; Lauwerys, Bernard R.; Kovacs, Attila; Ruzickova, Sarka; Gómez-Reino, Juan J.; González, Antonio (BioMed Central, 2014-06-19)
      [Abstract] INTRODUCTION: We aimed to replicate a recent study which showed higher genetic risk load at 15 loci in men than in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This difference was very significant, and it was ...
    • Lack of replication of interactions between polymorphisms in rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility: case–control study 

      Ferreiro-Iglesias, Aida; Calaza, Manuel; Pérez-Pampin, Eva; López-Longo, J.; Marenco, José L.; Blanco García, Francisco J; Narváez, Javier; Navarro, Federico; Cañete, Juan D.; Rodríguez de la Serna, Arturo; González-Álvaro, Isidoro; Herrero-Beaumont, Gabriel; Pablos, José L.; Balsa, Alejandro; Fernández-Gutiérrez, Benjamín; Cáliz, Rafael; Gómez-Reino, Juan J.; González, Antonio (BioMed Central, 2014-09-27)
      [Abstract] INTRODUCTION: Approximately 100 loci have been definitively associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) susceptibility. However, they explain only a fraction of RA heritability. Interactions between polymorphisms ...
    • Lamin A Deregulation in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promotes an Impairment in their Chondrogenic Potential and Imbalance in their Response to Oxidative Stress 

      Mateos, Jesús; Fuente, Alexandre de la; Lesende-Rodríguez, Iván; Fernández-Pernas, Pablo; Arufe, M.C.; Blanco García, Francisco J (Elsevier, 2013-07-26)
      [Abstract] In the present study, we examined the effect of the over-expression of LMNA, or its mutant form progerin (PG), on the mesoderm differentiation potential of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from human umbilical cord ...
    • Leukocyte telomere length in patients with radiographic knee osteoarthritis 

      Mosquera, Alejandro; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Blanco García, Francisco J; Fernández, José Luis (Wiley, 2019-11-29)
      [Abstract] Relative mean telomere sequence amount was determined by quantitative PCR (qPCR) of peripheral blood leukocyte (PBL) samples obtained at recruitment (n = 310) from individuals from the Osteoarthritis (OA) ...
    • Long-term effects of hydrogen sulfide on the anabolic-catabolic balance of articular cartilage in vitro 

      Vela-Anero, Á.; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; Gato Calvo, Lucía; Vaamonde-García, Carlos; Díaz-Prado, Silvia; Meijide-Faílde, Rosa; Blanco García, Francisco J; Burguera, Elena F. (Elsevier, 2017-08-15)
      [Abstract] Healthy cartilage maintenance relies on an equilibrium among the anabolic and catabolic processes in chondrocytes. With the onset of osteoarthritis (OA), increased interleukin (IL)-1β levels induce an inhibition ...
    • Longitudinal analysis of blood DNA methylation identifies mechanisms of response to tumor necrosis factor inhibitor therapy in rheumatoid arthritis 

      Juliá, Antonio; Gómez, Antonio; López-Lasanta, María; Blanco García, Francisco J; Erra, Alba; Fernández-Nebro, Antonio; Juan Mas, Antonio; Pérez-García, Carolina; García Vivar, María Luz; Sánchez-Fernández, Simón; Alperi-López, Mercedes; Sanmartí, Raimon; Ortiz, Ana María; Marras Fernández-Cid, Carlos; Díaz-Torné, César; Moreno, Estefanía; Li, Tianlu; Martínez-Mateu, Sergio H.; Absher, Devin M.; Myers, Richard M.; Tornero Molina, Jesús; Marsal, Sara (Elsevier, 2022-05-13)
      [Abstract] Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, immune-mediated inflammatory disease of the joints that has been associated with variation in the peripheral blood methylome. In this study, we aim to identify ...
    • Long‐term safety, efficacy, and quality of life in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis treated with intravenous abatacept for up to seven years 

      Lovell, Daniel J.; Ruperto, Nicolino; Mouy, Richard; Paz, Eliana; Rubio-Përez, Nadina; Silva, Clovis A.; Abud-Mendoza, Carlos; Burgos-Vargas, Rubén; Gerloni, Valeria; Melo-Gomes, José A.; Saad-Magalhaes, Claudia; Chávez-Corrales, J.; Huemer, Christian; Kivitz, Alan; Blanco García, Francisco J; Foeldvari, Ivan; Hofer, Michael; Huppertz, Hans-Iko; Deslandre, Chantal Job; Minden, Kirsten; Punaro, Marilynn; Block, Alan J.; Giannini, Edward H.; Martini, Alberto (Wiley, 2015-06-19)
      [Abstract] Objective. The efficacy and safety of abatacept in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who experienced an inadequate response to disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs were previously established ...
    • Machine-learning predicted and actual 2-year structural progression in the IMI-APPROACH cohort 

      Jansen, Mylène P.; Wirth, Wolfgang; Bacardit, Jaume; van Helvoort, Eefje M.; Marijnissen, Anne C.A.; Kloppenburg, Margreet; Blanco García, Francico J; Haugen, Ida K.; Berenbaum, Francis; Ladel, Christoph H.; Loef, Marieke; Lafeber, Floris P.J.G.; Welsing, Paco M.J.; Mastbergen, Simon C.; Roemer, Frank W. (AME, 2023-05)
      [Abstract] In the Innovative Medicine’s Initiative Applied Public-Private Research enabling OsteoArthritis Clinical Headway (IMI-APPROACH) knee osteoarthritis (OA) study, machine learning models were trained to predict the ...