• Generating Rho-0 cells using mesenchymal stem cell lines 

      Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; Gallardo, M. Esther; Dalmao-Fernández, Andrea; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Garesse, Rafael; Blanco García, Francisco J (PLoS, 2016-10-20)
      [Abstract] Introduction, The generation of Rho-0 cells requires the use of an immortalization process, or tumor cell selection, followed by culture in the presence of ethidium bromide (EtBr), incurring the drawbacks its ...
    • 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 ...
    • Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups J and H are differentially associated with the methylation status of articular cartilage: potential role in apoptosis and metabolic and developmental processes 

      Cortés-Pereira, Estefanía; Fernández-Tajes, Juan; Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes; Vázquez-Mosquera, María E.; Relaño, Sara; Ramos-Louro, Paula; Durán-Sotuela, Alejandro; Dalmao-Fernández, Andrea; Oreiro, Natividad; Blanco García, Francisco J; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio (Wiley, 2019-02-12)
      [Abstract] Objective. To analyze the influence of mitochondrial genome variation on the DNA methylome of articular cartilage. Methods. DNA methylation profiling was performed using data deposited in the NCBI Gene ...
    • Mitochondrial DNA from osteoarthritic patients drives functional impairment of mitochondrial activity: a study on transmitochondrial cybrids 

      Dalmao-Fernández, Andrea; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; Lund, Jenny; Vázquez-Mosquera, María E.; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Garesse, Rafael; Blanco García, Francisco J; Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes (Elsevier, 2022-05)
      [Abstract] With the redefinition of osteoarthritis (OA) and the understanding that the joint behaves as an organ, OA is now considered a systemic illness with a low grade of chronic inflammation. Mitochondrial dysfunction ...
    • Oleate prevents palmitate-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in chondrocytes 

      Vázquez-Mosquera, María E.; Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes; Cortés-Pereira, Estefanía; Relaño, Sara; Dalmao-Fernández, Andrea; Ramos-Louro, Paula; Durán Sotuela, Alejandro; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Blanco García, Francisco J (Frontiers, 2021-06-15)
      [Abstract] The association between obesity and osteoarthritis (OA) in joints not subjected to mechanical overload, together with the relationship between OA and metabolic syndrome, suggests that there are systemic factors ...