IBIMA-Plataforma BIONAND - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina (Andalucía)
El Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina (IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND) es un Instituto Sanitario de Investigación creado en julio de 2010, a partir de un acuerdo entre la Consejería de Salud de la Junta de Andalucía y la Universidad de Málaga, que ratificaron su compromiso para el afianzamiento de IBIMA como centro de vanguardia y excelencia en biomedicina. Es uno de los más de 30 institutos acreditados en España para la investigación sanitaria, siendo un espacio de investigación multidisciplinar en el que trabajan científicos procedentes del ámbito universitario y sanitario para la mejora de la salud de los ciudadanos y el desarrollo social y económico de la provincia de Málaga. El órgano de gestión de IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND es la Fundación Pública Andaluza para la Investigación de Málaga en Biomedicina y Salud (FIMABIS). Acreditado por el Instituto de Salud Carlos III como Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria en 2015, y renovando esta acreditación cada 5 años, forma parte así del total de 34 Institutos de Investigación Sanitaria acreditados existentes en la actualidad.
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Direct oral anticoagulants in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation
Background: Chronic anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) is recommended in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and atrial fibrillation (AF). Direct oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are an alternative to VKAs but there are limited data to support their use in HCM. We sought to de...
Predicting the Onset of Anxiety Syndromes at 12 Months in Primary Care Attendees. The PredictA-Spain Study
Background: There are no risk algorithms for the onset of anxiety syndromes at 12 months in primary care. We aimed to develop and validate internally a risk algorithm to predict the onset of anxiety syndromes at 12 months. Methods: A prospective cohort study with evaluations at baseline, 6 and 12 m...
Gut microbiota in children with type 1 diabetes differs from that in healthy children: a case-control study
Background: A recent study using a rat model found significant differences at the time of diabetes onset in the bacterial communities responsible for type 1 diabetes modulation. We hypothesized that type 1 diabetes in humans could also be linked to a specific gut microbiota. Our aim was to quantify...
Artery Wall Assessment Helps Predict Kidney Transplant Outcome
Background: Kidney transplant recipients have high cardiovascular risk, and vascular inflammation may play an important role. We explored whether the inflammatory state in the vessel wall was related to carotid intima-media thickness (c-IMT) and patient survival following kidney transplantation. Me...
Cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization is associated with changes in the expression of endocannabinoid and glutamatergic signaling systems in the mouse prefrontal cortex
Background: Endocannabinoids modulate the glutamatergic excitatory transmission by acting as retrograde messengers. A growing body of studies has reported that both signaling systems in the mesocorticolimbic neural circuitry are involved in the neurobiological mechanisms underlying drug addiction. ...
Life-long environmental enrichment counteracts spatial learning, reference and working memory deficits in middle-aged rats subjected to perinatal asphyxia
Continuous environmental stimulation induced by exposure to enriched environment (EE) has yielded cognitive benefits in different models of brain injury. Perinatal asphyxia results from a lack of oxygen supply to the fetus and is associated with long-lasting neurological deficits. However, the effe...
Endocannabinoid regulation of acute and protracted nicotine withdrawal: effect of FAAH inhibition
Evidence shows that the endocannabinoid system modulates the addictive properties of nicotine. In the present study, we hypothesized that spontaneous withdrawal resulting from removal of chronically implanted transdermal nicotine patches is regulated by the endocannabinoid system. A 7-day nicotine ...
Resistin regulates pituitary lipid metabolism and inflammation in vivo and in vitro
The adipokine resistin is an insulin-antagonizing factor that also plays a regulatory role in inflammation, immunity, food intake, and gonadal function and also regulates growth hormone (GH) secretion in rat adenopituitary cells cultures with the adipokine. Although adipose tissue is the primary so...
Glycodendropeptides stimulate dendritic cell maturation and T cell proliferation: a potential influenza A virus immunotherapy
Mannosylation facilitates uptake and internalization of immunogenic peptides by antigen-processing cells expressing mannose receptors at their surface, such as DC-SIGN, a lectin that plays a key role in the immune response against different pathogens. This internalization, processing and subsequent...
Adipose tissue fatty acid chain length and mono-unsaturation increases with obesity and insulin resistance
The non-essential fatty acids, C18:1n9, C16:0, C16:1n7, C18:0 and C18:1n7 account for over 75% of fatty acids in white adipose (WAT) triacylglycerol (TAG). The relative composition of these fatty acids (FA) is influenced by the desaturases, SCD1-4 and the elongase, ELOVL6. In knock-out models, loss...
Platinum-Doped Dendritic Structure as a Phosphorescent Label for Bacteria in Two-Photon Excitation Microscopy
Herein, we present a water-soluble dendritric Pt(II) complex as a phosphorescent label for bacterial cells. The dendritic moiety endows the Pt(II) complex with unique properties such as water solubility, shielding from quenching by dioxygen, and binding to bacterial surfaces. The new biosensor was ...
Chronic administration of recombinant IL-6 upregulates lipogenic enzyme expression and aggravates high-fat-diet-induced steatosis in IL-6-deficient mice
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has emerged as an important mediator of fatty acid metabolism with paradoxical effects in the liver. Administration of IL-6 has been reported to confer protection against steatosis, but plasma and tissue IL-6 concentrations are elevated in chronic liver diseases, including fatt...
Genome-wide analysis implicates microRNAs and their target genes in the development of bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe and highly heritable neuropsychiatric disorder with a lifetime prevalence of 1%. Molecular genetic studies have identified the first BD susceptibility genes. However, the disease pathways remain largely unknown. Accumulating evidence suggests that microRNAs, a clas...
Clinical outcomes of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 and chronic inflammatory and autoimmune rheumatic diseases: a multicentric matched cohort study
Objectives: The impact of inflammatory rheumatic diseases on COVID-19 severity is poorly known. Here, we compare the outcomes of a cohort of patients with rheumatic diseases with a matched control cohort to identify potential risk factors for severe illness. Methods: In this comparative cohort stud...
Multifunctional Magnetic and Upconverting Nanobeads as Dual Modal Imaging Tools
We report the fabrication of aqueous multimodal imaging nanocomposites based on superparamagnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) and two different sizes of photoluminescent upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs). The controlled and simultaneous incorporation of both types of nanoparticles (NPs) was obtained by c...
Effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and other eicosanoid pathway modifiers on antiviral and allergic responses: EAACI task force on eicosanoids consensus report in times of COVID-19
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and other eicosanoid pathway modifiers are among the most ubiquitously used medications in the general population. Their broad anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic effects are applied against symptoms of respiratory infections, including SARS-...
Cardiometabolic Therapy and Mortality in Very Old Patients With Diabetes Hospitalized due to COVID-19
Background: The effects of cardiometabolic drugs on the prognosis of diabetic patients with COVID-19, especially very old patients, are not well known. This work was aimed to analyze the association between preadmission cardiometabolic therapy (antidiabetic, antiaggregant, antihypertensive, and lip...
Safety and efficacy of a cardiovascular polypill in people at high and very high risk without a previous cardiovascular event: the international VULCANO randomised clinical trial.
Cardiovascular (CV) polypills are a useful baseline treatment to prevent CV diseases by combining different drug classes in a single pill to simultaneously target more than one risk factor. The aim of the present trial was to determine whether the treatment with the CNIC-polypill was at least non-i...
Myocarditis Related to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination.
The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has been a cause of significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Among the short- and long-term consequences of COVID-19, myocarditis is a disease to be taken into consideration. Myocarditis, in general, is related to a poor prognosis. However, the epide...
Restoring cellular magnesium balance through Cyclin M4 protects against acetaminophen-induced liver damage.
Acetaminophen overdose is one of the leading causes of acute liver failure and liver transplantation in the Western world. Magnesium is essential in several cellular processess. The Cyclin M family is involved in magnesium transport across cell membranes. Herein, we identify that among all magnesiu...