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P-149: Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in patients with multiple myeloma
2021
We evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of the BNT162b2 vaccine in 52 patients with multiple myeloma (MM). Median age was 71.3 (range, 39.6-90.8) years. 26 (50%) patients had received active treatment including an immunomodulatory drug (IMiD) (n=21), an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody (n=11) and/or a proteasome inhibitor (n=4). 21 had received previous treatment interrupted at a median of 27.5 (range, 3.5-169.3) months before first vaccine inoculum. 5 patients had indolent untreated MM. 35 patients had a history of autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (HSCT) performed at a median of 44.4 (range, 3.5-169.3) months before first vaccine inoculum. The vaccination was well tolerated wi…
Rapid molecular dissection of viral and bacterial immunomes
2006
The development of preventive or therapeutic recombinant vaccines and the generation of serodiagnostic assays for infectious diseases depend essentially on the availability of molecularly defined antigens. A major bottleneck for the identification of suitable target antigens for many pathogens is the isolation of sufficient amounts of material for subsequent genomic or proteomic screening. Applying a highly efficient expression cloning strategy to the human pathogens vaccinia virus (VV) and Chlamydia pneumoniae (CP), we demonstrate that sub-nanogram amounts of isolated nucleic acids can be utilized to determine comprehensive sets of immunodominant antigens. Remarkably, the approach not only…
The development of synthetic antitumour vaccines from mucin glycopeptide antigens.
2013
Based on important cell-biological and biochemical results concerning the structural difference between membrane glycoproteins of normal epithelial cells and epithelial tumour cells, tumour-associated glycopeptide antigens have been chemically synthesised and structurally confirmed. Glycopeptide structures of the tandem repeat sequence of mucin MUC1 of epithelial tumour cells constitute the most promising tumour-associated antigens. In order to generate a sufficient immunogenicity of these endogenous structures, usually tolerated by the immune system, these synthetic glycopeptide antigens were conjugated to immune stimulating components: in fully synthetic two-component vaccines either with…
Influenza control in the 21st century: Optimizing protection of older adults
2009
Older adults (> or =65 years of age) are particularly vulnerable to influenza illness. This is due to a waning immune system that reduces their ability to respond to infection, which leads to more severe cases of disease. The majority ( approximately 90%) of influenza-related deaths occur in older adults and, in addition, catastrophic disability resulting from influenza-related hospitalization represents a significant burden in this vulnerable population. Current influenza vaccines provide benefits for older adults against influenza; however, vaccine effectiveness is lower than in younger adults. In addition, antigenic drift is also a concern, as it can impact on vaccine effectiveness due t…
Dendrimers as Non-Viral Vectors in Gene-Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy.
2021
Gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (GDEPT) has been intensively studied as a promising new strategy of prodrug delivery, with its main advantages being represented by an enhanced efficacy and a reduced off-target toxicity of the active drug. In recent years, numerous therapeutic systems based on GDEPT strategy have entered clinical trials. In order to deliver the desired gene at a specific site of action, this therapeutic approach uses vectors divided in two major categories, viral vectors and non-viral vectors, with the latter being represented by chemical delivery agents. There is considerable interest in the development of non-viral vectors due to their decreased immunogenicity, higher…
Evolución del virus de la hepatitis C en muestras hospitalarias de la Comunidad Valenciana
2004
Aproximadamente 170 millones de personas en el mundo se encuentran infectadas por el virus de la hepatitis C (VHC). La gran heterogeneidad del mismo, permite distinguir hasta 6 genotipos y más de 50 subtipos, los cuales presentan diferencias en cuanto a su prevalencia, distribución geográfica y rutas de transmisión. Sin ir más lejos, en la Comunidad Valenciana, el VHC está presente en casi el 3% de la población. Los genotipos mayoritarios presentes, corresponden al 1b y 1a, siendo el 1b mucho más prevalente que el segundo. Así pues se plantea el principal objetivo de esta tesis: ¿Qué hace al genotipo 1b ser más prevalente en la Comunidad Valenciana que el 1a? Dos regiones del genoma del vir…
Gen FOXP2: Esquizofrenia, alucinaciones auditivas y lenguaje.
2009
La presente tesis se ha centrado en la evaluación a través de diferentes aproximaciones de la implicación del gen FOXP2, gen sometido a selección positiva en el linaje humano y relacionado directamente con una alteración de uno de los rasgos más característicos de la especie humana, el lenguaje, en la vulnerabilidad a la esquizofrenia. El estudio de asociación caso-control no ha permitido establecer una implicación consistente entre las variantes estructurales analizadas (SNPs y posibles expansiones de trinucleótidos) con las alucinaciones auditivas como fenotipo alternativo a la esquizofrenia. No obstante, la participación del gen FOXP2 en la vulnerabilidad a las alucinaciones auditivas, c…
Bases genéticas de la esquizofrenia: aspectos emocionales, cognitivos y neuroanatómicos.
2009
La esquizofrenia es un desorden mental severo, con una incidencia del 1% y una elevada heredabilidad (alrededor del 80%). Por ello, hay un enorme interés en conocer los factores genéticos implicados en la vulnerabilidad a padecer esquizofrenia. Sin embargo, esta enfermedad presenta una herencia poligénica y además un importante número de factores ambientales parecen influir en su aparición. Asimismo, la heterogeneidad clínica también es elevada y esto dificulta el tener un fenotipo bien definido para el estudio genético. Por ello, el estudio de fenotipos más recortados y mejor definidos puede ser de gran utilidad. En el presente trabajo, se han seleccionado nueve genes de interés. Nuestra h…
Genome evolution and systems biology in bacterial endosymbionts of insects
2010
Gene loss is the most important event in the process of genome reduction that appears associated with bacterial endosymbionts of insects. These small genomes were derived features evolved from ancestral prokaryotes with larger genome sizes, consequence of a massive process of genome reduction due to drastic changes in the ecological conditions and evolutionary pressures acting on these prokaryotic lineages during their ecological transition to host-dependent lifestyle. In the present thesis, the process of genome reduction is studied from different perspectives. In the first chapter, genome rearrangements have been studied in a set of 31 complete γ-proteobacterial genomes that includes five…
Estudio en Drosophila melanogaster del efecto de la reducción y la sobreexpresión de la proteína deficitaria en la ataxia de Friedreich
2009
La ataxia de Friedreich (FA) es una enfermedad neurodegenerativa autosómica recesiva con una prevalencia en la población de 1- 4 casos cada 100.000 habitantes. La mutación más común que provoca la ataxia de Friedreich es la expansión de la repetición del microsatélite GAA situado en medio de una secuencia Alu-Sx en el primer intrón del gen FXN. Las repeticiones asociadas a la enfermedad se encuentran en el intervalo desde 70 a más de 1000 repeticiones del triplete. El gen produce una proteína llamada frataxina cuya síntesis se ve comprometida en los pacientes ya que las expansiones del triplete GAA interfieren en la transcripción del gen. La función de la proteína no está del todo clara aun…