Browsing by Author "Balcells, Susana"

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  • Urreizti, Roser; Damanti, Sarah; Esteve, Carla; Franco Valls, Héctor; Castilla-Vallmanya, Laura; Tonda, Raúl; Cormand, Bru; Vilageliu, Lluïsa; Opitz, John M.; Neri, Giovanni; Grinberg, Daniel; Balcells, Susana (Nature Research, 2018)
    De novo FOXP1 mutations have been associated with intellectual disability (ID), motor delay, autistic features and a wide spectrum of speech difficulties. C syndrome (Opitz C trigonocephaly syndrome) is a rare and genetically ...
  • Urreizti, Roser; Cueto González, Anna María; Franco Valls, Héctor; Mort Farre, Sílvia; Roca Ayats, Neus; Ponomarenko, Julia; Cozzuto, Luca; Company, Carlos; Bosio, Mattia; Ossowski, Stephan; Montfort, Magda; Hecht, Jochen; Tizzano, Eduardo F.; Cormand, Bru; Vilageliu, Lluïsa; Opitz, John M.; Neri, Giovanni; Grinberg, Daniel; Balcells, Susana (Nature Publishing Group, 2017)
    Opitz trigonocephaly C syndrome (OTCS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by craniofacial anomalies, variable intellectual and psychomotor disability, and variable cardiac defects with a high mortality rate. Different ...
  • Formosa, Melissa M.; Bergen, Dylan J.M.; Gregson, Celia L.; Maurizi, Antonio; Kämpe, Anders; Garcia Giralt, Natàlia; Zhou, Wei; Grinberg, Daniel; Ovejero Crespo, Diana; Zillikens, M. Carola; Williams, Graham R.; Bassett, J.H. Duncan; Brandi, María Luisa; Sangiorgi, Luca; Balcells, Susana; Högler, Wolfgang; Van Hul, Wim; Mäkitie, Outi (Frontiers, 2021)
    Genetic disorders of the skeleton encompass a diverse group of bone diseases differing in clinical characteristics, severity, incidence and molecular etiology. Of particular interest are the monogenic rare bone mass ...
  • Domènech Salgado, Laura, 1989-; Willis, Jesse R.; Alemany-Navarro, María; Morell, Marta; Real, Eva; Escaramís, Geòrgia; Bertolín, Sara; Sánchez Chinchilla, Daniel; Balcells, Susana; Segalàs, Cinto; Estivill, Xavier, 1955-; Menchón, José M.; Gabaldón Estevan, Juan Antonio, 1973-; Alonso, Pino; Rabionet, Raquel (Nature Research, 2022)
    Although the etiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is largely unknown, it is accepted that OCD is a complex disorder. There is a known bi-directional interaction between the gut microbiome and brain activity. ...
  • Martínez-Gil, Núria; Roca Ayats, Neus; Monistrol-Mula, Anna; García-Giralt, Natalia; Diez-Perez, Adolfo; Nogués Solan, Francesc Xavier; Mellibovsky, Leonardo; Grinberg, Daniel; Balcells, Susana (Nature Research, 2018)
    Numerous GWAS and candidate gene studies have highlighted the role of the Wnt pathway in bone biology. Our objective has been to study in detail the allelic architecture of three Wnt pathway genes: WNT16, DKK1 and SOST, ...
  • Castilla-Vallmanya, Laura; Gürsoy, Semra; Bozkaya, Özlem Giray; Prats-Planas, Aina; Bullich, Gemma; Matalonga, Leslie; Centeno-Pla, Mónica; Rabionet Janssen, Raquel; Grinberg, Daniel; Balcells, Susana; Urreizti, Roser (MDPI, 2021)
    We present a Turkish family with two cousins (OC15 and OC15b) affected with syndromic developmental delay, microcephaly, and trigonocephaly but with some phenotypic traits distinct between them. OC15 showed asymmetrical ...
  • Ugarte Corbalán, Laura de, 1988-; Balcells, Susana; Güerri Fernández, Roberto; Grinberg, Daniel; Díez Pérez, Adolfo; Nogués Solan, Francesc Xavier; Garcia Giralt, Natàlia (MDPI, 2020)
    The miR-320a regulates a number of genes involved in various physiological processes. In particular, it has been reported as a tumor suppressor in several types of human cancers and involved in osteoporotic fracture and ...
  • Garcia Giralt, Natàlia; Ugarte Corbalán, Laura de, 1988-; Yoskovitz, Guy; Güerri Fernández, Roberto; Grinberg, Daniel; Nogués Solan, Francesc Xavier; Mellibovsky, Leonardo; Balcells, Susana; Díez Pérez, Adolfo (Sociedad Española de Investigación Ósea y del Metabolismo Mineral (SEIOMM), 2016)
    Objetivos: Identificar microRNAs (miRNAs) diferencialmente expresados en muestras óseas con fractura osteoporótica respecto a huesos sanos. Material y métodos: Se extrajo RNA total a partir de hueso trabecular fresco del ...
  • Ugarte Corbalán, Laura de, 1988-; Serra-Vinardell, Jenny; Nonell Mazelón, Lara; Balcells, Susana; Arnal, Magdalena; Nogués Solan, Francesc Xavier; Mellibovsky, Leonardo; Grinberg, Daniel; Díez Pérez, Adolfo; Garcia Giralt, Natàlia (Springer, 2018)
    Bone tissue is composed of several cell types, which express their own microRNAs (miRNAs) that will play a role in cell function. The set of total miRNAs expressed in all cell types configures the specific signature of the ...
  • Urreizti, Roser; López Martín, Estrella; Martínez Monseny, Antonio Federico; Pujadas, Montse; Castilla-Vallmanya, Laura; Pérez Jurado, Luis Alberto; Serrano, Mercedes L.; Natera de Benito, Daniel; Martínez Delgado, Beatriz; Posada de la Paz, Manuel; Alonso, Javier; Marín Reina, Purificación; O'Callaghan, Mar; Grinberg, Daniel; Bermejo Sánchez, Eva; Balcells, Susana (BioMed Central, 2020)
    Background: Pathogenic variants of the lysine acetyltransferase 6A or KAT6A gene are associated with a newly identified neurodevelopmental disorder characterized mainly by intellectual disability of variable severity and ...
  • Ugartondo, Nerea; Martínez-Gil, Núria; Esteve, Mònica; Garcia Giralt, Natàlia; Roca Ayats, Neus; Ovejero Crespo, Diana; Nogués Solan, Francesc Xavier; Díez Pérez, Adolfo; Rabionet, Raquel; Grinberg, Daniel; Balcells, Susana (MDPI, 2021)
    Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disorder and nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates (BP) are a first line treatment for it. Yet, atypical femoral fractures (AFF), a rare adverse effect, may appear after prolonged ...
  • Martínez-Gil, Núria; Roca Ayats, Neus; Atalay, Nurgül; Pineda-Moncusí, Marta; Garcia Giralt, Natàlia; Van Hul, Wim; Boudin, Eveline; Ovejero Crespo, Diana; Mellibovsky, Leonardo; Nogués Solan, Francesc Xavier; Diez-Perez, Adolfo; Grinberg, Daniel; Balcells, Susana (Wiley, 2020)
    The DKK1 gene encodes an extracellular inhibitor of the Wnt pathway with an important role in bone tissue development, bone homeostasis, and different critical aspects of bone biology. Several BMD genome-wide association ...
  • Roca Ayats, Neus; Ng, Pei Ying; García-Giralt, Natalia; Falcó-Mascaró, Maite; Cozar, Mónica; Abril Ferrando, Josep Francesc; Quesada-Gómez, J.M.; Prieto-Alhambra, Daniel; Nogués Solan, Francesc Xavier; Dunford, James E.; Russell, R. Graham; Baron, Roland; Grinberg, Daniel; Balcells, Susana; Díez Pérez, Adolfo (Wiley, 2018)
    Atypical femoral fractures (AFFs) are a rare but potentially devastating event, often but not always linked to bisphosphonate (BP) therapy. The pathogenic mechanisms underlying AFFs remain obscure, and there are no tests ...
  • Roca Ayats, Neus; Martínez-Gil, Núria; Cozar, Mónica; Gerousi, Marina; Garcia Giralt, Natàlia; Ovejero Crespo, Diana; Mellibovsky, Leonardo; Nogués Solan, Francesc Xavier; Díez Pérez, Adolfo; Grinberg, Daniel; Balcells, Susana (Elsevier, 2019)
    Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have repeatedly identified genetic variants associated with bone mineral density (BMD) and osteoporotic fracture in non-coding regions of C7ORF76, a poorly studied gene of unknown ...
  • Garcia Giralt, Natàlia; Roca Ayats, Neus; Abril Ferrando, Josep Francesc; Martínez-Gil, Núria; Ovejero Crespo, Diana; Castañeda, Santos; Nogués Solan, Francesc Xavier; Grinberg, Daniel; Balcells, Susana; Rabionet, Raquel (MDPI, 2022)
    Atypical femoral fractures (AFF) are rare fragility fractures in the subtrocantheric or diaphysis femoral region associated with long-term bisphosphonate (BP) treatment. The etiology of AFF is still unclear even though a ...
  • Martínez-Gil, Núria; Ovejero Crespo, Diana; Garcia Giralt, Natàlia; Bruque, Carlos David; Mellibovsky, Leonardo; Nogués Solan, Francesc Xavier; Rabionet, Raquel; Grinberg, Daniel; Balcells, Susana (Wiley, 2022)
    Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease, characterized by a low bone mineral density (BMD) and increased risk of fracture. At the other end of the BMD spectrum, some individuals present strong, fracture-resistant, ...
  • Ugarte Corbalán, Laura de, 1988-; Yoskovitz, Guy; Balcells, Susana; Güerri Fernández, Roberto; Martinez-Diaz, Santos; Mellibovsky, Leonardo; Urreizti, Roser; Nogués Solan, Francesc Xavier; Grinberg, Daniel; Garcia Giralt, Natàlia; Díez Pérez, Adolfo (BioMed Central, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators of gene expression, with documented roles in bone metabolism and osteoporosis, suggesting potential therapeutic targets. Our aim was to identify miRNAs differentially ...
  • Martínez-Gil, Núria; Mellibovsky, Leonardo; Manzano-López González, Demián; Patiño, Juan David; Cozar, Mónica; Rabionet, Raquel; Grinberg, Daniel; Balcells, Susana (Elsevier, 2022)
    Background: Chiari malformation type 1 (C1M) is a neurological disease characterized by herniation of the cerebellar tonsils below the foramen magnum. Cranial bone constriction is suspected to be its main cause. To date, ...
  • Ugarte Corbalán, Laura de, 1988-; Balcells, Susana; Nogués Solan, Francesc Xavier; Grinberg, Daniel; Díez Pérez, Adolfo; Garcia Giralt, Natàlia (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018)
    MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators of many cellular processes, including the differentiation and activity of osteoblasts, and therefore, of bone turnover. MiR-320a is overexpressed in osteoporotic bone tissue but ...