ALCOCER-GÓMEZ , Elísabet

While NLRP3‐inflammasome has been implicated in cardiovascular diseases, its role in physiological cardiac aging is largely unknown. During aging, many alterations occur in the organism, which are associated with progressive impairment of metabolic pathways related to insulin resistance, autophagy dysfunction, and inflammation. Here, we...

Aging is characterized by a progressive loss of physiological integrity, leading to the impairment of numerous functions and increased vulnerability to death. This deterioration is the primary risk factor for aging‐related major human pathologies, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases 1. Several...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a psychiatric disease characterized by important mood changes accompanied by other symptoms such as low self-esteem, anhedonia, sleep disorder, cognition, and eating and which is estimated to be the second major illness measured by social and economic burden by 2020.1 MDD has prevalence about 10% of the...

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common chronic pain syndrome accompanied by a myriad of variable physical and psychopathological symptoms such as fatigue, muscle stiffness, sleep disorders, morning tiredness, cognitive complaints, as well as depression and anxiety 1. Despite the fact that it affects up to 5% of the general population worldwide, its...

This article presents a preliminary study of links between personal constructs and traits. The conceptual framework for this study is the domains of personality model postulated by McAdams (1995) and McAdams & Pals (2006), and we tried to find concomitances between variables of two different levels, the dispositional level and the identity...

Impairment in adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activity and NOD-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation are associated with several metabolic and inflammatory diseases. In this study, we investigated the role of AMPK/NLRP3 inflammasome axis in the molecular mechanism underlying pain...

Background: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain syndrome with unknown etiology and a wide spectrum of symptoms such as allodynia, debilitating fatigue, joint stiffness and migraine. Recent studies have shown some evidences demonstrating that oxidative stress is associated to clinical symptoms in FM of fibromyalgia. We examined oxidative stress...

Objetivo: La fibromialgia es un síndrome de dolor crónico generalizado de etiología desconocida, que afecta predominantemente a mujeres. Dentro de las hipótesis que se han descrito como posibles mecanismos etiopatogénicos destaca la alteración de los valores y metabolismo de la serotonina y su relación con los síntomas en la fibromialgia. El...

The NLRP3-inflammasome complex has emerged as an important component of inflammatory processes in metabolic dysfunction induced by high-caloric diets. In this study, we investigate the molecular mechanisms by which NLRP3 inhibition may attenuate diet-induced cardiac injury. Here we show the cardiac damage induced by high sugar diet (HSD), high...

Background: We examined lipid peroxidation (LPO) in blood mononuclear cells (BMCs) and plasma, as a marker of oxidative damage, and its association to clinical symptoms in Fibromyalgia (FM) patients. Methods: We conducted a case–control and correlational study comparing 65 patients and 45 healthy controls. Clinical parameters were evaluated...

Aims: Tay–Sachs and Sandhoff diseases (GM2 gangliosidosis) are autosomal recessive disorders of lysosomal function that cause progressive neurodegeneration in infants and young children. Impaired hydrolysis catalysed by β-hexosaminidase A (HexA) leads to the accumulation of GM2 ganglioside in neuronal lysosomes. Despite the storage phenotype,...

In 2008, we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy. Since then, this topic has received increasing attention, and many scientists have entered the field. Our knowledge base and relevant new technologies have also been expanding. Thus, it is important to formulate on a regular basis updated guidelines for...

Inflammation is a hallmark of aging and accelerated aging syndromes such as Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS). In this study, we present evidence of increased expression of the components of the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway in HGPS skin fibroblasts, an outcome that was associated with morphological changes of the nuclei of the cells....

Conventional cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) are accepted to identify asymptomatic individuals with high risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, AMI affects many patients previously classified at low risk. New biomarkers are needed to improve risk prediction. We propose to evaluate the NLRP3–inflammasome complex as a potential...

Inflammation is a hallmark of aging and is negatively affecting female fertility. In this study, we evaluate the role of the NLRP3 inflammasome in ovarian aging and female fertility. Age-dependent increased expression of NLRP3 in the ovary was observed in WT mice during reproductive aging. High expression of NLRP3, caspase-1, and IL-1β was also...