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Most relevant scientific articles
• Fernández-Pernas P., Fafian-Labora J., Lesende-Rodríguez I., Mateos J., De la Fuente A., Fuentes I. et al. 3, 3′, 5-triiodo-L-thyronine Increases In Vitro Chondrogenesis of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Human Umbilical Cord Stroma Through SRC2. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 2016.
• Rocha B., Calamia V., Blanco F.J., Ruiz-Romero C. Identification of factors produced and secreted by mesenchymal stromal cells with the SILAC method. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2016;1416:551-565.
• Rocha B., Cillero-Pastor B., Blanco F.J., Ruiz-Romero C.. MALDI mass spectrometry imaging in rheumatic diseases. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics. 2016.
• Lagunas A., Tsintzou I., Vida Y., Collado D., Pérez-Inestrosa E., Pereira C.R. et al. Tailoring RGD local surface density at the nanoscale toward adult stem cell chondrogenic commitment. Nano Research. 2016;1-13.
• Burguera E.F., Meijide-Failde R., Blanco F.J. Hydrogen sulfide and inflammatory joint diseases. Current Drug Targets. 2016;17(16).
Highlights
In 2016, GBTTC-CHUAC has initiated the project “Applied public-private research enabling osteoarthritis clinical headway” (APPROACH) financed by IMI, until 2020. The APPROACH consortium brings together a highly qualified and multidisciplinary group of stakeholders that will set up – for the first time – a broad database of different OA patients as well as a longitudinal cohort based on innovative stratification methods that identifies different osteoarthritis phenotypes. This will allow for the development of guidelines for differentially diagnosing the right patient for the right treatment.
Regarding Training, Dra. Clara Sanjurjo Rodríguez, has obtained her PhD with Sum Cum Laude distinction for her dissertartion “Bone and Cartilage Tissue Engineering using MSC and biomaterials”. In 2016, Cristina Pereira Rodríguez, has been incorporated to the group with an i-PFIS contract and will continue with the research line “Study of chondrogenesis in RGD-dendrimer nanopatterned PLLA substrates” within the intramural project of excellence CHONDRONANONET.
As a result of the activity of the group in the role of hydrogen sulfide in osteoarthritis, Elena F. Burguera, Ángela Vela Anero, Rosa Meijide and Francisco J. Blanco have been distinguished with the following awards:
• Special Jury Prize, 2016 Innovative Spa Research Awards (European Spas Association, ESPA). Vichy,
France.
• VIII International Award Marcial Campos for Thermal Research with the work “Anti-inflammatory, anti-
oxidant and anti-catabolic properties of hydrogen sulfide in osteoarthritis”, Spain.
Finally, the activity of the group in the promotion of scientific culture and the visibility of women in science has received funding from FECYT for the project “Women Scientists in Biomedicine: a track and field career”. In addition, the project “Biomedicine with and for Society” has been distinguished as a “Inspiring Practice in the Promotion of Scientific Culture” 2015 by FECYT.
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