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  1. Article ; Online: The induction of natural competence adapts staphylococcal metabolism to infection.

    Cordero, Mar / García-Fernández, Julia / Acosta, Ivan C / Yepes, Ana / Avendano-Ortiz, Jose / Lisowski, Clivia / Oesterreicht, Babett / Ohlsen, Knut / Lopez-Collazo, Eduardo / Förstner, Konrad U / Eulalio, Ana / Lopez, Daniel

    Nature communications

    2022  Volume 13, Issue 1, Page(s) 1525

    Abstract: A central question concerning natural competence is why orthologs of competence genes are conserved in non-competent bacterial species, suggesting they have a role other than in transformation. Here we show that competence induction in the human pathogen ...

    Abstract A central question concerning natural competence is why orthologs of competence genes are conserved in non-competent bacterial species, suggesting they have a role other than in transformation. Here we show that competence induction in the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus occurs in response to ROS and host defenses that compromise bacterial respiration during infection. Bacteria cope with reduced respiration by obtaining energy through fermentation instead. Since fermentation is energetically less efficient than respiration, the energy supply must be assured by increasing the glycolytic flux. The induction of natural competence increases the rate of glycolysis in bacteria that are unable to respire via upregulation of DNA- and glucose-uptake systems. A competent-defective mutant showed no such increase in glycolysis, which negatively affects its survival in both mouse and Galleria infection models. Natural competence foster genetic variability and provides S. aureus with additional nutritional and metabolic possibilities, allowing it to proliferate during infection.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Bacterial Proteins/genetics ; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism ; Carbohydrate Metabolism ; Fermentation ; Glycolysis/genetics ; Mice ; Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology ; Staphylococcus aureus/genetics ; Staphylococcus aureus/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Bacterial Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-29206-7
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  2. Article ; Online: Evolución de la calidad seminal en una población no industrializada procedente de Salamanca durante los últimos treinta años.

    Corrales, Juan José / Cordero, Mar / Galindo, Purificación / Burgo, Rosa María / Hernández, Jerónimo / Manuel Miralles, José

    Medicina clinica

    2011  Volume 136, Issue 7, Page(s) 277–283

    Abstract: Background and objective: The objective was to analyze the secular trend in semen quality over the past 30 years (1978-2007) in a population-based study in Salamanca, Western Spain. Information about this issue in non-industrialized areas of Southern ... ...

    Title translation Trends in semen quality in a non-industrialized population from the Salamanca area, Spain, during the last 30 years.
    Abstract Background and objective: The objective was to analyze the secular trend in semen quality over the past 30 years (1978-2007) in a population-based study in Salamanca, Western Spain. Information about this issue in non-industrialized areas of Southern Europe is lacking.
    Subjects and methods: We analyzed semen quality in 612 consecutive healthy normospermic subjects derived to our unit for andrologic evaluation. The study was performed at a single Centre and a single highly experienced technician made all analyses at the same laboratory.
    Results: The age of the subjects at diagnosis increased, while the time interval of childless relationships before consultation decreased over time. Semen volume and sperm counts decreased while sperm motility increased over this period. Motile density per ejaculate showed a clearly decreasing trend.
    Conclusions: Our results demonstrate a decrease in semen quality over the last 30 years in the area of Salamanca in western Spain, suggesting that non-industrial-related factors may be involved in decreasing semen quality.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Age Factors ; Environment ; Humans ; Infertility, Male/epidemiology ; Male ; Retrospective Studies ; Semen Analysis/trends ; Spain ; Sperm Motility
    Language Spanish
    Publishing date 2011-03-19
    Publishing country Spain
    Document type English Abstract ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 411607-0
    ISSN 1578-8989 ; 0025-7753
    ISSN (online) 1578-8989
    ISSN 0025-7753
    DOI 10.1016/j.medcli.2010.05.031
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  3. Article ; Online: Enhanced immunological response by dendritic cells in male hypogonadism.

    Corrales, Juan J / Almeida, María / Cordero, Mar / Martín-Martín, Lourdes / Méndez, Cristina / Miralles, José M / Orfao, Alberto

    European journal of clinical investigation

    2012  Volume 42, Issue 11, Page(s) 1205–1212

    Abstract: Background: The effect of male hypogonadism on the immune response is poorly understood, even though testosterone has both immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory effects in men.: Design: In this study, we compared the distribution and functional ... ...

    Abstract Background: The effect of male hypogonadism on the immune response is poorly understood, even though testosterone has both immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory effects in men.
    Design: In this study, we compared the distribution and functional status of peripheral blood (PB) monocytes, dendritic cells (DCs) [CD16(+) (monocytoid), CD33(+) (myeloid) and CD33(-) (plasmacytoid)] and CD4(+) CD25(+)CD127(-/lo) regulatory T cells from hypogonadic men and control subjects. Immunophenotypic studies were performed both on resting and in vitro-stimulated cells.
    Results: Overall, no significant differences were detected on the number of monocytes, DCs and CD4(+) CD25(+) CD127(-/lo) regulatory T cells between both groups of subjects. However, hypogonadic men showed slightly higher numbers of circulating CD16(+) cells expressing the CD107b activation/degranulation-associated marker than controls, such differences reaching statistical significance after in vitro stimulation with CpG oligodeoxynucleotides. Interestingly, antigen-stimulated expression of CD107b on CD16(+) cells inversely correlated with the serum concentrations of total testosterone (r(2)=-0.45; P=0.01), free testosterone (r(2)=-0.48; P=0.005), calculated free testosterone (r(2)=-0.44; P=0.01) and bioavailable testosterone (r(2)=-0.46; P=0.008) among all cases studied, as well as with both the LH (r(2)=-0.53, P=0.04) and FSH (r(2)=-0.54, P=0.04) serum levels among hypogonadic men.
    Conclusions: These findings show an enhanced immunological response of circulating (activated) CD16(+) DCs to antigen stimulation, which was inversely related to testosterone and gonadotropin serum levels. Such findings suggest a modulation by the hypothalamic-hypophyseal-gonadal axis of the immune response and may have clinical implications for hypogonadic men, as regards susceptibility to autoimmune diseases and increased responses to antigenic stimuli.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Biomarkers/blood ; Case-Control Studies ; Dendritic Cells/immunology ; Dendritic Cells/metabolism ; Humans ; Hypogonadism/blood ; Hypogonadism/immunology ; Luteinizing Hormone/blood ; Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 2/immunology ; Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 2/metabolism ; Male ; Monocytes/immunology ; Monocytes/metabolism ; T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/metabolism ; Testosterone/blood ; Testosterone/deficiency
    Chemical Substances Biomarkers ; Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 2 ; Testosterone (3XMK78S47O) ; Luteinizing Hormone (9002-67-9)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-11
    Publishing country England
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 186196-7
    ISSN 1365-2362 ; 0014-2972 ; 0960-135X
    ISSN (online) 1365-2362
    ISSN 0014-2972 ; 0960-135X
    DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2012.02712.x
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  4. Article: Estudio de las regiones AZF del cromosoma Y en varones con infertilidad idiopática. Comparación de dos métodos de diagnóstico molecular.

    Isidoro-García, María / González-Sarmiento, Rogelio / Cordero, Mar / García-Macías, Carmen / Corrales-Hernández, Juan José / Miralles-García, José Manuel

    Medicina clinica

    2005  Volume 125, Issue 19, Page(s) 731–733

    Abstract: Background and objective: It is well known that both azoospermia and oligozoospermia are associated to microdeletions of single tagged sites (STS) in the long arm of the Y chromosome. Characterization of deletions is carried out by polymerase chain ... ...

    Title translation Study of AZF regions of Y chromosome in males with idiopathic infertility. Analysis of two methods of molecular diagnosis.
    Abstract Background and objective: It is well known that both azoospermia and oligozoospermia are associated to microdeletions of single tagged sites (STS) in the long arm of the Y chromosome. Characterization of deletions is carried out by polymerase chain reaction, although the number and regions included in the analysis varies between laboratories. The aim of this study was to analyze the presence of chromosome Y microdeletions using 2 different sets of STSs.
    Patients and method: We analysed the presence of microdeletions in the Yq chromosome in 30 patients with idiopathic male infertility, using 2 sets of STSs, those proposed by the European Molecular Genetics Quality Network (EMQN) as first choice and those of the Y Chromosome Deletion Detection System (Promega).
    Results: AZF microdeletions were detected in 4 patients (13%). Only one case was detected simultaneously with both sets.
    Conclusion: In patients with idiopathic male infertility detection of AZF microdeletion in Y chromosome has important methodological problems. Further studies are needed to achieve a more reliable method to be used by clinical laboratories.
    MeSH term(s) Chromosomes, Human, Y/genetics ; Gene Deletion ; Genetic Loci ; Humans ; Infertility, Male/diagnosis ; Infertility, Male/genetics ; Male ; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques ; Seminal Plasma Proteins/genetics
    Chemical Substances Seminal Plasma Proteins
    Language Spanish
    Publishing date 2005-09-12
    Publishing country Spain
    Document type Comparative Study ; English Abstract ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 411607-0
    ISSN 1578-8989 ; 0025-7753
    ISSN (online) 1578-8989
    ISSN 0025-7753
    DOI 10.1016/s0025-7753(05)72171-0
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