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  1. Article: Recurrent Ureterosciatic Herniation Causing Right Obstructive Uropathy.

    García-Rico, Eduardo / Ortega-Polledo, Luis Enrique / Carrion, Diego M / Quiroga-Valcarcel, Ana / Fernández Hernández, Laura

    Cureus

    2024  Volume 16, Issue 3, Page(s) e57128

    Abstract: Sciatic hernias are unusual, challenging to diagnose, and can present some treatment dilemmas. Sciatic hernias containing the ureter are even less common. Symptoms are variable from renal fossa pain, mild or severe pelvic pain, neuropathic pain, or ... ...

    Abstract Sciatic hernias are unusual, challenging to diagnose, and can present some treatment dilemmas. Sciatic hernias containing the ureter are even less common. Symptoms are variable from renal fossa pain, mild or severe pelvic pain, neuropathic pain, or dysesthesias. Although stenting alone can be a treatment option for this condition, in cases where symptoms or ureteral obstruction relapse after initial treatment, sciatic hernioplasty must be considered as the definitive treatment. This article presents the case of a female patient who presented with a history of nonspecific abdominal pain and was diagnosed with a right-sided ureterosciatic hernia. This was managed with a ureteral stent for reduction of herniated ureteral content, but after recurrence, laparoscopic sciatic hernioplasty was performed. The patient was pain-free and without obstructive uropathy at the one-year follow-up.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports
    ZDB-ID 2747273-5
    ISSN 2168-8184
    ISSN 2168-8184
    DOI 10.7759/cureus.57128
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  2. Article: Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Spectroscopy for Sensing and Characterization of Exosomes in Cancer Diagnosis.

    Guerrini, Luca / Garcia-Rico, Eduardo / O'Loghlen, Ana / Giannini, Vincenzo / Alvarez-Puebla, Ramon A

    Cancers

    2021  Volume 13, Issue 9

    Abstract: Exosomes are emerging as one of the most intriguing cancer biomarkers in modern oncology for early cancer diagnosis, prognosis and treatment monitoring. Concurrently, several nanoplasmonic methods have been applied and developed to tackle the challenging ...

    Abstract Exosomes are emerging as one of the most intriguing cancer biomarkers in modern oncology for early cancer diagnosis, prognosis and treatment monitoring. Concurrently, several nanoplasmonic methods have been applied and developed to tackle the challenging task of enabling the rapid, sensitive, affordable analysis of exosomes. In this review, we specifically focus our attention on the application of plasmonic devices exploiting surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) as the optosensing technique for the structural interrogation and characterization of the heterogeneous nature of exosomes. We summarized the current state-of-art of this field while illustrating the main strategic approaches and discuss their advantages and limitations.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-30
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2527080-1
    ISSN 2072-6694
    ISSN 2072-6694
    DOI 10.3390/cancers13092179
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  3. Article ; Online: Direct surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy of nucleic acids: from fundamental studies to real-life applications.

    Garcia-Rico, Eduardo / Alvarez-Puebla, Ramon A / Guerrini, Luca

    Chemical Society reviews

    2018  Volume 47, Issue 13, Page(s) 4909–4923

    Abstract: Plasmonic optical biosensors for the analysis of nucleic acids have drawn a great deal of interest in nanomedicine because of their capability to overcome major limitations of conventional methods. Within this realm, surface-enhanced Raman scattering ( ... ...

    Abstract Plasmonic optical biosensors for the analysis of nucleic acids have drawn a great deal of interest in nanomedicine because of their capability to overcome major limitations of conventional methods. Within this realm, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based sensing is progressively emerging as a powerful analytical tool beyond the basic grounds of academia to viable commercial products. SERS benefits from the synergistic combination between the intrinsic structural specificity and experimental flexibility of Raman spectroscopy, the extremely high sensitivity provided by plasmonic nanomaterials, and the tremendous advances in nanofabrication techniques and spectroscopic instrumentation. SERS application to nucleic acids analysis has been largely restricted to indirect sensing approaches, where a SERS reporter and oligonucleotide ligands are typically combined onto the nanomaterials to enable extrinsic detection of the target sequences. On the other hand, the acquisition of the intrinsic SERS vibrational fingerprint of nucleic acids (direct sensing) has traditionally suffered from major limitations. However, recent years have witnessed a burst of interest in this area, largely driven by the efforts to address key reproducibility and sensitivity issues. In this tutorial review, we summarize and discuss the most recent cutting-edge research in the field of direct SERS sensing of nucleic acids by coherently organising the diverse data reported in the literature in a structurally logical fashion.
    MeSH term(s) Nucleic Acids/analysis ; Spectrum Analysis, Raman/methods ; Surface Properties
    Chemical Substances Nucleic Acids
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-07-02
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1472875-8
    ISSN 1460-4744 ; 0306-0012
    ISSN (online) 1460-4744
    ISSN 0306-0012
    DOI 10.1039/c7cs00809k
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  4. Article ; Online: Endourological panorama and current state of training in endourology among European teaching hospitals.

    Ortega Polledo, Luis E / Mantica, Guglielmo / Carrión, Diego M / Khelif, Adrian / Subiela Henríquez, José D / González Padilla, Daniel A / Sanchís Bonet, Ángeles / Tamayo Ruiz, Juan C / García Rico, Eduardo / Alonso Gregorio, Sergio / Gómez Rivas, Juan / Esperto, Francesco / Scoffone, Cesare M / Cracco, Cecilia M / Checcucci, Enrico

    Minerva urology and nephrology

    2023  Volume 76, Issue 1, Page(s) 5–8

    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-13
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 3062840-4
    ISSN 2724-6442
    ISSN (online) 2724-6442
    DOI 10.23736/S2724-6051.23.05646-X
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  5. Article: SERS Quantification and Characterization of Proteins and Other Biomolecules

    Feliu, Neus / Alvarez-Puebla Ramon / Cui Daxiang / Garcia Rico Eduardo / Hassan Moustapha / Parak Wolfgang

    Langmuir. 2017 Sept. 26, v. 33, no. 38

    2017  

    Abstract: Changes in protein expression levels and protein structure may indicate genomic mutations and may be related to some diseases. Therefore, the precise quantification and characterization of proteins can be used for disease diagnosis. Compared with several ...

    Abstract Changes in protein expression levels and protein structure may indicate genomic mutations and may be related to some diseases. Therefore, the precise quantification and characterization of proteins can be used for disease diagnosis. Compared with several other alternative methods, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy is regarded as an excellent choice for the quantification and structural characterization of proteins. Herein, we review the main advance of using plasmonic nanostructures as SERS sensing platform for this purpose. Three design approaches, including direct SERS, indirect SERS, and SERS-encoded nanoparticles, are discussed in the direction of developing new precise approaches of quantification and characterization of proteins. While this Review is focused on proteins, in order to highlight concepts of SERS-based sensors also detection of other biomolecules will be discussed.
    Keywords disease diagnosis ; mutation ; nanoparticles ; protein structure ; protein synthesis ; proteins ; Raman spectroscopy
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2017-0926
    Size p. 9711-9730.
    Publishing place American Chemical Society
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2005937-1
    ISSN 1520-5827 ; 0743-7463
    ISSN (online) 1520-5827
    ISSN 0743-7463
    DOI 10.1021%2Facs.langmuir.7b01567
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  6. Article ; Online: SERS Quantification and Characterization of Proteins and Other Biomolecules.

    Feliu, Neus / Hassan, Moustapha / Garcia Rico, Eduardo / Cui, Daxiang / Parak, Wolfgang / Alvarez-Puebla, Ramon

    Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids

    2017  Volume 33, Issue 38, Page(s) 9711–9730

    Abstract: Changes in protein expression levels and protein structure may indicate genomic mutations and may be related to some diseases. Therefore, the precise quantification and characterization of proteins can be used for disease diagnosis. Compared with several ...

    Abstract Changes in protein expression levels and protein structure may indicate genomic mutations and may be related to some diseases. Therefore, the precise quantification and characterization of proteins can be used for disease diagnosis. Compared with several other alternative methods, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy is regarded as an excellent choice for the quantification and structural characterization of proteins. Herein, we review the main advance of using plasmonic nanostructures as SERS sensing platform for this purpose. Three design approaches, including direct SERS, indirect SERS, and SERS-encoded nanoparticles, are discussed in the direction of developing new precise approaches of quantification and characterization of proteins. While this Review is focused on proteins, in order to highlight concepts of SERS-based sensors also detection of other biomolecules will be discussed.
    MeSH term(s) Nanoparticles ; Nanostructures ; Proteins/chemistry ; Spectrum Analysis, Raman
    Chemical Substances Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-09-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2005937-1
    ISSN 1520-5827 ; 0743-7463
    ISSN (online) 1520-5827
    ISSN 0743-7463
    DOI 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01567
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  7. Article ; Online: Smelling, Seeing, Tasting-Old Senses for New Sensing.

    Guerrini, Luca / Garcia-Rico, Eduardo / Pazos-Perez, Nicolas / Alvarez-Puebla, Ramon A

    ACS nano

    2017  Volume 11, Issue 6, Page(s) 5217–5222

    Abstract: The senses are the physiological mechanisms of perception that enable an organism to interact with the surrounding media. For centuries, humans have utilized these senses in science; vision and olfaction have been used the most extensively in ... ...

    Abstract The senses are the physiological mechanisms of perception that enable an organism to interact with the surrounding media. For centuries, humans have utilized these senses in science; vision and olfaction have been used the most extensively in laboratories followed by gustation and somatosensation, whereas audition has only rarely been employed. Most of these applications of senses were developed spontaneously based on the natural behavior of the chemistry of the reactants producing changes in scent, taste, or color. In recent years, by exploiting the outstanding properties of nanoparticles, many groups have demonstrated alternative sensing scenarios where the detection limits are remarkably improved, enabling the recognition of hazardous substances by mere sight, smell, or taste. Such alternative sensing approaches can be divided into two main groups: (i) methods that identify a single analyte by engineering a reaction that promotes a change in color or the generation of a characteristic scent, and (ii) methods that emulate or even improve mammalian senses, especially those related to taste and smell. In this Perspective, we discuss the context of each technology, present prominent examples, and evaluate the complexities, potential pitfalls, and opportunities presented by different re-engineering strategies.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Biosensing Techniques/instrumentation ; Biosensing Techniques/methods ; Colorimetry/instrumentation ; Colorimetry/methods ; Escherichia coli/isolation & purification ; Escherichia coli Infections/microbiology ; Humans ; Mercury/analysis ; Nanoparticles/chemistry ; Smell ; Taste ; Vision, Ocular
    Chemical Substances Mercury (FXS1BY2PGL)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-06-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 1936-086X
    ISSN (online) 1936-086X
    DOI 10.1021/acsnano.7b03176
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  8. Article ; Online: Conformational SERS Classification of K-Ras Point Mutations for Cancer Diagnostics.

    Morla-Folch, Judit / Gisbert-Quilis, Patricia / Masetti, Matteo / Garcia-Rico, Eduardo / Alvarez-Puebla, Ramon A / Guerrini, Luca

    Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

    2017  Volume 56, Issue 9, Page(s) 2381–2385

    Abstract: Point mutations in Ras oncogenes are routinely screened for diagnostics and treatment of tumors (especially in colorectal cancer). Here, we develop an optical approach based on direct SERS coupled with chemometrics for the study of the specific ... ...

    Abstract Point mutations in Ras oncogenes are routinely screened for diagnostics and treatment of tumors (especially in colorectal cancer). Here, we develop an optical approach based on direct SERS coupled with chemometrics for the study of the specific conformations that single-point mutations impose on a relatively large fragment of the K-Ras gene (141 nucleobases). Results obtained offer the unambiguous classification of different mutations providing a potentially useful insight for diagnostics and treatment of cancer in a sensitive, fast, direct and inexpensive manner.
    MeSH term(s) DNA/genetics ; DNA Mutational Analysis/methods ; Genes, ras ; Humans ; Neoplasms/diagnosis ; Neoplasms/genetics ; Point Mutation ; Spectrum Analysis, Raman/methods
    Chemical Substances DNA (9007-49-2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-01-12
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2011836-3
    ISSN 1521-3773 ; 1433-7851
    ISSN (online) 1521-3773
    ISSN 1433-7851
    DOI 10.1002/anie.201611243
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  9. Article ; Online: Correction: Metabolic pathway for the universal fluorescent recognition of tumor cells.

    Fernandez-Carrascal, Ana / Garcia-Algar, Manuel / Nazarenus, Moritz / Torres-Nuñez, Alicia / Guerrini, Luca / Feliu, Neus / Parak, Wolfgang J / Garcia-Rico, Eduardo / Alvarez-Puebla, Ramon A

    Oncotarget

    2019  Volume 10, Issue 61, Page(s) 6643

    Abstract: This corrects the article DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.18551.]. ...

    Abstract [This corrects the article DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.18551.].
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-11-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Published Erratum
    ZDB-ID 2560162-3
    ISSN 1949-2553 ; 1949-2553
    ISSN (online) 1949-2553
    ISSN 1949-2553
    DOI 10.18632/oncotarget.27314
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  10. Article: Adaptive metabolic pattern biomarker for disease monitoring and staging of lung cancer with liquid biopsy.

    Garcia-Algar, Manuel / Fernandez-Carrascal, Ana / Olano-Daza, Ana / Guerrini, Luca / Feliu, Neus / Parak, Wolfgang J / Guimera, Roger / Garcia-Rico, Eduardo / Alvarez-Puebla, Ramon A

    NPJ precision oncology

    2018  Volume 2, Page(s) 16

    Abstract: In this manuscript, we demonstrate the applicability of a metabolic liquid biopsy for the monitoring and staging of patients with lung cancer. This method provides an unbiased detection strategy to establish a more precise correlation between CTC ... ...

    Abstract In this manuscript, we demonstrate the applicability of a metabolic liquid biopsy for the monitoring and staging of patients with lung cancer. This method provides an unbiased detection strategy to establish a more precise correlation between CTC quantification and the actual burden of disease, therefore improving the accuracy of staging based on current imaging techniques. Also, by applying statistical analysis techniques and probabilistic models to the metabolic status and distribution of peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) populations "perturbed" by the presence of CTCs, a new category of adaptive metabolic pattern biomarker (AMPB) is described and unambiguously correlated to the different clinical stages of the patients. In fact, this strategy allows for classification of different categories of disease within a single stage (stage IV) before computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) scans and with lower uncertainty.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-08-08
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2397-768X
    ISSN 2397-768X
    DOI 10.1038/s41698-018-0059-9
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