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Juárez Martín-Delgado, Ignacio

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Ignacio
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Juárez Martín-Delgado
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Medicina
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Inmunología, Oftalmología y ORL
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Inmunología
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    Higher prevalence of LAP+ (Latency TGFβ-Associated Peptide) T cells at the tissue level in patients with early gastric cancer
    (Elsevier, 2022-10-28) Aguinaga Barrilero, Ana; Juárez Martín-Delgado, Ignacio; Vaquero Yuste, Christian; Molina Alejandre, Marta; Gutiérrez Calvo, Alberto; Lasa, Inmaculada; López, Adela; Gómez, Remedios; Molanes López, Elisa M.; Martin Villa, Jose Manuel
    The presence of cells with regulatory functions in patients with cancer is one of the mechanisms whereby the immune system cannot confront tumor growth. We sought to determine the prevalence of immunoregulatory Tcell subpopulations, expressing the latency TGFβ-associated peptide (LAP), in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma. T cells were enriched from blood or gastric tissue (tumoral, TT or tumor-free, TF) samples from 22 patients, 6 with early (EGC) and 16 with advanced gastric cancer (AGC). CD4, CD8, LAP, FoxP3 and IFN-γ were measured by cytometry. CD8 + LAP + cells were increased at tumoral sites, especially in early stages of the disease, as compared to tumor-free explants (EGC 5.28 % [4.67–6.64]*; AGC 2.90 % [1.37–4.44]; TF 3.14 % [2.33–4.16]; *p < 0.05 vs TF). Likewise, the LAP+/CD8 + LAP- ratio is increased in gastric samples from patients with early disease (EGC 0.38 [0.30–0.45]*, AGC 0.12 [0.07–0.14]; TF 0.12 [0.09–0.31]; *p < 0.05 vs AGC). Disease progression is accompanied by decreased LAP membrane expression and, probably, increased LAP secretion, therefore limiting the response to the tumor.
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    A Reliable and Standardizable Differential PCR and qPCR Methodology Assesses HER2 Gene Amplification in Gastric Cancer
    (MDPI, 2021-06-10) Juárez Martín-Delgado, Ignacio; Toro Fernandez, Juan Francisco; Vaquero Yuste, Christian; Molina Alejandre, Marta; Lasa, Inmaculada; Gomez, Remedios; Lopez, Adela; Martin Villa, Jose Manuel; Gutierrez, Alberto
    We have applied two PCR techniques, differential PCR (diffPCR) and qPCR for the identification of HER2 gene amplifications in genomic DNA of tumor and distal gastric samples from patients with gastric cancer. The diffPCR technique consists of the simultaneous amplification of the HER2 gene and a housekeeping gene by conventional PCR and the densitometric analysis of the bands obtained. We established a cut-off point based on the mean and standard deviation analyzing the DNA of 30 gastric tissues from patients undergoing non-cancer gastrectomy. diffPCR and qPCR yielded consistent results. HER2-overexpression was detected in 25% of patients and was further confirmed by immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence. The approaches herein described may serve as complementary and reliable methods to assess HER2 amplification.