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Jaume Alijotas Reig

Institutions of which they are part

Head of group
Systemic Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

Jaume Alijotas Reig

Institutions of which they are part

Head of group
Systemic Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

Research lines

Endothelial senescence and their pleiotropic effects onto inflamatory processes, inmunological response and angiogenesis.

Identification at the molecular level of pathways and proteins associated with the senescence of endothelial cells linked to aging and inflamatory responses. New candidate targets for therapeutic intervention at the clinical level and as new molecular moieties for nanomedicine approaches to improve aging related pathologies caused by endothelial inflamatory based senescence.

IP: Jaume Alijotas Reig

Immunologic lesional mechanisms in late adverse reactions against bioimplants.

The late clinical manifestations that arise when bioimplants are applied seem to have an immunologic basis. We are studying both the histological characteristics and the lesional mechanisms of the most frequently used implants. We try to analyze the role that bacteria may have in the induction and/or maintenance of these reactions and the possible correlation between particular HLA haplotypes and the adverse effects.

IP: Jaume Alijotas Reig

Predictive kit to detect the possible establishment of late adverse effects related to bioimplants used in clinical practice.

A high variability in the prevalence of adverse effects with an immunologic basis seems to be related with any implant used in clinical practice. We have managed to find a particular association of HLA haplotypes that increase the risk for developing these effects up to 600 times. We are nowadays working on setting up a safe and reliable biochip or kit which predicts this risk easily in a routine test.

IP: Jaume Alijotas Reig

Immunobiology and immunopathology of recurrent pregnancy loses and spontaneous loses.

Around 2-3% of reproductive-age couples suffer recurrent pregnancy loses. Almost 18% of couples that wish to have children suffer infertility problems. Simultaneously, 2-3% of all pregnant women are diagnosed with spontaneous loses. The expression of HLA molecules, specially type G, the degree of trophoblastic apoptosis, the outsourcing of new neoantigens such as phospholipids, the balance between Th1/Th2/Th3 cytokines, the type and quantity of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ lymphocytes, the kind and the activity of uterine NK cells (uNK) cells, the presence or absence of blocking antibodies, and other mechanisms play different roles in the achievement of the so-called "tolerant microenvironment" needed to develop a normal pregnancy. Therefore, both autoimmune and alloimmune mechanisms are important. We aim at studying which isolated, and specially associated, anomalies can be identified as risk markers to be able to evaluate possible treatments.

IP: Jaume Alijotas Reig

Projects

Factores angiogénicos durante la gestación y riesgo cardiovascular a medio-largo plazo en las pacientes con preeclampsia. Abordaje clínico y experimental.

IP: Jaume Alijotas Reig
Collaborators: Manel Mendoza Cobaleda, Josep Perapoch López
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 71995
Reference: PI16/01997
Duration: 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2019

Incorporación del ratio sFlt1/PlGF en el diagnóstico y clasificación de preeclampsia: Ensayo clínico randomizado (EuroPE estudio)

IP: Elisa Llurba Olivé
Collaborators: Jaume Alijotas Reig, Manel Mendoza Cobaleda
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 111925
Reference: PI16/00375
Duration: 01/01/2017 - 13/06/2017

Sulfato de magnesio en pauta continua versus discontinua en la conducta expectante de la preeclampsia grave: ensayo clínico aleatorizado

IP: Anna Suy Franch
Collaborators: Jaume Alijotas Reig
Funding agency: Ministerio Sanidad
Funding: 57120
Reference: EC11-474
Duration: 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2018

Sulfato de magnesio en pauta continua versus discontinua en la conducta expectante de la preeclampsia grave: ensayo clínico randomizado

IP: Anna Suy Franch
Collaborators: Jaume Alijotas Reig, Maria del Mar Goya Canino
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 62012.5
Reference: PI11/00388
Duration: 01/01/2012 - 30/06/2016

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