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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

Immunological alterations as basis of inmunosenescencein pathological aging.

This research line is centered into the study of the role of cross-reactivity among oxidized lipoproteins (oxLDL), antiB2-GP1 and membrane phospholipids, as well as between these complexes and heat shock proteins. We also focus into the role of proinflamatory (IL2 / IL6 / TNFalpha) and anti-inflamatory (IL4 / IL-10) cytokines, as well as with the different activation profiles of TCR and/or CD14 (TLR4) and the role of hormones such as melatonin and the growth hormone.

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

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