About the VHIR
Here at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) we promote biomedical research, innovation and teaching. Over 1,800 people are seeking to understand diseases today so the treatment can be improved tomorrow.
Research
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Until 2017, this group was constituted as a consolidated group in the VHIR under the name of "Digestive Transplants" with a consolidated research trajectory. Our group has two large areas of research: liver transplantation, which is cross-sectional adult-pediatric and; on the other hand, research, specifically in the fields of liver resections, liver cancer (primary or metastatic), biliary cancer, pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis. Both areas have very innovative aspects, with translational objectives, including artificial intelligence, transcriptomics and molecular biology.
The general objective of the liver transplant research area is to improve the preservation of liver grafts, as well as increase the survival of grafts and transplant patients. The research area related to cancer or acute pancreatitis has as a general objective to improve the management and treatment of patients with pancreatitis, as well as to improve the diagnosis and survival of cancer patients.
Podria restaurar la ureagènesi en pacients pediàtrics amb trastorns del cicle de la urea.
IP: Jesús Quintero Bernabeu, Javier Juamperez Goñi, Maria Margaret Mercadal Hally
- PancreatIA-EmergencyCare: Algoritme de predicció de la gravetat de la pancreatitis aguda utilitzant "machine learning" i processament de imatges.
- PancreatIA-Cancer: Algoritme de predicció de recurrència del càncer de pàncreas post- cirurgia utilitzant "machine learning" i processament de imatges així como las mutacions genètiques del tumor.
IP: Elizabeth Pando Rau, Joaquin Balsells Valls
El desenvolupament de algoritmes de “machine learning” de forma objectiva, ràpida i reproduïble, per detectar i quantificar el grau d´esteatosi. També plataforma d´entrenament d´algoritmes amb dades i imatges médiques.
IP: Concepción Gomez Gavara, Itxarone Izaskun Bilbao Aguirre, Elizabeth Pando Rau
La seva correlació amb dades clíniques, analítiques, d'imatge i amb un panell de miRNA (miR-155-5p, miR-122-5p, miR-181a -5p, miR-148-3p ) podria permetre la individualització del tractament immunosupressor.
IP: Concepción Gomez Gavara Collaborators: Ramon Charco Torra, Ernest Hidalgo Llompart, Enric Miret Alomar, Elizabeth Pando Rau Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Funding: 0.01 Reference: 2021 SGR 01236 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025
IP: Chaysavanh Manichanh Collaborators: Itxarone Izaskun Bilbao Aguirre, Zaida Soler Luque, Jordi Barquinero Mañez, Oscar Segarra Canton, Gerard Serrano Gomez, Cristina Dopazo Taboada, Rocío Piñera Moreno Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Funding: 40000 Reference: 2021 SGR 00459 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025
IP: Alberto Sandiumenge Camps Collaborators: Ernest Hidalgo Llompart, Jesús Quintero Bernabeu Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación-MICINN Funding: 124939 Reference: CPP2021-008633 Duration: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2025
IP: Maria Antonia Emilia Meneghini Collaborators: Lluis Castells Fusté, Joana Sellarés Roig, Jesús Quintero Bernabeu, Eva Maria Revilla Lopez, Marina Muñoz López, Meritxell Boada Perez, Laura Donadeu Casassas Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 111320 Reference: PI22/00749 Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025
PMID: 37031602 Journal: Translational Oncology Year: 2023 Reference: Transl Oncol. 2023 Jun;32:101668. doi: 10.1016/j.tranon.2023.101668. Epub 2023 Apr 5. Impact factor: Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Baraibar, Iosune; Capdevila, Jaume; Castells, Marta R; Castillo, Gloria; Comas, Raquel; Comas, Raquel; Dopazo, Cristina; Elez, Elena; Espin, Eloy; Garcia, Ariadna et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2023.101668
PMID: 37731066 Journal: LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY Year: 2023 Reference: Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2023 Sep 21;408(1):367. doi: 10.1007/s00423-023-03105-x. Impact factor: Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Abu-Suboh, Monder; Abu-Suboh, Monder; Alberti, Piero; Balsells, Joaquin; Balsells, Joaquin; Charco, Ramon; Charco, Ramon; Macarulla, Teresa; Macarulla, Teresa; Masachs, Miquel et al. DOI: 10.1007/s00423-023-03105-x
PMID: 37814344 Journal: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA Year: 2023 Reference: Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2023 Oct 9. doi: 10.1111/aogs.14687. Impact factor: Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Armengol-Alsina, Mireia; Bonacina, Erika; Caamina, Sara; Carreras, Elena; Catalan, Sara; Dalmau, Marta; Del Barco, Ester; Garcia-Manau, Pablo; Hernandez, Alina; Lopez, Monica et al. DOI: 10.1111/aogs.14687
PMID: 37093116 Journal: Cirugia pediatrica : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Cirugia Pediatrica Year: 2023 Reference: Cir Pediatr. 2023 Apr 1;36(2):73-77. doi: 10.54847/cp.2023.02.14. Impact factor: Publication type: Paper in national publication Authors: Barila, P; Bilbao, I; Charco, R; Hidalgo, E; Juamperez, J; Mercadal-Hally, M; Molino, J A; Ortega, J; Quintero, J et al. DOI: 10.54847/cp.2023.02.14
The meeting was an opportunity to get to know projects from both institutions and to promote interaction between professionals.
The study also linked improved microbiota diversity to better liver function.
Over the course of two days, experts presented the latest advances in vectors, different gene modification techniques and their transfer to clinical practice.
