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Adaptación de una Asignatura de Logopedia al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior, EEES: Percepción de los Estudiantes

Alterations in metabolism-related genes induced in SHSY5Y cells by okadaic acid exposure.

scientific article

An ECVAG inter-laboratory validation study of the comet assay: inter-laboratory and intra-laboratory variations of DNA strand breaks and FPG-sensitive sites in human mononuclear cells

scientific article published on 27 February 2013

Applicability of EU(7)-PIM criteria in cross-national studies in European countries.

scientific article published on 24 June 2019

Are iron oxide nanoparticles safe? Current knowledge and future perspectives.

scientific article

Assays to determine DNA repair ability

scientific article published on January 2011

Assessing the in vitro toxicity of airborne (nano)particles to the human respiratory system: from basic to advanced models

scientific article published on 24 January 2023

Assessment of Immunotoxicity Parameters in Individuals Occupationally Exposed to Lead

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Assessment of apoptosis and cell cycle alterations in human peripheral blood lymphocytes exposed to okadaic acid

Assessment of occupational genotoxic risk in the production of rubber tyres

scientific article published on 23 June 2006

Assessment of okadaic acid effects on cytotoxicity, DNA damage and DNA repair in human cells

scientific article published on 26 May 2010

Assessment of oxidative damage induced by iron oxide nanoparticles on different nervous system cells

scientific article published on 30 November 2018

Association of Torquetenovirus Viremia with Physical Frailty and Cognitive Impairment in Three Independent European Cohorts

scientific article published in 2023

Association of inflammatory mediators with frailty status in older adults: results from a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 15 August 2020

Biomonitoring of a population of Portuguese workers exposed to lead.

scientific article published on 15 January 2011

Biomonitoring of human exposure to prestige oil: effects on DNA and endocrine parameters.

scientific article

Biomonitoring of several toxic metal(loid)s in different biological matrices from environmentally and occupationally exposed populations from Panasqueira mine area, Portugal

scientific article published on 30 August 2013

Cellular and Molecular Toxicity of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

scientific article published in January 2018

Chemical exposure and occupational symptoms among Portuguese hairdressers.

scientific article published in January 2011

Comparative study of human neuronal and glial cell sensitivity for in vitro neurogenotoxicity testing.

scientific article published on 4 February 2017

Comparative study on effects of two different types of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on human neuronal cells.

scientific article published on 15 April 2013

Comparison between two bivalve species as tools for the assessment of pollution levels in an estuarian environment

scientific article

Correction: toxicity evaluation of silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticles in human SHSY5Y neuronal cells

article

Cytogenetic and DNA damage on workers exposed to styrene.

scientific article published on 20 August 2010

Cytogenetic and immunological effects associated with occupational formaldehyde exposure.

scientific article published in January 2013

Cytogenetic and molecular biomonitoring of a Portuguese population exposed to pesticides

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Cytogenetic effects induced by Prestige oil on human populations: the role of polymorphisms in genes involved in metabolism and DNA repair

scientific article published on 18 April 2008

Cytotoxicity of iron oxide nanoparticles with different coatings on human neuronal cells

scholarly article by Carla Costa et al published September 2014 in Toxicology Letters

DNA damage and repair in human leukocytes exposed to styrene-7,8-oxide measured by the comet assay

scientific article published in January 2002

DNA damage and susceptibility assessment in industrial workers exposed to styrene.

scientific article published in January 2012

DNA damage in circulating leukocytes measured with the comet assay may predict the risk of death

scientific article published on 18 August 2021

Early Genotoxic and Cytotoxic Effects of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima in the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

Effect of epoxide hydrolase and glutathione S-tranferase genotypes on the induction of micronuclei and DNA damage by styrene-7,8-oxide in vitro

scientific article published in April 2003

Effects of Degree of Urbanization and Lifetime Longest-Held Occupation on Cognitive Impairment Prevalence in an Older Spanish Population

scientific article (publication date: 13 February 2017)

Effects of exposure to oil spills on human health: Updated review.

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

Effects of iron oxide nanoparticles: cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, developmental toxicity, and neurotoxicity.

scientific article published on 11 September 2014

Effects of occupational exposure to lead: Flow cytometric study

Endocrine and immunological parameters in individuals involved in Prestige spill cleanup tasks seven years after the exposure

scientific article published on 20 June 2013

Evaluation of PAH bioaccumulation and DNA damage in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) exposed to spilled Prestige crude oil.

scientific article published on August 2004

Evaluation of cytotoxicity and genotoxicity induced by oleic acid-coated iron oxide nanoparticles in human astrocytes

scientific article published on 30 August 2019

Evaluation of genetic damage in workers employed in a rubber tyres production utilizing the comet assay

scholarly article by Joao Teixeira et al published September 2006 in Toxicology Letters

Evaluation of genotoxic effects in a group of workers exposed to low levels of styrene

scientific article published on February 2002

Evaluation of genotoxicity in a group of workers from a petroleum refinery aromatics plant.

scientific article published on 23 January 2006

Evaluation of okadaic acid-induced genotoxicity in human cells using the micronucleus test and γH2AX analysis.

scientific article published on January 2011

Expanded usage of the Challenge-Comet assay as a DNA repair biomarker in human populations: protocols for fresh and cryopreserved blood samples, and for different challenge agents

scientific article published on 30 September 2020

Exploring Early Detection of Frailty Syndrome in Older Adults: Evaluation of Oxi-Immune Markers, Clinical Parameters and Modifiable Risk Factors

scientific article published on 10 December 2021

Exploring Genetic Outcomes as Frailty Biomarkers

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Follow-up study of genotoxic effects in individuals exposed to oil from the tanker Prestige, seven years after the accident

scientific article published on 25 December 2013

Frailty Status in Older Adults Is Related to Alterations in Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase 1 and Guanosine Triphosphate Cyclohydrolase I Enzymatic Pathways

scientific article

Frailty in Older Adults Is Associated With Plasma Concentrations of Inflammatory Mediators but Not With Lymphocyte Subpopulations.

scientific article

Frailty syndrome and genomic instability in older adults. Suitability of the Cytome Micronucleus Assay as a diagnostic tool.

scientific article published on 13 January 2018

Frailty syndrome, biomarkers and environmental factors - a pilot study

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

Genetic Polymorphism in Cytochrome P450 1B1 in a Spanish Population

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Genetic damage induced by accidental environmental pollutants.

scientific article published on 25 September 2006

Genotoxic effect of exposure to metal(loid)s. A molecular epidemiology survey of populations living and working in Panasqueira mine area, Portugal

scientific article published on 13 September 2013

Genotoxic effects in a population of nurses handling antineoplastic drugs, and relationship with genetic polymorphisms in DNA repair enzymes.

scientific article

Genotoxic effects of lead: an updated review.

scientific article published on 14 May 2010

Genotoxic effects of occupational exposure to lead and influence of polymorphisms in genes involved in lead toxicokinetics and in DNA repair.

scientific article published on 30 March 2012

Genotoxic effects of styrene-7,8-oxide in human white blood cells: comet assay in relation to the induction of sister-chromatid exchanges and micronuclei

scientific article published in April 2001

Genotoxicity associated to exposure to Prestige oil during autopsies and cleaning of oil-contaminated birds

scientific article published on 26 May 2006

Genotoxicity of TiO2 Nanoparticles in Four Different Human Cell Lines (A549, HEPG2, A172 and SH-SY5Y)

scientific article published on 27 February 2020

Genotyping an ALAD polymorphism with real-time PCR in two populations from the Iberian Peninsula.

scientific article published in August 2012

Identification of differentially expressed genes in SHSY5Y cells exposed to okadaic acid by suppression subtractive hybridization.

scientific article

Immune biomarkers in older adults: Role of physical activity.

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

Immunological alterations in individuals exposed to metal(loid)s in the Panasqueira mining area, Central Portugal

scientific article published on 11 January 2014

In Vitro Analysis of Early Genotoxic and Cytotoxic Effects of Okadaic Acid in Different Cell Types of the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

scientific article published on January 2015

In vitro cytotoxicity of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles on neuronal and glial cells. Evaluation of nanoparticle interference with viability tests

scientific article published on 26 July 2015

In vitro evaluation of selenium genotoxic, cytotoxic, and protective effects: a review.

scientific article published on 24 December 2009

In vivo genotoxicity assessment in rats exposed to Prestige-like oil by inhalation.

scientific article published on January 2012

Increased levels of chromosomal aberrations and DNA damage in a group of workers exposed to formaldehyde

scientific article published on 22 February 2015

Individual sensitivity to DNA damage induced by styrene in vitro: influence of cytochrome p450, epoxide hydrolase and glutathione S-transferase genotypes

scientific article published in April 2003

Induction of oxidative DNA damage by the marine toxin okadaic acid depends on human cell type

scientific article published on 21 March 2011

Initial study on the effects of Prestige oil on human health

scientific article published on 19 October 2006

Inter-laboratory variation in DNA damage using a standard comet assay protocol.

scientific article published on 27 July 2012

Is Salivary Chromogranin A a Valid Psychological Stress Biomarker During Sensory Stimulation in People with Advanced Dementia?

scientific article

Is organic farming safer to farmers' health? A comparison between organic and traditional farming

journal article published in 2014

Low Vitamin D Levels and Frailty Status in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 30 July 2020

Lymphocyte Subsets in a Population of Nonfrail Elderly Individuals

scientific article published on 01 January 2015

Medication use in older patients and age-blind approach: narrative literature review (insufficient evidence on the efficacy and safety of drugs in older age, frequent use of PIMs and polypharmacy, and underuse of highly beneficial nonpharmacological

scientific article published on 04 January 2019

Metal(loid) levels in biological matrices from human populations exposed to mining contamination--Panasqueira Mine (Portugal).

scientific article published on January 2012

Micronucleus frequencies in lymphocytes and reticulocytes in a pesticide-exposed population in Portugal

journal article published in 2011

Minimum Information for Reporting on the Comet Assay (MIRCA): recommendations for describing comet assay procedures and results

scientific article published on 26 October 2020

Monitoring follow up of two areas affected by the Prestige oil four years after the spillage

scientific article published on January 2011

Monitoring of the impact of Prestige oil spill on Mytilus galloprovincialis from Galician coast

scientific article published on 15 August 2005

NanoLINEN: nanotoxicology link between India and European Nations.

scientific article published in February 2011

Neuron and Glial Cells Exposed to Cerium Dioxide Nanoparticles: Results from MTT and γH2AX Assays

scientific article published on 5 May 2023

Neuronal cytotoxicity and genotoxicity induced by zinc oxide nanoparticles

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

Neurotoxicity assessment of oleic acid-coated iron oxide nanoparticles in SH-SY5Y cells

scholarly article by Natalia Fernández-Bertólez et al published 1 August 2018 in Toxicology

Neurotoxicity assessment of zinc oxide nanoparticles: Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects

scholarly article by Gözde Kiliç et al published August 2013 in Toxicology Letters

Occupational and environmental health issues in Portugal

scientific article published in January 2012

Occupational exposure to formaldehyde and early biomarkers of cancer risk, immunotoxicity and susceptibility

scientific article published on 14 September 2019

Occupational exposure to formaldehyde: genotoxic risk evaluation by comet assay and micronucleus test using human peripheral lymphocytes.

scientific article published in January 2011

Occupational exposure to styrene: modulation of cytogenetic damage and levels of urinary metabolites of styrene by polymorphisms in genes CYP2E1, EPHX1, GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTP1.

scientific article published in February 2004

Okadaic acid induces morphological changes, apoptosis and cell cycle alterations in different human cell types ⬇️

scientific article published on April 27, 2011

Okadaic acid: more than a diarrheic toxin.

scientific article published on 31 October 2013

Optimization of the harvesting and freezing conditions of human cell lines for DNA damage analysis by the alkaline comet assay

scientific article published on 10 December 2018

Oxidative stress, genomic features and DNA repair in frail elderly: A systematic review.

scientific article

Potassium bromate as positive assay control for the Fpg-modified comet assay

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

Preface

Proteomic analyses reveal that Sky1 modulates apoptosis and mitophagy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells exposed to cisplatin.

scientific article published on 15 July 2014

Relationship between blood concentrations of heavy metals and cytogenetic and endocrine parameters among subjects involved in cleaning coastal areas affected by the 'Prestige' tanker oil spill

scientific article published on 25 January 2008

Review on the effects of exposure to spilled oils on human health

scientific article published on May 2010

Segmental heterogeneity in Bcl-2, Bcl-xL and Bax expression in rat tubular epithelium after ischemia-reperfusion

scientific article published on 23 January 2008

Serum cortisol but not oxidative stress biomarkers are related to frailty: results of a cross-sectional study in Spanish older adults

scientific article published on 13 August 2019

Simultaneous high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of urinary mandelic and phenylglyoxylic acids as indirect evaluation of styrene exposure

scientific article

Suitability of salivary leucocytes to assess DNA repair ability in human biomonitoring studies by the challenge-comet assay

scientific article published in November 2022

The Effects of GSTM1 and GSTT1 Polymorphisms on Micronucleus Frequencies in Human Lymphocytes In vivo

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

The Organic Selenium Compound Selenomethionine Modulates Bleomycin-Induced DNA Damage and Repair in Human Leukocytes

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The cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) assay in human populations exposed to styrene: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article

The impact of nanotechnology in the current universal COVID-19 crisis. Let's not forget nanosafety!

scientific article published on 18 June 2020

The marine toxin okadaic acid induces alterations in the expression level of cancer-related genes in human neuronal cells.

scientific article published on 3 April 2013

Toxicological assessment of silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticles in human astrocytes.

scientific article published on 27 April 2018

Toxicological impact of acute exposure to E171 food additive and TiO2 nanoparticles on a co-culture of Caco-2 and HT29-MTX intestinal cells

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Use of three bivalve species for biomonitoring a polluted estuarine environment

scientific article published on 06 August 2010

Variation of DNA damage levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated in different laboratories

scientific article published on 15 April 2014

toxicity evaluation of silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticles in human SHSY5Y neuronal cells

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γH2AX assay as DNA damage biomarker for human population studies: defining experimental conditions

scientific article published on 22 January 2015

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