Navarre Institute of Health Research

Assessing Behavioral and Environmental Facets of Obesity Unobtrusively Utilizing Digital Tools: Introducing the BETTER4U Indicators

ABSTRACT Understanding obesity involves evaluating numerous contributing factors. Collecting the necessary data for this can impose a significant burden on both research participants during clinical studies and real‐life deployments of digital tools aiding obesity management. The...

Evolutionary Divergence and Essentiality of the Single Tim17‐Centered Translocase of the Mitochondrial Inner Membrane in Trypanosoma brucei

ABSTRACT Translocase of the mitochondrial inner membrane (TIM) is essential for importing nuclear‐encoded proteins, a critical process for organelle biogenesis and function. While TIM is well‐characterized in a wide range of eukaryotes, it is remarkably divergent in the parasitic...

Effect of amaranth flatbread on maternal anthropometry during pregnancy: Evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Southern Ethiopia

Introduction Maternal undernutrition and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) remain major public health challenges in Ethiopia, contributing to adverse pregnancy outcomes and poor maternal health. Amaranth, a nutrient-dense pseudocereal, has demonstrated potential to improve maternal nu...

CXCL9-driven immune rewiring and tumor-intrinsic ATR signaling inhibition restore radiotherapy response in lung cancer

Abstract Background Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for ~ 85% of lung cancers and is associated with poor outcomes in advanced stages. Radiotherapy (RT) is central to NSCLC treatment, yet locoregional relapse remains frequent. Increasing evidence indicates that, beyon...

Association between choroidal structure and retinal fluid location in type 1 neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Abstract Objectives To correlate choroidal structure parameters with the presence and amount of subretinal fluid (SRF) and intraretinal fluid (IRF) in treatment-naïve neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) patients with type 1 macular neovascularisation (MNV). Method...

Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular health: balancing assumed benefits with the available evidence

1. The distinction between the well-established harms of high total alcohol intake versus purported cardiovascular benefits of small amounts of wine seems crucial [1–3]. Ethanol at high doses is a ...

From Trials to Treatment: Current Evidence Supporting Faricimab Use in nAMD and DME

Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME) are leading causes of visual impairment and require long-term intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy. However, treatment burden and suboptimal real-world outcomes rem...

Astrocytic PI3Kα controls synaptic plasticity and cognitive function via serine metabolism

Astrocytes modulate neuronal activity by gliotransmission and through metabolic regulation, yet the relationship between these functions remains poorly understood. Here we show that phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling in astrocytes controls synaptic plasticity and memo...

Update on Perioperative Prevention of Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury

Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CS-AKI) increases short- and long-term mortality, progression to chronic kidney disease (CKD), and healthcare costs. Its pathogenesis is multifactorial—combining renal hypoperfusion, impaired oxygen delivery, hemodilution, inflammat...

Host-Derived Proteomic Profiling of Human and Canine Mammary Tumor Xenografts Identifies Enrichment of Lipid Metabolism-Related Pathways

Abstract Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women worldwide and one of the most common malignancies in dogs. Notable clinical, hormonal and molecular similarities between both species suggest that dogs may serve as a valuable comparative oncology model. Alte...

Prospective analysis of pre-diagnostic untargeted plasma metabolomics and risk of triple-negative breast cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) accounts for 10–15% of newly diagnosed breast cancer, and its aetiology is poorly understood compared to other breast cancer subtypes. We applied untargeted metabolomics to identify novel biological pathways associated with TNBC risk and poten...

Liver-directed gene therapy results in amelioration of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2 in mice

Background: Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2 (PFIC2) is a rare disease affecting the ABCB11 gene, encoding the bile salt export pump (BSEP). BSEP dysfunction impairs bile acid (BA) secretion, causing hepatic damage and leading to pruritus, cholestasis, hepatom...

Eating Behavior Latent Profiles and Their Associations With Body Composition in Early Childhood: The CORALS Cohort

ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to identify sex‐specific eating behavior profiles and assess the associations between eating behaviors subscales and profiles and body composition indices in Spanish preschoolers from the CORALS cohort. Methods We conducted a cross‐sectional an...