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2. HIV Infection: Shaping the Complex, Dynamic, and Interconnected Network of the Cytoskeleton
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Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, primary, Pérez-Yanes, Silvia, additional, Lorenzo-Sánchez, Iria, additional, Trujillo-González, Rodrigo, additional, Estévez-Herrera, Judith, additional, García-Luis, Jonay, additional, and Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustín, additional
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- 2023
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3. HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins isolated from Viremic Non-Progressor individuals are fully functional and cytopathic
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Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, Hebmann, Veronique, Marfil, Silvia, Pernas, María, Marrero-Hernández, Sara, Cabrera, Cecilia, Urrea, Victor, Casado, Concepción, Olivares, Isabel, Márquez-Arce, Daniel, Pérez-Yanes, Silvia, Estévez-Herrera, Judith, Clotet, Bonaventura, Espert, Lucile, López-Galíndez, Cecilio, Biard-Piechaczyk, Martine, Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustín, and Blanco, Julià
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- 2019
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4. TDP-43 Controls HIV-1 Viral Production and Virus Infectiveness
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Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, primary, Pérez-Yanes, Silvia, additional, Lorenzo-Sánchez, Iria, additional, Estévez-Herrera, Judith, additional, García-Luis, Jonay, additional, Trujillo-González, Rodrigo, additional, and Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustín, additional
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- 2023
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5. Contribution of the HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein to AIDS Pathogenesis and Clinical Progression
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Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustín, primary, Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, additional, Casado, Concha, additional, Pérez-Yanes, Silvia, additional, Pernas, María, additional, García-Luis, Jonay, additional, Marfil, Silvia, additional, Olivares, Isabel, additional, Estévez-Herrera, Judith, additional, Trujillo-González, Rodrigo, additional, Blanco, Julià, additional, and Lopez-Galindez, Cecilio, additional
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- 2022
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6. Transactive Response DNA-Binding Protein (TARDBP/TDP-43) Regulates Cell Permissivity to HIV-1 Infection by Acting on HDAC6
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Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, primary, Pérez-Yanes, Silvia, additional, Montelongo, Rafaela, additional, Lorenzo-Salazar, José M., additional, Estévez-Herrera, Judith, additional, García-Luis, Jonay, additional, Íñigo-Campos, Antonio, additional, Rubio-Rodríguez, Luis A., additional, Muñoz-Barrera, Adrián, additional, Trujillo-González, Rodrigo, additional, Dorta-Guerra, Roberto, additional, Casado, Concha, additional, Pernas, María, additional, Blanco, Julià, additional, Flores, Carlos, additional, and Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustín, additional
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- 2022
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7. The Characteristics of the HIV-1 Env Glycoprotein Are Linked With Viral Pathogenesis
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Pérez-Yanes, Silvia, primary, Pernas, María, additional, Marfil, Silvia, additional, Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, additional, Ortiz, Raquel, additional, Urrea, Víctor, additional, Rovirosa, Carla, additional, Estévez-Herrera, Judith, additional, Olivares, Isabel, additional, Casado, Concepción, additional, Lopez-Galindez, Cecilio, additional, Blanco, Julià, additional, and Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustín, additional
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- 2022
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8. Estudio de factores que puedan regular la actividad antiviral de HDAC6, y efecto sobre la capacidad proviral del complejo de envoltura de virus primarios de pacientes VIH+
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Cabrera Rodríguez, Romina and Valenzuela Fernández, Agustín
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Programa de doctorado en Ciencias de la Salud por la Universidad de La Laguna El VIH/SIDA sigue siendo una amenaza global, a pesar de los notables esfuerzos realizados por las comunidades científica y sanitaria para comprender la infección viral, el diseño de nuevos fármacos o la mejora de los existentes, así como del desarrollo de terapias avanzadas y diseño de potenciales vacunas para lograr la cura funcional y la erradicación viral. La identificación y el análisis de individuos VIH-1 positivos que controlan naturalmente la replicación viral, en ausencia de tratamiento antirretroviral, ha brindado pistas sobre los procesos celulares que pueden regular las proteínas y el ARN del virus, y que condicionan los procesos de replicación viral y de progresión clínica de la infección, así como la patología asociada. En la presente tesis doctoral, el principal objetivo de estudio se ha centrado en la proteína de unión al ADN de respuesta transactiva (TAR) 43 (“transactive response DNA-binding protein” (TARDBP o TDP-43)) la cual es reguladora importante del ARNm y, entre otros factores, de la enzima con actividad anti-VIH- 1, histona desacetilasa 6 (HDAC6). La sobreexpresión del constructo funcional parenteral de TDP-43 estabiliza los niveles de ARNm y de proteína de HDAC6, garantizando así sus funciones antivirales en células diana para la infección, afectando a la formación del poro de fusión e inhibiendo la infección por VIH-1, gracias a la actividad desacetiladora de microtúbulos (MT) de la enzima HDAC6, que actúa de forma independiente al tropismo del complejo de envoltura del virus. La regulación de la permisividad celular frente a la infección por VIH-1 por el eje TDP-43/HDAC6, se corrobora por silenciamiento específico del ARNm de TDP- 43, teniendo como consecuencia la disminución en los niveles tanto del ARNm como de la proteína de HDAC6, lo que genera un estatus celular de estabilización de MT que favorece la formación del poro de fusión y la infección del VIH-1, tras el contacto de la Env con el receptor CD4, debido a la reorganización de los MT y su modificación postraduccional por acetilación (por los niveles bajos de HDAC6). Además, y considerando que la Env del VIH-1 es un determinante citopático importante en la infección y replicación viral, y para determinar la funcionalidad viral de Env de virus primarios procedentes de pacientes VIH-1 positivos con fenotipos extremos, se caracterizaron varias Env provenientes de pacientes virémicos no progresores (VNP) o rápidos progresores (RP). Para ello, se realizó un análisis exhaustivo sobre distintos parámetros funcionales de la Env, observándose que los clones de Env, seleccionadas de ambos grupos de pacientes, mostraron capacidades similares de expresión, una afinidad similar por CD4, puesta de manifiesto en ensayos de transmisión de material viral célulacélula y de señalización por CD4 (medidos por acetilación de la subunidad atubulina de los MT), que rigen la capacidad de fusión de membrana (formación del poro de fusión) y de infección, siendo similares en estas Env funcionales. Además, las Env de los dos grupos inducen autofagia tardía por contacto con CD4 en células no infectadas, característica que correlaciona directamente con la actividad fusogénica de las Env. En el caso de los pacientes VNP, no se observa una relación entre la función autofágica tardía letal de las Env virales con la progresión de la enfermedad, si bien los clones de Env de individuos VNP son completamente funcionales y explicaría la viremia en estos pacientes. Todo apunta a que en pacientes VNP el estatus inmunitario aporta cierta estabilidad al fenotipo clínico no progresor. Como prueba de concepto, estas observaciones se confirmaron mediante el estudio de Env virales primarias de individuos infectados por VIH-1 con diferentes fenotipos clínicos, bajo las condiciones experimentales de sobreexpresión de TDP-43. Un aumento en el nivel de expresión de la proteína funcional de TDP-43 redujo fuertemente la actividad de infección de Env de individuos VNP y RP infectados por VIH-1 hasta los niveles de infección detectado para Env provenientes de pacientes controladores de élite, no progresores a largo plazo (LTNP-EC), cuya función viral es deficiente. Por el contrario, niveles bajos de TDP-43 endógeno, inducidos por silenciamiento específico mediante oligonucleótidos interferentes siRNA-TDP-43, favorecen significativamente la actividad de infección de Env primarias de VIH-1 de individuos VNP y RP. Sorprendentemente, el silenciamiento de TDP-43, que reduce los niveles de HDAC6 (su ARNm y proteína), generando un estado celular más permisivo a la infección, permite incluso la infección eficaz celular con pseudovirus portando Env primarias, deficientes en la función viral, de individuos LTNP-EC. Del mismo modo, se estudia cómo TDP-43 ejerce un efecto regulador sobre HDAC6 en células productoras de viriones, al garantizar, mediante la estabilización en los niveles de ARN mensajero (ARNm) y proteína, las funciones autofágicas degradativas de la enzima desacetilasa. Debido a ello, los niveles de proteínas virales Pr55Gag y Vif se ven reducidos, afectando así a la replicación, producción de viriones e infectividad de los mismos. Tras el silenciamiento de TDP-43, se comprueba cómo la actividad autofágica dependiente de HDAC6 se ve reducida, aumentando así la producción viral y la infectividad de los virus generados bajo estas condiciones experimentales, evidenciando la capacidad reguladora de TDP-43 sobre HDAC6 y, consecuentemente, sus actividades antivirales. HIV/AIDS remains a global threat despite the remarkable efforts made by the scientific and health communities to understand this viral infection, to design new drugs or improve existing ones, as well as develop advanced therapies and design vaccines for functional cure, prevention and viral eradication. The identification and analysis of HIV-1 positive individuals who naturally control viral replication in the absence of antiretroviral treatment has provided clues about the cellular processes that might interact with viral proteins and RNA, and define subsequent viral replication and clinical progression. Thus, in this doctoral thesis, the object of study has been focused on the transactive response (TAR) DNA-binding protein (TARDBP or TDP-43), which is an important regulator of mRNA and is known to stabilize the anti-HIV-1 factor, histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6). The overexpression of the TDP-43 wild type construct stabilizes HDAC6 mRNA and protein levels, thus guaranteeing its antiviral functions in permissive cells for infection, impairing the formation of the fusion pore due to the deacetylating activity in microtubules (MTs) of HDAC6 and independently of the tropism of the viral envelope complex of the virus and, therefore, decreasing the infection ability of the virus. The regulation of cell permissiveness against HIV-1 infection by the TDP-43/HDAC6 axis is corroborated by specific silencing of TDP-43 mRNA, resulting in a decrease in both mRNA and protein levels. of HDAC6, which generates a cellular status of MT stabilization that favors the formation of the fusion pore and the infection of HIV-1, after contact of Env with the CD4 receptor, due to the reorganization of the MTs and their modification post-translational by acetylation (because of low levels of HDAC6). In addition, and considering that the Env of HIV-1 is an important cytopathic determinant in viral infection and replication, and to determine the viral functionality of Env from primary viruses with extreme phenotypes, several Env from viremic non-progressors patients (VNP) or rapid progressors (RP) were characterized. For this, an exhaustive analysis was carried out on different functional parameters of the Env, observing that the Env clones, selected from both groups of patients, showed similar expression capacities, a similar affinity for CD4, revealed in transmission tests of cell-cell viral material and CD4 signaling (measured by acetylation of the a-tubulin subunit of MT), which govern the capacity for membrane fusion (formation of the fusion pore) and infection, being similar in these functional Env . In addition, the Env of the two groups induce late autophagy by contact with CD4 in uninfected cells, a characteristic that directly correlates with the fusogenic activity of the Env. In the case of VNP patients, no relationship is observed between the lethal late autophagic function of viral Env with disease progression, although the Env clones of VNP individuals are fully functional and would explain the viremia in these patients. All these data points to the fact that in VNP patients the immune status provides a certain stability to the non-progressor clinical phenotype. As a proof of concept, these observations were confirmed by studying primary viral Env from HIV-1 infected individuals with different clinical phenotypes, under the experimental conditions of TDP-43 overexpression. An increase in the expression level of wt-TDP-43 strongly reduced Env infection activity from HIV-1 infected VNP and RP individuals to the infection levels detected for Env from elite controllers long-term non-progressors patients (LTNP-EC), whose viral function is impaired. In contrast, low levels of endogenous TDP-43, induced by specific silencing with interfering oligos siRNA-TDP-43, significantly favor the infection activity of primary HIV-1 Env from VNP and RP individuals. Surprisingly, the silencing of TDP-43, which reduces the levels of HDAC6 (its mRNA and protein), generating a cellular state more permissive to infection, even allows efficient cellular infection with pseudoviruses carrying primary Env, deficient in viral function, of LTNP-EC individuals. In the same way, it is also verified how TDP-43 exerts a regulatory effect on HDAC6 in virion-producing cells, by guaranteeing, by stabilizing the levels of mRNA and protein, the autophagic degrading functions of the deacetylating enzyme. Due to this, the levels of viral proteins Pr55Gag and Vif are reduced, thus affecting their replication, virion production and infectivity. After the silencing of TDP-43, it is verified how the autophagic activity dependent on HDAC6 is reduced, thus increasing the viral production and the infectivity of the viruses generated under these experimental conditions, evidencing the regulatory capacity of TDP- 43 on HDAC6 and, consequently, its antiviral activities.
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9. Transactive response DNA-binding Protein (TDP-43) regulates early HIV-1 entry and infection
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Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, primary, Pérez-Yanes, Silvia, additional, González-Montelongo, Rafaela, additional, Lorenzo-Salazar, José M., additional, Estévez-Herrera, Judith, additional, García-Luis, Jonay, additional, Íñigo-Campos, Antonio, additional, Rubio-Rodríguez, Luis A., additional, Muñoz-Barrera, Adrián, additional, Trujillo-González, Rodrigo, additional, Dorta-Guerra, Roberto, additional, Casado, Concha, additional, Pernas, María, additional, Blanco, Julià, additional, Flores, Carlos, additional, and Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustín, additional
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- 2021
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10. The characteristics of the HIV-1 Env glycoprotein contribute to viral pathogenesis
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Pérez-Yanes, Silvia, primary, Pernas, Maria, additional, Marfil, Silvia, additional, Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, additional, Ortiz, Raquel, additional, Rovirosa, Carla, additional, Estévez-Herrera, Judith, additional, Olivares, Isabel, additional, Casado, Concepción, additional, Lopez-Galindez, Cecilio, additional, Blanco, Julià, additional, and Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustin, additional
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- 2021
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11. Zika Virus Pathogenesis: A Battle for Immune Evasion
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Estévez-Herrera, Judith, Pérez-Yanes, Silvia, Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, Márquez-Arce, Daniel, Trujillo-González, Rodrigo, Machado, José-David, Madrid González, Ricardo, Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustín, Estévez-Herrera, Judith, Pérez-Yanes, Silvia, Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, Márquez-Arce, Daniel, Trujillo-González, Rodrigo, Machado, José-David, Madrid González, Ricardo, and Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustín
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Zika virus (ZIKV) infection and its associated congenital and other neurological disorders, particularly microcephaly and other fetal developmental abnormalities, constitute a World Health Organization (WHO) Zika Virus Research Agenda within the WHO’s R&D Blueprint for Action to Prevent Epidemics, and continue to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) today. ZIKV pathogenicity is initiated by viral infection and propagation across multiple placental and fetal tissue barriers, and is critically strengthened by subverting host immunity. ZIKV immune evasion involves viral non-structural proteins, genomic and non-coding RNA and microRNA (miRNA) to modulate interferon (IFN) signaling and production, interfering with intracellular signal pathways and autophagy, and promoting cellular environment changes together with secretion of cellular components to escape innate and adaptive immunity and further infect privileged immune organs/tissues such as the placenta and eyes. This review includes a description of recent advances in the understanding of the mechanisms underlying ZIKV immune modulation and evasion that strongly condition viral pathogenesis, which would certainly contribute to the development of anti-ZIKV strategies, drugs, and vaccines., Depto. de Genética, Fisiología y Microbiología, Fac. de Ciencias Biológicas, TRUE, pub
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12. The Interplay of HIV and Autophagy in Early Infection
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Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, primary, Pérez-Yanes, Silvia, additional, Estévez-Herrera, Judith, additional, Márquez-Arce, Daniel, additional, Cabrera, Cecilia, additional, Espert, Lucile, additional, Blanco, Julià, additional, and Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustín, additional
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- 2021
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13. Zika Virus Pathogenesis: A Battle for Immune Evasion
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Estévez-Herrera, Judith, primary, Pérez-Yanes, Silvia, additional, Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, additional, Márquez-Arce, Daniel, additional, Trujillo-González, Rodrigo, additional, Machado, José-David, additional, Madrid, Ricardo, additional, and Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustín, additional
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- 2021
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14. HIV-1 Nef Targets HDAC6 to Assure Viral Production and Virus Infection
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Marrero-Hernández, Sara, primary, Márquez-Arce, Daniel, additional, Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, additional, Estévez-Herrera, Judith, additional, Pérez-Yanes, Silvia, additional, Barroso-González, Jonathan, additional, Madrid, Ricardo, additional, Machado, José-David, additional, Blanco, Julià, additional, and Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustín, additional
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- 2019
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15. HIV-1 Nef Targets HDAC6 to Assure Viral Production and Virus Infection
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Marrero-Hernández, Sara, Márquez-Arce, Daniel, Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, Estévez-Herrera, Judith, Pérez-Yanes, Silvia, Barroso-González, Jonathan, Madrid, Ricardo, Machado, José David, Blanco, Julia, Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustín, Marrero-Hernández, Sara, Márquez-Arce, Daniel, Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, Estévez-Herrera, Judith, Pérez-Yanes, Silvia, Barroso-González, Jonathan, Madrid, Ricardo, Machado, José David, Blanco, Julia, and Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustín
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HIV Nef is a central auxiliary protein in HIV infection and pathogenesis. Our results indicate that HDAC6 promotes the aggresome/autophagic degradation of the viral polyprotein Pr55Gag to inhibit HIV-1 production. Nef counteracts this antiviral activity of HDAC6 by inducing its degradation and subsequently stabilizing Pr55Gag and Vif viral proteins. Nef appears to neutralize HDAC6 by an acidic/endosomal-lysosomal processing and does not need the downregulation function, since data obtained with the non-associated cell-surface Nef-G2A mutant – the cytoplasmic location of HDAC6 – together with studies with chemical inhibitors and other Nef mutants, point to this direction. Hence, the polyproline rich region P72xxP75 (69–77 aa) and the di-Leucin motif in the Nef-ExxxLL160-165 sequence of Nef, appear to be responsible for HDAC6 clearance and, therefore, required for this novel Nef proviral function. Nef and Nef-G2A co-immunoprecipitate with HDAC6, whereas the Nef-PPAA mutant showed a reduced interaction with the anti-HIV-1 enzyme. Thus, the P72xxP75 motif appears to be responsible, directly or indirectly, for the interaction of Nef with HDAC6. Remarkably, by neutralizing HDAC6, Nef assures Pr55Gag location and aggregation at plasma membrane, as observed by TIRFM, promotes viral egress, and enhances the infectivity of viral particles. Consequently, our results suggest that HDAC6 acts as an anti-HIV-1 restriction factor, limiting viral production and infection by targeting Pr55Gag and Vif. This function is counteracted by functional HIV-1 Nef, in order to assure viral production and infection capacities. The interplay between HIV-1 Nef and cellular HDAC6 may determine viral infection and pathogenesis, representing both molecules as key targets to battling HIV., Julià Blanco5,6 and Agustín Valenzuela-Fernández1, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)/FEDER, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICINN)/FEDER, Fundación CajaCanarias/FEDER, Red Española de Investigación del SIDA (RES-RETIC)/ISCII/FEDER, Agencia Canaria de Investigación, Innovación y Sociedad de la Información/Fundación CajaCanarias/FEDER, Fundación Canaria Dr. Manuel Morales, Cabildo Tenerife, Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias (FIS)/ Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Fundació Institut de Recerca en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Depto. de Genética, Fisiología y Microbiología, Fac. de Ciencias Biológicas, TRUE, pub
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16. Viral Characteristics Associated with the Clinical Nonprogressor Phenotype Are Inherited by Viruses from a Cluster of HIV-1 Elite Controllers
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Casado, Concepción, primary, Marrero-Hernández, Sara, additional, Márquez-Arce, Daniel, additional, Pernas, María, additional, Marfil, Sílvia, additional, Borràs-Grañana, Ferran, additional, Olivares, Isabel, additional, Cabrera-Rodríguez, Romina, additional, Valera, María-Soledad, additional, de Armas-Rillo, Laura, additional, Lemey, Philippe, additional, Blanco, Julià, additional, Valenzuela-Fernández, Agustín, additional, and Lopez-Galíndez, Cecilio, additional
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