We are the combination of four hospitals: the General Hospital, the Children’s Hospital, the Women’s Hospital and the Traumatology, Rehabilitation and Burns Hospital. We are part of the Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus: a world-leading health park where healthcare plays a crucial role.
Below we will list the departments and units that form part of Vall d’Hebron Hospital and the main diseases that we treat. We will also make recommendations based on advice backed up by scientific evidence that has been shown to be effective in guaranteeing well-being and quality of life.
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The commitment of Vall d'Hebron University Hospital to innovation allows us to be at the forefront of medicine, providing first class care adapted to the changing needs of each patient.
Speaker: Dr. José Luis García Giménez. Dept. Physiology. Medicine and Dentistry School, University of Valencia. Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA CIBERER-ISCIII
Epigenetic mechanisms control the activation or inactivation of gene expression, without changes in the DNA sequence, which consequently provides a finely tuned response capacity for cells and organisms when undergoing external and internal changes. However, in the context of human physiology or disease, any cellular imbalance that modulates homeostasis has the potential to trigger molecular changes that result either in physiological adaptation to a new situation or pathological conditions. Sepsis can directly impact epigenetic mechanisms at different levels, including DNA methylation, post-translational modifications and even produce the release of histones from cells to the blood-stream. In this lecture I will focus on the changes occurring in the DNA methylation profile of septic patients and how the release of extracellular histones produces severe deleterious effects on cells and tissues activating inflammation, oxidative stress, and cell death, so contributing to endothelial damage and endothelial dysfunction. In addition, I will provide evidence of the potential use of circulating histones determination can help in sepsis and septic shock patient management as well as, to provide new therapeutic strategies based on the removal of extracellular histones.
Host; Dr. Juan Carlos Ruiz, Head Clinic, Intensive Medicine Service. Vall d'Hebron University Hospital. Shock, Organ Dysfunction and Resuscitation Research Group (SODIR). Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)
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