Fernando Cobo

Summary

Country: Spain

Publications

  1. ncbi Airborne particle monitoring in clean room environments for stem cell cultures
    Fernando Cobo
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
    Biotechnol J 3:43-52. 2008
  2. ncbi Application of methods for viral clearance in stem cell production
    Fernando Cobo
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Avda Fuerzas Armadas, 2, 18014, Granada, Spain
    In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 43:371-8. 2007
  3. ncbi CNK/T-cell brain lymphoma associated with Epstein-Barr virus in a patient with AIDS
    Fernando Cobo
    Department of Pathology and Tumor Bank, Infectious Pathology Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Avda Fuerzas Armadas, 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
    Neuropathology 27:396-402. 2007
  4. ncbi The histological spectrum of non-granulomatous localized mucosal leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum
    F Cobo
    Infectious Pathology Unit, Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Avenida Fuerzas Armadas, 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
    Ann Trop Med Parasitol 101:689-94. 2007
  5. ncbi Microbiological contamination in stem cell cultures
    Fernando Cobo
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Avda Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
    Cell Biol Int 31:991-5. 2007
  6. ncbi Environmental microbial contamination in a stem cell bank
    F Cobo
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
    Lett Appl Microbiol 44:379-86. 2007
  7. ncbi Electron microscopy reveals the presence of viruses in mouse embryonic fibroblasts but neither in human embryonic fibroblasts nor in human mesenchymal cells used for hESC maintenance: toward an implementation of microbiological quality assurance program i
    Fernando Cobo
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Centro de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Parque Tecnológico de las Ciencias de la Salud, Granada, Spain
    Cloning Stem Cells 10:65-74. 2008
  8. ncbi Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in a renal allograft associated with Epstein-Barr virus in the recipient: a case report and a review of lymphomas presenting in a transplanted kidney
    Fernando Cobo
    Infectious Pathology Unit, Department of Pathology and Tissue and Tumor Bank, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
    Clin Transplant 22:512-9. 2008
  9. ncbi Review article: relationship of human papillomavirus with papillary squamous cell carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract: a review
    Fernando Cobo
    Infectious Pathology Unit, Department of Pathology and Tumour and Tissue Bank, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
    Int J Surg Pathol 16:127-36. 2008
  10. ncbi Evaluation of a laser technique to isolate the inner cell mass of murine blastocysts
    Jose Luis Cortes
    Andalusian Stem Cell Bank Spanish Central Node, Centro de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Parque Tecnológico de las Ciencias de la Salud, Avenida del Conocimiento s n, Granada, Spain
    Biotechnol Appl Biochem 46:205-9. 2007

Collaborators

  • A Nieto
  • C M Cabrera
  • Pablo Menendez
  • Glyn N Stacey
  • Joaquina Martin-Sanchez
  • Jose Luis Cortes
  • Purificación Catalina
  • Angel Concha
  • Rosa Montes
  • J L Cortes
  • Luis Aliaga
  • A Barroso
  • R Rubio
  • G Ligero
  • A Martinez-Ramirez
  • P Catalina
  • C Bueno
  • R Montes
  • L Sanchez
  • Jose L Cortes
  • Angela Barnie
  • Angela Helen Barnie
  • Antonio Osuna
  • Elisa Cordero
  • Juan Bravo
  • Juan Diego Mediavilla
  • José Manuel Amador
  • Jose Maria Navarro

Detail Information

Publications26

  1. ncbi Airborne particle monitoring in clean room environments for stem cell cultures
    Fernando Cobo
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
    Biotechnol J 3:43-52. 2008
    ..This should also address the regional regulatory requirements and will depend on local conditions in each processing center. Each center must evaluate its specific needs and establish appropriate monitoring procedures...
  2. ncbi Application of methods for viral clearance in stem cell production
    Fernando Cobo
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Avda Fuerzas Armadas, 2, 18014, Granada, Spain
    In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 43:371-8. 2007
    ..In this paper, we summarize the main methods of viral clearance and we have provided an overview of the main features taking into account in the viral clearance techniques...
  3. ncbi CNK/T-cell brain lymphoma associated with Epstein-Barr virus in a patient with AIDS
    Fernando Cobo
    Department of Pathology and Tumor Bank, Infectious Pathology Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Avda Fuerzas Armadas, 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
    Neuropathology 27:396-402. 2007
    ..The diagnosis of this kind of lymphomas requires a multimodality approach correlating clinical, morphological, immunophenotypic and molecular data...
  4. ncbi The histological spectrum of non-granulomatous localized mucosal leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum
    F Cobo
    Infectious Pathology Unit, Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Avenida Fuerzas Armadas, 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
    Ann Trop Med Parasitol 101:689-94. 2007
    ..The hope was that the information collected will help European clinicians diagnose such cases, even when amastigotes cannot be readily demonstrated...
  5. ncbi Microbiological contamination in stem cell cultures
    Fernando Cobo
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Avda Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
    Cell Biol Int 31:991-5. 2007
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  6. ncbi Environmental microbial contamination in a stem cell bank
    F Cobo
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
    Lett Appl Microbiol 44:379-86. 2007
    ..The aim of this study was to evaluate the main environmental microbial contaminants of the clean rooms in our stem cell bank...
  7. ncbi Electron microscopy reveals the presence of viruses in mouse embryonic fibroblasts but neither in human embryonic fibroblasts nor in human mesenchymal cells used for hESC maintenance: toward an implementation of microbiological quality assurance program i
    Fernando Cobo
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Centro de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Parque Tecnológico de las Ciencias de la Salud, Granada, Spain
    Cloning Stem Cells 10:65-74. 2008
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  8. ncbi Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in a renal allograft associated with Epstein-Barr virus in the recipient: a case report and a review of lymphomas presenting in a transplanted kidney
    Fernando Cobo
    Infectious Pathology Unit, Department of Pathology and Tissue and Tumor Bank, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
    Clin Transplant 22:512-9. 2008
    ..Health care providers should be aware of this clinical entity and heightened index of suspicion should be used so as not to delay diagnosis and not to lose the allograft...
  9. ncbi Review article: relationship of human papillomavirus with papillary squamous cell carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract: a review
    Fernando Cobo
    Infectious Pathology Unit, Department of Pathology and Tumour and Tissue Bank, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
    Int J Surg Pathol 16:127-36. 2008
    ..This association should be clearly established to make a correct diagnosis and propose the best therapeutic strategies, such as new vaccines...
  10. ncbi Evaluation of a laser technique to isolate the inner cell mass of murine blastocysts
    Jose Luis Cortes
    Andalusian Stem Cell Bank Spanish Central Node, Centro de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Parque Tecnológico de las Ciencias de la Salud, Avenida del Conocimiento s n, Granada, Spain
    Biotechnol Appl Biochem 46:205-9. 2007
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  11. ncbi Environmental monitoring in stem cell banks
    Fernando Cobo
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Avda Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014, Granada, Spain
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 70:651-62. 2006
    ..Each centre will need to evaluate its specific needs and establish appropriate monitoring procedures which should not become intrusive to the extent that they might compromise the quality of the cell banks or products...
  12. ncbi Role of the embryology laboratory in the human embryonic stem cell line derivation process
    Jose Luis Cortes
    Andalusian Stem Cell Bank Spanish Central Node, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Avda Fuerzas Armadas, 2, 18014, Granada, Spain
    Cytotechnology 52:1-11. 2006
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  13. ncbi Diagnostic approaches for viruses and prions in stem cell banks
    Fernando Cobo
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Avda Fuerzas Armadas, 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
    Virology 347:1-10. 2006
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  14. ncbi Conventional and molecular cytogenetic diagnostic methods in stem cell research: a concise review
    Purificación Catalina
    Andalusian Stem Cell Bank Bancelán, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Parque Tecnológico de la Salud, Avda del Conocimiento s n, 18014 Granada, Spain
    Cell Biol Int 31:861-9. 2007
    ..Thus, it is crucial to optimize and validate their use in the determination of the chromosomal stability of these stem cell lines, and assess the advantages and limitations of these cutting-edge cytogenetic technologies...
  15. ncbi Microbiological control in stem cell banks: approaches to standardisation
    Fernando Cobo
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Avda Fuerzas Armadas, 2, 18014, Granada, Spain
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 68:456-66. 2005
    ..Stem cell lines should be tested for prion particles and a virus of animal origin that assure an acceptable quality...
  16. ncbi Localized mucosal leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum: clinical and microbiologic findings in 31 patients
    Luis Aliaga
    Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
    Medicine (Baltimore) 82:147-58. 2003
    ..The treatment of choice for these patients is not established yet, but most patients respond to antimonial compounds given for 28 days or less...
  17. ncbi Whole-blastocyst culture followed by laser drilling technology enhances the efficiency of inner cell mass isolation and embryonic stem cell derivation from good- and poor-quality mouse embryos: new insights for derivation of human embryonic stem cell line
    J L Cortes
    Spanish Stem Cell Bank Andalusian Branch, University of Granada, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Parque Tecnológico de la Salud, Avda del Conocimiento s n, Granada, Spain
    Stem Cells Dev 17:255-67. 2008
    ..This methodology may open up new avenues for further improvements for the derivation of hES cells, the majority of which are derived from frozen, poor-quality human embryos...
  18. ncbi The low rate of HLA class I molecules on the human embryonic stem cell line HS293 is associated with the APM components' expression level
    C M Cabrera
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
    Cell Biol Int 31:1072-8. 2007
    ..We described for the first time in this report that the hESCs shared similar mechanisms with respect to tumor cells responsible for the weak HLA class I expression on the cell surface...
  19. ncbi Effect of mitomycin-C on human foreskin fibroblasts used as feeders in human embryonic stem cells: immunocytochemistry MIB1 score and DNA ploidy and apoptosis evaluated by flow cytometry
    A Nieto
    Andalucia Stem Cell Bank, Cell Culture, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Edificio de Gobierno 4, Avda Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
    Cell Biol Int 31:269-78. 2007
    ..The percentage of apoptotic cells increased from day 2 to day 10, at the same time as the necrotic ones increased. The HS181 hESC line grew in an undifferentiated state on inactive HFF throughout the study...
  20. ncbi Embryonic stem cell bank: a work proposal
    A Nieto
    Andalusian Stem Cells, Andalusian Stem Cell, Bank, Granada, Spain
    Stem Cell Rev 2:117-26. 2006
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  21. ncbi Strategies for preventing immunologic rejection of transplanted human embryonic stem cells
    C M Cabrera
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
    Cytotherapy 8:517-8. 2006
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  22. ncbi Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Type Distribution in Females with Abnormal Cervical Cytology. A Correlation with Histological Study
    Fernando Cobo
    Infectious Pathology Unit, Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
    Open Virol J 3:60-6. 2009
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  23. ncbi General safety guidances in stem cell bank installations
    F Cobo
    , Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
    Cytotherapy 8:47-56. 2006
    ..Different types of safety measurements should be distinguished and secured, for example for protection of personnel, protection of the cell cultures and protection in general of humans and the environment...
  24. ncbi Application of microarray technology for microbial diagnosis in stem cell cultures: a review
    F Cobo
    Stem Cell Bank of Andalucia Spanish Central Node, Granada, Spain fernando cobo sspa2juntadeandalucia es
    Cytotherapy 9:53-9. 2007
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  25. ncbi Spanish stem cell bank interviews examine the interest of couples in donating surplus human IVF embryos for stem cell research
    Jose Luis Cortes
    Cell Stem Cell 1:17-20. 2007
  26. ncbi The development of 'feeder' cells for the preparation of clinical grade hES cell lines: challenges and solutions
    Glyn N Stacey
    Division of Cell Biology and Imaging and UK Stem Cell Bank, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3QG, United Kingdom
    J Biotechnol 125:583-8. 2006
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