Gema Ruiz Hurtado - Cardiorenal Laboratory

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Gema Ruiz-Hurtado, Ph.D, B.Sc

Jonay Poveda Núñez Ph.D, B.Sc

Laura González-Lafuente, M.Sc

Sara Vázquez Sánchez, M.Sc

Daniel Gónzalez Moreno, M.Sc

Elisa Mercado García

Luis M. Ruilope, Ph.D, M.D.

Julián Segura, Ph.D, M.D.

Former Researchers/Students:

Finished:

Elena Rodríguez-Sánchez

José Alberto Navarro-García

Carolina da Cruz Junho

María Kavanagh Arjona

Gemma Guerrero Barberá

Ángela Valero Almazán

José Carlos Prado, M.D.

Judith Abarca Zabalía

Andrea Susmozas Sánchez

Jennifer Aceves-Ripoll

Group leader

Lab leader

Postdoc researcher

Ph.D student

Research assistant

Lab technician

Nephrologist

Ph.D student

Master student

Biology student

Lab technician

In vivo cardiac function
- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
- Physiological monitoring ECG and blood pressure
In vitro cardiomyocyte function
- Langerdorff isolation
- EC-Coupling (Confocal Microscopy)
- Calcium handling (transients, ryanodine sparks, SR load...)
Markers of remodeling
- Gelatinase activity (Zymography)
- MMPs, TIMPs, collagens,..
- MMP-TIMP interaction (AlphaLISA)
Oxidative status
- Oxidative stress biomarkers (carbonyls, MDA, ox-LDL, XOD...)
- Antioxidant defense biomarkers (TAC, GSH, SOD, thiols, catalase...)
Experimental animal models
- CKD model: nephrectomy 5/6
- Post-Myocardial Infarction (PMI)
- AKI models: folic acid injection, bilateral renal I/R