• openAccess   Análisis de la asociación entre sexo y diferencias en pigmentación humana según el genotipo del gen MC1R 

      Hernando, Barbara; Ibarrola-Villava, Maider; Llorca-Cardeñosa, Marta J.; Ribas, Gloria; Martinez-Cadenas, Conrado Universitat Jaume I (2016)
      Introducción: La pigmentación cutánea basal y la respuesta al sol por bronceamiento son rasgos hereditarios influidos por varios genes, entre los que el gen mc1r es uno de los más importantes. Mutaciones en este gen afectan ...
    • closedAccess   Gender and eye colour prediction discrepancies: A reply to criticisms (letter) 

      Martinez-Cadenas, Conrado; Peña Chilet, María; Llorca-Cardeñosa, Marta J.; Cervera, Raimundo; Ibarrola-Villava, Maider; Ribas, Gloria Elsevier (2014)
      Letter to the editor: In a letter published in this same issue, Liu et al. reply to a recently published article by us contesting the main conclusion of our original paper, namely, that gender is a factor that contributes to ...
    • closedAccess   Long telomere length and a TERT-CLPTM1 locus polymorphism association with melanoma risk 

      Llorca-Cardeñosa, Marta J.; Peña Chilet, María; Mayor, Matías; Gómez Fernández, Cristina; Casado, Beatriz; Martín González, Manuel; Carretero, Gregorio; Lluch , Ana; Martinez-Cadenas, Conrado; Ibarrola-Villava, Maider; Ribas, Gloria Elsevier (2014)
      Telomere length has been associated with the development of cancer. Studies have shown that shorter telomere length may be related to a decreased risk of cutaneous melanoma. Furthermore, deregulation of the telomere-maintaining ...
    • openAccess   Sex-specific genetic effects associated with pigmentation, sensitivity to sunlight, and melanoma in a population of Spanish origin 

      Hernando, Barbara; Ibarrola-Villava, Maider; Fernández, Lara P.; Peña Chilet, María; Llorca-Cardeñosa, Marta J.; Oltra, Sara S.; Alonso, Santos; Boyano, Dolores; Martinez-Cadenas, Conrado; Ribas, Gloria BioMed Central (2016-03)
      Background Human pigmentation is a polygenic quantitative trait with high heritability. In addition to genetic factors, it has been shown that pigmentation can be modulated by oestrogens and androgens via up- or ...