Rafael Oliva Virgili

Professional Address:  Genetics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Casanova 143, 08036 Barcelona, Spain, and Genetics, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Phone: 34 93 4021877 34 93 2275510

E-mail: roliva@ub.edu roliva@clinic.ub.es

 

Positions

Presently (since 2001):
Professor (Profesor Titular), Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona
Geneticist at the Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
Previous positions:
Medical Doctor 1984, the Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona
PhD Student 1984-1986 at the
Molecular Genetics Laboratory
Post-Doctoral 1986-1989 at the Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Calgary, Canada.
Staff Scientist 1989-1990 at the Human Genome Center, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Associate Professor 1990-2001 at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona.
Geneticist 1996-2001 at the Hospital Clínic, Barcelona

Selected publications

 

Martínez-Heredia J, de Mateo S, Vidal-Taboada JM, Estanyol JM, Ballescà JL and Oliva R (2008) Proteomic expression differences between asthenozoospermic and normozoospermic sperm samples. Human Reproduction 23(4):783-91.

 

Krausz C, Giachini C, Xue Y, O'Bryan MK, Gromoll J , Rajpert-de Meyts E, Oliva R, Aknin-Seifer I, Erdei E, Jorgensen N, Simoni M, Ballescà JL, Levy R, Balercia G, Piomboni P, Nieschlag E, Forti G, McLachlan R, Tyler-Smith C. Phenotypic variation within European carriers of the Y-chromosomal gr/gr deletion is independent of Y-chromosomal background. J Med Genet, in press.

 

Gázquez C, Oriola J, de Mateo S,  Vidal-Taboada JM, Ballescà JL and Oliva R (2008) A common protamine 1 promoter polymorphism (-190 C to A) correlates with abnormal sperm morphology and increased protamine p1/p2 ratio in infertile patients. J Androl, 29:540-8.

 

Queralt R, Madrigal I, Vallecillos MA, Morales C, Ballescá JL, Oliva R, Soler A, Sánchez A, and Margarit E (2008) Atypical XX Male with the SRY Gene at Chromosome 1 and 1qter Microdeletion. American Journal of Medical Genetics 146(10):1335-40.

Mathivanan S, Ahmed M, Ahn NG, Alexandre H, Amanchy R, Andrews PC, Bader JS, Balgley BM, Bantscheff M, Bennett KL, … Martinez-Heredia J, …, Oliva R, …, Vidal-Taboada JM, Vihinen M, Wait R, Wang X, Wiemann S, Wu B, Xu T, Yates JR, Zhong J, Zhou M, Zhu Y, Zurbig P, Pandey A. (2008) Human Proteinpedia enables sharing of human protein data. Nat Biotechnol. 26:164-167.

 

de Mateo S, Gázquez C, Guimerà M, Balasch J, Meistrich ML, Ballescà JL, Oliva R (2008) Protamine 2 precursors (pre-P2), protamine 1 to protamine 2 ratio (P1/P2), and assisted reproduction outcome. Fertility and Sterility, Mar 1

 

Oliva R, Martínez-Heredia J, Estanyol JM (2008)  Proteomics in the Study of the Sperm Cell Composition, Differentiation and Function. Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine  54, 23-36.

 

de Mateo S, Martínez-Heredia J, Estanyol JM, Domíguez-Fandos D, Vidal-Taboada JM, Ballescà JL and Oliva R (2007) Marked correlations in protein expression identified by proteomic analysis of human spermatozoa. Proteomics 2007;7:4264-77.

Domínguez-Fandos D, Camejo MI, Ballescà JL, Oliva R (2007) Human Sperm DNA Fragmentation: Correlation of TUNEL Results as Assessed by Flow Cytometry and Optical Microscopy. Cytometry A. 2007;71:1011-8.

Martinez-Heredia J, Estanyol JM, Ballesca JL, Oliva R. Proteomic identification of human sperm proteins. Proteomics. 2006 Aug;6(15):4356-69.

Torregrosa N, Dominguez-Fandos D, Camejo MI, Shirley CR, Meistrich ML, Ballesca JL, Oliva R. Protamine 2 precursors, protamine 1/protamine 2 ratio, DNA integrity and other sperm parameters in infertile patients.Hum Reprod. 2006 Aug;21(8):2084-9. Epub 2006 Apr 21.

Oliva R. Protamines and male infertility. Hum Reprod Update. 2006 Jul-Aug;12(4):417-35. Epub 2006 Mar 31. Review.

de Llanos M, Ballescà JL, Gázquez C, Margarit E, and Oliva R. High frequency of gr/gr chromosome Y deletions in consecutive oligospermic ICSI candidates. Human Reproduction 2005, 20:216-220.

Mengual L, Ballesca JL, Ascaso C, Oliva R.  Marked differences in protamine content and p1/p2 ratios in sperm cells from percoll fractions between patients and controls. J Androl. 2003 May-Jun;24(3):438-47.

Ramos VC, Vidal-Taboada JM, Bergoñon S, Egeo A, Fisher EMC, Scartezzini P, and Oliva R (2002) Characterization of the WDR9 Gene, a Novel Gene in the Down Critical Region-2 of the Human Chromosome 21. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1577, 377-383.

Pastor P, Pastor E, Carnero C, Vela R, Garcia T, Amer G, Tolosa E, and Oliva R (2001) Familial atypical supranuclear palsy associated with homozigosity for the delN296 mutation in the tau gene. Ann Neurol 49, 263-267.

Vidal-Taboada JM, Sanz S, Egeo A, Scartezzini P, Oliva R (1998) Identification and characterization of a new gene from human chromosome 21 between markers D21S343 and D21S268 encoding a leucine rich protein. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 250, 547-554.

Yebra, Ll., Ballescà, J.L., Vanrell, J.A., Bassas, Ll. and Oliva, R. (1993) Complete selective absence of protamine P2 in humans. Journal of Biological Chemistry 268, 10553-10557.

Oliva, R. and Dixon, G.H. (1991)(REVIEW) Protamine genes and the histone to protamine replacement reaction. Progress in Nucleic Acids Research and Molecular Biology 40, 25-94.

Oliva, R. and Mezquita, C. (1982) Histone H4 hyperacetylation and rapid turnover of  acetyl groups in transcriptionally inactive rooster testis spermatids. Nucleic Acids  Research 10, 8049-8059.  

Chronological list of all international papers

1 Oliva, R., Vidal, S. and Mezquita, C. (1982) Cellular content and biosynthesis of  polyamines during rooster spermatogenesis. Biochemical Journal 208, 269-273.

2 Oliva, R. and Mezquita, C. (1982) Histone H4 hyperacetylation and rapid turnover of  acetyl groups in transcriptionally inactive rooster testis spermatids. Nucleic Acids  Research 10, 8049-8059.

3 Oliva, R. and Mezquita C. (1986) Marked differences in the ability of distinct protamines  to disassemble nucleosomal core particles "in vitro". Biochemistry 25, 6508-6511.

4 Oliva, R., Bazett-Jones, D., Mezquita, C. and Dixon, G.H. (1987) Factors affecting  nucleosome disassemble by protamines "in vitro". Histone hyperacetylation and  chromatin structure, time dependence, and the size of the sperm nuclear proteins.  Journal of Biological Chemistry 262, 17016-17025.

5 Mezquita, J., Oliva, R. and Mezquita, C. (1987) New ubiquitin mRNA expressed during  chicken spermiogenesis. Nucleic Acids Research 15, 9604.

6 Oliva, R., Mezquita, J., Mezquita, C. and Dixon, G.H. (1988) Haploid expression of the  rooster protamine mRNA in the postmeiotic stages of spermatogenesis. Developmental  Biology  125, 332-340.

7 Oliva, R. and Dixon, G.H. (1989) Chicken protamine genes are intronless: The  complete  nucleotide sequence and organization of the two loci. Journal of Biological  Chemistry 264, 12472- 12481.

8 Oliva, R., Goren, R. and Dixon, G.H. (1990) Complete Quail (Coturnix Japónica) protamine cDNA sequence and the function and evolution of vertebrate protamines. J. Biol. Chemistry. 264, 17627-17630

9 Oliva, R. and Dixon, G.H. (1990) Vertebrate protamine gene evolution I. Sequence  alignments. J. Molecular Evolution 30, 333-346.

10 Oliva, R., Bazett-Jones, D., Locklear, B. and Dixon, G.H. (1990) Histone Hyperacetylation can induce unfolding of the nucleosomal core particles. Nucleic Acids Research 188, 2739-2747.

11 Oliva, R. and Dixon, G.H. (1991) Expression and Processing of the  Rooster Protamine mRNA. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 637, 289-299.

12 Oliva, R. and Dixon, G.H. (1991)(REVIEW) Protamine genes and the histone to protamine replacement reaction. Progress in Nucleic Acids Research and Molecular Biology 40, 25-94.

13 Oliva, R., Lawrence, S.K., Wu, Y. and Smith, C.L. (1991)(REVIEW) Human Chromosomes: Molecular Studies. En "Encyclopedia of Human Biology" vol. 2, 475-488. Academic Press. San Diego. California.

14 Queralt, R. and Oliva, R. (1991) Protamine 1 gene sequence of the primate Saguinus imperator isolated with PCR using consensus oligonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Research 19, 5786.

15 Adroer, R., Queralt, R., Ballabriga, J. and Oliva, R. (1992) Nucleotide sequence from the whale Orcinus orca predicts a unique N-terminal amino-acid motif. Nucleic Acids Research 20, 609.

16 Adroer,R., Chartier Harlin,M.C., Crawford,F., Oliva R. (1992) Improved direct sequencing of Alzheimer's amyloid protein precursor (APP) exons 16 and 17. Neuroscience Letters  141, 69-71.

17 Ichikawa, H., Shimizu, K., Saito, A., Wang, D., Oliva, R., Kobayashi, H., Kaneko, Y., Miyoshi, H., Smith, C.L., Cantor, C.R. and Ohki, M. (1992) Long-range restriction mapping of the proximal long arm of human chromosome 21 with Not I linking clones. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 89, 23-27.

18 Yebra, Ll. and Oliva, R. (1993) Rapid analysis of sperm nuclear proteins. Analytical Biochemistry 209, 201-203.

19 Queralt, R., Fàbregues-Boixar, O., Adroer, R., Gené, M., Gómez  Catalán, J., Huguet, E. and Oliva, R. (1993) Direct sequencing of the human protamine P1 gene and application in forensic medicine. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 38, 1491-1501.

20 Queralt, R. and Oliva, R. (1993) Identification of conserved potential regulatory sequences of the protamine-encoding P1 genes from ten different mammals. Gene 133, 197-204.

21 Retief,J.D., Winkfein,R.J., Dixon,G.H., Adroer,R., Queralt,R., Ballabriga,J., Oliva, R. (1993) Evolution of protamine P1 genes in primates. Journal of Molecular Evolution 37, 426-434.

22 Adroer, R., López-Acedo, C., Oliva, R., Hardy, J. and Fidani, L. (1993) A novel silent variant at codon 711 and a variant at codon 708 of the APP sequence detected in Spanish Alzheimer and control cases. Neuroscience Letters 150, 33-34.

23 Yebra, Ll., Ballescà, J.L., Vanrell, J.A., Bassas, Ll. and Oliva, R. (1993) Complete selective absence of protamine P2 in humans. Journal of Biological Chemistry 268, 10553-10557.

24 Smith, C.L., Klco, S., Zhang, T., Fang, H., Oliva, R., Wang, D., Bremer, M., and Lawrence, S. (1993) Analysis of megabase DNA using pulsed field gel electrophoresis techniques. In: Adolph, K.E., ed. Methods in Molecular Genetics. Gene and Chromosome Analysis, part B, San Diego: Academic Press. pp 155-194.                             

25 Queralt, R.,Adroer, R.,  Oliva, R., Retief, J., Winkfein, R.J. and Dixon, G.H. (1995) Evolution of Protamine 1 genes in mammals. Journal of Molecular Evolution 40, 601-607.

26 Queralt, R. and Oliva, R. (1995) Demonstration of trans-acting factors binding to the promoter region of the testis-specific rat protamine P1 gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 208, 802-812.

27 Adroer, R., Santacruz, P., Blesa, R., Secundí López-Pousa and Oliva, R. (1995) Apolipoprotein E4 allele (e4) frequency in Spanish Alzheimer and control cases. Neuroscience Letters 189, 182-186.

28 Oliva, R. (1995) Sequence, evolution and transcriptional regulation of mammalian P1 type protamines. In: “Advances in spermatozoal phylogeny and taxonomy”, Jamieson BGM, Ausió J, Justine JL (Eds.) Mem. Mus. natn. Hist. Nat. 166, 537-548.

Oliva, R. (1996) Genoma Humano. (224 páginas, 110 ilustraciones), Masson S.A.

29 Blesa, R., Adroer, R., Santacruz, P., Ascaso, C., Tolosa, E. and Oliva, R. (1996) High apolipoprotein E e4 allele frequency in age related memory decline (ARMD) Annals of Neurology 39, 548-551.

30 Adroer R, López-Acedo C, Oliva R (1997) Conserved elements in the 5’ regulatory region of the amyloid precursor protein gene in primates. Neuroscience Letters 226, 203-206.

31 Ezquerra M, Blesa R, Tolosa E, López-Pousa S, Aquilar M, Peña J, Van Broeckhoven C, Ballesta F, Oliva R (1997) The genotype 2/2 of the presenilin-1 polymorphism is decreased in Spanish early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Neuroscience Letters 227, 201-204.

32 Gené M, Moreno P, Ezquerra M, Prat A, Huguet E, Adroer R, Oliva R (1997) Low apolipoprotein E e4 allele frequency in the population of Catalonia (Spain) determined by PCR-RFLP and laser fluorescent sequencer. European Journal of Epidemiology 13, 841-843.

33 Muñoz E, Oliva R, Obach V, Martí MJ, Pastor P, Ballesta F, Tolosa E (1997) Identification of Spanish familial Parkinson’s disease and screening for the Ala53Thr mutation of the a-synuclein gene in early onset patients. Neuroscience Letters 235, 57-60.

34 Vidal-Taboada J, Bergoñón S, Scartezzini P, Egeo A, Nizetic D, Oliva R (1997) High-resolution physical mapping and identification of potentially regulatory sequences of the human SH3BGR gene located in the Down syndrome chromosomal region. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 241, 321-326.

35 Ezquerra M, Blesa R, Tolosa E, Ballesta F, Oliva R (1998) a-antichymotripsin gene polymorphism and risk for Alzheimer’s disease in the Spanish population. Neuroscience Letters 240, 107-109.

36 Aldudo J, Bullido MJ, Arbizu T, Oliva R, Valdivieso F (1998) Identification of a novel mutation (Leu282Arg) of the presenilin 1 gene. Neuroscience Letters  240, 174-176.

37 Egeo A, Mazzocco M, Sotgia F, Arrigo P, Oliva R, Bergoñón S, Nizetic D, Rasore-Quartino A, Scartezzini P (1998) Identification and characterization of a new human cDNA from chromosome 21q22.3 encoding a basic nuclear protein. Human Genetics 102, 289-293.

38 Yebra Ll, Ballescà JL, Vanrell JA, Corzett M, Balhorn R, Oliva R (1998) Detection of P2 precursors in the sperm cells of infertile patients who have reduced P2 levels. Fertility and Sterility 69, 755-9.

39 Oliva R,  Tolosa E, Ezquera M,  Molinuevo JL,  Valldeoriola F, Burguera J,  Calopa M, Ballesta F (1998) Signifficant changes in the t A0 and A3 alleles in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and improved genotyping by silver detection. Archives of Neurology 55, 1122-1124.

40 Vidal-Taboada J, Bergoñón S, Sánchez M, López-Acedo C, Groet J, Nizetic D, Egeo A, Scartezzini P, Katsanis N, Fisher EMC, Delabar JM, Oliva R (1998) High-resolution physical map and identification of transcribed sequences in the Down syndrome region-2. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 243, 572-578.

41 Margarit E, Soler A, Carrió A, Oliva R, Costa D, Vendrell T, Rosell J, Ballesta F (1998) Molecular, cytogenetic and clinical characterization of six XX males including one prenatal diagnosis. Journal of Medical Genetics 35, 727-730.

42 Margarit E, Guillén A, Rebordosa C, Vidal-Taboada J, Bergoñón S, Sánchez M, Ballesta F, Oliva R (1998) Identification of conserved potentially regulatory sequences of the SRY gene from 10 different species of mammals. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 243, 572-578.

43 Ezquerra M, Ballesta F, Queralt R, Aledo R, Gómez D, Guitart M, Egozcue J,, Ascaso C, Oliva R (1998) Apolipoprotein E4 alleles and meiotic origin of non-disjunction in Down syndrome children and in their corresponding fathers and mothers. Neuroscience Letters 248, 1-4.

44 Oliva R, Margarit E, Ballescà JL, Carrió A, Sánchez A, Milà M, Ballesta F, Alvarez-Vijande JR (1998) Prevalence of Y chromosome microdeletions in consecutive oligospermic and azoospermic ICSI candidates. Fertility and Sterility 70, 506-510.

45 Egeo A, Mazzocco M, Arrigo P, Vidal-Taboada JM, Oliva R, Pirola B, Giglio S, Rasore-Quartino A, Scartezzini P (1998) Identification and characterization of a new human gene encoding a small protein with high homology to the proline-rich region of the SH3BGR gene Biochem Biophys Res Commun 247, 302-306

46 Sánchez M, Bruguera M, Bosch J, Rodés J, Ballesta F, Oliva R (1998) Prevalence of the HFE Cys282Tyr and His63Asp gene mutations in Spanish patients with hereditary hemocromatosis and in controls. J. Hepatol 29, 725-728.

47 Vidal-Taboada JM, Sanz S, Egeo A, Scartezzini P, Oliva R (1998) Identification and characterization of a new gene from human chromosome 21 between markers D21S343 and D21S268 encoding a leucine rich protein. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 250, 547-554.

48 Adroer R, Oliva R (1998) Nucleosome positioning in the rat protamine 1 gene in vivo and in vitro. Biochim Biophys Acta 1442, 252-260.

49 Bench G, Corzett MH, Yebra Ll, Oliva R, Balhorn R (1998) Protein and DNA contents in sperm cells from an infertile human male possessing protamine defects that vary over time. Mol Reprod Dev. 50, 345-353.

50 Lopez LO, Lopez-Pousa S, Kamboth MI, Adroer R, Oliva R, Lozano-Gallego M, Becker JT, DeKosky ST (1998) Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in Alzheimer’s disease: a comparative study of two research populations from Spain and the United States. Eur Neurol 39, 229-233.

51 Sánchez M, Queralt R, Bruguera M, Rodés J, Oliva R (1998) Cloning, sequencing and characterisation of the rat hereditary hemochromatosis promoter. Comparison of the human, mouse and rat HFE promoter regions. Gene 225, 77-87.

 52 Muñoz E, Obach V, Oliva R, Marti MJ, Ezquerra M, Pastor P, Ballesta F, Tolosa E (1999) a1-antichymotripsin gene polymorphism and the susceptibility to parkinson’s disease. Neurology 52, 297-301.

53 Ezquerra M, Carnero C, Blesa R, Ballesta F, Oliva R (1999) A novel presenilin 1 mutation (Ser169Pro) associated with early onset Alzheimer’s disease and myoclonic seizures. Neurology 52, 566-570.

54 Ballesta F, Queralt R, Gómez D, Solsona E, Guitart M, Ezquerra M, Moreno J, Oliva R (1999) Parental origin and meiotic stage of non-disjunction in 139 cases of trisomy 21. Ann Genet 42, 11-15.

55 Pastor P, Muñoz E, Obach V, Marti MJ, Blesa R, Oliva R, Tolosa E (1999) Dopamine receptor D2 intronic polymorphism in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Neuroscience Letters 273, 151-154.

56 Gudayol M, Vidal-Taboada J, Usac EF, Costa A, Cristóbal P, dell’Anna Carmen, Oliva R, Gomis R (1999) Detection of a new variant of the mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene in Spanish type 2 DM patients. Biochem Biophys Res Comm 263, 439-445.

57 Ezquerra M, Pastor P, Valldeoriola F, Molinuevo JL, Blesa R, Tolosa E, Oliva R (1999) Identification of a novel polymorphism in the promoter region of the tau gene highly associated to progressive supranuclear palsy in humans. Neuroscience Letters 275, 183-186.

58 Margarit E, Coll MD, Oliva R, Gómez D, Soler A, Ballesta F (2000) SRY gene transferred to the long arm of the X chromosome in a Y-positive XX true hermaphrodite. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 90, 25-28.

59 Arrufat FJ, Diaz R, Queralt R, Navarro V, Marcos T, Massana G, Massana J, Ballesta F, Oliva R (2000) Analysis of the polymorphic (GT)n repeat at the dopamine b-hydroxylase gene in Spanish patients affected by schizophrenia. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics), 96, 88-92.

60 Pastor P, Ezquerra M, Muñoz E, Martí MJ, Blesa R, Tolosa E, Oliva R (2000) Significant association between the tau gene A0/A0 genotype and Parkinson’s disease. Annals of Neurology 47, 242-245.

61 Ezquerra M, Carnero C, Blesa R, Oliva R (2000) A novel presenilin 1 mutation (Leu166Arg) associated with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Archives of Neurology, 57, 485-488.

62 Vidal-Taboada JM, Lu A, Piqué M, Pons G, Gil J, Oliva R (2000)Down syndrome critical region gene 2 (DSCR2): Expression during mouse development and in human cell lines indicates a function related to cell proliferation. Biochem Biophys Res Comm. 272, 156-163.

63 Obach V, Arroyo S, Santamaria J, Grinberg D, Oliva R (2000) No evidence of linkage to 6p markers in Spanish families with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy. Neuroscience Letters. 286, 213-217.

64 Sánchez M, Bruguera M, Quintero E, Barrio Y, Mazzara R, Rodés J and Oliva R (2000) Hereditary Hemochromatosis in Spain”. Genetic Testing, 4, 171-176.

65 Molinuevo JL, Valldeoriola F, Alegret M, Oliva R, Tolosa E (2000) Progressive supranuclear palsy: earlier age of onset in patients with the tau protein A0/A0 genotype. J. Neurol, 247, 206-208.

66 Muñoz E, Pastor P, Martí F, Oliva R, Tolosa E (2000) A new mutation in the parkin gene in a patient with atypical autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism.  Neuroscience Letters, 289, 66-68.

67 Vila N, Obach V, Revilla M, Oliva R, Chamorro A (2000) alpha-Antichymotripsin gene polymorphism in patients with stroke. Stroke 31, 2103-2105.

68 Paracchini S, Stuppia L, Gatta V, Palka G, Moro E, Foresta C, Mengual L, Ballesca JL, Oliva R, Kremer JAM, van Golde RJT, Tuerlings JAM, Hargreave T, Ross A, Cooke H, Huellen K, Vogt P, Tyler-Smith C. (2000) Y-chromosomal DNA haplotypes in infertile European males carriyng Y-microdeletions. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation 23,

69 Pastor P, Pastor E, Carnero C, Vela R, Garcia T, Amer G, Tolosa E, and Oliva R (2001) Familial atypical supranuclear palsy associated with homozigosity for the delN296 mutation in the tau gene. Ann Neurol 49, 263-267.

70 Sánchez M, Bruguera M, Rodés J and Oliva R (2001) Complete characterization of the 3' region of the human and mouse hereditary hemochromatosis HFE gene and detection of novel splicing forms. Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases 27, 35-43.

71 Queralt R, Ezquerra M, Castellví M, Lleó A, Blesa R, Oliva R (2001) Detection of the presenilin 1 gene mutation (Met139Thr) in early-onset familial Alzheimer disease in Spain. Neuroscience Letters 299, 239-241.

72 Pastor P, Muñoz E, Ezquerra M, Obach V, Martí MJ, Valldeoriola F, Tolosa E, Oliva R (2001) Analysis of the coding and 5' flanking regions of the a-synuclein gene in patients with Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders 16, 1115-1119.

73 Lleó A, Blesa R, Gendre J, Castellví M, Pastor P, Queralt R, Oliva R. (2001) A novel presenilin 2 gene mutation (D439A) in a patient with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Neurology 2001 57: 1926-1928.

74 Queralt, R; Ezquerra, M; Lleó, A; Castellví, M; Gelpí, J; Ferrer, I; Acarín, N; Pasarín, L; Blesa, R; Oliva, R. (2002) A novel mutation (V89L) in the presenilin 1 gene in a family with early onset Alzheimer's disease and marked behavioural disturbances, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 72, 266-269.

75 Lleó A, Castellví M, Blesa R, Oliva R (2002) Uncommon polymorphism in the presenilin genes in human familial Alzheimer's disease: not to be mistaken with a pathogenic mutation, Neuroscience Letters 318, 166-168.

76 Lleó A, Angelopoulos C, Bufill E, Pastor-Rubio P, Villa M, Blesa R, Oliva R. (2002) Transferrin C2 allele, haemochromatosis gene mutations and risk for Alzheimer's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002, 72, 820-821.

77 Pastor P, Ezquerra M, Tolosa E, Muñoz E, Marti MJ, Valldeoriola F, Molinuevo JL, Calopa M, Oliva R (2002) Further extension of the H1 haplotype associated with progressive supranuclear palsy. Movement Disorders 17, 550-556.

78 Ramos VC, Vidal-Taboada JM, Bergoñon S, Egeo A, Fisher EMC, Scartezzini P, and Oliva R (2002) Characterization of the WDR9 Gene, a Novel Gene in the Down Critical Region-2 of the Human Chromosome 21. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1577, 377-383.

79 Lleó A, Blesa R, Queralt R, Ezquerra M, Molinuevo JL, Peña-Casanova J, Rojo A, Oliva R (2002) Frequency of mutations in the Presenilin and Amyloid Precursor Protein Genes in Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease in Spain. Arch Neurol 59, 1759-1763.

80 Muñoz E, Toosa E, Pastor P, Martí MJ, Valdeoriola F, Campdelacreu J, Oliva R (2002) Relative high frequency of the c.255delA parkin gene mutation in Spanish patients with familial autosomal recessive parkinsonism. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 73, 582-584.

81 Ferrer I, Pastor P, Rey MJ, Muñoz E, Puig B, Pastor E, Oliva R, Tolosa E (2003) Tau phosphorylation and kinase activation in familial tauopathy linked to deln296 mutation. Neuropathol Appl Neurol. 29, 23-34.

82 Campdelacreu J, Ezquerra M, Munoz E, Oliva R, Tolosa E. Mutational study of the nuclear factor kappa B inducing kinase gene in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy. Neurosci Lett. 2003 Apr 10;340(2):158-60.

83 Sanchez M, Villa M, Ingelmo M, Sanz C, Bruguera M, Ascaso C, Oliva R.  Population screening for hemochromatosis: a study in 5370 Spanish blood donors. J Hepatol. 2003 Jun;38(6):745-50.

84 Repiso A, Perez de la Ossa P, Aviles X, Oliva B, Junca J, Oliva R, Garcia E, Vives-Corrons JL, Carreras J, Climent F. Red blood cell phosphosphoglycerate mutase. Description of the first human BB isoenzyme mutation.
Haematologica. 2003 Mar;88(3):ECR07.

85 Mengual L, Oriola J, Ascaso C, Ballescà JL, Oliva R (2003) An increased CAG repeat length in the androgen receptor gene in azoospermic ICSI candidates. Journal of Andrology, 24, 279-284.

86 Mengual L, Ballesca JL, Ascaso C, Oliva R.  Marked differences in protamine content and p1/p2 ratios in sperm cells from percoll fractions between patients and controls. J Androl. 2003 May-Jun;24(3):438-47.

87 Ezquerra M, Lleó A, Castellví M, Queralt R, Santacruz P, Pastor P, Molinuevo JL, Blesa R, Oliva R (2003) A novel mutation in the PSEN2 gene (T430M) associated with variable expression in a family with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Arch Neurol. 60:1149-51.

88 Ezquerra M, Campdelacreu J, Munoz E, Oliva R, Tolosa E. Sequence analysis of tau 3'untranslated region and saitohin gene in sporadic progressive supranuclear palsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2004. 75:155-7.

89 Oliva R, Pastor P. Tau gene delN296 mutation, Parkinson's disease, and atypical supranuclear palsy. Ann Neurol. 2004 Mar;55(3):448-9.

90 Oliva R, Novials A, Sanchez M, Villa M, Ingelmo M, Recasens M, Ascaso C, Bruguera M, Gomis R. The HFE Gene Is Associated to an Earlier Age of Onset and to the Presence of Diabetic Nephropathy in Diabetes Mellitus Type 2. Endocrine. 2004 Jul;24(2):111-4.

91 de Llanos M, Ballescà JL, Gázquez C, Margarit E, and Oliva R. High frequency of gr/gr chromosome Y deletions in consecutive oligospermic ICSI candidates. Human Reproduction 2004, 20:216-220.

92 Turnes J, Hernandez-Guerra M, Abraldes JG, Ratti L, Oliva R, Garcia-Pagan JC, Bosch J (2006) Influence of beta-2 adrenergic receptor gene polymorphism on the hemodynamic response to propranolol in patients with cirrhosis. Hepatology 43, 34-41.

93 Oliva R (2006) Protamines and male infertility. Hum Reprod Update. 12(4):417-435.

94 Ribal MJ, Mengual L, Marin M, Algaba F, Ars E, Fernandez PL, Oliva R, Villavicencio H, Alcaraz A. (2006) Molecular staging of bladder cancer with RT-PCR assay for CK20 in peripheral blood, bone marrow and lymph nodes: comparison with standard histological staging. Anticancer Res 26, 411-419. 

95 Torregrosa N, Domínguez-Fandos D, Camejo MI, Shirley CR, Meistrich ML, Ballescà JL, Oliva R (2006) Protamine 2 (P2) precursors, P1/P2 ratio, DNA integrity and other sperm parameters in infertile patients. Hum Reprod. 21, 2084-2089.

96 Martínez-Heredia J, Estanyol JM, Ballescà JL and Oliva R (2006) Proteomic identification of human sperm proteins. Proteomics 6, 4356-4369.

97 de Mateo S, Martínez-Heredia J, Estanyol JM, Domíguez-Fandos D, Vidal-Taboada JM, Ballescà JL and Oliva R (2007) Marked correlations in protein expression identified by proteomic analysis of human spermatozoa. Proteomics 2007;7:4264-77.

98 Domínguez-Fandos D, Camejo MI, Ballescà JL, Oliva R (2007) Human Sperm DNA Fragmentation: Correlation of TUNEL Results as Assessed by Flow Cytometry and Optical Microscopy. Cytometry A. 2007;71:1011-8. 

99 Martínez-Heredia J, de Mateo S, Vidal-Taboada JM, Estanyol JM, Ballescà JL and Oliva R (2007) Proteomic expression differences between asthenozoospermic and normozoospermic sperm samples. Human Reproduction (in press). 

100 de Mateo S, Gázquez C, Guimerà M, Balasch J, Meistrich ML, Ballescà JL, Oliva R (2008) Protamine 2 precursors (pre-P2), protamine 1 to protamine 2 ratio (P1/P2), and assisted reproduction outcome. Fertility and Sterility (in press). 

101 Oliva R, Martínez-Heredia J, Estanyol JM (2008) Proteomics in the Study of the Sperm Cell Composition, Differentiation and Function. Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine. In Press.

102 Mathivanan S, Ahmed M, Ahn NG, Alexandre H, Amanchy R, Andrews PC, Bader JS, Balgley BM, Bantscheff M, Bennett KL, Björling E, Blagoev B, Bose R, Brahmachari SK, Burlingame AS, Bustelo XR, Cagney G, Cantin GT, Cardasis HL, Celis JE, Chaerkady R, Chu F, Cole PA, Costello CE, Cotter RJ, Crockett D, DeLany JP, De Marzo AM, DeSouza LV, Deutsch EW, Dransfield E, Drewes G, Droit A, Dunn MJ, Elenitoba-Johnson K, Ewing RM, Van Eyk J, Faca V, Falkner J, Fang X, Fenselau C, Figeys D, Gagné P, Gelfi C, Gevaert K, Gimble JM, Gnad F, Goel R, Gromov P, Hanash SM, Hancock WS, Harsha HC, Hart G, Hays F, He F, Hebbar P, Helsens K, Hermeking H, Hide W, Hjernø K, Hochstrasser DF, Hofmann O, Horn DM, Hruban RH, Ibarrola N, James P, Jensen ON, Jensen PH, Jung P, Kandasamy K, Kheterpal I, Kikuno RF, Korf U, Körner R, Kuster B, Kwon MS, Lee HJ, Lee YJ, Lefevre M, Lehvaslaiho M, Lescuyer P, Levander F, Lim MS, Löbke C, Loo JA, Mann M, Martens L, Martinez-Heredia J, McComb M, McRedmond J, Mehrle A, Menon R, Miller CA, Mischak H, Mohan SS, Mohmood R, Molina H, Moran MF, Morgan JD, Moritz R, Morzel M, Muddiman DC, Nalli A, Navarro JD, Neubert TA, Ohara O, Oliva R, Omenn GS, Oyama M, Paik YK, Pennington K, Pepperkok R, Periaswamy B, Petricoin EF, Poirier GG, Prasad TS, Purvine SO, Rahiman BA, Ramachandran P, Ramachandra YL, Rice RH, Rick J, Ronnholm RH, Salonen J, Sanchez JC, Sayd T, Seshi B, Shankari K, Sheng SJ, Shetty V, Shivakumar K, Simpson RJ, Sirdeshmukh R, Siu KW, Smith JC, Smith RD, States DJ, Sugano S, Sullivan M, Superti-Furga G, Takatalo M, Thongboonkerd V, Trinidad JC, Uhlen M, Vandekerckhove J, Vasilescu J, Veenstra TD, Vidal-Taboada JM, Vihinen M, Wait R, Wang X, Wiemann S, Wu B, Xu T, Yates JR, Zhong J, Zhou M, Zhu Y, Zurbig P, Pandey A. (2008) Human Proteinpedia enables sharing of human protein data. Nat Biotechnol. 26:164-167.

103 Gázquez C, Oriola J, de Mateo S,  Vidal-Taboada JM, Ballescà JL and Oliva R (2008) A common protamine 1 promoter polymorphism (-190 C to A) correlates with abnormal sperm morphology and increased protamine p1/p2 ratio in infertile patients. J Androl, 29:540-8.

104 Queralt R, Madrigal I, Vallecillos MA, Morales C, Ballescá JL, Oliva R, Soler A, Sánchez A, and Margarit E (2008) Atypical XX Male with the SRY Gene at Chromosome 1 and 1qter Microdeletion. American Journal of Medical Genetics 146(10):1335-40.

105 Krausz C, Giachini C, Xue Y, O'Bryan MK, Gromoll J , Rajpert-de Meyts E, Oliva R, Aknin-Seifer I, Erdei E, Jorgensen N, Simoni M, Ballescà JL, Levy R, Balercia G, Piomboni P, Nieschlag E, Forti G, McLachlan R, Tyler-Smith C. Phenotypic variation within European carriers of the Y-chromosomal gr/gr deletion is independent of Y-chromosomal background. J Med Genet, in press.

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