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Growth and Development

We are a multidisciplinary group of pediatricians and biologists dedicated to clinical and translational research in rare respiratory and endocrinology pediatric diseases and in common chronic diseases like asthma, diabetes, and obesity. Also, we investigate on neonatal nutrition and pediatric imaging.

Our translational research has led to several contributions to the diagnostic standards for cystic fibrosis and interstitial lung diseases in children and also to the transition of adolescents with chronic diseases to adulthood. We have collaborated in some important clinical trials in children with severe asthma and cystic fibrosis.

We have conducted several studies on the clinical and molecular characterization of rare respiratory and endocrinological diseases.

We have also performed studies on the diagnosis and treatment of newborn infants with respiratory distress.

eCORE

  • Woman & Child Health & Rare Diseases

Team

Group Leader
Antonio Moreno Galdó

Principal Investigator (PI)
Silvia Gartner, Inés Mir Messa, Diego Yeste Fernández, María Clemente León, Núria Camats Tarruella, Ana Díez Izquierdo, Teresa Garriga Baraut

Researchers
Sandra Rovira Amigo, Alba Torrent-Vernetta, Félix Castillo Salinas, Elida Vázquez Méndez, Mónica Fernández Cancio, Noelia Baz Redón, Ariadna Campos Martorell, Eduard Mogas Viñas

PhD Students
Cristina Aguilar Riera, Nuria González Llorens, Pamela Patricia Yesquen Salcedo, Ignacio Iglesias Serrano

Nursing and Technical Staff
Maria Carmen Soto Pérez

Publications

27
Publications
44.4
%Q1
126.61
Impact Factor
4.69
Average Impact Factor

Diez-Izquierdo A, Lidon-Moyano C, Martinez-Sanchez JM
Tobacco smoke is not limited to second hand smoke
EBioMedicine. 2023 Jan;87:104412
DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104412
IF: 11.21

Li Y, Seidl E, Knoflach K, Gothe F, Forstner ME, Michel K, Pawlita I, Gesenhues F, Sattler F, Yang X, Kroener C, Reu-Hofer S, Ley-Zaporozhan J, Kammer B, Krüger-Stollfuß I, Dinkel J, Carlens J, Wetzke M, Moreno-Galdó A, Torrent-Vernetta A, Lange J, Krenke K, Rumman N, Mayell S, Sismanlar T, Aslan A, Regamey N, Proesmans M, Stehling F, Naehrlich L, Ayse K, Becker S, Koerner-Rettberg C, Plattner E, Manali ED, Papiris SA, Campo I, Kappler M, Schwerk N, Griese M.
ABCA3-related interstitial lung disease beyond infancy
Thorax. 2023 Jun;78(6):587-595
DOI: 10.1136/thorax-2022-219434
IF: 9.2

Nathan N, Griese M, Michel K, Carlens J, Gilbert C, Emiralioglu N, Torrent-Vernetta A, Marczak H, Willemse B, Delestrain C, Epaud R
Diagnostic workup of childhood interstitial lung disease
Eur Respir Rev. 2023 Feb 21;32(167):220188
DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0188-2022
IF: 9.55

Clemente M, Cobo P, Antolín M, Campos A, Yeste D, Tomasini R, Caimari M, Masas M, García-Arumí E, Fernández-Cancio M, Baz-Redón N, Camats-Tarruella N.
Genetics and natural history of non-pancreatectomised patients with congenital hyperinsulinism due to variants in ABCC8
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Oct 18;108(11):e1316-e1328
DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgad280
IF: 6.13

Bacharier LB, Maspero JF, Katelaris CH, Fiocchi AG, Gagnon R, de Mir I, Guilbert TW, Jackson DJ, Staudinger HW, Laws E, Mannent LP, Akinlade B, Maloney J, Tawo K, Khokhar FA, Li N, Hardin M, Abdulai RM, Lederer DJ, Robinson LB, Bacharier LB, Maspero JF, Katelaris CH, Fiocchi AG, Gagnon R, De Mir I, Guilbert TW, Jackson DJ, Staudinger HW, Laws E, Mannent LP, Akinlade B, Maloney J, Tawo K, Khokhar FA, Li N, Hardin M, Abdulai RM, Lederer DJ, Robinson LB
Assessment of long-term safety and efficacy of dupilumab in children with asthma (LIBERTY ASTHMA EXCURSION): an open-label extension study
Lancet Respir Med. 2024 Jan;12(1):45-54
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(23)00303-X
IF: 76.2

Projects

Primary ciliary dyskinesia in adult bronchiectasis. Diagnostic strategy based on next generation sequencing gene panel analysis
Principal Investigator: Antonio Moreno Galdó
Agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 134,915 €
Period: 2021-2025

Improving the diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia
Principal Investigator: Antonio Moreno Galdó
Agency: Asociación Española de Pediatría
Funding: 25,000 €
Period: 2021-2023

Family diagnosis of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia and Retinitis Pigmentosa due to variants in the RPGR gene
Principal Investigator: Núria Camats Tarruella
Agency: CIBERER, Insituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 8,300 €
Period: 2021-2023

Effectiveness of a high-intensity interval training program in children and adolescents with post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans: a randomized controlled trial (PIBOHIIT)
Principal Investigator: Ana Díez Izquierdo
Agency: Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica
Funding: 16,740 €
Period: 2023-2024

Functional studies of genetic variants in patients with congenital hyperinsulinism
Principal Investigator: Núria Camats Tarruella
Agency: Fundación Sociedad Española Endocrinología Pediátrica
Funding: 10,000 €
Period: 2022-2023

VHIR Annual Report 2023