Dr. Ezquerra obtained his PhD at our laboratory in 2000 with the Thesis entitled "Genetic risk factors associated to Alzheimer's disease in the Spanish population". Currently he is a Postdoct at the Laboratorio de Neurologia, Fundació Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
Publications
15: Ezquerra M, Lleó A, Castellví M, Queralt R, Santacruz P, Pastor P, Molinuevo JL, Blesa R, Oliva R.
A novel mutation in the PSEN2 gene (T430M) associated with variable expression in a family with early-onset Alzheimer disease.
Arch Neurol. 2003 Aug;60(8):1149-51
14: Lleó A, Blesa R, Queralt R, Ezquerra M, Molinuevo JL, Peña-Casanova J, Rojo A, Oliva R.
Frequency of mutations in the presenilin and amyloid precursor protein genes in early-onset Alzheimer disease in Spain.
Arch Neurol. 2002 Nov;59(11):1759-63
13: Pastor P, Muñoz E, Ezquerra M, Obach V, Martí MJ, Valldeoriola F, Tolosa E, Oliva R.
Analysis of the coding and the 5' flanking regions of the alpha-synuclein gene in patients with Parkinson's disease.
Mov Disord. 2001 Nov;16(6):1115-9
12: Queralt R, Ezquerra M, Castellví M, Lleó A, Blesa R, Oliva R.
Detection of the presenilin 1 gene mutation (M139T) in early-onset familial Alzheimer disease in Spain.
Neurosci Lett. 2001 Feb 23;299(3):239-41
11: Ezquerra M, Carnero C, Blesa R, Oliva R.
A novel presenilin 1 mutation (Leu166Arg) associated with early-onset Alzheimer disease.
Arch Neurol. 2000 Apr;57(4):485-8
10: Pastor P, Ezquerra M, Muñoz E, Martí MJ, Blesa R, Tolosa E, Oliva R.
Significant association between the tau gene A0/A0 genotype and Parkinson's disease.
Ann Neurol. 2000 Feb;47(2):242-5
9: Ezquerra M, Pastor P, Valldeoriola F, Molinuevo JL, Blesa R, Tolosa E, Oliva R.
Identification of a novel polymorphism in the promoter region of the tau gene highly associated to progressive supranuclear palsy in humans.
Neurosci Lett. 1999 Nov 19;275(3):183-6
8: Ezquerra M, Carnero C, Blesa R, Gelpí JL, Ballesta F, Oliva R.
A presenilin 1 mutation (Ser169Pro) associated with early-onset AD and myoclonic seizures.
Neurology. 1999 Feb;52(3):566-70
7: Muñoz E, Obach V, Oliva R, Martí MJ, Ezquerra M, Pastor P, Ballesta F, Tolosa E.
Alpha1-antichymotrypsin gene polymorphism and susceptibility to Parkinson's disease.
Neurology. 1999 Jan 15;52(2):297-301
6: Oliva R, Tolosa E, Ezquerra M, Molinuevo JL, Valldeoriola F, Burguera J, Calopa M, Villa M, Ballesta F.
Significant changes in the tau A0 and A3 alleles in progressive supranuclear palsy and improved genotyping by silver detection.
Arch Neurol. 1998 Aug;55(8):1122-4
5: Ezquerra M, Ballesta F, Queralt R, Aledo R, Gómez D, Guitart M, Egozcue J, Ascaso C, Oliva R.
Apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 alleles and meiotic origin of non-disjunction in Down syndrome children and in their corresponding fathers and mothers.
Neurosci Lett. 1998 May 22;248(1):1-4
4: Ezquerra M, Blesa R, Tolosa E, Ballesta F, Oliva R.
Alpha-antichymotrypsin gene polymorphism and risk for Alzheimer's disease in the Spanish population.
Neurosci Lett. 1998 Jan 9;240(2):107-9
3: Gené M, Moreno P, Ezquerra M, Prat A, Huguet E, Adroer R, Oliva R.
Low apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele frequency in the population of Catalonia (Spain) determined by PCR-RFLP and Laser fluorescent sequencer.
Eur J Epidemiol. 1997 Oct;13(7):841-3
2: Ezquerra M, Blesa R, Tolosa E, Lopez Pousa S, Aguilar M, Peña J, Van Broeckhoven C, Ballesta F, Oliva R.
The genotype 2/2 of the presenilin-1 polymorphism is decreased in Spanish early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Neurosci Lett. 1997 May 23;227(3):201-4
1: Ballesta F, Queralt R, Gómez D, Solsona E, Guitart M, Ezquerra M, Moreno J, Oliva R.
Parental origin and meiotic stage of non-disjunction in 139 cases of trisomy 21.
Ann Genet. 1999;42(1):11-5