Jordi To Figueras

Associate professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-2644-1213
Knowledge area: Toxicologia

Contact Information
Department of Medicine
Servei de Bioquímica i Genètica Molecular. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Villarroel 170. Barcelona
932275400
jto(a)ub.edu

Teaching imparted (current)

Toxicologia - Ciencias Biomédicas - Universidad de Barcelona.
Medicina Legal i Toxicologia. Deontologia i Legislació Mèdica - Medicina - Universidad de Barcelona.

Academic training

Biologia . Universitat de Barcelona . 01/07/1979 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Biologia . Universitat de Barcelona . 1984 . (Ph.D.)

Professional experience

Consultor senior del Servei de Bioquímica i Genètica Molecular. Hospital Clinic de Barcelona. 01/01/2008

Research interests

Diagnòstic i fisiopatologia de les porfíries

Research Projects

European Porphyria Network: providing better healthcare for patients and their families (EPNET). Work Package 6:Network of laboratory centres for porphyria diagnosis . 2008 - 2013 . Ref.800108 . Public Heatlh Executive Agency . PI: Jean-Charles Deybach
Estudio metabolómico en pacientes con Porfiria Aguda Intermitente: caracterización de los desajustes hormonales y catabólicos asociados a la enfermedad y efectos del tratamiento con hemina . 2014 - 2018 . Ref.PI14/00147 . Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria. Instituto de Salud Carlos III . PI: Oscar Pozo; Jordi To-Figueras

Journal Publications

Combalia, A.; To-Figueras, J.; Laguno, M.; Martinez-Rebollar, M.; Aguilera, P. (2017). Direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C virus induce a rapid clinical and biochemical remission of porphyria cutanea tarda. British Journal of Dermatology, 177(5), pp. e183 - e184 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0007-0963
Gomez-Gomez, A; Marcos, J; Aguiler,a P; To-Figueras, J; Pozo, OJ. (2017). Comprehensive analysis of the tryptophan metabolome in urine of patients with acute intermittent porphyria. Journal Of Chromatography B-Analytical Technologies In The Biomedical And Life Sciences, 1060, pp. 347 - 354 . https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28666226 . ISSN: 1570-0232
To-Figueras, J. (2019). Association between hepatitis C virus and porphyria cutanea tarda. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 3(128), pp. 282 - 287 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41436-019-0537-7 . ISSN: 1096-7192
Sastre L, To-Figueras J, Lens S, Rodríguez-Tajes S, Zartres C, Aguilera P, Badenas C, Oliva R, Pocurull A, Forns X, Mariño Z (2020). Resolution of subclinical porphyria cutanea tarda after hepatitis C eradication with direct acting antivirals. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 51, pp. 968 - 973 . https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.15703 . ISSN: 0269-2813
To-Figueras J; Wijngaard R; García-Villoria J; Aarsand AK; Aguilera P; Deulofeu R; Brunet M; Gómez-Gómez À; Pozo OJ; Sandberg S- (2021). Dysregulation of homocysteine homeostasis in acute intermittent porphyria patients receiving heme arginate or givosiran. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 44(4), pp. 961 - 971 . https://doi.org/10.1002/jimd.12391 . ISSN: 0141-8955

Other publications

Casals, G.; To-Figueras, J. (2019). Epidemias y catástrofes tóxicas . In Toxicologia Clínica (Editor Santiago Nogué Xarau) . (pp. 23 - 29) . Elsevier . ISBN: 978-84-9113-340-7 .

Relevant activities

Membre de EPNET (European Porphyria Network) () . 01/01/2000