{"id":2381,"date":"2017-02-03T11:59:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T10:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neuromuscularbcn.org\/quienes_somos\/isabel-illa-sendra\/"},"modified":"2017-02-03T11:59:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T10:59:31","slug":"isabel-illa-sendra","status":"publish","type":"quienes_somos","link":"https:\/\/www.neuromuscularbcn.org\/en\/quienes_somos\/isabel-illa-sendra\/","title":{"rendered":"Isabel Illa Sendra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ASISTENCIA E INVESTIGACI\u00d3N DE ENFERMEDADES NEUROMUSCULARES<\/strong><br \/>\nIsabel Illa es Directora de la Unidad de Enfermedades Neuromusculares (ENM) del Servicio Neurolog\u00eda del Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau (HSCSP) de Barcelona. Es Catedr\u00e1tica de Neurolog\u00eda de la Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Barcelona (UAB)y Directora del Laboratorio de Neurolog\u00eda Experimental del Institut de Recerca del HSCSP.<\/p>\n<p>Realiza labor asistencial (visitas de pacientes con ENM, su seguimiento, segundas opinions cl\u00ednicas y terap\u00e9uticas, estudios EMG, \u2026). En este contexto cl\u00ednico, ha desarrollado una serie de t\u00e9cnicas diagn\u00f3sticas, test inmunol\u00f3gicos y estudios en biopsia muscular y de nervio que son de gran utilidad en el diagnostico de diversas ENM y un referente tanto nacional como internacional.<\/p>\n<p>Ha orientado su labor investigadora en los aspectos autoinmunes y neurodegenerativos de las enfermedades neuromusculares. Centrada en la b\u00fasqueda de nuevos ant\u00edgenos (biomarcadores), mecanismos inmunopatog\u00e9nicos y desarrollo de nuevas estrategias terap\u00e9uticas en Miastenia Gravis, Miopat\u00edas Inflamatorias y Neuropat\u00edas Inmunomediadas tipo CIDP, tambi\u00e9n ha investigado sobre la funci\u00f3n de prote\u00ednas, disferlina y otras, implicadas en la patogenia de las distrofias musculares y su tratamiento sobretodo en aspectos de terapia celular.<\/p>\n<p>Ha sido Fellow y Visiting Associate del National Institutes of Health, Presidente de la Sociedad Espa\u00f1ola de Neurolog\u00eda y miembro del Management Committee de la European federation of Neurological Societies. Presidente del \u00c1rea de Proyectos de Investigaci\u00f3n de Neurolog\u00eda, Psiquiatr\u00eda y Neurociencias del ISCIII- FIS; as\u00ed como miembro del Comit\u00e9 Cient\u00edfico de CIBERNED, del Comit\u00e9 Cient\u00edfico asesor Externo del IBIS de Sevilla, del board of the Scientific Committee of the Research Centre of INSERM-Paris 12 University y del Comit\u00e8 d\u2019Experts de la Central de Resultats de AQuAS.<\/p>\n<p>Es autora de m\u00e1s de 150 art\u00edculos cient\u00edficos citados en m\u00e1s de 5.500 ocasiones y responsable de 25 proyectos de investigaci\u00f3n financiados, en convocatorias competitivas por agencias espa\u00f1olas, europeas y de USA (ver c.v). Recientemente es responsible de un proyecto nacional de bases de datos de pacientes con enfermedades neuromusculares, \u201cNMD-ES\u201d. 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