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Coppola L, Smaldone G, Grimaldi AM, Estraneo A, Magliacano A, Soddu A, Ciccarelli G, Salvatore M, Cavaliere C. Peripheral blood BDNF and soluble CAM proteins as possible markers of prolonged disorders of consciousness: a pilot study. Sci Rep 2024; 14:341. [PMID: 38172270 PMCID: PMC10764320 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-50581-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Although clinical examination still represents the gold standard for the differential diagnosis of prolonged disorders of consciousness (pDoC), the introduction of innovative markers is essential for diagnosis and prognosis, due to the problem of covert cognition. We evaluated the brain-derived neurotrophic factor protein (BDNF) and the soluble cell adhesion molecules proteins (CAMs) in a cohort of prolonged disorders of consciousness patients to identify a possible application in the clinical context. Furthermore, peripheral blood determinations were correlated with imaging parameters such as white matter hyperintensities (WMH), cranial standardized uptake value (cSUV), electroencephalography (EEG) data and clinical setting. Our results, although preliminary, identify BDNF as a possible blood marker for the diagnosis of pDoC (p value 0.001), the soluble CAMs proteins CD44, Vcam-1, E-selectin (p value < 0.01) and Icam-3 (p value < 0.05) showed a higher peripheral blood value in pDoC compared with control. Finally, soluble Ncam protein could find useful applications in the clinical evolution of the pDoC, showing high levels in the MCS and EMCS subgroups (p value < 0. 001) compared to VS/UWS.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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- Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Institute of Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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D'Urso G, Magliacano A, Dell'Osso B, Lamberti H, Luciani A, Mariniello TS, Pomes MV, Rifici LM, Iasevoli F, de Bartolomeis A. Effects of strict CoViD-19 lockdown on patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder compared to a clinical and a non-clinical sample. Eur Psychiatry 2023:1-29. [PMID: 37258286 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.2416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- G D'Urso
- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Bipolar Disorders Clinic, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA; Aldo Ravelli" Center for Nanotechnology and Neurostimulation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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