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Ricci F, Caterino AL, Mantini C, Rotondo D, Cotroneo AR, Gallina S. P431Aliasing planimetry by phase-contrast imaging for grading of aortic stenosis severity. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez118.018] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- F Ricci
- University of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- University of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- University of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- SS. Annunziata Hospital , Chieti, Italy
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- University of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- University of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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Ricci F, Aung N, Boubertakh R, Camaioni C, Doimo S, Fung K, Khanji M, Malcomson J, Mantini C, Paiva J, Gallina S, Fedorowski A, Mohiddin S, Aquaro GD, Petersen SE. 3004Pulmonary blood volume index as a quantitative biomarker of diastolic function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.3004] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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- F Ricci
- G. D'Annunzio University, Institute of Cardiology and Center of Excellence on Aging, Chieti, Italy
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- G. d'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- G. d'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Gabriele Monasterio Foundation, Pisa, Italy
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Ricci F, Barison A, Todiere G, Mantini C, Cotroneo AR, Emdin M, De Caterina R, Galllina S, Aquaro GD. Prognostic value of pulmonary blood volume by first-pass contrast-enhanced CMR in heart failure outpatients: the PROVE-HF study. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 19:896-904. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jex214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- F Ricci
- Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, “G. d'Annunzio” University, Via Luigi Polacchi, 11 - 66100 Chieti, Italy
- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d'Annunzio” University, Via dei Vestini. 31 - 66100 Chieti, Italy
- Institute of Cardiology, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d'Annunzio” University, Via dei Vestini, 31 - 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- G. Monasterio Foundation, MRI-laboratory, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 1 - 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- G. Monasterio Foundation, MRI-laboratory, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 1 - 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d'Annunzio” University, Via dei Vestini. 31 - 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d'Annunzio” University, Via dei Vestini. 31 - 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- G. Monasterio Foundation, MRI-laboratory, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 1 - 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Institute of Cardiology, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d'Annunzio” University, Via dei Vestini, 31 - 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Institute of Cardiology, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d'Annunzio” University, Via dei Vestini, 31 - 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- G. Monasterio Foundation, MRI-laboratory, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 1 - 56124 Pisa, Italy
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Meloni D, Poirier P, Mantini C, Noël C, Gantois N, Wawrzyniak I, Delbac F, Chabé M, Delhaes L, Dei-Cas E, Fiori PL, El Alaoui H, Viscogliosi E. Mixed human intra- and inter-subtype infections with the parasite Blastocystis sp. Parasitol Int 2012; 61:719-22. [PMID: 22659011 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2012.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2012] [Revised: 05/18/2012] [Accepted: 05/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Because of their limitations, current subtyping methods likely underestimate mixed human intra- and inter-subtype infections with Blastocystis sp. leading to erroneous data in the context of epidemiological studies. We confirmed this hypothesis by the identification of several isolates belonging to three subtypes in a patient considered at high risk of mixed infection through her lifestyle in rural area and long history of travelling.
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- Dionigia Meloni
- Pasteur Institute of Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille (CIIL), Inserm U1019, CNRS UMR 8204, University Lille Nord de France, EA4547, Lille Cedex, France
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Noda S, Mantini C, Meloni D, Inoue JI, Kitade O, Viscogliosi E, Ohkuma M. Molecular phylogeny and evolution of parabasalia with improved taxon sampling and new protein markers of actin and elongation factor-1α. PLoS One 2012; 7:e29938. [PMID: 22253832 PMCID: PMC3253790 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2011] [Accepted: 12/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Inferring the evolutionary history of phylogenetically isolated, deep-branching groups of taxa—in particular determining the root—is often extraordinarily difficult because their close relatives are unavailable as suitable outgroups. One of these taxonomic groups is the phylum Parabasalia, which comprises morphologically diverse species of flagellated protists of ecological, medical, and evolutionary significance. Indeed, previous molecular phylogenetic analyses of members of this phylum have yielded conflicting and possibly erroneous inferences. Furthermore, many species of Parabasalia are symbionts in the gut of termites and cockroaches or parasites and therefore formidably difficult to cultivate, rendering available data insufficient. Increasing the numbers of examined taxa and informative characters (e.g., genes) is likely to produce more reliable inferences. Principal Findings Actin and elongation factor-1α genes were identified newly from 22 species of termite-gut symbionts through careful manipulations and seven cultured species, which covered major lineages of Parabasalia. Their protein sequences were concatenated and analyzed with sequences of previously and newly identified glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and the small-subunit rRNA gene. This concatenated dataset provided more robust phylogenetic relationships among major groups of Parabasalia and a more plausible new root position than those previously reported. Conclusions/Significance We conclude that increasing the number of sampled taxa as well as the addition of new sequences greatly improves the accuracy and robustness of the phylogenetic inference. A morphologically simple cell is likely the ancient form in Parabasalia as opposed to a cell with elaborate flagellar and cytoskeletal structures, which was defined as most basal in previous inferences. Nevertheless, the evolution of Parabasalia is complex owing to several independent multiplication and simplification events in these structures. Therefore, systematics based solely on morphology does not reflect the evolutionary history of parabasalids.
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- Satoko Noda
- Microbe Division/Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, Wako, Saitama, Japan
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
- * E-mail: (SN); (MO)
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- Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France, and Inserm U1019, CNRS UMR 8204, and University Lille – Nord de France, Lille, France
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- Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France, and Inserm U1019, CNRS UMR 8204, and University Lille – Nord de France, Lille, France
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Experimental and Clinical Microbiology, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Microbe Division/Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Natural History Laboratory, College of Science, Ibaraki University, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France, and Inserm U1019, CNRS UMR 8204, and University Lille – Nord de France, Lille, France
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- Microbe Division/Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, Wako, Saitama, Japan
- * E-mail: (SN); (MO)
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Meloni D, Mantini C, Goustille J, Desoubeaux G, Maakaroun-Vermesse Z, Chandenier J, Gantois N, Duboucher C, Fiori PL, Dei-Cas E, Duong TH, Viscogliosi E. Molecular identification of Pentatrichomonas hominis in two patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. J Clin Pathol 2011; 64:933-5. [PMID: 21551465 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2011.089326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Mantini C, Souppart L, Noël C, Duong TH, Mornet M, Carroger G, Dupont P, Masseret E, Goustille J, Capron M, Duboucher C, Dei-Cas E, Viscogliosi E. Molecular characterization of a new Tetratrichomonas species in a patient with empyema. J Clin Microbiol 2009; 47:2336-9. [PMID: 19420167 PMCID: PMC2708534 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00353-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2009] [Revised: 03/25/2009] [Accepted: 04/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A new Tetratrichomonas species was identified by molecular and phylogenetic approaches in the pleural fluid from a patient with encysted empyema leading to dyspnea. This observation raised the questions of the real prevalence of pulmonary trichomonosis in humans, the zoonotic potential of trichomonads, and the existence of human-host-adapted strains.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Animals
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA, Protozoan/chemistry
- DNA, Protozoan/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/genetics
- Empyema, Pleural/parasitology
- Female
- Genes, rRNA
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Protozoan Infections/diagnosis
- Protozoan Infections/parasitology
- RNA, Protozoan/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S/genetics
- Radiography, Thoracic
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Trichomonadida/classification
- Trichomonadida/genetics
- Trichomonadida/isolation & purification
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- Cléa Mantini
- Institut Pasteur de Lille, INSERM U547, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France
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Noda S, Mantini C, Bordereau C, Kitade O, Dolan MF, Viscogliosi E, Ohkuma M. Molecular phylogeny of parabasalids with emphasis on the order Cristamonadida and its complex morphological evolution. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2009; 52:217-24. [PMID: 19306937 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2008] [Revised: 02/14/2009] [Accepted: 03/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Parabasalia represents a complex assemblage of species, which recently received extensive reorganization. The newly created order Cristamonadida unites complex hypermastigids belonging to the Lophomonadida like the joeniids, the multinucleate polymonad Calonymphidae, and well-developed trichomonads in the Devescovinidae. All these protists exclusively occur in the guts of termites and related insects. In this study, small subunit rRNA and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase genes were identified without cultivation from 14 species in Cristamonadida including previously unstudied genera such as Joenina, Joenia, Joenoides, Macrotrichomonas, Gigantomonas, and Foaina. Despite the great morphological diversity of Cristamonadida, our phylogenetic analyses supported the monophyly of this order. However, almost all the families and subfamilies composing this order are polyphyletic suggesting a complicated morphological evolution. Our analyses also showed that Cristamonadida descends from one lineage of rudimentary trichomonads and that joeniids was basal in this order. Several successive and independent morphological transitions such as the development and reduction of flagellar apparatus and associated cytoskeleton and transition to multinucleated status have likely led to the diversity and complexity of cristamonad lineages.
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- Satoko Noda
- Ecomolecular Biorecycling Science Research Team, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Dufernez F, Derelle E, Noël C, Sanciu G, Mantini C, Dive D, Soyer-Gobillard MO, Capron M, Pierce RJ, Wintjens R, Guillebault D, Viscogliosi E. Molecular characterization of iron-containing superoxide dismutases in the heterotrophic dinoflagellate Crypthecodinium cohnii. Protist 2008; 159:223-38. [PMID: 18276189 DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2007.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2007] [Accepted: 11/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Superoxide dismutases (SODs) are a family of antioxidant enzymes that catalyse the degradation of toxic superoxide radicals in obligate and facultative aerobic organisms. Here, we report the presence of a multi-copy gene family encoding SODs in the heterotrophic dinoflagellate Crypthecodinium cohnii. All the genes identified (sod1 to sod17) have been cloned and sequenced, and shown to encode potentially functional dimeric iron-containing SOD isozymes. Our data revealed a considerable molecular heterogeneity of this enzyme in C. cohnii at both genomic and transcriptional levels. The C. cohnii SOD1, overexpressed in Escherichia coli, was active and its structure obtained by homology modeling using X-ray crystal structures of homologues exhibited the typical fold of dimeric FeSODs. Phylogenetic studies including 110 other dimeric FeSODs and closely related cambialistic dimeric SOD sequences showed that the C. cohnii SODs form a monophyletic group and have all been acquired by the same event of horizontal gene transfer. It also revealed a dichotomy within the C. cohnii SOD sequences that could be explained by an ancestral sod gene duplication followed by subsequent gene duplications within each of the two groups. Enzyme assays of SOD activity indicated the presence of two FeSOD activities in C. cohnii cell lysate whereas MnSOD and Cu/ZnSOD were not detected. These activities contrasted with the SOD repertoire previously characterized in photosynthetic dinoflagellates. To explain these differences, a hypothetical evolutionary scenario is proposed that suggests gains and losses of sod genes in dinoflagellates.
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- Fabienne Dufernez
- Institut Pasteur de Lille, Université Lille 2, 59019 Lille cedex, France
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