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Russo E, Bellando-Randone S, Carboni D, Fioretto BS, Romano E, Baldi S, El Aoufy K, Ramazzotti M, Rosa I, Lepri G, Di Gloria L, Pallecchi M, Bruni C, Melchiorre D, Guiducci S, Manetti M, Bartolucci GL, Matucci-Cerinic M, Amedei A. The differential crosstalk of the skin-gut microbiome axis as a new emerging actor in systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2024; 63:226-234. [PMID: 37154625 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead208] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES We characterized the microbiota in SSc, focusing on the skin-oral-gut axis and the serum and faecal free fatty acid (FFA) profile. METHODS Twenty-five SSc patients with ACA or anti-Scl70 autoantibodies were enrolled. The microbiota of faecal, saliva and superficial epidermal samples was assessed through next-generation sequencing analysis. GC-MS was used to quantify faecal and serum FFAs. Gastrointestinal symptoms were investigated with the University of California Los Angeles Scleroderma Clinical Trial Consortium Gastrointestinal Tract Instrument (UCLA GIT-2.0) questionnaire. RESULTS The ACA+ and anti-Scl70+ groups displayed different cutaneous and faecal microbiota profiles. The classes of cutaneous Sphingobacteriia and Alphaproteobacteria, the faecal phylum Lentisphaerae, the levels of the classes Lentisphaeria and Opitutae, and the genus NA-Acidaminococcaceae were significantly higher in faecal samples from the ACA+ patients than in samples from the anti-Scl70+ patients. The cutaneous Sphingobacteria and the faecal Lentisphaerae were significantly correlated (rho = 0.42; P = 0.03). A significant increase in faecal propionic acid was observed in ACA+ patients. Moreover, all levels of faecal medium-chain FFAs and hexanoic acids were significantly higher in the ACA+ group than in the anti-Scl70+ group (P < 0.05 and P < 0.001, respectively). In the ACA+ group, the analysis of the serum FFA levels showed an increasing trend in valeric acid. CONCLUSION Different microbiota signatures and FFA profiles were found for the two groups of patients. Despite being in different body districts, the cutaneous Sphingobacteria and faecal Lentisphaerae appear interdependent.
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- Edda Russo
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Division of Rheumatology, Scleroderma Unit, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Division of Rheumatology, Scleroderma Unit, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Science "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Division of Rheumatology, Scleroderma Unit, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Science "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Division of Rheumatology, Scleroderma Unit, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
- Rheumatology, University Hospital of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Division of Rheumatology, Scleroderma Unit, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Longo D, Ammannati L, Melchiorre D, Serafini I, Bagni MA, Ferrarello F. The Muscle Shortening Maneuver: a noninvasive approach to the treatment of peroneal nerve injury. A case report. Physiother Theory Pract 2024; 40:176-183. [PMID: 35912501 DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2022.2106915] [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: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The treatment of peripheral nerve injuries is a debated topic. The Muscle Shortening Maneuver (MSM), a physiotherapy approach, is noninvasive and free of side effects; it consists of a muscle shortening and a solicitation in traction applied simultaneously. OBJECTIVE The focus of this report is to describe the effects of the MSM combined with walking retraining in a patient with incomplete injury of the peroneal nerve. DESCRIPTION The patient was a 17-year-old man, who underwent osteotomy surgery of the proximal two-thirds of the fibula, due to an Ewing sarcoma that caused a partial injury of the left peroneal nerve. Our assessment plan of the left ankle movement ability comprised range of movement, muscle strength, and surface electromyography (EMG); and a gait analysis was conducted by using an iPhone application. MSM and walking retraining were administered twice and once a week, respectively, for 4 weeks. OUTCOMES The active range of movement substantially improved in dorsiflexion (≥15°), whereas slightly decreased in plantar flexion (-5°). Aside from the tibialis anterior, an increase in muscle strength was detected. Surface EMG showed an increased activation, particularly in the peroneus longus. A decrease in gait speed and step length was recorded from the gait analysis, with a better bilateral symmetry. CONCLUSIONS Positive outcomes were reported without evidence of risk or adverse events for the participant.
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- Diego Longo
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Biological Systems Movement Research Laboratory, Pistoia Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Biological Systems Movement Research Laboratory, Pistoia Italy
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- Department of Functional Rehabilitation Activities, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Ex Filanda, V. Cesare Battisti 30, Pescia, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Biological Systems Movement Research Laboratory, Pistoia Italy
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- Department of Functional Rehabilitation Activities, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, c/o CSS Giovannini, Prato, Italy
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Longo D, Santini G, Cherubini G, Melchiorre D, Ferrarello F, Bagni MA. The muscle shortening maneuver in individuals with stroke: a consideration-of-concept randomized pilot trial. Top Stroke Rehabil 2023; 30:807-819. [PMID: 36398746 DOI: 10.1080/10749357.2022.2145741] [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: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Muscle Shortening Maneuver (MSM) is derived from Feldman's λ model of motor control, and seems to induce a more balanced agonist- antagonist-muscular action. The hypothesized mechanism of action is a modulation of the Tonic Stretch Reflex Threshold (TSRT). We designed a pilot, randomized trial aimed to explore the mechanisms of action of the technique. An ancillary objective was to research the implementation of the MSM as a stroke rehabilitation intervention. METHODS A sample of 10 participants with chronic stroke was enrolled and randomly assigned to MSM (n, 5) or conventional physical therapy (CPT) (n, 5) treatments. The TSRTs were assessed by the Montreal Spasticity Measure device. A selection of clinical and instrumental outcome measures was taken to investigate function and activity levels. Data were collected at baseline, end-of-treatment, and one month after the end-of-treatment. RESULTS No adverse events were observed. In both between- and within-group post-treatment assessments, in the affected ankle the MSM group showed decreased TSRTs of the plantar flexor, increased strength of the dorsiflexor and active range of motion; also, the time needed to perform the Timed Up and Go test decreased. No changes were evident across assessments in the CPT group. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS The MSM seems able to modulate the TSRTs in individuals with stroke. Although with the limitations due to the pilot design, the variation in participants' responses appear to be promising. Many methodological issues have to be clarified and specified conceiving the progression toward a confirmatory trial.
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- Diego Longo
- Department Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Functional Rehabilitation activities, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Prato, Italy
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- Department Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Longo D, Branchi E, Matucci-Cerinic P, Bagni MA, Matucci-Cerinic M, Melchiorre D. Shoulder impingement syndrome in water polo players: muscle shortening manoeuvre controls pain intensity, recovers function and normalizes sonographic parameters. J Ultrasound 2022; 25:667-673. [PMID: 35060097 PMCID: PMC9402839 DOI: 10.1007/s40477-021-00645-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate the effects of muscle shortening manoeuvre (MSM) by sonography (US) in professional water polo players with shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS). METHODS Twenty-four professional water polo players (mean age: 22.13 ± 3.34) with SIS were assigned to one of 2 different treatment interventions: Group (1) MSM: a series of fast accelerations in the upward direction was applied to the upper limb that's connected to a spring through a metal plate with a ring. The ring was linked to a pulley system that was submitted to forces acting in the opposite direction (added mass). Group (2) Simple traction: the series of fast accelerations were performed without the springs. Pain intensity, Yocum and Hawkins tests for SIS, Neer's impingement sign, range of motion, muscle strength and shoulder US were assessed. The examination was performed before, immediately after and 30 days after each treatment to study the US width of subacromial-subdeltoid bursa (SSB), thickness of supraspinatus (ST), long biceps tendons (LBT); hypoechoic halo of surrounding the long biceps (LBH) and subscapular tendons (STH); width of acromio-clavicular joint capsule (ACJ) and the distance between bone heads (ACD). Impingement sign (IS) was evaluated by dynamic examination. RESULTS Immediately after treatment with MSM, pain was much reduced (p = 0.002); Yocum and Hawkins tests were decreased (p = 0.008, p = 0.031); Neer's impingement sign was negative; range of motion and muscle strength were increased. US showed that the following parameters were significantly reduced: SSB (p = 0.001), LBT (p = 0.014), LBH (p = 0.014), SSH (p = 0.002), ACJ (p = 0.004), ACD (p = 0.001). IS was no more detected. After 30 days, the improvement of clinical and US findings was maintained. In the control group, after simple traction, no clinical amelioration of US parameters was found immediately after the procedure. CONCLUSION These data show that MSM could be significantly and rapidly effective against pain and the loss of function due to shoulder impingement in water polo players.
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- Diego Longo
- Department Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
- Sezione di Scienze Fisiologiche, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale Morgagni 63, 50100, Florence, Italy.
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- Department Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Academic Hospital of Santa Maria della Misericordia Udine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases (UnIRAR), IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
- Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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Longo D, Cherubini G, Mangè V, Lippi P, Longo L, Melchiorre D, Bagni MA. Effects of laser therapy and Grimaldi’s muscle shortening maneuver on spasticity in central nervous system injuries. Laser Ther 2022. [DOI: 10.4081/ltj.2022.299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Background an Aims: For 2003 year until today we treated hundreds of patients with Central Nervous System Injuries (CNSI), using Non-Surgical Laser Therapy (NSLT) obtaining good results in terms of sensibility and movement. In order to increase muscle strength and to further explore new emerging synergies, we have also started using a physical therapy practice based on the most current knowledge about the motor control, called Grimaldi’s Muscle Shortening Maneuver (GMSM). Spasticity is often the most disabling symptom and the current therapies are still not able to heal it at all. The goal of our study is to suggest a new way of treatment of spasticity, supporting it with objective measurements of muscle thresholds. Materials and Methods: In 2016-2017, 36 patients with traumatic or degenerative CNSI were enrolled. Lasers used were 808 nm, 10600 nm, and 1064 nm, applied with a first cycle of 20 sessions, four a day. Patients were subjected to Grimaldi’s Muscle Shortening Maneuver (MSM) twice a day, ten sessions at all, working selectively on hypertonic muscles and their antagonists. Before treatment, tonic stretch reflex thresholds (TSRTs) in Gastrocnemius Lateralis (GL) were assessed through a surface electromyography (sEMG) device paired with an electrogoniometer. Antagonist muscle force (Tibialis Anterioris) was assessed by some electronic hand-held dynamometers. For the clinical measure, we used the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS). All tests have been performed at the baseline (before starting treatments), after one week (at the end of the last treatment) and after a month. Results: Results were considered positive if the instrumental assessment procedure showed modifications in TSRT values and subjects improved their antagonist muscle strength. Results showed modifications in TSRT values at every follow up. The average comparison between the follow-ups was always statistically significant (p .000). The increase in Tibialis Anterioris muscle strength was statistically significant as well (p .000). MAS showed some differences between followups but not all of them are statistically significant (T0-T1 p .063, T1-T2 p .001, T0-T2 p .000). Encouraging results suggest a possible correlation between laser and MSM therapies and modifications of TSRT in spastic muscles. Conclusion: Associating laser treatment and Grimaldi’s Muscle Shortening Maneuver (MSM) seems to be effective on spasticity in patients affected by traumatic or degenerative CNSI. Obviously, this kind of study design showed a lot of limits however this clinical series could be an important hint for every researcher working in the complex field of spasticity, a symptom that is poorly defined and hardly treated.
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Russo E, Carboni D, Baldi S, Fioretto B, Romano E, El Aoufy K, Ramazzotti M, Rosa I, Lepri G, DI Gloria L, Bruni C, Melchiorre D, Guiducci S, Manetti M, Matucci-Cerinic M, Amedei A, Bellando Randone S. POS0487 THE CROSSTALK OF THE SKIN-ORAL-GUT MICROBIOME AXIS IN LIMITED AND DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS. Ann Rheum Dis 2022. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.4630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BackgroundSystemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex and still unclear rare disease. Microbiota has recently emerged as an important environmental factor in SSc pathogenesis, either at gut, oral and skin level.ObjectivesTo investigate the role of microbiota in SSc subsets, focusing on the skin-oral-gut microbiota axis and serum and fecal free fatty acids (FFA) profile.MethodsTwenty-six consecutive SSc patients (22 females) (mean disease duration (SD): 13 ± 6.91 yrs), classified according to the ACR/EULAR2013 criteria, were enrolled. Demographic, clinical and laboratory data were recorded. Gastrointestinal symptoms were investigated with UCLA GIT-2.0-questionnaire. Fecal, unstimulated saliva and superficial epidermal samples were collected. Microbiota was assessed through 16S ribosomal RNA Next Generation gene-sequencing analysis. Gas Cromatography-Mass Spettroscopy was used to measure FFAs in serum and fecal samples.ResultsThirteen patients had limited cutaneous SSc (lcSSc), 13 diffuse cutaneous (dcSSc). The two subsets displayed a different cutaneous and fecal microbiota profile. In detail, the class of cutaneous Sphingobacteria was significantly higher in lcSSc (p<0.05), while the phylum of Lentisphaerae, the family of Victivallaceae and the genus of Victivallis were significantly higher in fecal samples of lcSSc (all p<0.05). A significant increase of fecal propionic acid was observed in lcSSc patients (p<0.05). Moreover, all fecal medium-chain FAs and hexanoic acids were significantly higher in lcSSc (p<0.05 and p<0.001, respectively). The analysis of serum FFAs levels showed an increase of valeric and octanoic acids in lcSSc (both p<0.05). A negative correlation between UCLA-GIT-2.0 total score and fecal octanoic acid (rho=-0.61; p=0.03), and a positive correlation with serum propionic acid (rho=0.55; p=0.05) was found in lcSSc.ConclusionOur findings show a different microbiota signature in the skin and gut, and a different FFAs profile in lcSSc and dcSSc. Such a differential regulation of microbiota composition and bacterial metabolite production suggests different dynamics of skin-oral-gut microbiota axis in SSc subsets. This data could be useful to develop personalized therapies targeting gastrointestinal and skin involvement.Disclosure of InterestsNone declared.
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Ceccherini MT, Bellando-Randone S, Guiducci S, Romano E, Carboni D, El Aoufy K, Lepri G, Cometi L, Tofani L, Matucci-Cerinic M, Melchiorre D. AB0747 Oral microbiome in rheumatic diseases.What involvement? Ann Rheum Dis 2022. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.5185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BackgroundThe concept of core-microbiome in health is useful for investigating the possible role of the oral microbiome in autoimmune disease, such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spondyloarthritis, Sjogren Syndrome or Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), whose pathogenesis has not been fully understood. Environmental factors and certain genetic backgrounds have been proposed. Among the various environmental factors, the microbiota stands out, the entire composition of microorganisms, mainly bacteria but also fungi and viruses, which populate the human body.ObjectivesThe aim of the study was to verify whether there were quantitative differences between the microorganisms present in the oral cavity, in particular between the lactobacillus spp., of patients with SSc compared to those present in the oral cavity of healthy subjects taken as controls.MethodsTwenty-nine SSc female patients (mean age 62.) classified according to the ACR/EULAR2013 criteria and twenty-three female healthy subjects (HS, mean age 57.6) were enrolled and underwent tongue and gum swab sampling. Quantitative PCR was conducted in triplicates using Lactobacillus specific primers rpoB1, rpoB1o and rpoB2 for RNA-polymerase β subunit gene.ResultsOur data showed Lactobacillusspp.rpoB sequences significantly lower in the tongue of SSc patients than in HS (p=0.0211).The statistical analysis in HS highlighted a significant lower amount of rpoB on the gums than on the tongue.ConclusionOur preliminary data show that the number of Lactobacillus on the tongue in SSc patients is about half that of HS. These data make it more likely that Lactobacillus in SSc patients may play a protective role. Further investigations will also be needed in other autoimmune diseases.References[1]Zaura E, Keijser BJ, Huse SM, Crielaard W Defining the healthy “core microbiome” of oral microbial communities. BMC Microbiol. 2009 Dec 15;9:259. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-259.[2]Nikitakis NG, Papaioannou W, Sakkas LI, Kousvelari E.The autoimmunity-oral microbiome connection. Oral Diseases (2017) 23, 828-839.Disclosure of InterestsNone declared
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Longo D, Tognetti E, Melchiorre D, Bagni MA. Influence of lockdown on spinal pain: a preliminary report on use of the “2020 lockdown questionnaire”. Physical Therapy Reviews 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/10833196.2021.2022374] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Diego Longo
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Fraternità di Misericordia di Corsagna, Lucca, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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Orlandi M, Landini N, Sambataro G, Nardi C, Tofani L, Bruni C, Bellando-Randone S, Blagojevic J, Melchiorre D, Hughes M, Denton CP, Luppi F, Ruaro B, Della Casa F, Rossi FW, De Luca G, Campochiaro C, Spinicci M, Zammarchi L, Tomassetti S, Caminati A, Cavigli E, Albanesi M, Melchiorre F, Palmucci S, Vegni V, Guiducci S, Moggi-Pignone A, Allanore Y, Bartoloni A, Confalonieri M, Dagna L, De Cobelli F, De Paulis A, Harari S, Khanna D, Kuwana M, Taliani G, Lavorini F, Miele V, Morana G, Pesci A, Vancheri C, Colagrande S, Matucci-Cerinic M. THE ROLE OF CHEST CT IN DECIPHERING INTERSTITIAL LUNG INVOLVEMENT: SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS VERSUS COVID-19. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2021; 61:1600-1609. [PMID: 34320649 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To identify the main computed tomography (CT) features that may help distinguishing a progression of interstitial lung disease (ILD) secondary to Systemic sclerosis (SSc) from COVID-19 pneumonia. METHODS This multicentric study included 22 international readers divided in the radiologist group (RAD) and non-radiologist group (nRAD). A total of 99 patients, 52 with COVID-19 and 47 with SSc-ILD, were included in the study. RESULTS Fibrosis inside focal ground glass opacities (GGO) in the upper lobes; fibrosis in the lower lobe GGO; reticulations in lower lobes (especially if bilateral and symmetrical or associated with signs of fibrosis) were the CT features most frequently associated with SSc-ILD. The CT features most frequently associated with COVID- 19 pneumonia were: consolidation (CONS) in the lower lobes, CONS with peripheral (both central/peripheral or patchy distributions), anterior and posterior CONS and rounded-shaped GGOs in the lower lobes. After multivariate analysis, the presence of CONS in the lower lobes (p < 0.0001) and signs of fibrosis in GGO in the lower lobes (p < 0.0001) remained independently associated with COVID-19 pneumonia or SSc-ILD, respectively. A predictive score was created which resulted positively associated with the COVID-19 diagnosis (96.1% sensitivity and 83.3% specificity). CONCLUSION The CT differential diagnosis between COVID-19 pneumonia and SSc-ILD is possible through the combination the proposed score and the radiologic expertise. The presence of consolidation in the lower lobes may suggest a COVID-19 pneumonia while the presence of fibrosis inside GGO may indicate a SSc-ILD.
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- Martina Orlandi
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, University of Florence, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Radiodiagnostic Unit n. 2, University of Florence - AOUC, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.,Department of Radiology, Ca' Foncello General Hospital, Piazzale Ospedale, 1, 31100, Treviso, Italy
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- Regional Referral Centre for Rare Lung Diseases, A. O. U. "Policlinico G. Rodolico - San Marco" Dept. ofClinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.,Artroreuma S.R.L., Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic Associated with the National Health System, Mascalucia(Catania), Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Radiodiagnostic Unit n. 2, University of Florence - AOUC, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, University of Florence, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, University of Florence, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, University of Florence, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, University of Florence, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, University of Florence, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Respiratory Unit, University of Milano-Bicocca, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital of Cattinara, Trieste, Italy
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- Division of Autoimmune & Allergic Diseases, Department of Translational Medical Sciences. University ofNaples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Division of Autoimmune & Allergic Diseases, Department of Translational Medical Sciences. University ofNaples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, VitaSalute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, VitaSalute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, and Infectious and TropicalDiseases Unit, AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, and Infectious and TropicalDiseases Unit, AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- SOD Radiodiagnostica Emergenza-Urgenza, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- SOD Radiodiagnostica Emergenza-Urgenza, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Radiology Sant'Andrea Hospital Vercelli, ASLVC Italy
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- Radiodiagnostic and Radiotherapy Unit, Department of Medical Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies"GF Ingrassia", University of Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, University of Florence, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, AOU Careggi Hospital, University of Florence MedicalSchool, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, and Infectious and TropicalDiseases Unit, AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital of Cattinara, Trieste, Italy
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- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, VitaSalute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiology IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan,Italy
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- Division of Autoimmune & Allergic Diseases, Department of Translational Medical Sciences. University ofNaples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- U.O. di Pneumologia, Ospedale San Giuseppe MultiMedica, IRCCS.,Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- SOD Radiodiagnostica Emergenza-Urgenza, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Ca' Foncello General Hospital, Piazzale Ospedale, 1, 31100, Treviso, Italy
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- Respiratory Unit, University of Milano-Bicocca, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Regional Referral Centre for Rare Lung Diseases, A. O. U. "Policlinico G. Rodolico - San Marco" Dept. ofClinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Radiodiagnostic Unit n. 2, University of Florence - AOUC, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, University of Florence, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy.,Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, VitaSalute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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Longo D, Lombardi M, Lippi P, Melchiorre D, Bagni MA, Ferrarello F. THE MUSCLE SHORTENING MANOEUVRE: APPLICABILITY AND PRELIMINARY EVALUATION IN CHILDREN WITH HEMIPLEGIC CEREBRAL PALSY: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS. J Rehabil Med Clin Commun 2021; 4:1000062. [PMID: 34239706 PMCID: PMC8259804 DOI: 10.2340/20030711-1000062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Physiotherapy plays a key role in cerebral palsy rehabilitation, through addressing body function/structure deficits, minimizing activity limitations, and encouraging participation. The muscle shortening manoeuvre is an innovative therapeutic technique, characterized by the ability to induce changes in muscle strength in a short time. OBJECTIVE To describe the applicability and estimate the effect of the muscle shortening manoeuvre applied to improve motor weakness and joint excursion of the ankle in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. METHODS Nine children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy received 3 intervention sessions in one week. Muscle strength, passive and active range of motion were assessed before, during and after the training, and at 1-week follow-up. RESULTS The children experienced an immediate increase in muscle strength and joint excursion of the ankle; the improvements were still present at follow-up after 7 days. CONCLUSION The muscle shortening manoeuvre may be an effective intervention to induce an immediate increase in muscle strength and range of motion of the ankle in children affected by hemiplegia due to cerebral palsy, thus promoting better physical functioning.
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- Diego Longo
- Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence
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- Research Laboratory for Movements in the Biological Systems, Uniser, Pistoia
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- Functional Rehabilitation Activities, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Toscana Centro, Prato, Italy
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Melchiorre D, Ceccherini MT, Romano E, Cometi L, El-Aoufy K, Bellando-Randone S, Roccotelli A, Bruni C, Moggi-Pignone A, Carboni D, Guiducci S, Lepri G, Tofani L, Pietramellara G, Matucci-Cerinic M. Oral Lactobacillus Species in Systemic Sclerosis. Microorganisms 2021; 9:1298. [PMID: 34203626 PMCID: PMC8232208 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9061298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In systemic sclerosis (SSc), the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) plays a central role in the patient's quality of life. The microbiome populates the GIT, where a relationship between the Lactobacillus and gastrointestinal motility has been suggested. In this study, the analysis of oral Lactobacillus species in SSc patients and healthy subjects using culture-independent molecular techniques, together with a review of the literature on microbiota and lactobacilli in SSc, has been carried out. Twenty-nine SSc female patients (mean age 62) and twenty-three female healthy subjects (HS, mean age 57.6) were enrolled and underwent tongue and gum swab sampling. Quantitative PCR was conducted in triplicate using Lactobacillus specific primers rpoB1, rpoB1o and rpoB2 for the RNA-polymerase β subunit gene. Our data show significantly (p = 0.0211) lower LactobacillusspprpoB sequences on the tongue of patients with SSc compared to HS. The mean value of the amount of Lactobacillus ssprpoB gene on the gumsofSSc patients was minor compared to HS. A significant difference between tongue and gums (p = 0.0421) was found in HS but not in SSc patients. In conclusion, our results show a lower presence of Lactobacillus in the oral cavity of SSc patients. This strengthens the hypothesis that Lactobacillus may have both a protective and therapeutic role in SSc patients.
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- Daniela Melchiorre
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Firenze, 50124 Firenze, Italy; (E.R.); (L.C.); (K.E.-A.); (S.B.-R.); (C.B.); (A.M.-P.); (D.C.); (S.G.); (G.L.); (L.T.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI)-University ofFirenze, 50144 Firenze, Italy; (M.T.C.); (A.R.); (G.P.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Firenze, 50124 Firenze, Italy; (E.R.); (L.C.); (K.E.-A.); (S.B.-R.); (C.B.); (A.M.-P.); (D.C.); (S.G.); (G.L.); (L.T.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Firenze, 50124 Firenze, Italy; (E.R.); (L.C.); (K.E.-A.); (S.B.-R.); (C.B.); (A.M.-P.); (D.C.); (S.G.); (G.L.); (L.T.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Firenze, 50124 Firenze, Italy; (E.R.); (L.C.); (K.E.-A.); (S.B.-R.); (C.B.); (A.M.-P.); (D.C.); (S.G.); (G.L.); (L.T.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Firenze, 50124 Firenze, Italy; (E.R.); (L.C.); (K.E.-A.); (S.B.-R.); (C.B.); (A.M.-P.); (D.C.); (S.G.); (G.L.); (L.T.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI)-University ofFirenze, 50144 Firenze, Italy; (M.T.C.); (A.R.); (G.P.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Firenze, 50124 Firenze, Italy; (E.R.); (L.C.); (K.E.-A.); (S.B.-R.); (C.B.); (A.M.-P.); (D.C.); (S.G.); (G.L.); (L.T.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Firenze, 50124 Firenze, Italy; (E.R.); (L.C.); (K.E.-A.); (S.B.-R.); (C.B.); (A.M.-P.); (D.C.); (S.G.); (G.L.); (L.T.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Firenze, 50124 Firenze, Italy; (E.R.); (L.C.); (K.E.-A.); (S.B.-R.); (C.B.); (A.M.-P.); (D.C.); (S.G.); (G.L.); (L.T.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Firenze, 50124 Firenze, Italy; (E.R.); (L.C.); (K.E.-A.); (S.B.-R.); (C.B.); (A.M.-P.); (D.C.); (S.G.); (G.L.); (L.T.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Firenze, 50124 Firenze, Italy; (E.R.); (L.C.); (K.E.-A.); (S.B.-R.); (C.B.); (A.M.-P.); (D.C.); (S.G.); (G.L.); (L.T.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Firenze, 50124 Firenze, Italy; (E.R.); (L.C.); (K.E.-A.); (S.B.-R.); (C.B.); (A.M.-P.); (D.C.); (S.G.); (G.L.); (L.T.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI)-University ofFirenze, 50144 Firenze, Italy; (M.T.C.); (A.R.); (G.P.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Firenze, 50124 Firenze, Italy; (E.R.); (L.C.); (K.E.-A.); (S.B.-R.); (C.B.); (A.M.-P.); (D.C.); (S.G.); (G.L.); (L.T.); (M.M.-C.)
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Maddali Bongi S, Passalacqua M, Landi G, Mikhaylova S, Tofani L, Del Rosso A, El Aoufy K, Baccini M, Matucci-Cerinic M, Melchiorre D. Rehabilitation of the face and temporomandibular joint in systemic sclerosis. Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis 2021; 13:1759720X211020171. [PMID: 34163540 PMCID: PMC8191075 DOI: 10.1177/1759720x211020171] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Systemic sclerosis (SSc) alterations of the face and of the mouth cause aesthetic modifications and disability, impairing self-esteem and quality of life (QoL). The aim of this study was to verify the effects of two rehabilitation protocols on facial mimic and mouth opening. METHODS A total of 47 SSc patients (40 females and 7 males, mean age ± SD 59.08 ± 10.31 years), were consecutively selected: 22 were randomly assigned to protocol 1 [home exercises for temporomandibular joint (TMJ), mimic, masticatory and cervical spine muscles] and 25 to protocol 2 (home exercises and combined physiotherapeutic procedures performed by a physiotherapist). Each treatment had a duration of 12 weeks with a follow up of 8 weeks. TMJ dysfunction, orofacial involvement, disability, QoL, and safety were assessed at enrollment (T0), at the end of the treatment (T1), and at follow up (T2). RESULTS Both Protocol 1 and Protocol 2 induced significant improvements of some clinical and clinimetric parameters, but better results were obtained with Protocol 2. In the comparison between the effects of Protocol 1 and Protocol 2 at T1 and T2, a significant difference was observed only for Mouth Handicap in SSc [MHISS; Total (p = 0.00178] and for MHISS Mouth opening (p = 0.0098) at T1. No significant difference of indices of short-form 36 was observed. CONCLUSION The present data suggest that TMJ involvement in SSc may be managed by rehabilitation treatments. The action of a physiotherapist prescribing and personalizing exercises may induce better therapeutic effects.
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- AMURR, Associazione Multidisciplinare Riabilitazione Reumatologica, Florence, Italy
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- AMURR, Associazione Multidisciplinare Riabilitazione Reumatologica, Florence, Italy
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- Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Toscana, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- AMURR, Associazione Multidisciplinare Riabilitazione Reumatologica, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- AMURR, Associazione Multidisciplinare Riabilitazione Reumatologica, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Researcher in Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence, 50134, Italy
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De Luca R, Maresca M, Orlandi M, Bruni C, Solanki K, Wang Y, Lepri G, Guiducci S, Melchiorre D, Moggi-Pignone A, Rossi W, De Paulis A, Dzhus M, Matucci-Cerinic M, Bellando-Randone S. The Emerging Challenge of Pain in Systemic Sclerosis: Similarity to the Pain Experience Reported by Sjőgren's Syndrome Patients. Rheumatol Immunol Res 2021; 2:113-119. [PMID: 36465974 PMCID: PMC9524780 DOI: 10.2478/rir-2021-0015] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In order to evaluate the importance of pain in systemic sclerosis (SSc), the characteristics of pain reported by patients with SSc were analyzed and compared with the characteristics of pain reported by patients with primary Sjőgren's syndrome (pSS). Pain was reported by 56 patients (80%) in a group of 70 patients with SSc and by 25 patients (78%) in a group of 32 patients with pSS. Pain severity was assessed by the Pain Rating Index (PRI) and the Present Pain Intensity (PPI) of the McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) and by values obtained by a visual analog scale (VAS) indicating the intensity of pain felt in the moment of the examination and the intensity of pain felt in the week preceding the moment of the examination. No significant difference was detected in the comparison of mean values of pain indices between patients with SSc and patients with pSS and in the comparison among subgroups of patients with SSc. The data indicate that pain is a frequent and important cause of suffering in SSc as in other chronic diseases. The association of different methods may be especially useful to obtain a careful evaluation of pain in clinical research.
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- Rossella De Luca
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, & Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, & Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, & Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, & Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, & Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
- Department of Rheumatology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, & Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, & Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, & Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, & Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, & Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, & Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
- Department of Internal Medicine, O. Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, & Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases (UnIRAR), IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, & Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy
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Pepe G, Giusti B, Colonna S, Fugazzaro MP, Sticchi E, De Cario R, Kura A, Pratelli E, Melchiorre D, Nistri S. When should a rare inherited connective tissue disorder be suspected in bicuspid aortic valve by primary-care internists and cardiologists? Proposal of a score. Intern Emerg Med 2021; 16:609-615. [PMID: 32949381 PMCID: PMC8049921 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-020-02458-1] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Size threshold for aortic surgery in bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is debated. Connective tissue disorders (CTDs) are claimed as a clinical turning point, suggesting early surgery in BAV patients with CTD. Thus, we aimed at developing a score to detect high risk of carrying CTDs in consecutive BAVs from primary care. Ninety-eight BAVs without ectopia lentis or personal/family history of aortic dissection were studied at the Marfan syndrome Tuscany Referral Center. Findings were compared with those detected in 84 Marfan patients matched for sex and age. We selected traits with high statistical difference between MFS and BAV easily obtainable by cardiologists and primary-care internists: mitral valve prolapse, myopia ≥ 3DO, pectus carenatum, pes planus, wrist and thumb signs, and difference between aortic size at root and ascending aorta ≥ 4 mm. Clustering of ≥ 3 of these manifestations were more frequent in Marfan patients than in BAVs (71.4% vs 6.1%, p < 0.0001) resulting into an Odds Ratio to be affected by MFS of 38.3 (95% confidence intervals 14.8-99.3, p < 0.0001). We propose a score assembling simple clinical and echocardiographic variables resulting in an appropriate referral pattern of BAVs from a primary-care setting to a tertiary center to evaluate the presence of a potential, major CTD.
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- Guglielmina Pepe
- Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders Regional Referral Center, Careggi Hospital, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini, 50139, Florence, Italy.
- Research and Innovation Center for Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Critical Medical Care and Medical Specialities, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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- Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders Regional Referral Center, Careggi Hospital, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini, 50139, Florence, Italy
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Critical Medical Care and Medical Specialities, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Atherothrombotic Diseases Tuscany Referral Center, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Outpatient Cardiology Unit, Health District 1 ULSS 6, Vigonza and Carmignano di Brenta, Padua, Italy
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- Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders Regional Referral Center, Careggi Hospital, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini, 50139, Florence, Italy
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Critical Medical Care and Medical Specialities, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Atherothrombotic Diseases Tuscany Referral Center, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders Regional Referral Center, Careggi Hospital, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini, 50139, Florence, Italy
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Critical Medical Care and Medical Specialities, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Atherothrombotic Diseases Tuscany Referral Center, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders Regional Referral Center, Careggi Hospital, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini, 50139, Florence, Italy
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Critical Medical Care and Medical Specialities, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Atherothrombotic Diseases Tuscany Referral Center, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Specialization in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Recovery and Rehabilitation Agency, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Cardiology Service, CMSR Veneto Medica, Altavilla Vicentina, Italy
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Cometi L, Bruni C, Passavanti S, Tofani L, Bartoli F, Fiori G, Nacci F, Lepri G, Orlandi M, Melchiorre D, Antonuzzo L, Matucci-Cerinic M, Moggi-Pignone A. Risk of Malignancy and Biologic Therapy in Rheumatic Inflammatory Diseases: A Single-center Experience. Rheumatol Immunol Res 2020; 1:39-45. [PMID: 36465081 PMCID: PMC9524767 DOI: 10.2478/rir-2020-0001] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) have significantly improved the care of patients with rheumatic muscle-skeletal disorders (RMDs). Considering their immunosuppressive action, a theoretical increase of malignancy risk has been a major concern in the last few decades. The objective of this study is to analyze the incidence of malignancies in a cohort of patients affected by rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriathic arthritis (PsA), and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) treated with bDMARDs. METHODS The charts of bDMARD-treated RMD patients were reviewed, and data about bDMARD exposure and malignant cancers (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) were collected. RESULTS 921 patients were included (median age: 50.59 years, 66.67% females); 1374 bDMARD treatments were administered, 87.12% were tumor necrosis factor inhibitors. A total of 21 malignant neoplasms were detected in 21 patients (61.90% females, median age at cancer diagnosis: 64.99 years), 66.67% in RA patients, 19.05% in PsA, and 14.28% in AS. Among them, 10 patients (47.62%) were treated with etanercept, 6 patients (28.57%) with adalimumab, and 1 case each with tocilizumab, certolizumab, golimumab, infliximab, and abatacept. The most common malignancies that we found were lung cancers, ductal mammary carcinomas, melanomas, and lymphomas. The incidence rate (IR) of malignancies in our cohort was 3.47 per 1000 person-years (p-y); the higher IRs were in RA patients (5.13 per 1000 p-y), in males (4.21 per 1000 p-y), and in patients aged >70 years (10.14 per 1000 p-y). CONCLUSIONS The results of our study showed IR of malignancies in RMD patients treated with bDMARDs that is in agreement with literature data.
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- Laura Cometi
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine Unit III, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine Unit III, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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Linari S, Melchiorre D, Pieri L, Tofani L, Fanelli A, Brogi M, Castaman G. Low bone mass and hypovitaminosis D in haemophilia: A single-centre study in patients with severe and moderate haemophilia A and B. Haemophilia 2020; 26:898-906. [PMID: 32842167 DOI: 10.1111/hae.14127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Haemophilia (H) is frequently associated with a multifactorial reduction in bone mineral density (BDM), but little is known about possible differences between HA and HB according to their severity. AIM To evaluate the association between low bone mineral density (BMD), 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations and bone turnover markers in patients with HA and HB younger or older than 50 years. METHODS In 78 patients <50 years and 33 patients >50 years with severe (S) or moderate (M) HA and HB, BMD was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at femoral neck (FN) and lumbar spine and then correlated to annual bleeding rate (ABR), World Federation of Haemophilia orthopaedic joint scale (WFH score), 25(OH)D concentrations, parathyroid hormone (PTH), amino-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen (NTx), urinary pyridinolines, osteocalcin and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase. RESULTS Overall, a high prevalence of hypovitaminosis D was diagnosed. In patients <50 years, low FN-BMD was significantly more frequent in HA than in HB, while PTH, pyridinolines, ABR and WFH score were associated with H type and severity. In patients >50 years, similarly low FN-BMD was observed in HA and HB, while ABR and WFH score were associated with H type and severity, being milder in HB. CONCLUSIONS Low bone mass is a frequent comorbidity in haemophilic patients of all ages, apart from those with MHB. Clinical and laboratory assessments confirm a higher bone impairment and faster bone resorption in HA compared with HB. Looking at H type and severity, MHB seems to have a normal bone metabolism and a less severe disease.
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- Silvia Linari
- Center for Bleeding Disorders and Coagulation, Careggi University Hospital, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Clinical Medicine and Rheumatology, Careggi University Hospital, Firenze, Italy
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- Center for Bleeding Disorders and Coagulation, Careggi University Hospital, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Clinical Medicine and Rheumatology, Careggi University Hospital, Firenze, Italy
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- Central Laboratory, Careggi University Hospital, Firenze, Italy
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- Center for Bleeding Disorders and Coagulation, Careggi University Hospital, Firenze, Italy
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Cometi L, Bruni C, Chiti N, Tofani L, Nacci F, Bartoli F, Bellando-Randone S, Melchiorre D, Fiori G, Guiducci S, Matucci-Cerinic M. Effect of Dysmetabolisms and Comorbidities on the Efficacy and Safety of Biological Therapy in Chronic Inflammatory Joint Diseases. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9051310. [PMID: 32370139 PMCID: PMC7290363 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9051310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In the present study we evaluated how systemic arterial hypertension (SAH), dyslipidemia and diabetes mellitus influence the efficacy, safety and retention rate of biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (bDMARD) treatment in rheumatic musculoskeletal disorders (RMDs). The charts of RMD patients treated with the first-line bDMARD were reviewed, collecting data on safety, efficacy and comorbidities at prescription (baseline, BL), after 6 months (6M) and at last observation on bDMARD (last observation time, LoT). In 383 RMD patients, a higher rate of adverse events at 6M (p = 0.0402) and at LoT (p = 0.0462) was present in dyslipidemic patients. Patients who developed dyslipidemia or SAH during bDMARD treatment had similar results (dyslipidemia p = 0.0007; SAH p = 0.0319) with a longer bDMARD retention as well (dyslipidemia p < 0.0001; SAH p < 0.0001). SAH patients on angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEis) or angiotensin-II receptor blockers (ARBs) continued bDMARDs for longer than non-exposed patients (p = 0.001), with higher frequency of drug interruption for long-standing remission rather than inefficacy or adverse reactions (p = 0.0258). Similarly, dyslipidemic patients on statins had a better bDMARD retention than not-exposed patients (p = 0.0420). In conclusion, SAH and dyslipidemia may be associated with higher frequency of adverse events but a better drug retention of first-line bDMARD in RMDs, suggesting an additional effect of ACEis/ARBs or statins on the inflammatory process and supporting their use in RMD bDMARD patients with SAH/dyslipidemia.
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- Laura Cometi
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Via delle Oblate 4, 50141 Florence, Italy; (C.B.); (N.C.); (L.T.); (F.N.); (F.B.); (S.B.-R.); (D.M.); (S.G.); (M.M.-C.)
- Correspondence:
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Via delle Oblate 4, 50141 Florence, Italy; (C.B.); (N.C.); (L.T.); (F.N.); (F.B.); (S.B.-R.); (D.M.); (S.G.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Via delle Oblate 4, 50141 Florence, Italy; (C.B.); (N.C.); (L.T.); (F.N.); (F.B.); (S.B.-R.); (D.M.); (S.G.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Via delle Oblate 4, 50141 Florence, Italy; (C.B.); (N.C.); (L.T.); (F.N.); (F.B.); (S.B.-R.); (D.M.); (S.G.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Via delle Oblate 4, 50141 Florence, Italy; (C.B.); (N.C.); (L.T.); (F.N.); (F.B.); (S.B.-R.); (D.M.); (S.G.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Via delle Oblate 4, 50141 Florence, Italy; (C.B.); (N.C.); (L.T.); (F.N.); (F.B.); (S.B.-R.); (D.M.); (S.G.); (M.M.-C.)
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Via delle Oblate 4, 50141 Florence, Italy; (C.B.); (N.C.); (L.T.); (F.N.); (F.B.); (S.B.-R.); (D.M.); (S.G.); (M.M.-C.)
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, 50141 Florence, Italy;
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Via delle Oblate 4, 50141 Florence, Italy; (C.B.); (N.C.); (L.T.); (F.N.); (F.B.); (S.B.-R.); (D.M.); (S.G.); (M.M.-C.)
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, 50141 Florence, Italy;
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, 50141 Florence, Italy;
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Via delle Oblate 4, 50141 Florence, Italy; (C.B.); (N.C.); (L.T.); (F.N.); (F.B.); (S.B.-R.); (D.M.); (S.G.); (M.M.-C.)
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, 50141 Florence, Italy;
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Via delle Oblate 4, 50141 Florence, Italy; (C.B.); (N.C.); (L.T.); (F.N.); (F.B.); (S.B.-R.); (D.M.); (S.G.); (M.M.-C.)
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, 50141 Florence, Italy;
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Gigante A, Bruni C, Lepri G, Tesei G, Maestripieri V, Guiducci S, Moggi-Pignone A, Melchiorre D, Boddi M, Bellando-Randone S, Rosato E, Matucci-Cerinic M. The Renal Resistive Index: A New Biomarker for the Follow-up of Vascular Modifications in Systemic Sclerosis. J Rheumatol 2020; 48:241-246. [DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.191101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Objective.The aim of the present retrospective observational study was to evaluate the change of Renal Resistive Index (RRI) over time (ΔRRI) and under treatment in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) as well as to correlate these changes with disease complications.Methods.Two hundred thirty patients [29 male, median age 57 (IQR 48–67) yrs] were enrolled. At baseline and follow-up (3.43, IQR 2.81–4.45 yrs), we collected the following data: disease variables, nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) pattern, forced vital capacity (FVC), diffusing lung capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO), systolic pulmonary arterial pressure (sPAP), presence of interstitial lung disease, RRI, evaluation of glomerular filtration rate, and new onset of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).Results.RRI value is high in SSc patients with digital ulcers and anticentromere antibodies, active and late NVC patterns, and limited cutaneous SSc. A significant correlation was observed between ΔRRI and ΔsPAP (R = 0.17, P = 0.02), with statistically higher ΔRRI (0.08 ± 0.02 vs 0.03 ± 0.05, P = 0.04) in patients complicated by PAH onset. No other new-onset complication was associated with ΔRRI. The receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis confirmed the predictive role of ΔRRI in development of new PAH (area under the curve 0.84, 95% CI 0.75–0.93, P = 0.02). In patients with SSc never exposed to sildenafil, ΔRRI was higher (0.04 ± 0.05) compared to both patients exposed to sildenafil during the study period (0.01 ± 0.05, P = 0.03) or in those exposed at the time of baseline evaluation (0.00 ± 0.05, P = 0.01).Conclusion.RRI and its variation in time are a reliable marker of SSc-related vasculopathy, both in renal and extrarenal compartments.
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Terenzi R, Karalilova R, Lepri G, Bruni C, Bellando-Randone S, Manetti M, Romano E, Melchiorre D, Blagojevic J, Wang Y, Solanki K, Moggi-Pignone A, Batalov Z, Guiducci S, Batalov A, Matucci-Cerinic M. Enthesopathy and involvement of synovio-entheseal complex in systemic sclerosis: an ultrasound pilot study. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2019; 59:580-585. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Objectives
SSc is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation of the skin and multiple internal organs. Articular involvement is one of the main features of SSc, and typical hallmarks of SpA have been found in SSc patients. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of entheseal and synovio-entheseal complex (SEC) alterations in a cohort of SSc patients.
Methods
One hundred SSc patients and 25 healthy subjects were included in this cross-sectional study. The enthesis sites of lateral epicondylar common extensor tendons (CET) and the enthesis of the Glasgow Ultrasound Enthesis Scoring System were evaluated. SEC involvement was evaluated only at CET enthesis.
Results
In SSc, the Glasgow Ultrasound Enthesis Scoring System score was significantly higher (median 4.0, interquartile range 2.0–7.0) than in controls (median 1.0, interquartile range 0.0–3.0) (P < 0.0001). CET enthesis of SSc patients showed more frequent US B-mode alterations than that of controls (χ2 = 11.47, P = 0.0007 for size; χ2 = 13.79, P = 0.0002 for cortical irregularity, χ2 = 5.24, P = 0.022 for calcification/enthesophytes). Power Doppler US signal at CET enthesis was significantly more frequent in SSc patients than in healthy controls (χ2 = 9.11, P = 0.0025), as was the concomitant SEC involvement (χ2 = 8.52, P = 0.0035).
Conclusion
These data show that SSc patients frequently present US features of enthesopathy. Moreover, CET enthesopathy was correlated with SEC inflammation, suggesting that entheseal inflammation in SSc may share the same micro-anatomical targets as found in SpA.
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- Riccardo Terenzi
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, and Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), Florence, Italy
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- Department of Internal Diseases, Medical University of Plovdiv, Clinic of Rheumatology, University Hospital ‘Kaspela’, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, and Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, and Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, and Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, and Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, and Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, and Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, and Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), Florence, Italy
- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, Guangdong, China
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- Rheumatology Department, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, and Division of High Complexity Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), Florence, Italy
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- Department of Internal Diseases, Medical University of Plovdiv, Clinic of Rheumatology, University Hospital ‘Kaspela’, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, and Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), Florence, Italy
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- Department of Internal Diseases, Medical University of Plovdiv, Clinic of Rheumatology, University Hospital ‘Kaspela’, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, and Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), Florence, Italy
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Prince R, Bologna L, Manetti M, Melchiorre D, Rosa I, Dewarrat N, Suardi S, Amini P, Fernández JA, Burnier L, Quarroz C, Reina Caro MD, Matsumura Y, Kremer Hovinga JA, Griffin JH, Simon HU, Ibba-Manneschi L, Saller F, Calzavarini S, Angelillo-Scherrer A. Targeting anticoagulant protein S to improve hemostasis in hemophilia. Blood 2018; 131:1360-1371. [PMID: 29317453 PMCID: PMC5865230 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2017-09-800326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Improved treatments are needed for hemophilia A and B, bleeding disorders affecting 400 000 people worldwide. We investigated whether targeting protein S could promote hemostasis in hemophilia by rebalancing coagulation. Protein S (PS) is an anticoagulant acting as cofactor for activated protein C and tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI). This dual role makes PS a key regulator of thrombin generation. Here, we report that targeting PS rebalances coagulation in hemophilia. PS gene targeting in hemophilic mice protected them against bleeding, especially when intra-articular. Mechanistically, these mice displayed increased thrombin generation, resistance to activated protein C and TFPI, and improved fibrin network. Blocking PS in plasma of hemophilia patients normalized in vitro thrombin generation. Both PS and TFPIα were detected in hemophilic mice joints. PS and TFPI expression was stronger in the joints of hemophilia A patients than in those of hemophilia B patients when receiving on-demand therapy, for example, during a bleeding episode. In contrast, PS and TFPI expression was decreased in hemophilia A patients receiving prophylaxis with coagulation factor concentrates, comparable to osteoarthritis patients. These results establish PS inhibition as both controller of coagulation and potential therapeutic target in hemophilia. The murine PS silencing RNA approach that we successfully used in hemophilic mice might constitute a new therapeutic concept for hemophilic patients.
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- Raja Prince
- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy and Histology, and
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy and Histology, and
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- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Vetsuisse, Institute of Animal Pathology, Comparative Pathology Platform, and
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- Institute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Developmental Therapeutics, Research Centre for Innovative Oncology, National Cancer Centre Hospital East, Chiba, Japan; and
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- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
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- Institute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy and Histology, and
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- INSERM UMR-S 1176, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Melchiorre D, Linari S, Castaman G. The higher prevalence of missense mutations in hemophilia B compared to hemophilia A could be important in determining a milder clinical phenotype in patients with severe hemophilia B. Haematologica 2018; 101:e429. [PMID: 27694504 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2016.150839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Daniela Melchiorre
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, Rheumatology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Center for Bleeding Disorders, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Center for Bleeding Disorders, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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Melchiorre D, Linari S, Matucci-Cerinic M, Castaman G. A contribution to the debate about the possible different clinical severity between hemophilia A and B. Haematologica 2016; 101:e430. [DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2016.150789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Melchiorre D, Pratelli E, Torricelli E, Sofi F, Abbate R, Matucci-Cerinic M, Gensini G, Pepe G. A group of patients with Marfan's syndrome, who have finger and toe contractures, displays tendons' alterations upon an ultrasound examination: are these features common among classical Marfan patients? Intern Emerg Med 2016; 11:703-11. [PMID: 26899731 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-016-1399-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The involvement of the musculoskeletal system with other mild pleiotropic manifestations represents a clinical criterion, called "systemic features," to d iagnose Marfan's syndrome. We aimed to investigate the features of the hands and feet redressable contractures present in a group of Marfan patients. In 13 patients with previously diagnosed Marfan's syndrome, an accurate clinical examination was performed. In particular the characterization of the musculoskeletal system by visual analogic scale to measure muscle pain (VAS) and muscle strength (MRC system) was carried out; the Beighton scale score was used to evaluate the articular hypermobility. Ultrasound examination (US) was performed to detect deep-superficial flexor tendons and extensor tendons of both hands, and the short and long flexor and extensor tendons of the fingers and toes in static and dynamic positions. The ImageJ program was adopted to measure a profile of tendon echo-intensity. A reduction of the thickness of all tendons was detected by US in our patients; the VAS and Beighton scale scores were in normal ranges. The profile of tendon echo-intensity showed different textural details in all Marfan patients. This study provides evidence for other contractures' localization, and for altered findings of the tendons in patients with Marfan syndrome and finger/toe contractures. These changes may be associated with structural modifications in connective tissue.
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- Daniela Melchiorre
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, VialePieraccini, 18, 50139, Florence, Italy.
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- Agenzia Recupero e Riabilitazione, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Department of Heart and Vessels, Regional Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders Center, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Heart and Vessels, Regional Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders Center, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Heart and Vessels, Regional Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders Center, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
- Section of Critical Medical Care and Medical Specialities, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, DENOTHE Center, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Heart and Vessels, Regional Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders Center, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
- Section of Critical Medical Care and Medical Specialities, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, DENOTHE Center, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, VialePieraccini, 18, 50139, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Heart and Vessels, Regional Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders Center, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
- Section of Critical Medical Care and Medical Specialities, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, DENOTHE Center, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Maria Agli Ulivi Center, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Onlus, IRCCS, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Heart and Vessels, Regional Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders Center, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
- Section of Critical Medical Care and Medical Specialities, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, DENOTHE Center, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Rinaldi LA, Simoni D, Maresca M, Monaco V, Matucci-Cerinic M, Melchiorre D. Gait abnormalities in early rheumatoid arthritis with temporomandibular joint involvement. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2016; 34:561. [PMID: 26886230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- Lucio Antonio Rinaldi
- Unit of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy
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- ARTS and EZ Labs, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy.
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Melchiorre D, Linari S, Manetti M, Romano E, Sofi F, Matucci-Cerinic M, Carulli C, Innocenti M, Ibba-Manneschi L, Castaman G. Clinical, instrumental, serological and histological findings suggest that hemophilia B may be less severe than hemophilia A. Haematologica 2015; 101:219-25. [PMID: 26494839 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2015.133462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Recent evidence suggests that patients with severe hemophilia B may have a less severe disease compared to severe hemophilia A. To investigate clinical, radiological, laboratory and histological differences in the arthropathy of severe hemophilia A and hemophilia B, 70 patients with hemophilia A and 35 with hemophilia B with at least one joint bleeding were consecutively enrolled. Joint bleedings (<10, 10-50, >50), regimen of treatment (prophylaxis/on demand), World Federation of Hemophilia, Pettersson and ultrasound scores, serum soluble RANK ligand and osteoprotegerin were assessed in all patients. RANK, RANK ligand and osteoprotegerin expression was evaluated in synovial tissue from 18 hemophilia A and 4 hemophilia B patients. The percentage of patients with either 10-50 or more than 50 hemarthrosis was greater in hemophilia A than in hemophilia B (P<0.001 and P=0.03, respectively), while that with less than 10 hemarthrosis was higher in hemophilia B (P<0.0001). World Federation of Hemophilia (36.6 vs. 20.2; P<0.0001) and ultrasound (10.9 vs. 4.3; P<0.0001) score mean values were significantly higher in hemophilia A patients. Serum osteoprotegerin and soluble RANK ligand were decreased in hemophilia A versus hemophilia B (P<0.0001 and P=0.006, respectively). Osteoprotegerin expression was markedly reduced in synovial tissue from hemophilia A patients. In conclusion, the reduced number of hemarthrosis, the lower World Federation of Hemophilia and ultrasound scores, and higher osteoprotegerin expression in serum and synovial tissue in hemophilia B suggest that hemophilia B is a less severe disease than hemophilia A. Osteoprotegerin reduction seems to play a pivotal role in the progression of arthropathy in hemophilia A.
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- Daniela Melchiorre
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, Rheumatology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Center for Bleeding Disorders, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, Rheumatology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, Onlus IRCCS, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, Rheumatology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- First Orthopedic Clinic, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- First Orthopedic Clinic, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Center for Bleeding Disorders, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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Stella SM, Ciampi B, Orsitto E, Melchiorre D, Lippolis PV. Sonographic visibility of the sinus tarsi with a 12 MHz transducer. J Ultrasound 2014; 19:107-13. [PMID: 27298640 PMCID: PMC4879007 DOI: 10.1007/s40477-014-0145-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assess the value of ultrasonography in studies of the ligaments within the sinus tarsi (ST) in healthy subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined 20 healthy volunteers using a 12-MHz transducer with THI and compound imaging. With the foot in inversion, the following structures were examined with coronal and transverse scans: (1) the root of the inferior extensor retinaculum (RIER); (2) the interosseous talocalcaneal ligament (ITCL); (3) the cervical ligament (CL); (4) the bifurcate ligament (BL); (5) the synovial recesses, which were examined for possible distention (distended synovial recesses, DSR). The sonographic features, orientation, and thickness of each ligament were assessed. RESULTS The easiest structure to identify (visualized in 20/20 subjects) was the RIER, which formed a semiarch. The two deeper layers were hypoechoic, the superficial layer hyperechoic. The ITCL was situated posteriorly and deep with an oblique course. It appeared hypoechoic with a mean thickness of 4.06 mm ± 0.7. It was visualized in 18/20 (90 %) subjects. The CL (isoechoic/hyperechoic) was located more anteriorly at an intermediate depth. The orientation was almost vertical. It was visualized in 17/20 (85 %) subjects, with a mean thickness of 2.28 mm ± 0.34. The BL appeared hypoechoic. It was visualized in 19/20 (95 %) subjects with transverse (anterior end of the ST) and longitudinal scans. The calcaneonavicular and calcaneocuboid components displayed mean (SD) thicknesses of 2.09 mm ± 0.37 and 2.7 mm ± 0.32, respectively. The ITCL and RIER were visualized in the same scan as a semiarch. DSR was observed in 4/20 (20 %) subjects. CONCLUSIONS The present study shows that, in patients with suspected ST pathology, the anatomic structures that make up this recess can be adequately examined with ultrasonography performed with ordinary 12-MHz transducers.
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- />Ospedale di Misericordia di Navacchio, Navacchio, Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- />Radiologia D.E.A., A.O.U.P. Ospedale Cisanello Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- />Reumatologia Universitaria di Firenze, Ospedale Careggi Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- />U.O. Chirurgia Generale e d’Urgenza, A.O.U.P., Ospedale Cisanello Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- />Scuola SIUMB di Ecografia di Base e Specialistica in Urgenza ed Emergenza di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Melchiorre D, Pratelli E, Torricelli E, Sofi F, Abbate R, Matucci-Cerinic M, Gensini G, Pepe G. AB0958 Tendon's Involvement in Marfan Syndrome: Ultrasound Evaluation. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.5950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Melchiorre D, Linari S, Morfini M, Bandinelli F, Matucci-Cerinic M. AB0959 The Role of Ultrasonography in the Early Diagnosis of Arthropathy in A not Target Joint of Haemophiliacs. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.4391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Melchiorre D, Maresca M, Bracci R, Ravaschio A, Valiensi B, Casale R, Bandinelli F, Candelieri A, Maddali Bongi S, Porta F, Innocenti M, Carulli C, Matucci Cerinic M. Muscle shortening manoeuvre reduces pain and functional impairment in shoulder impingement syndrome: clinical and ultrasonographic evidence. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2014; 32:5-10. [PMID: 24050647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the short-term efficacy of muscle shortening manoeuvre (MSM), by inducing an increase in strength of the shoulder muscles, for the treatment of shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS). METHODS Sixty subjects (mean age: 58.6 years) with SIS were assigned to one of 3 different treatment interventions: 1) MSM: a series of fast accelerations in the upward direction was applied to the upper limb that was also submitted to forces acting in the opposite direction (added mass); 2) traditional physiotherapeutic technique: scapulothoracic gliding; 3) simple traction: the added mass was applied to the limb without the series of fast accelerations. Pain intensity, Neer's impingement sign, range of motion and muscle strength were assessed. Ultrasound (US) examination was performed before, immediately after and 30 days after each treatment to study the width of the subacromial-subdeltoid bursa, long biceps tendon sheath and acromioclavicular joint. Impingement was evaluated by dynamic examination. RESULTS After treatment with MSM, pain was significantly reduced (p<0.001), Neer's impingement sign was negative, range of motion and muscle strength were increased. US examination showed that the widths of the subacromial-subdeltoid bursa (p<0.001), long biceps tendon sheath (p<0.001) and acromioclavicular joint (p<0.001) were significantly reduced; impingement was no more detected. After 30 days, improvement in clinical and US findings was maintained. In the two control groups, no significant changes were observed after treatment. CONCLUSIONS Clinical and US findings demonstrate that MSM, by inducing an increase in muscle strength, is effective in the short-term treatment of SIS.
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- Daniela Melchiorre
- Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Florence, Italy.
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Zetterberg E, Palmblad J, Wallensten R, Morfini M, Melchiorre D, Holmström M. Angiogenesis is increased in advanced haemophilic joint disease and characterised by normal pericyte coverage. Eur J Haematol 2013; 92:256-62. [PMID: 24168433 DOI: 10.1111/ejh.12227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Repeated intra-articular bleedings in patients with haemophilia results in a crippling arthropathy for which no specific treatment is currently available. Recent studies have shown that neoangiogenesis is involved in the pathologic process. The aim of this study was to determine whether angiogenesis is dysregulated in haemophilic joint disease (HJD). METHODS Synovial tissue and synovial fluid were collected from patients with severe haemophilia undergoing knee or hip replacement and from a control group consisting of non-haemophilic patients undergoing diagnostic procedures. In a second set of patients, blood samples were collected in patients with mild, moderate and severe haemophilia A when free from current bleeding. Analysis of microvascular density, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression and pericyte coverage was performed by immunofluorescence. Analyses of VEGF concentrations in plasma, platelet lysates and synovial fluid were performed by ELISA. RESULTS Microvascular density and VEGF expression were significantly increased in synovial tissue from haemophilic patients compared with controls (P = 0.005 and P = 0.02, respectively). There was no difference in pericyte coverage of synovial vessels or levels of VEGF in plasma, platelet lysates or synovial fluid. CONCLUSIONS Angiogenesis observed as synovial microvascular density, and VEGF expression is increased in HJD. As pericyte coverage was similar in synovial vessels from haemophilic and non-haemophilic patients, we assume that the vessels were mature, suggesting that the rate of new vessel formation is low in the chronic phase of haemophilic joint disease.
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- Eva Zetterberg
- Coagulation Unit, Haematology Centre, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Haematology and Coagulation, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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Romano E, Manetti M, Peruzzi F, Melchiorre D, Milia AF, Bellando-Randone S, Nishioka K, Innocenti M, Carulli C, Linari S, Morfini M, Ibba-Manneschi L, Matucci-Cerinic M, Guiducci S. Agonistic anti-human Fas monoclonal antibody induces fibroblast-like synoviocyte apoptosis in haemophilic arthropathy: potential therapeutic implications. Haemophilia 2013; 20:e32-9. [DOI: 10.1111/hae.12304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- E. Romano
- Section of Internal Medicine; Division of Rheumatology; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, and DENOthe Centre; University of Florence; Florence Italy
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- Section of Anatomy and Histology; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine; University of Florence; Florence Italy
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- Section of Internal Medicine; Division of Rheumatology; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, and DENOthe Centre; University of Florence; Florence Italy
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- Section of Internal Medicine; Division of Rheumatology; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, and DENOthe Centre; University of Florence; Florence Italy
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- Section of Anatomy and Histology; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine; University of Florence; Florence Italy
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- Section of Internal Medicine; Division of Rheumatology; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, and DENOthe Centre; University of Florence; Florence Italy
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- Institute of Medical Science; Tokyo Medical University; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine; University of Florence; Florence Italy
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- Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine; University of Florence; Florence Italy
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- Regional Reference Center for Inherited Coagulopathies; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi; University of Florence; Florence Italy
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- Regional Reference Center for Inherited Coagulopathies; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi; University of Florence; Florence Italy
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- Section of Anatomy and Histology; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine; University of Florence; Florence Italy
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- Section of Internal Medicine; Division of Rheumatology; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, and DENOthe Centre; University of Florence; Florence Italy
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- Section of Internal Medicine; Division of Rheumatology; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, and DENOthe Centre; University of Florence; Florence Italy
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Melchiorre D, Morfini M, Linari S, Zignego AL, Innocenti M, Matucci Cerinic M. Anti-TNF- therapy prevents the recurrence of joint bleeding in haemophilia and arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2013; 53:576-8. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Linari S, Montorzi G, Borderi M, Bartolozzi D, Melchiorre D, Morfini M. Are the standard definitions of osteopenia and osteoporosis appropriate for coinfected patients with haemophilia? Haemophilia 2013; 19:e316-e318. [PMID: 23781867 DOI: 10.1111/hae.12207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Melchiorre D, Linari S, Morfini M, Matucci-Cerinic M. FRI0488 Ultrasound detects joint damage and bleeding in haemophilic arthropathy: the utility of a score. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-eular.1615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Falcini F, Melchiorre D, Cappelli S, Carnesecchi G, Biondi K, Bosco M, Matucci Cerinic M. FRI0341 Temporomandibular joints (TMJ) involvement in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA): Longitudinal evaluation after orthopaedic treatment. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.2798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Melchiorre D, Ibba-Manneschi L, Milia AF, Romano E, Manetti M, Guiducci SGS, Linari S, Morfini M, Innocenti M, Matucci-Cerinic M. FRI0489 Haemophilic artropathy: from sonographic scoring to histopathological modifications. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-eular.1616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Melchiorre D, Rinaldi LA, Maresca M, Simoni D, Monaco V, Di Bari M, Matucci-Cerinic M. AB0797 Gait abnormalities in rheumatic patients with temporomandibular joint involvement. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-eular.3119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Melchiorre D, Linari S, Montorzi G, Bartolozzi D, Borderi M, Benelli M, Morfini M, Matucci-Cerinic M. AB0611 Hypovitaminosis d and osteopenia/osteoporosis in a haemophilia population. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-eular.2933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Melchiorre D, Maresca M, Del Rosso A, Bandinelli F, Matucci-Cerinic M. AB0492 Sonographic changes of temporomandibular joint in systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-eular.2814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Bandinelli F, Melchiorre D, Scazzariello F, Candelieri A, Conforti D, Matucci-Cerinic M. Clinical and radiological evaluation of sacroiliac joints compared with ultrasound examination in early spondyloarthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2013; 52:1293-7. [PMID: 23531456 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To compare clinical and X-ray examinations with US findings of SI joints (SIJ) in early SpA patients. METHODS Twenty-three early SpA patients, diagnosed according to Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society criteria, were investigated clinically [sacral sulcus tenderness, BASMI, BASFI, BASDAI, pain and fatigue visual analogue scale (VAS), morning stiffness and sleep disturbance], with SIJ X-rays (New York score) and with My Lab70 US 7-10 MHz US (Esaote, Genoa, Italy), evaluating the width of the SIJ capsule and posterior sacroiliac (PSL) and sacrotuberosus (STL) ligament thickness and comparing the results with 23 healthy controls. RESULTS SIJ width [right 2.2 (0.6) and left 2.3 (0.7) in SpA vs 1.6 (0.1) and 1.7 (0.2) in healthy controls, respectively, expressed as mean (s.d.)] and STL thickness [right 3.9 (1.3) and left 3.4 (1.0) vs 1.8 (0.1) and 1.8 (0.1), respectively, expressed as mean (s.d.)] were higher in SpA patients than in controls (P < 0.001 and P < 0.05, respectively). PSL thickness was similar in patients and controls. Only STL thickness was higher when SIJ was tender at clinical examination (P < 0.01) and correlated with pain VAS (P < 0.001) and BASFI (P < 0.05). Furthermore, SIJ US results were unrelated to X-ray findings (similar when X-ray sacroiliitis was present and not). CONCLUSION Our exploratory study suggested that in early SpA patients US might be a promising method, complementary to other imaging techniques, to study articular and soft tissue periarticular involvement of SIJ, independent of clinical and X-ray examination.
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- Francesca Bandinelli
- Department of Biomedicine, Denothe Centre, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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Guiducci S, Romano E, Ceccarelli C, Melchiorre D, Manetti M, Milia AF, Manneshi LI, Nishioka K, Cerinic MM. Anti-Fas IgM monoclonal antibody (anti-Fas mAb) effect on haemophilic arthropathy (HA) synoviocytes. Arthritis Res Ther 2012. [PMCID: PMC3332469 DOI: 10.1186/ar3566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Linari S, Montorzi G, Bartolozzi D, Borderi M, Melchiorre D, Benelli M, Morfini M. Hypovitaminosis D and osteopenia/osteoporosis in a haemophilia population: a study in HCV/HIV or HCV infected patients. Haemophilia 2012; 19:126-33. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2012.02899.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- S. Linari
- Agency for Haemophilia; University Hospital of Firenze; Firenze
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- Agency for Haemophilia; University Hospital of Firenze; Firenze
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- Infectious Diseases Unit; University Hospital of Firenze; Firenze
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- Infectious Diseases Unit; University Hospital of Bologna; Bologna
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- Department of Bio-Medicine; University Hospital of Firenze; Firenze
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- Diagnostic Genetic Unit; University Hospital of Firenze; Firenze; Italy
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- Agency for Haemophilia; University Hospital of Firenze; Firenze
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Melchiorre D, Linari S, Innocenti M, Biscoglio I, Toigo M, Cerinic MM, Morfini M. Ultrasound detects joint damage and bleeding in haemophilic arthropathy: a proposal of a score. Haemophilia 2010; 17:112-7. [PMID: 21070482 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2010.02380.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Haemarthrosis triggers haemophilic arthropathy (HA) because bleeding starts synovitis immediately, damages cartilage and leads to loss of function and disability. The aim of our study was to investigate the capacity of ultrasonography (US) in detecting bleeding and joint damage in HA. The joints of 62 patients (pts) with haemophilia A or haemophilia B were consecutively evaluated and scored (score ranging from 0 to 21) for effusion (E), bone remodelling (BR), cartilage damage (CD), synovial hypertrophy (SH), haemosiderin (H), osteophytes (O), haemarthrosis (Hae), erosion (Er) and fibrotic septa (FS) with US. X-rays [Pettersson Score (PXS)] were performed in 61 patients and clinical evaluation [World Federation Haemophiliac orthopaedic score (WFHO)] was performed in all patients. A total of 20 healthy subjects and 20 patients affected by Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) were used as controls. Power Doppler US (PDUS) was performed in all patients on the knee, ankle and elbow joints. A total of 83 joints were studied (50 knees; 12 elbows and 21 ankles). US showed effusion in 57 joint, bone remodelling in 62, cartilage damage in 64, synovial hypertrophy in 45, haemosiderin in 39, osteophytes in 30, haemarthrosis in 24, erosion in 5 and fibrotic septa in 3. The X-rays score showed remodelling in 47 joints, narrowing joint space in 44, displacement/angulation in 39, osteoporosis in 42, subchondral irregularity in 44, subchondral cyst formation in 37, osteophytes in 36 and erosions in 25. The US score in healthy subjects was always ≤ 5 (range 0 to 4). In haemophiliacs, 34 of 83 joints showed US score ≤ 5, and 49 US score > 5. Joints with US score ≤ 5 had a low PXS (SRCC = 0.375, P < 0.01) and joints with US score > 5 showed a high PXS (SRCC = 0.440, P < 0.01). A significant correlation between US score and PXS for bone remodelling [Spearman's rho Correlation Coefficient (SRCC) = 0.429, P < 0.01] and for osteophytes (SRCC = 0.308, P < 0.05) was found. The correlation between the US score and number of bleedings in 83 joints was very significant (SRCC = 0.375, P < 0.01). A total of 24 bleeding joints were identified and verified with aspiration of haematic fluid. US may detect bone and cartilage alterations and synovitis. Indeed, PDUS identified bleeding also in asymptomatic joints and was able to show different entity of haemarthrosis. US may be a feasible and reliable tool to evaluate joint modifications in HA.
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- D Melchiorre
- Department of Bio Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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Bandinelli F, Kaloudi O, Candelieri A, Conforti ML, Casale R, Cammarata S, Grassiri G, Miniati I, Melchiorre D, Matucci-Cerinic M. Early detection of median nerve syndrome at the carpal tunnel with high-resolution 18 MHz ultrasonography in systemic sclerosis patients. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2010; 28:S15-S18. [PMID: 21050540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2010] [Accepted: 07/02/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) with ultrasound (US) in asymptomatic SSc patients and to seek out the relationship between CTS and SSc clinical variables METHODS In 64 SSc patients (55 women and 9 men, mean age 57±14 years) and in 30 healthy controls, area (MNA), transverse (MNT) and anteroposterior (MNAP) diameters of MN at carpal tunnel were studied with US (My Lab 25 XVG US Esaote 18 MHz). MN flattening ratio (MNFR) was calculated. Duration of disease, subset (limited, diffuse), phase of skin involvement (oedematous, atrophic, fibrotic), modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS) and friction tendon rub were also recorded. RESULTS MNA (p<0.001), MNT (p<0.005) and MNFR (p<0.005) were significantly higher in the SSc patients than in controls, while no difference in MNAP was found. There was no correlation between median nerve (MN) and SSc clinical features (only lower MNAP correlated inversely with longer disease duration; Spearman coefficient -0.2). CONCLUSIONS MN involvement is frequently present in all phases of asymptomatic SSc patients, independently to clinical variables.
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- F Bandinelli
- Department of Medicine, DENOThe Centre, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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Ibba-Manneschi L, Melchiorre D, Milia AF, Manetti M, Benelli G, Romano E, Guiducci S, Linari S, Morfini M, Innocenti M, Matucci-Cerinic M. Histopathological modifications in haemophilic synovial tissue. Ann Rheum Dis 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.129650l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Bongi SM, Manetti R, Melchiorre D, Turchini S, Boccaccini P, Vanni L, Maggi E. Anti-cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies are Highly Associated with Severe Bone Lesions in Rheumatoid Arthritis Anti-CCP and Bone Damage in RA. Autoimmunity 2009; 37:495-501. [PMID: 15621577 DOI: 10.1080/08916930400011965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In the present study we investigated the predictive value of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP) in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with respect to the bone damage. Fifty-four patients with early RA (onset <12 months), 35 classified as established RA (onset >12 months), 33 healthy donors and 76 non-RA autoimmune diseases, were enrolled. Anti-CCP and IgG, IgA, IgM rheumatoid factors (RFs) were determined at baseline. Disease activity score (DAS 28) was calculated at the entry. Bone involvement was evaluated by X-rays and sonography. The specificity of anti-CCP was 98.4%; significantly higher than those of the IgM- (86.0%), IgA- (86.0%) and IgG-RFs (66.2%), respectively. Anti-CCP were detected in 23/54 (42.6%) early RA patients and in 16/35 (45.7%) established RA patients. In the early RA group, 6/33 (18.2%) of the patients without bone lesions, 12/16 (75%) with juxta-articular osteoporosis (JO) and 5/5 with joint erosions (JE) resulted positive showing a significant difference between the groups without and with radiological damage. In the established RA group a significant difference being between the group without radiological damage and that with JE was found. Finally, in patients without radiological lesions, examined by ultrasound, anti-CCP antibodies were detected only in subjects with pathologic findings (31.25%). Data here reported confirm that the presence of anti-CCP are specific for diagnosis of RA, of recent onset also and they are potentially useful as prognostic index of bone involvement.
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- Susanna Maddali Bongi
- Department of Medical and Surgical Care, Rheumatology Unit, University of Florence, Italy.
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Bartalesi F, Vicidomini S, Goletti D, Fiorelli C, Fiori G, Melchiorre D, Tortoli E, Mantella A, Benucci M, Girardi E, Cerinic MM, Bartoloni A. QuantiFERON-TB Gold and the TST are both useful for latent tuberculosis infection screening in autoimmune diseases. Eur Respir J 2008; 33:586-93. [DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00107608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Melchiorre D, Bernardo P, Conforti ML, Comunian C, Nacci F, Guiducci S, Fiori G, Moggi-Pignone A, Gensini GF, Matucci-Cerinic M. Tako-tsubo-like syndrome in systemic sclerosis: a sign of myocardial Raynaud phenomenon? Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67:898-9. [DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.069500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Bartoli F, Angotti C, Fatini C, Conforti ML, Guiducci S, Blagojevic J, Melchiorre D, Fiori G, Generini S, Damjanov N, Rednic S, Pignone A, Castellani S, Abbate R, Matucci Cerinic M. Angiotensin-converting enzyme I/D polymorphism and macrovascular disease in systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2007; 46:772-5. [PMID: 17264090 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by microvascular and macrovascular alterations. The D allele of the ACE I/D polymorphism is known to be associated with an increased incidence of atherosclerosis and has been recently proposed as associated with increased risk of SSc. This study evaluates the relationship between intima-media thickness (IMT), ankle-brachial pressure measurements (ABPI) and ACE I/D polymorphism in SSc patients. METHODS According to the presence of ACE D allele (analysed by PCR), 53 SSc patients (47 females and 6 males; median age was 60.4 +/- 10.68 yrs; range 40-75 yrs) were divided in carriers of the D allele (DD + ID) (n = 46) and carriers of the I allele (II) (n = 7). In these patients, IMT and ABPI [calculated as the posterior tibial artery pressure (mmHg) divided by the brachial pressure] were obtained. Forty-three healthy controls (40 women and 13 men; median age 56.3 +/- 10.23; range 40-70 yrs) of the same ethnicity were recruited. RESULTS SSc patients had IMT significantly higher than controls (0.85 +/- 0.03 vs 0. 68 +/- 0.01; P < 0.03). No significant differences (P > 0.3) in ABPI values between patients (1.018 +/- 0.10) and controls (1.091 +/- 0.11) were found. SSc patients with ACE DD and ID genotype showed an IMT significantly greater (0.89 +/- 0.03) than those carrying the II genotype (0.61 +/- 0.01) (P < 0.04). ABPI was not different among ACE gene genotypes. CONCLUSION Our findings confirm an increased prevalence of macrovascular disease in SSc patients and show that IMT is greater in patients carrying the ACE DD and ID genotype in comparison with II homozygotes. This suggests that, in SSc, the presence of ACE D allele may predispose to an involvement of the macrovascular system.
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- F Bartoli
- Department of Medicine Section of Rheumatology, Villa Monna Tessa, Viale Pieraccini 18, 50122 Firenze, Italy
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Nacci F, Righi A, Conforti ML, Miniati I, Fiori G, Martinovic D, Melchiorre D, Sapir T, Blank M, Shoenfeld Y, Pignone AM, Cerinic MM. Intravenous immunoglobulins improve the function and ameliorate joint involvement in systemic sclerosis: a pilot study. Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66:977-9. [PMID: 17344244 PMCID: PMC1955090 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.060111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND In systemic sclerosis (SSc), joint involvement may reduce the functional capacity of the hands. Intravenous immunoglobulins have previously been shown to benefit patients with SSc. AIM To verify the efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulins on joint involvement and function in SSc. PATIENTS AND METHODS 7 women with SSc, 5 with limited and 2 with diffuse SSc, with a severe and refractory joint involvement were enrolled in the study. Methotrexate and cyclophosphamide pulse therapy did not ameliorate joint symptoms. Hence, intravenous immunoglobulins therapy was prescribed at a dosage of 2 g/kg body weight during 4 days/month for six consecutive courses. The presence of joint tenderness and swelling, and articular deformities (due to primary joint involvement and not due to skin and subcutaneous changes) were evaluated. Before and after 6 months of treatment, patients were subjected to (1) Ritchie Index (RI) evaluation of joint involvement; (2) Dreiser Algo-Functional Index (IAFD) evaluation of hand joint function; (3) pain visual analogue scale (VAS) to measure joint pain; (4) Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) to evaluate the limitations in everyday living and physical disability; and (5) modified Rodnan Skin Score for skin involvement. RESULTS After 6 months of intravenous immunoglobulins therapy, joint pain and tenderness, measured with the VAS, decreased significantly (p<0.03), and hand function (IAFD) improved significantly (p<0.02), together with the quality of life (HAQ; p<0.03). All patients significantly improved, except for one. The skin score after 6 months of intravenous immunoglobulins therapy was significantly reduced (p<0.003). CONCLUSION This pilot study suggests that intravenous immunoglobulins may reduce joint pain and tenderness, with a significant recovery of joint function in patients with SSc with severe and refractory joint involvement. The cost of intravenous immunoglobulins might limit their use only to patients who failed disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.
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- F Nacci
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Florence, Italy
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