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Blaise M, Rocher F, Spittler H, Sanchez A, Lanteri E, Coco L, Puma A, Martel A, Gonfrier G, Passeron T, Montaudié H. Severe necrotizing myopathy after COVID-19 vaccine with BNT162b2 and regimen with ipilimumab plus nivolumab in a patient with advanced melanoma. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021; 36:e100-e102. [PMID: 34661938 PMCID: PMC8661524 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- M Blaise
- Department of Dermatology, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, PharmacoVigilance Center, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Department of Dermatology, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Laboratory of clinical and experimental pathology, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Department of Radiology, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Peripheral Nervous System & Muscle Department, Pasteur 2 Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Department of Ophtalmology, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Department of Virology, Université Côte d'Azur, CHU Nice, Nice, France
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- Department of Dermatology, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.,INSERM U1065, Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Department of Dermatology, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.,INSERM U1065, Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- V Pumo
- Medical Oncology Unit, Umberto I Hospital, RAO, Siracusa, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Umberto I Hospital, RAO, Siracusa, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Umberto I Hospital, RAO, Siracusa, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Umberto I Hospital, RAO, Siracusa, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Umberto I Hospital, RAO, Siracusa, Italy.
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Bordonaro S, Romano F, Lanteri E, Cappuccio F, Indorato R, Butera A, D’Angelo A, Ferraù F, Tralongo P. Effect of a structured, active, home-based cancer-treatment program for the management of patients on oral chemotherapy. Patient Prefer Adherence 2014; 8:917-23. [PMID: 25028540 PMCID: PMC4077854 DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s62666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The advent of oral chemotherapy agents has had a strong impact on several aspects of the management of cancer patients, including survival rates, health-care expenditure, and health-related quality of life. However, access to care and adherence to oral chemotherapy are central to optimal outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this multicenter observational study, we assessed the effect of the "Active Home Care" initiative - a structured, active, home-based cancer-treatment program - on quality of life, health-care utilization, and patient adherence and satisfaction using self-administered questionnaires. Sixty-two patients treated with oral chemotherapy (capecitabine, vinorelbine, imatinib, sunitinib, sorafenib, temozolomide, ibandronate) were enrolled in the program. Weekly home visits were scheduled, each one with a trained nurse who delivered the home-based chemotherapy and reviewed patients' compliance and treatment toxicity. An oncologist evaluated patients and modified the dosage of oral chemotherapy based on toxicity reported during the previous cycle at bi-weekly visits. RESULTS A total of 460 home visits were performed between April 2012 and February 2013. The Active Home Care initiative was associated with significant improvements in physical functioning and symptoms, and reductions in the access to cancer facilities. Satisfaction with oral chemotherapy and care received was high. All patients reported having taken their medications according to their prescription, and no patient reported difficulties in managing the oral chemotherapy regimen. CONCLUSION The Active Home Care program was associated with improvements in the quality of life of patients and caregivers, better adherence to treatment, and the effective management of therapy and cancer-related symptoms. Home-based cancer treatment may also optimize the utilization of health-care resources.
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- S Bordonaro
- Medical Oncology Unit, Umberto I Hospital, Rete Assistenza Oncologica, Siracusa, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Umberto I Hospital, Rete Assistenza Oncologica, Siracusa, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Umberto I Hospital, Rete Assistenza Oncologica, Siracusa, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Umberto I Hospital, Rete Assistenza Oncologica, Siracusa, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, S Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Agrigento, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, S Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Agrigento, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, S Vincenzo Hospital, Taormina, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, S Vincenzo Hospital, Taormina, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Umberto I Hospital, Rete Assistenza Oncologica, Siracusa, Italy
- Correspondence: Paolo Tralongo, Medical Oncology Unit, Umberto I Hospital, RAO, Siracusa, Italy, Tel +39 9 3172 4542, Email
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Sinatra F, Callari D, Viola M, Longombardo MT, Patania M, Litrico L, Emmanuele G, Lanteri E, D'Alessandro N, Travali S. Bovine seminal RNase induces apoptosis in normal proliferating lymphocytes. Int J Clin Lab Res 2001; 30:191-6. [PMID: 11289710 DOI: 10.1007/s005990070006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bovine seminal ribonuclease is a member of the RISBAses (ribonucleases with special biological actions) family. It exerts specific anti-tumor, embryotoxic, aspermatogenic and immunosuppressive activities. The cytotoxic effect of bovine seminal ribonuclease on tumor cells is accompanied by the induction of apoptosis. We provide ultrastructural and flow cytometry evidence of apoptotic death following bovine seminal ribonuclease treatment, in normal cells and phytohemagglutinin-stimulated lymphocytes. Transmission and scanning electron microscopy, which were fully supported by flow cytometry data, showed typical features of apoptosis, such as decreased cell size, chromatin condensation, fragmentation in micronuclei, and the presence of apoptotic bodies.
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- F Sinatra
- Università degli Studi di Catania, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Italy
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Leonardi R, Lanteri E, Stivala F, Travali S. Immunolocalization of CD44 adhesion molecules in human periradicular lesions. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2000; 89:480-5. [PMID: 10760731 DOI: 10.1016/s1079-2104(00)70129-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The hyaluronate receptor CD44 is a cell surface protein that is involved in several functions. To elucidate whether CD44 plays a role in periapical lesions, an immunohistochemical technique was used to study its distribution. STUDY DESIGN Twenty periapical lesions-16 periapical granulomas and 4 radicular cysts-constituted the sample. Formalin-fixed/paraffin-embedded tissue sections were studied by means of immunohistochemistry for the presence of the standard CD44H form and its V3 splicing variant. RESULTS Immunohistochemical staining for CD44H and CD44V3 was observed on epithelial, endothelial, and connective tissue cells. The cells of the fibrous lining around each granuloma were positive, showing an immune reactive pattern directly correlated with the dimension of the lesion. Epithelial rests of Malassez were strongly positive; the reaction product was also evident in the epithelial lining of the cysts. Blood vessels, mainly observed around the lesion, were immunoreactive for CD44. CONCLUSIONS Our findings demonstrate that CD44H and its V3 variant are expressed in at least 3 different tissue types of periapical lesions. These glycoproteins may be involved in different steps of periapical lesion pathogenesis and evolution.
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- R Leonardi
- University of Catania, Department of Orthodontics, Institute of General Pathology, Italy
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Leonardi R, Lanteri E, Stivala F, Caltabiano M, Fenga C, Travali S. Alteration in alpha 2 integrin immunocytochemical expression on cultured human gingival fibroblasts following nicotine exposure. Minerva Stomatol 1999; 48:495-9. [PMID: 10768008] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Clinical epidemiologic studies carried out in smokers versus non smokers support the concept that tobacco-related factor may affect the periodontal tissues and wound healing. METHODS In this study, the role of nicotine on the integrin alpha 2 chain immunocytochemical expression, in human gingival fibroblasts (HGF) was investigated in vitro. The kinetic induction of this type of integrin on HGF in response to increasing percentage of nicotine was been characterized. A human gingival fibroblast strain, derived from a healthy individual with non-inflamed gingiva, was used in this study. The cells were then grown on acetylated microscope slides and fixed with cold ethanol, samples were then incubated for 16 to 19 hrs at 4 degrees C to anti-human alpha 2 integrin chain monoclonal antibody. RESULTS In control cultures and in HGF treated with 0.025 microM nicotine the initial higher expression of alpha 2 chain decreased (grade 1 in both culture) while in HGF treated with 0.075 microM increased (grade 3). After 48 hours HGF exposed to 0.075 microM nicotine, increased further their expression of alpha 2 chain. CONCLUSIONS The results obtained demonstrate a dose-time dependent nicotine influence on immunocytochemical expression of alpha 2 integrin chain. These data suggest that nicotine may promote a collagene breakdown via an increase of alpha 2 integrin chain expression.
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- R Leonardi
- Cattedra di Ortognatodonzia e Gnatologia, Scuola di Specializzazione in Ortognatodonzia, Università degli Studi, Catania
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES To assess and compare gastrointestinal (GI) rates in young and aged men under homogeneous conditions of weight and dietetic habits. METHODS Gastric emptying time was evaluated by ultrasound. GI transit time was studied radiologically using radiopaque markers. RESULTS Final gastric emptying time in elderly subjects was 335 +/- 31 minutes (mean +/- SD) versus 245 +/- 25 minutes in young subjects (P < 0.001). Total GI transit time showed no significant difference between the two groups. Intestinal transit time includes both small bowel and colonic transit; small bowel and colonic transit was not separated in this study. CONCLUSIONS Delayed gastric emptying of solid foods could result from progressive autonomic nerve dysfunction occurring with aging. The stomach does not seem to be the segment of the digestive tract that is primarily responsible for the alteration of total GI time.
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Vecchio R, Latteri F, Di Martino M, Lanteri E, Cacciola E. [Preoperative treatment with interleukin-2 in colorectal carcinoma]. G Chir 1998; 19:171-4. [PMID: 9628067] [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] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Thirteen surgical patients affected by colorectal cancer have been evaluated to study the effectiveness of a short-term preoperative therapy with interleukin-2 (IL-2). Seven patients have been treated for three days before surgery with subcutaneous administration of IL-2 (9.000.000 U.I. b.i.d.). Six patients have been treated with placebo and have been considered as control group. All the patients have been operated upon 36-48 hours after the last administration of IL-2 or placebo. The assays of CD-3+, CD-4+, CD-8+ e CD-56+ lymphocytes, evaluated preoperatively and 7 days after the operation, have showed a postoperative increase of CD8+ and CD56+ and a decreased ratio of CD4+/CD8+. The results of this study, although not conclusive, suggest a positive antitumoral response in patients treated preoperatively with IL-2. Further studies could be performed to evaluate the survival after such a treatment.
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- R Vecchio
- Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Catania
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Lanteri E, Pistritto M, Bartoloni G, Cordaro S, Stivala F, Montoneri C. Expression of alpha6 and beta4 integrin subunits on human endometrium throughout the menstrual cycle and during early pregnancy. Fertil Steril 1998; 69:37-40. [PMID: 9457929 DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00434-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the expression of alpha6 and beta4 integrin subunits on surface and glandular endometrium throughout the menstrual cycle and during early pregnancy. SETTING Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. PATIENT(S) Thirty-two women. Nineteen of the women regularly menstruated in different phases of the cycle, and 13 were in the sixth to ninth week of gestation and required voluntary abortion. INTERVENTION(S) Endometrial specimens collected during endometrial biopsy, hysterectomy, or voluntary abortion. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Immunohistochemical staining for alpha6 and beta4 integrin subunits in endometrial tissues. RESULT(S) Both subunits (poorly expressed in preimplantation days) reached a significant peak on the endometrial surface during the implantation window, which tended to disappear in the postimplantation phase. On glandular endometrium they exhibited an opposite trend, showing high levels in the preimplantation and postimplantation days, whereas their expression decreased during the implantation window. The two subunits tended to disappear in early pregnancy. CONCLUSION(S) alpha6 and beta4 integrin subunits are uniformly distributed and highly expressed on the endometrial surface during the implantation window; they decreased dramatically in the postimplantation phase. These results could suggest involvement of integrin-extracellular matrix components in blastocyst-endometrium interaction during the early stages of implantation.
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- E Lanteri
- Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Catania, Italy
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Averna M, Paravizzini G, Marino G, Lanteri E, Cavera G, Barbagallo CM, Petralia S, Cavallaro S, Magro G, Grasso S, Notarbartolo A, Travali S. Liver is not the unique site of synthesis of beta 2-glycoprotein I (apolipoprotein H): evidence for an intestinal localization. Int J Clin Lab Res 1997; 27:207-12. [PMID: 9352386 DOI: 10.1007/bf02912460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Apolipoprotein H is a protein of about 50 kilodaltons, structurally related to the regulators of the complement activation family. Its physiological function is poorly understood but it has been implicated in lipid metabolism and coagulative pathways. The major site of synthesis is thought to be the liver. Several reports indicate that apolipoprotein H is the antigen of the antiphospholipid antibodies and also behaves as an acute-phase reactant. Moreover, 40% of plasma apolipoprotein H is associated with very low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein, and postprandial chylomicrons. In this study we investigated other sites of synthesis by reverse transcription/polymerase chain reaction and we found apolipoprotein H mRNA expression in intestinal cell lines and tissues. Immunohistochemistry was performed on various fresh and paraffin-embedded tissues and apolipoprotein H was immunolocalized in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes and epithelial cells from colon and jejunum. This study indicates that apolipoprotein H is expressed at both mRNA and protein levels in enterocytes.
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- M Averna
- Istituto di Patologia Generale, University of Catania, Italy
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Several studies have shown that different growth factors are involved in the pathogenesis of palmar fibromatosis. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha) and its cellular receptor, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R), are expressed in palmar fibromatosis. Nodules from 20 patients with palmar fibromatosis and control normal palmar fascias were studied by the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunohistochemistry. RT-PCR followed by Southern blotting demonstrated that palmar fibromatosis nodules contained high levels of TGF-alpha and EGF-R messenger RNA (mRNA) transcripts, while normal fascias showed only low levels. Depending on the degree of cellularity and fibrosis, the three following histological phases were recognized in palmar fibromatosis nodules: proliferative, involutional, and residual. Immunohistochemistry, using alpha-smooth muscle actin as a cellular marker for myofibroblasts, revealed that TGF-alpha and EGF-R are co-expressed by myofibroblasts in the highly cellular areas of both proliferative and involutional phases, while they are absent or only focally detectable in the fibroblasts of normal fascia and in hypocellular and fibrotic areas of both involutional and residual phases. The restricted co-expression of TGF-alpha and EGF-R to myofibroblasts, the proliferating cellular component of nodules, suggests that an autocrine and/or juxtacrine growth stimulation by TGF-alpha via the EGF-R may be involved in the pathogenesis of palmar fibromatosis.
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- G Magro
- Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Università di Catania, Italy
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Dell'Osso G, Avitabile M, Sciacca G, Lanteri E, Stivala F. [A polymorphism study of the DNA extracted from dental tissues]. Minerva Stomatol 1995; 44:205-9. [PMID: 7476773] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Often teeth are the only items which can be used for personal identification in forensic medicine. In the present work we describe a method to extract and amplify DNA from dental elements ranging from 2 weeks to 5 year from the avulsion. PCR (polymerase chain reaction) was used to amplify VNTR sequences; the alleles products were electrophoresed, visualized by traditional methods and compared to the amplified products obtained from the matching blood sample. Our results give a new and powerful investigative tool for personal identification in the field of forensic odontostomatology, since such a procedure can be successfully applied both to recent and to ancient teeth.
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- G Dell'Osso
- Istituto di Medicina Legale e delle Assicurazioni, Università degli Studi, Catania
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