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Russo P, Papa V, Russo S, Bella AD, Pabst G, Milazzo G, Balestrazzi A, Caporossi A, Anselmetti G, Lorenzi U, Orsi R, Faletti P, Bindella G, Boccassini G, Kropp B, Calabria G, Campagna P, Ciurlo C, Caporossi A, Tasciotti A, Licignano R, Balestrazzi A, Caprioglio G, Birattari F, Franch A, Darondeau J, Blanluet G, Ouen S, Guerra R, Saccarola P, Lenz W, Schuff O, Lùpidi G, Coiràn M, Checcucci M, Burattini L, Foligno, Mastropasqua L, Ciancaglini M, Ciafrè M, Cerulli A, Moretti G, Padovano S, Rotondo SG, Neuhann T, Okrafka K, Ratiglia R, Oldani A, Reiss H, Rochefort J, Coulombe B, Sborgia C, Lorusso V, Palmisano C, Moramarco N, Spinelli D, Curatola M, Maruccia A, Vaona P, Faraldi F, Villani C, Schiavone M, Gisoldi RC. Topical Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Uncomplicated Cataract Surgery: Effect of Sodium Naproxen. Eur J Ophthalmol 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/112067210501500510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Purpose To investigate whether topical nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are useful, in the absence of concomitant corticosteroid therapy, in limiting postoperative inflammation after uncomplicated cataract surgery. Methods A total of 328 patients were enrolled in a prospective, randomized, double-masked, parallel-group, active-controlled study. Anterior chamber inflammation (ACI) was evaluated as the primary efficacy parameter. Only patients with moderate inflammation (ACI score of ≤4) the day after surgery were randomized and treated with NSAIDs. A novel topical formulation containing 0.2% sodium naproxen was compared with 0.1% diclofenac. Both were administered three times a day for 14 consecutive days. Ocular inflammation was measured after 7 and 14 days by using slit-lamp biomicroscopy. Safety parameters were also evaluated at the same time. Results Both treatments were equally effective in controlling postsurgical inflammation. No statistically significant differences between treatment groups were observed for the safety variables. No serious adverse events (AEs) occurred during the course of the study. The most frequent AE reported with naproxen was eye redness. Conclusions NSAIDs can effectively be used without concurrent administration of corticosteroids to control postoperative inflammation after uncomplicated cataract surgery. In addition, naproxen ophthalmic solution may be considered a suitable alternative to the currently available NSAIDs.
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- P. Russo
- Medical Department SIFI SpA, Catania - Italy
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- Medical Department SIFI SpA, Catania - Italy
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- Medical Department SIFI SpA, Catania - Italy
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- Medical Department SIFI SpA, Catania - Italy
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- AAI Deutschland GmbH & Co KG, Neu-Ulm - Germany
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- Medical Department SIFI SpA, Catania - Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Siena, Siena - Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Siena, Siena - Italy
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Angelini E, Batmaz A, de Caro T, Faraldi F, Grassini S, Ingo GM, Riccucci C. The role of surface analysis in the strategies for conservation of metallic artefacts from the Mediterranean Basin. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.5512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- E. Angelini
- Department of Applied Science and Technology; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 10129 Torino Italy
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- Department of Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology; Ege University; TR 35100 Bornova İzmir Turkey
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- Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials; Italian National Research Council; 00016 Monterotondo Scalo Roma Italy
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 10129 Torino Italy
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 10129 Torino Italy
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- Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials; Italian National Research Council; 00016 Monterotondo Scalo Roma Italy
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- Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials; Italian National Research Council; 00016 Monterotondo Scalo Roma Italy
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Faraldi F, Angelini E, Mezzi A, Riccucci C, de Caro T, Di Carlo G. Surface studies of environmental reactive species during exhibition or storage of ancient Ag-based artefacts. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.5445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- F. Faraldi
- Department of Applied Science and Technology; Polytechnic of Turin; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 10129 Turin Italy
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology; Polytechnic of Turin; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 10129 Turin Italy
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- Institute for the Study of Nano-structured Materials-CNR; 00016 Monterotondo Scalo Rome Italy
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- Institute for the Study of Nano-structured Materials-CNR; 00016 Monterotondo Scalo Rome Italy
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- Institute for the Study of Nano-structured Materials-CNR; 00016 Monterotondo Scalo Rome Italy
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- Institute for the Study of Nano-structured Materials-CNR; 00016 Monterotondo Scalo Rome Italy
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Mezzi A, Riccucci C, de Caro T, Angelini E, Faraldi F, Grassini S, Gouda VK. Combined use of SA-XPS, XRD and SEM + EDS for the micro-chemical characterisation of Ag-based archaeological artefacts. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.5385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- A. Mezzi
- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati del CNR; Area della Ricerca Roma 1-Montelibretti; Monterotondo Rome Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati del CNR; Area della Ricerca Roma 1-Montelibretti; Monterotondo Rome Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati del CNR; Area della Ricerca Roma 1-Montelibretti; Monterotondo Rome Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia; Politecnico di Torino; Torino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia; Politecnico di Torino; Torino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia; Politecnico di Torino; Torino Italy
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Mezzi A, de Caro T, Riccucci C, Parisi EI, Faraldi F, Vassiliou P, Grassini S. Analytical methodologies for the investigation of soil-induced degradation of Cu-based archaeological artefacts. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.4803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- A. Mezzi
- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati-CNR; Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; via Salaria Km 29.3 00015 Monterotondo Rome Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati-CNR; Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; via Salaria Km 29.3 00015 Monterotondo Rome Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati-CNR; Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; via Salaria Km 29.3 00015 Monterotondo Rome Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati-CNR; Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; via Salaria Km 29.3 00015 Monterotondo Rome Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienza dei Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 10129 Torino Italy
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- National Technical University of Athens; Iroon Polytechneiou 9 15780 Athens Greece
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- Dipartimento Scienza dei Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 10129 Torino Italy
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Mezzi A, De Caro T, Riccucci C, Angelini E, Faraldi F, Grassini S. Micro-chemical surface investigation of brittle carthaginian and roman silver artefacts. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.4845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- A. Mezzi
- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati-CNR; Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; via Salaria km 29.3; 00015; Rome; Monterotondo; Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati-CNR; Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; via Salaria km 29.3; 00015; Rome; Monterotondo; Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati-CNR; Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; via Salaria km 29.3; 00015; Rome; Monterotondo; Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienza dei Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24; Torino; Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienza dei Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24; Torino; Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienza dei Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24; Torino; Italy
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Mezzi A, Angelini E, De Caro T, Grassini S, Faraldi F, Riccucci C, Ingo GM. Investigation of the benzotriazole inhibition mechanism of bronze disease. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.4841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- A. Mezzi
- Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials; CNR, Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; Via Salaria km 29.3 Monterotondo Rome 00015 Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienza dei Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 Torino Italy
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- Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials; CNR, Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; Via Salaria km 29.3 Monterotondo Rome 00015 Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienza dei Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 Torino Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienza dei Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 Torino Italy
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- Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials; CNR, Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; Via Salaria km 29.3 Monterotondo Rome 00015 Italy
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- Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials; CNR, Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; Via Salaria km 29.3 Monterotondo Rome 00015 Italy
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Mezzi A, Angelini E, Riccucci C, Grassini S, De Caro T, Faraldi F, Bernardini P. Micro-structural and micro-chemical composition of bronze artefacts from Tharros (Western Sardinia, Italy). SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.4804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- A. Mezzi
- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati; CNR Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; via Salaria Km 29.3; 00015; Monterotondo; Rome; Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienza dei Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24; Torino; Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati; CNR Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; via Salaria Km 29.3; 00015; Monterotondo; Rome; Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienza dei Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24; Torino; Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati; CNR Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; via Salaria Km 29.3; 00015; Monterotondo; Rome; Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienza dei Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24; Torino; Italy
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- Soprintendenza Archeologica alle province di Cagliari e Oristano; Cagliari; Italy
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Angelini E, Caro T, Mezzi A, Riccucci C, Faraldi F, Grassini S. Degradation mechanisms occurring in precious metallic artefacts. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.3854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- E. Angelini
- Dipartimento Scienza dei Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24; Torino; Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati-CNR; Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; via Salaria km 29.3; 00015; Monterotondo; Rome; Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati-CNR; Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; via Salaria km 29.3; 00015; Monterotondo; Rome; Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati-CNR; Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; via Salaria km 29.3; 00015; Monterotondo; Rome; Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati-CNR; Area della Ricerca RM1-Montelibretti; via Salaria km 29.3; 00015; Monterotondo; Rome; Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienza dei Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24; Torino; Italy
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Grassini S, Angelini E, Parvis M, Faraldi F. Surface modification plasma treatments of PMMA optical fibres for sensing applications. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.3843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- S. Grassini
- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering; Politecnico di Torino; Italy
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering; Politecnico di Torino; Italy
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- Department of Electronics; Politecnico di Torino; Italy
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering; Politecnico di Torino; Italy
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D’Amelio S, Giardini F, Faraldi F, Laccisaglia A, Pollino C, Indovina L. SENSIBILITA’ A VARI ANTIBATTERICI DI SCHIZOMICETI ISOLATI DA INFANTI CON STENOSI CONGENITA DELLE VIE LACRIMALI (SCDN). Microbiol Med 2004. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2004.3868] [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: 11/23/2022] Open
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Faraldi F, Calzolari A, Forni M, Chiarelli F, Mincione F, Alfieri G. Immunohistochemical analysis of c-Fos and c-Jun in retinoblastoma. Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma) 1996; 45:289-91. [PMID: 8872049 DOI: 10.1017/s0001566000001483] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The c-fos promoter is negatively regulated by the retinoblastoma (Rb)-susceptibility-gene-encoded protein as well as by other genes involved in the control of transcription, cell cycle regulation and neoplastic transformation. We have examined by immunohistochemistry the c-Fos and c-Jun proteins in five cases of retinoblastoma in order to evaluate eventual alterations in their expression in vivo, possibly related to a gene mutation or to loss of Rb negative control.
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- F Faraldi
- Istituto di Clinica Oculistica, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
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Reyes MG, Faraldi F, Chandran R, Verano A, Levi AC. Histopathology of the substantia nigra in Alzheimer's disease. Panminerva Med 1996; 38:8-14. [PMID: 8766873] [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: 02/02/2023]
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Histopathologic examination of the pars compacta of the substantia nigra of 17 patients with Alzheimer's disease showed Lewy bodies in six, neurofibrillary tangles in another six and only histologic changes that did not differ from age-matched controls in five patients. Four of the six patients with nigral Lewy bodies showed severe loss of neural cell bodies, reactive astrocytosis, gliosis and neuromelanin in macrophages and in the neuropile. By contrast, the loss of neuronal cell bodies in our patients without nigral Lewy bodies regardless of whether or not they also had nigral neurofibrillary tangles was no greater than what we observed in our age-matched controls. Quantitative cell counts confirmed our histopathologic estimates of neuronal loss. Our study and the findings of others show that the substantia nigra is often abnormal in Alzheimer's disease and that the abnormalities are rarely severe without nigral Lewy bodies.
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- M G Reyes
- Division of Pathology (Neuropathology), Hektoen Research Institute, Cook Conty Hospital, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Faraldi F, Reyes MG, Alfieri E, Levi AC. The aging substantia nigra: quantitative histologic study. Panminerva Med 1994; 36:103-8. [PMID: 7877822] [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: 01/27/2023]
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In this study, we estimated the amount of neuronal neuromelanin in hematoxylin and eosin sections of the pars compacta of the substantia nigra in 69 autopsied subjects, 14 to 100 years old. The mean area of cellular neuromelanin showed a curvilinear increase from 103 microns2 at age 14, to 600 at age 67 before dropping off to 328 at age 100 (R2 = +0.51, p < 0.00001). By contrast, the areal fraction or area of neuromelanin relative to the area of neuronal cell bodies showed a linear increase with age (r = +0.84, p < 0.00001). The latter and an increase in the percent of neuromelanin pigmented neuronal cell bodies from 83% at age 14 to almost 100% at age 65 and older (R2 = +0.61, p < 0.00001) accounted for the increasing mean area of cellular neuromelanin. By contrast, a decrease in the mean area of neuronal cell bodies (r = -0.63, p < 0.00001) and a decrease in the number of profiles of neuronal cell bodies (r = -0.51, p < 0.0001) explained the decrease of mean area of cellular neuromelanin beyond 67. Our findings support the hypothesis that an overload of neuromelanin is neurotoxic and emphasize the importance of using age-matched controls in histopathologic studies of the substantia nigra.
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- F Faraldi
- Division of Pathology (Neuropathology), Hektoen Institute for Medical Research, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60612
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Faraldi F, Calzolari A, Alfieri E, Mincione GP, Mincione F. Lack of detection of p53 expression in retinoblastoma tumor cells. Pathologica 1994; 86:401-2. [PMID: 7708441] [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: 01/26/2023] Open
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p53 was examined by immunohistochemistry in five cases of retinoblastoma, a neoplasm that is caused by a loss of function of the Retinoblastoma susceptibility gene (Rb), mapped to chromosome 13q14. Object of the study was the identification of eventual further gene mutation in retinoblastoma tumor cells determining the onset of an independent tumoral monoclonal cell subset. We did not observe any positive reaction for p53 protein expression in the five cases we analyzed.
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- F Faraldi
- Clinica Oculistica II, Università di Firenze
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Using stereological techniques we have estimated the volume density of melanin and counted the number of pigmented and non-pigmented neuronal cell bodies in the pars compacta of the substantia nigra of 12 autopsied patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) who did not have inflammation or necrosis of the midbrain or clinical parkinsonism. The total number of neuronal cell bodies was 25% lower in AIDS (P less than 0.01) than in 12 age-matched controls, although the volume density of neuronal melanin did not differ from that of controls because the percentage of pigmented cell bodies was higher (P less than 0.01) and the cell bodies were more fully packed with melanin in AIDS. Also, the expected increase with age of the volume density of neuronal melanin (P less than 0.02) and the percentage of pigmented neurons (P less than 0.01) occurred in the controls but not in AIDS patients. Importantly, our histopathological examination showed unequivocal nigral degeneration with neuronal loss, small neuronal cell bodies packed with melanin, reactive astrocytosis and extra-cellular melanin in the AIDS patients but not in controls. Our study shows that a subclinical nigral degeneration is common in AIDS and could possibly explain the heightened susceptibility of some patients to drug-induced parkinsonism.
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- M G Reyes
- Division of Pathology (Neuropathology), Hektoen Institute for Medical Research, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL 60612
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