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Campetella M, Filomena GB, Marino F, Fantasia F, Russo P, Gavi F, Rossi F, Gandi C, Ragonese M, Foschi N, Totaro A, Sacco E, Racioppi M, Bientinesi R. Etiology, presentation and management of urinary tract infections in multiple sclerosis patients: A review of the current literature. Urologia 2024:3915603231224511. [PMID: 38279809 DOI: 10.1177/03915603231224511] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2024]
Abstract
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) present a formidable challenge in the care of individuals affected by multiple sclerosis (MS). Lower urinary tract dysfunction is a prevalent issue among MS patients, predisposing them to an elevated risk of UTIs. When left untreated, UTIs can further exacerbate the already compromised quality of life in individuals with MS. The diagnosis and management of UTIs in MS patients necessitate a careful clinical evaluation. The objective of this review is to delineate preventive strategies and current and developing therapeutic approaches for preventing and treating UTIs associated with urinary dysfunction, catheterization, and upper urinary tract infections in patients with MS. Effectively addressing UTIs and urinary tract dysfunction in individuals with multiple sclerosis calls for a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach.
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- Marco Campetella
- Department of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Scalise M, Marino F, Salerno L, Amato N, Quercia C, Siracusa C, Filardo A, Chiefalo A, Pagano L, Misdea G, Salerno N, De Angelis A, Urbanek K, Viglietto G, Torella D, Cianflone E. Adult Multipotent Cardiac Progenitor-Derived Spheroids: A Reproducible Model of In Vitro Cardiomyocyte Commitment and Specification. Cells 2023; 12:1793. [PMID: 37443827 PMCID: PMC10341123 DOI: 10.3390/cells12131793] [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: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Three-dimensional cell culture systems hold great promise for bridging the gap between in vitro cell-based model systems and small animal models to study tissue biology and disease. Among 3D cell culture systems, stem-cell-derived spheroids have attracted significant interest as a strategy to better mimic in vivo conditions. Cardiac stem cell/progenitor (CSC)-derived spheroids (CSs) provide a relevant platform for cardiac regeneration. METHODS We compared three different cell culture scaffold-free systems, (i) ultra-low attachment plates, (ii) hanging drops (both requiring a 2D/3D switch), and (iii) agarose micro-molds (entirely 3D), for CSC-derived CS formation and their cardiomyocyte commitment in vitro. RESULTS The switch from a 2D to a 3D culture microenvironment per se guides cell plasticity and myogenic differentiation within CS and is necessary for robust cardiomyocyte differentiation. On the contrary, 2D monolayer CSC cultures show a significant reduced cardiomyocyte differentiation potential compared to 3D CS culture. Forced aggregation into spheroids using hanging drop improves CS myogenic differentiation when compared to ultra-low attachment plates. Performing CS formation and myogenic differentiation exclusively in 3D culture using agarose micro-molds maximizes the cardiomyocyte yield. CONCLUSIONS A 3D culture system instructs CS myogenic differentiation, thus representing a valid model that can be used to study adult cardiac regenerative biology.
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- Mariangela Scalise
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.S.); (F.M.); (L.S.); (A.C.); (G.M.); (N.S.); (G.V.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.S.); (F.M.); (L.S.); (A.C.); (G.M.); (N.S.); (G.V.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.S.); (F.M.); (L.S.); (A.C.); (G.M.); (N.S.); (G.V.)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (N.A.); (C.Q.); (C.S.); (A.F.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (N.A.); (C.Q.); (C.S.); (A.F.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (N.A.); (C.Q.); (C.S.); (A.F.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (N.A.); (C.Q.); (C.S.); (A.F.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.S.); (F.M.); (L.S.); (A.C.); (G.M.); (N.S.); (G.V.)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (N.A.); (C.Q.); (C.S.); (A.F.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.S.); (F.M.); (L.S.); (A.C.); (G.M.); (N.S.); (G.V.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.S.); (F.M.); (L.S.); (A.C.); (G.M.); (N.S.); (G.V.)
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, 88121 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.S.); (F.M.); (L.S.); (A.C.); (G.M.); (N.S.); (G.V.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.S.); (F.M.); (L.S.); (A.C.); (G.M.); (N.S.); (G.V.)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (N.A.); (C.Q.); (C.S.); (A.F.); (L.P.)
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Molinaro C, Scalise M, Leo I, Salerno L, Sabatino J, Salerno N, De Rosa S, Torella D, Cianflone E, Marino F. Polarizing Macrophage Functional Phenotype to Foster Cardiac Regeneration. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:10747. [PMID: 37445929 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241310747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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There is an increasing interest in understanding the connection between the immune and cardiovascular systems, which are highly integrated and communicate through finely regulated cross-talking mechanisms. Recent evidence has demonstrated that the immune system does indeed have a key role in the response to cardiac injury and in cardiac regeneration. Among the immune cells, macrophages appear to have a prominent role in this context, with different subtypes described so far that each have a specific influence on cardiac remodeling and repair. Similarly, there are significant differences in how the innate and adaptive immune systems affect the response to cardiac damage. Understanding all these mechanisms may have relevant clinical implications. Several studies have already demonstrated that stem cell-based therapies support myocardial repair. However, the exact role that cardiac macrophages and their modulation may have in this setting is still unclear. The current need to decipher the dual role of immunity in boosting both heart injury and repair is due, at least for a significant part, to unresolved questions related to the complexity of cardiac macrophage phenotypes. The aim of this review is to provide an overview on the role of the immune system, and of macrophages in particular, in the response to cardiac injury and to outline, through the modulation of the immune response, potential novel therapeutic strategies for cardiac regeneration.
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- Claudia Molinaro
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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Salerno N, Scalise M, Marino F, Filardo A, Chiefalo A, Panuccio G, Torella M, De Angelis A, De Rosa S, Ellison-Hughes GM, Urbanek K, Viglietto G, Torella D, Cianflone E. A Mouse Model of Dilated Cardiomyopathy Produced by Isoproterenol Acute Exposure Followed by 5-Fluorouracil Administration. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2023; 10:225. [PMID: 37367390 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd10060225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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Appropriate dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) animal models are highly desirable considering the pathophysiological and clinical heterogeneity of DCM. Genetically modified mice are the most widely and intensively utilized research animals for DCM. However, to translate discoveries from basic science into new and personalized medical applications, research in non-genetically based DCM models remains a key issue. Here, we characterized a mouse model of non-ischemic DCM induced by a stepwise pharmacologic regime of Isoproterenol (ISO) high dose bolus followed by a low dose systemic injection of the chemotherapy agent, 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU). C57BL/6J mice were injected with ISO and, 3 days after, were randomly assigned to saline or 5-FU. Echocardiography and a strain analysis show that ISO + 5FU in mice induces progressive left ventricular (LV) dilation and reduced systolic function, along with diastolic dysfunction and a persistent global cardiac contractility depression through 56 days. While mice treated with ISO alone recover anatomically and functionally, ISO + 5-FU causes persistent cardiomyocyte death, ensuing in cardiomyocyte hypertrophy through 56 days. ISO + 5-FU-dependent damage was accompanied by significant myocardial disarray and fibrosis along with exaggerated oxidative stress, tissue inflammation and premature cell senescence accumulation. In conclusions, a combination of ISO + 5FU produces anatomical, histological and functional cardiac alterations typical of DCM, representing a widely available, affordable, and reproducible mouse model of this cardiomyopathy.
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- Nadia Salerno
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences, School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, 88121 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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Ranfagni A, Marino F, Marin F. Spectral Analysis of Quantum Field Fluctuations in a Strongly Coupled Optomechanical System. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:193601. [PMID: 37243649 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.193601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
Abstract
With a levitodynamics experiment in the strong and coherent quantum optomechanical coupling regime, we demonstrate that the oscillator acts as a broadband quantum spectrum analyzer. The asymmetry between positive and negative frequency branches in the displacement spectrum traces out the spectral features of the quantum fluctuations in the cavity field, which are thus explored over a wide spectral range. Moreover, in our two-dimensional mechanical system the quantum backaction, generated by such vacuum fluctuations, is strongly suppressed in a narrow spectral region due to a destructive interference in the overall susceptibility.
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- A Ranfagni
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Firenze, via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), via Carrara 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
- CNR-INO, largo Enrico Fermi 6, I-50125 Firenze, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Firenze, via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), via Carrara 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
- CNR-INO, largo Enrico Fermi 6, I-50125 Firenze, Italy
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Aquila I, Cianflone E, Scalise M, Marino F, Mancuso T, Filardo A, Smith AJ, Cappetta D, De Angelis A, Urbanek K, Isidori AM, Torella M, Agosti V, Viglietto G, Nadal-Ginard B, Ellison-Hughes GM, Torella D. Correction: c-kit Haploinsufficiency impairs adult cardiac stem cell growth, myogenicity and myocardial regeneration. Cell Death Dis 2023; 14:266. [PMID: 37045831 PMCID: PMC10097613 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-023-05798-w] [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: 04/14/2023]
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- Iolanda Aquila
- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "L.Vanvitelli", Naples, 80121, Italy
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "L.Vanvitelli", Naples, 80121, Italy
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "L.Vanvitelli", Naples, 80121, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, "La Sapienza" University, Rome, 00161, Italy
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Campania "L.Vanvitelli", Naples, 80121, Italy
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- Interdepartmental Center of Services (CIS) and Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, Campus Salvatore Venuta-Viale Europa, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy
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- Interdepartmental Center of Services (CIS) and Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, Campus Salvatore Venuta-Viale Europa, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy.
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London, SE1 1UL, UK.
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy.
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Nisticò N, Aloisio A, Lupia A, Zimbo AM, Mimmi S, Maisano D, Russo R, Marino F, Scalise M, Chiarella E, Mancuso T, Fiume G, Omodei D, Zannetti A, Salvatore G, Quinto I, Iaccino E. Development of Cyclic Peptides Targeting the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Mesenchymal Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Subtype. Cells 2023; 12:cells12071078. [PMID: 37048151 PMCID: PMC10093212 DOI: 10.3390/cells12071078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive malignancy characterized by the lack of expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors and amplification of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). Being the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) highly expressed in mesenchymal TNBC and correlated with aggressive growth behavior, it represents an ideal target for anticancer drugs. Here, we have applied the phage display for selecting two highly specific peptide ligands for targeting the EGFR overexpressed in MDA-MB-231 cells, a human TNBC cell line. Molecular docking predicted the peptide-binding affinities and sites in the extracellular domain of EGFR. The binding of the FITC-conjugated peptides to human and murine TNBC cells was validated by flow cytometry. Confocal microscopy confirmed the peptide binding specificity to EGFR-positive MDA-MB-231 tumor xenograft tissues and their co-localization with the membrane EGFR. Further, the peptide stimulation did not affect the cell cycle of TNBC cells, which is of interest for their utility for tumor targeting. Our data indicate that these novel peptides are highly specific ligands for the EGFR overexpressed in TNBC cells, and thus they could be used in conjugation with nanoparticles for tumor-targeted delivery of anticancer drugs.
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- Nancy Nisticò
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, Monserrato, 09042 Cagliari, Italy
- Net4Science srl, University “Magna Græcia”, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- “Annunziata” Regional Hospital Cosenza, 87100 Cosenza, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, National Research Council, IBB-CNR, 80145 Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, National Research Council, IBB-CNR, 80145 Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Motorie e del Benessere, Università degli studi di Napoli “Parthenope”, 80133 Naples, Italy
- CEINGE- Biotecnologie Avanzate S.C.A.R.L., 80145 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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Cincione IR, Graziadio C, Marino F, Vetrani C, Losavio F, Savastano S, Colao A, Laudisio D. Short-time effects of ketogenic diet or modestly hypocaloric Mediterranean diet on overweight and obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome. J Endocrinol Invest 2023; 46:769-777. [PMID: 36401759 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-022-01943-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [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: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in women during reproductive age. It is characterized clinically by oligo-ovulation or anovulation, hyper-androgenism, and the presence of polycystic ovaries. Often comorbid with insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and obesity, it also carries significant risk for the development of cardio-vascular and metabolic sequelae, including diabetes and metabolic syndrome. In light of these evidences, the most therapeutic option prescribed to PCOS women with obesity, regardless of the phenotype from the severity of clinical expression, is lifestyle correction by diet and physical activity. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between PCOS with KD in overweight and/or obese women with PCOS, and evaluate the possible beneficial effects on metabolic and endocrine parameters, compared to a standard, balanced hypocaloric diet such as Mediterranean diet (MD). METHODS Participants were assigned to receive, in a 1:1 ratio, one of the two following dietary sequences: KD or MD. In all subjects anthropometric parameters, body composition and metabolic and endocrine parameters were obtained at baseline and after dietetic treatment. RESULTS Our results showed a significant change in the anthropometric and biochemical parameters in both groups after both diet therapies, with statistically significant differences (p < 0.001). Though, the reductions of all parameters were significantly greater in KD group than in MD group. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that a reduction of dietary intake of carbohydrates by KD may be considered as a valuable non-pharmacological treatment for PCOS.
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- I R Cincione
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, 71100, Foggia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università "Federico II" di Napoli, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
- Centro Italiano per la Cura e Il Benessere del Paziente Con Obesità (C.I.B.O), Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università "Federico II" di Napoli, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università "Federico II" di Napoli, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
- Centro Italiano per la Cura e Il Benessere del Paziente Con Obesità (C.I.B.O), Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università "Federico II" di Napoli, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università "Federico II" di Napoli, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
- Centro Italiano per la Cura e Il Benessere del Paziente Con Obesità (C.I.B.O), Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università "Federico II" di Napoli, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, 71100, Foggia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università "Federico II" di Napoli, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
- Centro Italiano per la Cura e Il Benessere del Paziente Con Obesità (C.I.B.O), Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università "Federico II" di Napoli, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università "Federico II" di Napoli, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
- Centro Italiano per la Cura e Il Benessere del Paziente Con Obesità (C.I.B.O), Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università "Federico II" di Napoli, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, Naples, Italy
- Cattedra Unesco "Educazione alla Salute e Allo Sviluppo Sostenibile", Università "Federico II" di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Centro Italiano per la Cura e Il Benessere del Paziente Con Obesità (C.I.B.O), Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università "Federico II" di Napoli, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, Naples, Italy.
- Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Università "Federico II" di Napoli, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy.
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Gavi F, Bientinesi R, Gandi C, Coluzzi S, Marino F, Moretto S, Nociti V, Mirabella M, Sacco E. Impact of OAB on sexual life and marital relationship of patients with multiple sclerosis. Eur Urol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(23)00617-6] [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: 02/12/2023]
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Marino F, Salerno N, Scalise M, Salerno L, Torella A, Molinaro C, Chiefalo A, Filardo A, Siracusa C, Panuccio G, Ferravante C, Giurato G, Rizzo F, Torella M, Donniacuo M, De Angelis A, Viglietto G, Urbanek K, Weisz A, Torella D, Cianflone E. Streptozotocin-Induced Type 1 and 2 Diabetes Mellitus Mouse Models Show Different Functional, Cellular and Molecular Patterns of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24021132. [PMID: 36674648 PMCID: PMC9860590 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 01/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The main cause of morbidity and mortality in diabetes mellitus (DM) is cardiovascular complications. Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) remains incompletely understood. Animal models have been crucial in exploring DCM pathophysiology while identifying potential therapeutic targets. Streptozotocin (STZ) has been widely used to produce experimental models of both type 1 and type 2 DM (T1DM and T2DM). Here, we compared these two models for their effects on cardiac structure, function and transcriptome. Different doses of STZ and diet chows were used to generate T1DM and T2DM in C57BL/6J mice. Normal euglycemic and nonobese sex- and age-matched mice served as controls (CTRL). Immunohistochemistry, RT-PCR and RNA-seq were employed to compare hearts from the three animal groups. STZ-induced T1DM and T2DM affected left ventricular function and myocardial performance differently. T1DM displayed exaggerated apoptotic cardiomyocyte (CM) death and reactive hypertrophy and fibrosis, along with increased cardiac oxidative stress, CM DNA damage and senescence, when compared to T2DM in mice. T1DM and T2DM affected the whole cardiac transcriptome differently. In conclusion, the STZ-induced T1DM and T2DM mouse models showed significant differences in cardiac remodeling, function and the whole transcriptome. These differences could be of key relevance when choosing an animal model to study specific features of DCM.
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- Fabiola Marino
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry ‘Scuola Medica Salernitana′, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry ‘Scuola Medica Salernitana′, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry ‘Scuola Medica Salernitana′, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Science, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, 88121 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry ‘Scuola Medica Salernitana′, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Correspondence: (D.T.); (E.C.); Tel.: +39-0961369-7564 (D.T.); +39-0961369-4185 (E.C.)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Correspondence: (D.T.); (E.C.); Tel.: +39-0961369-7564 (D.T.); +39-0961369-4185 (E.C.)
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Salerno N, Marino F, Scalise M, Salerno L, Molinaro C, Filardo A, Chiefalo A, Panuccio G, De Angelis A, Urbanek K, Torella D, Cianflone E. Pharmacological clearance of senescent cells improves cardiac remodeling and function after myocardial infarction in female aged mice. Mech Ageing Dev 2022; 208:111740. [PMID: 36150603 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2022.111740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [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: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are predominantly an aging disease. Important sex-specific differences exist and the mechanism(s) by which this sex-by-age interaction influences CVD development and progression remains elusive. Accordingly, it is still unknown whether cell senescence, a main feature of cardiac male aging, is a significant feature also of the female aged mouse heart and whether senolytics, senescence-clearing compounds, promote myocardial repair and regeneration after myocardial infarction (MI) in aged female mice. To this aim, the combination of two senolytics, dasatinib and quercetin (D+Q) or just their vehicle was administered to 22-24 months old C57BL/6 female mice after MI. D+Q improved global left ventricle function and myocardial performance after MI whereby female cardiac aging is characterized by accumulation of cardiac senescent cells that are further increased by MI. Despite their terminal differentiation nature, also cardiomyocytes acquire a senescent phenotype with age in females. D+Q removed senescent cardiac non-myocyte and myocyte cells ameliorating cardiac remodeling and regeneration. Senolytics removed aged dysfunctional cardiac stem/progenitor cells (CSCs), relieving healthy CSCs with normal proliferative and cardiomyogenic differentiation potential. In conclusions, cardiac senescent cells accumulate in the aged female hearts. Removing senescent cells is a key therapeutic target for efficient repair of the aged female heart.
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- Nadia Salerno
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, 88121, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
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Brogi E, Marino F, Bertini P, Tavazzi G, Corradi F, Forfori F. Cardiac complications in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review. J Anesth Analg Crit Care 2022. [PMCID: PMC9043888 DOI: 10.1186/s44158-022-00046-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Cardiac complications in patients with COVID-19 have been described in the literature with an important impact on outcome. The primary objective of our systematic review was to describe the kind of cardiac complications observed in COVID-19 patients and to identify potential predictors of cardiovascular events. The secondary aim was to analyze the effect of cardiac complications on outcome. We performed this systematic review according to PRISMA guidelines using several databases for studies evaluating the type of cardiac complications and risk factors in COVID-19 patients. We also calculated the risk ratio (RR) and 95% CI. A random-effects model was applied to analyze the data. The heterogeneity of the retrieved trials was evaluated through the I2 statistic. Our systematic review included 49 studies. Acute cardiac injury was evaluated in 20 articles. Heart failure and cardiogenic shock were reported in 10 articles. Myocardial infarction was evaluated in seven of the papers retrieved. Takotsubo, myocarditis, and pericardial effusion were reported in six, twelve, and five articles, respectively. Arrhythmic complications were evaluated in thirteen studies. Right ventricular dysfunction was evaluated in six articles. We included 7 studies investigating 2115 patients in the meta-analysis. The RR was 0.20 (95% CI: 0.17 to 0.24; P < 0.00001, I2 = 0.75). Acute cardiac injury represented the prevalent cardiac complications observed in COVID-19 patients (from 20 to 45% of the patients). Patients with acute cardiac injury seemed to be significantly older, with comorbidities, more likely to develop complications, and with higher mortality rates. Acute cardiac injury was found to be an independent risk factor for severe forms of SARS-CoV-2 infection and an independent predictor of mortality. Due to the scarce evidence, it was not possible to draw any conclusion regarding Takotsubo, myocarditis, pleural effusion, and right ventricular dysfunction in COVID-19 patients. Noteworthy, possible arrhythmic alterations (incidence rate of arrhythmia from 3 to 60%) in COVID-19 patients have to be taken into account for the possible complications and the consequent hemodynamic instabilities. Hypertension seemed to represent the most common comorbidities in COVID-19 patients (from 30 to 59.8%). The prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) was high in this group of patients (up to 57%), with coronary artery disease in around 10% of the cases. In the majority of the studies retrieved, patients with CVD had a higher prevalence of severe form, ICU admission, and higher mortality rates.
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Marini V, Marino F, Aliberti F, Giarratana N, Pozzo E, Duelen R, Cortés Calabuig Á, La Rovere R, Vervliet T, Torella D, Bultynck G, Sampaolesi M, Chai YC. Long-term culture of patient-derived cardiac organoids recapitulated Duchenne muscular dystrophy cardiomyopathy and disease progression. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:878311. [PMID: 36035984 PMCID: PMC9403515 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.878311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked neuromuscular disease which to date is incurable. The major cause of death is dilated cardiomyopathy however, its pathogenesis is unclear as existing cellular and animal models do not fully recapitulate the human disease phenotypes. In this study, we generated cardiac organoids from patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (DMD-COs) and isogenic-corrected controls (DMD-Iso-COs) and studied if DMD-related cardiomyopathy and disease progression occur in the organoids upon long-term culture (up to 93 days). Histological analysis showed that DMD-COs lack initial proliferative capacity, displayed a progressive loss of sarcoglycan localization and high stress in endoplasmic reticulum. Additionally, cardiomyocyte deterioration, fibrosis and aberrant adipogenesis were observed in DMD-COs over time. RNA sequencing analysis confirmed a distinct transcriptomic profile in DMD-COs which was associated with functional enrichment in hypertrophy/dilated cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, adipogenesis and fibrosis pathways. Moreover, five miRNAs were identified to be crucial in this dysregulated gene network. In conclusion, we generated patient-derived cardiac organoid model that displayed DMD-related cardiomyopathy and disease progression phenotypes in long-term culture. We envision the feasibility to develop a more complex, realistic and reliable in vitro 3D human cardiac-mimics to study DMD-related cardiomyopathies.
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- Vittoria Marini
- Translational Cardiomyology Laboratory, Stem Cell Biology and Embryology, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Translational Cardiomyology Laboratory, Stem Cell Biology and Embryology, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Translational Cardiomyology Laboratory, Stem Cell Biology and Embryology, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Transplant Research Area, Human Anatomy Unit, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Translational Cardiomyology Laboratory, Stem Cell Biology and Embryology, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Translational Cardiomyology Laboratory, Stem Cell Biology and Embryology, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Translational Cardiomyology Laboratory, Stem Cell Biology and Embryology, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Leuven Kanker Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Leuven Kanker Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Leuven Kanker Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Translational Cardiomyology Laboratory, Stem Cell Biology and Embryology, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Histology and Medical Embryology Unit, Department of Anatomy, Histology, Forensic Medicine and Orthopedics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- *Correspondence: Maurilio Sampaolesi, ; Yoke Chin Chai,
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- Translational Cardiomyology Laboratory, Stem Cell Biology and Embryology, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- *Correspondence: Maurilio Sampaolesi, ; Yoke Chin Chai,
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Salerno N, Salerno L, Marino F, Scalise M, Chiefalo A, Panuccio G, De Angelis A, Cianflone E, Urbanek K, Torella D. Myocardial regeneration protocols towards the routine clinical scenario: An unseemly path from bench to bedside. EClinicalMedicine 2022; 50:101530. [PMID: 35799845 PMCID: PMC9253597 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101530] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
UNLABELLED Heart failure secondary to cardiomyocyte loss and/or dysfunction is the number one killer worldwide. The field of myocardial regeneration with its far-reaching primary goal of cardiac remuscularization and its hard-to-accomplish translation from bench to bedside, has been filled with ups and downs, steps forward and steps backward, controversies galore and, unfortunately, scientific scandals. Despite the present morass in which cardiac remuscularization is stuck in, the search for clinically effective regenerative approaches remains keenly active. Starting with a concise overview of the still highly debated regenerative capacity of the adult mammalian heart, we focus on the main interventions, that have reached or are close to clinical use, critically discussing key findings, successes, and failures. Finally, some promising and innovative approaches for myocardial repair/regeneration still at the pre-clinical stage are discussed to offer a holistic view on the future of myocardial repair/regeneration for the prevention/management of heart failure in the clinical scenario. FUNDING This research was funded by Grants from the Ministry of University and Research PRIN2015 2015ZTT5KB_004; PRIN2017NKB2N4_005; PON-AIM - 1829805-2.
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- Nadia Salerno
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80125, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
- Corresponding author.
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Incampo G, De Luca V, Rizzo D, Bux F, Moramarco M, Valecce R, Robles G, Pirozzi M, Candida T, Marino F, Campagna M, Fiorentino A, Bonfantino M. P229 IMPROVED CLINICAL–INSTRUMENTAL OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC DILATED HYPERTENSIVE / ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE, UNDERGOING CCM, CARRIER OF CRTD WITH PERSISTENT SEVERE LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION. Eur Heart J Suppl 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/suac012.221] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A 62–year–old man repeatedly subjected to PTCA + stent with severe left ventricular dysfunction and estimated FE 15%. After some hospitalizations for heart failure in 2015 he underwent an AICD implant Biventricular. Followed up in our clinics dedicated to heart failure, the patient did not present the characters of the CRT responder presenting a constant high end–systolic volume (224 ml) and none FE improvement of 15%. There was also an asthenia and tendency to inactivity and elevated NT Pro BNP levels despite optimal medical therapy even with entresto 24/26 mg x 2 / day. It has been decided to submit the patient enrolled in the cardiac transplant and / or VAD implantation lists to an implantation procedure of CCM system (cardiac contractility modulation). After two active fixation placement leads on the interventricular septum and connection to the CCM system housed in the subcutaneous pocket right contralateral to the biventricular AICD, the patient was monitored. We have noticed since the first days conditions of hemodynamic stability. Scheduled CCM therapy delivery for 10 hours a day. Following subsequently in the follow up at 3 – 6 – 12 – 18 months the patient showed an improvement of minneshota quality of life questionnaire in heart failure: MLWHFQ (44 at baseline, 17 at two months, 15 to six months, 10 to 12 months and 3 to 18 months), an increase in FE from 15 to 23 up to 26%, a reduction of the NTPROBNP from 13444 to 1178 then climbed back to 5549 and 3712 at 18 months for atrial fibrillation, without any requires re–hospitalization, an increased physical activity of the patient detected by the sensors of the two devices
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- G Incampo
- OSPEDALE DI VENERE ASL BA, BARI CARBONARA; FRANCOFORTE, FRANCOFORTE SUL MENO
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- OSPEDALE DI VENERE ASL BA, BARI CARBONARA; FRANCOFORTE, FRANCOFORTE SUL MENO
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- OSPEDALE DI VENERE ASL BA, BARI CARBONARA; FRANCOFORTE, FRANCOFORTE SUL MENO
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- OSPEDALE DI VENERE ASL BA, BARI CARBONARA; FRANCOFORTE, FRANCOFORTE SUL MENO
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- OSPEDALE DI VENERE ASL BA, BARI CARBONARA; FRANCOFORTE, FRANCOFORTE SUL MENO
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- OSPEDALE DI VENERE ASL BA, BARI CARBONARA; FRANCOFORTE, FRANCOFORTE SUL MENO
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- OSPEDALE DI VENERE ASL BA, BARI CARBONARA; FRANCOFORTE, FRANCOFORTE SUL MENO
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- OSPEDALE DI VENERE ASL BA, BARI CARBONARA; FRANCOFORTE, FRANCOFORTE SUL MENO
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- OSPEDALE DI VENERE ASL BA, BARI CARBONARA; FRANCOFORTE, FRANCOFORTE SUL MENO
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- OSPEDALE DI VENERE ASL BA, BARI CARBONARA; FRANCOFORTE, FRANCOFORTE SUL MENO
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- OSPEDALE DI VENERE ASL BA, BARI CARBONARA; FRANCOFORTE, FRANCOFORTE SUL MENO
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- OSPEDALE DI VENERE ASL BA, BARI CARBONARA; FRANCOFORTE, FRANCOFORTE SUL MENO
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- OSPEDALE DI VENERE ASL BA, BARI CARBONARA; FRANCOFORTE, FRANCOFORTE SUL MENO
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itta F, Mistretta G, Ceroni P, Gutierrez V, Campanaro F, Morini L, Marino F, Koubegnery S, D'Angelo E, Guidi G. PD-0893 Enhancing patient safety with log file analysis : perFRACTION® optimal gamma criteria for VMAT QA. Radiother Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(22)02972-3] [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: 11/17/2022]
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Marino F, Scalise M, Salerno N, Salerno L, Molinaro C, Cappetta D, Torella M, Greco M, Foti D, Sasso FC, Mastroroberto P, De Angelis A, Ellison-Hughes GM, Sampaolesi M, Rota M, Rossi F, Urbanek K, Nadal-Ginard B, Torella D, Cianflone E. Diabetes-Induced Cellular Senescence and Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype Impair Cardiac Regeneration and Function Independently of Age. Diabetes 2022; 71:1081-1098. [PMID: 35108360 PMCID: PMC9490451 DOI: 10.2337/db21-0536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus (DM) affects the biology of multipotent cardiac stem/progenitor cells (CSCs) and adult myocardial regeneration. We assessed the hypothesis that senescence and senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) are main mechanisms of cardiac degenerative defect in DM. Accordingly, we tested whether ablation of senescent CSCs would rescue the cardiac regenerative/reparative defect imposed by DM. We obtained cardiac tissue from nonaged (50- to 64-year-old) patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and without DM (NDM) and postinfarct cardiomyopathy undergoing cardiac surgery. A higher reactive oxygen species production in T2DM was associated with an increased number of senescent/dysfunctional T2DM-human CSCs (hCSCs) with reduced proliferation, clonogenesis/spherogenesis, and myogenic differentiation versus NDM-hCSCs in vitro. T2DM-hCSCs showed a defined pathologic SASP. A combination of two senolytics, dasatinib (D) and quercetin (Q), cleared senescent T2DM-hCSCs in vitro, restoring their expansion and myogenic differentiation capacities. In a T2DM model in young mice, diabetic status per se (independently of ischemia and age) caused CSC senescence coupled with myocardial pathologic remodeling and cardiac dysfunction. D + Q treatment efficiently eliminated senescent cells, rescuing CSC function, which resulted in functional myocardial repair/regeneration, improving cardiac function in murine DM. In conclusion, DM hampers CSC biology, inhibiting CSCs' regenerative potential through the induction of cellular senescence and SASP independently from aging. Senolytics clear senescence, abrogating the SASP and restoring a fully proliferative/differentiation-competent hCSC pool in T2DM with normalization of cardiac function.
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- Fabiola Marino
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Translational Cardiomyology Laboratory, Stem Cell Biology and Embryology, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Pharmacology, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli,” Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli,” Naples, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli,” Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Pharmacology, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli,” Naples, Italy
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- Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences and Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, London, U.K
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- Translational Cardiomyology Laboratory, Stem Cell Biology and Embryology, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Pharmacology, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli,” Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Corresponding authors: Daniele Torella, , and Eleonora Cianflone,
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
- Corresponding authors: Daniele Torella, , and Eleonora Cianflone,
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Maisano D, Mimmi S, Dattilo V, Marino F, Gentile M, Vecchio E, Fiume G, Nisticò N, Aloisio A, de Santo MP, Desiderio G, Musolino V, Nucera S, Sbrana F, Andò S, Ferrero S, Morandi A, Bertoni F, Quinto I, Iaccino E. A novel phage display based platform for exosome diversity characterization. Nanoscale 2022; 14:2998-3003. [PMID: 35141731 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr06804k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
We present an innovative approach allowing the identification, isolation, and molecular characterization of disease-related exosomes based on their different antigenic reactivities. The designed strategy could be immediately translated into any disease in which exosomes are involved. The identification of specific markers and their subsequent association with exosome subtypes, together with the possibility to engineer target-guided exosome-like particles, could represent the key for the effective adoption of exosomes in clinical practice.
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- Domenico Maisano
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia of Catanzaro", Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia of Catanzaro", Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Genetics Units, IRCCS Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia of Catanzaro", Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia of Catanzaro", Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia of Catanzaro", Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia of Catanzaro", Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia of Catanzaro", Catanzaro, Italy.
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- CNR/Nanotec, Physics Department, University of Calabria, Rende, CS, Italy
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- IRC-FSH Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Græcia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- IRC-FSH Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Græcia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- IOR, Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia of Catanzaro", Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia of Catanzaro", Catanzaro, Italy.
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Sacco E, Bientinesi R, Gandi C, Marino F, Gavi F, Moretto S, Totaro A, Racioppi M, Bassi P. Bulbospongiosus muscle-sparing male sling implantation for postprostatectomy incontinence: Evaluation of safety and efficacy outcomes. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)00662-5] [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: 11/27/2022]
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Gandi C, Bientinesi R, Totaro A, Marino F, Moretto S, Gavi F, Pierconti F, Racioppi M, Bassi P, Sacco E. Clamp-less partial nephrectomy: A propensity score-matched analysis comparing robot-assisted with open approach. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)00424-9] [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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Di Gianfrancesco L, Foti M, Ragonese M, Palermo G, Sacco E, Pinto F, Totaro A, Marino F, Akhundov A, Bassi P, Racioppi M. A large pilot study on the diagnostic performance of electronic nose in detecting Bladder Cancer. EUR UROL SUPPL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(21)01227-1] [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: 10/20/2022] Open
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Scalise M, Torella M, Marino F, Ravo M, Giurato G, Vicinanza C, Cianflone E, Mancuso T, Aquila I, Salerno L, Nassa G, Agosti V, De Angelis A, Urbanek K, Berrino L, Veltri P, Paolino D, Mastroroberto P, De Feo M, Viglietto G, Weisz A, Nadal-Ginard B, Ellison-Hughes GM, Torella D. Atrial myxomas arise from multipotent cardiac stem cells. Eur Heart J 2021; 41:4332-4345. [PMID: 32330934 PMCID: PMC7735815 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Revised: 12/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Aims Cardiac myxomas usually develop in the atria and consist of an acid-mucopolysaccharide-rich myxoid matrix with polygonal stromal cells scattered throughout. These human benign tumours are a valuable research model because of the rarity of cardiac tumours, their clinical presentation and uncertain origin. Here, we assessed whether multipotent cardiac stem/progenitor cells (CSCs) give rise to atrial myxoma tissue. Methods and results Twenty-three myxomas were collected and analysed for the presence of multipotent CSCs. We detected myxoma cells positive for c-kit (c-kitpos) but very rare Isl-1 positive cells. Most of the c-kitpos cells were blood lineage-committed CD45pos/CD31pos cells. However, c-kitpos/CD45neg/CD31neg cardiac myxoma cells expressed stemness and cardiac progenitor cell transcription factors. Approximately ≤10% of the c-kitpos/CD45neg/CD31neg myxoma cells also expressed calretinin, a characteristic of myxoma stromal cells. In vitro, the c-kitpos/CD45neg/CD31neg myxoma cells secrete chondroitin-6-sulfate and hyaluronic acid, which are the main components of gelatinous myxoma matrix in vivo. In vitro, c-kitpos/CD45neg/CD31neg myxoma cells have stem cell properties being clonogenic, self-renewing, and sphere forming while exhibiting an abortive cardiac differentiation potential. Myxoma-derived CSCs possess a mRNA and microRNA transcriptome overall similar to normal myocardium-derived c-kitpos/CD45neg/CD31negCSCs , yet showing a relatively small and relevant fraction of dysregulated mRNA/miRNAs (miR-126-3p and miR-335-5p, in particular). Importantly, myxoma-derived CSCs but not normal myocardium-derived CSCs, seed human myxoma tumours in xenograft’s in immunodeficient NOD/SCID mice. Conclusion Myxoma-derived c-kitpos/CD45neg/CD31neg CSCs fulfill the criteria expected of atrial myxoma-initiating stem cells. The transcriptome of these cells indicates that they belong to or are derived from the same lineage as the atrial multipotent c-kitpos/CD45neg/CD31neg CSCs. Taken together the data presented here suggest that human myxomas could be the first-described CSC-related human heart disease. ![]()
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- Mariangela Scalise
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences, AORN dei Colli/Monaldi Hospital, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Via Leonardo Bianchi, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, University of Salerno, Via Salvador Allende, 84081 Baronissi (Salerno), Italy.,Genomix4Life, Spin-Off of the Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Via Salvador Allende, 84081 Baronissi (Salerno), Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, University of Salerno, Via Salvador Allende, 84081 Baronissi (Salerno), Italy.,Genomix4Life, Spin-Off of the Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Via Salvador Allende, 84081 Baronissi (Salerno), Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, University of Salerno, Via Salvador Allende, 84081 Baronissi (Salerno), Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.,Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences, AORN dei Colli/Monaldi Hospital, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Via Leonardo Bianchi, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, University of Salerno, Via Salvador Allende, 84081 Baronissi (Salerno), Italy.,Genomix4Life, Spin-Off of the Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Via Salvador Allende, 84081 Baronissi (Salerno), Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences and Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, Guys Campus - Great Maze Pond rd, SE1 1UL London, UK
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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Iaria C, Spanò N, Smeriglio A, Capparucci F, De Benedetto G, Lanteri G, Marino F, Macheda S, Macrì F, Belvedere A, D'Agostino M, Caridi F, Marguccio S, Salvo A, Acri G, Siclari A, Brundo MV, Trombetta D. Massive infection of Cystidicoloides ephemeridarum in brown trout Salmo trutta with skeletal deformities. Dis Aquat Organ 2021; 143:159-168. [PMID: 33632994 DOI: 10.3354/dao03559] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
We investigated the cause of skeletal deformities found in brown trout from the Aspromonte mountain area in Reggio Calabria, Italy. Toxicological, histopathological and parasitological analyses were carried out on 14 fish with evident macro-morphological alterations from 2 different locations in the same river, and 4 control fish without morphological alterations from a different river (far from the first river but still within the area under study). Histopathological and radiological observations confirmed severe skeletal deformities in the specimens investigated. Parasitological examinations highlighted the presence of the nematode Cystidicoloides ephemeridarum, found only within the gastrointestinal tract of specimens showing deformities. Moreover, a direct correlation between parasite number and fish size was found. Given the low heavy metal levels and the presence of a massive parasitosis in teleosts showing deformities, we postulate a correlation between skeletal deformities and nematode infestation: the parasites caused a serious vitamin and mineral deficiency in the fish, which led to a dysplastic vertebral column. The low calcium levels found in malformed specimens compared with negative controls effectively confirm this hypothesis.
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- C Iaria
- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98166, Italy
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Geles K, Palumbo D, Sellitto A, Giurato G, Cianflone E, Marino F, Torella D, Mirici Cappa V, Nassa G, Tarallo R, Weisz A, Rizzo F. WIND (Workflow for pIRNAs aNd beyonD): a strategy for in-depth analysis of small RNA-seq data. F1000Res 2021; 10:1. [PMID: 34316353 PMCID: PMC8276195 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.27868.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Current bioinformatics workflows for PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) analysis focus primarily on germline-derived piRNAs and piRNA-clusters. Frequently, they suffer from outdated piRNA databases, questionable quantification methods, and lack of reproducibility. Often, pipelines specific to miRNA analysis are used for the piRNA research
in silico. Furthermore, the absence of a well-established database for piRNA annotation, as for miRNA, leads to uniformity issues between studies and generates confusion for data analysts and biologists. For these reasons, we have developed WIND (
Workflow for p
IRNAs a
Nd beyon
D), a bioinformatics workflow that addresses the crucial issue of piRNA annotation, thereby allowing a reliable analysis of small RNA sequencing data for the identification of piRNAs and other small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) that in the past have been incorrectly classified as piRNAs. WIND allows the creation of a comprehensive annotation track of sncRNAs combining information available in RNAcentral, with piRNA sequences from piRNABank, the first database dedicated to piRNA annotation. WIND was built with Docker containers for reproducibility and integrates widely used bioinformatics tools for sequence alignment and quantification. In addition, it includes Bioconductor packages for exploratory data and differential expression analysis. Moreover, WIND implements a "dual" approach for the evaluation of sncRNAs expression level quantifying the aligned reads to the annotated genome and carrying out an alignment-free transcript quantification using reads mapped to the transcriptome. Therefore, a broader range of piRNAs can be annotated, improving their quantification and easing the subsequent downstream analysis. WIND performance has been tested with several small RNA-seq datasets, demonstrating how our approach can be a useful and comprehensive resource to analyse piRNAs and other classes of sncRNAs.
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- Konstantinos Geles
- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry 'Scuola Medica Salernitana', University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy.,Genomix4Life, via S. Allende 43/L, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry 'Scuola Medica Salernitana', University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy.,Clinical Research and Innovation, Clinica Montevergine S.p.A., Mercogliano, Mercogliano, 83013, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry 'Scuola Medica Salernitana', University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry 'Scuola Medica Salernitana', University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy.,Genomix4Life, via S. Allende 43/L, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy.,CRGS (Genome Research Center for Health), University of Salerno Campus of Medicine, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry 'Scuola Medica Salernitana', University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy.,Genomix4Life, via S. Allende 43/L, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry 'Scuola Medica Salernitana', University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy.,Genomix4Life, via S. Allende 43/L, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy.,CRGS (Genome Research Center for Health), University of Salerno Campus of Medicine, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry 'Scuola Medica Salernitana', University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy.,CRGS (Genome Research Center for Health), University of Salerno Campus of Medicine, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry 'Scuola Medica Salernitana', University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy.,CRGS (Genome Research Center for Health), University of Salerno Campus of Medicine, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry 'Scuola Medica Salernitana', University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy.,Genomix4Life, via S. Allende 43/L, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy.,CRGS (Genome Research Center for Health), University of Salerno Campus of Medicine, Baronissi, Salerno (SA), 84081, Italy
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Acosta N, Sihufe G, Meza B, Marino F, Costabel L, Zorrilla S, Olivares M. Milk fortified with calcium: Changes in the physicochemical and rheological characteristics that affect the stability. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2020.110204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Cianflone E, Cappetta D, Mancuso T, Sabatino J, Marino F, Scalise M, Albanese M, Salatino A, Parrotta EI, Cuda G, De Angelis A, Berrino L, Rossi F, Nadal-Ginard B, Torella D, Urbanek K. Statins Stimulate New Myocyte Formation After Myocardial Infarction by Activating Growth and Differentiation of the Endogenous Cardiac Stem Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21217927. [PMID: 33114544 PMCID: PMC7663580 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21217927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) exert pleiotropic effects on cardiac cell biology which are not yet fully understood. Here we tested whether statin treatment affects resident endogenous cardiac stem/progenitor cell (CSC) activation in vitro and in vivo after myocardial infarction (MI). Statins (Rosuvastatin, Simvastatin and Pravastatin) significantly increased CSC expansion in vitro as measured by both BrdU incorporation and cell growth curve. Additionally, statins increased CSC clonal expansion and cardiosphere formation. The effects of statins on CSC growth and differentiation depended on Akt phosphorylation. Twenty-eight days after myocardial infarction by permanent coronary ligation in rats, the number of endogenous CSCs in the infarct border zone was significantly increased by Rosuvastatin-treatment as compared to untreated controls. Additionally, commitment of the activated CSCs into the myogenic lineage (c-kitpos/Gata4pos CSCs) was increased by Rosuvastatin administration. Accordingly, Rosuvastatin fostered new cardiomyocyte formation after MI. Finally, Rosuvastatin treatment reversed the cardiomyogenic defects of CSCs in c-kit haploinsufficient mice, increasing new cardiomyocyte formation by endogenous CSCs in these mice after myocardial infarction. In summary, statins, by sustaining Akt activation, foster CSC growth and differentiation in vitro and in vivo. The activation and differentiation of the endogenous CSC pool and consequent new myocyte formation by statins improve myocardial remodeling after coronary occlusion in rodents. Similar effects might contribute to the beneficial effects of statins on human cardiovascular diseases.
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- Eleonora Cianflone
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (E.C.); (J.S.); (M.A.); (E.I.P.); (B.N.-G.)
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy; (D.C.); (A.D.A.); (L.B.); (F.R.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (T.M.); (F.M.); (M.S.); (A.S.); (G.C.)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (E.C.); (J.S.); (M.A.); (E.I.P.); (B.N.-G.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (T.M.); (F.M.); (M.S.); (A.S.); (G.C.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (T.M.); (F.M.); (M.S.); (A.S.); (G.C.)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (E.C.); (J.S.); (M.A.); (E.I.P.); (B.N.-G.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (T.M.); (F.M.); (M.S.); (A.S.); (G.C.)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (E.C.); (J.S.); (M.A.); (E.I.P.); (B.N.-G.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (T.M.); (F.M.); (M.S.); (A.S.); (G.C.)
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy; (D.C.); (A.D.A.); (L.B.); (F.R.)
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy; (D.C.); (A.D.A.); (L.B.); (F.R.)
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy; (D.C.); (A.D.A.); (L.B.); (F.R.)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (E.C.); (J.S.); (M.A.); (E.I.P.); (B.N.-G.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (T.M.); (F.M.); (M.S.); (A.S.); (G.C.)
- Correspondence: (D.T.); (K.U.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (T.M.); (F.M.); (M.S.); (A.S.); (G.C.)
- Correspondence: (D.T.); (K.U.)
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Mancuso T, Cianflone E, Scalise M, Marino F, Napolitano D, Genovese M, Molinaro C, De Angelis A, Urbanek K, Torella D. Reassessment of the essential role of c-Kit+ CSC for cardiomyocyte contribution in the adult heart. Vascul Pharmacol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2020.106734] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Marino F. Complete healing of perianal giant condyloma (buschke-löwenstein tumor) with imiquimod 5% cream alone. Tech Coloproctol 2020; 24:1313-1314. [PMID: 32607742 DOI: 10.1007/s10151-020-02280-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- F Marino
- Surgery Unit, National Institute of Gastroenterology "S. de Bellis", Research Hospital, via Turi 27, 70013, Castellana Grotte, BA, Italy.
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Marino F, Trompetto M, Gallo G. COVID-19 pandemic: a large boulder on the head of stoma patients. Br J Surg 2020; 107:e303. [PMID: 32542654 PMCID: PMC7323345 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.11754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- F Marino
- Surgery Unit, National Institute of Gastroenterology 'S. de Bellis', Research Hospital Castellana Grotte, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, S. Rita Clinic, Vercelli, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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Mallamaci F, D'arrigo G, Marino F, Caridi G, Parlongo G, Leonardis D, Pizzini P, Cutrupi S, Pisano A, Tripepi GL, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Zoccali C. P0831HIGH SERUM ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PREDICTS THE RISK OF CKD PROGRESSION: EFFECT NODIFICATION BY THE GFR. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa142.p0831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background and Aims
In the post-hoc analyses of the SUSTAIN and ASSURE trials (Kidney Blood Press Res. 2018;43:449-457), Apabetalone, an epigenetic modulator which lowers serum alkaline phosphatase (AlkPhos), stabilized the GFR in patients with cardiovascular disease and a GFR <60/ml/min/1.73m2. Analyzing the relationship between AlkPhos and renal outcomes in patients with established CKD is useful to preliminarily explore the biological hypothesis that AlkPhos is implicated in CKD progression.
Method
We investigated the relationship between AlkPhos and the risk for a combined renal end-point (30% GFR loss or dialysis/renal transplantation) in a cohort of 609 stage 3-5 CKD patients with an average GFR of 34.8±12.1ml/min/1.73 m2.
Results
Median AlkPhos levels were 91 IU/L (Interquartile range 71-117 IU/L) and in the vast majority of patients had values below 147 IU/L (the upper limit of the normal range). Over a median follow up of 3 years, two-hundred patients had the combined renal end-point. In an unadjusted analysis 1 ln increase in AlkPhos entailed a 49% risk excess for the renal end-point (HR: 1.49, 95% CI 1.11-2.01, P=0.008). Adjusting for traditional (age, gender, smoking, diabetes, total cholesterol, BMI, systolic BP, CV comorbidities) and CKD specific risk factors (hemoglobin, albumin, phosphate, and hs-CRP) did not modify the strength of this association (HR:1.48, 95% CI 1.08-2.02, P=0.016). Furthermore, In a fully adjusted analysis testing the GFR as an effect modifier of the AlkPhos - combined renal end point relationship showed a strong GFR- AlkPhos interaction (Figure). Indeed the risk for the combined renal end-point was gradually more pronounced at progressively more severe degrees of renal dysfunction, the HR being 0.94 (CI95% 0.60-1.47) at a GFR of 40 ml/min/m2 and 2.71 (CI95% 1.49-4.93) at 10 ml/min/1.73m2.
Conclusion
In patients with stage 3-5 CKD alkaline phosphatase within the normal range is associated with the risk for progression to ESRD and the GFR is an effect modifier of this relationship. Findings in this study are compatible with the hypothesis that within the normal range of this biomarker, the risk for CKD progression by alkaline phosphatase is amplified by the severity of CKD. These data are in keeping with post-hoc analyses of the SUSTAIN and ASSURE trials and provide circumstantial support to the hypothesis that interventions lowering serum alkaline phosphatase may mitigate CKD progression.
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- Francesca Mallamaci
- Grande Ospedale Metropolitano BMM, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Grande Ospedale Metropolitano BMM, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Grande Ospedale Metropolitano BMM, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Grande Ospedale Metropolitano BMM, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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D'arrigo G, Marino C, Leonardis D, Pizzini P, Caridi G, Parlongo G, Marino F, Tripepi GL, Zoccali C, Mallamaci F. P0824QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) DURING THE COURSE OF CKD: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa142.p0824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background and Aims
Measuring QoL in CKD patients is fundamental to estimate the human cost of chronic diseases and to assess the effect of treatments. Non-medical factors play an important role in CKD progression and QoL. However, there is very limited information on the evolution of QoL over time in CKD patients and it remains unclear whether traditional and CKD specific risk factors are implicated QoL in CKD patients over CKD progression.
Method
We studied a cohort of 582 stage 2-5 CKD patients (age: 61±12 years; M: 60%, diabetics: 33%) and measured QoL by the short form of the Rand corporation questionnaire (SF36), an instrument which measures eight domains of QoL (physical functioning, role physical health, energy fatigue, pain, role emotional problem, emotional well-being, social function, and general health] and two summary scores, (the physical component score and the mental component score) which are calculated by a well validated algorithm (Taft C et al, 2001, Quality of life research). In all patients the SF36 was administered at enrolment and after one (489 patients), two (n=434) and three (n=287) years. The evolution of SF36 dimensions over-time and the predictors of SF36 changes were analyzed by the Linear Mixed Model (LMM).
Results
At baseline the median value of the Physical Component Score (PCS) was 43.7 (Interquartile range: 34.0-50.3) and the Mental Component Score (MCS) was 46.3 (37-52.9) and on average did not change over the 3 years follow up [median PCS at the 3rd year: . 46.3 (35.7-52.0), median MCS at the 3rd year 43 (33.6-50.6)]. On average the GFR at baseline was 36±13 ml/min/1.73 m2 and declined to 34±17 ml/min/1.73m2 at the 3rd year. On detailed longitudinal analysis by the LMM the PCS associated with the evolution of the GFR over time (beta=0.10; 95% CI from 0.06 to 0.13; P<0.001). Adjustment for time (0,1,2,3 years), age and gender did not materially modify such an association (beta=0.09; 95%CI from 0.06 to 0.13, p<0.001) while further adjustment for traditional (Systolic BP, diabetes, smoking, cholesterol), BMI, CV comorbidities and CKD specific (hemoglobin, albumin, calcium, phosphate) risk factors attenuated but did not cancel out the PCS-GFR link (beta=0.05, 95%CI 0.006 to 0.093, P=0.03). This finding suggests that the PCS-GFR link is either largely confounded or mediated by these risk factors but that the same risk factors do not explain in full the same link . The MCS – GFR association was weaker (beta=0.05, 95%CI from 0.008 to 0.09; P=0.02) than the PCS-GFR relationship, became non significant after simple adjustment for time, age and gender (beta=0.04 ; 95%CI -0.003 to 0.08; P=0.07) and was nullified after full adjustment (beta=-0.01; 95%CI -0.07 to 0.04; P=0.59) for the same risk factors.
Conclusion
The PCS and the MCS remain stable over the course of CKD but appear associated with the evolution of the GFR over time. Traditional and CKD specific risk factors substantially confound and/ or mediate these associations.
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- Graziella D'arrigo
- National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Grande Ospedale Metropolitano BMM, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Grande Ospedale Metropolitano BMM, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Grande Ospedale Metropolitano BMM, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Grande Ospedale Metropolitano BMM, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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Mancuso T, Barone A, Salatino A, Molinaro C, Marino F, Scalise M, Torella M, De Angelis A, Urbanek K, Torella D, Cianflone E. Unravelling the Biology of Adult Cardiac Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes to Foster Endogenous Cardiac Regeneration and Repair. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E3725. [PMID: 32466282 PMCID: PMC7279257 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21103725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cardiac remuscularization has been the stated goal of the field of regenerative cardiology since its inception. Along with the refreshment of lost and dysfunctional cardiac muscle cells, the field of cell therapy has expanded in scope encompassing also the potential of the injected cells as cardioprotective and cardio-reparative agents for cardiovascular diseases. The latter has been the result of the findings that cell therapies so far tested in clinical trials exert their beneficial effects through paracrine mechanisms acting on the endogenous myocardial reparative/regenerative potential. The endogenous regenerative potential of the adult heart is still highly debated. While it has been widely accepted that adult cardiomyocytes (CMs) are renewed throughout life either in response to wear and tear and after injury, the rate and origin of this phenomenon are yet to be clarified. The adult heart harbors resident cardiac/stem progenitor cells (CSCs/CPCs), whose discovery and characterization were initially sufficient to explain CM renewal in response to physiological and pathological stresses, when also considering that adult CMs are terminally differentiated cells. The role of CSCs in CM formation in the adult heart has been however questioned by some recent genetic fate map studies, which have been proved to have serious limitations. Nevertheless, uncontested evidence shows that clonal CSCs are effective transplantable regenerative agents either for their direct myogenic differentiation and for their paracrine effects in the allogeneic setting. In particular, the paracrine potential of CSCs has been the focus of the recent investigation, whereby CSC-derived exosomes appear to harbor relevant regenerative and reparative signals underlying the beneficial effects of CSC transplantation. This review focuses on recent advances in our knowledge about the biological role of exosomes in heart tissue homeostasis and repair with the idea to use them as tools for new therapeutic biotechnologies for "cell-less" effective cardiac regeneration approaches.
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- Teresa Mancuso
- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (T.M.); (A.B.); (A.S.); (C.M.); (F.M.); (M.S.); (K.U.)
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (T.M.); (A.B.); (A.S.); (C.M.); (F.M.); (M.S.); (K.U.)
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (T.M.); (A.B.); (A.S.); (C.M.); (F.M.); (M.S.); (K.U.)
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (T.M.); (A.B.); (A.S.); (C.M.); (F.M.); (M.S.); (K.U.)
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (T.M.); (A.B.); (A.S.); (C.M.); (F.M.); (M.S.); (K.U.)
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (T.M.); (A.B.); (A.S.); (C.M.); (F.M.); (M.S.); (K.U.)
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences, AORN dei Colli/Monaldi Hospital, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Via Leonardo Bianchi, 80131 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Pharmacology, University of Campania “L.Vanvitelli”, 80121 Naples, Italy;
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (T.M.); (A.B.); (A.S.); (C.M.); (F.M.); (M.S.); (K.U.)
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (T.M.); (A.B.); (A.S.); (C.M.); (F.M.); (M.S.); (K.U.)
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy;
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Dolcemascolo A, Miazek A, Veltz R, Marino F, Barland S. Effective low-dimensional dynamics of a mean-field coupled network of slow-fast spiking lasers. Phys Rev E 2020; 101:052208. [PMID: 32575292 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.101.052208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Low-dimensional dynamics of large networks is the focus of many theoretical works, but controlled laboratory experiments are comparatively very few. Here, we discuss experimental observations on a mean-field coupled network of hundreds of semiconductor lasers, which collectively display effectively low-dimensional mixed mode oscillations and chaotic spiking typical of slow-fast systems. We demonstrate that such a reduced dimensionality originates from the slow-fast nature of the system and of the existence of a critical manifold of the network where most of the dynamics takes place. Experimental measurement of the bifurcation parameter for different network sizes corroborates the theory.
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- A Dolcemascolo
- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INPHYNI, 1361 Route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INPHYNI, 1361 Route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Inria Sophia Antipolis, MathNeuro Team, 2004 Route des Lucioles - BP93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis, France
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- CNR-Istituto Nazionale di Ottica and INFN, Sez. di Firenze, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INPHYNI, 1361 Route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France
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Torella D, Iaconetti C, Tarallo R, Marino F, Giurato G, Veneziano C, Aquila I, Scalise M, Mancuso T, Cianflone E, Valeriano C, Marotta P, Tammè L, Vicinanza C, Sasso FC, Cozzolino D, Torella M, Weisz A, Indolfi C. Erratum. miRNA Regulation of the Hyperproliferative Phenotype of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Diabetes. Diabetes 2018;67:2554-2568. Diabetes 2020; 69:796. [PMID: 32079580 PMCID: PMC7301338 DOI: 10.2337/db20-er04a] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Godio M, Marino F, Preve M. Correlation between alterations of inflammatory markers and treatment with atypical antipsychotics in patients diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder. Eur Psychiatry 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
IntroductionClinical evidences suggests that cerebral inflammatory processes are involved in the development of major affective disorders [1].Obvious correlations exist between changes of inflammatory markers such as acute-phase protein C (PCR) and VES, in patients with bipolar spectrum diagnosis [2].ObjectivesOur aim is demonstrating the correlations between changes of PCR and VES and pharmacological treatment with atypical antipsychotics in patients with acute bipolar disorder, highlighting a trend.MethodTwenty patients with bipolar disorder were assessed at the entrance (T0), after three weeks (T1) and after six weeks (T2) of hospitalization using specific rating scales and blood tests routines include PCR and VES.ResultsIs possible to appreciate a correlation between the affective phase of bipolar disorder and inflammatory markers with a proportional trend (Table 1).Discussion and conclusionThe scores obtained seem to confirm the effect of antipsychotic in both sense of psychiatric symptomatology reduction and in anti-inflammatory action.A confirmation of a correlation between the resolution of affective disorders and normalization of inflammatory markers confirm the intrinsic anti-inflammatory activity of such drug compounds [3].Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Gallo G, Martellucci J, Sturiale A, Clerico G, Milito G, Marino F, Cocorullo G, Giordano P, Mistrangelo M, Trompetto M. Consensus statement of the Italian society of colorectal surgery (SICCR): management and treatment of hemorrhoidal disease. Tech Coloproctol 2020; 24:145-164. [PMID: 31993837 PMCID: PMC7005095 DOI: 10.1007/s10151-020-02149-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Hemorrhoidal disease (HD) is the most common proctological disease in the Western countries. However, its real prevalence is underestimated due to the frequent self-medication.The aim of this consensus statement is to provide evidence-based data to allow an individualized and appropriate management and treatment of HD. The strategy used to search for evidence was based on application of electronic sources such as MEDLINE, PubMed, Cochrane Review Library, CINAHL, and EMBASE.These guidelines are inclusive and not prescriptive.The recommendations were defined and graded based on the current levels of evidence and in accordance with the criteria adopted by American College of Chest Physicians. The recommendations were graded A, B, and C.
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- G Gallo
- Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Santa Rita Clinic, Vercelli, Italy
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- Department of General, Emergency and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Proctological and Perineal Surgical Unit, Cisanello University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Santa Rita Clinic, Vercelli, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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- Operative Unit of General Surgery, IRCCS de Bellis, Castellana Grotte, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Stomatological Disciplines, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Whipps Cross University Hospital, Barts Health, London, UK
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- Department of General and Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Santa Rita Clinic, Vercelli, Italy.
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Chowdhury A, Vezio P, Bonaldi M, Borrielli A, Marino F, Morana B, Prodi GA, Sarro PM, Serra E, Marin F. Quantum Signature of a Squeezed Mechanical Oscillator. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:023601. [PMID: 32004051 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.023601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Recent optomechanical experiments have observed nonclassical properties in macroscopic mechanical oscillators. A key indicator of such properties is the asymmetry in the strength of the motional sidebands produced in the probe electromagnetic field, which is originated by the noncommutativity between the oscillator ladder operators. Here we extend the analysis to a squeezed state of an oscillator embedded in an optical cavity, produced by the parametric effect originated by a suitable combination of optical fields. The motional sidebands assume a peculiar shape, related to the modified system dynamics, with asymmetric features revealing and quantifying the quantum component of the squeezed oscillator motion.
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- A Chowdhury
- CNR-INO, L.go Enrico Fermi 6, I-50125 Firenze, Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Via Carrara 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, Nanoscience-Trento-FBK Division, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, Nanoscience-Trento-FBK Division, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- CNR-INO, L.go Enrico Fermi 6, I-50125 Firenze, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, Nanoscience-Trento-FBK Division, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- Dept. of Microelectronics and Computer Engineering /ECTM/DIMES, Delft University of Technology, Feldmanweg 17, 2628 CT Delft, Netherlands
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- Dept. of Microelectronics and Computer Engineering /ECTM/DIMES, Delft University of Technology, Feldmanweg 17, 2628 CT Delft, Netherlands
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- Dept. of Microelectronics and Computer Engineering /ECTM/DIMES, Delft University of Technology, Feldmanweg 17, 2628 CT Delft, Netherlands
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- CNR-INO, L.go Enrico Fermi 6, I-50125 Firenze, Italy
- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Via Carrara 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Firenze, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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Cameli M, Pastore MC, Righini FM, Mandoli GE, D"ascenzi F, Lisi M, Nistor D, Sparla S, Curci V, Di Tommaso C, Marino F, Stricagnoli M, Mondillo S. 1227 Risk stratification of patients with asymptomatic moderate mitral regurgitation: the prognostic value of left atrial strain. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez319.689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
In asymptomatic moderate mitral regurgitation (MR), the criteria for risk stratification are still uncertain. Therefore, in these patients, optimal time of surgery remains controversial.
Purpose
Our aim was to compare left atrial (LA) strain to other echocardiographic parameters for the prediction of cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with asymptomatic moderate MR.
Methods
401 patients with primary degenerative asymptomatic moderate MR was enrolled and prospectively followed for the development of CV events (i.e. atrial fibrillation, stroke/transient ischemic attack, acute heart failure, CV death). Patients with history of atrial fibrillation, myocardial infarction, heart failure, cardiac surgery or heart transplantation, severe MR, mitral valve surgery during follow-up were excluded.
Results
During a mean follow up of 3.4 ± 2 years, of the 326 patients eligible (mean age 65 ± 9 years), 122 patients had 149 new events. There were no significative differences in mean age and sex, clinical and therapeutic characteristics between the two groups. The event-group presented reduced global peak atrial longitudinal strain (PALS), LA emptying fraction, LV strain at baseline, and larger LA volume indexed (p <0.0001). Receiver operating characteristics curves proved the greatest predictive performance for global PALS < 35% (AUC 0.88). Bland-Altman analysis demonstrated good intra- and inter-observer agreement and Kaplan Meier analysis showed a graded association between PALS and event-free-survival.
Conclusions
Speckle tracking echocardiography could provide a useful index, global PALS, to estimate LA function in patients with asymptomatic moderate MR in order to optimize surgical timing before the development of irreversible myocardial dysfunction.
Echo-data of our study population Variable No CV events (n = 204) CV events (n = 122) LV ejection fraction (%) 59 ± 9 58 ± 10 LV global longitudinal strain (%) - 18.5 ± 3.4 -17.6 ± 3.6* LA volume indexed (ml/m2) 32.5 ± 6.7 36.4 ± 7.1* LA emptying fraction (%) 68 ± 13 62 ± 15* Mitral E/A ratio 0.94 ± 0.14 0.95 ± 0.16 Mitral E/E’ ratio 11.2 ± 6.5 12.4 ± 7.1 Mitral regurgitant fraction (%) 38.9 ± 8.1 39.1 ± 9.4 End regurgitation orifice area (cm2) 0.34 ± 0.05 0.34 ± 0.06 Global PALS (%) 32.5 ± 8.5 19.7 ± 8.1* *Significative variation between groups. Cardiovascular, CV; Left atrial, LA; Left ventricular, LV; Peak atrial longitudinal strain, PALS
Abstract 1227 Figure. Event-free survival according to PALS
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- M Cameli
- University of Siena, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Siena, Italy
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- University of Siena, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Siena, Italy
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- University of Siena, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Siena, Italy
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- University of Siena, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Siena, Italy
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- University of Siena, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Siena, Italy
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- University of Siena, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Siena, Italy
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- University of Medicine of Targu Mures, Department M3, Targu Mures, Romania
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- University of Siena, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Siena, Italy
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- University of Siena, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Siena, Italy
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- University of Siena, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Siena, Italy
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- University of Siena, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Siena, Italy
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- University of Siena, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Siena, Italy
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- University of Siena, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Siena, Italy
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Pagani R, Gasparini A, Ielmini M, Caselli I, Poloni N, Ferrari M, Marino F, Callegari C. Twenty years of Lithium pharmacogenetics: A systematic review. Psychiatry Res 2019; 278:42-50. [PMID: 31146140 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Revised: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Lithium is among the best proven treatments for patients diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, however response to Lithium appears to be considerably variable among individuals and it has been suggested that this inconstancy in Lithium response could be genetically determined. Starting from this perspective, in the last few decades, a number of pharmacogenetic studies have attempted to identify genetic variants, which might be associated with response to Lithium in bipolar patients, in order to develop a pharmacogenetics test to tailor treatment on patients, identifying who will benefit the most from therapy with Lithium. Within this context, authors have critically reviewed pharmacogenetic studies of Lithium response in bipolar disorder, suggesting strategies for future work in this field. Computerized searches of PubMed and Embase databases, for studies published between 1998 and January 2018, was performed: 1162 studies were identified but only 37 relevant papers were selected for detailed review. Despite some interesting preliminary findings, the pharmacogenetics of Lithium and the development of a specific pharmacogenetics test in bipolar disorder appears to be a field still in its infancy, even though the advent of genome-wide association studies holds particular promise for future studies, which should include larger samples.
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- R Pagani
- Clinica Santa Croce, Orselina, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Division of Psychiatry, University of Insubria, Viale Borri 57, 2100 Varese, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Division of Psychiatry, University of Insubria, Viale Borri 57, 2100 Varese, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Division of Psychiatry, University of Insubria, Viale Borri 57, 2100 Varese, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Division of Psychiatry, University of Insubria, Viale Borri 57, 2100 Varese, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Division of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Division of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Division of Psychiatry, University of Insubria, Viale Borri 57, 2100 Varese, Italy.
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Marino F, Scalise M, Cianflone E, Mancuso T, Aquila I, Agosti V, Torella M, Paolino D, Mollace V, Nadal-Ginard B, Torella D. Role of c-Kit in Myocardial Regeneration and Aging. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2019; 10:371. [PMID: 31275242 PMCID: PMC6593054 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [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] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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c-Kit, a type III receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK), is involved in multiple intracellular signaling whereby it is mainly considered a stem cell factor receptor, which participates in vital functions of the mammalian body, including the human. Furthermore, c-kit is a necessary yet not sufficient marker to detect and isolate several types of tissue-specific adult stem cells. Accordingly, c-kit was initially used as a marker to identify and enrich for adult cardiac stem/progenitor cells (CSCs) that were proven to be clonogenic, self-renewing and multipotent, being able to differentiate into cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells in vitro as well as in vivo after myocardial injury. Afterwards it was demonstrated that c-kit expression labels a heterogenous cardiac cell population, which is mainly composed by endothelial cells while only a very small fraction represents CSCs. Furthermore, c-kit as a signaling molecule is expressed at different levels in this heterogenous c-kit labeled cardiac cell pool, whereby c-kit low expressers are enriched for CSCs while c-kit high expressers are endothelial and mast cells. This heterogeneity in cell composition and expression levels has been neglected in recent genetic fate map studies focusing on c-kit, which have claimed that c-kit identifies cells with robust endothelial differentiation potential but with minimal if not negligible myogenic commitment potential. However, modification of c-kit gene for Cre Recombinase expression in these Cre/Lox genetic fate map mouse models produced a detrimental c-kit haploinsufficiency that prevents efficient labeling of true CSCs on one hand while affecting the regenerative potential of these cells on the other. Interestingly, c-kit haploinsufficiency in c-kit-deficient mice causes a worsening myocardial repair after injury and accelerates cardiac aging. Therefore, these studies have further demonstrated that adult c-kit-labeled CSCs are robustly myogenic and that the adult myocardium relies on c-kit expression to regenerate after injury and to counteract aging effects on cardiac structure and function.
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- Fabiola Marino
- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy
- Department of Health Sciences, Interregional Research Center on Food Safety and Health (IRC-FSH), University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Interdepartmental Center of Services (CIS) of Genomics, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Sciences, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Interregional Research Center on Food Safety and Health (IRC-FSH), University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy
- StemCell OpCo, Madrid, Spain
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy
- *Correspondence: Daniele Torella
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Scalise M, Marino F, Cianflone E, Mancuso T, Marotta P, Aquila I, Torella M, Nadal-Ginard B, Torella D. Heterogeneity of Adult Cardiac Stem Cells. Adv Exp Med Biol 2019; 1169:141-178. [PMID: 31487023 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-24108-7_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Cardiac biology and heart regeneration have been intensively investigated and debated in the last 15 years. Nowadays, the well-established and old dogma that the adult heart lacks of any myocyte-regenerative capacity has been firmly overturned by the evidence of cardiomyocyte renewal throughout the mammalian life as part of normal organ cell homeostasis, which is increased in response to injury. Concurrently, reproducible evidences from independent laboratories have convincingly shown that the adult heart possesses a pool of multipotent cardiac stem/progenitor cells (CSCs or CPCs) capable of sustaining cardiomyocyte and vascular tissue refreshment after injury. CSC transplantation in animal models displays an effective regenerative potential and may be helpful to treat chronic heart failure (CHF), obviating at the poor/modest results using non-cardiac cells in clinical trials. Nevertheless, the degree/significance of cardiomyocyte turnover in the adult heart, which is insufficient to regenerate extensive damage from ischemic and non-ischemic origin, remains strongly disputed. Concurrently, different methodologies used to detect CSCs in situ have created the paradox of the adult heart harboring more than seven different cardiac progenitor populations. The latter was likely secondary to the intrinsic heterogeneity of any regenerative cell agent in an adult tissue but also to the confusion created by the heterogeneity of the cell population identified by a single cell marker used to detect the CSCs in situ. On the other hand, some recent studies using genetic fate mapping strategies claimed that CSCs are an irrelevant endogenous source of new cardiomyocytes in the adult. On the basis of these contradictory findings, here we critically reviewed the available data on adult CSC biology and their role in myocardial cell homeostasis and repair.
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- Mariangela Scalise
- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Laboratory, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Laboratory, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Laboratory, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Laboratory, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Laboratory, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Laboratory, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Campania "L.Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Laboratory, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Laboratory, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
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Torella D, Iaconetti C, Tarallo R, Marino F, Giurato G, Veneziano C, Aquila I, Scalise M, Mancuso T, Cianflone E, Valeriano C, Marotta P, Tammè L, Vicinanza C, Sasso FC, Cozzolino D, Torella M, Weisz A, Indolfi C. miRNA Regulation of the Hyperproliferative Phenotype of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Diabetes. Diabetes 2018; 67:2554-2568. [PMID: 30257973 DOI: 10.2337/db17-1434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Harnessing the mechanisms underlying the exacerbated vascular remodeling in diabetes mellitus (DM) is pivotal to prevent the high toll of vascular diseases in patients with DM. miRNA regulates vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotypic switch. However, miRNA modulation of the detrimental diabetic VSMC phenotype is underexplored. Streptozotocin-induced type 1 DM (T1DM) Wistar rats and type 2 DM (T2DM) Zucker rats underwent right carotid artery experimental angioplasty, and global miRNA/mRNA expression profiling was obtained by RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq). Two days after injury, a set of six miRNAs were found to be uniquely downregulated or upregulated in VSMCs both in T1DM and T2DM. Among these miRNAs, miR-29c and miR-204 were the most significantly misregulated in atherosclerotic plaques from patients with DM. miR-29c overexpression and miR-204 inhibition per se attenuated VSMC phenotypic switch in DM. Concomitant miR-29c overexpression and miR-204 inhibition fostered an additive reduction in VSMC proliferation. Epithelial membrane protein 2 (Emp2) and Caveolin-1 (Cav1) mRNAs were identified as direct targets of miR-29c and miR-204, respectively. Importantly, contemporary miR-29c overexpression and miR-204 inhibition in the injured artery robustly reduced arterial stenosis in DM rats. Thus, contemporaneous miR-29c activation and miR-204 inhibition in DM arterial tissues is necessary and sufficient to prevent the exaggerated VSMC growth upon injury.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Proliferation/physiology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/pathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/pathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/pathology
- Humans
- Male
- MicroRNAs/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/pathology
- Plaque, Atherosclerotic/metabolism
- Plaque, Atherosclerotic/pathology
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
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- Daniele Torella
- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana," University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana," University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
- Genomix4Life srl, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana," University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Internal and Experimental Medicine "Magrassi-Lanzara," University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli," Naples, Italy
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- Department of Internal and Experimental Medicine "Magrassi-Lanzara," University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli," Naples, Italy
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Sciences, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli," Naples, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana," University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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Marino F, Guasti L, Cosentino M, Piazza DDE, Simoni C, Bianchi V, Piantanida E, Saporiti F, Cimpanelli M, Crespi C, Vanoli P, Palma DDE, Klersy C, Frigo G, Bartalena L, Venco A, Lecchini S. Thyroid Hormone and Thyrotropin Regulate Intracellular Free Calcium Concentrations in Human Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes: In Vivo and in vitro Studies. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/205873920601900115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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] Open
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Intracellular free calcium concentrations ([Ca++]1) were studied in polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) from 13 athyreotic patients who had been previously treated by total thyroidectomy and radioiodine therapy for differentiated thyroid carcinoma, and from age- and sex-matched euthyroid healthy controls. Patients were studied twice, when hypothyroid (visit 1) and after restoration of euthyroidism by L-T4 TSH-suppressive therapy (visit 2). PMNs from patients at visit 1 had significantly lower resting [Ca++]1 levels compared to both visit 2 and controls. Values at visit 2 did not differ from those of the controls. Stimulus-induced [Ca++]1 rise was also significantly blunted at visit 1 and normalized at visit 2, possibly through a differential contribution of distinct intracellular Ca++ stores, as suggested by the response pattern to the chemotactic agent, N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP), to the selective SERCA pump inhibitor, thapsigargine, and to the mitochondrial uncoupler, carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenyl-hydrazone (FCCP). In vitro treatment of PMNs from healthy subjects with high TSH concentrations impaired intracellular Ca++ store function. Both resting [Ca++]1 levels and fMLP-induced [Ca++]1 rise increased in the presence either of low-concentration TSH or of T4, but effects of TSH and T4 were not additive. T3, rT3, and TRIAC had no effect. In conclusion, this study provides evidence for a direct relationship between thyroid status and [Ca[Ca++]1 homeostasis in human PMNs, mainly related to direct actions of TSH and T4 on these cells.
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- F. Marino
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese
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- Section of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Ospedale “Di Circolo” e Fondazione Macchi, Varese
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- Section of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Ospedale “Di Circolo” e Fondazione Macchi, Varese
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- Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese
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Marotta P, Cianflone E, Aquila I, Vicinanza C, Scalise M, Marino F, Mancuso T, Torella M, Indolfi C, Torella D. Combining cell and gene therapy to advance cardiac regeneration. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2018; 18:409-423. [PMID: 29347847 DOI: 10.1080/14712598.2018.1430762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The characterization of multipotent endogenous cardiac stem cells (eCSCs) and the breakthroughs of somatic cell reprogramming to boost cardiomyocyte replacement have fostered the prospect of achieving functional heart repair/regeneration. AREAS COVERED Allogeneic CSC therapy through its paracrine stimulation of the endogenous resident reparative/regenerative process produces functional meaningful myocardial regeneration in pre-clinical porcine myocardial infarction models and is currently tested in the first-in-man human trial. The in vivo test of somatic reprogramming and cardioregenerative non-coding RNAs revived the interest in gene therapy for myocardial regeneration. The latter, together with the advent of genome editing, has prompted most recent efforts to produce genetically-modified allogeneic CSCs that secrete cardioregenerative factors to optimize effective myocardial repair. EXPERT OPINION The current war against heart failure epidemics in western countries seeks to find effective treatments to set back the failing hearts prolonging human lifespan. Off-the-shelf allogeneic-genetically-modified CSCs producing regenerative agents are a novel and evolving therapy set to be affordable, safe, effective and available at all times for myocardial regeneration to either prevent or treat heart failure.
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- Pina Marotta
- a Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences , Magna Graecia University , Catanzaro , Italy
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- a Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences , Magna Graecia University , Catanzaro , Italy
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- a Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences , Magna Graecia University , Catanzaro , Italy
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- a Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences , Magna Graecia University , Catanzaro , Italy
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- a Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences , Magna Graecia University , Catanzaro , Italy
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- a Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences , Magna Graecia University , Catanzaro , Italy
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- a Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences , Magna Graecia University , Catanzaro , Italy
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- b Department of Cardiothoracic Sciences , University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli" , Naples , Italy
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- a Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences , Magna Graecia University , Catanzaro , Italy
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- a Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences , Magna Graecia University , Catanzaro , Italy
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Pontin A, Lang JE, Chowdhury A, Vezio P, Marino F, Morana B, Serra E, Marin F, Monteiro TS. Imaging Correlations in Heterodyne Spectra for Quantum Displacement Sensing. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:020503. [PMID: 29376724 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.020503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The extraordinary sensitivity of the output field of an optical cavity to small quantum-scale displacements has led to breakthroughs such as the first detection of gravitational waves and of the motions of quantum ground-state cooled mechanical oscillators. While heterodyne detection of the output optical field of an optomechanical system exhibits asymmetries which provide a key signature that the mechanical oscillator has attained the quantum regime, important quantum correlations are lost. In turn, homodyning can detect quantum squeezing in an optical quadrature but loses the important sideband asymmetries. Here we introduce and experimentally demonstrate a new technique, subjecting the autocorrelators of the output current to filter functions, which restores the lost heterodyne correlations (whether classical or quantum), drastically augmenting the useful information accessible. The filtering even adjusts for moderate errors in the locking phase of the local oscillator. Hence we demonstrate the single-shot measurement of hundreds of different field quadratures allowing the rapid imaging of detailed features from a simple heterodyne trace. We also obtain a spectrum of hybrid homodyne-heterodyne character, with motional sidebands of combined amplitudes comparable to homodyne. Although investigated here in a thermal regime, the method's robustness and generality represents a promising new approach to sensing of quantum-scale displacements.
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- A Pontin
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Firenze, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy and CNR-INO, L.go Enrico Fermi 6, I-50125 Firenze, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Firenze, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Firenze, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy and CNR-INO, L.go Enrico Fermi 6, I-50125 Firenze, Italy
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- Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, Nanoscience-Trento-FBK Division, 38123 Povo (TN), Italy and Delft University of Technology, Else Kooi Laboratory, 2628 Delft, The Netherlands
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- Delft University of Technology, Else Kooi Laboratory, 2628 Delft, The Netherlands and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, TIFPA, 38123 Povo (TN), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Firenze, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Firenze, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy; CNR-INO, L.go Enrico Fermi 6, I-50125 Firenze, Italy; and European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Via Carrara 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Iaccino E, Mimmi S, Dattilo V, Marino F, Candeloro P, Di Loria A, Marimpietri D, Pisano A, Albano F, Vecchio E, Ceglia S, Golino G, Lupia A, Fiume G, Quinto I, Scala G. Monitoring multiple myeloma by idiotype-specific peptide binders of tumor-derived exosomes. Mol Cancer 2017; 16:159. [PMID: 29029605 PMCID: PMC5640902 DOI: 10.1186/s12943-017-0730-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Tumor-derived exosomes (TDEs) play a pivotal role in tumor establishment and progression, and are emerging biomarkers for tumor diagnosis in personalized medicine. To date, there is a lack of efficient technology platforms for exosome isolation and characterization. Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable B-cell malignancy due to the rapid development of drug-resistance. MM-released exosomes express the immunoglobulin B-cell receptor (Ig-BCR) of the tumor B-cells, which can be targeted by Idiotype-binding peptides (Id-peptides). In this study, we analyzed the production of MM-released exosomes in the murine 5T33MM multiple myeloma model as biomarkers of tumor growth. To this end, we selected Id-peptides by screening a phage display library using as bait the Ig-BCR expressed by 5T33MM cells. By FACS, the FITC-conjugated Id-peptides detected the MM-released exosomes in the serum of 5T33MM-engrafted mice, levels of which are correlated with tumor progression at an earlier time point compared to serum paraprotein. These results indicate that Id-peptide-based recognition of MM-released exosomes may represent a very sensitive diagnostic approach for clinical evaluation of disease progression.
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- Enrico Iaccino
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, Italy
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- Stem Cell and Cellular Therapy Laboratory, G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, Italy
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Cosentino M, Marino F, Rasini E, Bombelli R, Luini A, Pacchetti B. NeoSolTMRCL40 is a novel Red Clover isoflavone aglycones extract preparation with improved solubility and increased availability of active compounds. Am J Transl Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1608579] [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: 10/18/2022]
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- M Cosentino
- Center for Research in Medical Pharmacology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Center for Research in Medical Pharmacology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Center for Research in Medical Pharmacology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Center for Research in Medical Pharmacology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Center for Research in Medical Pharmacology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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Gaglio G, Battaglia P, Costa A, Cavallaro M, Cammilleri G, Graci S, Buscemi MD, Ferrantelli V, Andaloro F, Marino F. Anisakis spp. larvae in three mesopelagic and bathypelagic fish species of the central Mediterranean Sea. Parasitol Int 2017; 67:23-28. [PMID: 28965943 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2017.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 01/30/2017] [Revised: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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In this work 437 fish samples of species belonging to the families Myctophidae (Electrona risso and Diaphus metopoclampus) and Phosichthyidae (Vinciguerria attenuata) were examined for the presence of Anisakidae larvae. The study was performed with fishes in the central Mediterranean Sea, particularly in the Strait of Sicily and in the Strait of Messina. The visual inspection and chloro-peptic analysis revealed the presence of nematode parasites with prevalence values between 2.9% in Electrona risso samples and 5.4% in Vinciguerria attenuata samples. A positive correlation was found between standard length (SL) and prevalence of infestation in D. metopoclampus samples (p<0.05). The larvae examined were morphologically ascribed, at genus level, to Anisakis morphotypes I and II and molecularly identified as Anisakis pegreffii, Anisakis ziphidarum and Anisakis physeteris, in 67%, 9% and 24% of the fish samples examined. Overall, A. pegreffii and A. ziphidarum larvae were isolated in 14 and 2 specimens of D. metopoclampus respectively, A. physeteris larvae were found in 3 E. risso and 2 V. attenuata. A positive correlation was found between standard length and prevalence of infestation in D. metopoclampus samples (p<0.05). First information is provided on the presence of Anisakis spp. larvae of the myctophid fish species E. risso, D. metopoclampus and V. attenuata from the Central Mediterranean. It is also confirmed the role of lanternfishes (Myctophidae) as paratenic hosts for Anisakis spp.
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- G Gaglio
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Centro di Ittiopatologia Sperimentale della Sicilia, Università degli studi di Messina, Polo Universitario Annunziata, Messina 98168, Italy
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- ISPRA - Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Laboratory of Ichthyology and Marine Ecology, via dei Mille 46, Milazzo, Messina 98057, Italy
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- National Reference Centre for Anisakiasis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia "A. Mirri", via G. Marinuzzi, Palermo 90129, Italy.
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Centro di Ittiopatologia Sperimentale della Sicilia, Università degli studi di Messina, Polo Universitario Annunziata, Messina 98168, Italy
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- National Reference Centre for Anisakiasis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia "A. Mirri", via G. Marinuzzi, Palermo 90129, Italy
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- National Reference Centre for Anisakiasis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia "A. Mirri", via G. Marinuzzi, Palermo 90129, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Centro di Ittiopatologia Sperimentale della Sicilia, Università degli studi di Messina, Polo Universitario Annunziata, Messina 98168, Italy; National Reference Centre for Anisakiasis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia "A. Mirri", via G. Marinuzzi, Palermo 90129, Italy
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- National Reference Centre for Anisakiasis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia "A. Mirri", via G. Marinuzzi, Palermo 90129, Italy
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- ISPRA - Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Laboratory of Ichthyology and Marine Ecology, via dei Mille 46, Milazzo, Messina 98057, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Centro di Ittiopatologia Sperimentale della Sicilia, Università degli studi di Messina, Polo Universitario Annunziata, Messina 98168, Italy
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Biasato I, Lanteri G, Guarda F, Capucchio MT, Marino F, Briguglio G, Macrì F. Unusual Combination of Multiple Vascular Anomalies in a German Shepherd Puppy with Megaoesophagus. Anat Histol Embryol 2017; 46:216-219. [DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- I. Biasato
- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Turin; Largo Paolo Braccini 2 10095, Grugliasco (TO) Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata 98168 Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Turin; Largo Paolo Braccini 2 10095, Grugliasco (TO) Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Turin; Largo Paolo Braccini 2 10095, Grugliasco (TO) Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata 98168 Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata 98168 Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata 98168 Messina Italy
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Bianco F, De Franciscis S, Belli A, Falato A, Fusco R, Altomare DF, Amato A, Asteria CR, Avallone A, Binda GA, Boccia L, Buzzo P, Carvello M, Coco C, Delrio P, De Nardi P, Di Lena M, Failla A, La Torre F, La Torre M, Lemma M, Luffarelli P, Manca G, Maretto I, Marino F, Muratore A, Pascariello A, Pucciarelli S, Rega D, Ripetti V, Rizzo G, Serventi A, Spinelli A, Tatangelo F, Urso EDL, Romano GM. T1 colon cancer in the era of screening: risk factors and treatment. Tech Coloproctol 2017; 21:139-147. [DOI: 10.1007/s10151-017-1586-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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