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Lanza G, Salemi M, Mogavero MP, Catania V, Galeano A, Garifoli A, Lanuzza B, Morreale M, Tripodi M, Cantone M, Cappellani F, Concerto C, Rodolico A, Pennisi M, Bella R, Ferri R. Targeting the adenosinergic system in restless legs syndrome: A pilot, "proof-of-concept" placebo-controlled TMS-based protocol. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0302829. [PMID: 38728342 PMCID: PMC11086884 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is a common sleep disorder characterized by an urge to move the legs that is responsive to movement (particularly during rest), periodic leg movements during sleep, and hyperarousal. Recent evidence suggests that the involvement of the adenosine system may establish a connection between dopamine and glutamate dysfunction in RLS. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive electrophysiological technique widely applied to explore brain electrophysiology and neurochemistry under different experimental conditions. In this pilot study protocol, we aim to investigate the effects of dipyridamole (a well-known enhancer of adenosinergic transmission) and caffeine (an adenosine receptor antagonist) on measures of cortical excitation and inhibition in response to TMS in patients with primary RLS. Initially, we will assess cortical excitability using both single- and paired-pulse TMS in patients with RLS. Then, based on the measures obtained, we will explore the effects of dipyridamole and caffeine, in comparison to placebo, on various TMS parameters related to cortical excitation and inhibition. Finally, we will evaluate the psycho-cognitive performance of RLS patients to screen them for cognitive impairment and/or mood-behavioral dysfunction, thus aiming to correlate psycho-cognitive findings with TMS data. Overall, this study protocol will be the first to shed lights on the neurophysiological mechanisms of RLS involving the modulation of the adenosine system, thus potentially providing a foundation for innovative "pharmaco-TMS"-based treatments. The distinctive TMS profile observed in RLS holds indeed the potential utility for both diagnosis and treatment, as well as for patient monitoring. As such, it can be considered a target for both novel pharmacological (i.e., drug) and non-pharmacological (e.g., neuromodulatory), "TMS-guided", interventions.
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- Giuseppe Lanza
- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy
- Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Sleep Disorders Center, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Policlinico University Hospital “G. Rodolico-San Marco”, Catania, Italy
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- Ophtalomolgy Unit, Policlinico University Hospital “G. Rodolico-San Marco”, Catania, Italy
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- Psychiatry Unit, Policlinico University Hospital “G. Rodolico-San Marco”, Catania, Italy
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- Psychiatry Unit, Policlinico University Hospital “G. Rodolico-San Marco”, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Mogavero MP, Salemi M, Lanza G, Rinaldi A, Marchese G, Ravo M, Salluzzo MG, Antoci A, DelRosso LM, Bruni O, Ferini-Strambi L, Ferri R. Unveiling the pathophysiology of restless legs syndrome through transcriptome analysis. iScience 2024; 27:109568. [PMID: 38617564 PMCID: PMC11015462 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024] Open
Abstract
The aim of this study was to analyze signaling pathways associated with differentially expressed messenger RNAs in people with restless legs syndrome (RLS). Seventeen RLS patients and 18 controls were enrolled. Coding RNA expression profiling of 12,857 gene transcripts by next-generation sequencing was performed. Enrichment analysis by pathfindR tool was carried-out, with p-adjusted ≤0.001 and fold-change ≥2.5. Nine main different network groups were significantly dysregulated in RLS: infections, inflammation, immunology, neurodegeneration, cancer, neurotransmission and biological, blood and metabolic mechanisms. Genetic predisposition plays a key role in RLS and evidence indicates its inflammatory nature; the high involvement of mainly neurotropic viruses and the TORCH complex might trigger inflammatory/immune reactions in genetically predisposed subjects and activate a series of biological pathways-especially IL-17, receptor potential channels, nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells, NOD-like receptor, mitogen-activated protein kinase, p53, mitophagy, and ferroptosis-involved in neurotransmitter mechanisms, synaptic plasticity, axon guidance, neurodegeneration, carcinogenesis, and metabolism.
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- Maria P. Mogavero
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
- San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Neuroscience, Sleep Disorders Center, 20127 Milan, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy
- University of Catania, Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
- Genome Research Center for Health-CRGS, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
- Genome Research Center for Health-CRGS, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
- Genome Research Center for Health-CRGS, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
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- Sapienza University of Rome, Developmental and Social Psychology, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
- San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Neuroscience, Sleep Disorders Center, 20127 Milan, Italy
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Di Mari GM, Scuderi M, Lanza G, Salluzzo MG, Salemi M, Caraci F, Bruno E, Strano V, Mirabella S, Scandurra A. Pain-Free Alpha-Synuclein Detection by Low-Cost Hierarchical Nanowire Based Electrode. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2024; 14:170. [PMID: 38251136 PMCID: PMC10819810 DOI: 10.3390/nano14020170] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
Abstract
Analytical methods for the early detection of the neurodegenerative biomarker for Parkinson's disease (PD), α-synuclein, are time-consuming and invasive, and require skilled personnel and sophisticated and expensive equipment. Thus, a pain-free, prompt and simple α-synuclein biosensor for detection in plasma is highly demanded. In this paper, an α-synuclein electrochemical biosensor based on hierarchical polyglutamic acid/ZnO nanowires decorated by gold nanoparticles, assembled as nanostars (NSs), for the determination of α-synuclein in human plasma is proposed. ZnO NSs were prepared by chemical bath deposition (CBD) and decorated with electrodeposited Au nanoparticles (Au NPs). Then, electro-polymerized glutamic acid was grown and functionalized with anti-α-synuclein. A synergistic enhancement of electrode sensitivity was observed when Au NPs were embedded into ZnO NSs. The analytical performance of the biosensor was evaluated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), using the Fe(II)(CN)64-/Fe(III)(CN)63- probe. The charge transfer resistance after α-synuclein recognition was found to be linear, with a concentration in the range of 0.5 pg·mL-1 to 10 pg·mL-1, a limit of detection of 0.08 pg·mL-1, and good reproducibility (5% variation) and stability (90%). The biosensor was also shown to reliably discriminate between healthy plasma and PD plasma. These results suggest that the proposed biosensor provides a rapid, quantitative and high-sensitivity result of the α-synuclein content in plasma, and represents a feasible tool capable of accelerating the early and non-invasive identification of Parkinson's disease.
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- Gisella M. Di Mari
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, “Ettore Majorana”, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy; (G.M.D.M.); (E.B.); (S.M.)
- Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems of National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IMM), Catania (University) UNIT, Via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy;
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- Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems of National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IMM), VIII Strada 5, 95121 Catania, Italy;
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- Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy;
- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Via Conte Ruggero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy; (M.G.S.); (M.S.); (F.C.)
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Via Conte Ruggero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy; (M.G.S.); (M.S.); (F.C.)
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Via Conte Ruggero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy; (M.G.S.); (M.S.); (F.C.)
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Via Conte Ruggero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy; (M.G.S.); (M.S.); (F.C.)
- Department of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, “Ettore Majorana”, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy; (G.M.D.M.); (E.B.); (S.M.)
- Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems of National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IMM), Catania (University) UNIT, Via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy;
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- Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems of National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IMM), Catania (University) UNIT, Via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy;
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, “Ettore Majorana”, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy; (G.M.D.M.); (E.B.); (S.M.)
- Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems of National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IMM), Catania (University) UNIT, Via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy;
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, “Ettore Majorana”, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy; (G.M.D.M.); (E.B.); (S.M.)
- Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems of National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IMM), Catania (University) UNIT, Via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy;
- Research Unit of the University of Catania, National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM-UdR of Catania), Via Santa Sofia 64, 95125 Catania, Italy
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Salemi M, Ravo M, Lanza G, Schillaci FA, Ventola GM, Marchese G, Salluzzo MG, Cappelletti G, Ferri R. Gene Expression Profiling of Post Mortem Midbrain of Parkinson's Disease Patients and Healthy Controls. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:707. [PMID: 38255780 PMCID: PMC10815072 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25020707] [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: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) stands as the most prevalent degenerative movement disorder, marked by the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the midbrain. In this study, we conducted a transcriptome analysis utilizing post mortem mRNA extracted from the substantia nigra of both PD patients and healthy control (CTRL) individuals. Specifically, we acquired eight samples from individuals with PD and six samples from CTRL individuals, with no discernible pathology detected in the latter group. RNA sequencing was conducted using the TapeStation 4200 system from Agilent Technologies. A total of 16,148 transcripts were identified, with 92 mRNAs displaying differential expression between the PD and control groups. Specifically, 33 mRNAs were significantly up-regulated, while 59 mRNAs were down-regulated in PD compared to the controls. The identification of statistically significant signaling pathways, with an adjusted p-value threshold of 0.05, unveiled noteworthy insights. Specifically, the enriched categories included cardiac muscle contraction (involving genes such as ATPase Na+/K+ transporting subunit beta 2 (ATP1B2), solute carrier family 8 member A1 (SLC8A1), and cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COX2)), GABAergic synapse (involving GABA type A receptor-associated protein-like 1 (GABARAPL1), G protein subunit beta 5 (GNB5), and solute carrier family 38 member 2 (SLC38A2), autophagy (involving GABARAPL1 and tumor protein p53-inducible nuclear protein 2 (TP53INP2)), and Fc gamma receptor (FcγR) mediated phagocytosis (involving amphiphysin (AMPH)). These findings uncover new pathophysiological dimensions underlying PD, implicating genes associated with heart muscle contraction. This knowledge enhances diagnostic accuracy and contributes to the advancement of targeted therapies.
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- Michele Salemi
- Oasi Research Institute–IRCCS, 94018 Troin, Italy; (G.L.); (F.A.S.); (M.G.S.); (R.F.)
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- Genomix4Life Srl, 94081 Baroniss, Italy; (M.R.); (G.M.V.); (G.M.)
- Genome Research Center for Health–CRGS, 94081 Baronissi, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute–IRCCS, 94018 Troin, Italy; (G.L.); (F.A.S.); (M.G.S.); (R.F.)
- Department of Surgery and Medical–Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, 94081 Baroniss, Italy; (M.R.); (G.M.V.); (G.M.)
- Genome Research Center for Health–CRGS, 94081 Baronissi, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, 94081 Baroniss, Italy; (M.R.); (G.M.V.); (G.M.)
- Genome Research Center for Health–CRGS, 94081 Baronissi, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute–IRCCS, 94018 Troin, Italy; (G.L.); (F.A.S.); (M.G.S.); (R.F.)
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- Oasi Research Institute–IRCCS, 94018 Troin, Italy; (G.L.); (F.A.S.); (M.G.S.); (R.F.)
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Salemi M, Lanza G, Salluzzo MG, Schillaci FA, Di Blasi FD, Cordella A, Caniglia S, Lanuzza B, Morreale M, Marano P, Tripodi M, Ferri R. A Next-Generation Sequencing Study in a Cohort of Sicilian Patients with Parkinson's Disease. Biomedicines 2023; 11:3118. [PMID: 38137339 PMCID: PMC10740523 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11123118] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multisystem and multifactorial disorder and, therefore, the application of modern genetic techniques may assist in unraveling its complex pathophysiology. We conducted a clinical-demographic evaluation of 126 patients with PD, all of whom were Caucasian and of Sicilian ancestry. DNA was extracted from the peripheral blood for each patient, followed by sequencing using a Next-Generation Sequencing system. This system was based on a custom gene panel comprising 162 genes. The sample underwent further filtering, taking into account the allele frequencies of genetic variants, their presence in the Human Gene Mutation Database, and their association in the literature with PD or other movement/neurodegenerative disorders. The largest number of variants was identified in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene. However, variants in other genes, such as acid beta-glucosidase (GBA), DNA polymerase gamma catalytic subunit (POLG), and parkin RBR E3 ubiquitin protein ligase (PRKN), were also discovered. Interestingly, some of these variants had not been previously associated with PD. Enhancing our understanding of the genetic basis of PD and identifying new variants possibly linked to the disease will contribute to improved diagnostic accuracy, therapeutic developments, and prognostic insights for affected individuals.
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- Michele Salemi
- Oasi Research Institute—IRCCS, 94018 Troina, EN, Italy; (M.S.); (M.G.S.); (F.A.S.); (F.D.D.B.); (S.C.); (B.L.); (M.M.); (P.M.); (M.T.); (R.F.)
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- Oasi Research Institute—IRCCS, 94018 Troina, EN, Italy; (M.S.); (M.G.S.); (F.A.S.); (F.D.D.B.); (S.C.); (B.L.); (M.M.); (P.M.); (M.T.); (R.F.)
- Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, CT, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute—IRCCS, 94018 Troina, EN, Italy; (M.S.); (M.G.S.); (F.A.S.); (F.D.D.B.); (S.C.); (B.L.); (M.M.); (P.M.); (M.T.); (R.F.)
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- Oasi Research Institute—IRCCS, 94018 Troina, EN, Italy; (M.S.); (M.G.S.); (F.A.S.); (F.D.D.B.); (S.C.); (B.L.); (M.M.); (P.M.); (M.T.); (R.F.)
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- Oasi Research Institute—IRCCS, 94018 Troina, EN, Italy; (M.S.); (M.G.S.); (F.A.S.); (F.D.D.B.); (S.C.); (B.L.); (M.M.); (P.M.); (M.T.); (R.F.)
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- Genomix4Life Srl, 84081 Baronissi, SA, Italy;
- Genome Research Center for Health—CRGS, 84081 Baronissi, SA, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute—IRCCS, 94018 Troina, EN, Italy; (M.S.); (M.G.S.); (F.A.S.); (F.D.D.B.); (S.C.); (B.L.); (M.M.); (P.M.); (M.T.); (R.F.)
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- Oasi Research Institute—IRCCS, 94018 Troina, EN, Italy; (M.S.); (M.G.S.); (F.A.S.); (F.D.D.B.); (S.C.); (B.L.); (M.M.); (P.M.); (M.T.); (R.F.)
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- Oasi Research Institute—IRCCS, 94018 Troina, EN, Italy; (M.S.); (M.G.S.); (F.A.S.); (F.D.D.B.); (S.C.); (B.L.); (M.M.); (P.M.); (M.T.); (R.F.)
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- Oasi Research Institute—IRCCS, 94018 Troina, EN, Italy; (M.S.); (M.G.S.); (F.A.S.); (F.D.D.B.); (S.C.); (B.L.); (M.M.); (P.M.); (M.T.); (R.F.)
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- Oasi Research Institute—IRCCS, 94018 Troina, EN, Italy; (M.S.); (M.G.S.); (F.A.S.); (F.D.D.B.); (S.C.); (B.L.); (M.M.); (P.M.); (M.T.); (R.F.)
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- Oasi Research Institute—IRCCS, 94018 Troina, EN, Italy; (M.S.); (M.G.S.); (F.A.S.); (F.D.D.B.); (S.C.); (B.L.); (M.M.); (P.M.); (M.T.); (R.F.)
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Salemi M, Mandarà LGM, Salluzzo MG, Schillaci FA, Castiglione R, Cordella A, Iorio R, Perrotta CS, Ferri R, Romano C. NGS study in a sicilian case series with a genetic diagnosis for Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (PRNP, p.P102L). Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:9715-9720. [PMID: 37812352 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08764-z] [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: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gerstmann Sträussler Scheinker (GSS) is an inherited, invariably fatal prion disease. Like other human prion diseases, GSS is caused by missense mutations in the prion protein (PrP) gene (PRNP), and by the formation and overtime accumulation of the misfolded, pathogenic scrapie PrP (PrPSc). The first mutation identified in the PRNP gene, and the one blamed as the main cause of the disease, is c.C305T:p.P102L. METHODS AND RESULTS The Sanger sequencing method was performed on the PRNP gene for the detection of c.C305T:p.P102L mutations in a cohort of 10 subjects; moreover, a study was carried out, using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), by sequencing a group of genes related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease (AD), movement disorders and dementia which show a phenotypic profile similar to that of GSS. The results obtained from the study using NGS indicate the potential role of other genetic variants which could contribute to the various GSS phenotypes. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, we highlight the large clinical variability in subjects presenting with GSS and p.P102L, as well as the hypothesis that the mutation in PrP codon 102 alone is not sufficient to trigger the cardinal clinical signs of the disease; furthermore, we do not exclude the possibility that further genetic variants play a decisive role in the aspects of the various phenotypes with which GSS manifests itself.
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- U.O.S. Medical Genetics, Maria Paternò Arezzo Hospital, Ragusa, RG, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Baronissi, SA, Italy
- Genome Research Center for Health-CRGS, Baronissi, SA, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Baronissi, SA, Italy
- Genome Research Center for Health-CRGS, Baronissi, SA, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, EN, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Salemi M, Ridolfo F, Salluzzo MG, Schillaci FA, Caniglia S, Lanuzza B, Cantone M, Ferri R. Humanin gene expression in subjects with Parkinson's disease. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:2943-2949. [PMID: 36626066 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-022-08132-3] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bradykinesia, tremor, rigidity and postural instability are the hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). Non-motor symptoms including cognitive, behavioral, and neuropsychiatric changes, sensory and sleep disturbances that may precede the motor symptoms by years. The peculiar pathological features of PD are decreased dopaminergic neurons and dopamine levels in the substantia nigra pars compacta and pontine locus coeruleus. Humanin is produced by a small gene peptide, which is located in the mitochondria genome. Inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and altered transcription have been recognized as causative factors of PD. This evidence has prompted many researchers to focus on studying the functions of DNA and mitochondria. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate Humanin mRNA levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of PD subjects, compared with those in PBMCs of normal control (NC) subjects. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 220 participants, including 154 PD patients (57 females and 97 males; mean age 71.54 years, SD 7.8) and 66 CN (28 females and 38 males; mean age 70.54 years, SD 9.45) were enrolled for the qRT-PCR analysis. Increased Humanin mRNA levels were found in PD samples, compared to controls. CONCLUSION In conclusion, the present data confirm the tendency of mitochondria to overexpress mRNA in PD, which could be a cellular attempt to reduce apoptotic damage in PD subjects. Humanin might be useful as a marker for a better diagnosis of PD, and we cannot exclude that in the future it might also play a role on prognosis and in the possible therapies for PD.
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- UOC of Clinical Pathology, ASUR Marche -AV4, Hospital of Fermo, Fermo, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, University Hospital Policlinico "G.Rodolico-San Marco", Catania, Italy
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Mogavero MP, DelRosso LM, Bruni O, Salemi M, Salsone M, Novellino F, Zucconi M, Ferini Strambi L, Ferri R. Genetics and epigenetics of rare hypersomnia. Trends Genet 2023; 39:415-429. [PMID: 36842900 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2023.02.003] [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] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
Abstract
Herein we focus on connections between genetics and some central disorders of hypersomnolence - narcolepsy types 1 and 2 (NT1, NT2), idiopathic hypersomnia (IH), and Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS) - for a better understanding of their etiopathogenetic mechanisms and a better diagnostic and therapeutic definition. Gene pleiotropism influences neurological and sleep disorders such as hypersomnia; therefore, genetics allows us to uncover common pathways to different pathologies, with potential new therapeutic perspectives. An important body of evidence has accumulated on NT1 and IH, allowing a better understanding of etiopathogenesis, disease biomarkers, and possible new therapeutic approaches. Further studies are needed in the field of epigenetics, which has a potential role in the modulation of biological specific hypersomnia pathways.
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- Maria Paola Mogavero
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Sleep Disorders Center, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Seattle Children's Hospital and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Sleep Disorders Center, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Sleep Disorders Center, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Salemi M, Lanza G, Mogavero MP, Cosentino FII, Borgione E, Iorio R, Ventola GM, Marchese G, Salluzzo MG, Ravo M, Ferri R. A Transcriptome Analysis of mRNAs and Long Non-Coding RNAs in Patients with Parkinson's Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23031535. [PMID: 35163455 PMCID: PMC8836138 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23031535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [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: 12/27/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. The number of cases of PD is expected to double by 2030, representing a heavy burden on the healthcare system. Clinical symptoms include the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the midbrain, which leads to striatal dopamine deficiency and, subsequently, causes motor dysfunction. Certainly, the study of the transcriptome of the various RNAs plays a crucial role in the study of this neurodegenerative disease. In fact, the aim of this study was to evaluate the transcriptome in a cohort of subjects with PD compared with a control cohort. In particular we focused on mRNAs and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA), using the Illumina NextSeq 550 DX System. Differential expression analysis revealed 716 transcripts with padj ≤ 0.05; among these, 630 were mRNA (coding protein), lncRNA, and MT_tRNA. Ingenuity pathway analysis (IPA, Qiagen) was used to perform the functional and pathway analysis. The highest statistically significant pathways were: IL-15 signaling, B cell receptor signaling, systemic lupus erythematosus in B cell signaling pathway, communication between innate and adaptive immune cells, and melatonin degradation II. Our findings further reinforce the important roles of mitochondria and lncRNA in PD and, in parallel, further support the concept of inverse comorbidity between PD and some cancers.
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- Michele Salemi
- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy; (G.L.); (F.I.I.C.); (E.B.); (M.G.S.); (R.F.)
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy; (G.L.); (F.I.I.C.); (E.B.); (M.G.S.); (R.F.)
- Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy; (G.L.); (F.I.I.C.); (E.B.); (M.G.S.); (R.F.)
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy; (G.L.); (F.I.I.C.); (E.B.); (M.G.S.); (R.F.)
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- Genomix4Life Srl, 84081 Baronissi, Italy; (R.I.); (G.M.V.); (G.M.); (M.R.)
- Genome Research Center for Health—CRGS, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, 84081 Baronissi, Italy; (R.I.); (G.M.V.); (G.M.); (M.R.)
- Genome Research Center for Health—CRGS, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, 84081 Baronissi, Italy; (R.I.); (G.M.V.); (G.M.); (M.R.)
- Genome Research Center for Health—CRGS, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy; (G.L.); (F.I.I.C.); (E.B.); (M.G.S.); (R.F.)
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- Genomix4Life Srl, 84081 Baronissi, Italy; (R.I.); (G.M.V.); (G.M.); (M.R.)
- Genome Research Center for Health—CRGS, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy; (G.L.); (F.I.I.C.); (E.B.); (M.G.S.); (R.F.)
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Pepe P, Vatrano S, Cannarella R, Calogero AE, Marchese G, Ravo M, Fraggetta F, Pepe L, Pennisi M, Romano C, Ferri R, Salemi M. A study of gene expression by RNA-seq in patients with prostate cancer and in patients with Parkinson disease: an example of inverse comorbidity. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 48:7627-7631. [PMID: 34628580 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06723-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the leading causes of death in Western countries. Environmental and genetic factors play a pivotal role in PCa etiology. Timely identification of the genetic causes is useful for an early diagnosis. Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most frequent neurodegenerative movement disorder; it is associated with the presence of Lewy bodies and genetic factors are involved in its pathogenesis. Several studies have indicated that the expression of target genes in patients with PD is inversely related to cancer development; this phenomenon has been named "inverse comorbidity". The present study was undertaken to evaluate whether a genetic dysregulation occurs in opposite directions in patients with PD or PCa. METHODS AND RESULTS In the present study, next-generation sequencing transcriptome analysis was used to assess whether a genetic dysregulation in opposite directions occurs in patients with PD or PCa. The genes SLC30A1, ADO, SRGAP2C, and TBC1D12 resulted up-regulated in patients with PD compared to healthy donors as controls and down-regulated in patients with PCa compared with the same control group. CONCLUSIONS These results support the hypothesis of the presence of inverse comorbidity between PD and PCa.
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- Pietro Pepe
- Urology Unit, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Genomix4Life S.r.l, Baronissi, SA, Italy
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Salemi M, Cannarella R, Marchese G, Salluzzo MG, Ravo M, Barone C, Giudice ML, Calogero AE, Romano C. Role of long non-coding RNAs in Down syndrome patients: a transcriptome analysis study. Hum Cell 2021; 34:1662-1670. [PMID: 34510387 DOI: 10.1007/s13577-021-00602-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Down syndrome (DS) is defined by the presence of a third copy of chromosome 21. Several comorbidities can be found in these patients, such as intellectual disability (ID), muscle weakness, hypotonia, congenital heart disease, and autoimmune diseases. The molecular mechanisms playing a role in the development of such comorbidities are still unclear. The regulation and expression of genes that map to chromosome 21 are dynamic and complex, so it is important to perform global gene expression studies with high statistical power to fully characterize the transcriptome in DS patients. This study was undertaken to evaluate mRNAs and lncRNA expression in patients with DS versus a matched cohort of healthy subjects. RNA sequencing was used to perform this transcriptome study. Differential expression analysis revealed 967 transcripts with padj ≤ 0.05. Among them, 447 transcripts were differentially expressed in patients with DS compared to controls. Particularly, 203 transcripts were down expressed (151 protein-coding mRNAs, 45 lncRNAs, 1 microRNA, 1 mitochondrial tRNA, 1 ribozyme, and 1 small nuclear RNA) and 244 were over expressed (210 protein-coding mRNAs and 34 lncRNAs). Interestingly, deregulated lncRNAs are involved in pathways that play a role in developmental disorders, neurological diseases, DNA replication and repair mechanisms, and cancer development in DS patients. In conclusion, these results suggest a role of lncRNAs in the phenotype of DS patients.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Salemi M, Cannarella R, Marchese G, Salluzzo MG, Ravo M, Barone C, Cordella A, Caniglia S, Castiglione R, Ragalmuto A, Calogero AE, Romano C. CCR3 gene overexpression in patients with Down syndrome. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 48:5335-5338. [PMID: 34184200 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06503-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chromosome 21 trisomy or Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability (ID). DS is also associated with hypotonia, muscle weakness, autoimmune diseases, and congenital heart disease. C-C chemokine receptor type 3 (CCR3) plays a role in inflammatory, autoimmune, and neuronal migration mechanisms. The present study aimed to evaluate the expression of the CCR3 gene by NGS and qRT-PCR in patients with DS and normal controls (NC). The CCR3 gene was over-expressed in DS patients compared to NC. These data suggest that an over-expression of the CCR3 gene is associated with the phenotype of patients with DS.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Salemi M, Cosentino F, Lanza G, Cantone M, Salluzzo MG, Giurato G, Borgione E, Marchese G, Santa Paola S, Lanuzza B, Romano C, Ferri R. mRNA expression profiling of mitochondrial subunits in subjects with Parkinson's disease. Arch Med Sci 2021; 19:678-686. [PMID: 37313207 PMCID: PMC10259399 DOI: 10.5114/aoms/131629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common adult-onset neurodegenerative disorder caused by a progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons due to the accumulation of α-synuclein in the substantia nigra. Mitochondria are known to play a key role in cell respiratory function and bioenergetics. Indeed, mitochondrial dysfunction causes insufficient energy production required to satisfy the needs of several organs, especially the nervous system. However, the profiling of messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of mitochondrial subunits in PD has not been systematically investigated yet. MATERIAL AND METHODS We explored the mRNA expression of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) encoded respiratory chain (RC) subunits in 43 PD patients and 43 normal controls (NC). Next generation sequencing analysis (NGS) was used and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assay was used for confirmation of the NGS results. RESULTS All tested mitochondrial RC subunits were significantly over-expressed in subjects with PD compared to NC. In qRT-PCR the mean expression of all mitochondrial subunits had an expression level of at least 7 times compared to NC. CONCLUSIONS The over-expression of mitochondrial subunits in PD subjects with respect to NC might be secondary to a degeneration-related alteration of the mitochondrial structure and/or dynamics, or to the occurrence of a compensatory mechanism. The study of specific mRNA by peripheral blood mononuclear cells may provide a further diagnostic frame for early detection PD patients.
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy
- Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Sant’Elia Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale (ASP) Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry ‘Scuola Medica Salernitana’, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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Salemi M, Mazzetti S, De Leonardis M, Giampietro F, Medici V, Poloni TE, Cannarella R, Giaccone G, Pezzoli G, Cappelletti G, Ferri R. Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 and Parkinson's disease: A study in post-mortem human brain. Neurochem Int 2021; 144:104978. [PMID: 33516746 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2021.104978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) is crucial in both maintenance of genome integrity and cell death. PARP1 activation has been very recently linked to Parkinson's disease (PD) and its role in inducing the pathologic accumulation of α-Synuclein demonstrated in a PD mouse model. The objective of this study was to investigate the presence and localization of PARP1 in PD brain. PARP1 localization was assessed by immunostaining and confocal microscopy in post-mortem human brains obtained from PD patients (Braak stage VI) compared to controls. PARP1 positive nuclei in substantia nigra, mainly in dopaminergic neurons but also in astrocytes and oligodendrocytes, were decreased in PD. The same alteration was observed in several areas that are affected in PD pathology, namely the dorsal motor nucleus of vagus, frontal and cingulate cortex, whereas no changes in PARP1 staining were detectable in the inferior olivary nucleus that is unaffected in PD. In addition, PARP1 co-localizes with α-Synuclein that is accumulated in the cytoplasm and in Lewy bodies of PD tissue sections. Our data reveal previously unknown changes of PARP1 localization in the brain of PD patients, in both neurons and glia, supporting its widespread involvement in this pathology and its potential use as a therapeutic target.
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- Fondazione Grigioni per il Morbo di Parkinson, via Zuretti 35, I-20135, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Neuropathology, Golgi-Cenci Foundation, Abbiategrasso, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Neuropathology, Golgi-Cenci Foundation, Abbiategrasso, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Unit of Neuropathology and Neurology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Fondazione Grigioni per il Morbo di Parkinson, via Zuretti 35, I-20135, Milan, Italy
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Cannarella R, Salemi M, Condorelli RA, Cimino L, Giurato G, Marchese G, Cordella A, Romano C, La Vignera S, Calogero AE. SOX13 gene downregulation in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with Klinefelter syndrome. Asian J Androl 2021; 23:157-162. [PMID: 33109779 PMCID: PMC7991811 DOI: 10.4103/aja.aja_37_20] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is the most common sex chromosome disorder in men. It is characterized by germ cell loss and other variable clinical features, including autoimmunity. The sex-determining region of Y (SRY)-box 13 (Sox13) gene is expressed in mouse spermatogonia. In addition, it has been identified as islet cell autoantigen 12 (ICA12), which is involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, including type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) and primary biliary cirrhosis. Sox13 expression has never been investigated in patients with KS. In this age-matched, case-control study performed on ten patients with KS and ten controls, we found that SOX13 is significantly downregulated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with KS compared to controls. This finding might be consistent with the germ cell loss typical of patients with KS. However, the role of Sox13 in the pathogenesis of germ cell loss and humoral autoimmunity in patients with KS deserves to be further explored.
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- Rossella Cannarella
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Schola Medica Salernitana," University of Salerno, Baronissi (SA) 84081, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Schola Medica Salernitana," University of Salerno, Baronissi (SA) 84081, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Schola Medica Salernitana," University of Salerno, Baronissi (SA) 84081, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania 95123, Italy
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Salemi M, Cannarella R, Cimino L, Condorelli RA, Giurato G, Marchese G, Cordella A, Santa Paola S, Romano C, LA Vignera S, Calogero AE. GPR56 gene down-regulation in patients with Klinefelter Syndrome: a candidate for infertility? Minerva Endocrinol (Torino) 2020; 46:384-388. [PMID: 33331742 DOI: 10.23736/s2724-6507.20.03357-x] [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: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND The etiology of azoospermia in patients with Klinefelter Syndrome (KS) is still unknown. The protein codified by the G protein-couple receptor 56 (GPR56) belongs to the adhesion family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPRs). Its mutations are involved in the pathogenesis of intellectual disability and, according to animal studies, infertility. As the expression of GPR56 in patients with KS has not been investigated so far, this study was undertaken with the purpose of evaluating its expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of patients with KS and normal controls. METHODS This age-matched case-control study was performed in 10 patients with KS and 10 controls. Patients and controls underwent to blood sampling for next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis, and differentially expressed mRNAs were identified using DESeq2 v.1.12. QRT-PCR was used to validate the results obtained by NGS analysis. TaqMan Gene Expression Assay primers were used to carry out the real-time PCR analysis for GPR56. RESULTS GPR56 was down-regulated by -2081-fold (q-value <0.05) in PBMCs of patients with KS compared to controls. NGS data were confirmed by QRT-PCR. CONCLUSIONS The possible contribution of the GPR56 gene down-regulation in the pathogenesis of spermatogenic failure in patients with KS is worthy to be further explored.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy -
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Schola Medica Salernitana Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Schola Medica Salernitana Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Schola Medica Salernitana Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Salemi M, Cannarella R, Cimino L, Condorelli RA, Giurato G, Marchese G, Cordella A, Santa Paola S, Romano C, La Vignera S, Calogero AE. GPR56 gene down-regulation in patients with Klinefelter syndrome: a candidate for infertility? MINERVA ENDOCRINOL 2020. [PMID: 33331742 DOI: 10.23736/s0391-1977.20.03357-x] [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: 11/08/2022]
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PURPOSE The etiology of azoospermia in patients with Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is still unknown. The protein codified by the G protein-couple receptor 56 (GPR56) belongs to the adhesion family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPRs). Its mutations are involved in the pathogenesis of intellectual disability and, according to animal studies, infertility. As the expression of GPR56 in patients with KS has not been investigated so far, this study was undertaken with the purpose of evaluating its expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of patients with KS and normal controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS This age-matched case-control study was performed in 10 patients with KS and 10 controls. Patients and controls underwent to blood sampling for next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis, and differentially expressed mRNAs were identified using DESeq2 v.1.12. QRT-PCR was used to validate the results obtained by NGS analysis. TaqMan Gene Expression Assay primers were used to carry out the Realtime PCR analysis for GPR56. RESULTS GPR56 was down-regulated by -2,081-fold (q-value<0.05) in PBMCs of patients with KS compared to controls. NGS data were confirmed by QRT-PCR. CONCLUSIONS The possible contribution of the GPR56 gene down-regulation in the pathogenesis of spermatogenic failure in patients with KS is worthy to be further explored.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy -
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry Schola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry Schola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry Schola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Salemi M, Pettinato A, Fraggetta F, Calogero AE, Pennisi M, Pepe L, Pepe P. Expression of miR-132 and miR-212 in prostate cancer and metastatic lymph node: Case report and revision of the literature. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 92. [PMID: 33016047 DOI: 10.4081/aiua.2020.3.209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small, non-coding RNAs that act as key regulators in various physiological and pathological processes as prostate cancer (PCa). In this study we describe molecular evaluation of 132 and 212 miRNAs expression, by Real-time reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR), in a Caucasian man 64-year-old with locally advanced PCa (PSA 160 ng/ml, Gleason score 4+3/ISUP Grade Group 3, clinical stage T3NXM0) who underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy plus extended pelvic lymphadenectomy (LAD) as first step of a multimodal therapeutic treatment. A normal prostate of a 67-year-old man removed by post mortem autopsy was used as a control in the study. The mRNA for this study was conducted on paraffined prostatic sections of: a) index case of PCa; b) metastatic lymph node of index case; c) normal prostate. MiRNA-132, miRNA- 212 and Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (as reference gene) assays were obtained. Definitive specimen showed a pT3bN1R1 stage: acinar cells adenocarcinoma with involvement of the seminal vesicles, multifocal positive surgical margins, Gleason score 8 (4+4/ISUP Grade Group 4), metastases in 5/25 iliac lymph nodes. An increased expression of miRNA-132 and miRNA-212 in index case of prostatic adenocarcinoma compared to normal prostate tissue was found; moreover, a lower expression of miR-132 and miR-212 in metastatic lymph node compared to primitive PCa and normal prostate tissue was demonstrated. Although a greater number of patients should be evaluated, these data suggest that the biology of the primary PCa, in our clinical case, was different from metastatic lymph node.
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Angelini L, Gioulis E, Civitareale N, Zago A, Coss M, Giusti G, Di Cristofano F, Petrucci F, Napoli R, Salemi M, Piccoli G, Valerio S. Adding contrast enhanced ultrasound to computed tomography can improve the diagnostic accuracy for the characterization of complex renal cysts. EUR UROL SUPPL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(20)33077-9] [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: 11/30/2022] Open
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Salemi M, Salluzzo MG, Barone C, Romano C. Study of the MDM2 -410T-G polymorphism (rs2279744) by pyrosequencing in mothers of Down Syndrome subjects. Hum Cell 2020; 33:476-478. [PMID: 32424731 DOI: 10.1007/s13577-020-00374-2] [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] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Trisomy 21 or Down syndrome (DS) is the most frequent genetic etiology of intellectual disability in humans. MDM2 gene expression has a potential role as a risk factor for human aneuploidy. -410T-G (rs2279744) functional polymorphism in MDM2 gene impacts on the mechanisms of chromosomal non-disjunction. We analyzed, within a case-control study, such polymorphism in mothers of subjects with DS. Nucleotide polymorphism was detected by pyrosequencing technology. The distribution of MDM2-410T-G polymorphism showed no significant difference among mothers of subjects with DS and controls. Our results suggest that MDM2 -410T-G polymorphism is not a risk factor for DS in mothers.
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Salemi M, Cali’ F, Giambirtone M, Elia M, Romano C. TBC1D24 gene mRNA expression in a boy with early infantile epileptic encephalopathy-16. Acta Neurol Belg 2020; 120:381-383. [PMID: 28726039 DOI: 10.1007/s13760-017-0818-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Salemi M, Rappazzo G, Ridolfo F, Salluzzo MG, Cannarella R, Castiglione R, Caniglia S, Tirolo C, Calogero AE, Romano C. Cerebellar degeneration-related protein 1 expression in fibroblasts of patients affected by down syndrome. All Life 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/26895293.2020.1832922] [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: 10/23/2022] Open
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Biological Geological Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- UOSD of Clinical Pathology, ASUR Marche – AV2, Hospital of Senigallia, Senigallia, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania. Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania. Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania. Italy
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Salemi M, Ridolfo F, Salluzzo MG, Cannarrella R, Giambirtone M, Caniglia S, Tirolo C, Ferri R, Romano C. Humanin gene expression in fibroblast of Down syndrome subjects. Int J Med Sci 2020; 17:320-324. [PMID: 32132866 PMCID: PMC7053358 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.39145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Down syndrome (DS) is characterized by trisomy of chromosome 21 and peculiar phenotype. Humanin (HN) is a mitochondrial short 24-residue polypeptide whit anti-apoptotic and neuroprotective effects. In this study we evaluated HN protein expression and HN mRNA levels in cultured fibroblasts from DS patients and normal controls. Our results obtained by immunocytochemistry, western-blot and qRT-PCR analysis show a significant HN up-regulation in DS patients. These results confirm previous studies and suggest a role for HN may in the DS phenotype.
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- UOSD of Clinical Pathology, ASUR Marche -AV2, Hospital of Senigallia, Senigallia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Salemi M, Marchese G, Cordella A, Cannarella R, Barone C, Salluzzo MG, Calogero AE, Romano C. Long non-coding RNA GAS5 expression in patients with Down syndrome. Int J Med Sci 2020; 17:1315-1319. [PMID: 32624686 PMCID: PMC7330673 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.45386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Trisomy 21, also known as Down Syndrome (DS), is the most common chromosome abnormality and causes intellectual disability. Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) growth arrest-specific 5 (GAS5), whose differential expression has recently been reported in patients with Klinefelter syndrome, has been addressed to play a role in the development of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, vascular endothelial cells apoptosis and atherosclerosis, all being common features in patients with DS. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the lncRNA GAS5 expression profile in DS patients and in controls. lncRNA GAS5 levels were evaluated by qRT-PCR assay in 23 patients with DS and 23 age-matched controls. A significant lncRNA GAS5 down-regulation was observed in patients with DS by RT-PCR analysis, The RNA sequencing experiments confirmed the qRT-PCR data. LncRNA GAS5 down-expression may play a role in the development of some typical features of the patients with DS and, particularly, in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Baronissi (SA), Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Baronissi (SA), Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania.95123 Catania. Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania.95123 Catania. Italy
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Salvatorelli L, Puzzo L, Russo A, Reibaldi M, Longo A, Ragusa M, Aldo C, Rappazzo G, Caltabiano R, Salemi M. Immunoexpression of SPANX-C in metastatic uveal melanoma. Pathol Res Pract 2019; 215:152431. [PMID: 31072624 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2019.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 03/07/2019] [Revised: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Uveal melanoma is a rare disease but it is the most common primary intraocular malignant tumor in adults with poor late prognosis. About 50% of patients will develop liver metastasis far from the enucleation within 10-15 years. Our study examined SPANX-C expression levels in primary uveal melanoma both with and without metastasis to assess if they can be used to predict metastasis. This study included a total of 55 patients, 28 males and 27 females, with uveal melanoma. A significantly high expression of SPANX-C was seen in 19/23 (82.6%) patients with metastasis, and only in 11/32 (38.5%) patients without metastasis. In conclusion, we found that SPANX-C expression could play a role in tumor progression of uveal melanoma.
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- Lucia Salvatorelli
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, G.F. Ingrassia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", Anatomic Pathology Section, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, G.F. Ingrassia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", Anatomic Pathology Section, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Molecular, Genome and Complex Systems BioMedicine Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Biological Sciences, Geological and Environmental, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, G.F. Ingrassia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", Anatomic Pathology Section, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Troina, Italy
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Scuderi C, Saccuzzo L, Vinci M, Castiglia L, Galesi O, Salemi M, Mattina T, Borgione E, Città S, Romano C, Fichera M. Biallelic intragenic duplication in ADGRB3 (BAI3) gene associated with intellectual disability, cerebellar atrophy, and behavioral disorder. Eur J Hum Genet 2019; 27:594-602. [PMID: 30659260 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-018-0321-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Revised: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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In recent years, chromosomal microarray analysis has permitted the discovery of rearrangements underlying several neurodevelopmental disorders and still represents the first diagnostic test for unexplained neurodevelopmental disabilities. Here we report a family of consanguineous parents showing psychiatric disorders and their two sons both affected by intellectual disability, ataxia, and behavioral disorder. SNP/CGH array analysis in this family demonstrated in both siblings a biallelic duplication inherited from the heterozygous parents, disrupting the ADGRB3 gene. ADGRB3, also known as BAI3, belongs to the subfamily of adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (adhesion GPCRs) that regulate many aspects of the central nervous system, including axon guidance, myelination, and synapse formation. Single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variants involving ADGRB3 have recently been associated with psychiatric disorders. These findings further support this association and also suggest that biallelic variants affecting the function of the ADGRB3 gene may also cause cognitive impairments and ataxia.
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Medical Genetics, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Medical Genetics, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy. .,Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Medical Genetics, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
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Salemi M, Cannarella R, Condorelli RA, Cimino L, Ridolfo F, Giurato G, Romano C, La Vignera S, Calogero AE. Evidence for long noncoding RNA GAS5 up-regulationin patients with Klinefelter syndrome. BMC Med Genet 2019; 20:4. [PMID: 30612561 PMCID: PMC6322229 DOI: 10.1186/s12881-018-0744-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Background Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is characterized by the presence of at least one supernumerary X chromosome. KS typical symptoms include tall stature, gynecomastia, hypogonadism and azoospermia. KS patients show a higher risk of developing metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, inflammatory and autoimmune disorders, osteoporosis and cancer. Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) growth arrest-specific 5 (GAS5) has been shown to be involved in several biologic processes, including inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, vascular endothelial cells apoptosis and atherosclerosis, as well as cellular growth and proliferation, cellular development and cell-to-cell signaling and interaction. The lncRNA GAS5 expression profile in KS patients has never been evaluated so far. Methods To accomplish this, GAS5 mRNA levels were evaluated by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology and qRT-PCR assay in 10 patients with KS and 10 age-matched controls. Results NGS results showed a significantly lncRNAGAS5up-regulation by 5.171-fold in patients with KS. Theresults of qRT-PCR confirmed the NGS data. Conclusions These findings showed the occurrence of lncRNA GAS5 over-expression in KS patients. Whether this lncRNA is involved in the pathogenesis of inflammation and autoimmune diseases, atherogenesis or germ cell depletion in KS patients is not known. Further studies are needed.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- UOS of Clinical Pathology, ASUR Marche - AV2, Hospital of Senigallia, Senigallia, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Baronissi (SA), Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Vicari E, Malaguarnera G, Vicari BO, Salmeri M, Salemi M, Castiglione R. Differentially Enhancing Effects of Long-term Treatment with Serrazyme, Boswellia and Pine on Seminal Bacterial Detection in Patients with Chronic Bacterial or Inflammatory Prostatitis, Probably Related to Several Degrees of Bacterial Adherence. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 13:183-189. [PMID: 30073929 DOI: 10.2174/1574884713666180803114654] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Prostatitis is a recurrent urinary infection in males and is often difficult to cure. The aim of the study was to examine whether anti-inflammatory effects of enhanced drainage of prostatic secretions, obtained through two months treatment with a proteolytic enzyme mucoactive (PEM) compound (Serrazyme and other constituents), influenced qualitative or quantitative expressions of bacterial growth in seminal cultures. METHOD 450 patients with prostatitis syndromes were randomized either to PEM therapy (intervention group) or to no treatment group. All patients were followed at the end of a 2-month PEM continuous treatment period (T2) and further two months after withdrawal (T4). RESULTS After treatment, 15 out of 107 (14.1%) patients with Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis (CBP) showed negative seminal cultures, while in patients with cat NIH-IIIA prostatitis seminal cultures became positive in 33.3% cases with low bacteriospermia. After two months from withdrawal, although among CBP patients the total number of isolates and colony forming units (CFU) counts showed not significant changes compared to matched-values observed at T2, microbial parameters varied significantly among inflammatory prostatitis patients. CONCLUSION The results of the present study showed that 2 months of treatment with PEM, decreasing bacterial adherence and inflammatory prostatitis, reveals a subgroup of apparent inflammation associated with infection that microbial biofilms likely mask in inflammatory prostatitis patients.
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- Enzo Vicari
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Biological Tower, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Via Conte Ruggiero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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Cella E, Ciccozzi M, Fogolari M, Azarian T, Prosperi M, Dicuonzo G, Salemi M, Angeletti S. A66 Multi-drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains circulating in hospital setting: Whole-genome sequencing and Bayesian phylogenetic analysis for outbreak investigations. Virus Evol 2018. [PMCID: PMC5905358 DOI: 10.1093/ve/vey010.065] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- E Cella
- Unit of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy
- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy
- Department of Infectious Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Unit of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Unit of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy
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Salemi M, Giambirtone M, Barone C, Salluzzo MG, Russo R, Giudice ML, Cutuli S, Ridolfo F, Romano C. Mitochondrial mRNA expression in fibroblasts of Down syndrome subjects. Hum Cell 2018; 31:179-181. [DOI: 10.1007/s13577-018-0205-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Salemi M, Giuffrida D, Giuffrida MC, Soma PF, Rolfo A, Cimino L, Condorelli RA, Castiglione R, La Vignera S, Calogero AE. LDOC1 Gene Expression in Two Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas and Parkinson's Disease. Tumori 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/030089161209800326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Introduction Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is one of the most common cancers in the world. Risk factors for this cancer include tobacco and alcohol use, ultraviolet light exposure, and viral infection. Parkinson's disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders, with a prevalence of 3% in persons over the age of 65 years. Apoptosis is a programmed cell death machinery pivotal for normal development, the establishment of highly organized neuronal circuitry, and the elimination of cancer cells. It has been suggested that increased expression of proapoptotic genes is associated with head tumors. One of these genes is the leucine zipper, down-regulated in cancer 1 (LDOC1) gene. Case report We report two interesting cases of a 79-year-old man and a 98-year-old woman, both with Parkinson's disease and well-differentiated multiple HNSCC, in whom we evaluated the possible differential expression of LDOC1. Results We found that LDOC1 gene expression was increased in both patients compared with three male and three female controls. Conclusions These findings suggest that apoptosis may play a pathogenetic role in HNSCC.
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- Michele Salemi
- Laboratory of Cytogenetics, Oasi
Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Enna
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology
and Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Systemic Diseases, and
Master in Andrological and Human Reproduction Sciences, University of Catania,
Catania
- Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, University of Turin, Turin
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology
and Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Systemic Diseases, and
Master in Andrological and Human Reproduction Sciences, University of Catania,
Catania
- Fondazione Fulvio Frisone,
Catania
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- Plastic Surgery and Burns Center,
Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, University of Turin, Turin
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology
and Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Systemic Diseases, and
Master in Andrological and Human Reproduction Sciences, University of Catania,
Catania
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology
and Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Systemic Diseases, and
Master in Andrological and Human Reproduction Sciences, University of Catania,
Catania
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology
and Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Systemic Diseases, and
Master in Andrological and Human Reproduction Sciences, University of Catania,
Catania
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology
and Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Systemic Diseases, and
Master in Andrological and Human Reproduction Sciences, University of Catania,
Catania
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology
and Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Systemic Diseases, and
Master in Andrological and Human Reproduction Sciences, University of Catania,
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Salemi M, Cimino L, Marino M, Cannarella R, Condorelli RA, Romano C, La Vignera S, Calogero AE. Next Generation Sequencing expression profiling of mitochondrial subunits in men with Klinefelter syndrome. Int J Med Sci 2018; 15:31-35. [PMID: 29333085 PMCID: PMC5765737 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.21075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
Objectives: Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is one of the most common sex-chromosome disorders as it affects up to 1 in every 600-1000 newborn males. Men with KS carry one extra X chromosome and they usually present a 47,XXY karyotype, but less frequent variants have also been reported in literature. KS typical symptoms include tall stature, gynecomastia, broad hips, hypogonadism and absent spermatogenesis. The syndrome is also related to a wide range of cognitive deficits, among which language-based learning disabilities and verbal cognition impairment are frequently diagnosed. The present study was carried out to investigate the role of mitochondrial subunits in KS, since the molecular mechanisms underlying KS pathogenesis are not fully understood. Methods: The study was performed by the next generation sequencing analysis and qRT-PCR assay. Results: We were able to identify a significant down-expression of mitochondrial encoded NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase core subunit 6 (MT-ND6) in men with KS. Conclusion: It is known that defects of the mtDNA encoding mitochondrial subunits are responsible for the malfunction of Complex I, which will eventually lead to the Complex I deficiency, the most common respiratory chain defect in human disorders. Since it has been shown that decreased Complex I protein levels could induce apoptosis, wehypothesizethat the above-mentioned MT-ND6 down-expression contributes to the wide range of phenotypes observed in men with KS.
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- Michele Salemi
- Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Troina (EN), Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Troina (EN), Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Machado V, Alvarado T, Barrios L, Morales A, Sharkey M, Mavian C, Salemi M, Stevenson M. Identification of macrophage reservoirs through tropism of HIV-1 envelope. J Virus Erad 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30574-4] [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: 11/28/2022] Open
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Cimino L, Salemi M, Cannarella R, Condorelli RA, Giurato G, Marchese G, La Vignera S, Calogero AE. Decreased miRNA expression in Klinefelter syndrome. Sci Rep 2017; 7:16672. [PMID: 29192217 PMCID: PMC5709391 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16892-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
The widelyvariable phenotypic spectrum and the different severity of symptoms in men with Klinefelter syndrome (KS) suggest a role for epigenetic mediators. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the possible involvement of miRNAs in the clinical manifestations of KS. To accomplish this, we performed a transcriptome analysis in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of 10 non-mosaic KS patients, 10 aged-matched healthy men and 10 aged-matched healthy female controls with normal karyotype. After RNA extraction from PBMC and the preparation of RNA libraries, the samples were sequenced using next generation high-throughput sequencing technology. Expression profiling analysis revealed a significant differential expression of 2 miRNAs in KS compared to male controls. In particular, MIR3648 resulted significantly (q-value < 0.0001) down-regulated by −19.084- fold, while MIR3687was strongly down-regulated (q-value < 0.0001) considering KS patients. These results were confirmed by qRT-PCR. The functional analysis of the two transcripts showed that they seem to play a role in breast cancer, hemopoietic abnormalities, immune defects and adipocyte differentiation and fat cell maturation. Therefore, we speculate that both miRNAs may play a role in the immune and metabolic disorders and in the risk of breast cancer development in men with KS.
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- Laura Cimino
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy
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- Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Troina, 94018, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Schola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Baronissi, 84081, Italy.,Genomix4Life Srl, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Schola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Baronissi (SA), 84081, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Schola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Baronissi (SA), 84081, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy.
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Vicari E, Salemi M, Sidoti G, Malaguarnera M, Castiglione R. Symptom Severity Following Rifaximin and the Probiotic VSL#3 in Patients with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (Due to Inflammatory Prostatitis) Plus Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Nutrients 2017; 9:nu9111208. [PMID: 29099760 PMCID: PMC5707680 DOI: 10.3390/nu9111208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Revised: 10/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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This study investigated the effects of long-term treatment with rifaximin and the probiotic VSL#3 on uro-genital and gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) plus diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (D-IBS) compared with patients with D-IBS alone. Eighty-five patients with CP/CPPS (45 with subtype IIIa and 40 with IIIb) plus D-IBS according to the Rome III criteria and an aged-matched control-group of patients with D-IBS alone (n = 75) received rifaximin and VSL#3. The primary endpoints were the response rates of IBS and CP/CPPS symptoms, assessed respectively through Irritable Bowel Syndrome Severity Scoring System (IBS-SSS) and The National Institute of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI), and performed at the start of therapy (V0) and three months after (V3). In IIIa prostatitis patients, the total NIH-CPSI scores significantly (p < 0.05) decreased from a baseline mean value of 21.2 to 14.5 at V3 , as did all subscales, and in the IIIb the total NIH-CPSI score also significantly decreased (from 17.4 to 15.1). Patients with IBS alone showed no significant differences in NIH-CPSI score. At V3, significantly greater improvement in the IBS-SSS and responder rate were found in IIIa patients. Our results were explained through a better individual response at V3 in IIIa prostatitis of urinary and gastrointestinal symptoms, while mean leukocyte counts on expressed prostate secretion (EPS) after prostate massage significantly lowered only in IIIa cases.
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- Enzo Vicari
- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Via Conte Ruggiero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy.
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- UOSD Medicina Interna Ambulatorio Andrologia & Endocrinologia ARNAS-Garibaldi, 95123 Catania, Italy.
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- Research Center "The Great Senescence", University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy.
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
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Zhou S, Cella E, Zhou W, Kong WH, Liu MQ, Liu PL, Ciccozzi M, Salemi M, Chen X. Population dynamics of hepatitis C virus subtypes in injecting drug users on methadone maintenance treatment in China associated with economic and health reform. J Viral Hepat 2017; 24:551-560. [PMID: 28092412 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The extensive genetic heterogeneity of hepatitis C virus (HCV) requires in-depth understanding of the population dynamics of different viral subtypes for more effective control of epidemic outbreaks. We analysed HCV sequences data from 125 participants in Wuhan, China. These participants were newly infected by subtype 1b (n=13), 3a (n=15), 3b (n=50) and 6a (n=39) while on methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). Bayesian phylogenies and demographic histories were inferred for these subtypes. Participants infected with HCV-1b and 3a were clustered in well-supported monophyletic clades, indicating local subepidemics. Subtypes 3b and 6a strains were intermixed with other Chinese isolates, as well as isolates from other Asian countries, reflecting ongoing across geographic boundary transmissions. Subtypes 1b and 3a declined continuously during the past ten years, consistent with the health and economic reform in China, while subtype 3b showed ongoing exponential growth and 6a was characterized by several epidemic waves, possibly related to the recently growing number of travellers between China and other Asian countries. In conclusion, results of this study suggest that HCV subtype 3b and 6a subepidemics in China are currently not under control, and new epidemic waves may emerge given the rapid increase in international travelling following substantial economic growth.
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- S Zhou
- Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Infectious Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Reference Centre on Phylogeny, Molecular Epidemiology and Microbial Evolution (FEMEM)/Epidemiology Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.,Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.,Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Wuhan, China
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- Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Wuhan, China
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- Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Wuhan, China
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- Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Infectious Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Reference Centre on Phylogeny, Molecular Epidemiology and Microbial Evolution (FEMEM)/Epidemiology Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.,University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.,Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Wuhan, China.,Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Profession & College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Lamers SL, Fogel GB, Liu ES, Nolan DJ, Salemi M, Barbier AE, Rose R, Singer EJ, McGrath MS. Predicted coreceptor usage at end-stage HIV disease in tissues derived from subjects on antiretroviral therapy with an undetectable plasma viral load. Infect Genet Evol 2017; 51:194-197. [PMID: 28392467 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2017.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Revised: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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HIV cure research is increasingly focused on anatomical tissues as sites for residual HIV replication during combined antiretroviral therapy (cART). Tissue-based HIV could contribute to low-level immune activation and viral rebound over the course of infection and could also influence the development of diseases, such as atherosclerosis, neurological disorders and cancers. cART-treated subjects have a decreased and irregular presence of HIV among tissues, which has resulted in a paucity of actual evidence concerning how or if HIV persists, replicates and evolves in various anatomical sites during therapy. In this study, we pooled 1806 HIV envelope V3 loop sequences from twenty-six tissue types (seventy-one total tissues) of six pre-cART subjects, four subjects with an unknown cART history who died with profound AIDS, and five subjects who died while on cART with an undetectable plasma viral load. A computational approach was used to assess sequences for their ability to utilize specific cellular coreceptors (R5, R5 and X4, or X4). We found that autopsied tissues obtained from virally suppressed cART+ subjects harbored both integrated and expressed viruses with similar coreceptor usage profiles to subjects with no or ineffective cART therapy (i.e., significant plasma viral load at death). The study suggests that tissue microenvironments provide a sanctuary for the continued evolution of HIV despite cART.
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- S L Lamers
- Bioinfoexperts, LLC, Thibodaux, LA, USA.
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- Natural Selection, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
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- Natural Selection, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
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- Bioinfoexperts, LLC, Thibodaux, LA, USA; The University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- The University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Bioinfoexperts, LLC, Thibodaux, LA, USA
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- The National Neurological AIDS Bank, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; David Geffen School of Medicine and Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
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- The AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource, San Francisco, CA, USA; The University of California Department of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Salemi M, Barone C, Salluzzo MG, Giambirtone M, Scillato F, Galati Rando R, Romano C, Morale MC, Ridolfo F, Romano C. A polymorphism (rs1042522) in TP53 gene is a risk factor for Down Syndrome in Sicilian mothers. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2016; 30:2752-2754. [PMID: 27852141 DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2016.1262343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Trisomy 21 is the most frequent genetic cause of intellectual disability. Tumor Protein 53 (TP53) gene down-regulation triggers chromosomal instability. A TP53 gene polymorphism c.215G > C (rs1042522) is associated with accumulation of aneuploid cells. We analyzed the TP53 c.215G > C (rs1042522) polymorphism in Sicilian mothers of subjects with Down Syndrome (DS) within a case-control study. METHODS Nucleotide polymorphism was detected by pyrosequencing technology. RESULTS The distribution of TP53 c.215G > C polymorphism showed significant difference between mothers of subjects with DS and controls. CONCLUSIONS Our data show that TP53 c.215G > C polymorphism is a risk factor for DS in Sicilian mothers.
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- Michele Salemi
- a IRCCS Associazione Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging , Troina , Italy
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- a IRCCS Associazione Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging , Troina , Italy
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- a IRCCS Associazione Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging , Troina , Italy
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- a IRCCS Associazione Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging , Troina , Italy
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- a IRCCS Associazione Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging , Troina , Italy
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- a IRCCS Associazione Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging , Troina , Italy
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- a IRCCS Associazione Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging , Troina , Italy
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- a IRCCS Associazione Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging , Troina , Italy
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- b Post-Graduate School in Clinical Biochemistry , University of Milan , Milan , Italy
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- a IRCCS Associazione Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging , Troina , Italy
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Vinci M, Falco M, Castiglia L, Grillo L, Spalletta A, Sturnio M, Galesi O, Salemi M, Gloria A, Amata S, Piccione M, Antona V, Vitello GA, Fichera M. Identification of novel mutations in L1CAM gene by a DHPLC-based assay. Genes Genomics 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s13258-016-0460-0] [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: 10/21/2022]
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Salemi M, Barone N, La Vignera S, Condorelli RA, Recupero D, Galia A, Fraggetta F, Aiello AM, Pepe P, Castiglione R, Vicari E, Calogero AE. Leucine zipper, down regulated in cancer-1 gene expression in prostate cancer. Oncol Lett 2016; 12:2796-2800. [PMID: 27698860 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2016.4983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Numerous genetic alterations have been implicated in the development of prostate cancer (PCa). DNA and protein microarrays have enabled the identification of genes associated with apoptosis, which is important in PCa development. Despite the molecular mechanisms are not entirely understood, inhibition of apoptosis is a critical pathophysiological factor that contributes to the onset and progression of PCa. Leucine zipper, down-regulated in cancer 1 (LDOC-1) is a known regulator of the nuclear factor (NF)-mediated pathway of apoptosis through the inhibition of NF-κB. The present study investigated the expression of the LDOC-1 gene in LNCaP, PC-3, PNT1A and PNT2 prostate cell lines by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction. In addition LDOC-1 protein expression in normal prostate tissues and PCa was studied by immunohistochemistry. LDOC-1 messenger RNA resulted overexpressed in LNCaP and PC-3 PCa cell lines compared with the two normal prostate cell lines PNT1A and PNT2. The results of immunohistochemistry demonstrated a positive cytoplasmic LDOC-1 staining in all PCa and normal prostate samples, whereas no nuclear staining was observed in any sample. Furthermore, a more intense signal was evidenced in PCa samples. LDOC-1 gene overexpression in PCa suggests an activity of LDOC-1 in PCa cell lines.
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- Michele Salemi
- Laboratory of Cytogenetics, National Institute for Research and Treatment Oasi Maria SS, Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, I-94018 Troina, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, University of Catania, I-95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, University of Catania, I-95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, University of Catania, I-95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, University of Catania, I-95123 Catania, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Cannizzaro Hospital, I-95100 Catania, Italy
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- Urology Unit, Cannizzaro Hospital, I-95100 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, University of Catania, I-95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, University of Catania, I-95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, University of Catania, I-95123 Catania, Italy
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Salemi M, Condorelli RA, Longo G, Bullara V, Romano C, Campagna C, Bosco P, La Vignera S, Calogero AE. LDOC1 Gene Expression in Men With Klinefelter Syndrome. J Clin Lab Anal 2016; 30:408-10. [PMID: 27076087 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.21870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Revised: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Klinefelter syndrome (KS) results from an extra chromosome X, which is due to the failure of normal chromosomal segregation during meiosis. Patients with KS have gynecomastia, small testes, and azoospermia. Apoptosis is a mechanism responsible for the normal regulation of spermatogenesis. LDOC1 gene is a known regulator of nuclear factor mediated pathway to apoptosis through inhibition of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB). Furthermore, the transcription factor myeloid zinc finger gene 1 (MZF-1) has been shown to interact with LDOC1 and to enhance LDOC1 activity favoring apoptosis. We investigated the expression of LDOC1 gene mRNA, by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), in peripheral blood leukocytes of 13 patients with KS compared to 13 healthy men chosen as controls. LDOC1 expression was higher in 9 of the 13 KS patient compared to normal controls. These finding led us to hypothesize that LDOC1 gene upregulation may play a role in the spermatogenesis derangement observed in patients with KS.
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- Michele Salemi
- Oasi Institute (IRCCS) for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Italy. ,
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- Section of Endocrinology,Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Pediatric Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Laboratory Analysis, A.O.V. "Policlinico V. Emanuele", Presidio "Gaspare Rodolico" University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology,Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Pediatric Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Oasi Institute (IRCCS) for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology,Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Pediatric Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Oasi Institute (IRCCS) for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology,Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Pediatric Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology,Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Pediatric Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Salemi M, Barone C, Romano C, Salluzzo MG, Giambirtone M, Morale MC, Calogero AE, Grillo L, Bosco P, Romano C. A peculiar VNTR in the cystathionine β-synthase gene is a risk factor for Down Syndrome. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 2015; 61:49-51. [PMID: 26475388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 10/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In the present study, we analysed a 31bp variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) of the cystathionine ß-synthase (CBS) gene in 427 subjects: 127 patients with Down syndrome (DS) and in 60 of their mothers; 172 age-and sex-matched controls and in 68 of their mothers. A significant statistical difference in the distribution of the 21 repeat allele was found comparing mothers of subjects with DS versus mothers of children without DS (χ2= 4.166; P = 0.0413; Table 2). Since CBS 21 repeats allele carriers show a decrease of CBS enzyme activity possibly leading to lower intracellular glutathione concentration, these results could be explained by a higher not disjunction probability of chromosome 21 in oocytes, due to poor antioxidative protection against reactive oxygen species (ROS) toxic activity.
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- M Salemi
- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy micezia@tiscali.it
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- University of Catania Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Catania Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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Vicari LO, Castiglione R, Salemi M, Vicari BO, Mazzarino MC, Vicari E. Effect of levofloxacin treatment on semen hyperviscosity in chronic bacterial prostatitis patients. Andrologia 2015; 48:380-8. [DOI: 10.1111/and.12456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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- L. O. Vicari
- Section of Endocrinology and Andrology; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine; International Master in Experimental and Clinical Medicine and Cellular Physiopathology; University of Catania; Catania Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology and Andrology; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine; International Master in Experimental and Clinical Medicine and Cellular Physiopathology; University of Catania; Catania Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging; Troina (EN) Italy
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- Department of Bio-Medical Sciences; University of Catania; Catania Italy
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- Department of Bio-Medical Sciences; University of Catania; Catania Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology and Andrology; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine; International Master in Experimental and Clinical Medicine and Cellular Physiopathology; University of Catania; Catania Italy
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Salemi M, Barone C, Romano C, Grazia Salluzzo M, Galati Rando RG, Scavuzzo C, Salluzzo R, Russo R, Giambirtone M, Scillato F, Romano C. Letter to Editor: Cytochrome b gene expression in down syndrome subjects. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 2015; 61:6-7. [PMID: 26068911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/23/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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- M Salemi
- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy micezia@tiscali.it
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Troina Italy
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Salemi M, Mandalà V, Muggeo V, Misiano G, Milano S, Colonna-Romano G, Arcoleo F, Cillari E. Growth factors and IL-17 in hereditary angioedema. Clin Exp Med 2015; 16:213-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s10238-015-0340-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Salemi M, Barone C, Romano C, Caniglia S, Ragalmuto A, Scillato F, Salluzzo MG, Scavuzzo C, Vinci M, Salluzzo R, Romano C, Bosco P. LDOC1 expression in fibroblasts of patients with Down syndrome. Open Life Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1515/biol-2015-0015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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AbstractDown syndrome (DS) is characterised by intellectual disability and is caused by trisomy 21. Apoptosis is a programmed cell death process and is involved in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer. People with DS can develop some traits of Alzheimer disease at an earlier age than subjects without trisomy 21. The leucine zipper, down regulated in cancer 1 (LDOC1) appears to be involved in the apoptotic pathways. The aim of the present work was to detect the presence of intracellular synthesis of LDOC1 protein and LDOC1 mRNA in fibroblast cultures from DS subjects. The western blot shows the presence of LDOC1 protein in fibroblasts of DS subjects but no evidence of LDOC1 protein in fibroblasts of normal subjects. LDOC1 gene mRNA expression is increased in fibroblasts from DS subjects compared to fibroblasts from normal subjects. The data obtained from this study strengthen the hypothesis that the over-expression of LDOC1 gene could play a role in determining the phenotype of individuals with DS but does not exclude that this results from apoptotic mechanisms.
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Pepe P, Garufi A, Priolo G, Dibenedetto G, Salemi M, Pennisi M, Fraggetta F, Aragona F, Barbera M. Accuracy of 3 Tesla pelvic phased-array multiparametric MRI in diagnosing prostate cancer at repeat biopsy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 86:336-9. [PMID: 25641466 DOI: 10.4081/aiua.2014.4.336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 01/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Multiparametric pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) accuracy in prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis was evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS From June 2011 to December 2013, 168 patients (median 65 years) with negative digital rectal examination underwent repeat transperineal saturation biopsy (SPBx; median 28 cores) for persistently high or increasing PSA values, PSA >10 ng/ml or PSA values between 4.1-10 o r 2.6-4 ng/ml with free/total PSA < 25% and < 20%, respectively. All patients underwent mpMRI using a 3.0 Tesla scanner equipped with surface 16 channels phased-array coil and lesions suspicious for PCa were submitted to additional targeted biopsies. RESULTS A T1c PCa was found in 66 (39%) cases; SPBx and mpMRI-suspicious targeted biopsy diagnosed 60 (91%) and 52 (78.8%) cancers missing 6 (all of the anterior zone) and 14 cancers (12 and 2 of the lateral margins and anterior zone), respectively; in detail, mpMRI missed 12 (18.1%) PCa charaterized by microfocal (1 positive core with greatest percentage of cancer and Gleason score equal to 5% and 6, respectively) disease at risk for insignificant cancer. The diameter of the suspicious mpMRI lesion was directly correlated to the diagnosis of PCa with poor Gleason score (p < 0.05); detection rate of cancer for each suspicious mpMRI core was 35.3%. Diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of mpMRI in diagnosing PCa was 75.7%, 82.5%, 71.8%, 78.9%, 87.9%, respectively. CONCLUSION Multiparametric pMRI improved SPBx accuracy in diagnosing significant anterior PCa; the diameter of mpMRI suspicious lesion resulted significantly predictive of aggressive cancers.
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Salemi M, Condorelli RA, La Vignera S, Castiglione R, Salluzzo MG, Bonaccorso CM, Vinci M, Bosco P, Romano C, Campagna C, Romano C, Calogero AE. Expression of Phosphodiesterase 4B cAMP-Specific Gene in Subjects With Cryptorchidism and Down's Syndrome. J Clin Lab Anal 2014; 30:196-9. [PMID: 25546171 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.21835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cryptorchidism represents a risk factor for infertility and germ cell testicular neoplasia. An increased rate of cryptorchidism has been reported in subjects with Down's syndrome. Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) are important messengers that regulate and mediate a number of cellular responses to extracellular signals, such as neurotransmitters and hormones. PDE4B, cAMP-specific (PDE4B) gene which maps to chromosome 1p31.3 appears to be involved in schizophrenia, chronic psychiatric illness, learning, memory, and mood disturbances. Expression of PDE4 enzymes have been studied in testes of cryptorchid rats. Expression of PDE4B protein examination showed marked degenerative changes in the epithelial lining of the seminiferous tubules. These findings led us to evaluate PDE4 mRNA expression in leukocytes of peripheral blood of five men with DS and cryptorchidism and eleven subjects with DS without cryptorchidism compared with healthy men (controls) by quantitative Real Time PCR (qRT-PCR). This study showed that the PDE4B gene was downexpressed in men with DS and cryptorchidism compared to normal controls and DS without cryptorchidism. A lower expression of the PDE4B gene may be involved in the neurological abnormalities in subjects with Down's syndrome. Moreover, PDE4B gene may be involved in the testicular abnormalities of men with DS and cryptorchidism.
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- Michele Salemi
- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, EN, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Pediatric Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Pediatric Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Pediatric Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, EN, Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, EN, Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, EN, Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, EN, Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, EN, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Pediatric Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, EN, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Pediatric Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Salemi M, Barone C, Romano C, Scillato F, Ragalmuto A, Caniglia S, Salluzzo MG, Sciuto G, Ridolfo F, Romano C, Bosco P. NF-kB1 gene expression in Down syndrome patients. Neurol Sci 2014; 36:1065-6. [PMID: 25318693 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-014-1981-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Michele Salemi
- Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Troina, Italy,
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Salemi M, Condorelli RA, La Vignera S, Barone N, Ridolfo F, Giuffrida MC, Vicari E, Calogero AE. PARP-1 and CASP3 genes are up-regulated in LNCaP and PC-3 prostate cancer cell lines. Hum Cell 2014; 27:172-5. [PMID: 25037599 DOI: 10.1007/s13577-013-0076-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 08/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Michele Salemi
- IRCCS Associazione Oasi Maria SS Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Italy,
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