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Boundy-Mills K, McCluskey K, Elia P, Glaeser JA, Lindner DL, Nobles DR, Normanly J, Ochoa-Corona FM, Scott JA, Ward TJ, Webb KM, Webster K, Wertz JE. Preserving US microbe collections sparks future discoveries. J Appl Microbiol 2019; 129:162-174. [PMID: 31758754 PMCID: PMC7383923 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 06/27/2019] [Revised: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Collections of micro‐organisms are a crucial element of life science research infrastructure but are vulnerable to loss and damage caused by natural or man‐made disasters, the untimely death or retirement of personnel, or the loss of research funding. Preservation of biological collections has risen in priority due to a new appreciation for discoveries linked to preserved specimens, emerging hurdles to international collecting and decreased funding for new collecting. While many historic collections have been lost, several have been preserved, some with dramatic rescue stories. Rescued microbes have been used for discoveries in areas of health, biotechnology and basic life science. Suggestions for long‐term planning for microbial stocks are listed, as well as inducements for long‐term preservation.
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- K Boundy-Mills
- Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Fungal Genetics Stock Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS Rhizobium Germplasm Resource Collection, Beltsville, MD, USA
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- Center for Forest Mycology Research, USDA-Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Madison, WI, USA
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- Center for Forest Mycology Research, USDA-Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Madison, WI, USA
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- UTEX Culture Collection of Algae, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- National Institute for Microbial Forensics & Food and Agricultural Biosecurity, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Soil Management and Sugar Beet Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.,Institute of Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- E. coli Genetic Stock Center, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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Bianchi F, Colombo B, Amadio S, Guerriero R, Butera C, Cursi M, Elia P, Comi G, Del Carro U. 88. Onabotulinumtoxin-A improves chronic migraine: An open label, single-center, post-marketing prospective study. Clin Neurophysiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.10.107] [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: 10/24/2022]
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Orchi N, Balzano R, Scognamiglio P, Navarra A, De Carli G, Elia P, Grisetti S, Sampaolesi A, Giuliani M, De Filippis A, Puro V, Ippolito G, Girardi E. Ageing with HIV: newly diagnosed older adults in Italy. AIDS Care 2008; 20:419-25. [PMID: 18449818 DOI: 10.1080/09540120701867073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The prevalence of HIV/AIDS among people in midlife and late adulthood has been increasing in Western countries over the last decade. We analyzed data from a prospective, observational multi-centre study on individuals newly diagnosed with HIV between January 2004 and March 2007 in 10 public counselling and testing sites in Latium, Italy. At diagnosis, routine demographic, epidemiological, clinical and laboratory data are recorded, and patients are asked to complete a questionnaire investigating socio-demographic and psycho-behavioural aspects. To analyze the association of individual characteristics with age, we compared older adults (> or = 50 years) with their younger counterpart (18-49 years). To adjust for potential confounding effect of the epidemiological, clinical and behavioural characteristics, to identify factors associated with older age at HIV diagnosis, multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed. Overall, 1073 individuals were identified, 125 of whom (11.6%) were aged 50 years or above. The questionnaire was completed by 41% (440/1073). Compared with their younger counterparts, a higher proportion of older patients were males, born in Italy, reported heterosexual or unknown HIV risk exposure, were never tested for HIV before and were in a more advanced stage of HIV infection at diagnosis. In addition, older adults had a lower educational level and were more frequently living with their partners or children. With respect to psycho-behavioural characteristics, older patients were more likely to have paid money for sex and have never used recreational drugs. Interestingly, no differences were found regarding condom use, which was poor in both age groups. These findings may have important implications for the management of older adults with HIV, who should be targeted by appropriate public health actions, such as opportunistic screening and easier access to healthcare. Moreover, strategies including information on HIV and prevention of risk behaviours are needed.
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- N Orchi
- Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive, L. Spallanzani IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Fogaça H, Souza H, Carneiro AJ, Carvalho AT, Pimentel ML, Papelbaum M, Elia P, Elia C. Effects of oral nutritional supplementation on the intestinal mucosa of patients with AIDS. J Clin Gastroenterol 2000; 30:77-80. [PMID: 10636216 DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200001000-00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Weight loss is a major component of the clinical syndrome in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The impact of malnutrition on the outcome of the disease has been unappreciated in many investigations. The authors evaluated the effects of oral nutritional supplementation on the morphology and immunology of the intestinal mucosa of patients with AIDS. Twelve patients with AIDS without diarrhea or opportunistic infections, with at least 10% of body weight loss over 1 year, were submitted to anthropometric measures, peripheral blood T-lymphocyte counts, and peroral jejunal biopsy before and after oral nutritional supplementation. An industrialized peptide-based formula containing omega-3 fatty acids was given for 6 weeks. Jejunal samples were analyzed by histomorphometry, including villous-to-crypt ratio, lamina propria, and intraepithelial lymphocyte count. Immunologic assessment of the intestinal mucosa was made by indirect immunoperoxidase using monoclonal antibodies against CD3, CD4, and CD8. Seven patients with irritable bowel syndrome and two healthy volunteers were selected as a control group for histologic and immunohistochemical comparisons. After 6 weeks the patient group maintained their body weight and increased their tricipital fold. The number of peripheral blood T cells, albumin, transferrin, and the number of CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ cells in jejunal mucosa as well as the intestinal morphometry remained stable. Oral supplementation contributed to maintaining body weight and may constitute a reasonable adjuvant therapeutic tool against AIDS progression.
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- H Fogaça
- Multidisciplinary Laboratory, University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Elia P, Lombardo G, Delpiano C, Granello M. [Prevention of immunodeficiency and postoperative infective complications in patients undergoing surgical resection for carcinoma of the colon-rectum. Clinical study on 50 cases, using thymus hormones and thymopentin in particular]. MINERVA CHIR 1994; 49:575-80. [PMID: 7970063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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As well as being related to the spread of the tumour, cancer patients present a state of immunodeficiency which is linked to age, malnutrition which is often present, particular in cases of cancer of the gastroenteric tract, surgery and the possibility of associated chemo- or radiotherapy. The authors studied two groups of 25 patients with colorectal cancer. In addition to antibiotic prophylaxis, group A received immunostimulating therapy with thymopentin-TP5. Group B was treated with antibiotic therapy alone. Cell-mediated immunity was checked preoperatively and after 15 days on the basis of skin reaction to 7 booster antigens (Multitest-IMC). Strictly surgical infective complications were more frequent in group B patients (28.1%) receiving antibiotic treatment alone compared to subjects in group A (21.6%). Infections in a non-surgical site were more than double in the absence of perioperative immune therapy. Of the 25 patients examined in group A, 3-4 postoperative infections and as many long-distance infections were reported, all of which resolved without sequelae within a few days. There was a greater and faster recovery of body weight in those subjects receiving thymopentin treatment in addition to antibiotic therapy. In colorectal cancer surgery antibiotic prophylaxis alone is without doubt a valid surgical antisepsis but, above all in hypoergic patients, it is significantly enhanced by perioperative treatment with thymopentin. This association reduces both postoperative infectious complications, in particular postoperative abdominal abscess, and infections in other areas, such as respiratory complications.
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- P Elia
- I Divisione Chirurgica, Ospedale Martini, Torino
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