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Giofrè C, Fabbrocini G, Potenza C, Tiberio R, Gisondi P, Marasca C, Nuzzo CMA, Benincasa E, Bianchi L. Real-World Apremilast Use for Treatment of Plaque Psoriasis in Italy: Patient Perspective, Characteristics, and Clinical Outcomes from the DARWIN Study. Adv Ther 2023; 40:3021-3037. [PMID: 37171752 PMCID: PMC10175925 DOI: 10.1007/s12325-023-02516-y] [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: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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INTRODUCTION While several European studies have reported real-world apremilast use, patient-perceived benefits, and treatment satisfaction, local reimbursement criteria for apremilast vary and data from Italy are limited. METHODS The cross-sectional DARWIN study enrolled consecutive patients who had initiated apremilast for plaque psoriasis 6 (± 1) months prior to enrolment at a single visit across 24 Italian dermatological sites. Disease severity was assessed using body surface area (BSA) and Physician Global Assessment (PGA). Patient-reported outcomes assessed 6 (± 1) months after apremilast initiation were Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), Patient Benefit Index (PBI), and 9-item Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM-9). RESULTS Of 184 patients enrolled between July 2019 and January 2021, 180 were included in the analysis. At apremilast initiation, median (25th-75th percentile) time since psoriasis diagnosis was 8.6 (3.2-22.2) years; median BSA, 10.0% (5.0-16.0); mean (standard seviation, SD) DLQI total score, 13.5 (8.0). Over half (54.9%) of patients with available data reported psoriasis had a very or extremely large effect on their quality of life (QoL); half reported itching (50.6%) and/or special areas involvement (50.0%). Most (73.9%) had comorbidities and were biologic-naïve (81.5%). The most common reasons for initiating apremilast were lack of efficacy of previous treatment (56.7%) and contraindications to other treatments (44.4%). At 6 (± 1) months, most patients were continuing apremilast and/or reported a Global PBI score ≥ 1 (minimum clinical benefit) (86.1% and 90.0%, respectively); approximately half achieved BSA ≤ 3% and/or DLQI total score ≤ 5 (47.1% and 48.5%); 18.8% achieved PGA = 0; mean (SD) TSQM-9 global treatment satisfaction score was 59.0 (24.8). Apremilast was well tolerated; no new safety signals were identified. CONCLUSIONS Patients treated with apremilast for 6 months in Italian clinical practice reported improved QoL, clinically relevant improvements in symptoms, high treatment satisfaction, and high treatment persistence. Our data indicate apremilast is a valuable treatment option for moderate plaque psoriasis. STUDY REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT04031027.
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- Claudia Giofrè
- UOC Dermatologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Papardo, Messina, Italy.
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- Dermatologia Polo Pontina, Ospedale A. Fiorini, Terracina, Italy
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- Dermatologia, AOU Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy
- AUSL della Romagna, Rimini, Italy
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- UO Dermatologica, AOU Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy
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- UOC Dermatologia Clinica, AOU Federico II, Naples, Italy
- Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione "G. Pascale", Naples, Italy
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- UOSD Dermatologia, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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De Simone C, Dapavo P, Malagoli P, Martella A, Campanati A, Campione E, Errichetti E, Franchi C, Gambardella A, Megna M, Osti F, Ribero S, Zagni G, Calzavara‐Pinton P, Fabbrocini G, Amoruso GF, Baglieri F, Biamonte AS, Bianchelli T, Bigi L, Bortoli J, Brunetti B, Buligan C, Cagni E, Calderoni O, Calzavara‐Pinton P, Campanati A, Caputo A, Carrera CG, Carugno A, Chersi K, Cicchelli S, De Natale F, De Simone C, Dapavo P, Di Maria D, Errichetti E, Fabbrocini G, Ferrari AS, Fogli E, Forconi R, Franchi C, Galeazzi A, Gambardella A, Giovannini A, Giura MT, Iuculano M, Lazzaretti G, Leporati C, Magnanini M, Malagoli P, Marconi B, Martella A, Maruccia A, Megna M, Miglietta R, Minuti A, Mocci L, Modica S, Narcisi A, Odorici G, Osti F, Pazzaglia M, Peila R, Pertusi G, Pezza M, Pezzullo E, Puccia N, Raulo U, Ribero S, Rossi M, Rusignuolo S, Sapienza G, Savarese C, Scalisi M, Strippoli D, Stroppiana E, Tiberio R, Trischitta A, Tucci MG, Vaira F, Verrone A, Villa L, Zagni F, Zoccali A. Long-term proactive management of psoriasis with calcipotriol and betamethasone dipropionate foam: an Italian consensus through a combined nominal group technique and Delphi approach. Int J Dermatol 2022; 61:1543-1551. [PMID: 35609147 PMCID: PMC9790732 DOI: 10.1111/ijd.16192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although long-term management of psoriasis is paramount, this approach is challenging in clinical practice. In the recent PSO-LONG trial, a fixed-dose combination of betamethasone dipropionate (BD) and calcipotriol (Cal) foam applied twice a week on non-consecutive days for 52 weeks (proactive treatment) reduced the risk of relapse. However, the role of Cal/BD foam in the long-term management of psoriasis needs further clarifications. The ProActive Management (PAM) program, a nationwide Italian project, aims at reaching a consensus on the role of proactive management of psoriasis. METHODS A steering committee generated some statements through the nominal group technique (NGT). The statements were voted by an expert panel in an adapted Delphi voting process. RESULTS Eighteen statements were proposed, and the majority of them (14/18) reached a consensus during the Delphi voting. The need to provide long-term proactive topical treatment to reduce the risk of relapse for the treatment of challenging diseases sites or in patients where phototherapy or systemic therapies are contraindicated/ineffective was widely recognized. A consensus was reached about the possibility to associate the proactive treatment with systemic and biological therapies, without the need for dose intensification, thus favoring a prolonged remission. Moreover, the proactive treatment was recognized as more effective than weekend therapy in increasing time free from relapses. Approaches to improve adherence, on the other hand, need further investigation. CONCLUSIONS The inclusion in guidelines of a proactive strategy among the effective treatment options will be a fundamental step in the evolution of a mild-moderate psoriasis therapeutic approach.
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- Clara De Simone
- Department of DermatologyCatholic University of the Sacred Heart, Policlinico ‘A. Gemelli’, IRCCSRomeItaly
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- ASO City of Health and ScienceUniversity Dermatological ClinicTorinoItaly
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular SciencesPolytechnic Marche UniversityAnconaItaly
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- Dermatologic Unit, Department of Systems MedicineUniversity of Rome Tor VergataRomeItaly
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- Institute of DermatologyS.Maria della Misericordia University HospitalUdineItaly
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- Department of Precision Medicine, Dermatology UnitUniversità degli Studi della Campania L. VanvitelliNaplesItaly
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- Section of Dermatology, Department of Clinical Medicine and SurgeryUniversity of Naples Federico IINaplesItaly
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- Medical Sciences Department, Section of DermatologyUniversity of TurinTurinItaly
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- Institute of DermatologyS.Maria della Misericordia University HospitalUdineItaly
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Conti A, Tiberio R. Real-world experience on the efficacy and safety of apremilast in bio-naïve patients with moderate plaque psoriasis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2022; 36:1900. [PMID: 36222660 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.18509] [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] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Andrea Conti
- Dermatologic Unit, Infermi Hospital of Rimini, AUSL Romagna, Rimini, Italy
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- Dermatologic Unit, Infermi Hospital of Rimini, AUSL Romagna, Rimini, Italy
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Mastorino L, Castelli F, Stroppiana E, Verrone A, Ortoncelli M, Susca S, Boskovic S, Passerini SG, Macagno N, Cariti C, Licciardello M, Solaroli C, Pertusi G, Aragone MG, Baggini G, Addese C, Leporati C, Peila R, Giura MT, Rossotto G, Pella P, Mocci L, Merlo G, Tiberio R, Graziola F, Quaglino P, Dapavo P, Ribero S. Risankizumab shows faster response in bio naïve than in bio-experienced psoriatic patients. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2022; 36:e838-e841. [PMID: 35686942 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.18314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- L Mastorino
- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Section of Dermatology, Koelliker Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Section of Dermatology, Koelliker Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Section of Dermatology, Koelliker Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Outpatient Clinic, Section of Dermatology, ASL VC, Vercelli, Italy
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- Outpatient Clinic, Section of Dermatology, ASL AL, Alessandria, Italy
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- Outpatient Clinic, Section of Dermatology, ASL AL, Alessandria, Italy
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- Outpatient Clinic, Section of Dermatology, ASLTO4, Ivrea, Italy
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- Outpatient Clinic, Section of Dermatology, ASLTO4, Ivrea, Italy
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- Outpatient Clinic, Section of Dermatology, ASLTO4, Ivrea, Italy
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- Surgery Department, Section of Dermatology, Cardinal Massaia Hospital, ASL AT, Asti, Italy
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- Surgery Department, Section of Dermatology, Cardinal Massaia Hospital, ASL AT, Asti, Italy
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- Oncology Department, Section of Dermatology, Degli Infermi Hospital, ASL BI, Biella, Italy
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- Section of Dermatology, AO AL Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Section of Dermatology, AO AL Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Dermatologic Clinic, AOU Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Dermatologic Clinic, AOU Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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Galluzzo M, Chiricozzi A, Cinotti E, Brunasso G, Congedo M, Esposito M, Franchi C, Malara G, Narcisi A, Piaserico S, Tiberio R, Argenziano G, Fabbrocini G, Parodi A. Tildrakizumab for treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis: an expert opinion of efficacy, safety, and use in special populations. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2021; 22:367-376. [PMID: 34607513 DOI: 10.1080/14712598.2022.1988566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Tildrakizumab is a monoclonal antibody that targets the p19 subunit of IL-23, a crucial cytokine for Th17 cells. Tildrakizumab has been assessed in several Phase I, II, and III clinical trials and is approved for treatment of adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who are indicated for systemic therapy. AREAS COVERED The available evidence on the efficacy, safety, and use of tildrakizumab in special populations was evaluated by 14 experts who critically reviewed the current literature. EXPERT OPINION Tildrakizumab has good efficacy that lasts for at least 5 years in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis, and appears to be safe and well tolerated in the long-term with no apparent dose-related differences in adverse events, a low incidence of discontinuation due to adverse events, and no evidence of increased risk of malignancies. The safety and the efficacy of tildrakizumab has also been confirmed in special populations such as those with inflammatory bowel disease, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and advanced age. Early intervention with IL-23-inhibitors, such as tildrakizumab, may help to control symptoms and change the long-term course of the disease in patients affected by plaque psoriasis, while improving the quality of life and potentially minimizing the risk of developing comorbidities.
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- Marco Galluzzo
- Dermatology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.,Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Dermatologia, Dipartimento Scienze Mediche E Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli Irccs, Rome, Italy.,Dermatologia, Dipartimento Universitario Di Medicina E Chirurgia Traslazionale, Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Uosd Dermatologia E Allergologia, Ospedale Vito Fazzi, Lecce, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological Ad Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Dermatology Department, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bmm", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Section of Dermatology, Department of Clinical, Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico Ii, Naples, Italy
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- Dissal Dermatology Unit, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.,Dermatology Unit, San Martino Polyclinic Hospital IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
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Campanati A, Atzori L, Potenza C, Damiani G, Bianchi L, Corazza M, Tiberio R, Prignano F, Argenziano G, Fargnoli MC, Stingeni L, Mazzotta A, De Pità O, Mazzatenta C, Feliciani C, Donini M, Offidani A, Peris K. Patient satisfaction with calcipotriol/betamethasone dipropionate cutaneous foam for the treatment of plaque psoriasis: The LION real-life multicenter prospective observational cohort study. Dermatol Ther 2021; 34:e15077. [PMID: 34333823 PMCID: PMC9285427 DOI: 10.1111/dth.15077] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Topical treatment is the mainstay for mild or moderate psoriasis, but patients are generally little satisfied. Calcipotriol/betamethasone dipropionate (Cal/BD) cutaneous foam has shown to improve signs and symptoms in plaque psoriasis patients. This study assessed patient's satisfaction with Cal/BD foam in a real‐life Italian dermatological clinical practice. A multicenter, 4‐week observational prospective cohort study enrolled, in 17 Italian dermatology clinics, adult patients with plaque psoriasis on the body and/or scalp. Treatment satisfaction was assessed by 9‐item Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM‐9), preference over previous treatments by Patient Preference Questionnaire (PPQ), and change in disease state by Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI). Overall 256 patients were eligible, with a mean (SD) age of 55.6 (15.4) years, 59.4% were males. Psoriasis severity was mild in 52.0% of patients, moderate in 43.3%, and severe in 4.7%. Scalp involvement was present in 36.7% of patients. Previous antipsoriatic treatments had been received by 80.5% of patients. TSQM‐9 median (25th–75th percentile) scores were 83.3 (66.7–88.9) for effectiveness, 77.8 (66.7–88.9) for convenience, and 78.6 (64.3–92.9) for global satisfaction. Mean (SD) PASI value decreased from 7.3 (4.8) to 2.1 (2.7) after 4 weeks. More than 90% of patients previously treated for psoriasis evaluated the Cal/BD foam more effective, easier to use and better tolerated compared to previous topical treatments at PPQ. This observational study provides real‐life evidence of a high level of satisfaction with effectiveness and convenience of the Cal/BD foam in a cohort of plaque psoriasis patients, with an objective improvement in PASI.
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- Anna Campanati
- Dermatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic Marche University, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, Dermatology Clinic, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit Daniele Innocenzi, Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Fiorini Hospital, Polo Pontino, Terracina, Italy
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- Clinical Dermatology, Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Section of Dermatology, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Dermatologic Clinic, Department of Health Science, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Department of Health Science, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Dermatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Dermatology Section, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Clinical Pathology and Immune Inflammatory Disease of the Skin, Cristo Re Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Lucca Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy
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- Section of Dermatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, SS Giovanni E Paolo Civil Hospital, Venice, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic Marche University, Ancona, Italy
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- UOC di Dermatologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Fargnoli MC, Esposito M, Dapavo P, Parodi A, Rossi M, Tiberio R, Dastoli S, Offidani AM, Argenziano G, Gisondi P, Lo Schiavo A, Loconsole F, Pella P, Bardazzi F, Cusano F, Gattoni M, Nacca M, Cannavò SP, Pellegrini C, Costanzo A. Brodalumab for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque-type psoriasis: a real-life, retrospective 24-week experience. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021; 35:693-700. [PMID: 32916767 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.16931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Brodalumab was efficacious and safe in moderate-to-severe plaque-type psoriasis in the AMAGINE trials; published reports under real-life conditions are limited. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of brodalumab in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque-type psoriasis in a real-world setting. METHODS This observational, retrospective study enrolled adult patients (≥18 years) with moderate-to-severe plaque-type psoriasis who underwent 24 weeks of treatment with brodalumab at 17 Italian dermatological centres. Baseline data included demographics, comorbidities, age of onset and duration of psoriasis and previous treatments. Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI), Physician Global Assessment (PGA), static PGA of Genitalia, Dermatology Life Quality Index and patient satisfaction were assessed at weeks 0, 4, 12 and 24; adverse events were recorded. RESULTS Seventy-eight patients (mean age 47.9 years, 71.8% male, average disease duration 16.8 years) were enrolled. A rapid and significant reduction in mean PASI score was observed after 4 weeks of treatment, decreasing further at weeks 12 and 24 (all P < 0.0001 vs. baseline). A higher number of cardiometabolic comorbidities and previous therapies were negatively associated with the achievement of PASI 90 at all assessments. Brodalumab was effective in bio-experienced patients, including those who had failed on anti-interleukin (IL)-17 therapies. Quality of life and patient satisfaction increased significantly during treatment (P < 0.0001 and P < 0.01 vs. baseline, respectively). Treatment was interrupted in 9 (11.5%) patients due to adverse events (n = 4), lack of efficacy (n = 3), lost to follow-up (n = 1) and surgical procedure (n = 1). CONCLUSIONS Brodalumab is effective and safe in the treatment of moderate-to-severe psoriasis in a real-world setting, including in patients with failure to anti-IL17 therapies.
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- M C Fargnoli
- Dermatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Dermatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- ASO City of Health and Science, University Dermatological Clinic, Torino, Italy.,Dermatologia, Ospedale S.G. Battista Molinette, Torino, Italy
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- Clinica Dermatologica, DiSSal University of Genoa, Ospedale-Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
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- Dermatologia, ASST Spedali Civili Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Clinica Dermatologica, AOU Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy
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- Dermatologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria 'Mater Domini', Catanzaro, Italy
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- Clinica Dermatologica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria 'Ospedali Riuniti Ancona', Ancona, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania, Naples, Italy
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- Clinica Dermatologica, Ospedale Civile Maggiore Borgo Trento, Verona, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania, Naples, Italy
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- Clinica Dermatologica, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Dermatologia, Ospedale degli Infermi, Biella, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Unità Operativa Complessa di Dermatologia, Azienda Ospedaliera San Pio, Benevento, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, S. Andrea Hospital, Vercelli, Italy
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- Dermatologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy
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- Dermatology, University Hospital 'G. Martino', Messina, Italy
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- Dermatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Unità di Dermatologia, Università Humanitas Pieve Emanuele, Milano, Italy.,Skin Pathology Laboratory, IRCCS Humanitas, Rozzano, Milano, Italy
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Gironi LC, Cammarata E, Camaggi A, Brustia D, Giacalone A, Andreoni S, Giorgione R, Boggio P, Astolfi S, Tiberio R, Savoia P. In Island erworbene Hautinfektion. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2021; 19:133-139. [PMID: 33491900 DOI: 10.1111/ddg.14178_g] [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: 11/30/2022]
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- Laura Cristina Gironi
- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", Novara, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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Argenziano G, Amerio P, Aragone MG, Baggini G, Baldari M, Castelli G, Coppola S, Costanzo A, De Pasquale R, Fargnoli MC, Foti C, Giofrè C, Lembo S, Leporati C, Loconsole F, Malara G, Peris K, Richetta AG, Savoia P, Tiberio R, Travaglini M, Uzzauto MT, Bianchi L. Assessing the Beneficial Impact of a Patient Support Program in Secukinumab-Treated Patients with Psoriasis in Italy. Patient Prefer Adherence 2021; 15:2551-2562. [PMID: 34824526 PMCID: PMC8610754 DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s326498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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PURPOSE For patients with psoriasis, treatment adherence and persistence are fundamental if therapeutic goals are to be met. Patient Support Programs (PSPs) may be used as a support tool to assist patients and health care professionals optimize treatment and improve disease management. PATIENTS AND METHODS In Italy, the PSP PSOLife CARE, which began on the 9th of February 2017 and is ongoing, aimed to support patients with psoriasis under therapy with secukinumab (Cosentyx®). A team of medical professionals including Dermatologists, Psychologists, Nutritionists, and field Nurses provided outpatient treatment as well as remote support via phone calls. Patients had a standard duration in the Program of 6 months. This report analyzes the data of patients who benefited from the Program from February 2017 to August 2020, for a total observation of 42 months. RESULTS We provide here a descriptive report on the benefits of participation in the PSOLife CARE Program for patients with psoriasis and medical professionals involved in their care. Throughout their time in the PSOLife CARE Program, patient satisfaction remained consistently high with sustained improvements observed in all aspects of quality of life (ie emotional, social, physical, and economic). Despite exiting from the Program, most patients continued to adhere to secukinumab. Medical professionals also reported positive outcomes on their interactions with patients, with more than half of those surveyed rating the overall quality of the Program as "Outstanding". CONCLUSION By supporting treatment adherence, the PSOLife CARE Program may have empowered patients to better manage their psoriasis, increasing their satisfaction with treatment and quality of life.
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- Giuseppe Argenziano
- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania, Naples, Italy
- Correspondence: Giuseppe Argenziano Dermatology Unit, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Pansini, 5, Naples, 80131, ItalyTel +39335415093Fax +39 069 762 5822 Email
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- Department of Medicine and Aging Science and Dermatologic Clinic, University “G. d’Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milano, Italy
- Skin Pathology Laboratory, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milano, Italy
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- UOC Dermatologia, AOU Policlinico “G. Rodolico – San Marco”, Catania, Italy
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- Dermatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Dermatological Clinic, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina, Chirurgia e Odontoiatria Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, ASL AL Casale Monferrato, Alessandria, Italy
- Dermatology Unit, ASL TO4 Ivrea, Torino, Italy
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- UOC of Dermatology, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano “BMM”, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Institute of Dermatology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
- Dermatology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche Internistiche e Cardiovascolari Policlinico Umberto I University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Health Science, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- U.O.S.D. dermatologica - centro per la cura della psoriasi, Ospedale Perrino, Brindisi, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy
- Luca Bianchi University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, Rome, 00133, ItalyTel +39 0620902739Fax +39 0620902742 Email
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Gironi LC, Cammarata E, Camaggi A, Brustia D, Giacalone A, Andreoni S, Giorgione R, Boggio P, Astolfi S, Tiberio R, Savoia P. Granulomatous skin infection from Iceland. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2020; 19:133-139. [PMID: 32743956 DOI: 10.1111/ddg.14178] [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: 11/30/2022]
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- Laura Cristina Gironi
- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", Novara, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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Fargnoli MC, Esposito M, Ferrucci S, Girolomoni G, Offidani A, Patrizi A, Peris K, Costanzo A, Malara G, Pellacani G, Romanelli M, Amerio P, Cristaudo A, Flori ML, Motolese A, Betto P, Patruno C, Pigatto P, Peccianti C, Stinco G, Zalaudek I, Bianchi L, Boccaletti V, Cannavo SP, Cusano F, Lembo S, Mozzillo R, Gallo R, Potenza C, Rongioletti F, Tiberio R, Grieco T, Micali G, Persechino S, Pettinato M, Pucci S, Stingeni L, Caruso C, Argenziano G. A 48-week update of a multicentre real-life experience of dupilumab in adult patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis. J DERMATOL TREAT 2020; 33:1146-1149. [DOI: 10.1080/09546634.2020.1773379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- M. C. Fargnoli
- Dermatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Dermatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Grande Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Section of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic Marche University, Ancona, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Dermatology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University and Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy
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- Dermatology Department, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Bianchi Melacrino Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Aging Science, Dermatologic Clinic, G. D’Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dermatology Section, Department of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Science, University of Siena, Hospital S. Maria Alle Scotte, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, IRCCS Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, ULSS8 Berica, Vicenza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Clinical Dermatology, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Ospedale Della Misericordia, Grosseto, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Institute of Dermatology, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Dermatology Clinic, Hospital Maggiore of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Section of Dermatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital, Parma
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- Dermatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Gaetano Rummo Hospital Benevento, Benevento, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Hospital Santa Maria Incoronata Dell’Olmo, Cava De’ Tirreni, University Hospital San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi di Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Dermatology and Venereology, San Gennaro Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Section, Department of Health Science, University of Genoa, Polyclinic Hospital San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Daniele Innocenzi, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Section of Dermatology, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Health Science, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology Clinic Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology Clinic, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Sant’Andrea Hospital, NESMOS Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, University Hospital, Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, Italy
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- Allergology, Hospital of Civitanova Marche, Civitanova Marche, Italy
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- Dermatology Section, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Unit of Allergy, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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Marsili F, Travaglini M, Stinco G, Manzoni R, Tiberio R, Prignano F, Mazzotta A, Cannavò SP, Cuccia A, Germino M, Bongiorno MR, Persechino S, Florio T, Pettinato M, Tabanelli M, Sarkar R, Aloisi E, Bartezaghi M, Orsenigo R. Effectiveness of cyclosporine A in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in a real-life clinical setting in Italy: the TRANSITION study. J DERMATOL TREAT 2020; 33:401-407. [PMID: 32349568 DOI: 10.1080/09546634.2020.1757017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Background: Cyclosporine A (CsA) is one of the systemic therapeutic options for moderate-to-severe psoriasis, based on its efficacy and rapidity of action. The current study investigated the response to CsA in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.Materials and Methods: TRANSITION was an observational, cross-sectional, multicentre study which evaluated the proportion of partial- and suboptimal-responders among patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis treated with continuous CsA for ≥12 weeks. Patients demonstrating a Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) response of ≥90, ≥75 and <90, ≥50 and <75 and <50 were defined as responders, suboptimal-responders, partial-responders, and non-responders, respectively.Results: A total of 196 patients (mean age, 46.6 years; 62.8% males) from 14 sites in Italy were evaluated. At the study visit, the mean (SD) PASI score was 4.2(5.5) compared with 15.3(7.1) prior to the last CsA cycle. For response categories, 39.8%, 22.4%, 16.8%, and 20.9% of patients were responders, suboptimal-responders, partial-responders, and non-responders to CsA treatment. Overall, 28.6% of patients permanently discontinued treatment with CsA (lack of efficacy [10.2%], poor tolerability and voluntary discontinuation [3.6% each], and other [11.7%]).Conclusion: Patients were only partially satisfied with CsA treatment, reporting measurable impact on quality of life. Only 40% patients showed a satisfactory response to CsA.
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- F Marsili
- Unit of Dermatology, Versilia Hospital, Lido di Camaiore, Lucca, Italy
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- Centro per la cura della Psoriasi, Hospital "Di Summa-Perrino", Brindisi, Italy
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- Institute of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Division of Dermatology, Azienda Sanitaria Locale of Biella, Ponderano, Italy
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- SCDU Dermatology, AOU Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Science Dermatology Unit, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University Hospital Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Policlinico Città di Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University Hospital Policlinico "P. Giaccone", Palermo, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, NESMOS Department, S. Andrea Hospital, University of Rome "Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Hospital Di Venere-Carbonara di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University Hospital "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", Catania, Italy
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- U.O.C. Dermatologia Ravenna AUSL Romagna, Ospedale Santa Maria delle Croci, Ravenna, Italy
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- Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Farma SpA, Origgio, Italy
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Fargnoli MC, Esposito M, Ferrucci S, Girolomoni G, Offidani A, Patrizi A, Peris K, Costanzo A, Malara G, Pellacani G, Romanelli M, Amerio P, Cristaudo A, Flori ML, Motolese A, Betto P, Patruno C, Pigatto P, Sirna R, Stinco G, Zalaudek I, Bianchi L, Boccaletti V, Cannavò SP, Cusano F, Lembo S, Mozzillo R, Gallo R, Potenza C, Rongioletti F, Tiberio R, Grieco T, Micali G, Persechino S, Pettinato M, Pucci S, Savi E, Stingeni L, Romano A, Argenziano G. Real-life experience on effectiveness and safety of dupilumab in adult patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis. J DERMATOL TREAT 2019; 32:507-513. [DOI: 10.1080/09546634.2019.1682503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- M. C. Fargnoli
- Dermatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Grande Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Section of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic Marche University, Ancona, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Dermatology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University and Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy
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- Dermatology Department, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Bianchi Melacrino Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Aging Science, Dermatologic Clinic, G. D’Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dermatology Section, Department of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Science, University of Siena, Hospital S. Maria Alle Scotte, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Macchi Hospital, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Ospedale San Bortolo, ULSS8 Berica, Vicenza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Clinical Dermatology, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Ospedale Della Misericordia, Grosseto, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Institute of Dermatology, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Dermatology Clinic, Hospital Maggiore of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Section of Dermatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital, Parma
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- Dermatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Gaetano Rummo Hospital Benevento, Benevento, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, University Hospital San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi di Salerno, Hospital Santa Maria Incoronata Dell’Olmo, Cava De’ Tirreni, Salerno, Italy
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- Dermatology and Venereology, “San Gennaro” Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Section, Department of Health Science, University of Genoa, Polyclinic Hospital San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Daniele Innocenzi, Sapienza University of Rome - Polo Pontino, Rome, Italy
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- Section of Dermatology, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Health Science, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Dermatology Clinic Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Dermatology Clinic, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Sant’Andrea Hospital, NESMOS Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, University Hospital, Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, Italy
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- Allergology, Hospital of Civitanova Marche, Civitanova Marche, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Hospital Guglielmo da Saliceto, Piacenza, Italy
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- Dermatology Section, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Allergology Unit, Columbus Presidium, Catholic University, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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Tiberio R, Graziola F, Miglino B, Veronese F, Annali G, Savoia P. Secukinumab for Psoriasis in Obese Patients: Minireview and Clinical Experience. Case Rep Dermatol 2019; 11:29-36. [PMID: 31662736 PMCID: PMC6816128 DOI: 10.1159/000501990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Psoriasis (PsO) has been associated with obesity, and its severity increases in obese subjects. The link between psoriatic condition and obesity is based on shared pathophysiological pathways where local and systemic inflammation promote each other; PsO is an inflammatory, immune-mediated disease, and the adipose tissue is the source of proinflammatory adipokines. Moreover, psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an important comorbidity of PsO that reduces quality of life and makes difficult the patient's management. Treatment of obese subjects with moderate to severe PsO, even more if PsA is present, is challenging because of reduced efficacy of several systemic drugs and increased risk of adverse events. Secukinumab, a monoclonal antibody that selectively binds to and neutralizes interleukin 17A, shows efficacy on PsO in all body weight groups, even in the highest, whose response has a slight downward trend. Clinical features of two obese subjects, affected by PsO and PsA, successfully treated with secukinumab, are described.
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- Rossana Tiberio
- Department of Health Sciences, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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Miglino B, Graziola F, Palicelli A, Boggio P, Giacalone A, Veronese F, Colombo E, Savoia P, Tiberio R. Unique facial cutaneous metastasis as the primary presentation of an unexpected voluminous renal cell carcinoma. Ital J Dermatol Venerol 2018; 156:716-718. [PMID: 30428657 DOI: 10.23736/s2784-8671.18.06226-0] [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: 11/08/2022]
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- Benedetta Miglino
- Department of Dermatology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, UPO University, Novara, Italy -
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- Department of Dermatology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, UPO University, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Science, School of Medicine, UPO University, Novara, Italy.,Unit of Pathology, AUSL-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, UPO University, Novara, Italy
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- Unit of Pathology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, UPO University, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, UPO University, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, UPO University, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, UPO University, Novara, Italy
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Miglino B, Graziola F, Palicelli A, Boggio P, Giacalone A, Veronese F, Colombo E, Savoia P, Tiberio R. Unique facial cutaneous metastasis as the primary presentation of an unexpected voluminous renal cell carcinoma. G Ital Dermatol Venereol 2018. [PMID: 30428657 DOI: 10.23736/s0392-0488.18.06226-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Benedetta Miglino
- Dermatology Department, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital and UPO University, Novara, Italy -
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- Dermatology Department, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital and UPO University, Novara, Italy
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- Health Science Department, School of Medicine, UPO University, Novara, Italy.,Pathology Unit, "Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova" - IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Dermatology Department, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital and UPO University, Novara, Italy
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- Dermatology Department, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital and UPO University, Novara, Italy
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- Dermatology Department, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital and UPO University, Novara, Italy
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- Dermatology Department, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital and UPO University, Novara, Italy
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- Dermatology Department, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital and UPO University, Novara, Italy
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Gisondi P, Bianchi L, Calzavara‐Pinton P, Conti A, Chiricozzi A, Fimiani M, Pellegrino M, Giunta A, Prignano F, Tiberio R, Venturini M, Girolomoni G. Etanercept biosimilar
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4 in the treatment of chronic plaque psoriasis: data from the Psobiosimilars registry. Br J Dermatol 2018; 180:409-410. [DOI: 10.1111/bjd.17133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- P. Gisondi
- Department of Medicine Section of Dermatology and Venereology University of Verona Verona Italy
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- Section of Dermatology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery Section of Dermatology Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico di Modena Modena Italy
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- Section of Dermatology University of Pisa Pisa Italy
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- Department of Medical Surgical and Neurological Science Section of Dermatology Siena University Hospital Siena Italy
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- Department of Medical Surgical and Neurological Science Section of Dermatology Siena University Hospital Siena Italy
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- Section of Dermatology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy
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- Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine Section of Dermatology University of Florence Florence Italy
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- Section of Dermatology ‘Maggiore della Carità’ Hospital University of Eastern Piedmont ‘A. Avogadro’ Novara Italy
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- Section of Dermatology University of Brescia Brescia Italy
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- Department of Medicine Section of Dermatology and Venereology University of Verona Verona Italy
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Savoia P, Raina G, Camillo L, Farruggio S, Mary D, Veronese F, Graziola F, Zavattaro E, Tiberio R, Grossini E. Anti-oxidative effects of 17 β-estradiol and genistein in human skin fibroblasts and keratinocytes. J Dermatol Sci 2018; 92:62-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2018.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Revised: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Gironi LC, Tiberio R, Dagna L, Landucci G, Giacalone A, Boldorini RL, Colombo E, Savoia P. Rapid response to cyclosporine in a rare case of pityriasis rubra pilaris with autoantibodies and systemic symptoms. GIORN ITAL DERMAT V 2018; 154:728-730. [PMID: 29417801 DOI: 10.23736/s0392-0488.18.05906-0] [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: 11/08/2022]
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- Laura C Gironi
- Department of Health Sciences, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy -
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- Department of Health Sciences, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy, and Rare Diseases, San Raffaele Hospital IRCCS, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Section of Pathology, Department of Health Sciences, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Section of Pathology, Department of Health Sciences, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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Veronese F, Graziola F, Savoia P, Tiberio R. Lichen planus as paradoxical side effect of TNF-α inhibitors treatment in one patient with many psoriasis comorbidities. GIORN ITAL DERMAT V 2017; 154:501-502. [PMID: 29249123 DOI: 10.23736/s0392-0488.17.05806-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Federica Veronese
- Deparment of Health Science, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy -
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- Deparment of Health Science, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy
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Pertusi G, Miglino B, Giorgione R, Ramponi A, Gattoni M, Boggio P, Astolfi S, Tiberio R, Veronese F, Graziola F, Meli F, Bellinzona F, Colombo E. Amelanotic desmoplastic melanoma arising on an occipito-parietal burn scar. Ital J Dermatol Venerol 2017; 152:680-682. [PMID: 29050454 DOI: 10.23736/s0392-0488.17.05415-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Ginevra Pertusi
- Department of Dermatology, S. Andrea Hospital, Vercelli, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO), Novara, Italy -
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO), Novara, Italy
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- Section of Pathology, University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO), Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, S. Andrea Hospital, Vercelli, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO), Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO), Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO), Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO), Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO), Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO), Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO), Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO), Novara, Italy
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Miglino B, Tiberio R, Boggio P, Astolfi S, Leutner M, Colombo E. Cutaneous extramedullary hematopoiesis. Ital J Dermatol Venerol 2017; 152:540-542. [PMID: 28906093 DOI: 10.23736/s0392-0488.16.05355-4] [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: 11/08/2022]
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- Benedetta Miglino
- Department of Dermatology, "Maggiore della Carità Hospital", UPO, Novara, Italy -
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- Department of Dermatology, "Maggiore della Carità Hospital", UPO, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, "Maggiore della Carità Hospital", UPO, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, "Maggiore della Carità Hospital", UPO, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, "Maggiore della Carità Hospital", UPO, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, "Maggiore della Carità Hospital", UPO, Novara, Italy
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Veronese F, Boggio P, Tiberio R, Gattoni M, Fava P, Caliendo V, Colombo E, Savoia P. Wide local excision vs. Mohs Tübingen technique in the treatment of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: a two-centre retrospective study and literature review. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2017; 31:2069-2076. [PMID: 28573714 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.14378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare, low-grade mesenchymal skin tumour, characterized by slow infiltrative growth and common local recurrence, with infrequent distant metastases. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to better clarify clinicopathological characteristics of this tumour and to evaluate the cure rates of Mohs Tübingen technique (MTT) and wide local excision (WLE). Eventually, we perform a literature review to compare our experience with published data. METHODS A retrospective review was conducted on 135 patients diagnosed, treated and followed up between 1997 and 2014 at two different institutions. Sixty-two patients underwent to WLE and 73 to MTT. The primary end-points were the following: percentage of recurrences, time to progression and recurrence annual risk rate. Then, the PubMed database was searched for DFSP case series treated with standard surgical resection (SSR), WLE, Mohs' micrographic surgery (MMS) and MTT. The annual risk rate of recurrence calculated and reported for the four separate procedures was pooled to compare them. RESULTS Five of the 62 patients with WLE (8.1%) experienced recurrences after a mean follow-up of 4.7 years; the percentage of recurred patients 9 years after MTT was 5.5%, and the annual recurrence risk rate of 0.6%. Pooling these data with those from literature, the recurrence rate varies from 26% to 60% for SSR, from 0% and 41% for WLE, from 0% and 8.3% for MMS and from 0% to 5.5% for MTT. The lowest annual recurrence risk rate was found for MTT. CONCLUSION Significantly lower recurrence rates were recorded in patients treated with classic or Tübingen Mohs' technique. To the best of our knowledge, our case series is the widest treated with MTT ever described in the literature; these data may be useful to guide clinicians in the choice of the gold standard treatment for Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.
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- F Veronese
- Department of Health Science, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- SCDU Dermatology, AOU Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy
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- SCDU Dermatology, AOU Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy
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- SSVD Dermatology P.O. S. Andrea, Vercelli, Italy
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- SCDU Dermatology, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
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- SCDU Dermatology, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Science, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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Graziola F, Colombo E, Tiberio R, Leigheb G, Bozzo C. Mycobacterium ulcerans mycolactone interferes with adhesion, migration and proliferation of primary human keratinocytes and HaCaT cell line. Arch Dermatol Res 2017; 309:179-189. [DOI: 10.1007/s00403-017-1719-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2015] [Revised: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Miglino B, Viana M, Tiberio R, Boggio P, Valente G, Strigaro G, Colombo E. POEMS syndrome. Ital J Dermatol Venerol 2016; 152:531-533. [PMID: 27630082 DOI: 10.23736/s0392-0488.16.05343-8] [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: 11/08/2022]
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- Benedetta Miglino
- Dermatologic Clinic, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, UPO-University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy -
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- Headache Science Center, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, Pavia, Italy
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- Dermatologic Clinic, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, UPO-University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Dermatologic Clinic, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, UPO-University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, UPO-University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, UPO-University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Dermatologic Clinic, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, UPO-University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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Pertusi G, Miglino B, Tiberio R, Veronese F, Giorgione R, Gattoni M, Colombo E. Different dermoscopic patterns of cutaneous melanoma metastases in the same patient. Ital J Dermatol Venerol 2016; 152:321-322. [PMID: 27630081 DOI: 10.23736/s0392-0488.16.05275-5] [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: 11/08/2022]
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- Ginevra Pertusi
- Department of Dermatology, S. Andrea Hospital, Vercelli, Italy
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- Dermatology Clinic, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, S. Andrea Hospital, Vercelli, Italy
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- Dermatology Clinic, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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Tiberio R, Miglino B, Boggio P, Valente G, Colombo E. Osteoclastic-like giant cells in a cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Ital J Dermatol Venerol 2016; 152:317-318. [PMID: 27630080 DOI: 10.23736/s0392-0488.16.05252-4] [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: 11/08/2022]
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- Rossana Tiberio
- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy -
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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Boggio P, Veronese F, Miglino B, Graziola F, Tiberio R, Colombo E. Extemporaneous transposition flap for closing two contiguous surgical excision. Ital J Dermatol Venerol 2016; 153:573-575. [PMID: 26981912 DOI: 10.23736/s0392-0488.16.05050-1] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The authors present a surgical procedure to remove two contiguous cutaneous lesions using a single transposition flap and suture line without an evident scar. This method is useful when rhomboid surgical exeresis could not represent the best choice to obtain an optimum aesthetic result.
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- Paolo Boggio
- Unit of Dermatology, Eastern Piedmont University, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Eastern Piedmont University, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy -
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- Unit of Dermatology, Eastern Piedmont University, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Eastern Piedmont University, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Eastern Piedmont University, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Eastern Piedmont University, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy
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Miglino B, Tiberio R, Astolfi S, Graziola F, Boggio P, Leutner M, Valente G, Franchini R, Colombo E. Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Nipple in a Male Patient: A Particular Case Report. Breast J 2016; 22:339-341. [PMID: 26923527 DOI: 10.1111/tbj.12577] [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] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a common skin cancer worldwide. However, BCC of the nipple and areola complex is rare. Men are more affected than women. Most of the cases were treated with simple excision. We report a case of BCC of the right nipple-areola complex in a 75-year-old man, treated with Mohs surgery and simple mastectomy.
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- Benedetta Miglino
- Dermatology and Venereology Department, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital and "A. Avogadro", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Dermatology and Venereology Department, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital and "A. Avogadro", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Dermatology and Venereology Department, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital and "A. Avogadro", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Dermatology and Venereology Department, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital and "A. Avogadro", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Dermatology and Venereology Department, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital and "A. Avogadro", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital and "A. Avogadro", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital and "A. Avogadro", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Surgical Department, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Dermatology and Venereology Department, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital and "A. Avogadro", University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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Boggio P, Miglino B, Tiberio R, Colombo E. The boundaries intersection between aesthetic units: a dermosurgery problem. Can a "tricorn" plastic surgery help us? Ital J Dermatol Venerol 2015; 152:75-77. [PMID: 26698274 DOI: 10.23736/s0392-0488.16.05101-4] [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: 11/08/2022]
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- Paolo Boggio
- Department of Dermatology, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro", Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro", Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy -
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro", Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro", Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy
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Boggio P, Miglino B, Graziola F, Veronese F, Tiberio R, Colombo E. The purse-string suture: our experience in our 4 best case reports. Ital J Dermatol Venerol 2015. [PMID: 26222728 DOI: 10.23736/s0392-0488.17.04941-0] [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: 11/08/2022]
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- Paolo Boggio
- Department of Dermatology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy -
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- Department of Dermatology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, A. Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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Miglino B, Maldi E, Tiberio R, Boggio P, Astolfi S, Franchini R, Zavattaro E, Boldorini R, Colombo E. Stewart-Treves Syndrome of the Breast after Quadrantectomy for Breast Carcinoma. Breast J 2015. [PMID: 26205517 DOI: 10.1111/tbj.12457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Benedetta Miglino
- Department of Dermatology, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro", Novara, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro", Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro", Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro", Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro", Novara, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro", Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro", Novara, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro", Novara, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro", Novara, Italy
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Miglino B, Pertusi G, Giorgione R, Tiberio R, Astolfi S, Leigheb F, Colombo E. Clinical series of patients with cutaneous melanoma followed-up at the Novara Melanoma Centre from 1983 to 2009: description of the cohort and prognostic factors. GIORN ITAL DERMAT V 2013; 148:443-451. [PMID: 24005136] [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: 06/02/2023]
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AIM The aim of this study was to review our experience with regards to patients with cutaneous melanoma diagnosed from 1983 to 2009, followed-up in our Dermatological Department of Novara. METHODS A retrospective study of 762 patients diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma in the Dermatological Department of Novara between 1983 and 2009 was conducted. Information was extracted from our melanoma patient database. The database included demographical, clinical and pathological variables of the patient. Clinical and pathological factors predicting survival were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier curves and the Log-Rank Test (univariate analysis). RESULTS Staging (American Joint Committee on Cancer 2001) of patients (P=0.000), Breslow thickness (P=0.000), primary ulceration and regression of the lesion (P=0.000), type of first (P<0.039) and second recurrence (P<0.011) were strongly correlated with overall and disease free survival. Sentinel lymph node biopsy was not correlated with disease free survival (P=0.153), it influences only overall survival (P=0.007) CONCLUSION: Our results confirms that sentinel node biopsy, Breslow thickness, ulceration, regression, staging, first and second recurrence are important variable for overall survival and disease free survival, sentinel lymph node status influence only overall survival instead.
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- Dermathology Department "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, Novara, Italy -
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Pertusi G, Tiberio R, Graziola F, Boggio P, Colombo E, Bozzo C. Selective release of cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors by minced skin in vitro supports the effectiveness of autologous minced micrografts technique for chronic ulcer repair. Wound Repair Regen 2012; 20:178-84. [PMID: 22304391 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475x.2011.00762.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2010] [Accepted: 12/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A new effective surgical procedure to repair chronic ulcers called minced micrografts technique has been recently reported. The technique consists in spreading a finely minced skin sample upon the wound bed. In this study, we investigate the in vitro release of cytokines (interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1α, and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor), chemokines (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and growth-related oncogene-α), and growth factors (platelet-derived growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, vascular endothelial growth factor, hepatocyte growth factor, and nerve growth factor) by minced (referred to as the minced sample) vs. not minced (referred to as the whole sample) human skin biopsy samples from the same donor. Factor release in the culture medium at different time points was detected using a multiplexed protein assay. The minced sample, which could behave like the skin fragments used in vivo in the autologous minced micrografts technique, expressed higher levels of tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1α, platelet-derived growth factor, and basic fibroblast growth factor, and lower levels of interleukin-6, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, growth related oncogene-α, and vascular endothelial growth factor compared with the whole sample. In conclusion, mincing of healthy skin may allow appropriate regulation of the inflammatory phase of wound healing and could induce overexpression of some growth factors, which facilitates the proliferative phase of healing.
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- Ginevra Pertusi
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Novara, Italy
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Tiberio R, Valente G, Celasco M, Pertusi G, Veronese F, Bozzo C, Gattoni M, Colombo E. Pigmented basal cell carcinomas in Gorlin syndrome: two cases with different dermatoscopic patterns. Clin Exp Dermatol 2011; 36:617-20. [PMID: 21771005 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03987.x] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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We describe two nonconsanguineous white patients with multiple pigmented basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) that were histopathologically confirmed. The first patient had calcification of the cerebral falx, multiple keratocysts in the jaw, and other malformations of the cranial and finger bones. The second patient presented with multiple dermoid cysts, calcification of the cerebral falx, keratocysts of the mandible, and agenesis of left kidney. Both patients had palmar pits. Both denied any family history of cutaneous tumours. On dermatoscopic examination of patient 1, multiple, bluish, confluent and large globules were seen. The second patient had blue ovoid globules, arborizing vessels, and areas shaped like maple leaves and spoke-wheels. Based on the clinical and radiological features we diagnosed both patients as having Gorlin syndrome (GS). To our knowledge, there are no previous reports of white patients with GS showing only pigmented BCCs. The dermatoscopic patterns were different in the two patients, and to our knowledge, this is the first report of a patient with GS showing a spoked-wheel dermatoscopic pattern.
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- R Tiberio
- Dermatological Clinic, University of Piemonte Orientale A. Avogadro, Novara, Italy.
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Tiberio R, Bozzo C, Pertusi G, Graziola F, Gattoni M, Griffanti P, Boggio P, Colombo E, Leigheb G. Calcipotriol induces apoptosis in psoriatic keratinocytes. Clin Exp Dermatol 2009; 34:e972-4. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03518.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Boggio P, Tiberio R, Gattoni M, Colombo E, Leigheb G. Is there an easier way to autograft skin in chronic leg ulcers? ‘Minced micrografts’, a new technique. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2008; 22:1168-72. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02737.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Linda Angeli
- Department of Dermatology, University of Piemonte Orientale A. Avogadro, Ospedale Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy
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Gattoni M, Tiberio R, Angeli L, Bornacina G, Boggio P, Annali G, Giacalone A, Cristina S, Leigheb G. [Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: surgical treatment using the Tübingen technique (31 cases)]. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2007; 134:31-4. [PMID: 17384539 DOI: 10.1016/s0151-9638(07)88985-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is a rare cutaneous sarcoma that progresses slowly. Although it exhibits pronounced local aggressiveness, it rarely metastasises. The condition is difficult to treat on account of asymmetric and unpredictable growth as well as the frequency of relapse. Treatment is primarily surgical. PATIENTS AND METHODS We report 31 cases of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans operated at the Dermatology Clinic of Novara between 1997 and 2004 using the Tübingen technique. An immunohistochimical study was performed and screening was carried out for possible extension of the neoplasm into muscle. RESULTS Muscular involvement was seen in 4 cases. No relapses were seen over a median survival period of 3 years and no patients were lost to follow-up. DISCUSSION The Mohs technique is the surgical method of reference and allows tumour eradication with sparing of healthy tissue. The Tübingen method constitutes an alternative approach requiring fewer histological sections. The results obtained in our series were good and no relapses were seen over a median survival period of 3 years.
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- M Gattoni
- Clinique de Dermatologie, Université du Piémont Oriental, Novara, Italie.
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Bozzo C, Sabbatini M, Tiberio R, Piffanelli V, Santoro C, Cannas M. Activation of caspase-8 triggers anoikis in human neuroblastoma cells. Neurosci Res 2006; 56:145-53. [PMID: 16872704 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2006.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2005] [Revised: 05/31/2006] [Accepted: 06/19/2006] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Cells require appropriate interaction with extracellular matrix proteins mediated by integrins to grow, differentiate and survive. Many cell types including nervous cells undergo anoikis, a substrate-dependent apoptosis, when adhesion is impaired. Resistance of tumors to cytotoxic drugs is probably due to disturbed apoptosis programs. The proteolytic enzymes caspases are the main executioners of apoptosis. It was reported that caspase-8 expression is deficient in some neuroblastoma cells. We demonstrated that human neuroblastoma cell line SK-B-BE, differentiated with retinoic acid, expressed caspases 3, 8 and 9. Caspases 8 and 3, but not caspase-9 were activated in SK-N-BE cells cultured in suspension or on aspecific adhesive substrate. Cell positive to caspase-8 were classified into four stages, by morphometric and densitometric parameters. The use of the specific caspase-8 inhibitor Z-IETD-FMK dramatically reduced apoptosis, demonstrating that caspase-8 is the upstream initiator caspase during SK-N-BE cells anoikis. Among matrix proteins, type I collagen is the most effective and fibronectin the least in delaying anoikis. The activation of caspases 8 and 3 by unligated integrins was dependent on the state of neuronal differentiation, since the most differentiated cell was the most vulnerable to anoikis. These data show that activation of caspase-8 is specifically required to promote anoikis in SK-N-BE neuroblastoma cells.
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- Chiarella Bozzo
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont A. Avogadro, Novara, Italy.
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Azzimonti B, Mondini M, De Andrea M, Gioia D, Dianzani U, Mesturini R, Leigheb G, Tiberio R, Landolfo S, Gariglio M. CD8+ T-cell lymphocytopenia and lack of EVER mutations in a patient with clinically and virologically typical epidermodysplasia verruciformis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 141:1323-5. [PMID: 16230580 DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.10.1323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Thysanoptera dermatitis is caused by the bite of small (1-2 mm) insects (generally thrips). Thrips usually feed on the juices of vegetables but if they reach human skin they can suck the epidermal lymph after biting. The cutaneous lesions formed are small pink and itchy papules localized mainly on the trunk and the arms. Diagnosis is only possible by demonstrating that the insect is present inside one of the lesions of the skin. Thysanoptera dermatitis is often misdiagnosed as mosquito bites. Although self-resolving in a few days, Thysanoptera dermatitis should be known not only for the cultural and scientific training of the dermatologist but also to add more detailed diagnostic information to the generic diagnosis of 'entomodermatosis' and to confirm the benign evolution of the bites.
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- G Leigheb
- Department of Dermatology, University of Piemonte Orientale A. Avogadro, via Solaroli 17, 28100 Novara, Italy.
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Boggio P, Gattoni M, Bornacina G, Griffanti P, Delrosso G, Tiberio R, Leigheb G. P118 - Lambeau mio-hypodermique combiné avec « sandwich greffe » pour la reconstruction de l’aile du nez. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0151-9638(05)79847-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Chordomas are rare extradural bone tumors arising from notochord remnants, the embryonic structure forming the original axis of the spine. They represent 0.1p. 100 of all intra-cranial tumors. The chordoma is a locally malignant cancer that tends to invade the surrounding tissues. Its localization in the skin is exceptional. OBSERVATION A 56 year-old man developed a nut-sized vegetating nodule on the nasal groove. This lesion appeared a few months following surgery for a frontoglabellar relapse of a chordoma that had developed six years earlier at the base of the skull. DISCUSSION We report this case because of the rareness of cutaneous involvement and the particular conditions in which it occurred. It may have been due to tumoral seeding during the previous surgical interventions.
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- M Gattoni
- Clinique Dermatologique, Università del Piemonte Orientale A. Avogadro, Hopitâl Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italie.
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Marconi A, Atzei P, Panza C, Fila C, Tiberio R, Truzzi F, Wachter T, Leverkus M, Pincelli C. FLICE/caspase-8 activation triggers anoikis induced by β1-integrin blockade in human keratinocytes. J Cell Sci 2004; 117:5815-23. [PMID: 15507484 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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β1-integrin protects keratinocyte stem cells (KSC) from cell-detachment apoptosis (`anoikis'). Here we show that caspase-8 active protein is detected in both young transit amplifying (TA) cells and TA cells, but not in KSC. On suspension, caspases are activated earlier in young TA than in KSC, whereas anti-β1-integrin neutralizing antibody accelerates caspase activation in both KSC and young TA. Caspases 8 and 10 are the first caspases to be activated whereas caspase-8 inhibitor zIETD-fmk delays the activation of Bid, caspase-9 and caspase-3. However, the caspase-9 inhibitor zLEDH-fmk does not block the activation of caspase-8, Bid, caspase-10 and caspase-3. Moreover, caspase-8, but not caspase-9 inhibitor partially prevents keratinocyte anoikis. As FLIP inhibits caspase-8 processing, we retrovirally infected HaCaT keratinocytes with c-FLIPL. Anti-β1-integrin fails to activate caspase-8, Bid, caspase-9 and to induce the release of cytochrome c in c-FLIPL overexpressing keratinocytes. Finally, overexpression of c-FLIPL partially prevents anoikis in both suspended and anti-β1 integrin-treated cells. Taken together, these results indicate that the extrinsic apoptotic pathway triggered by caspase-8 predominates in keratinocyte anoikis. However, the release of cytochrome c and the later activation of caspase-9 seem to suggest that the intrinsic mitochondrial pathway may intervene as a positive feedback loop of caspase activation.
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- Alessandra Marconi
- Institute of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
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Tiberio R, Marconi A, Fila C, Fumelli C, Pignatti M, Krajewski S, Giannetti A, Reed JC, Pincelli C. Keratinocytes enriched for stem cells are protected from anoikis via an integrin signaling pathway in a Bcl-2 dependent manner. FEBS Lett 2002; 524:139-44. [PMID: 12135756 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)03040-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Because inhibition of integrin signaling induces apoptosis, we investigated whether keratinocytes expressing beta1 and alpha6beta4 integrins (enriched for stem cells) are protected from cell death. Keratinocytes rapidly adhering to type IV collagen expressed highest levels of beta1 and alpha6beta4 and of the anti-apoptotic stem cell marker p63. Apoptotic cells were significantly higher in slowly adhering than in rapidly adhering keratinocytes. Anti-beta1 integrin caused a significant increase in apoptotic cells, while it decreased Bcl-2 levels in stem keratinocytes. Bax and Bad proteins were higher in slowly adhering than in rapidly adhering cells. By contrast, Bcl-2, Bcl-x and Mcl-1 proteins were highest in rapidly adhering keratinocytes and nearly absent in slowly adhering cells. After addition of anti-beta1 integrin, the apoptotic rate was significantly higher in HaCaT cells not expressing Bcl-2 than in controls. These results indicate that keratinocytes enriched for stem cells are protected from apoptosis via beta1 integrin, in a Bcl-2 dependent manner.
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- Rossana Tiberio
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
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Tiberio R, Marconi A, Giannetti A, Pincelli C. Keratinocytes that adhere most rapidly to type IV collagen and express high levels of β1 integrin do not undergo apoptosis. J Dermatol Sci 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-1811(98)83442-7] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Confocal microscopes provide clear, thin optical sections with little disturbance from regions of the specimen that are not in focus. In addition, they appear to provide somewhat greater lateral and axial image resolution than with non-confocal microscope optics. To address the question of resolution and contrast transfer of light microscopes, a new test slide that enables the direct measurement of the contrast transfer characteristics (CTC) of microscope optics at the highest numerical aperature has been developed. With this new test slide, the performance of a confocal scanning laser microscope operating in the confocal reflection mode and the non-confocal transmission mode was examined. The CTC curves show that the confocal instrument maintains exceptionally high contrast (up to twice that with non-confocal optics) as the dimension of the object approaches the diffraction limit of resolution; at these dimensions, image detail is lost with non-confocal microscopes owing to a progressive loss of image contrast. Furthermore, we have calculated theoretical CTC curves by modelling the confocal and non-confocal imaging modes using discrete Fourier analysis. The close agreement between the theoretical and experimental CTC curves supports the earlier prediction that the coherent confocal and the incoherent non-confocal imaging mode have the same limit of resolution (defined here as the inverse of the spatial frequency at which the contrast transfer converges to zero). The apparently greater image resolution of the coherent confocal optics is a consequence of the improved contrast transfer at spacings which are close to the resolution limit.
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The shikimate metabolites are key precursors to a large number of natural products, including aromatic amino acids. Chorismic acid is an important branch point in the biosynthetic pathway to aromatic amino acids. Chorismic acid is also unique among natural products since it is the only compound known to undergo an enzymatic Claisen rearrangement. A metabolite of chorismic acid, isochorismic acid, first observed in Aerobacter aerogenes differs in its chemical structure by the location of the hydroxyl group and the double bonds. Isochorismic acid is a precursor to a growing number of shikimate-derived metabolites. Isochorismic acid has also been postulated to be an intermediate of m-carboxyaromatic amino acids, implying another enzymatic Claisen rearrangement. In this publication, we have isolated isochorismate synthase and found that on lyophilization the enzyme is stable for at least 6 months at -20 degrees C. Incubation of chorismate with this preparation in water enriched with 18O led to incorporation of one atom of 18O as proven from the fast atom bombardment mass spectra of the HPLC purified derived isochorismate.
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- Université du Québec, Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval-des-Rapides, Canada
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Zamir LO, Tiberio R, Devor KA, Sauriol F, Ahmad S, Jensen RA. Structure of D-prephenyllactate. A carboxycyclohexadienyl metabolite from Neurospora crassa. J Biol Chem 1988; 263:17284-90. [PMID: 2972718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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A novel natural product structurally related to prephenate and arogenate was isolated from a mutant of Neurospora crassa. This D-beta-(1-carboxy-4-hydroxy-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1-yl)-lactic acid is herein given the trivial name of D-prephenyllactate. The new metabolite is even more acid labile than is prephenate and is quantitatively converted to phenyllactate at mildly acidic pH. The structure characterization of prephenyllactate was performed using spectroscopic techniques (ultraviolet, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, two-dimensional heteronuclear experiments and mass spectrometry). Circular dichroism proved conclusively the R configuration of the asymmetric carbon at C-8 of prephenyllactate. Enzymatic utilization of prephenyllactate by cyclohexadienyl dehydratase and by cyclohexadienyl dehydrogenase from Klebsiella pneumoniae was demonstrated.
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- L O Zamir
- Centre de Microbiologie Appliquée, Université du Québec, Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval
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