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Poggialini F, Campanella B, Legnaioli S, Pagnotta S, Raneri S, Palleschi V. Improvement of the performances of a commercial hand-held laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy instrument for steel analysis using multiple artificial neural networks. Rev Sci Instrum 2020; 91:073111. [PMID: 32752860 DOI: 10.1063/5.0012669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this article, we present a study on the optimization of the analytical performance of a commercial hand-held laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy instrument for steel analysis. We show how the performances of the instrument can be substantially improved using a non-linear calibration approach based on a set of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), one optimized for the determination of the major elements of the alloy, and the others specialized for the analysis of minor components. Tests of the instrument on steel samples used for instrument internal calibration demonstrate a comparable accuracy with the results of the ANNs, while the latter are considerably more accurate when unknown samples, not used for calibration/training, are tested.
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- F Poggialini
- Applied and Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, Area della Ricerca del CNR, Via G. Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Applied and Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, Area della Ricerca del CNR, Via G. Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Applied and Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, Area della Ricerca del CNR, Via G. Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Earth Science Department, University of Pisa, Via S. Maria, 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Applied and Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, Area della Ricerca del CNR, Via G. Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Applied and Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, Area della Ricerca del CNR, Via G. Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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Raybaud H, Olivieri C, Lupi-Pegurier L, Pagnotta S, Marsault R, Cardot-Leccia N, Doglio A. Epstein-Barr Virus–Infected Plasma Cells Infiltrate Erosive Oral Lichen Planus. J Dent Res 2018; 97:1494-1500. [DOI: 10.1177/0022034518788282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), in addition to its transforming properties, contributes to the pathogenesis of several inflammatory diseases. Here, we investigated its involvement in oral lichen planus (OLP), a common autoimmune-like disease of unknown etiopathogenesis that can display a malignant potential. EBV-infected cells (EBV+ cells) were sought in a large series of clinically representative OLPs ( n = 99) through in situ hybridization to detect small noncoding EBV-encoded RNAs. Overall, our results demonstrated that EBV was commonly found in OLP (74%), with significantly higher frequency (83%) in the erosive form than in the reticular/keratinized type mild form (58%). Strikingly, many erosive OLPs were massively infiltrated by large numbers of EBV+ cells, which could represent a large part of the inflammatory infiltrate. Moreover, the number of EBV+ cells in each OLP section significantly correlated with local inflammatory parameters (OLP activity, infiltrate depth, infiltrate density), suggesting a direct relationship between EBV infection and inflammatory status. Finally, we characterized the nature of the infiltrated EBV+ cells by performing detailed immunohistochemistry profiles ( n = 21). Surprisingly, nearly all EBV+ cells detected in OLP lesions were CD138+ plasma cells (PCs) and more rarely CD20+ B cells. The presence of EBV+ PCs in erosive OLP was associated with profound changes in cytokine expression profile; notably, the expression of key inflammatory factors, such as IL1-β and IL8, were specifically increased in OLP heavily infiltrated with EBV+ PCs. Moreover, electron microscopy–based experiments showed that EBV+ PCs actively produced EBV viral particles, suggesting possible amplification of EBV infection within the lesion. Our study thus brings conclusive evidence showing that OLP is commonly infiltrated with EBV+ PCs, adding a further puzzling element to OLP pathogenesis, given that PCs are now considered to be major regulatory immune cells involved in several autoimmune diseases (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02276573).
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- H. Raybaud
- Université Côte d’Azur, EA 7354 MICORALIS, UFR Odontologie, Nice, France
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Pôle Odontologie, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d’Azur, EA 7354 MICORALIS, UFR Odontologie, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d’Azur, EA 7354 MICORALIS, UFR Odontologie, Nice, France
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Pôle Odontologie, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d’Azur, Centre Commun de Microscopie Appliquée, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d’Azur, EA 7354 MICORALIS, UFR Odontologie, Nice, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Department of Pathology, Pasteur Hospital, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d’Azur, EA 7354 MICORALIS, UFR Odontologie, Nice, France
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Unité de Thérapie Cellulaire et Génique, Nice, France
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Agnihotri S, Wilson M, Jalali S, Li M, Pagnotta S, Iavarone A, Aldape K, Zadeh G. OS08.7 The somatic landscape of Schwannoma. Neuro Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nox036.057] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Kopp C, Wisztorski M, Revel J, Mehiri M, Dani V, Capron L, Carette D, Fournier I, Massi L, Mouajjah D, Pagnotta S, Priouzeau F, Salzet M, Meibom A, Sabourault C. MALDI-MS and NanoSIMS imaging techniques to study cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbioses. ZOOLOGY 2014; 118:125-31. [PMID: 25447219 DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2014.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Revised: 06/29/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cnidarian-dinoflagellate photosynthetic symbioses are fundamental to biologically diverse and productive coral reef ecosystems. The hallmark of this symbiotic relationship is the ability of dinoflagellate symbionts to supply their cnidarian host with a wide range of nutrients. Many aspects of this association nevertheless remain poorly characterized, including the exact identity of the transferred metabolic compounds, the mechanisms that control their exchange across the host-symbiont interface, and the precise subcellular fate of the translocated materials in cnidarian tissues. This lack of knowledge is mainly attributed to difficulties in investigating such metabolic interactions both in situ, i.e. on intact symbiotic associations, and at high spatial resolution. To address these issues, we illustrate the application of two in situ and high spatial resolution molecular and ion imaging techniques-matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI) and the nano-scale secondary-ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS) ion microprobe. These imaging techniques provide important new opportunities for the detailed investigation of many aspects of cnidarian-dinoflagellate associations, including the dynamics of cellular interactions.
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- C Kopp
- Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- PRISM, University of Lille 1, EA 4550 - FRE3637 CNRS, Bat SN3, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- UMR7138 University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Faculty of Science, 28 Avenue Valrose, BP 71, F-06108 Nice Cedex 2, France; UMR7138 Sorbonne University Paris 6, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine, 7 quai Saint Bernard, 75005 Paris, France
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- UMR7272 University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Institut de Chimie de Nice, Faculty of Science, 28 Avenue Valrose, BP 71, F-06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
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- UMR7138 University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Faculty of Science, 28 Avenue Valrose, BP 71, F-06108 Nice Cedex 2, France; UMR7138 Sorbonne University Paris 6, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine, 7 quai Saint Bernard, 75005 Paris, France
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- UMR7272 University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Institut de Chimie de Nice, Faculty of Science, 28 Avenue Valrose, BP 71, F-06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
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- CCMA, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Faculty of Science, 28 Avenue Valrose, BP 71, F-06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
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- PRISM, University of Lille 1, EA 4550 - FRE3637 CNRS, Bat SN3, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- UMR7272 University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Institut de Chimie de Nice, Faculty of Science, 28 Avenue Valrose, BP 71, F-06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
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- PRISM, University of Lille 1, EA 4550 - FRE3637 CNRS, Bat SN3, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- CCMA, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Faculty of Science, 28 Avenue Valrose, BP 71, F-06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
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- UMR7138 University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Faculty of Science, 28 Avenue Valrose, BP 71, F-06108 Nice Cedex 2, France; UMR7138 Sorbonne University Paris 6, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine, 7 quai Saint Bernard, 75005 Paris, France
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- PRISM, University of Lille 1, EA 4550 - FRE3637 CNRS, Bat SN3, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; Center for Advanced Surface Analysis, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- UMR7138 University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Faculty of Science, 28 Avenue Valrose, BP 71, F-06108 Nice Cedex 2, France; UMR7138 Sorbonne University Paris 6, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine, 7 quai Saint Bernard, 75005 Paris, France.
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Bokobza L, Burr A, Garnaud G, Perrin MY, Pagnotta S. Fibre reinforcement of elastomers: nanocomposites based on sepiolite and poly(hydroxyethyl acrylate). POLYM INT 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.1489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The elemental content of rat peritoneal mast-cell secretory granules has been measured by X-ray micro-analysis. Two distinct categories of granules were analyzed: intact granules, seen in control samples, and spumous granules, corresponding to exocytosed granule matrices. The average Ca content of intact granules was found to be approximately equal to cytosolic concentration, and to increase up to 40-fold in spumous granules. A significant increase was also observed for Na and Cl. These changes were not observed (for Ca) or weaker (for Na and Cl) if the cells had been challenged in the absence of nominal extracellular Ca; in this case, there was also a significant decrease in the sulphur content, suggesting a partial dispersion of the organic matrix components. In exocytosed granule matrices, in the presence but not in the absence of extracellular Ca, a slow and long-lasting increase of intragranular free Ca was monitored by changes in the fluorescence of the Ca-sensitive probes Fluo-3 and Calcium Green-5N, accumulated within rat mast-cell secretory granules. These findings are discussed along two lines: It is proposed that the calcium uptake by the exocytosed mast-cell granule matrices can have a physiological relevance for the surrounding tissue. Mast-cell granules do not disperse after exocytosis. The major uptake of Ca which is seen after opening of the exocytotic pore could be responsible for the exceptional stability of the externalized matrices.
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- S Raison
- Faculté des Sciences, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
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Thirion S, Troadec JD, Pivovarova NB, Pagnotta S, Andrews SB, Leapman RD, Nicaise G. Stimulus-secretion coupling in neurohypophysial nerve endings: a role for intravesicular sodium? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:3206-10. [PMID: 10077662 PMCID: PMC15920 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.6.3206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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It is generally accepted that Ca is essentially involved in regulated secretion, but the role of this cation, as well as others such as Na, is not well understood. An illustrative example occurs in neurohypophysial secretion, where an experimentally induced increase in the cytosolic concentration of Na+ can induce continuous neuropeptide release. In contrast, an increase in cytosolic Ca2+ will have only a transient stimulatory effect. The secretion-promoting targets for Ca2+ are not known; they may be cytosolic, as is usually assumed, but they may also be intravesicular, especially in view of evidence that Ca-rich secretory vesicles are preferentially secreted. In the present work, we have investigated the movements of these cations into and out of secretory vesicles during stimulus-secretion coupling. Isolated rat neurohypophysial nerve endings were stimulated by potassium (55 mM) depolarization, and at 6 min (peak secretion) and 20 min after the onset of stimulation, the elemental content of individual secretory vesicles was measured by quantitative x-ray microanalysis. A depolarization-induced transient increase in intravesicular Na+ concentration was found to coincide with the onset of secretion. Moreover, only a predicted small fraction of peripheral vesicles-presumably the docked ones-were Na+-loaded. The low sulfur concentration of Na+-rich vesicles most likely resulted from vesicle swelling. The results suggest that high intravesicular Na+ concentrations in docked vesicles, occurring by Na+/Ca2+ exchange or by transient fusion pore opening, is a proximal event in exocytosis.
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- S Thirion
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, and Centre Commun de Microscopie Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, 06108 Nice, France
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Thirion S, Troadec JD, Pagnotta S, Andrews SB, Leapman RD, Nicaise G. Calcium in secretory vesicles of neurohypophysial nerve endings: quantitative comparison by X-ray microanalysis of cryosectioned and freeze-substituted specimens. J Microsc 1997; 186:28-34. [PMID: 9159921 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.1980760.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 02/04/2023]
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The calcium content of individual secretory vesicles in rat neurohypophysial nerve endings was measured by quantitative electron probe X-ray microanalysis. Directly frozen control and potassium-depolarized isolated endings were analysed using two presumably equivalent preparative techniques: (1) freeze-substitution in presence of oxalic acid followed by sectioning of resin-embedded pellets; or (2) direct cryosectioning of the frozen pellets followed by freeze-drying in the column of the microscope. In the pellets of stimulated endings, both approaches revealed an increase in the calcium content of neurosecretory vesicles. This increase was statistically more significant in the specimens prepared by cryosectioning, probably because in this case the contribution of 'dead' nerve endings could be eliminated on the basis of excessive cytoplasmic sodium and chloride. The results demonstrate that an increase in cytosolic calcium can lead to an increase in intravesicular calcium, and that when this occurs, it occurs within a subpopulation of vesicles in a given nerve ending. In addition, measured intravesicular calcium was dispersed over a wide range of concentrations, as predicted by the hypothesis of intravesicular calcium priming. When the vesicular calcium content was averaged per nerve ending, a relatively wide distribution of concentrations was again observed, indicating that some nerve endings respond more strongly to the stimulation than others.
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- S Thirion
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire (CNRS URA 1938), Nice, France
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