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Sbrana A, Maiello G, Gravina MF, Cicala D, Galli S, Stefani M, Russo T. Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals the effects of seafloor litter and trawling on marine biodiversity. Mar Environ Res 2024; 196:106415. [PMID: 38395681 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 02/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
Abstract
Environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques are emerging as promising tools for monitoring marine communities. However, they have not been applied to study the integrated effects of anthropogenic pressures on marine biodiversity. This study examined the relationships between demersal community species composition, key environmental features, and anthropogenic impacts such as fishing effort and seafloor litter using eDNA data in the central Tyrrhenian Sea. The results indicated that both fishing effort and seafloor litter influenced species composition and diversity. The adaptive traits of marine species played a critical role in their response to debris accumulation and fishing. Mobile species appeared to use relocation strategies, while sessile species showed flexibility in the face of disturbance. Epibiotic species relied on passive transport. The use of eDNA-based methods is a valuable resource for monitoring anthropogenic impacts during scientific surveys, enhancing our ability to monitor marine ecosystems and more effectively assess the effects of pollution.
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- Alice Sbrana
- Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture - Department of Biology - University of Rome "Tor Vergata", via della Ricerca Scientifica snc, 00133, Rome, Italy; PhD program in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
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- School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, L33AF, Liverpool, UK
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- Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture - Department of Biology - University of Rome "Tor Vergata", via della Ricerca Scientifica snc, 00133, Rome, Italy; CoNISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture - Department of Biology - University of Rome "Tor Vergata", via della Ricerca Scientifica snc, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- CoNISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture - Department of Biology - University of Rome "Tor Vergata", via della Ricerca Scientifica snc, 00133, Rome, Italy; PhD program in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture - Department of Biology - University of Rome "Tor Vergata", via della Ricerca Scientifica snc, 00133, Rome, Italy; CoNISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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Marques C, Held A, Dorfman K, Sung J, Song C, Kavuturu AS, Aguilar C, Russo T, Oakley DH, Albers MW, Hyman BT, Petrucelli L, Lagier-Tourenne C, Wainger BJ. Neuronal STING activation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia. Acta Neuropathol 2024; 147:56. [PMID: 38478117 PMCID: PMC10937762 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-024-02688-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
Abstract
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway has been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). While prior studies have focused on STING within immune cells, little is known about STING within neurons. Here, we document neuronal activation of the STING pathway in human postmortem cortical and spinal motor neurons from individuals affected by familial or sporadic ALS. This process takes place selectively in the most vulnerable cortical and spinal motor neurons but not in neurons that are less affected by the disease. Concordant STING activation in layer V cortical motor neurons occurs in a mouse model of C9orf72 repeat-associated ALS and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). To establish that STING activation occurs in a neuron-autonomous manner, we demonstrate the integrity of the STING signaling pathway, including both upstream activators and downstream innate immune response effectors, in dissociated mouse cortical neurons and neurons derived from control human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Human iPSC-derived neurons harboring different familial ALS-causing mutations exhibit increased STING signaling with DNA damage as a main driver. The elevated downstream inflammatory markers present in ALS iPSC-derived neurons can be suppressed with a STING inhibitor. Our results reveal an immunophenotype that consists of innate immune signaling driven by the STING pathway and occurs specifically within vulnerable neurons in ALS/FTD.
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- Christine Marques
- Department of Neurology, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Alzheimer Disease Research Unit, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Alzheimer Disease Research Unit, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of Harvard University and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Broad Institute of Harvard University and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Domi T, Schito P, Sferruzza G, Russo T, Pozzi L, Agosta F, Carrera P, Riva N, Filippi M, Quattrini A, Falzone YM. Unveiling the SOD1-mediated ALS phenotype: insights from a comprehensive meta-analysis. J Neurol 2024; 271:1342-1354. [PMID: 37930481 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-023-12074-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with mutations in SOD1 (SOD1-ALS) might be susceptible to specific treatment. The aim of the study is to outline the clinical features of SOD1-ALS patients by comparing them to patients without ALS major gene variants and patients with variants in other major ALS genes. Defining SOD1-ALS phenotype may assist clinicians in identifying patients who should be prioritized for genetic testing. METHODS We performed an extensive literature research including original studies which reported the clinical features of SOD1-ALS and at least one of the following patient groups: C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion (C9-ALS), TARDBP (TARDBP-ALS), FUS (FUS-ALS) or patients without a positive test for a major-ALS gene (N-ALS). A random effects meta-analytic model was applied to clinical data extracted encompassing sex, site and age of onset. To reconstruct individual patient survival data, the published Kaplan-Meier curves were digitized. Data were measured as odds ratio (OR) or standardized mean difference (SMD) as appropriate. Median survival was compared between groups. RESULTS Twenty studies met the inclusion criteria. We identified 721 SOD1-ALS, 470 C9-ALS, 183 TARDBP-ALS, 113 FUS-ALS and 2824 N-ALS. SOD1-ALS showed a higher rate of spinal onset compared with N-ALS and C9-ALS (OR = 4.85, 95% CI = 3.04-7.76; OR = 10.47, 95% CI = 4.32-27.87) and an earlier onset compared with N-ALS (SMD = - 0.45, 95% CI = - 0.72 to - 0.18). SOD1-ALS had a similar survival compared with N-ALS (p = 0.14), a longer survival compared with C9-ALS (p < 0.01) and FUS-ALS (p = 0.019) and a shorter survival compared with TARDBP-ALS (p < 0.01). DISCUSSION This study indicates the presence of a specific SOD1-ALS phenotype. Insights in SOD1-ALS clinical features are important in genetic counseling, disease prognosis and support patients' stratification in clinical trials.
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- Teuta Domi
- Experimental Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Experimental Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Experimental Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Experimental Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Disease Centre, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
- Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
- Neurophysiology Service, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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- Experimental Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Experimental Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy
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Cau A, Sbrana A, Franceschini S, Fiorentino F, Follesa MC, Galgani F, Garofalo G, Gerigny O, Profeta A, Rinelli P, Sbrana M, Russo T. What, where, and when: Spatial-temporal distribution of macro-litter on the seafloor of the western and central Mediterranean sea. Environ Pollut 2024; 342:123028. [PMID: 38012965 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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The progressive increase of marine macro-litter on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea is an urgent problem that needs accurate information and guidance to identify those areas most at risk of accumulation. In the absence of dedicated monitoring programs, an important source of opportunistic data is fishery-independent monitoring campaigns of demersal resources. These data have long been used but not yet extensively. In this paper, MEDiterranean International Trawl Survey (MEDITS) data was supplemented with 18 layers of information related to major environmental (e.g. depth, sea water and wind velocity, sea waves) and anthropogenic (e.g. river inputs, shipping lanes, urban areas and ports, fishing effort) forcings that influence seafloor macro-litter distribution. The Random Forest (RF), a machine learning approach, was applied to: i) model the distribution of several litter categories at a high spatial resolution (i.e. 1 km2); ii) identify major accumulation hot spots and their temporal trends. Results indicate that RF is a very effective approach to model the distribution of marine macro-litter and provides a consistent picture of the heterogeneous distribution of different macro-litter categories. The most critical situation in the study area was observed in the north-eastern part of the western basin. In addition, the combined analysis of weight and density data identified a tendency for lighter items to accumulate in areas (such as the northern part of the Tyrrhenian Sea) with more stagnant currents. This approach, based on georeferenced information widely available in public databases, seems a natural candidate to be applied in other basins as a support and complement tool to field monitoring activities and strategies for protection and remediation of the most impacted areas.
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- Alessandro Cau
- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture, Department of Biology - University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica snc, 00133, Rome, Italy; PhD program in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
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- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Kāne'ohe, HI, 96744, USA
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- Italian National Research Council (CNR), Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), via L. Vaccari 61, 91026, Mazara del Vallo (TP), Italy; Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN), Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo, 4521, 90149, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Ifremer Centre Mediterranée, Laboratoire LER/PAC, immeuble Agostini, ZI Furiani, 20600, Bastia, Corse, France
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- Italian National Research Council (CNR), Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), via L. Vaccari 61, 91026, Mazara del Vallo (TP), Italy; Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo, 4521, 90149, Palermo, Italy
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- Ifremer Centre Mediterranée, Laboratoire LER/PAC, Zone Portuaire de Brégaillon, 83500, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
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- Italian National Research Council (CNR), Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), Via S. Raineri, 86 98122, Messina (ME), Italy
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- Italian National Research Council (CNR), Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), Via S. Raineri, 86 98122, Messina (ME), Italy
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- Consorzio per il Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata "G. Bacci" (CIBM), viale N. Sauro 4, I-57128, Livorno, Italy
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- ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy; Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture, Department of Biology - University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica snc, 00133, Rome, Italy
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Spinelli EG, Ghirelli A, Basaia S, Canu E, Castelnovo V, Cividini C, Russo T, Schito P, Falzone YM, Riva N, Filippi M, Agosta F. Structural and Functional Brain Network Connectivity at Different King's Stages in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Neurology 2024; 102:e207946. [PMID: 38165325 PMCID: PMC10962907 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207946] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES There is currently no validated disease-stage biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The identification of quantitative and reproducible markers of disease stratification in ALS is fundamental for study design definition and inclusion of homogenous patient cohorts into clinical trials. Our aim was to assess the rearrangements of structural and functional brain connectivity underlying the clinical stages of ALS, to suggest objective, reproducible measures provided by MRI connectomics mirroring disease staging. METHODS In this observational study, patients with ALS and healthy controls (HCs) underwent clinical evaluation and brain MRI on a 3T scanner. Patients were classified into 4 groups, according to the King's staging system. Structural and functional brain connectivity matrices were obtained using diffusion tensor and resting-state fMRI data, respectively. Whole-brain network-based statistics (NBS) analysis and comparisons of intraregional and inter-regional connectivity values using analysis of covariance models were performed between groups. Correlations between MRI and clinical/cognitive measures were tested using Pearson coefficient. RESULTS One hundred four patients with ALS and 61 age-matched and sex-matched HCs were included. NBS and regional connectivity analyses demonstrated a progressive decrease of intranetwork and internetwork structural connectivity of sensorimotor regions at increasing ALS stages in our cohort, compared with HCs. By contrast, functional connectivity showed divergent patterns between King's stages 3 (increase in basal ganglia and temporal circuits [p = 0.04 and p = 0.05, respectively]) and 4 (frontotemporal decrease [p = 0.03]), suggesting a complex interplay between opposite phenomena in late stages of the disease. Intraregional sensorimotor structural connectivity was correlated with ALS Functional Rating Scale-revised (ALSFRS-r) score (r = 0.31, p < 0.001) and upper motor neuron burden (r = -0.25, p = 0.01). Inter-regional frontal-sensorimotor structural connectivity was also correlated with ALSFRS-r (r = 0.24, p = 0.02). No correlations with cognitive measures were found. DISCUSSION MRI of the brain allows to demonstrate and quantify increasing disruption of structural connectivity involving the sensorimotor networks in ALS, mirroring disease stages. Frontotemporal functional disconnection seems to characterize only advanced disease phases. Our findings support the utility of MRI connectomics to stratify patients and stage brain pathology in ALS in a reproducible way, which may mirror clinical progression.
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- Edoardo G Spinelli
- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (E.G.S., A.G., S.B., E.C., V.C., C.C., M.F., F.A.), Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., P.S., Y.M.F., M.F., F.A.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., M.F., F.A.); Neurorehabilitation Unit (N.R., M.F.), and Neurophysiology Service (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (E.G.S., A.G., S.B., E.C., V.C., C.C., M.F., F.A.), Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., P.S., Y.M.F., M.F., F.A.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., M.F., F.A.); Neurorehabilitation Unit (N.R., M.F.), and Neurophysiology Service (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (E.G.S., A.G., S.B., E.C., V.C., C.C., M.F., F.A.), Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., P.S., Y.M.F., M.F., F.A.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., M.F., F.A.); Neurorehabilitation Unit (N.R., M.F.), and Neurophysiology Service (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (E.G.S., A.G., S.B., E.C., V.C., C.C., M.F., F.A.), Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., P.S., Y.M.F., M.F., F.A.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., M.F., F.A.); Neurorehabilitation Unit (N.R., M.F.), and Neurophysiology Service (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (E.G.S., A.G., S.B., E.C., V.C., C.C., M.F., F.A.), Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., P.S., Y.M.F., M.F., F.A.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., M.F., F.A.); Neurorehabilitation Unit (N.R., M.F.), and Neurophysiology Service (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (E.G.S., A.G., S.B., E.C., V.C., C.C., M.F., F.A.), Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., P.S., Y.M.F., M.F., F.A.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., M.F., F.A.); Neurorehabilitation Unit (N.R., M.F.), and Neurophysiology Service (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (E.G.S., A.G., S.B., E.C., V.C., C.C., M.F., F.A.), Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., P.S., Y.M.F., M.F., F.A.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., M.F., F.A.); Neurorehabilitation Unit (N.R., M.F.), and Neurophysiology Service (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (E.G.S., A.G., S.B., E.C., V.C., C.C., M.F., F.A.), Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., P.S., Y.M.F., M.F., F.A.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., M.F., F.A.); Neurorehabilitation Unit (N.R., M.F.), and Neurophysiology Service (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (E.G.S., A.G., S.B., E.C., V.C., C.C., M.F., F.A.), Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., P.S., Y.M.F., M.F., F.A.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., M.F., F.A.); Neurorehabilitation Unit (N.R., M.F.), and Neurophysiology Service (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (E.G.S., A.G., S.B., E.C., V.C., C.C., M.F., F.A.), Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., P.S., Y.M.F., M.F., F.A.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., M.F., F.A.); Neurorehabilitation Unit (N.R., M.F.), and Neurophysiology Service (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (E.G.S., A.G., S.B., E.C., V.C., C.C., M.F., F.A.), Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., P.S., Y.M.F., M.F., F.A.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., M.F., F.A.); Neurorehabilitation Unit (N.R., M.F.), and Neurophysiology Service (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (E.G.S., A.G., S.B., E.C., V.C., C.C., M.F., F.A.), Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., P.S., Y.M.F., M.F., F.A.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (E.G.S., A.G., T.R., M.F., F.A.); Neurorehabilitation Unit (N.R., M.F.), and Neurophysiology Service (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Pegado T, Andrades R, Noleto-Filho E, Franceschini S, Soares M, Chelazzi D, Russo T, Martellini T, Barone A, Cincinelli A, Giarrizzo T. Meso- and microplastic composition, distribution patterns and drivers: A snapshot of plastic pollution on Brazilian beaches. Sci Total Environ 2024; 907:167769. [PMID: 37879477 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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Pollution by plastics is a worldwide problem on par with climatic change and biological invasions. In coastal sediments, plastic particles tend to accumulate and persist over the long term. We assessed the plastic pollution using a standardized surface sediment sampling protocol on 22 sandy beaches along >4600 km of the Brazilian coast. The abundance, size, color, type, and polymeric composition of all meso- and microplastic items found in the surveys were processed to disclose spatial patterns of distribution and pollution associated drivers. A General Linear Model (GLM) was run to investigate how the predictor variables influenced overall beach plastic amounts and by plastic type and size class. Overall, 3114 plastic items were found, with microplastics comprising just over half of all items (54 %). Most items were either white (60 %) or blue (13 %), while polystyrene foam (45 %) and fragments (39 %) comprised the most abundant plastic types. The principal polymers were Polyethylene (40 %) and Polypropylene (32 %). The analyses indicated that the distribution of plastic litter along beaches is determined by three predictive variables: the distance to the nearest estuary (-), tourism (+), and the number of inhabitants in the nearest urban center (+). Tourist (highly-visited) beaches and those near estuarine runoffs or urban centers presented the highest plastic pollution rates. The unveiling of plastic pollution patterns through a large-scale systematic survey is essential for future management guidance and science-based decisions for mitigating and solving the plastic pollution crisis.
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- Tamyris Pegado
- Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia (NEAP), Universidade Federal do Pará, Avenida Perimetral 2651, Belém, Brasil.
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- Laboratório de Ictiologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Goiabeiras, 29075-910 Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brasil
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- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, United States of America
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- Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Avenida da Abolição 3207, Fortaleza, Ceará 60165-081, Brasil; Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia, 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy; Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase (CSGI), Via della Lastruccia, 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia, 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia, 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia, 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy; Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase (CSGI), Via della Lastruccia, 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia (NEAP), Universidade Federal do Pará, Avenida Perimetral 2651, Belém, Brasil; Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Avenida da Abolição 3207, Fortaleza, Ceará 60165-081, Brasil
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Bianco V, D'Agostino M, Pirone D, Giugliano G, Mosca N, Di Summa M, Scerra G, Memmolo P, Miccio L, Russo T, Stella E, Ferraro P. Label-Free Intracellular Multi-Specificity in Yeast Cells by Phase-Contrast Tomographic Flow Cytometry. Small Methods 2023; 7:e2300447. [PMID: 37670547 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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In-flow phase-contrast tomography provides a 3D refractive index of label-free cells in cytometry systems. Its major limitation, as with any quantitative phase imaging approach, is the lack of specificity compared to fluorescence microscopy, thus restraining its huge potentialities in single-cell analysis and diagnostics. Remarkable results in introducing specificity are obtained through artificial intelligence (AI), but only for adherent cells. However, accessing the 3D fluorescence ground truth and obtaining accurate voxel-level co-registration of image pairs for AI training is not viable for high-throughput cytometry. The recent statistical inference approach is a significant step forward for label-free specificity but remains limited to cells' nuclei. Here, a generalized computational strategy based on a self-consistent statistical inference to achieve intracellular multi-specificity is shown. Various subcellular compartments (i.e., nuclei, cytoplasmic vacuoles, the peri-vacuolar membrane area, cytoplasm, vacuole-nucleus contact site) can be identified and characterized quantitatively at different phases of the cells life cycle by using yeast cells as a biological model. Moreover, for the first time, virtual reality is introduced for handling the information content of multi-specificity in single cells. Full fruition is proofed for exploring and interacting with 3D quantitative biophysical parameters of the identified compartments on demand, thus opening the route to a metaverse for 3D microscopy.
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- Vittorio Bianco
- CNR-ISASI, Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems "E. Caianiello", Via Campi Flegrei 34, Pozzuoli, Napoli, 80078, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples "Federico II", Via S. Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy
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- CNR-ISASI, Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems "E. Caianiello", Via Campi Flegrei 34, Pozzuoli, Napoli, 80078, Italy
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- CNR-ISASI, Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems "E. Caianiello", Via Campi Flegrei 34, Pozzuoli, Napoli, 80078, Italy
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- Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council of Italy, Via Amendola 122/D-O, Bari, 70125, Italy
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- Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council of Italy, Via Amendola 122/D-O, Bari, 70125, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples "Federico II", Via S. Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy
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- CNR-ISASI, Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems "E. Caianiello", Via Campi Flegrei 34, Pozzuoli, Napoli, 80078, Italy
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- CNR-ISASI, Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems "E. Caianiello", Via Campi Flegrei 34, Pozzuoli, Napoli, 80078, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples "Federico II", Via S. Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy
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- Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council of Italy, Via Amendola 122/D-O, Bari, 70125, Italy
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- CNR-ISASI, Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems "E. Caianiello", Via Campi Flegrei 34, Pozzuoli, Napoli, 80078, Italy
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Schito P, Russo T, Domi T, Mandelli A, Pozzi L, Del Carro U, Carrera P, Agosta F, Quattrini A, Furlan R, Filippi M, Riva N. Clinical Features and Biomarkers to Differentiate Primary and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Patients With an Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome. Neurology 2023; 101:352-356. [PMID: 36927885 PMCID: PMC10449441 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Differentiation between primary (PLS) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) entails relevant consequences for prognosis and management but is mostly unreliable at early stages. The objectives of the study are (1) to determine the features at onset that could help to differentiate between PLS and ALS, (2) to evaluate the diagnostic performance of an integrated serum biomarker panel, and (3) to identify the prognostic factors for patients presenting with upper motor neuron (UMN) syndrome. METHODS We selected and retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of patients presenting with UMN syndrome. At the first evaluation, when available, serum biomarkers were measured using ultrasensitive single molecule array. RESULTS The study population included 55 patients with PLS and 50 patients with ALS. Patients with PLS presented a longer time to first neurologic evaluation (PLS: 35.0 months, interquartile range [IQR] 17.0-38.0 months; ALS: 12.5 months, IQR 7.0-21.3 months; p < 0.01) and lower levels of neurofilament light chain (NfL) (PLS: 81.8 pg/mL, IQR 38.4-111.1 pg/mL; ALS: 155.9 pg/mL, IQR 85.1-366.4 pg/mL; p = 0.01). Two patients with PLS and 3 patients with ALS carried the C9orf72 expansion. NfL resulted an independent predictor of final diagnosis (odds ratio 1.01, 95% CI 1.00-1.02; p = 0.04) and an independent prognostic factor (hazard ratio 1.01, 95% CI 1.00-1.01; p < 0.01). DISCUSSION NfL might help to differentiate patients with PLS from patients with ALS and to predict prognosis in patients with UMN syndrome.
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- Paride Schito
- From the Experimental Neuropathology Unit (P.S., T.R., T.D., L.P., A.Q., N.R.), Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neurology Unit (P.S., T.R., M.F.), Neurophysiology Unit (P.S., U.D.C., M.F.), and Neurorehabilitation Unit (P.S., M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit (A.M., R.F.), Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Division of Genetics and Cell Biology (P.C.), Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele; Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.A., M.F.); and 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Disease Centre (N.R.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- From the Experimental Neuropathology Unit (P.S., T.R., T.D., L.P., A.Q., N.R.), Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neurology Unit (P.S., T.R., M.F.), Neurophysiology Unit (P.S., U.D.C., M.F.), and Neurorehabilitation Unit (P.S., M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit (A.M., R.F.), Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Division of Genetics and Cell Biology (P.C.), Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele; Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.A., M.F.); and 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Disease Centre (N.R.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- From the Experimental Neuropathology Unit (P.S., T.R., T.D., L.P., A.Q., N.R.), Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neurology Unit (P.S., T.R., M.F.), Neurophysiology Unit (P.S., U.D.C., M.F.), and Neurorehabilitation Unit (P.S., M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit (A.M., R.F.), Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Division of Genetics and Cell Biology (P.C.), Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele; Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.A., M.F.); and 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Disease Centre (N.R.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- From the Experimental Neuropathology Unit (P.S., T.R., T.D., L.P., A.Q., N.R.), Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neurology Unit (P.S., T.R., M.F.), Neurophysiology Unit (P.S., U.D.C., M.F.), and Neurorehabilitation Unit (P.S., M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit (A.M., R.F.), Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Division of Genetics and Cell Biology (P.C.), Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele; Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.A., M.F.); and 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Disease Centre (N.R.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- From the Experimental Neuropathology Unit (P.S., T.R., T.D., L.P., A.Q., N.R.), Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neurology Unit (P.S., T.R., M.F.), Neurophysiology Unit (P.S., U.D.C., M.F.), and Neurorehabilitation Unit (P.S., M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit (A.M., R.F.), Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Division of Genetics and Cell Biology (P.C.), Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele; Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.A., M.F.); and 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Disease Centre (N.R.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- From the Experimental Neuropathology Unit (P.S., T.R., T.D., L.P., A.Q., N.R.), Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neurology Unit (P.S., T.R., M.F.), Neurophysiology Unit (P.S., U.D.C., M.F.), and Neurorehabilitation Unit (P.S., M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit (A.M., R.F.), Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Division of Genetics and Cell Biology (P.C.), Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele; Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.A., M.F.); and 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Disease Centre (N.R.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- From the Experimental Neuropathology Unit (P.S., T.R., T.D., L.P., A.Q., N.R.), Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neurology Unit (P.S., T.R., M.F.), Neurophysiology Unit (P.S., U.D.C., M.F.), and Neurorehabilitation Unit (P.S., M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit (A.M., R.F.), Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Division of Genetics and Cell Biology (P.C.), Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele; Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.A., M.F.); and 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Disease Centre (N.R.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- From the Experimental Neuropathology Unit (P.S., T.R., T.D., L.P., A.Q., N.R.), Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neurology Unit (P.S., T.R., M.F.), Neurophysiology Unit (P.S., U.D.C., M.F.), and Neurorehabilitation Unit (P.S., M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit (A.M., R.F.), Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Division of Genetics and Cell Biology (P.C.), Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele; Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.A., M.F.); and 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Disease Centre (N.R.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- From the Experimental Neuropathology Unit (P.S., T.R., T.D., L.P., A.Q., N.R.), Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neurology Unit (P.S., T.R., M.F.), Neurophysiology Unit (P.S., U.D.C., M.F.), and Neurorehabilitation Unit (P.S., M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit (A.M., R.F.), Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Division of Genetics and Cell Biology (P.C.), Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele; Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.A., M.F.); and 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Disease Centre (N.R.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- From the Experimental Neuropathology Unit (P.S., T.R., T.D., L.P., A.Q., N.R.), Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neurology Unit (P.S., T.R., M.F.), Neurophysiology Unit (P.S., U.D.C., M.F.), and Neurorehabilitation Unit (P.S., M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit (A.M., R.F.), Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Division of Genetics and Cell Biology (P.C.), Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele; Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.A., M.F.); and 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Disease Centre (N.R.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- From the Experimental Neuropathology Unit (P.S., T.R., T.D., L.P., A.Q., N.R.), Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neurology Unit (P.S., T.R., M.F.), Neurophysiology Unit (P.S., U.D.C., M.F.), and Neurorehabilitation Unit (P.S., M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit (A.M., R.F.), Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Division of Genetics and Cell Biology (P.C.), Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele; Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.A., M.F.); and 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Disease Centre (N.R.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- From the Experimental Neuropathology Unit (P.S., T.R., T.D., L.P., A.Q., N.R.), Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neurology Unit (P.S., T.R., M.F.), Neurophysiology Unit (P.S., U.D.C., M.F.), and Neurorehabilitation Unit (P.S., M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit (A.M., R.F.), Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Division of Genetics and Cell Biology (P.C.), Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele; Neuroimaging Research Unit (F.A., M.F.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.A., M.F.); and 3rd Neurology Unit and Motor Neuron Disease Centre (N.R.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
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Napoli G, Rubin M, Cutillo G, Schito P, Russo T, Quattrini A, Filippi M, Riva N. Tako-Tsubo Syndrome in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Single-Center Case Series and Brief Literature Review. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:12096. [PMID: 37569475 PMCID: PMC10418501 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241512096] [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: 06/21/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease with variable phenotypic expressions which has been associated with autonomic dysfunction. The cardiovascular system seems to be affected especially in the context of bulbar involvement. We describe four new cases of Tako-Tsubo syndrome (TTS) in ALS patients with an appraisal of the literature. We present a late-stage ALS patient with prominent bulbar involvement that presented TTS during hospitalization. We then retrospectively identify three additional ALS-TTS cases reporting relevant clinical findings. TTS cardiomyopathy has been observed in different acute neurological conditions, and the co-occurrence of ALS and TTS has already been reported. Cardiovascular autonomic dysfunctions have been described in ALS, especially in the context of an advanced diseases and with bulbar involvement. Noradrenergic hyperfunction linked to sympathetic denervation and ventilatory deficits coupled in different instances with a trigger event could play a synergistic role in the development of TTS in ALS. Sympathetic hyperfunctioning and ventilatory deficits in conjunction with cardiac autonomic nerves impairment may play a role in the development of TTS in a context of ALS.
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- Giovanni Napoli
- Neurorehabilitation, Neurology Unit and Neurophysiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.N.); (M.R.); (G.C.); (P.S.); (T.R.); (M.F.)
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- Neurorehabilitation, Neurology Unit and Neurophysiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.N.); (M.R.); (G.C.); (P.S.); (T.R.); (M.F.)
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Neurorehabilitation, Neurology Unit and Neurophysiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.N.); (M.R.); (G.C.); (P.S.); (T.R.); (M.F.)
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- Neurorehabilitation, Neurology Unit and Neurophysiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.N.); (M.R.); (G.C.); (P.S.); (T.R.); (M.F.)
- Experimental Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy;
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- Neurorehabilitation, Neurology Unit and Neurophysiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.N.); (M.R.); (G.C.); (P.S.); (T.R.); (M.F.)
- Experimental Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy;
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- Experimental Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy;
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- Neurorehabilitation, Neurology Unit and Neurophysiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.N.); (M.R.); (G.C.); (P.S.); (T.R.); (M.F.)
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Neurorehabilitation, Neurology Unit and Neurophysiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.N.); (M.R.); (G.C.); (P.S.); (T.R.); (M.F.)
- Experimental Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy;
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Ghezzo S, Mapelli P, Bezzi C, Samanes Gajate AM, Brembilla G, Gotuzzo I, Russo T, Preza E, Cucchiara V, Ahmed N, Neri I, Mongardi S, Freschi M, Briganti A, De Cobelli F, Gianolli L, Scifo P, Picchio M. Role of [ 68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET radiomics to predict post-surgical ISUP grade in primary prostate cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2023; 50:2548-2560. [PMID: 36933074 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-023-06187-3] [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: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study is to investigate the role of [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET radiomics for the prediction of post-surgical International Society of Urological Pathology (PSISUP) grade in primary prostate cancer (PCa). METHODS This retrospective study included 47 PCa patients who underwent [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET at IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute before radical prostatectomy. The whole prostate was manually contoured on PET images and 103 image biomarker standardization initiative (IBSI)-compliant radiomic features (RFs) were extracted. Features were then selected using the minimum redundancy maximum relevance algorithm and a combination of the 4 most relevant RFs was used to train 12 radiomics machine learning models for the prediction of PSISUP grade: ISUP ≥ 4 vs ISUP < 4. Machine learning models were validated by means of fivefold repeated cross-validation, and two control models were generated to assess that our findings were not surrogates of spurious associations. Balanced accuracy (bACC) was collected for all generated models and compared with Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were also reported to provide a complete overview of models' performance. The predictions of the best performing model were compared against ISUP grade at biopsy. RESULTS ISUP grade at biopsy was upgraded in 9/47 patients after prostatectomy, resulting in a bACC = 85.9%, SN = 71.9%, SP = 100%, PPV = 100%, and NPV = 62.5%, while the best-performing radiomic model yielded a bACC = 87.6%, SN = 88.6%, SP = 86.7%, PPV = 94%, and NPV = 82.5%. All radiomic models trained with at least 2 RFs (GLSZM-Zone Entropy and Shape-Least Axis Length) outperformed the control models. Conversely, no significant differences were found for radiomic models trained with 2 or more RFs (Mann-Whitney p > 0.05). CONCLUSION These findings support the role of [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET radiomics for the accurate and non-invasive prediction of PSISUP grade.
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- Samuele Ghezzo
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Nuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Nuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Nuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Department of Radiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Department of Radiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Department of Urology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Division of Experimental Oncology, URI, Urological Research Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Nuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Department of Urology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Division of Experimental Oncology, URI, Urological Research Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Department of Radiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
- Nuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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Bosco L, Russo T, Falzone Y, Butera C, Del Prete A, Mellone R, Del Carro U, Filippi M, Previtali S. Corrigendum to "Going for a stroll on lurasidone: Considerations on an atypical case of acute compartment syndrome of both legs" [Heliyon 9(4) (April 2023) e15047]. Heliyon 2023; 9:e16549. [PMID: 37484261 PMCID: PMC10360568 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15047.].
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- L. Bosco
- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neuromuscular Repair Unit, INSPE and Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiology and Experimental Imaging Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiology and Experimental Imaging Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neuromuscular Repair Unit, INSPE and Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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De Marchi F, Franjkic T, Schito P, Russo T, Nimac J, Chami AA, Mele A, Vidatic L, Kriz J, Julien JP, Apic G, Russell RB, Rogelj B, Cannon JR, Baralle M, Agosta F, Hecimovic S, Mazzini L, Buratti E, Munitic I. Emerging Trends in the Field of Inflammation and Proteinopathy in ALS/FTD Spectrum Disorder. Biomedicines 2023; 11:1599. [PMID: 37371694 PMCID: PMC10295684 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11061599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Proteinopathy and neuroinflammation are two main hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases. They also represent rare common events in an exceptionally broad landscape of genetic, environmental, neuropathologic, and clinical heterogeneity present in patients. Here, we aim to recount the emerging trends in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) spectrum disorder. Our review will predominantly focus on neuroinflammation and systemic immune imbalance in ALS and FTD, which have recently been highlighted as novel therapeutic targets. A common mechanism of most ALS and ~50% of FTD patients is dysregulation of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43), an RNA/DNA-binding protein, which becomes depleted from the nucleus and forms cytoplasmic aggregates in neurons and glia. This, in turn, via both gain and loss of function events, alters a variety of TDP-43-mediated cellular events. Experimental attempts to target TDP-43 aggregates or manipulate crosstalk in the context of inflammation will be discussed. Targeting inflammation, and the immune system in general, is of particular interest because of the high plasticity of immune cells compared to neurons.
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- Fabiola De Marchi
- Department of Neurology and ALS Centre, University of Piemonte Orientale, Maggiore Della Carità Hospital, Corso Mazzini 18, 28100 Novara, Italy; (F.D.M.); (A.M.)
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- Laboratory for Molecular Immunology, Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, R. Matejcic 2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia;
- Metisox, Cambridge CB24 9NL, UK;
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- Department of Neurology & Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (P.S.); (T.R.)
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- Department of Neurology & Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (P.S.); (T.R.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Jozef Stefan Institute, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (J.N.); (B.R.)
- Graduate School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- CERVO Research Centre, Laval University, Quebec City, QC G1J 2G3, Canada; (A.A.C.); (J.K.); (J.-P.J.)
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- Department of Neurology and ALS Centre, University of Piemonte Orientale, Maggiore Della Carità Hospital, Corso Mazzini 18, 28100 Novara, Italy; (F.D.M.); (A.M.)
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- Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Division of Molecular Medicine, Ruder Boskovic Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (L.V.); (S.H.)
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- CERVO Research Centre, Laval University, Quebec City, QC G1J 2G3, Canada; (A.A.C.); (J.K.); (J.-P.J.)
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- CERVO Research Centre, Laval University, Quebec City, QC G1J 2G3, Canada; (A.A.C.); (J.K.); (J.-P.J.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Jozef Stefan Institute, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (J.N.); (B.R.)
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA;
- Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy;
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- Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Division of Molecular Medicine, Ruder Boskovic Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (L.V.); (S.H.)
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- Department of Neurology and ALS Centre, University of Piemonte Orientale, Maggiore Della Carità Hospital, Corso Mazzini 18, 28100 Novara, Italy; (F.D.M.); (A.M.)
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Padriciano 99, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Laboratory for Molecular Immunology, Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, R. Matejcic 2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia;
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Brembilla G, Lavalle S, Parry T, Cosenza M, Russo T, Mazzone E, Pellegrino F, Stabile A, Gandaglia G, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Esposito A, De Cobelli F. Impact of prostate imaging quality (PI-QUAL) score on the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer at biopsy. Eur J Radiol 2023; 164:110849. [PMID: 37141845 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2023.110849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the impact of Prostate Imaging Quality (PI-QUAL) scores on the diagnostic performance of multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) in a targeted biopsy cohort. PATIENTS AND METHODS 300 patients who underwent both mpMRI and biopsy were included. PI-QUAL scores were retrospectively assigned by two radiologists in consensus and were correlated to pre-biopsy PI-RADS scores and biopsy outcomes. Clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) was defined as ISUP grade ≥ 2. RESULTS Image quality was optimal (PI-QUAL ≥ 4) in 249/300 (83%) and suboptimal (PI-QUAL < 4) in 51/300 (17%). The proportion of PI-RADS 3 scores referred for biopsy was higher in scans of suboptimal vs optimal quality (51% vs 33%). For PI-QUAL < 4 scans, the positive predictive value (PPV) was lower compared to PI-QUAL ≥ 4 (35% [95%CI: 22, 48] vs 48% [95%CI: 41, 55]; difference -13% [95%CI: -27, 2]; p 0.090), as was the detection rate of csPCa in both PI-RADS 3 and PI-RADS 4-5 (15% vs 23% and 56 vs 63%, respectively). The overall MRI quality increased over time. CONCLUSIONS Scan quality may affect the diagnostic performance of prostate mpMRI in patients undergoing MRI-guided biopsy. Scans of suboptimal quality (PI-QUAL < 4) were associated with lower PPV for csPCa.
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- Giorgio Brembilla
- Clinical and Experimental Radiology Unit, Experimental Imaging Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
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- Clinical and Experimental Radiology Unit, Experimental Imaging Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Centre for Medical Imaging, University College London, UCL Centre for Medical Imaging, 43-45 Foley Street, London, UK
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- Clinical and Experimental Radiology Unit, Experimental Imaging Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Clinical and Experimental Radiology Unit, Experimental Imaging Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Unit of Urology/Division of Oncology, Gianfranco Soldera Prostate Cancer Lab, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Unit of Urology/Division of Oncology, Gianfranco Soldera Prostate Cancer Lab, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Unit of Urology/Division of Oncology, Gianfranco Soldera Prostate Cancer Lab, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Unit of Urology/Division of Oncology, Gianfranco Soldera Prostate Cancer Lab, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Unit of Urology/Division of Oncology, Gianfranco Soldera Prostate Cancer Lab, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Unit of Urology/Division of Oncology, Gianfranco Soldera Prostate Cancer Lab, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Clinical and Experimental Radiology Unit, Experimental Imaging Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Clinical and Experimental Radiology Unit, Experimental Imaging Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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Bosco L, Russo T, Falzone Y, Butera C, Del Prete A, Mellone R, Del Carro U, Filippi M, Previtali S. Going for a stroll on lurasidone: Considerations on an atypical case of acute compartment syndrome of both legs. Heliyon 2023; 9:e15047. [PMID: 37151702 PMCID: PMC10161366 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Non-traumatic acute bilateral compartment syndrome is a rare condition that may lead to limb ischemia. We describe a case of this syndrome occurring after a five-kilometer walk in a young woman receiving chronic treatment with lurasidone, leading to a bilateral foot-drop and rhabdomyolysis of the anterolateral compartment of both legs. Due to her late presentation in the emergency department, we opted for a conservative approach, closely monitoring her renal function. We noticed a subsequent clinical and biochemical improvement over the following days, with the patient returning to her daily routine in a matter of weeks, despite a persisting bilateral foot drop. Since atypical antipsychotics are known to be associated with rhabdomyolysis, while possibly exerting a toxic effect on mitochondria, we hypothesize that a mild aerobic physical exertion might have triggered the event, in the context of an iatrogenic muscle susceptibility to oxidative distress.
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- L. Bosco
- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neuromuscular Repair Unit, INSPE and Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiology and Experimental Imaging Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiology and Experimental Imaging Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neuromuscular Repair Unit, INSPE and Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Ghezzo S, Brembilla G, Russo T, Gotuzzo I, Preza E, Samanes Gajate A, Mapelli P, Bezzi C, Cucchiara V, Mongardi S, Neri I, Gandaglia G, Montorsi F, Briganti A, De Cobelli F, Gianolli L, Scifo P, Picchio M. 68Ga-PSMA PET radiomics for the prediction of post-surgical ISUP grade in primary prostate cancer patients. Eur Urol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(23)01024-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Ghezzo S, Mongardi S, Bezzi C, Samanes Gajate AM, Preza E, Gotuzzo I, Baldassi F, Jonghi-Lavarini L, Neri I, Russo T, Brembilla G, De Cobelli F, Scifo P, Mapelli P, Picchio M. External validation of a convolutional neural network for the automatic segmentation of intraprostatic tumor lesions on 68Ga-PSMA PET images. Front Med (Lausanne) 2023; 10:1133269. [PMID: 36910493 PMCID: PMC9995820 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1133269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Introduction State of the art artificial intelligence (AI) models have the potential to become a "one-stop shop" to improve diagnosis and prognosis in several oncological settings. The external validation of AI models on independent cohorts is essential to evaluate their generalization ability, hence their potential utility in clinical practice. In this study we tested on a large, separate cohort a recently proposed state-of-the-art convolutional neural network for the automatic segmentation of intraprostatic cancer lesions on PSMA PET images. Methods Eighty-five biopsy proven prostate cancer patients who underwent 68Ga PSMA PET for staging purposes were enrolled in this study. Images were acquired with either fully hybrid PET/MRI (N = 46) or PET/CT (N = 39); all participants showed at least one intraprostatic pathological finding on PET images that was independently segmented by two Nuclear Medicine physicians. The trained model was available at https://gitlab.com/dejankostyszyn/prostate-gtv-segmentation and data processing has been done in agreement with the reference work. Results When compared to the manual contouring, the AI model yielded a median dice score = 0.74, therefore showing a moderately good performance. Results were robust to the modality used to acquire images (PET/CT or PET/MRI) and to the ground truth labels (no significant difference between the model's performance when compared to reader 1 or reader 2 manual contouring). Discussion In conclusion, this AI model could be used to automatically segment intraprostatic cancer lesions for research purposes, as instance to define the volume of interest for radiomics or deep learning analysis. However, more robust performance is needed for the generation of AI-based decision support technologies to be proposed in clinical practice.
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- Samuele Ghezzo
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Department of Radiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Department of Radiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Department of Radiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Falcinelli E, Marcucci R, Gresele P, Accorsi P, Barcellona D, Contino L, D'Angelo A, De Cristofaro R, Di Gregorio P, Falanga A, Gandini G, Grandone E, Guglielmini G, La Raja M, Mameli LA, Martini G, Montaruli B, Napolitano M, Pecci A, Podda GM, Pulcinelli F, Ranieri P, Russo T, Santagada D, Santer P, Santoro R, Testa S, Tosetto A, Tripodi A, Valpreda A. The diagnostics of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in Italy and the possible impact of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia on it. Clin Chem Lab Med 2022; 61:e91-e95. [PMID: 36525641 DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2022-0968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Emanuela Falcinelli
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Internal and Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Center for Atherothrombotic Disease, AOU Careggi, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Internal and Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Monteiro R, Andrades R, Noleto-Filho E, Pegado T, Morais L, Gonçalves M, Santos R, Sbrana A, Franceschini S, Soares MO, Russo T, Giarrizzo T. GLOVE: The Global Plastic Ingestion Initiative for a cleaner world. Mar Pollut Bull 2022; 185:114244. [PMID: 36283155 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Plastics are one of the most used materials in the world. Their indiscriminate use and inappropriate disposal have led to inevitable impacts, for instance ingestion, on the environment arousing the attention of the global community. In addition, plastic ingestion studies are often written in scientific jargon or hidden behind paywalls, which makes these studies inaccessible. GLOVE is an online and open-access dashboard database available at gloveinitiative.shinyapps.io/Glove/ to support scientists, decision-makers, and society with information collected from plastic ingestion studies. The platform was created in the R environment, with a web interface developed through Shiny. It already comprises 530 studies, including all biological groups, with 245,366 individual records of 1458 species found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. The main goal of the GLOVE dashboard database is to improve data accessibility by being a scientifically useful grounded tool for designing effective and innovative actions in the current scenario of upcoming global and local agreements and actions on plastic pollution.
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- Raqueline Monteiro
- Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia and Grupo de Ecologia Aquática, Universidade Federal do Pará, 2651 Avenida Perimetral, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Ictiologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Goiabeiras, 29075-910 Vitória, ES, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática E Pesca da Amazônia and Laboratório de Biologia Pesqueira e Manejo dos Recursos Aquáticos, Grupo de Ecologia Aquática, Universidade Federal do Pará, 2651 Avenida Perimetral, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Oceanografia Biológica, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Augusto Corrêa s/n, Guamá, Belém, PA 66075-110, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia (NEAP), Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Marinha e Conservação, UniversidadeFederal de Alagoas, Cidade Universitária, 57072-900 Maceió, AL, Brazil
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- PhD Program in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
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- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, United States of America
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- Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Avenida da Abolição 3207, Fortaleza, CE 60165-081, Brazil; Reef Systems Research Group, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture, Dept. of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
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- Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia and Grupo de Ecologia Aquática, Universidade Federal do Pará, 2651 Avenida Perimetral, Belém, Pará, Brazil; Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Avenida da Abolição 3207, Fortaleza, CE 60165-081, Brazil; Grupo de Ecologia Aquática, Espaço Inovação do Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia do Guamá, Belém, PA, Brazil.
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Good E, Holman LE, Pusceddu A, Russo T, Rius M, Iacono CL. Detection of community-wide impacts of bottom trawl fishing on deep-sea assemblages using environmental DNA metabarcoding. Mar Pollut Bull 2022; 183:114062. [PMID: 36075115 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Although considerable research progress on the effects of anthropogenic disturbance in the deep sea has been made in recent years, our understanding of these impacts at community level remains limited. Here, we studied deep-sea assemblages of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea) subject to different intensities of benthic trawling using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding and taxonomic identification of meiofauna communities. Firstly, eDNA metabarcoding data did not detect trawling impacts using alpha diversity whereas meiofauna data detected a significant effect of trawling. Secondly, both eDNA and meiofauna data detected significantly different communities across distinct levels of trawling intensity when we examined beta diversity. Taxonomic assignment of the eDNA data revealed that Bryozoa was present only at untrawled sites, highlighting their vulnerability to trawling. Our results provide evidence for community-wide impacts of trawling, with different trawling intensities leading to distinct deep-sea communities. Finally, we highlight the need for further studies to unravel understudied deep-sea biodiversity.
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- Edward Good
- School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom.
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- School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom; Section for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via T. Fiorelli, 1, 09126 Cagliari, Italy
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- Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome 00133, Italy
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- School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom; Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes - Spanish National Research Council (CEAB-CSIC), Accés a la Cala Sant Francesc 14, 17300 Blanes (Girona), Spain; Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation, Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Marine Sciences Institute - Spanish National Research Council (ICM-CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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Divisato G, Chiariello AM, Esposito A, Zoppoli P, Zambelli F, Elia MA, Pesole G, Incarnato D, Passaro F, Piscitelli S, Oliviero S, Nicodemi M, Parisi S, Russo T. Hmga2 protein loss alters nuclear envelope and 3D chromatin structure. BMC Biol 2022; 20:171. [PMID: 35918713 PMCID: PMC9344646 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-022-01375-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The high-mobility group Hmga family of proteins are non-histone chromatin-interacting proteins which have been associated with a number of nuclear functions, including heterochromatin formation, replication, recombination, DNA repair, transcription, and formation of enhanceosomes. Due to its role based on dynamic interaction with chromatin, Hmga2 has a pathogenic role in diverse tumors and has been mainly studied in a cancer context; however, whether Hmga2 has similar physiological functions in normal cells remains less explored. Hmga2 was additionally shown to be required during the exit of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) from the ground state of pluripotency, to allow their transition into epiblast-like cells (EpiLCs), and here, we use that system to gain further understanding of normal Hmga2 function. RESULTS We demonstrated that Hmga2 KO pluripotent stem cells fail to develop into EpiLCs. By using this experimental system, we studied the chromatin changes that take place upon the induction of EpiLCs and we observed that the loss of Hmga2 affects the histone mark H3K27me3, whose levels are higher in Hmga2 KO cells. Accordingly, a sustained expression of polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), responsible for H3K27me3 deposition, was observed in KO cells. However, gene expression differences between differentiating wt vs Hmga2 KO cells did not show any significant enrichments of PRC2 targets. Similarly, endogenous Hmga2 association to chromatin in epiblast stem cells did not show any clear relationships with gene expression modification observed in Hmga2 KO. Hmga2 ChIP-seq confirmed that this protein preferentially binds to the chromatin regions associated with nuclear lamina. Starting from this observation, we demonstrated that nuclear lamina underwent severe alterations when Hmga2 KO or KD cells were induced to exit from the naïve state and this phenomenon is accompanied by a mislocalization of the heterochromatin mark H3K9me3 within the nucleus. As nuclear lamina (NL) is involved in the organization of 3D chromatin structure, we explored the possible effects of Hmga2 loss on this phenomenon. The analysis of Hi-C data in wt and Hmga2 KO cells allowed us to observe that inter-TAD (topologically associated domains) interactions in Hmga2 KO cells are different from those observed in wt cells. These differences clearly show a peculiar compartmentalization of inter-TAD interactions in chromatin regions associated or not to nuclear lamina. CONCLUSIONS Overall, our results indicate that Hmga2 interacts with heterochromatic lamin-associated domains, and highlight a role for Hmga2 in the crosstalk between chromatin and nuclear lamina, affecting the establishment of inter-TAD interactions.
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- Giuseppina Divisato
- Dipartimento di Medicina molecolare e biotecnologie mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli Federico II, and INFN Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli Federico II, and INFN Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina molecolare e biotecnologie mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università di Milano Statale, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina molecolare e biotecnologie mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento Di Bioscienze, Biotecnologie e Biofarmaceutica, Università di Bari A. Moro and IBIOM CNR, Bari, Italy
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- University of Groningen, GBB Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Medicina molecolare e biotecnologie mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina molecolare e biotecnologie mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi, Università di Torino and IIGM Candiolo, Turin, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli Federico II, and INFN Napoli, Naples, Italy.,Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max-Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany.,CNR-SPIN, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina molecolare e biotecnologie mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Medicina molecolare e biotecnologie mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
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Falzone YM, Domi T, Mandelli A, Pozzi L, Schito P, Russo T, Barbieri A, Fazio R, Volontè MA, Magnani G, Del Carro U, Carrera P, Malaspina A, Agosta F, Quattrini A, Furlan R, Filippi M, Riva N. Integrated evaluation of a panel of neurochemical biomarkers to optimize diagnosis and prognosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Eur J Neurol 2022; 29:1930-1939. [PMID: 35263489 PMCID: PMC9314044 DOI: 10.1111/ene.15321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study was undertaken to determine the diagnostic and prognostic value of a panel of serum biomarkers and to correlate their concentrations with several clinical parameters in a large cohort of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS One hundred forty-three consecutive patients with ALS and a control cohort consisting of 70 patients with other neurodegenerative disorders (DEG), 70 patients with ALS mimic disorders (ALSmd), and 45 healthy controls (HC) were included. Serum neurofilament light chain (NfL), ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase isozyme L1 (UCHL1), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and total tau protein levels were measured using ultrasensitive single molecule array. RESULTS NfL correlated with disease progression rate (p < 0.001) and with the measures of upper motor neuron burden (p < 0.001). NfL was higher in the ALS patients with classic and pyramidal phenotype. GFAP was raised in ALS with cognitive-behavioral impairment compared with ALS with normal cognition. NfL displayed the best diagnostic performance in discriminating ALS from HC (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.990), DEG (AUC = 0.946), and ALSmd (AUC = 0.850). UCHL1 performed well in distinguishing ALS from HC (AUC = 0.761), whereas it was not helpful in differentiating ALS from DEG and ALSmd. In multivariate analysis, NfL (p < 0.001) and UCHL1 (p = 0.038) were independent prognostic factors. Survival analysis combining NfL and UCHL1 effectively stratified patients with lower NfL levels (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS NfL is a useful biomarker for the diagnosis of ALS and the strongest predictor of survival. UCHL1 is an independent prognostic factor helpful in stratifying survival in patients with low NfL levels, likely to have slowly progressive disease. GFAP reflects extramotor involvement, namely cognitive impairment or frontotemporal dementia.
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- Yuri Matteo Falzone
- Experimental Neuropathology UnitDivision of NeuroscienceInstitute of Experimental NeurologySan Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
- Neurology UnitSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
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- Experimental Neuropathology UnitDivision of NeuroscienceInstitute of Experimental NeurologySan Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
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- Clinical Neuroimmunology UnitDivision of NeuroscienceInstitute of Experimental NeurologySan Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
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- Experimental Neuropathology UnitDivision of NeuroscienceInstitute of Experimental NeurologySan Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
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- Experimental Neuropathology UnitDivision of NeuroscienceInstitute of Experimental NeurologySan Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
- Neurology UnitSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
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- Experimental Neuropathology UnitDivision of NeuroscienceInstitute of Experimental NeurologySan Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
- Neurology UnitSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
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- Neurology UnitSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
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- Neurology UnitSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
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- Neurology UnitSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
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- Neurology UnitSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
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- Neurophysiology UnitSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
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- Unit of Genomics for Human Disease DiagnosisLaboratory of Clinical Molecular BiologyDivision of Genetics and Cell BiologySan Raffaele Hospital, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
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- Centre for Neuroscience and TraumaBlizard InstituteQueen Mary University of LondonLondonUK
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- Neuroimaging Research UnitDivision of NeuroscienceInstitute of Experimental NeurologySan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
- Vita‐Salute San Raffaele UniversityMilanItaly
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- Experimental Neuropathology UnitDivision of NeuroscienceInstitute of Experimental NeurologySan Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
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- Clinical Neuroimmunology UnitDivision of NeuroscienceInstitute of Experimental NeurologySan Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
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- Neurology UnitSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
- Neurophysiology UnitSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
- Neuroimaging Research UnitDivision of NeuroscienceInstitute of Experimental NeurologySan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
- Vita‐Salute San Raffaele UniversityMilanItaly
- Neurorehabilitation UnitSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
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- Experimental Neuropathology UnitDivision of NeuroscienceInstitute of Experimental NeurologySan Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
- Neurology UnitSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
- Neurorehabilitation UnitSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health CareMilanItaly
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Riva N, Pozzi L, Russo T, Pipitone GB, Schito P, Domi T, Agosta F, Quattrini A, Carrera P, Filippi M. NEK1 Variants in a Cohort of Italian Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:833051. [PMID: 35495032 PMCID: PMC9048593 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.833051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Introduction In the last few years, different studies highlighted a significant enrichment of NEK1 loss of function (LoF) variants in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and an additional role for the p.Arg261His missense variant in the disease susceptibility. Several other missense variants have been described so far, whose pathogenic relevance remains however unclear since many of them have been reported in both patients and controls. This study aimed to investigate the presence of NEK1 variants and their correlation with phenotype in a cohort of Italian patients with ALS. Methods We sequenced a cohort of 350 unrelated Italian patients with ALS by next-generation sequencing (NGS) and then we analyzed the clinical features of NEK1 carriers. Results We detected 20 different NEK1 rare variants (four LoF and 16 missense) in 33 unrelated patients with sporadic ALS (sALS). The four LoF variants (two frameshift and two splice-site variants) were all novel. The p.Arg261His missense variant was enriched in the patients’ cohort (p < 0.001). Excluding this variant from counting, the difference in the frequency of NEK1 rare missense variants between patients and controls was not statistically significant. NEK1 carriers had a higher frequency of flail arm (FA) phenotype compared with the other patients of the cohort (29.2% vs. 6.4%). Nine NEK1 carriers (37.5%) also harbored variants in other ALS-related genes. Conclusion This study confirms that NEK1 LoF and p.Arg261. His missense variants are associated with ALS in an Italian ALS cohort and suggests a correlation between the presence of NEK1 variants and FA phenotype.
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- Nilo Riva
- Neuropathology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neurology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neurorehabilitation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- *Correspondence: Nilo Riva,
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- Neuropathology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuropathology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neurology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuropathology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neurology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuropathology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Neuropathology Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neurorehabilitation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Neurophysiology Service, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Schito P, Spinelli EG, Malvaso A, Russo T, Falzone YM, Agosta F, Quattrini A, Filippi M, Riva N. Primary Lateral Sclerosis Presenting With Focal Onset Spreading Through Contiguous Neuroanatomic Regions. Neurology 2022; 98:503-504. [PMID: 35131910 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000200011] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Paride Schito
- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Experimental Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurophysiology Service, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy .,Experimental Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Brabo L, Andrades R, Franceschini S, Soares MO, Russo T, Giarrizzo T. Disentangling beach litter pollution patterns to provide better guidelines for decision-making in coastal management. Mar Pollut Bull 2022; 174:113310. [PMID: 35090294 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113310] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Beach litter represents a worldwide problem impacting both terrestrial and aquatic environments. In the present study, we assessed beach litter pollution in a prominent touristic site in Brazil, the Jericoacoara National Park. In particular, we applied a delta-generalized additive modeling (GAM) approach in order to investigate pollution hotspots and to provide better guidelines for coastal environmental managers. A total of 7549 litter items were collected, resulting hard and flexible plastics the most abundant type. Our GAM analysis revealed that the distribution of each type of litter was affected by distinct drivers in the protected area, with the extension of the beach, tourist attractions, wind angle, and the distance to water bodies and villages as the most significant explanatory variables. Our model is suitable in predicting litter pollution hotspots on beaches, which is a valuable tool for future guidelines and effective management strategies to prevent beach pollution worldwide.
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- Lucio Brabo
- Grupo de Ecologia Aquática, Espaço Inovação do Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia do Guamá, Belém, PA, Brazil; Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia (NEAP), Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Belém, PA, Brazil.
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- Grupo de Ecologia Aquática, Espaço Inovação do Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia do Guamá, Belém, PA, Brazil; Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia (NEAP), Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Avenida da Abolição 3207, Fortaleza, CE 60165-081, Brazil; Reef Systems Research Group, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Grupo de Ecologia Aquática, Espaço Inovação do Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia do Guamá, Belém, PA, Brazil; Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia (NEAP), Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Belém, PA, Brazil; Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Avenida da Abolição 3207, Fortaleza, CE 60165-081, Brazil
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Cau A, Franceschini S, Moccia D, Gorule PA, Agus B, Bellodi A, Cannas R, Carugati L, Cuccu D, Dessì C, Marongiu MF, Melis R, Mulas A, Porceddu R, Porcu C, Russo T, Follesa MC. Scattered accumulation hotspots of macro-litter on the seafloor: Insights for mitigation actions. Environ Pollut 2022; 292:118338. [PMID: 34637836 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118338] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Marine litter is an ever-increasing problem that demands immediate reduction plans and mitigation actions that should act synergically to efficiently meet ambitious goals. Since the seafloor has been recognized as the major sink for marine debris, the study of litter accumulation dynamics represent a fundamental tool to evaluate possible removal actions. We analysed a 7 years (2013-2019) standardized data series collected along Sardinian fishing grounds through MEDiterranean International Trawl Survey, for which estimates of density and weight of seafloor macro-litter were calculated for over 707 hauls. Results show the absence of any temporal trend in seafloor macro-litter density and weight, but rather indicate a spatial and bathymetric segregation of different litter categories. Our data showed how different sources and physical features of macro-litter items (i.e., plastic and fishing gear, rubber, glass, metals, and cloth) led to spatially segregated accumulation hotspots. We also point out here how the identification of seafloor macro-litter hotspots using aggregated data that include plastic items could obscure the identification of other segregated but yet relevant hotspots of other macro-litter categories accumulated in the marine environment. These hotspots often occurred at shallower depths and closer to coastlines, thus representing potential spots where eventual future litter removal action could be prioritized.
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- Alessandro Cau
- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy.
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- Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 46-007 Lilipuna Road, Kaneohe, HI, 96744, USA; Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica snc, 00133, Rome, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica snc, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica snc, 00133, Rome, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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Falzone YM, Bosco L, Sferruzza G, Russo T, Vabanesi M, Carlo S, Filippi M. Evaluation of the combined effect of mobility and seasonality on the COVID-19 pandemic: a Lombardy-based study. Acta Biomed 2022; 93:e2022212. [PMID: 36043970 PMCID: PMC9534262 DOI: 10.23750/abm.v93i4.12645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Restrictions to human mobility had a significant role in limiting SARS-CoV-2 spread. It has been suggested that seasonality might affect viral transmissibility. Our study retrospectively investigates the combined effect that seasonal environmental factors and human mobility played on transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 in Lombardy, Italy, in 2020. Environmental data were collected from accredited open-source web services. Aggregated mobility data for different points of interests were collected from Google Community Reports. The Reproduction number (Rt), based on the weekly counts of confirmed symptomatic COVID-19, non-imported cases, was used as a proxy for SARS-CoV-2 transmissibility. Assuming a non-linear correlation between selected variables, we used a Generalized Additive Model (GAM) to investigate with univariate and multivariate analyses the association between seasonal environmental factors (UV-index, temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure), location-specific mobility indices, and Rt. UV-index was the most effective environmental variable in predicting Rt. An optimal two-week lag-effect between changes in explanatory variables and Rt was selected. The association between Rt variations and individually taken mobility indices differed: Grocery & Pharmacy, Transit Station and Workplaces displayed the best performances in predicting Rt when individually added to the multivariate model together with UV-index, accounting for 85.0%, 85.5% and 82.6% of Rt variance, respectively. According to our results, both seasonality and social interaction policies played a significant role in curbing the pandemic. Non-linear models including UV-index and location-specific mobility indices can predict a considerable amount of SARS-CoV-2 transmissibility in Lombardy during 2020, emphasizing the importance of social distancing policies to keep viral transmissibility under control, especially during colder months.
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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Sferruzza G, Bosco L, Falzone YM, Russo T, Domi T, Quattrini A, Filippi M, Riva N. Neurofilament light chain as a biological marker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a meta-analysis study. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener 2021; 23:446-457. [PMID: 34874217 DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2021.2007952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Aim: The aim of the present metanalysis is to evaluate blood and CSF Neurofilament light chain (NfL) concentrations in ALS patients, compared to healthy controls, ALS mimic disorders (ALSmd) and other neurological diseases (OND), and to evaluate their diagnostic yield against ALSmd. Methods: Search engines were systematically investigated for relevant studies. A random effect model was applied to estimate the pooled standard mean difference in NfL levels between ALS and controls and a bivariate mixed-effects model was applied to estimate their diagnostic accuracy on blood and CSF. Results and conclusions: NfL CSF levels were higher in ALS compared with all other control groups. On blood, NfL levels were significantly higher in ALS patients compared with healthy controls and ALSmd. In a subgroup analysis, the use of SIMOA yielded to a better differentiation between ALS and controls on blood, compared with ELISA. Studies performed on CSF (AUC = 0.90) yielded to better diagnostic performances compared with those conducted on blood (AUC = 0.78). Further prospective investigations are needed to determine a diagnostic cutoff, exploitable in clinical practice.
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- Giacomo Sferruzza
- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy and.,Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSP E), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy and.,Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSP E), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSP E), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSP E), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy and
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSP E), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Casabianca S, Bellingeri A, Capellacci S, Sbrana A, Russo T, Corsi I, Penna A. Ecological implications beyond the ecotoxicity of plastic debris on marine phytoplankton assemblage structure and functioning. Environ Pollut 2021; 290:118101. [PMID: 34523510 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plastic pollution is a global issue posing a threat to marine biota with ecological implications on ecosystem functioning. Micro and nanoplastic impact on phytoplankton autotrophic species (e.g., cell growth inhibition, decrease in chlorophyll a and photosynthetic efficiency and hetero-aggregates formation) have been largely documented. However, the heterogeneity of data makes rather difficult a comparison based on size (i.e. micro vs nano). In addition, knowledge gaps on the ecological impact on phytoplankton assemblage structure and functioning are evident. A new virtual meta-analysis on cause-effect relationships of micro and nanoplastics on phytoplankton species revealed the significant effect posed by polymer type on reducing cell density for tested PVC, PS and PE plastics. Linked with autotrophic phytoplankton role in atmospheric CO2 fixation, a potential impact of plastics on marine carbon pump is discussed. The understanding of the effects of microplastics and nanoplastics on the phytoplankton functioning is fundamental to raise awareness on the overall impact on the first level of marine food web. Interactions between micro and nanoplastics and phytoplankton assemblages have been quite documented by in vitro examinations; but, further studies considering natural plankton assemblages and/or large mesocosm experiments should be performed to evaluate and try predicting ecological impacts on primary producers.
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- Silvia Casabianca
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino, Campus E. Mattei, 61121, Urbino, Italy; CoNISMa, National Inter-University Consortium for Marine Sciences, 00196, Rome, Italy; Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Biodiversity, Resources and Biotechnologies, 61032, Fano, Italy.
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- Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, 53100, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino, Campus E. Mattei, 61121, Urbino, Italy; CoNISMa, National Inter-University Consortium for Marine Sciences, 00196, Rome, Italy; Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Biodiversity, Resources and Biotechnologies, 61032, Fano, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133, Rome, Italy; PhD Program in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica snc, 00133, Roma, Italy
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- CoNISMa, National Inter-University Consortium for Marine Sciences, 00196, Rome, Italy; Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- CoNISMa, National Inter-University Consortium for Marine Sciences, 00196, Rome, Italy; Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, 53100, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino, Campus E. Mattei, 61121, Urbino, Italy; CoNISMa, National Inter-University Consortium for Marine Sciences, 00196, Rome, Italy; Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Biodiversity, Resources and Biotechnologies, 61032, Fano, Italy
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Paradis S, Lo Iacono C, Masqué P, Puig P, Palanques A, Russo T. Evidence of large increases in sedimentation rates due to fish trawling in submarine canyons of the Gulf of Palermo (SW Mediterranean). Mar Pollut Bull 2021; 172:112861. [PMID: 34523427 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Bottom trawling in submarine canyons can affect their natural sedimentation rates, but studies addressing this issue are still scarce. In the Gulf of Palermo (SW Mediterranean), bottom trawling occurs on the slope around Oreto, Arenella and Eleuterio canyons. Analyses of excess 210Pb concentrations and grain size fractions in sediment cores from their canyon axes revealed that sedimentation rates and silt contents increased in all canyons in the 1980s, due to the expansion of more powerful trawlers (>500 HP) to deeper fishing grounds. In Eleuterio and Arenella canyons, sedimentation rates increased by an order of magnitude (0.1-1.4 cm·yr-1), whereas they increased less (0.1-0.7 cm·yr-1) in Oreto Canyon, since the enhanced trawling-derived sediment fluxes into this canyon are affected by sediment resuspension from trawling along its axis. Considering the global expansion of bottom trawling, we anticipate similar alterations in other trawled canyons, with ecological consequences that should be addressed by management strategies.
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- Sarah Paradis
- Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) and Physics Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain; Geological Institute, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Marine Sciences Institute, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) and Physics Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain; School of Natural Sciences, Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia; International Atomic Energy Agency, 4a Quai Antoine 1er, 98000 Principality of Monaco, Monaco
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- Marine Sciences Institute, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- Marine Sciences Institute, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome 00133, Italy
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Cau A, Franceschini S, Moccia D, Gorule PA, Agus B, Bellodi A, Cannas R, Carugati L, Cuccu D, Dessì C, Marongiu MF, Melis R, Mulas A, Porceddu R, Porcu C, Russo T, Follesa MC. Scattered accumulation hotspots of macro-litter on the seafloor: Insights for mitigation actions. Environ Pollut 2021:118232. [PMID: 34582917 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118232] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 08/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Marine litter is an ever-increasing problem that demands immediate reduction plans and mitigation actions that should act synergically to efficiently meet ambitious goals. Since the seafloor has been recognized as the major sink for marine debris, the study of litter accumulation dynamics represents a fundamental tool to evaluate future removal actions. We analysed a 7 years (2013-2019) standardized data series collected along Sardinian fishing grounds through MEDiterranean International Trawl Survey, for which estimates of density and weight of seafloor macro-litter were calculated over 707 hauls. Results show the absence of any temporal trend in seafloor macro-litter density and weight, but rather indicate a spatial and bathymetric segregation of different litter categories. Our data showed how different sources and physical features of macro-litter items (i.e., plastic and fishing gears, rubber, glass, metal and textile) led to spatially segregated accumulation hotspots. These hotspots often occurred at shallower depths and closer to coastlines, representing spots where future litter removal action could be prioritized. We also point out here how the identification of seafloor macro-litter hotspots using aggregated data that include plastic items could indeed hide the identification of hotspots of other less abundant but yet detrimental macro-litter categories accumulated in the marine environment.
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- Alessandro Cau
- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy.
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- Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica snc, 00133, Rome, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica snc, 00133, Rome, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Tommaso Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy; ConISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Rome, Italy
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Piccolo V, Mazzatenta C, Bassi A, Argenziano G, Cutrone M, Grimalt R, Russo T. COVID vaccine-induced lichen planus on areas previously affected by vitiligo. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021; 36:e28-e30. [PMID: 34547122 PMCID: PMC8657361 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- V Piccolo
- Dermatology Unit University of Campania, Naples, Italy
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- UO Dermatology- Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Lucca, Italy
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- UO Dermatology- Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Lucca, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit University of Campania, Naples, Italy
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- Pediatric Dermatology, Ospedale dell'Angelo Venezia, Ospedale San Bortolo Vicenza, venezia, Italy
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- Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dermatology Unit University of Campania, Naples, Italy
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Keller B, Russo T, Rembold F, Chauhan Y, Battilani P, Wenndt A, Connett M. The potential for aflatoxin predictive risk modelling in sub-Saharan Africa: a review. WORLD MYCOTOXIN J 2021. [DOI: 10.3920/wmj2021.2683] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
This review presents the current state of aflatoxin risk prediction models and their potential for value actors throughout the food chain in sub-Saharan Africa, with a specific focus on improving smallholder farmer management practices. Several empirical and mechanistic models have been developed either in academic research or by private sector aggregators and processors in high-income countries including Australia, the USA, and Southern Europe, but these models have been only minimally applied in sub-Saharan Africa, where there is significant potential and increasing need due to climate variability. Predictions can be made based on historic occurrence data using either a mechanistic microbiological framework for aflatoxin accumulation or an empirical model based on statistical correlations with climate conditions and local agronomic factors. Model results can then be distributed to smallholders through private, public, or mobile extension services, used by policymakers for strategy or policy, or utilised by private sector institutions for management decisions. Specific agricultural advice can be given during the three most critical points in the phenological cycle: preseason insight including sowing timing and crop varieties, preharvest advice about management and harvest timing, and postharvest optimal practices including storage, drying, and market information. Model development for sub-Saharan Africa is limited by a dearth of georeferenced aflatoxin occurrence data and real-time high resolution climate data; the wide diversity of farm typologies each with significant information and technology gaps; a prevalence of informal market structures and lack of economic incentives systems; and general lack of awareness around aflatoxins and best management practices to mitigate risk. Given advancements towards solving these challenges, predictive aflatoxin models can be integrated into decision support platforms to focus on optimisation of value for smallholders by minimising yield and nutritional losses, which can propagate value throughout the production and postharvest phases.
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- B. Keller
- Global Good, 3150 139th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA 98005, USA
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- Global Good, 3150 139th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA 98005, USA
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Via E. Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, 214 Kingaroy Cooyar Road, Kingaroy, QLD 4610, Australia
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- Department of Sustainable Crop Production (DI.PRO.VE.S.): Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy
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- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, 334 Plant Science Building, Ithaca, NY 14853-4203, USA
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- Global Good, 3150 139th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA 98005, USA
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Piccolo V, Mazzatenta C, Russo T, Morandi F, Bassi A, Argenziano G, Valerio E, Grimalt R, Cutrone M. Late-onset pustular skin eruption in a healthy neonate born from COVID-positive mother: a coincidence or a new skin sign of the infection? J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021; 35:e850-e852. [PMID: 34363639 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- V Piccolo
- Dermatology Unit University of Campania, Naples, Italy
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- UO Dermatology- Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Lucca, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit University of Campania, Naples, Italy
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- UOC Pediatrics- San Leopoldo Mandic Hospital, ASST Lecco, Merate, Italy
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- UO Dermatology- Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Lucca, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit University of Campania, Naples, Italy
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- Neonatal intensive care unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- International University of Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pediatric Dermatology, Ospedale dell'Angelo Venezia, Ospedale San Bortolo, Vicenza, Italy
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Piccolo V, Bassi A, Argenziano G, Mazzatenta C, Cutrone M, Neri I, Grimalt R, Russo T. Contemporary occurrence of Chilblain-like lesions and Pityriasis rosea during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021; 35:e619-e620. [PMID: 34050995 PMCID: PMC8242472 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- V Piccolo
- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- UO Dermatologia Lucca- Azienda USL Toscana Nordovest, Lucca, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- UO Dermatologia Lucca- Azienda USL Toscana Nordovest, Lucca, Italy
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- Ambulatorio di Dermatologia Pediatrica, Ospedale dell'Angelo Venezia, Ospedale San Bortolo Vicenza, Venezia, Italy
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- Division of Dermatology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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Piccolo V, Bassi A, Argenziano G, Mazzatenta C, Cutrone M, Neri I, Grimalt R, Russo T. BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine-induced chilblain-like lesions reinforces the hypothesis of their relationship with SARS-CoV-2. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021; 35:e493-e494. [PMID: 33914966 PMCID: PMC8242785 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- V Piccolo
- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- UO Dermatologia- Azienda USL Toscana Nordovest, Lucca, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- UO Dermatologia- Azienda USL Toscana Nordovest, Lucca, Italy
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- Ambulatorio di Dermatologia Pediatrica, Ospedale dell'Angelo Venezia, Ospedale San Bortolo Vicenza, Venezia, Italy
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- Division of Dermatology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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Caturano V, Manti B, Carbone F, Lasorsa VA, Colicchio R, Capasso M, Leonardi A, Matarese G, Russo T, Salvatore P. Estimating asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in a geographic area of low disease incidence. BMC Infect Dis 2021; 21:350. [PMID: 33853532 PMCID: PMC8046491 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-06054-2] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Background The SARS-CoV-2 infection has emerged as a rapidly spreading infection. Today it is relatively easy to isolate Covid-19 symptomatic cases, while remains problematic to control the disease spread by infected but symptom-free individuals. The control of this possible path of contagion requires drastic measures of social distancing, which imply the suspension of most activities and generate economic and social issues. This study is aimed at estimating the percentage of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in a geographic area with relatively low incidence of Covid-19. Methods Blood serum samples from 388 healthy volunteers were analyzed for the presence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG by using an ELISA assay based on recombinant viral nucleocapsid protein. Results We found that 7 out of 388 healthy volunteers, who declared no symptoms of Covid-19, like fever, cough, fatigue etc., in the preceding 5 months, have bona fide serum anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG, that is 1.8% of the asymptomatic population (95% confidence interval: 0.69–2.91%). Conclusions The estimated range of asymptomatic individuals with anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG should be between 26,565 and 112, 350. In the same geographic area, there are 4665 symptomatic diagnosed cases. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12879-021-06054-2.
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- Valeria Caturano
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Istituto di Endocrinologia e Oncologia Sperimentale, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (IEOS-CNR), Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy.,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate s.c.ar.l., Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy.,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate s.c.ar.l., Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy.,Istituto di Endocrinologia e Oncologia Sperimentale, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (IEOS-CNR), Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy. .,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate s.c.ar.l., Naples, Italy.
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Piccolo V, Bassi A, Russo T, Mazzatenta C, Baraldi M, Argenziano G, Neri I, Cutrone M. Chilblain-like lesions and COVID-19: second wave, second outbreak. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021; 35:e316-e318. [PMID: 33545745 PMCID: PMC8014111 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- V Piccolo
- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- UO Dermatologia Lucca- Azienda USL Toscana Nordovest, Lucca, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- UO Dermatologia Lucca- Azienda USL Toscana Nordovest, Lucca, Italy
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- Pediatria, Ospedale di Dolo Mirano, Aulss3, Venezia, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Dermatology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Ambulatorio di Dermatologia Pediatrica, Ospedale dell'Angelo Venezia, Ospedale San Bortolo Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy
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Russo T, Maiello G, Talarico L, Baillie C, Colosimo G, D'Andrea L, Di Maio F, Fiorentino F, Franceschini S, Garofalo G, Scannella D, Cataudella S, Mariani S. All is fish that comes to the net: metabarcoding for rapid fisheries catch assessment. Ecol Appl 2021; 31:e02273. [PMID: 33290575 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Monitoring marine resource exploitation is a key activity in fisheries science and biodiversity conservation. Since research surveys are time consuming and costly, fishery-dependent data (i.e., derived directly from fishing vessels) are increasingly credited with a key role in expanding the reach of ocean monitoring. Fishing vessels may be seen as widely ranging data-collecting platforms, which could act as a fleet of sentinels for monitoring marine life, in particular exploited stocks. Here, we investigate the possibility of assessing catch composition of single hauls carried out by trawlers by applying DNA metabarcoding to the dense water draining from fishing nets just after the end of hauling operations (hereafter "slush"). We assess the performance of this approach in portraying β-diversity and examining the quantitative relationship between species abundances in the catch and DNA amount in the slush (read counts generated by amplicon sequencing). We demonstrate that the assemblages identified using DNA in the slush satisfactorily mirror those returned by visual inspection of net content (about 71% of species and 86% of families of fish) and detect a strong relationship between read counts and species abundances in the catch. We therefore argue that this approach could be upscaled to serve as a powerful source of information on the structure of demersal assemblages and the impact of fisheries.
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- Tommaso Russo
- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
- PhD program in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom
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- San Diego Zoo, Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego, California, 92027, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- National Research Council, Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology, Mazara del Vallo, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology, Mazara del Vallo, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology, Mazara del Vallo, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology, Mazara del Vallo, Italy
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- School of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Russo T, Maiello G, Talarico L, Baillie C, Colosimo G, D'Andrea L, Di Maio F, Fiorentino F, Franceschini S, Garofalo G, Scannella D, Cataudella S, Mariani S. All is fish that comes to the net: metabarcoding for rapid fisheries catch assessment. Ecol Appl 2021; 31:e02273. [PMID: 33290575 DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.18.159830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
Monitoring marine resource exploitation is a key activity in fisheries science and biodiversity conservation. Since research surveys are time consuming and costly, fishery-dependent data (i.e., derived directly from fishing vessels) are increasingly credited with a key role in expanding the reach of ocean monitoring. Fishing vessels may be seen as widely ranging data-collecting platforms, which could act as a fleet of sentinels for monitoring marine life, in particular exploited stocks. Here, we investigate the possibility of assessing catch composition of single hauls carried out by trawlers by applying DNA metabarcoding to the dense water draining from fishing nets just after the end of hauling operations (hereafter "slush"). We assess the performance of this approach in portraying β-diversity and examining the quantitative relationship between species abundances in the catch and DNA amount in the slush (read counts generated by amplicon sequencing). We demonstrate that the assemblages identified using DNA in the slush satisfactorily mirror those returned by visual inspection of net content (about 71% of species and 86% of families of fish) and detect a strong relationship between read counts and species abundances in the catch. We therefore argue that this approach could be upscaled to serve as a powerful source of information on the structure of demersal assemblages and the impact of fisheries.
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- Tommaso Russo
- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
- PhD program in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom
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- San Diego Zoo, Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego, California, 92027, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- National Research Council, Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology, Mazara del Vallo, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology, Mazara del Vallo, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology, Mazara del Vallo, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology, Mazara del Vallo, Italy
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- School of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Falzone YM, Russo T, Domi T, Pozzi L, Quattrini A, Filippi M, Riva N. Current application of neurofilaments in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and future perspectives. Neural Regen Res 2021; 16:1985-1991. [PMID: 33642372 PMCID: PMC8343335 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.308072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [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] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Motor neuron disease includes a heterogeneous group of relentless progressive neurological disorders defined and characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is the most common and aggressive form of motor neuron disease with no effective treatment so far. Unfortunately, diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers are lacking in clinical practice. Neurofilaments are fundamental structural components of the axons and neurofilament light chain and phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chain can be measured in both cerebrospinal fluid and serum. Neurofilament light chain and phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chain levels are elevated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, reflecting the extensive damage of motor neurons and axons. Hence, neurofilaments are now increasingly recognized as the most promising candidate biomarker in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The potential usefulness of neurofilaments regards various aspects, including diagnosis, prognosis, patient stratification in clinical trials and evaluation of treatment response. In this review paper, we review the body of literature about neurofilaments measurement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. We also discuss the open issues concerning the use of neurofilaments clinical practice, as no overall guideline exists to date; finally, we address the most recent evidence and future perspectives.
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- Yuri Matteo Falzone
- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Unit; Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Rafaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Passaro F, De Martino I, Zambelli F, Di Benedetto G, Barbato M, D'Erchia AM, Manzari C, Pesole G, Mutarelli M, Cacchiarelli D, Antonini D, Parisi S, Russo T. YAP contributes to DNA methylation remodeling upon mouse embryonic stem cell differentiation. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100138. [PMID: 33268382 PMCID: PMC7948423 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.015896] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The Yes-associated protein (YAP), one of the major effectors of the Hippo pathway together with its related protein WW-domain-containing transcription regulator 1 (WWTR1; also known as TAZ), mediates a range of cellular processes from proliferation and death to morphogenesis. YAP and WW-domain-containing transcription regulator 1 (WWTR1; also known as TAZ) regulate a large number of target genes, acting as coactivators of DNA-binding transcription factors or as negative regulators of transcription by interacting with the nucleosome remodeling and histone deacetylase complexes. YAP is expressed in self-renewing embryonic stem cells (ESCs), although it is still debated whether it plays any crucial roles in the control of either stemness or differentiation. Here we show that the transient downregulation of YAP in mouse ESCs perturbs cellular homeostasis, leading to the inability to differentiate properly. Bisulfite genomic sequencing revealed that this transient knockdown caused a genome-wide alteration of the DNA methylation remodeling that takes place during the early steps of differentiation, suggesting that the phenotype we observed might be due to the dysregulation of some of the mechanisms involved in regulation of ESC exit from pluripotency. By gene expression analysis, we identified two molecules that could have a role in the altered genome-wide methylation profile: the long noncoding RNA ephemeron, whose rapid upregulation is crucial for the transition of ESCs into epiblast, and the methyltransferase-like protein Dnmt3l, which, during the embryo development, cooperates with Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b to contribute to the de novo DNA methylation that governs early steps of ESC differentiation. These data suggest a new role for YAP in the governance of the epigenetic dynamics of exit from pluripotency.
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- Fabiana Passaro
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milano, Italy; Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies, National Research Council, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
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- Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies, National Research Council, Italy; Department of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Italy
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- Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies, National Research Council, Italy
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- Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies, National Research Council, Italy; Department of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Italy
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- Tigem and Department of Translational Medicine, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
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- Tigem and Department of Translational Medicine, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy.
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D’Andrea L, Campos A, Erzini K, Fonseca P, Franceschini S, Kavadas S, Maina I, Maynou F, Russo T. The MINOUWApp: a web-based tool in support of by-catch and discards management. Environ Monit Assess 2020; 192:754. [PMID: 33169296 PMCID: PMC7652805 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-020-08704-5] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Current fishing practices often do not allow adequate selection of species or sizes of fish, resulting in unwanted catches, subsequently discarded, with the consequent negative effects on both marine communities and fisheries profitability. The cross-analysis of density patches of potential unwanted catches and distribution of fishing effort can support the identification of spatial-temporal hot-spots in which the fishing pressure should be reduced to limit the amount of discards. The MinouwApp represents a technological and methodological framework to bring different, and structurally complex, sources of georeferenced data together into a simple visual interface aiming to interactively explore temporal ranges and areas of interest. The objective is to improve the understanding of fisheries dynamics, including discards, thus contributing to the implementation of discard management plans in a context of participative, ecosystem-based fisheries management strategies.
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- Lorenzo D’Andrea
- Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata (UTV), Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
- Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), Avenida Alfredo Magalhães Ramalho 6, 1495-165 Algés, Portugal
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
- Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), Avenida Alfredo Magalhães Ramalho 6, 1495-165 Algés, Portugal
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- Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata (UTV), Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, 46.7 km Athens Sounio ave. P.O. Box 712, 19013 Anavyssos/Attiki, Greece
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- Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, 46.7 km Athens Sounio ave. P.O. Box 712, 19013 Anavyssos/Attiki, Greece
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- Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), Psg Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata (UTV), Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Lazzarin SM, Cannizzaro M, Russo T, Sangalli F, Callea M, Colombo B, Moiola L, Filippi M. Successful treatment of HIV-associated tumefactive demyelinating lesions with corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide: a case report. J Neurol 2020; 267:3773-3775. [PMID: 33141250 PMCID: PMC7607364 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-020-10296-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
- Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
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Pagano A, Porta G, Bosso G, Allegorico E, Serra C, Dello Vicario F, Minerva V, Russo T, Altruda C, Arbo P, Mercurio V, Numis FG. Non-invasive CPAP in mild and moderate ARDS secondary to SARS-CoV-2. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2020; 280:103489. [PMID: 32629100 PMCID: PMC7332943 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2020.103489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND During the COVID-19 outbreak, a very high number of infected patients developed pneumonia and many of them complicated with acute respiratory distress syndrome. The optimal management of respiratory failure and the role of lung ultrasound imaging in the evaluation of efficacy of treatment are unknown. METHODS In March 2020 we treated 18 patients with mild and moderate ARDS secondary to SARS-CoV-2 with non-invasive continuous positive airway pressure therapy (NI-CPAP). All patients underwent lung ultrasound imaging to verify the entity of lung recruitment after NI-CPAP initiation. RESULTS After one hour of treatment we observed a significant improvement in PaO2/FiO2 ratio in 10 patients. Notably, only 50 % of them reached an effective improvement in lung aeration detectable with lung ultrasound. In the other 50 % or patients the improvement in PaO2/FiO2 might be related to blood redistribution and reverse of hypoxic vasoconstriction. CONCLUSION NI- CPAP is a valid therapeutic option in mild and moderate ARDS secondary SARS-CoV-2. Lung recruitment detected by means of lung ultrasound is a relevant but not the exclusive mechanism that underlies the therapeutic efficacy of NI-CPAP in this clinical setting.
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- A Pagano
- Emergency Department, Santa Maria delle Grazie Hospital Naples, ASL Napoli 2 Nord, Italy.
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- Emergency Department, Santa Maria delle Grazie Hospital Naples, ASL Napoli 2 Nord, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Santa Maria delle Grazie Hospital Naples, ASL Napoli 2 Nord, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Santa Maria delle Grazie Hospital Naples, ASL Napoli 2 Nord, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Santa Maria delle Grazie Hospital Naples, ASL Napoli 2 Nord, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Santa Maria delle Grazie Hospital Naples, ASL Napoli 2 Nord, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Santa Maria delle Grazie Hospital Naples, ASL Napoli 2 Nord, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Santa Maria delle Grazie Hospital Naples, ASL Napoli 2 Nord, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Santa Maria delle Grazie Hospital Naples, ASL Napoli 2 Nord, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Santa Maria delle Grazie Hospital Naples, ASL Napoli 2 Nord, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Santa Maria delle Grazie Hospital Naples, ASL Napoli 2 Nord, Italy
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D'Andrea L, Parisi A, Fiorentino F, Garofalo G, Gristina M, Cataudella S, Russo T. smart
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- Lorenzo D'Andrea
- Laboratorio di Ecologia Sperimentale ed Acquacoltura (LESA) Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata Roma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DEF) Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata Roma Italy
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- Istituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine (IRBIM) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Mazara del Vallo (TP) Italy
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- Istituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine (IRBIM) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Mazara del Vallo (TP) Italy
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- Istituto per lo studio degli impatti Antropici e Sostenibilità in ambiente marino (IAS)Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Palermo (PA) Italy
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- Laboratorio di Ecologia Sperimentale ed Acquacoltura (LESA) Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata Roma Italy
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- Laboratorio di Ecologia Sperimentale ed Acquacoltura (LESA) Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata Roma Italy
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Giorgio CM, Babino G, Caccavale S, Russo T, De Rosa AB, Alfano R, Fulgione E, Argenziano G. Combination of photodynamic therapy with 5-aminolaevulinic acid and microneedling in the treatment of alopecia areata resistant to conventional therapies: our experience with 41 patients. Clin Exp Dermatol 2020; 45:323-326. [PMID: 31469914 DOI: 10.1111/ced.14084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Alopecia areata (AA) is a complex immune-mediated disorder, which is difficult to treat. The available treatment options seem to have limited benefit, help only some patients and have a high relapse rate. We evaluated a new therapeutic option for moderate to severe AA based on the combination of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with 5-aminolaevulinic acid (ALA) and microneedling (MN). In total, 14 patients were enrolled, and these were randomly divided into 3 groups: Group A (MN alone; n = 9), Group B (ALA-PDT alone; n = 15) and Group C (combination of MN and ALA-PDT; n = 17). All patients were treated once every 3 weeks for a total of six treatments. The best clinical outcome was achieved in Group C, with complete hair regrowth observed in three patients, and an improvement of ≥ 50% and < 50% of the treated areas obtained in seven and six patients, respectively. Our report suggests that combination of ALA-PDT with MN could be an additional therapeutic option in moderate to severe AA, as MN allows better skin penetration of ALA and subsequent indirect immunosuppression.
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- C M Giorgio
- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Surgery and Emergency, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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Background: In the case of a degenerated intervertebral disc (IVD), even though spinal fusion has provided good short-term clinical results, an alteration of the spine stability has been demonstrated by long-term studies. In this context, different designs of IVD prostheses have been proposed as alternative to spinal fusion. However, over the past few years, much of the recent research has been devoted to IVD tissue engineering, even if several limitations related to the complex structure of IVD are still presented.Purpose/Aim: Accordingly, the aim of the current paper was to develop a strategy in designing customised multiphasic nucleus/annulus scaffolds for IVD tissue engineering, benefiting from the great potential of reverse engineering, additive manufacturing and gels technology.Materials and Methods: The device consisted of a customised additive-manufactured poly(ε-caprolactone) scaffold with tailored architectural features as annulus and a cell-laden collagen-low molecular weight hyaluronic acid-based material as nucleus with specific rheological and functional properties. To this aim, injectability and viscoelastic properties of the hydrogel were analyzed. Furthermore, a mechanical and biological characterization of cell-laden multiphasic nucleus/annulus scaffold was performed.Results and Conclusions: Analyses on the developed devices demonstrated appropriate viscoelastic and mechanical properties. As evidenced by rheological tests, the hydrogel showed a shear-thinning behaviour, supporting the possibility to inject the material. The mechanical characterization highlighted a compressive modulus which falls in the range of lumbar discs, with the typical initial J-shaped stress-strain curve of natural IVDs. Furthermore, preliminary biological tests showed that human mesenchymal stem cells were viable over the culture period.
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- A Gloria
- Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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- Centre for Regenerative Medicine and Devices, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
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- Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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Babino G, Fulgione E, Russo T, Agozzino M, D'Ambra I, Giorgio CM, Alfano R, Argenziano G. Kyrle disease associated with hidradenitis suppurativa successfully treated with tumour necrosis factor inhibition. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2020; 34:e395-e397. [PMID: 32058641 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.16296] [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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- G Babino
- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Surgery and Emergency, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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Errichetti E, Zalaudek I, Kittler H, Apalla Z, Argenziano G, Bakos R, Blum A, Braun R, Ioannides D, Lacarrubba F, Lazaridou E, Longo C, Micali G, Moscarella E, Paoli J, Papageorgiou C, Russo T, Scope A, Stinco G, Thomas L, Toncic R, Tschandl P, Cabo H, Hallpern A, Hofmann‐Wellenhof R, Malvehy J, Marghoob A, Menzies S, Pellacani G, Puig S, Rabinovitz H, Rudnicka L, Vakirlis E, Soyer P, Stolz W, Tanaka M, Lallas A. 定义在非癌症皮肤疾病的皮肤镜检查研究中应使用的术语和参数. Br J Dermatol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/bjd.18768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Errichetti E, Zalaudek I, Kittler H, Apalla Z, Argenziano G, Bakos R, Blum A, Braun R, Ioannides D, Lacarrubba F, Lazaridou E, Longo C, Micali G, Moscarella E, Paoli J, Papageorgiou C, Russo T, Scope A, Stinco G, Thomas L, Toncic R, Tschandl P, Cabo H, Hallpern A, Hofmann‐Wellenhof R, Malvehy J, Marghoob A, Menzies S, Pellacani G, Puig S, Rabinovitz H, Rudnicka L, Vakirlis E, Soyer P, Stolz W, Tanaka M, Lallas A. Defining the terminology and parameters that should be used in studies into dermoscopy for non‐cancer skin diseases. Br J Dermatol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/bjd.18753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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