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Belfiore A, Mastroianni F, Ventrella F, Errico M, Suppressa P, Tomai M, Sabatino S, De Palma G, Pappagallo F, Erbi A, Simone O, Longo S, Vendemiale G, Balsamo M, Tartaglia I, Guida P. Epidemiology of sepsis in Internal Medicine Units of Apulia: results of SEMINA (SEpsis Management in INternal medicine Apulia) study. Ann Ig 2023; 35:282-296. [PMID: 35861690 DOI: 10.7416/ai.2022.2538] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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Background The prevalence and mortality of sepsis in Internal Medicine Units (IMUs) is poorly understood as most of the data derive from studies conducted in Intensive Care Units. Aim of SEpsis Management in INternal medicine Apulia (SEMINA) study was to determine the prevalence of sepsis and the characteristics and outcomes of patients with Sepsis-3 criteria admitted in Apulia's Internal Medicine Units for over six months. Methods The SEpsis Management in INternal medicine of Apulia study was a prospective, multicentre, observational study. Adult admissions to the 13 Apulia Region's Internal Medicine Units between November 15, 2018 and May 15, 2019 were screened for sepsis according to the Sepsis-3 criteria. Medical data were collected in electronic case report form. Results Out of 7,885 adult patients of the Internal Medicine Units, 359 (4.55%) fulfilled the inclusion criteria, and 65 of them (18.1%) met the septic shock criteria. The patients enrolled were elderly, suffering from chronic poly-pathologies and from cognitive and functional impairment. The respiratory system was the most common site of infection and the most common pathogens isolated from blood cultures were Staphylococcus spp., E. coli, Klebsiella spp., Enterococcus spp. and Acinetobacter spp. The in-hospital fatality rate was 31.2% and was significantly higher for septic shock. Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score, dementia and infections from Acinetobacter spp. were independent risk factors for mortality. Conclusions A high prevalence of sepsis and a high fatality rate were detected in Apulia Region's Internal Medicine Units. The high fatality rate observed in our study could be related to the underlying diseases and to the vulnerability of elderly patients admitted to our Internal Medicine Units.
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- A Belfiore
- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Internal Medicine "A. Murri", University "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Italy
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- University Hospital F. Miulli, Geriatrics Unit, Acquaviva delle Fonti (BA), Italy
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- Division of Internal Medicine, "G.Tatarella" Hospital, Cerignola (FG), Italy
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- University Hospital F. Miulli, Internal Medicine, Acquaviva delle Fonti (BA), Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Rare Diseases Centre, Internal Medicine "C. Frugoni", University "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Italy
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- Division of Internal Medicine, "Di Venere" Hospital, Bari, Italy
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- Division of Internal Medicine, "Di Venere" Hospital, Bari, Italy
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- Division of Internal Medicine "Don Tonino Bello" Hospital, Molfetta (BA), Italy
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- Division of Internal Medicine, "G.Tatarella" Hospital, Cerignola (FG), Italy
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- Division of Internal Medicine "SS Annunziata" Hospital, Taranto, Italy
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- Division of Internal Medicine "San Pio" Hospital, Castellaneta (TA), Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Internal Medicine "G. Baccelli", University "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Italy
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- Internal Medicine Department, University of Foggia, Italy
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- Division of Internal Medicine, "San Camillo De Lellis" Hospital, Manfredonia (FG), Italy
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- Division of Internal Medicine, "A. Perrino" Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
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- University Hospital F. Miulli , Clinical Trials Office, Acquaviva delle Fonti (BA), Italy
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Losi V, Sbrocca C, Gatti G, Semprucci F, Rocchi M, Bianchi CN, Balsamo M. Sessile macrobenthos (Ochrophyta) drives seasonal change of meiofaunal community structure on temperate rocky reefs. Mar Environ Res 2018; 142:295-305. [PMID: 30409384 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 10/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Unlike the soft bottom meiofauna, meiofauna associated to hard substrata is poorly studied, despite its ecological relevance. Since communities of hard substrata are usually characterized by species with different life cycles and strategies from those of soft bottom assemblages, information on hard substrata meiofauna is still needed. In this study, sessile macrobenthos and the associated meiofaunal assemblages of two sites of Portofino (NW Mediterranean) were investigated in two seasons at three different depths on both sub-vertical and inclined reefs. The study aimed to assess the abundance, diversity and composition of the meiofauna and the factors structuring its assemblages. Moreover, as meiofauna is known to be dependent upon the substrate characteristics, the study investigated whether the meiofaunal patterns could be related to the sessile macrobenthos structure and composition, and to which extent. Macroalgae dominated the sessile macrobenthic assemblages, while Nematoda and Copepoda were the main meiofaunal groups. Meiofaunal higher-taxa richness and diversity resulted very high, due to the large number of different microhabitats offered by macroalgae. Macrobenthic assemblages were dominated by Rodophyta and Ochrophyta in summer, the latter dramatically collapsing in winter. The meiofaunal abundance and composition changed significantly with the season, consistently with the sessile macrobenthic assemblages, and resulted strongly correlated with Ochrophyta. Shaping the meiofaunal assemblages, macroalgae appeared to act as ecosystem engineer for the meiofauna.
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- V Losi
- Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Mediterranean Institute of Marine and Continental Biodiversity and Ecology (IMBE), CNRS, Station Marine D'Endoume, Chemin de la Batterie des Lions, 13007 Marseille, France
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino, 61029 Urbino, Italy.
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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Semprucci F, Cesaroni L, Guidi L, Balsamo M. Do the morphological and functional traits of free-living marine nematodes mirror taxonomical diversity? Mar Environ Res 2018; 135:114-122. [PMID: 29449071 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 10/30/2017] [Revised: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The taxonomical structure and diversity of nematode assemblages are the main attributes analyzed in ecology, but nematode adaptations to their habitats are still understudied. Accordingly, a survey on some known and other newly proposed morpho-functional traits was carried out in order to: determine if the morpho-functional diversity of nematodes mirrors their taxonomical diversity; and assess potential nematode adaptations to sediment type and hydrodynamic stress. Morpho-functional traits were investigated both singularly and together and showed significant differences related to these environmental factors. The greatest taxonomical and morpho-functional diversity was found in medium-coarse sand (M-CS) and at an intermedium energy level (IEL). The M-CS and IEL were probably richer in micro-habitats and subject to a low selective pressure, hosting nematodes with a wide range of adaptations. The mirroring of morpho-functional diversity with taxonomical diversity is crucial for the future growth of the use of nematodes in biomonitoring. This is because the study of their morpho-functional traits could reduce the level of work involved and the costs of any analyses.
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- F Semprucci
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino, Italy.
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino, Italy
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Balsamo M, Erto A, Lancia A. CHEMICAL DEMULSIFICATION OF MODEL WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIONS WITH LOW WATER CONTENT BY MEANS OF IONIC LIQUIDS. Braz J Chem Eng 2017. [DOI: 10.1590/0104-6632.20170341s20150583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- M. Balsamo
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
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Carmona G, Perera U, Gillett C, Naba A, Law AL, Sharma VP, Wang J, Wyckoff J, Balsamo M, Mosis F, De Piano M, Monypenny J, Woodman N, McConnell RE, Mouneimne G, Van Hemelrijck M, Cao Y, Condeelis J, Hynes RO, Gertler FB, Krause M. Lamellipodin promotes invasive 3D cancer cell migration via regulated interactions with Ena/VASP and SCAR/WAVE. Oncogene 2016; 35:5155-69. [PMID: 26996666 PMCID: PMC5031503 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2016.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Revised: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cancer invasion is a hallmark of metastasis. The mesenchymal mode of cancer cell invasion is mediated by elongated membrane protrusions driven by the assembly of branched F-actin networks. How deregulation of actin regulators promotes cancer cell invasion is still enigmatic. We report that increased expression and membrane localization of the actin regulator Lamellipodin correlate with reduced metastasis-free survival and poor prognosis in breast cancer patients. In agreement, we find that Lamellipodin depletion reduced lung metastasis in an orthotopic mouse breast cancer model. Invasive 3D cancer cell migration as well as invadopodia formation and matrix degradation was impaired upon Lamellipodin depletion. Mechanistically, we show that Lamellipodin promotes invasive 3D cancer cell migration via both actin-elongating Ena/VASP proteins and the Scar/WAVE complex, which stimulates actin branching. In contrast, Lamellipodin interaction with Scar/WAVE but not with Ena/VASP is required for random 2D cell migration. We identified a phosphorylation-dependent mechanism that regulates selective recruitment of these effectors to Lamellipodin: Abl-mediated Lamellipodin phosphorylation promotes its association with both Scar/WAVE and Ena/VASP, whereas Src-dependent phosphorylation enhances binding to Scar/WAVE but not to Ena/VASP. Through these selective, regulated interactions Lamellipodin mediates directional sensing of epidermal growth factor (EGF) gradients and invasive 3D migration of breast cancer cells. Our findings imply that increased Lamellipodin levels enhance Ena/VASP and Scar/WAVE activities at the plasma membrane to promote 3D invasion and metastasis.
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- G Carmona
- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- King's College London, Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, London, UK
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- King's College London, Research Oncology, Division of Cancer Studies, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, London, UK
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- King's College London, Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, London, UK
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- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.,Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- King's College London, Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, London, UK
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- King's College London, Division of Cancer Studies, Cancer Epidemiology Group, London, UK
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- King's College London, Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, London, UK.,King's College London, Research Oncology, Division of Cancer Studies, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, London, UK.,King's College London, Division of Cancer Studies, Richard Dimbleby Department of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- King's College London, Research Oncology, Division of Cancer Studies, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, London, UK
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- King's College London, Division of Cancer Studies, Cancer Epidemiology Group, London, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.,Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- King's College London, Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, London, UK
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Balsamo M, Tsyntsarski B, Erto A, Budinova T, Petrova B, Petrov N, Lancia A. Dynamic studies on carbon dioxide capture using lignocellulosic based activated carbons. ADSORPTION 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10450-015-9711-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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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Vargas DP, Balsamo M, Giraldo L, Erto A, Lancia A, Moreno-Piraján JC. Equilibrium and Dynamic CO2 Adsorption on Activated Carbon Honeycomb Monoliths. Ind Eng Chem Res 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b03234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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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- D. P. Vargas
- Facultad
de Ciencias, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Avenida Carrera 30 No. 45-03, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Dipartimento
di Ingegneria Chimica dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Piazzelle Tecchio, 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Facultad
de Ciencias, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Avenida Carrera 30 No. 45-03, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Dipartimento
di Ingegneria Chimica dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Piazzelle Tecchio, 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Ingegneria Chimica dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Piazzelle Tecchio, 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Facultad
de Ciencias, Departamento de Química, Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18 A 10, Bogotá, Colombia
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Semprucci F, Frontalini F, Sbrocca C, du Châtelet EA, Bout-Roumazeilles V, Coccioni R, Balsamo M. Meiobenthos and free-living nematodes as tools for biomonitoring environments affected by riverine impact. Environ Monit Assess 2015; 187:251. [PMID: 25877645 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4493-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The effects of the human impact on the coastal environments and relative biota can be different and even greater than those derived by natural fluctuations. The major disturbance causes in the coastal systems are rivers that may be important sources of nutrients and pollutants, particularly in a semi-closed basin such as the Adriatic Sea. In this context, we investigated the distribution of both meiobenthic and nematode assemblages in the Central Adriatic Sea to evaluate whether and how they are influenced by riverine discharges and which faunal descriptors are the most effective in detecting this type of stress. On the basis of our results, the disturbance effects in the studied area might be caused by both local streams and Po plume, and even if the latter might be considered of lesser extent, it is worthy to note its real impact at a short distance from the coastline. Meiobenthic assemblage structure appears as a good tool for detecting short-term responses of the benthic domain, whereas nematode assemblages seem more useful for defining long-term responses. Accordingly, the former highlighted from poor to sufficient ecological quality status (EQS) of this area, whereas the latter from moderate to bad EQS. Life strategy traits prove to be the most informative faunal descriptor due to their high correspondence with the environmental variables and particularly with this type of disturbance.
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- F Semprucci
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, della Vita e dell'Ambiente (DiSTeVA), Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', Campus Scientifico loc. Crocicchia, 61029, Urbino, Italy,
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Balsamo M, Budinova T, Erto A, Lancia A, Petrova B, Petrov N, Tsyntsarski B. CO2 adsorption onto synthetic activated carbon: Kinetic, thermodynamic and regeneration studies. Sep Purif Technol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2013.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Agarwal S, Jones JG, Oktay M, Balsamo M, Condeelis J, Gertler F, Rimm DL. Abstract P3-10-16: Quantitative Subtractive Immunofluorescence To Develop a Surrogate for Mena Inv(asive) Isoform Is Associated with Poor Outcome in Breast Cancer. Cancer Res 2010. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs10-p3-10-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction:
Previous work has shown that the inv isoform of Mena, an actin binding protein, is associated with invasion at the cellular level and metastasis in the context of the microenvironment in both animal models and humans (Robinson, B.D. et al. Clin Cancer Res 15, 2433-2441 (2009). However, the prognostic value for metastasis of MenaINV itself is unknown because there is no antibody that directly recognizes this isoform. Here we describe a method to assess a surrogate for MenaINV by measuring total Mena and subtracting the levels of the 11a (non-invasive) isoform. Method: Total Mena and Mena11a were measured in two independent retrospective breast cancer cohorts with 20 year follow-up using tissue microarray and quantitative immunofluorescence (AQUA) technology in a previously described multiplexed mode. AQUA scores for each marker were converted into z scores followed by subtraction of Mena 11a (noninvasive form of Mena) from total Mena (invasive and non-invasive) = Mena(inv) surrogate. This was calculated for each patient and correlated with clinical and pathological characteristics as well as disease-free survival in both cohorts.
Results: In the older Yale cohort, Kaplan Meier analysis dividing the Mena(inv) surrogate by quartiles suggested collapse of the top three quartiles followed by comparison to the fourth quartile (log rank p= 0.0003, n=501). The 4th quartile was also significant in node positive (log rank p=0.0047, n=267) and estrogen negative (ER) patient subgroups (log rank p=0.0003, n=234). Cox multivariate analysis showed Mena(inv) was independent of age, tumor size, nuclear grade, nodal status, ER, PR, Her2 (HR=0.636, 95% CI=0.47-0.86, p=0.0038, n=420). The newer Yale cohort showed similar results, but that cohort also had data on local vs. distant recurrence. The relative risk of distant recurrence in this cohort is 2.56 (p=0.011) for patients with high Mena (inv) compared to 1.96 (p=0.055) for any recurrence.
Conclusions: High Mena (inv) surrogate shows prognostic value for poor survival in two independent breast cancer cohorts with some suggestion of preferential prognostic value for distant recurrence.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2010;70(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P3-10-16.
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- S Agarwal
- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Weill Cornell University, New York, NY; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; Koch Institute, MIT, Cambridge, MA; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Weill Cornell University, New York, NY; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; Koch Institute, MIT, Cambridge, MA; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Weill Cornell University, New York, NY; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; Koch Institute, MIT, Cambridge, MA; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Weill Cornell University, New York, NY; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; Koch Institute, MIT, Cambridge, MA; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Weill Cornell University, New York, NY; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; Koch Institute, MIT, Cambridge, MA; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Weill Cornell University, New York, NY; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; Koch Institute, MIT, Cambridge, MA; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Weill Cornell University, New York, NY; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; Koch Institute, MIT, Cambridge, MA; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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Di Modugno F, Mottolese M, Trono P, Iapicca P, DeMonte L, Balsamo M, Santoni A, Nisticò P. 546 hMena overexpression cooperates with HER2 signalling in breast cancer. EJC Suppl 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(10)71347-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Pietra G, Manzini C, Vitale M, Balsamo M, Ognio E, Boitano M, Queirolo P, Moretta L, Mingari MC. Natural killer cells kill human melanoma cells with characteristics of cancer stem cells. Int Immunol 2009; 21:793-801. [DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxp047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Pino M, Balsamo M, Di Modugno F, Conidi A, McConkey D, Cognetti F, Natali P, Miella M, Nisticò P. 558 POSTER Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) and hMena expression as determinants of sensitivity of pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cell lines to EGFR tyrosine kinase Inhibitors (TKI). EJC Suppl 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(06)70563-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Falcioni T, Manti A, Boi P, Canonico B, Balsamo M, Papa S. Enumeration of activated sludge bacteria in a wastewater treatment plant. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2005; 19:176-9. [PMID: 16602634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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- T Falcioni
- Center of Cytometry and Cytomorphology, University Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy
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Davankov V, Pavlova L, Tsyurupa M, Brady J, Balsamo M, Yousha E. Polymeric adsorbent for removing toxic proteins from blood of patients with kidney failure. J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl 2000; 739:73-80. [PMID: 10744315 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(99)00554-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A hypercrosslinked styrenic polymer with an enhanced proportion of mesopores in the range 2-20 nm has been developed. The principle of the synthesis consists of the suspension polymerization of divinylbenzene (or copolymerization of styrene with divinylbenzene) in the presence of a porogen that is a theta-solvent for polystyrene. On the scale of thermodynamic affinity, theta-solvents occupy a border position between good solvents and precipitating media for the growing polymer chains. In this case, microphase separation takes place during the final stages of the polymerization process. The polymer was shown to adsorb 93-98% of beta2-microglobulin from the blood or plasma of patients with chronic kidney failure. At the same time, large essential proteins, like albumin, are not removed to a significant extent, obviously, due to the size-exclusion effect and the difference in the hydrophobicity of the proteins. By replacing surface exposed pendant vinyl groups of the polymer with hydrophilic functional groups, the material was made hemocompatible, according to the standard battery of biocompatibility tests required by ISO 10993 guidelines. No adverse effects such as fever or hypotension were noted in dogs in direct hemoperfusion experiments with the polymer.
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- V Davankov
- Institute of Element-Organic Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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Gastrotricha form a phylum which is crucial for defining the origin of pseudocoelomates, in that they share a number of characters with Rotifera and Nematoda but also with acoelomates, and even the evolutionary relationships within the phylum are anything but defined. For this reason the first extensive molecular data on Gastrotricha from the 18S rRNA sequences of both orders have been obtained and analyzed. Sequence analyses show that the phylum Gastrotricha is strictly monophyletic along an evolutionary line quite distinct from that of both Rotifera and Nematoda. A new view of the evolutionary history of the phylum Gastrotricha is put forward, in which Chaetonotida, and not Macrodasyida, are the most primitive forms of the group, contrary to the commonly held view. A polyphyletic origin of aschelminthes is supported, and the misleading term pseudocoelomates should be discarded.
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- A Wirz
- Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università di Modena, via Università, 4, Modena, I-41100, Italy
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Ace CI, Balsamo M, Le LT, Okulicz WC. Isolation of progesterone-dependent complementary deoxyribonucleic acid fragments from rhesus monkey endometrium by sequential subtractive hybridization and polymerase chain reaction amplification. Endocrinology 1994; 134:1305-9. [PMID: 8119170 DOI: 10.1210/endo.134.3.8119170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The steroid sex hormone progesterone (P) induces the expression of a variety of genes through a signal transduction pathway mediated by the P receptor, a DNA-binding regulator of transcription. To identify genes and gene networks that are P dependent in the rhesus endometrium, we used a powerful technique employing subtractive hybridization coupled with polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Poly(A)+ RNA was isolated from both P-dominant (days 21-23 of artificial menstrual cycles) and estrogen (E)-dominant (days 9-13) endometrium. The two classes of RNA were converted to cDNA, ligated to EcoRI adaptors, and amplified by PCR using an adaptor-complimentary primer. E-dominant cDNA was labeled with biotin, hybridized in excess to P-dominant cDNA (PcDNA), and complexed with streptavidin. Labeled cross-hybrid sequences common to both populations were subtracted by phenol-chloroform extraction. The remaining cDNA fragments were amplified by PCR. After four rounds of hybridization/amplification, the subtracted PcDNA was analyzed for P-dependent sequences by semiquantitive PCR. Initial analysis revealed that housekeeping genes were undetectable in subtracted cDNA, but a previously characterized P-dependent gene was retained. Three of five clones sequenced at random from the subtracted library exhibited P-inducibility/dependency by PCR analysis of E and PcDNA. One of these, an 835-basepair fragment designated H5, may represent a novel P-dependent gene, as no comparable homology could be found with existing sequences in GenBank and Swissprot databases. We estimate that the procedure described here resulted in highly significant enrichment of up-regulated cDNA fragments from P-dominant tissue.
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- C I Ace
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655
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Okulicz WC, Balsamo M. A double immunofluorescent method for simultaneous analysis of progesterone-dependent changes in proliferation and the oestrogen receptor in endometrium of rhesus monkeys. J Reprod Fertil 1993; 99:545-9. [PMID: 8107038 DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.0990545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A double immunofluorescent technique that permitted the nuclear localization of both the oestrogen receptor and the Ki-67 antigen (marker of cell proliferation) within the same tissue section was developed and used to determine the relationship between the oestrogen receptor and proliferation within the major zones of the primate endometrium. Endometrial tissue was obtained from ovariectomized rhesus monkeys in which the hormonal pattern of oestradiol and progesterone was simulated with Silastic implants containing each hormone. The oestrogen receptor was detected using the H222 rat monoclonal antibody and Texas Red conjugated streptavidin. Immunofluorescent staining of a mouse monoclonal antibody to the Ki-67 antigen was detected by an antibody to mouse IgG conjugated with fluorescein isothiocyanate. Primary antibodies were co-incubated with tissue sections followed by sequential detection of the oestrogen receptor and Ki-67. A dual wavelength filter was used to monitor simultaneously both immunofluorescent patterns. Application of this technique to study regulation of endometrial proliferation and oestrogen receptor content by progesterone showed that the endometrium exhibited two different responses to progesterone: luminal and glandular epithelia and stromal cells in the functionalis and zone III of the basalis showed coincident decreases of oestrogen receptor and proliferation, whereas the oestrogen receptor in glandular epithelia of zone IV (basalis) was not downregulated and there was an increase in proliferation.
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- W C Okulicz
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655
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Okulicz WC, Balsamo M, Tast J. Progesterone regulation of endometrial estrogen receptor and cell proliferation during the late proliferative and secretory phase in artificial menstrual cycles in the rhesus monkey. Biol Reprod 1993; 49:24-32. [PMID: 8353187 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod49.1.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Progesterone (P) down-regulation of uterine estradiol (E) receptor (ER) appears to be a general mechanism by which P modulates E action in the uterus. Our present studies focus on the regulation of ER by P during the changeover from E to P dominance during artificial menstrual cycles in the rhesus monkey. Because of differential cell-type response and the cellular zonation of the primate uterus, we used immunohistochemical analysis in addition to biochemical assays to study the regulation of ER by P. Ki-67 immunoreactivity was used as an index of endometrial proliferation. We performed our analyses on Days 13 (peak of E), 14 (declining E and rising P), 17 (basal E and rising P), and 21 (basal E and peak P). ER immunoreactivity was present throughout the endometrium in luminal and glandular epithelia and stromal fibroblasts on Day 13. As E was withdrawn and P rose on Day 14 there were few distinct changes in ER staining in stromal and epithelial cells. On Day 17, immunoreactive staining showed a distinct reduction for stromal cells in all zones. Although luminal epithelial cells showed a decrease in immunoreactivity on Day 17, zones II, III, and IV retained positive staining for ER in glandular epithelia. ER staining in stromal cells on Day 21 was similar to the pattern observed on Day 17, whereas epithelial cells in zones I, II, and III showed a reduction in staining. Glandular epithelia in zone IV maintained strong positive staining for ER on Day 21.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- W C Okulicz
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655
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