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Musolino M, D’Agostino M, Zicarelli M, Andreucci M, Coppolino G, Bolignano D. Spice Up Your Kidney: A Review on the Effects of Capsaicin in Renal Physiology and Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:791. [PMID: 38255865 PMCID: PMC10815060 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25020791] [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: 12/10/2023] [Revised: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Capsaicin, the organic compound which attributes the spicy flavor and taste of red peppers and chili peppers, has been extensively studied for centuries as a potential natural remedy for the treatment of several illnesses. Indeed, this compound exerts well-known systemic pleiotropic effects and may thus bring important benefits against various pathological conditions like neuropathic pain, rhinitis, itching, or chronic inflammation. Yet, little is known about the possible biological activity of capsaicin at the kidney level, as this aspect has only been addressed by sparse experimental investigations. In this paper, we aimed to review the available evidence focusing specifically on the effects of capsaicin on renal physiology, as well as its potential benefits for the treatment of various kidney disorders. Capsaicin may indeed modulate various aspects of renal function and renal nervous activity. On the other hand, the observed experimental benefits in preventing acute kidney injury, slowing down the progression of diabetic and chronic kidney disease, ameliorating hypertension, and even delaying renal cancer growth may set the stage for future human trials of capsaicin administration as an adjuvant or preventive therapy for different, difficult-to-treat renal diseases.
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- Michela Musolino
- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Magna Graecia University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.M.); (M.D.); (M.A.); (G.C.)
- Department of Health Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy;
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Magna Graecia University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.M.); (M.D.); (M.A.); (G.C.)
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Magna Graecia University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.M.); (M.D.); (M.A.); (G.C.)
- Department of Health Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy;
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Magna Graecia University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.M.); (M.D.); (M.A.); (G.C.)
- Department of Health Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy;
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Magna Graecia University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.M.); (M.D.); (M.A.); (G.C.)
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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Bolignano D, Greco M, D’Agostino M, Cianfrone P, Tripodi L, Misiti R, Zicarelli M, Ganino L, Foti DP, Andreucci M, Coppolino G. Urinary Marinobufagenin in Patients with Non-Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study. Medicina (Kaunas) 2023; 59:1392. [PMID: 37629682 PMCID: PMC10456778 DOI: 10.3390/medicina59081392] [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: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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Background and Objectives: The global prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is on the rise, posing important challenges for healthcare systems. Thus, the search for new factors potentially involved in the pathogenesis, progression and complications of early CKD remains urgent. Marinobufagenin (MBG) is a natriuretic endogenous cardiotonic steroid, and increased circulating levels of it may accelerate kidney damage. In this study, we explored the possible clinical significance of measuring urinary marinobufagenin (uMBG) in patients with non-advanced CKD. Materials and Methods: One hundred and eight adult CKD patients (mean age 71.6 ± 10 years, 70.4% male; mean eGFR 40.54 ± 17 mL/min/1.73 m2) were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. uMBG was measured together with a series of clinical, anthropometric, laboratory and instrumental analyses. Twenty-five healthy matched subjects served as controls for the uMBG measurement. Results: The uMBG values were lower in the patients with CKD as compared to those of the controls (0.37 [IQR: 0.25-0.45] vs. 0.64 [0.46-0.78] nmol/L. p = 0.004), and a significant trend in eGFR levels was noticed across the decreasing uMBG tertiles (p = 0.03). Regarding the correlation analyses, the uMBG values remained robustly associated with the eGFR in multivariate models employing either uMBG or eGFR as the dependent variable (β = 0.248; p = 0.01 and β = 0.139; p = 0.04, respectively). Besides the eGFR, the independent predictors of uMBG values in this population were the use of statins (β = -0.326; p = 0.001), the presence of diabetes (β = 0.243; p = 0.009) and urine sodium (β = 0.204; p = 0.01). Conclusions: Reduced uMBG excretion may reflect impaired renal clearance, which may contribute to the detrimental effects attributed to this hormone due to systemic accumulation. Future studies are needed to clarify the biological mechanisms placing uMBG at the crossroad of sodium intake and the presence of diabetes in CKD-suffering individuals and to verify whether a statin treatment may somewhat limit the detrimental effects of MBG in the presence of impaired renal function.
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- Davide Bolignano
- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Magna-Graecia University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy (L.T.)
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna-Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Clinical Pathology Lab., Magna-Graecia University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Department of Health Sciences, Magna-Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Magna-Graecia University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy (L.T.)
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Magna-Graecia University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy (L.T.)
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Magna-Graecia University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy (L.T.)
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- Clinical Pathology Lab., Magna-Graecia University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna-Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Clinical Pathology Lab., Magna-Graecia University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Clinical Pathology Lab., Magna-Graecia University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna-Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Magna-Graecia University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy (L.T.)
- Department of Health Sciences, Magna-Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Magna-Graecia University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy (L.T.)
- Department of Health Sciences, Magna-Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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Bonavita R, Scerra G, Di Martino R, Nuzzo S, Polishchuk E, Di Gennaro M, Williams SV, Caporaso MG, Caiazza C, Polishchuk R, D’Agostino M, Fleming A, Renna M. The HSPB1-p62/SQSTM1 functional complex regulates the unconventional secretion and transcellular spreading of the HD-associated mutant huntingtin protein. Hum Mol Genet 2023; 32:2269-2291. [PMID: 36971475 PMCID: PMC10321397 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddad047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
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Conformational diseases, such as Alzheimer, Parkinson and Huntington diseases, are part of a common class of neurological disorders characterized by the aggregation and progressive accumulation of proteins bearing aberrant conformations. Huntington disease (HD) has autosomal dominant inheritance and is caused by mutations leading to an abnormal expansion in the polyglutamine (polyQ) tract of the huntingtin (HTT) protein, leading to the formation of HTT inclusion bodies in neurons of affected patients. Interestingly, recent experimental evidence is challenging the conventional view by which the disease pathogenesis is solely a consequence of the intracellular accumulation of mutant protein aggregates. These studies reveal that transcellular transfer of mutated huntingtin protein is able to seed oligomers involving even the wild-type (WT) forms of the protein. To date, there is still no successful strategy to treat HD. Here, we describe a novel functional role for the HSPB1-p62/SQSTM1 complex, which acts as a cargo loading platform, allowing the unconventional secretion of mutant HTT by extracellular vesicles. HSPB1 interacts preferentially with polyQ-expanded HTT compared with the WT protein and affects its aggregation. Furthermore, HSPB1 levels correlate with the rate of mutant HTT secretion, which is controlled by the activity of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling pathway. Finally, we show that these HTT-containing vesicular structures are biologically active and able to be internalized by recipient cells, therefore providing an additional mechanism to explain the prion-like spreading properties of mutant HTT. These findings might also have implications for the turn-over of other disease-associated, aggregation-prone proteins.
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- Institute for Endocrinology and Experimental Oncology “G. Salvatore,” National Research Council, 80131 Naples, Italy
- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Research Council, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- IRCCS SYNLAB SDN, 80143 Naples, Italy
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, CB2 3DY Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, CB2 3DY Cambridge, UK
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, School of Medicine, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via S. Pansini, 5, Building 19, Corpi Bassi Sud (I floor), 80131 Naples, Italy. Tel: +39 081/7463623, Fax: +39 081-7463205;
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D’Agostino M, Panico M, Marsocci A, Angelini F, Casile F, Graffitti A, Magnifica F. The Upper Extremity Functional Index (UEFI): Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability, and Validity of the Italian Version. Muscles Ligaments Tendons J 2022. [DOI: 10.32098/mltj.04.2022.08] [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: 12/04/2022]
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Dvorak K, D’Agostino M. Afterword: Reflecting on Post-COVID Experiential Education and Learning. Diverse Pedagogical Approaches to Experiential Learning, Volume II 2022:197-202. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-83688-7_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Li C, D’Agostino M, Krieger A, Suurna M. 0561 UPPER AIRWAY STIMULATION FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA: COMBINED NORTHEAST OUTCOMES. Sleep 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/sleepj/zsx050.560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Green KK, Kent D, D’Agostino M, Hoff P, Soose R, Yaremchuk K, Lin H, Gillespie MB, Liu S, Capasso R, Carrasco M, Woodson BT, Thaler E, Barrera J, Kezirian EJ. 0566 DRUG-INDUCED SLEEP ENDOSCOPY AND SURGICAL OUTCOMES: AN INTERNATIONAL, MULTICENTER COHORT STUDY. Sleep 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/sleepj/zsx050.565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Fabris D, Gramegna F, Cicerchia M, Marchi T, Barlini S, Piantelli S, Bini M, Bruno M, Casini G, Cinausero M, D’Agostino M, Degerlier M, Gelli N, Mantovani G, Morelli L, Mabiala J, Olmi A, Pasquali G, Poggi G, Valdré S, Vardaci E, Fotina O, Kravchuk V, Colonna M, Ono A. Pre-equilibrium emission to study clustering in nuclei. EPJ Web Conf 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201716300016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Morelli L, Bruno M, D’Agostino M, Baiocco G, Gulminelli F, Cinausero M, Degerlier M, Fabris D, Gramegna F, Marchi T, Barlini S, Bini M, Casini G, Gelli N, Pasquali G, Piantelli S, Valdrè S. Clustering effects in fusion evaporation reactions with light even-even N=Z nuclei. The 24Mg and 28Si cases. EPJ Web of Conferences 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201612211002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Marchi T, Gramegna F, Fabris D, Degerlier M, Fotina O, Kravchuk V, D’Agostino M, Morelli L, Appannababu S, Baiocco G, Barlini S, Bini M, Brondi A, Bruno M, Casini G, Cinausero M, Gelli N, Moro R, Olmi A, Pasquali G, Piantelli S, Poggi G, Valdré S, Vardaci E. Pre-equilibrium emission and its possible relation to α-clustering in nuclei. EPJ Web of Conferences 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20158800016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Morelli L, Baiocco G, D’Agostino M, Gulminelli F, Bruno M, Cinausero M, Degerlier M, Fabris D, Gramegna F, Marchi T, Barlini S, Bini M, Casini G, Gelli N, Olmi A, Pasquali G, Piantelli S, Valdré S. Cluster correlation effects in 12C+ 12C and 14N+ 10B fusion-evaporation reactions. EPJ Web of Conferences 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20158800026] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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Valdré S, Barlini S, Casini G, Pasquali G, Piantelli S, Carboni S, Cinausero M, Gramegna F, Marchi T, Baiocco G, Bardelli L, Benzoni G, Bini M, Blasi N, Bracco A, Brambilla S, Bruno M, Camera F, Corsi A, Crespi F, D’Agostino M, Degerlier M, Kravchuk VL, Leoni S, Million B, Montanari D, Morelli L, Nannini A, Nicolini R, Poggi G, Vannini G, Wieland O, Bednarczyk P, Ciemała M, Dudek J, Fornal B, Kmiecik M, Maj A, Matejska-Minda M, Mazurek K, Męczyński WM, Myalski S, Styczeń J, Ziębliński M. Measurement of light charged particles in the decay channels of medium-mass excited compound nuclei. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146603090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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D’Agostino M, Wakefield R, Berner Hammer H, Vittecoq O, Galeazzi M, Balint P, Fillipucci E, Moller I, Iagnocco A, Naredo E, Ostergaard M, Gaillez C, Kerselaers W, van Holder K, Le Bars M. THU0095 Early response to abatacept plus MTX in MTX-IR RA patients using power doppler ultrasonography: An open-label study:. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.2060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Francalanza L, Abbondanno U, Amorini F, Barlini S, Bini M, Bougault R, Bruno M, Cardella G, Casini G, Colonna M, D’Agostino M, De Filippo E, De Sanctis J, Geraci E, Giussani A, Gramegna F, Guiot B, Kravchuk V, La Guidara E, Lanzalone G, Le Neindre N, Maiolino C, Marini P, Morelli L, Olmi A, Pagano A, Papa M, Piantelli S, Pirrone S, Politi G, Poggi G, Porto F, Russotto P, Rizzo F, Vannini G, Vannucci L. Exploring reaction mechanisms and their competition in 58Ni+ 48Ca collisions at E = 25 AMeV. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146603029] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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Morelli L, Baiocco G, D’Agostino M, Bruno M, Gulminelli F, Cinausero M, Degerlier M, Fabris D, Gramegna F, Marchi T, Barlini S, Bini M, Casini G, Gelli N, Lopez A, Pasquali G, Piantelli S, Valdrè S. Probing the Statistical Decay and α-clustering effects in 12C + 12C and 14N + 10B reactions. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146603064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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De Simone C, Maiorino A, Tassone F, D’Agostino M, Caldarola G. Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment in nail psoriasis: a randomized controlled open-label study. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2012; 27:1003-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2012.04642.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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D’Agostino M, Bruno M, Gulminelli F, Morelli L, Baiocco G, Bardelli L, Barlini S, Cannata F, Casini G, Geraci E, Gramegna F, Kravchuk VL, Marchi T, Moroni A, Ordine A, Raduta AR. An interpretation of staggering effects by correlation observables. EPJ Web of Conferences 2012. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20123100008] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Baiocco G, Bruno M, D’Agostino M, Morelli L, Gulminelli F, Raduta AR. Statistical (?) decay of light hot nuclei. EPJ Web of Conferences 2012. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20123100038] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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