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Torre C, Guerreiro J, Longo P, Raposo JF, Leufkens H, Martins AP. Intensive monitoring of adverse drug events associated with the use of new glucose-lowering drugs: results from an inception cohort study in Portugal. Diabet Med 2020; 37:648-656. [PMID: 31692117 DOI: 10.1111/dme.14168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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AIMS To determine the frequency and the time-course profile of adverse drug events associated with new glucose-lowering drugs in daily practice and to explore factors potentially associated to these events. METHODS An inception cohort study was implemented. Adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus initiating a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist or a sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor were eligible for inclusion. Data were collected through baseline and follow-up telephone questionnaires, administered at 2 weeks, 3 months and 6 months. Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank were computed to compare the time to adverse drug event onset. Cox models were used to explore potential factors associated with adverse drug events. RESULTS A total of 1328 participants were recruited to the study. In all, 1118 adverse drug events were reported (of which 36% were not listed in the summary of product characteristics) by 41% of participants. The median latency time of adverse drug events reported in ≥1% of participants ranged from 0 to 2 days. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist and sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor subgroups were associated with an increased likelihood of adverse drug event reporting when compared with the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor subgroup. A total of 328 glucose-lowering drugs were withdrawn, more than half as a result of an adverse drug event. CONCLUSIONS More than two-fifths of participants reported an adverse drug event; dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors led to the highest proportion of unlabelled adverse drug events. Adverse drug event latency time data show that counselling and adverse drug event management should be proactively addressed from treatment initiation. There should be greater focus on prevalent new users of glucose-lowering drugs, who were more complex participants in this study in terms of type 2 diabetes disease, as they were more likely to report an adverse drug event than the incident new users.
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- C Torre
- Centre for Health Evaluation and Research, National Association of Pharmacies, Lisbon, Portugal
- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centre for Health Evaluation and Research, National Association of Pharmacies, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centre for Health Evaluation and Research, National Association of Pharmacies, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Nova Medical School, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- Portuguese Diabetes Association, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Dhanyalayam D, Palma G, Cappello AR, Mariconda A, Sinicropi MS, Giordano F, Del Vecchio V, Ramunno A, Arra C, Longo P, Saturnino C. Corrigendum to: Phosphonium Salt Displays Cytotoxic Effects Against Human Cancer Cell Lines. Anticancer Agents Med Chem 2018; 18:765. [PMID: 31393237 DOI: 10.2174/187152061805180821121547] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Due to an oversight one of the author’s name was published wrong in the article entitled “Phosphonium Salt Displays Cytotoxic Effects Against Human Cancer Cell Lines” in “Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 2015, Vol. 17, No. 13. pp. 1796.” The correct names of all authors are given below: Dhanyalayam D, Palma G, Cappello AR, Mariconda A, Sinicropi MS, Giordano F, Del Vecchio V, Ramunno A, Arra C, Longo P, Saturnino C.
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- D Dhanyalayam
- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036, Rende (CS), Italy
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- SSD Sperimentazione Animale, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, IRCCS, Fondazione "G. Pascale", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036, Rende (CS), Italy
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Schmid H, Gilardi E, Gregori G, Longo P, Maier J, van Aken PA. Structure and chemistry of interfaces between ceria and yttria-stabilized zirconia studied by analytical STEM. Ultramicroscopy 2018; 188:90-100. [PMID: 29602057 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2018.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Revised: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 01/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Epitaxial undoped and Gd2O3-doped ceria films were grown by pulsed laser deposition on (1 1 1) faced Y2O3-stabilized zirconia (YSZ). Highly localized cerium reduction at the film-substrate interfaces is revealed by atomically resolved valence EELS mapping using Cs aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy. The chemical profiles reveal interdiffusion of Ce, (Gd), Y, Zr, forming an intermixing zone at the interface 7-9 (1 1 1) lattice planes wide. In its vicinity, the fraction of Ce3+ raises gradually over 6-8 lattice planes from zero in the bulk ceria to ≈100% in one single plane at the interface. Beyond this plane the Ce3+ fraction drops sharply within the YSZ substrate. In the vicinity of the interface systematic scan deflections are observed during EELS line scans. The advancing electron probe experiences a retarding force at the ceria side, and an accelerating force at the YSZ side, irrespective of the scan direction. This behavior is suggestive of coulombic interactions between the electron probe and a charged interface. This is interpreted as an indication of the presence of a space-charge situation at the YSZ/ceria interface, resulting from an excess negative charge at the ceria side (due to Ce3+cations) and an excess positive charge at the YSZ side (due to oxygen vacancies).
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- H Schmid
- Stuttgart Center for Electron Microscopy at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (MPI-FKF), Heisenbergstrasse 1, Stuttgart, 70569, Germany.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry of Solids, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry of Solids, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Gatan Inc., Pleasanton, CA, USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry of Solids, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Stuttgart Center for Electron Microscopy at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (MPI-FKF), Heisenbergstrasse 1, Stuttgart, 70569, Germany.
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Raimondo M, Russo S, Guadagno L, Longo P, Chirico S, Mariconda A, Bonnaud L, Murariu O, Dubois P. Effect of incorporation of POSS compounds and phosphorous hardeners on thermal and fire resistance of nanofilled aeronautic resins. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra11537f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The aim of this work is the identification of the best strategy for improving thermal, fire resistance and electrical conductivity of an epoxy resin for aeronautic applications.
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- M. Raimondo
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale
- Università di Salerno
- 84084 Fisciano (SA)
- Italy
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- ALENIA Aeronautica SpA Viale dell'Aeronautica
- 80038 Pomigliano D'Arco – (NA)
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale
- Università di Salerno
- 84084 Fisciano (SA)
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia
- Università di Salerno
- 84084 Fisciano (SA)
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale
- Università di Salerno
- 84084 Fisciano (SA)
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia
- Università di Salerno
- 84084 Fisciano (SA)
- Italy
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- Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials
- Center of Innovation and Research in Materials & Polymers (CIRMAP)
- Materia Nova Research Center & University of Mons
- 7000 – Mons
- Belgium
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- Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials
- Center of Innovation and Research in Materials & Polymers (CIRMAP)
- Materia Nova Research Center & University of Mons
- 7000 – Mons
- Belgium
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- Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials
- Center of Innovation and Research in Materials & Polymers (CIRMAP)
- Materia Nova Research Center & University of Mons
- 7000 – Mons
- Belgium
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- L. Guadagno
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale; Università di Salerno; Via Ponte Don Melillo 84084 Fisciano Salerno Italy
- NANO_MATES; Research Centre for NANOMAterials and nanoTEchnology at Salerno University; Università di Salerno; Via Ponte Don Melillo 84084 Fisciano Salerno Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale; Università di Salerno; Via Ponte Don Melillo 84084 Fisciano Salerno Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale; Università di Salerno; Via Ponte Don Melillo 84084 Fisciano Salerno Italy
- NANO_MATES; Research Centre for NANOMAterials and nanoTEchnology at Salerno University; Università di Salerno; Via Ponte Don Melillo 84084 Fisciano Salerno Italy
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- NANO_MATES; Research Centre for NANOMAterials and nanoTEchnology at Salerno University; Università di Salerno; Via Ponte Don Melillo 84084 Fisciano Salerno Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia; Università di Salerno; Via Ponte Don Melillo 84084 Fisciano Salerno Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia; Università di Salerno; Via Ponte Don Melillo 84084 Fisciano Salerno Italy
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Berlepsch-Schreiner H, Longo P, Sarvan N, Staudacher D, Rebecca S. [Incision into the body and soul]. Krankenpfl Soins Infirm 2013; 106:15-17. [PMID: 24479220] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Cairella G, Ciaralli F, Longo P, Rebella V, Molino N, D'Urso A, Tarsitani G. [Smoking cessation and weight gain]. Ann Ig 2007; 19:73-81. [PMID: 17405514] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Cigarette smoking is the single most important preventable cause of death and illness. Smoking cessation is associated with substantial health benefits, but weight gain after smoking cessation is perceived to be a barrier against quitting smoking. The aim of the study was to analyse predictors of weight gain after smoking cessation. The sample included 1067 residents, aged 18-70 years, in a health district of Rome who answered to an anonymous postal questionnaire. Among them 482 were former smokers; 398 provided lifetime histories of both body weight and smoking and were considered in the analysis. 52.5% (49.3% M; 60.5% F) reported weight gain after smoking cessation; among these 25.4% reported a weight gain > or =5 kg. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed a direct association between female gender (OR 1.9, CI 95% 1.1-3.2), age - 45 years (45-65 years: OR 2.5, CI 95% 1.4-4.4; > 64 years OR 2.1, CI 95% 1.0-4.0), number of cigarettes per day >20/day (OR 3.8, CI 95% 1.3-11.5) and weight gain after smoking cessation. The relevance of weight gain following smoking cessation suggests that health benefits associated with smoking cessation may to some extent be negated by the detrimental effects on health of associated weight gain. Smoking cessation programmes should therefore consider incorporating follow-up support to prevent weight gain; regular measurements of body weight together with dietary indications and increase of physical activity are basic factors to implement in the intervention of smoking cessation.
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Piccoli GB, Putaggio S, Soragna G, Mezza E, Burdese M, Bergamo D, Longo P, Rinaldi D, Bermond F, Gai M, Motta D, Novaresio C, Jeantet A, Segoloni GP. Kidney vending: opinions of the medical school students on this controversial issue. Transplant Proc 2004; 36:446-7. [PMID: 15110552 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.02.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND In this era of globalization, in which different cultural and economic barriers are progressively abated, in the context of the development of rapid information networks such as the Internet, physicians are increasingly challenged by clinical and ethical questions. Kidney vending, banned in some countries, legal or tolerated in others, may be the prototype of the ethical aspects of health-care globalization. METHODS To test the interest and the opinions of medical school students, a simulated case was proposed to students attending a seminar within the nephrology course fourth year of the Medical School of Torino, san Luigi): an Italian patient comes to the nephrologist's office asking for advice on the possibility to legally buy a kidney in a foreign country. The 43 students attending the lesson answered a semistructured questionnaire (15 boys, 28 girls, of median age 23 years). Attendance was within the usual standards (50 students inscribed per year). From the clinical point of view, 11.6% were favorable to kidney vending, 51.2% were contrary, 37.2% were uncertain. From the ethical point of view, no student was pro, 81.4% were contrary, and 18.6% were uncertain. The open comments underline the importance of patient self-determination and of informed consent. Similar opinions were recorded in a nonstructured question: "What should physician's attitude be, in the face of a choice he/she doesn't share?" CONCLUSION Students' uncertainties and doubts underline the need to discuss ethical scenarios in the clinical teachings of the medical school.
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- G B Piccoli
- Cattedra di Nefrologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy.
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Piccoli GB, Soragna G, Putaggio S, Burdese M, Longo P, Rinaldi D, Bergamo D, Mezza E, Consiglio V, Novaresio C, Gai M, Motta D, Malfi B, Giacchino F, Jeantet A, Segoloni GP. How many organs should one patient receive? the ethics of transplantation in the medical school. Transplant Proc 2004; 36:444-5. [PMID: 15110551 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.02.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Interest in the humanities in the medical school is growing; while several medical schools, mainly of Anglo-Saxon background, have developed dedicated courses, the experience in Italy is limited. METHODS Since the academic year 2000 to 2001, a discussion of ethical problems was implemented in the nephrology course (fourth year of the Medical School of Torino, Italy; overall 6 years). In 2002 to 2003, a case entitled "Retransplantation of Multiple Organs (Prog Transplant 2002)" was discussed in 2 hours of small-group tutorial teaching: a boy received a renal graft at age 5, failed at age 7 due to recurrent glomerulonephritis, required a heart-kidney graft at age 11, and a second heart-kidney graft at 17. Student opinions were gathered by anonymous semistructured questionnaires at the beginning of the lessons as a basis for discussion. RESULTS Following the lessons all students returned the questionnaires (n = 104). In the absence of competition for allocation, retransplantation was approved by 76.2%, unacceptable for 1% (22.9% uncertain-blank). With a waiting list of 10 patients, the opinions changed: 32.4% approved transplantation, 6.7% didn't approve it, 60.9% were uncertain. A theoretical categorization into deontological or utilitaristic approaches favored the first (41.9% vs 26.7%), with a high prevalence of blank-uncertain (31.5%); 21.9% of the students would change their opinion was that study head of the Transplant Department. CONCLUSION Ethical aspects of the medical profession have been discussed with interest by medical school students; the high prevalence of uncertain answers and requests to develop specific tools underline the importance of this educational approach.
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- G B Piccoli
- Cattedra di Nefrologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy.
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Piccoli GB, Soragna G, Putaggio S, Burdese M, Bergamo D, Mezza E, Gai M, Motta D, Rossetti M, Malfi B, Anania P, Marchetti P, Vistoli F, Barsotti M, Bianchi AM, Longo P, Rinaldi D, Giacchino F, Jeantet A, Boggi U, Segoloni GP. To give or to receive? opinions of teenagers on kidney donation. Transplant Proc 2004; 36:448-9. [PMID: 15110553 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.02.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The attitude toward living donation varies widely in the world, for economic and cultural reasons. In Italy, as in other Mediterranean settings, the role of living kidney donation is minor. AIM To analyze the reasons for this attitude, we gathered data in a general population sample of high school students in a large northern Italian industrial city (Torino, about 900,000 inhabitants). METHODS Semistructured questionnaires (n = 1676), gathered in 2001 to 2002 in 14 high schools, in the context of an educational program on dialysis, renal transplantation, and organ donation, were analyzed presumably reflecting opinions gathered before the educational intervention. RESULTS Most students, in the case of a close relative or partner needing dialysis, answer that they would donate a kidney (yes: 78.2%, no: 2.9%, uncertain-blank: 18.9%); receiving a living donor kidney is felt as disturbing: only 57.5% of the students would accept it (no: 5.9%, uncertain-blank: 36.6%), mainly because of fear of long-term problems for the donor. Donation from an older to a younger person is seen more positively than vice versa. CONCLUSION In our settings, the attitude of the teenagers on living donation is positive; however, while "giving" is positively seen, the presence of unresolved fears is witnessed by the lower acceptance of the idea of "taking." These data suggest to focus on the risks of kidney donation in educational campaigns and in patient-physician information. The positive attitude shared by the teenagers supports the working hypothesis that lack of information is one of the determinants of the low living donor transplantation rate in our area.
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- G B Piccoli
- Cattedra di Nefrologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy.
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Piccoli GB, Soragna G, Putaggio S, Burdese M, Longo P, Rinaldi D, Bergamo D, Mezza E, Consiglio V, Novaresio C, Giacchino F, Jeantet A, Segoloni GP. Efficacy of an educational program on dialysis, renal transplantation, and organ donation on the opinions of high school students: a randomized controlled trial. Transplant Proc 2004; 36:431-2. [PMID: 15110545 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.02.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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AIM Organ shortage is a rate-limiting factor for transplantation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of an educational program targeted to high school students on opinions concerning organ donation. METHODS Sixteen public high schools in Torino, Italy, were randomized (2001 to 2002) as interventions (n = 8) or controls (n = 8). Intervention was composed of first questionnaire, first lesson (one to two classes; 2 hours, by a trained nephrology fellow); second lesson (all classes together; coordinated by a nephrologist, with patients and trainees); second questionnaire. Control included questionnaires. Statistical analysis compared the opinions in the questionnaires after stratification for age, sex, and type of school. RESULTS Fourteen schools completed the program (seven interventions: 937 first and 808 second questionnaires; controls: 739 and 659). Television (82.5%) and newspapers (43.2%) were the main sources of information; knowledge on renal transplantation (grafts feasible per patient, average duration) was low; only 12.2% of the students gave correct answers. The opinions on living donation were highly positive (76.8%) with no difference in control, intervention schools, first and second questionnaires, according to sex, age, or type of school. The opinions on cadaveric transplantation were affected by the educational intervention with a drop in negative answers (from 33.7% to 16%), with an increase in positive (from 31.5% to 42.9%) and in uncertain ones (from 34.8% to 41.1%) among the intervention schools; 98% of the students appreciated the program. CONCLUSION The positive effect on student opinions suggests the need to develop educational approaches as a part of our routine clinical work.
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Gianino P, Mastretta E, Longo P, Laccisaglia A, Sartore M, Russo R, Mazzaccara A. Incidence of nosocomial rotavirus infections, symptomatic and asymptomatic, in breast-fed and non-breast-fed infants. J Hosp Infect 2002; 50:13-7. [PMID: 11825046 DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2001.1129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Rotavirus is one of the most important aetiological agents of nosocomial infections in childhood. We studied the incidence of nosocomial rotavirus infections in 420 patients (age range 1-18 months) consecutively admitted from 1 December 1999 to 31 May 2000 to the infant ward of the Department of Paediatrics, University of Turin. We also evaluated the protective effect of breast feeding. Faecal specimens were collected from every child (whether developing diarrhoeic symptoms or not) and tested for rotavirus during hospitalization and 72 h after discharge. The incidence of rotavirus nosocomial infections was 27.7%. The incidence of symptomatic nosocomial infections was 16.8%, and the incidence of asymptomatic infections was 10.9%. The attack rate of the infections that occurred during hospitalization was 11.8%, while for those occurring after discharge, it was 15.9%. Rotavirus infection, on average, prolonged hospital stay from 5.2 to 6.4 days. 10.6% of breast-fed infants and 32.4% of non-breast-fed infants contracted rotavirus infection (P<0.005). None of the breast-fed infants who contracted rotavirus infection developed diarrhoeic symptoms.
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- P Gianino
- Department of Paediatrics, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, University of Turin, Turin,
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Leahy DJ, Dann CE, Longo P, Perman B, Ramyar KX. A mammalian expression vector for expression and purification of secreted proteins for structural studies. Protein Expr Purif 2000; 20:500-6. [PMID: 11087690 DOI: 10.1006/prep.2000.1331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A mammalian expression vector with features optimized for simple expression and purification of secreted proteins has been developed. This vector was constructed to facilitate X-ray crystallographic studies of cysteine-rich glycoproteins that are difficult to express by other means. Proteins expressed with this vector possess an N-terminal human growth hormone domain and an octahistidine tag separated from the desired polypeptide sequences by a tobacco etch virus protease recognition site. Advantages of this vector are high levels of expression, simple detection and purification of expressed proteins, and reliable cleavage of the fusion protein. Cotransfection of this vector with a dihydrofolate reductase gene allows amplification of expression levels with methotrexate. Over one dozen cysteine-rich secreted proteins have been expressed in sufficient quantity for structural studies using this vector; the structure of at least one of these proteins has been determined.
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- D J Leahy
- Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Fujiwara T, Stolker JM, Watanabe T, Rashid A, Longo P, Eshleman JR, Booker S, Lynch HT, Jass JR, Green JS, Kim H, Jen J, Vogelstein B, Hamilton SR. Accumulated clonal genetic alterations in familial and sporadic colorectal carcinomas with widespread instability in microsatellite sequences. Am J Pathol 1998; 153:1063-78. [PMID: 9777938 PMCID: PMC1853059 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)65651-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/01/1998] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A subset of hereditary and sporadic colorectal carcinomas is defined by microsatellite instability (MSI), but the spectra of gene mutations have not been characterized extensively. Thirty-nine hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer syndrome carcinomas (HNPCCa) and 57 sporadic right-sided colonic carcinomas (SRSCCa) were evaluated. Of HNPCCa, 95% (37/39) were MSI-positive as contrasted with 31% (18/57) of SRSCCa (P < 0.000001), but instability tended to be more widespread in SRSCCa (P = 0.08). Absence of nuclear hMSH2 mismatch repair gene product by immunohistochemistry was associated with germline hMSH2 mutation (P = 0.0007). The prevalence of K-ras proto-oncogene mutations was similar in HNPCCa and SRSCCa (30% (11/37) and 30% (16/54)), but no HNPCCa from patients with germline hMSH2 mutation had codon 13 mutation (P = 0.02), and two other HNPCCa had multiple K-ras mutations attributable to subclones. 18q allelic deletion and p53 gene product overexpression were inversely related to MSI (P = 0.0004 and P = 0.0001, respectively). Frameshift mutation of the transforming growth factor beta type II receptor gene was frequent in all MSI-positive cancers (85%, 46/54), but mutation of the E2F-4 transcription factor gene was more common in HNPCCa of patients with germline hMSH2 mutation than in those with germline bMLH1 mutation (100% (8/8) versus 40% (2/5), P = 0.04), and mutation of the Bax proapoptotic gene was more frequent in HNPCCa than in MSI-positive SRSCCa (55% (17/31) versus 13% (2/15), P = 0.01). The most common combination of mutations occurred in only 23% (8/35) of evaluable MSI-positive cancers. Our findings suggest that the accumulation of specific genetic alterations in MSI-positive colorectal cancers is markedly heterogeneous, because the occurrence of some mutations (eg, ras, E2F-4, and Bax genes), but not others (eg, transforming growth factor beta type II receptor gene), depends on the underlying basis of the mismatch repair deficiency. This genetic heterogeneity may contribute to the heterogeneous clinical and pathological features of MSI-positive cancers.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/genetics
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/metabolism
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/pathology
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Carrier Proteins
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18/genetics
- Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics
- Colorectal Neoplasms/metabolism
- Colorectal Neoplasms/pathology
- Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis/genetics
- Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis/metabolism
- Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis/pathology
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- E2F Transcription Factors
- E2F4 Transcription Factor
- Female
- Genes, APC/genetics
- Humans
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Middle Aged
- MutL Protein Homolog 1
- MutS Homolog 2 Protein
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism
- Nuclear Proteins
- Point Mutation/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Mas
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)/metabolism
- Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1
- Transcription Factor DP1
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/genetics
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism
- bcl-2-Associated X Protein
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Affiliation(s)
- T Fujiwara
- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Yi D, Lee RT, Longo P, Boger ET, Lee YC, Petri WA, Schnaar RL. Substructural specificity and polyvalent carbohydrate recognition by the Entamoeba histolytica and rat hepatic N-acetylgalactosamine/galactose lectins. Glycobiology 1998; 8:1037-43. [PMID: 9719685 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.10.1037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Both the Entamoeba histolytica lectin, a virulence factor for the causative agent of amebiasis, and the mammalian hepatic lectin bind to N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) and galactose (Gal) nonreducing termini on oligosaccharides, with preference for GalNAc. Polyvalent GalNAc-derivatized neoglycoproteins have >1000-fold enhanced binding affinity for both lectins (Adler,P., Wood,S.J., Lee,Y.C., Lee,R.T., Petri,W.A.,Jr. and Schnaar,R.L.,1995, J. Biol. Chem ., 270, 5164-5171). Substructural specificity studies revealed that the 3-OH and 4-OH groups of GalNAc were required for binding to both lectins, whereas only the E.histolytica lectin required the 6-OH group. Whereas GalNAc binds with 4-fold lower affinity to the E.histolytica lectin than to the mammalian hepatic lectin, galactosamine and N-benzoyl galactosamine bind with higher affinity to the E. histolytica lectin. Therefore, a synthetic scheme for converting polyamine carriers to poly-N-acyl galactosamine derivatives (linked through the galactosamine primary amino group) was developed to test whether such ligands would bind the E.histolytica lectin with high specificity and high affinity. Contrary to expectations, polyvalent derivatives including GalN6lys5, GalN4desmosine, GalN4StarburstTMdendrimer, and GalN8StarburstTMdendrimer demonstrated highly enhanced binding to the mammalian hepatic lectin but little or no enhancement of binding to the E.histolytica lectin. We propose that the mammalian hepatic lectin binds with greatest affinity to GalNAc "miniclusters," which mimic branched termini of N-linked oligosaccharides, whereas the E.histolytica lectin binds most effectively to "maxiclusters," which may mimic more widely spaced GalNAc residues on intestinal mucins.
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Affiliation(s)
- D Yi
- Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA, Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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Aberrant crypt foci (ACF) in colorectal mucosa are proposed to be the earliest morphological lesion in the development of neoplasia, but their characteristics remain controversial. We therefore studied the epithelial phenotype and genotype of ACF from patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and of sporadic ACF by evaluating glycoprotein markers associated with neoplasia (lectins Dolichus biflorus agglutinin and peanut agglutinin; monoclonal antibody CA 19-9 against sialyl Lewis-a blood group substance), expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen, and ras proto-oncogene mutations. The utility of the markers was established by comparing adenomas and hyperplastic polyps. Most FAP ACF resembled adenomas and were found to differ from sporadic ACF in their high frequency of dysplasia, staining with Dolichus biflorus agglutinin, expression of sialyl Lewis-a, proliferation in the epithelium of upper crypts, and low frequency of ras gene mutations (P = .04 to < .0000001). By contrast, sporadic ACF and a subset of FAP ACF had phenotypic characteristics resembling hyperplastic polyps but usually had ras mutations, which were inversely related to dysplasia (P = .00009). Our findings suggest that "aberrant crypt focus" is a generic term analogous to "polyp" and requires further histopathologic, phenotypic, or genotypic classification into dysplastic and heteroplastic (hetero = other, plasia = form) types. Dysplastic ACF represent potential precursors to colorectal adenomas and adenocarcinomas, but heteroplastic ACF appear to be associated, rather than precursor, lesions.
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- M R Nucci
- Department of Pathology and Oncology Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21205-2196, USA
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Schnaar RL, Longo P, Yang LJ, Tai T. Distinctive ganglioside patterns revealed by anti-ganglioside antibody binding to differentiating CG-4 oligodendrocytes. Glycobiology 1996; 6:257-63. [PMID: 8724133 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/6.3.257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Oligodendrocytes are central nervous system glial cells responsible for myelination of neuronal axons. During brain development oligodendrocyte progenitor cells progress through a series of morphologically and immunohistochemically distinct differentiation steps leading to mature myelin-producing oligodendrocytes. Much of this same differentiation sequence is expressed in vitro by primary oligodendrocyte progenitor cells, and by the clonal progenitor cell line CG-4. We report the use of highly specific monoclonal antibodies against GM1, GD1a, GD1b, GT1b, and GQ1b to determine major brain ganglioside expression and morphological distribution during CG-4 differentiation in vitro. Prominent anti-GD1b antibody stained defined a highly arborized intermediate stage of oligodendrocyte differentiation. In contrast, anti-GT1b antibody bound to discrete patches on the cell bodies of early progenitor cells and more mature oligodendrocytes, and to sites of progenitor arborization. The other anti-ganglioside antibodies tested did not bind above background levels. Cells with anti-GD1b antibody binding and morphology similar to those in differentiating CG-4 cells were detected in rat brain primary cell cultures enriched in oligodendrocyte precursors. The remarkably distinctive ganglioside immunoreactivity on differentiating oligodendrocytes suggests the possibility of a functional role for their surface expression.
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Affiliation(s)
- R L Schnaar
- Department of Pharmacology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Grassi A, Longo P, Musco A, Porzio W, Scrivanti A. Palladium and platinum complexes of α-ketoesters. Crystal structure of trans-[Pt{P(C6H11)3}2(H){OO}]. J Organomet Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/0022-328x(85)87421-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Iacobelli S, Natoli V, Longo P, Ranelletti FO, De Rossi G, Pasqualetti D, Mandelli F, Mastrangelo R. Glucocorticoid receptor determinations in leukemia patients using cytosol and whole-cell assays. Cancer Res 1981; 41:3979-84. [PMID: 7285007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Parallel determinations of glucocorticoid receptors in the cells of patients with various forms of leukemia were made by two assay methods, one using cell-free cytosolic extracts and the other using whole-cell preparations. Both assays revealed saturable binding of triamcinolone acetonide in all cases. The mean equilibrium dissociation constant for the interaction of triamcinolone acetonide with the cytoplasmic receptor at 2 degrees was 9.45 +/- 6.33 (S.D.) nM while that for the whole-cell binding at 37 degrees was 6.13 +/- 3.25 nM, suggesting an increase in receptor affinity at physiological temperatures. Competition experiments with various unlabeled steroids revealed a higher degree of glucocorticoid specificity at 37 degrees in whole-cell suspensions than at 2 degrees in cytosol. In a comparative analysis of 41 leukemic cell specimens, it was found that determinations carried out by whole-cell assay, calculated as number of sites per cell correlated well with those performed by cytosol assay, calculated as fmol/mg protein, independent of the type of leukemia. However, for cells with low receptor content, the two assay methods were more difficult to compare. In agreement with previous reports, the cytosol assay consistently underestimated the number of receptors with respect to the whole-cell assay, particularly in cases of lymphatic leukemia. Furthermore, the underestimation decreased for increasing levels of total cellular receptor. These results suggest that, in addition to possible defects in the cytoplasm-to-nucleus translocation process, the acceptor-binding capacity of the nucleus may also represent one of the factors which determines the levels of assayable cytoplasmic receptors. Moreover, they indicate that the two assay methods furnish nonequivalent information.
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Ranelletti FO, Piantelli M, Iacobelli S, Musiani P, Longo P, Lauriola L, Marchetti P. Glucocorticoid receptors and in vitro corticosensitivity of peanut-positive and peanut-negative human thymocyte subpopulations. The Journal of Immunology 1981. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.127.3.849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In 6 human thymus glands, the immature subset of thymocytes was separated from the more mature one, by differential peanut lectin agglutination. These 2 cell subpopulations were analyzed for glucocorticoid receptor content by using a whole cell assay, with (3H)-triamcinolone acetonide as tracer. The unagglutinated thymocytes (peanut negative) contained about 2 times more receptor sites per cell than agglutinated (peanut positive) ones (7650 +/- 1550 S.D. verus 3195 +/- 896 S.D.). The affinity for steroid was similar in both cell subsets, as was the stereospecificity for glucocorticoids, the time-course of steroid-receptor association, and cytoplasmic to nuclear translocation. Despite the greater number of glucocorticoid receptor sites, the peanut-negative thymocyte subpopulation did not differ from the peanut-positive one in its sensitivity to the inhibitory effects of triamcinolone acetonide, as determined by measurements of the incorporation of radiolabeled precursors of protein and DNA. Moreover, the peanut-negative subset appeared more resistant in vitro to the steroid-induced cell lysis as compared to the peanut-positive one. Thus, our data suggest that glucocorticoid receptor density and corticosensitivity are not directly correlated and that the number of glucocorticoid receptor sites may be dependent on the degree of immunologic maturation.
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Ranelletti FO, Piantelli M, Iacobelli S, Musiani P, Longo P, Lauriola L, Marchetti P. Glucocorticoid receptors and in vitro corticosensitivity of peanut-positive and peanut-negative human thymocyte subpopulations. J Immunol 1981; 127:849-55. [PMID: 6973584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
In 6 human thymus glands, the immature subset of thymocytes was separated from the more mature one, by differential peanut lectin agglutination. These 2 cell subpopulations were analyzed for glucocorticoid receptor content by using a whole cell assay, with (3H)-triamcinolone acetonide as tracer. The unagglutinated thymocytes (peanut negative) contained about 2 times more receptor sites per cell than agglutinated (peanut positive) ones (7650 +/- 1550 S.D. verus 3195 +/- 896 S.D.). The affinity for steroid was similar in both cell subsets, as was the stereospecificity for glucocorticoids, the time-course of steroid-receptor association, and cytoplasmic to nuclear translocation. Despite the greater number of glucocorticoid receptor sites, the peanut-negative thymocyte subpopulation did not differ from the peanut-positive one in its sensitivity to the inhibitory effects of triamcinolone acetonide, as determined by measurements of the incorporation of radiolabeled precursors of protein and DNA. Moreover, the peanut-negative subset appeared more resistant in vitro to the steroid-induced cell lysis as compared to the peanut-positive one. Thus, our data suggest that glucocorticoid receptor density and corticosensitivity are not directly correlated and that the number of glucocorticoid receptor sites may be dependent on the degree of immunologic maturation.
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Sica G, Longo P, Ranelletti FO, Iacobelli S. Androgen receptor specificity and growth response in Shionogi carcinoma cells. J Steroid Biochem 1981; 14:23-8. [PMID: 7206696 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(81)90188-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Mastrangelo R, Malandrino R, Riccardi R, Longo P, Ranelletti FO, Iacobelli S. Clinical implications of glucocorticoid receptor studies in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood 1980; 56:1036-40. [PMID: 6934012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
We have performed in parallel, in 19 children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a quantitative determination of glucocorticoid levels, in vitro steroid induced inhibition of nucleic acid precursors, and a short-term clinical trial of corticosteroids alone, before the treatment was given, which included corticosteroids and other drugs. From our results it appears that high glucocorticoid receptor levels in acute lymphoblastic leukemia of children do not guarantee a clinical response to corticosteroids. On the other hand, glucocorticoid receptors may turn out to be of value in predicting a poor response to corticosteroids only if their levels are considerably low.
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Iacobelli S, Ranelletti FO, Longo P, Riccardi R, Mastrangelo R. Discrepancies between in vivo and in vitro effects of glucorticoids in myelomonocytic leukemic cells with steroid receptors. Cancer Res 1978; 38:4257-62. [PMID: 279401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
MESH Headings
- Binding, Competitive
- DNA, Neoplasm/biosynthesis
- Glucocorticoids/pharmacology
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Infant
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/blood
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/metabolism
- Leukocyte Count
- Male
- Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis
- Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent/drug therapy
- RNA, Neoplasm/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Glucocorticoid/metabolism
- Receptors, Steroid/metabolism
- Steroids/metabolism
- Triamcinolone Acetonide/metabolism
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Barlattani M, Teofili MT, Vecchi L, Calamaro S, Pascarella F, Barduagni A, Marolla A, Longo P. [Blood coagulation changes studied by means of thrombelastography in various neoplastic manifestations during medical, surgical, and radiotherapy]. Clin Ter 1969; 49:221-58. [PMID: 5385353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Vaccarino A, Fabris F, Morassutti Indovina MP, Longo P. [The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome]. Minerva Med 1966; 57:1343-6. [PMID: 5930544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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