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Maria Parmeggiani

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Increased expression of interleukin-22 in patients with giant cell arteritis

2017

Objectives GCA is characterized by arterial remodelling driven by inflammation. IL-22 is an attractive cytokine which acts at the crosstalk between immune and stromal cells. We hypothesized that IL-22 might be induced in GCA and might be involved in disease pathogenesis. Methods Patients subjected to temporal artery biopsies (TABs) naive from therapy were enrolled: 27 biopsy-proven GCA, 8 biopsy-negative GCA, 21 biopsy-negative non-GCA patients. Expression of IL-22 was determined in TABs by immunohystochemistry, in plasma by ELISA, in peripheral blood mononuclear cells by real-time PCR and flow cytometry. Effects of IL-22 on viability and gene expression of primary cultures obtained from TA…

0301 basic medicineCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesMalearterial remodelling; autoimmunity; giant cell arteritis; inflammation; interleukin-22; pathogenesismedicine.medical_treatmentMessengerInterleukin 220302 clinical medicineimmune system diseasesarterial remodelling; autoimmunity; giant cell arteritis; inflammation; interleukin-22; pathogenesis; Aged; Aged 80 and over; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes; Calcium Ionophores; Carcinogens; Case-Control Studies; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; Flow Cytometry; Giant Cell Arteritis; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; In Vitro Techniques; Interleukins; Ionomycin; Leukocytes Mononuclear; Male; RNA Messenger; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Temporal Arteries; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate80 and overLeukocytesPharmacology (medical)skin and connective tissue diseasesAged 80 and overIonomycinpathogenesisautoimmunityInterleukinFlow CytometryImmunohistochemistryTemporal ArteriesCalcium IonophoresCytokinecardiovascular systemTetradecanoylphorbol AcetateFemalemedicine.symptomgiant cell arteritiStromal cellMononuclearGiant Cell ArteritisInflammationEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayIn Vitro TechniquesReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionPeripheral blood mononuclear cellarterial remodelling03 medical and health sciencesRheumatologymedicineHumansViability assayRNA Messengercardiovascular diseasesAged030203 arthritis & rheumatologybusiness.industryInterleukinsinterleukin-22medicine.diseaseGiant cell arteritis030104 developmental biologyinflammationCase-Control StudiesImmunologyCarcinogensLeukocytes MononuclearRNAbusiness
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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and HIV Co-infection

2010

To the Editor: We report a case of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in a man with serologic evidence of HIV-1 infection. The clinical course was complicated by lung and brain involvement (respiratory failure and lethargy), severe leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia, but complications resolved after treatment with oseltamivir (150 mg 2×/d). In November 2009, a 47-year-old man who had received a diagnosis of hepatitis C infection 8 months earlier sought treatment at Ospedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy. He had a 3-day history of fever, dry cough, and drowsiness. Eight days before being admitted, the man had resided in the hospital’s inpatient detoxification unit, in which at least 10 i…

Microbiology (medical)medicine.medical_specialtyOseltamivirEpidemiologyEncephalopathyletterlcsh:Medicinelcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseasesLethargychemistry.chemical_compoundLeukocytopeniaInternal medicinePandemic (H1N1) 2009medicineSore throatlcsh:RC109-216Letters to the EditorLeukopeniabusiness.industrylcsh:Rvirus diseasesHepatitis Cencephalopathymedicine.diseaseInfectious DiseasesItalyRespiratory failurechemistryImmunologyHIV-1medicine.symptombusinessEmerging Infectious Diseases
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