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Differential Effects of Biologics on Psoriasis-Related Vascular Inflammation and Risk of Thrombosis
2020
Programa Estatal de I+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad from Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades and European Regional Development Fund (Spain) [RTI2018-094436-B-I00]; Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo CIBERehd (Spain) [CB06/04/0071]; Generalitat Valenciana (Spain) [PROMETEO/2018/141]; Proyectos Grupos Emergentes [GV/2019/043]; and Universidad Europea (Spain) (2018/UEM32 and 2019/UEM29]. 8.551 JCR (2020) Q1, 4/69 Dermatology 1.951 SJR (2020) Q1, 54/438 Biochemistry No data IDR 2020 UEV
Kawasaki disease in Sicily: clinical description and markers of disease severity
2016
Background: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis of small and middle size arteries; 15-25 % of untreated patients and 5 % of patients treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) develop coronary artery lesions (CAL). Many studies tried to find the most effective treatment in the management of resistant KD and to select the risk factors for CAL. Our data are assessed on children from west Sicily, characterized by a genetic heterogeneity. Methods: We studied the clinical data of 70 KD Sicilian children (36 males: 51 %; 34 females: 49 %), analysed retrospectively, including: demographic and laboratory parameters; echocardiographic findings at diagnosis, at 2, 6 and 8 weeks,…
Vitamin A deficiency is associated with disease severity in patients with liver cirrhosis
2020
Evaluation of effect of a vitamin-based barrier cream on the clinical severity of actinic cheilitis : a preliminary study
2020
Background Actinic Cheilitis (AC) is a pathological condition of the labial mucosa considered potentially malignant. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of treatment of AC with daily use of a vitamin-based barrier cream. Material and methods For this clinical study, 36 participants with lower-lip AC were recruited from three oral medicine services. At baseline, participants were evaluated by clinical examination and clinical severity of AC was classified as grade I to IV. All participants were dispensed a tube of a barrier cream containing vitamins A, D, E and ZnO to apply once nightly for 90 consecutive days. Monthly follow-up was performed to reclassify AC clinial severity…
Anti-inflammatory Function of High-Density Lipoproteins via Autophagy of IκB Kinase
2015
Background & Aims: Plasma levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol are frequently found decreased in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Therefore, and because HDL exerts anti-inflammatory activities, we investigated whether HDL and its major protein component apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) modulate mucosal inflammatory responses in vitro and in vivo. Methods: The human intestinal epithelial cell line T84 was used as the in vitro model for measuring the effects of HDL on the expression and secretion of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin-8 (IL-8), and intracellular adhesion molecule (ICAM). Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB)-responsive promoter activity was studied by …
Recommendations for uniform reporting of data following major trauma — the Utstein style
1999
Members: W.F. Dick (Co-Chairman) (Germany); P.J.F. Baskett (Co-Chairman) (UK); C.M. Grande (USA); H. Delooz (Belgium); W. Kloeck (South Africa); C. Lackner (Austria); M. Lipp (Germany); W. Mauritz (Austria); M. Nerlich (Germany); J. Nicholl (UK); J.P. Nolan (UK); P. Oakley (UK); M.J.A. Parr (UK), A. Seekamp (Belgium); E. Soreide (Norway); P.A. Steen (Norway); Luc van Camp (Belgium); B. Wolcke (Germany); D. Yates (UK).
Bone marrow-derived progenitors are greatly reduced in patients with severe COPD and low-BMI.
2009
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients have reduced circulating hemopoietic progenitors. We hypothesized that severity of COPD parallels the decrease in progenitors and that the reduction in body mass index (BMI) could be associated with more severe bone marrow dysfunction. We studied 39 patients with moderate to very severe COPD (18 with low-BMI and 21 with normal-BMI) and 12 controls. Disease severity was associated to a greater reduction in circulating progenitors. Proangiogenetic and inflammatory markers correlated with disease severity parameters. Compared to normal-BMI patients, low-BMI patients showed: greater reduction in circulating progenitors; higher VEGF-A, VEGF-C…
Caries Severity, Decayed First Permanent Molars and Associated Factors in 6-7 Years Old Schoolchildren Living in Palermo (Southern Italy).
2023
To date, there are very few epidemiologic studies on caries disease in 6–7 year old children living in Sicily (Southern Italy). The first permanent molar (FPM) is the most commonly affected tooth in this target population, and a one-unit increase in the number of decayed FPMs is predictive of caries in other teeth and in adulthood. The primary aim of this research is to estimate the prevalence of caries in 6–7 year old schoolchildren living in Palermo and, as a secondary aim, to estimate the prevalence of affected FPMs. It was designed as a cluster cross-sectional survey on 995 children from 16 schools, selected based on their geographical location, in one of the eight city districts. Carie…
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Receptor Antibodies in Thyroid Eye Disease-Methodology and Clinical Applications.
2018
Background Thyroid stimulating hormone receptor antibodies (TSHR-Ab) cause autoimmune hyperthyroidism and are prevalent in patients with related thyroid eye disease (TED). Purpose To provide a historical perspective on TSHR-Ab and to present evidence-based recommendations for clinical contemporary use. Methods The authors review the recent literature pertaining to TSHR-Ab in patients with TED and describe the various immunoassays currently used for detecting TSHR-Ab and their clinical applications. Results We provide a historical summary and description of the various methods used to detect TSHR-Ab, foremost, the functional TSHR-Ab. Increasing experimental and clinical data demonstrate the …
Interés de los índices clínicos en el tratamiento quirúrgico de la enterocolitis necrotizante
2015
INTRODUCCIÓN: Uno de los retos fundamentales de la terapia quirúrgica de los neonatos con enterocolitis necrotizante es decidir el momento adecuado para la intervención. Los índices clínicos pueden mejorar el proceso de toma de decisiones en beneficio del paciente: el MDAS (Metabolic Derangement Acuity Score) y el SNAPPE-II (Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology Perinatal Extension-II) son dos índices clínicos que fueron propuestos como buenas pruebas para decir qué pacientes con enterocolitis necrotizante necesitaban tratamiento quirúrgico; no obstante, su rendimiento diagnóstico como predictores de dicho tratamiento quirúrgico no fue calculado. El objetivo de esta investigación fue obtener …