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1. Preliminary Characterisation of Immune Cell Populations in the Oral Mucosa of a Small Cohort of Healthy Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)

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Soltero‐Rivera, Maria, Bailey, Myles, Blandino, Andrew, Arzi, Boaz, and Vapniarsky, Natalia

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Veterinary Sciences, Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences, Dental/Oral and Craniofacial Disease, Inflammatory and immune system, Animals, Mouth Mucosa, Macrophages, Dogs, Male, Female, B-Lymphocytes, Immunohistochemistry, Dendritic Cells, Myeloid Cells, canine, oral immunology, oral mucosa, veterinary dentistry, Developmental Biology, Veterinary sciences
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Pre-determined anatomical locations in the oral cavity were biopsied, and their histomorphology was characterised using haematoxylin and eosin staining (H&E). The most abundant cell type was of dendritic morphology. Lymphocyte foci were not evident in the palatoglossal folds or the gingiva. Immunohistochemical staining (IHC) for validated leukocyte markers followed, including CD3, CD20, CD79α, CD204, and Iba1. Consistent with H&E findings, CD204 immunoreactivity predominated amongst all niches. With the exception of the alveolar mucosa and palatoglossal folds, we also demonstrate a significant difference in the population of macrophages by region for only the Iba1 antigen (p

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2024

2. Sensing Performance of the IEEE 802.11bf Protocol and Its Impact on Data Communication

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Sahoo, Anirudha, Ropitault, Tanguy, Blandino, Steve, and Golmie, Nada

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Computer Science - Networking and Internet Architecture
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Wi-Fi sensing has been used to detect and track movements in an environment, resulting in the emergence of several innovative applications. Wi-Fi sensing can detect movement and locate objects by analyzing variations in the Wi-Fi signal due to its interaction with moving objects. Until recently, Wi-Fi sensing has been primarily available through proprietary solutions, which has limited its adoption. However, the recent initiative by the IEEE to develop the IEEE 802.11bf standard promises to make the adoption of Wi-Fi sensing widespread. Although Wi-Fi sensing procedures in communication standards can be overhead, there is currently a lack of literature exploring the sensing performance of Wi-Fi sensing procedures specified in the IEEE 802.11bf standard and its impact on data communication. Therefore, this paper presents a comprehensive evaluation of the sensing performance of the IEEE 802.11bf protocol and its impact on data communication in different configurations. Our findings expose the limitations of specific configurations and pave the way to provide guidance on efficient operating configurations of an IEEE 802.11bf network.

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2024

10. Algorithm-Supervised Millimeter Wave Indoor Localization using Tiny Neural Networks

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Shastri, Anish, Blandino, Steve, Gentile, Camillo, Lai, Chiehping, and Casari, Paolo

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Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Signal Processing, Computer Science - Networking and Internet Architecture
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The quasi-optical propagation of millimeter-wave signals enables high-accuracy localization algorithms that employ geometric approaches or machine learning models. However, most algorithms require information on the indoor environment, may entail the collection of large training datasets, or bear an infeasible computational burden for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) devices. In this work, we propose to use tiny neural networks (NNs) to learn the relationship between angle difference-of-arrival (ADoA) measurements and locations of a receiver in an indoor environment. To relieve training data collection efforts, we resort to a self-supervised approach by bootstrapping the training of our neural network through location estimates obtained from a state-of-the-art localization algorithm. We evaluate our scheme via mmWave measurements from indoor 60-GHz double-directional channel sounding. We process the measurements to yield dominant multipath components, use the corresponding angles to compute ADoA values, and finally obtain location fixes. Results show that the tiny NN achieves sub-meter errors in 74% of the cases, thus performing as good as or even better than the state-of-the-art algorithm, with significantly lower computational complexity., Comment: 13 pages, 12 figures

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2024

13. Correction: Combined TP53 status in tumor-free resection margins and circulating microRNA profiling predicts the risk of locoregional recurrence in head and neck cancer

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Ganci, Federica, Allegretti, Matteo, Frascolla, Carlotta, Spinella, Francesca, Rollo, Francesca, Sacconi, Andrea, De Pascale, Valentina, Palcau, Alina Catalina, Manciocco, Valentina, Vescovo, Mariavittoria, Cotroneo, Ettore, Blandino, Francesca, Benevolo, Maria, Covello, Renato, Muti, Paola, Strano, Sabrina, Vidiri, Antonello, Fontemaggi, Giulia, Pellini, Raul, and Blandino, Giovanni

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2024
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14. Combined TP53 status in tumor-free resection margins and circulating microRNA profiling predicts the risk of locoregional recurrence in head and neck cancer

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Ganci, Federica, Allegretti, Matteo, Frascolla, Carlotta, Spinella, Francesca, Rollo, Francesca, Sacconi, Andrea, Valentina, Pascale De, Palcau, Alina Catalina, Manciocco, Valentina, Vescovo, Mariavittoria, Cotroneo, Ettore, Blandino, Francesca, Benevolo, Maria, Covello, Renato, Muti, Paola, Strano, Sabrina, Vidiri, Antonello, Fontemaggi, Giulia, Pellini, Raul, and Blandino, Giovanni

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2024
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15. Soil-Water Partitioning Behavior of Oxyfluorfen Under California Rice Field Conditions

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Bonnar, David J, Eichler, Jeff P, Parikh, Sanjai J, Blandino, Andrew, Lybrand, Rebecca A, Morris, Madison L, Hengel, Matt J, and Tjeerdema, Ronald S

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Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Soil Sciences, herbicide, weedy rice, sorption, desorption, isotherm, hysteresis, Agricultural biotechnology, Crop and pasture production, Soil sciences
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The herbicide oxyfluorfen [OXY; 2-chloro-1-(3-ethoxy-4-nitrophenoxy)-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzene] has recently surged in interest among rice farmers with the development of OXY-tolerant rice and its demonstrated effectiveness against problematic rice weeds in California. Not currently registered for use with rice, its fate in rice fields is poorly understood. Using a batch equilibrium method, we characterize the soil-water partitioning behavior of OXY under simulated California rice field conditions. Sorption data imply strong, primarily concentration-independent binding correlated with soil organic carbon (log[Koc] 4.79−5.19; N 0.87−1.08) across all soil, temperature, and salinity treatments. Temperature significantly enhanced binding affinity for sorption and desorption processes (P < 0.01). Bound OXY was poorly desorbed (9.3 to 27.0% desorption) from rice soils and exhibited significant sorption hysteresis (HI > 0) in all treatments. These results indicate that OXY will predominantly remain in soil and will be resistant to release into water in California rice fields.

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2023

16. The oncogenic axis YAP/MYC/EZH2 impairs PTEN tumor suppression activity enhancing lung tumorigenicity

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Federica Lo Sardo, Chiara Turco, Beatrice Messina, Andrea Sacconi, Francesca Romana Auciello, Claudio Pulito, Sabrina Strano, Sima Lev, and Giovanni Blandino

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Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282, Cytology, QH573-671
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Abstract The tumor suppressor PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted in chromosome 10) is genetically deleted or downregulated in many cancer types. Loss of PTEN protein expression is frequently found in lung cancer while genetic alterations are less abundant. PTEN expression is regulated at multiple genetic and epigenetic levels and even partial reduction of its expression increases cancer occurrence. We show that YAP and TAZ cooperate with EZH2, and MYC to transcriptionally repress onco-suppressor genes, including PTEN, in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells. YAP/TAZ-EZH2-MYC transcriptional regulators form a nuclear complex that represses PTEN transcription, while their combinatorial targeting restores PTEN expression, attenuates NSCLC cell growth, and prevents compensatory responses induced by single treatments. Datasets analysis of NSCLC patients revealed that PTEN expression is negatively correlated to YAP/TAZ, EZH2 and MYC and that low expression of PTEN is predictive of poor prognosis, especially at earlier stages of the disease. These findings highlight the repressive role of the YAP/TAZ-EZH2-MYC axis on tumor-suppressor genes and offer a potential therapeutic strategy for lung cancer patients with low PTEN levels.

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2024
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28. Clustering COVID-19 ARDS patients through the first days of ICU admission. An analysis of the CIBERESUCICOVID Cohort

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Ceccato, Adrian, Forne, Carles, Bos, Lieuwe D., Camprubí-Rimblas, Marta, Areny-Balagueró, Aina, Campaña-Duel, Elena, Quero, Sara, Diaz, Emili, Roca, Oriol, De Gonzalo-Calvo, David, Fernández-Barat, Laia, Motos, Anna, Ferrer, Ricard, Riera, Jordi, Lorente, Jose A., Peñuelas, Oscar, Menendez, Rosario, Amaya-Villar, Rosario, Añón, José M., Balan-Mariño, Ana, Barberà, Carme, Barberán, José, Blandino-Ortiz, Aaron, Boado, Maria Victoria, Bustamante-Munguira, Elena, Caballero, Jesús, Carbajales, Cristina, Carbonell, Nieves, Catalán-González, Mercedes, Franco, Nieves, Galbán, Cristóbal, Gumucio-Sanguino, Víctor D., de la Torre, Maria del Carmen, Estella, Ángel, Gallego, Elena, García-Garmendia, José Luis, Garnacho-Montero, José, Gómez, José M., Huerta, Arturo, Jorge-García, Ruth Noemí, Loza-Vázquez, Ana, Marin-Corral, Judith, Martínez de la Gándara, Amalia, Martin-Delgado, María Cruz, Martínez-Varela, Ignacio, Messa, Juan Lopez, Muñiz-Albaiceta, Guillermo, Nieto, María Teresa, Novo, Mariana Andrea, Peñasco, Yhivian, Pozo-Laderas, Juan Carlos, Pérez-García, Felipe, Ricart, Pilar, Roche-Campo, Ferran, Rodríguez, Alejandro, Sagredo, Victor, Sánchez-Miralles, Angel, Sancho-Chinesta, Susana, Socias, Lorenzo, Solé-Violan, Jordi, Suarez-Sipmann, Fernando, Tamayo-Lomas, Luis, Trenado, José, Úbeda, Alejandro, Valdivia, Luis Jorge, Vidal, Pablo, Bermejo, Jesus, Gonzalez, Jesica, Barbe, Ferran, Calfee, Carolyn S., Artigas, Antonio, and Torres, Antoni

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2024
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29. Author Correction: Metformin-induced ablation of microRNA 21-5p releases Sestrin-1 and CAB39L antitumoral activities

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Pulito, Claudio, Mori, Federica, Sacconi, Andrea, Goeman, Frauke, Ferraiuolo, Maria, Pasanisi, Patrizia, Campagnoli, Carlo, Berrino, Franco, Fanciulli, Maurizio, Ford, Rebecca J., Levrero, Massimo, Pediconi, Natalia, Ciuffreda, Ludovica, Milella, Michele, Steinberg, Gregory R., Cioce, Mario, Muti, Paola, Strano, Sabrina, and Blandino, Giovanni

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2024
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31. Che-1/miR-590-3p/TAZ axis sustains multiple myeloma disease

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Bruno, Tiziana, Catena, Valeria, Corleone, Giacomo, Cortile, Clelia, Cappelletto, Maria Chiara, Bellei, Barbara, De Nicola, Francesca, Amadio, Bruno, Gumenyuk, Svitlana, Marchesi, Francesco, Annibali, Ombretta, Blandino, Giovanni, Fanciulli, Maurizio, and Di Agostino, Silvia

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2024
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32. Direct numerical simulation of supersonic boundary layers over a microramp: effect of the Reynolds number

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Della Posta, Giacomo, Blandino, Matteo, Modesti, Davide, Salvadore, Francesco, and Bernardini, Matteo

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Physics - Fluid Dynamics, 76N25
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Microvortex generators are passive control devices smaller than the boundary layer thickness that energise the boundary layer to prevent flow separation with limited induced drag. In this work, we use direct numerical simulations (DNSs) to investigate the effect of the Reynolds number in a supersonic turbulent boundary layer over a microramp vortex generator. Three friction Reynolds numbers are considered, up to $Re_{\tau}=2000$, for fixed free-stream Mach number $M_{\infty}=2$ and fixed relative height of the ramp with respect to the boundary layer thickness. The high-fidelity data set sheds light on the instantaneous and highly three-dimensional organisation of both the wake and the shock waves induced by the microramp. The full access to the flow field provided by DNS allows us to develop a qualitative model of the near wake, explaining the internal convolution of the Kelvin-Helmoltz vortices around the low-momentum region behind the ramp. The overall analysis shows that numerical results agree excellently with recent experimental measurements in similar operating conditions and confirms that microramps effectively induce a significantly fuller boundary layer even far downstream of the ramp. Moreover, results highlight significant Reynolds number effects, which in general do not scale with the ramp height. Increasing Reynolds number leads to enhanced coherence of the typical vortical structures in the field, faster and stronger development of the momentum deficit region, increased upwash between the primary vortices from the sides of the ramp - and thus increased lift-up of the wake - and faster transfer of momentum towards the wall., Comment: 29 pages, 21 figures, 1 table, submitted to Journal of Fluid Mechanics on May, 17th 2023

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2023
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33. Targeting of mutant-p53 and MYC as a novel strategy to inhibit oncogenic SPAG5 activity in triple negative breast cancer

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Valeria Canu, Sebastiano Vaccarella, Andrea Sacconi, Claudio Pulito, Frauke Goeman, Matteo Pallocca, Daniela Rutigliano, Sima Lev, Sabrina Strano, and Giovanni Blandino

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Cytology, QH573-671
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Abstract Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive disease which currently has no effective therapeutic targets and prominent biomarkers. The Sperm Associated antigen 5 (SPAG5) is a mitotic spindle associated protein with oncogenic function in several human cancers. In TNBC, increased SPAG5 expression has been associated with tumor progression, chemoresistance, relapse, and poor clinical outcome. Here we show that high SPAG5 expression in TNBC is regulated by coordinated activity of YAP, mutant p53 and MYC. Depletion of YAP or mutant p53 proteins reduced SPAG5 expression and the recruitment of MYC onto SPAG5 promoter. Targeting of MYC also reduced SPAG5 expression and concomitantly tumorigenicity of TNBC cells. These effects of MYC targeting were synergized with cytotoxic chemotherapy and markedly reduced TNBC oncogenicity in SPAG5-expression dependent manner. These results suggest that mutant p53-MYC-SPAG5 expression can be considered as bona fide predictors of patient’s outcome, and reliable biomarkers for effective anticancer therapies.

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2024
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34. Repurposed AT9283 triggers anti-tumoral effects by targeting MKK3 oncogenic functions in Colorectal Cancer

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Valentina Piastra, Federica Ganci, Andrea Sacconi, Angelina Pranteda, Matteo Allegretti, Roberta Bernardini, Martina Serra, Barbara Lupo, Emanuela Dell’Aquila, Gianluigi Ferretti, Edoardo Pescarmona, Armando Bartolazzi, Giovanni Blandino, Livio Trusolino, and Gianluca Bossi

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MKK3/p38MAPK, Drug repurposing, Aurora kinase A, Target therapy, Colorectal cancer (CRC), Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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Abstract Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common type of cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with a survival rate near to 10% when diagnosed at an advanced stage. Hence, the identification of new molecular targets to design more selective and efficient therapies is urgently required. The Mitogen activated protein kinase kinase 3 (MKK3) is a dual-specificity threonine/tyrosine protein kinase that, activated in response to cellular stress and inflammatory stimuli, regulates a plethora of biological processes. Previous studies revealed novel MKK3 roles in supporting tumor malignancy, as its depletion induces autophagy and cell death in cancer lines of different tumor types, including CRC. Therefore, MKK3 may represent an interesting new therapeutic target in advanced CRC, however selective MKK3 inhibitors are currently not available. Methods The study involved transcriptomic based drug repurposing approach and confirmatory assays with CRC lines, primary colonocytes and a subset of CRC patient-derived organoids (PDO). Investigations in vitro and in vivo were addressed. Results The repurposing approach identified the multitargeted kinase inhibitor AT9283 as a putative compound with MKK3 depletion-mimicking activities. Indeed, AT9283 drops phospho- and total-MKK3 protein levels in tested CRC models. Likely the MKK3 silencing, AT9283 treatment: i) inhibited cell proliferation promoting autophagy and cell death in tested CRC lines and PDOs; ii) resulted well-tolerated by CCD-18Co colonocytes; iii) reduced cancer cell motility inhibiting CRC cell migration and invasion; iv) inhibited COLO205 xenograft tumor growth. Mechanistically, AT9283 abrogated MKK3 protein levels mainly through the inhibition of aurora kinase A (AURKA), impacting on MKK3/AURKA protein–protein interaction and protein stability therefore uncovering the relevance of MKK3/AURKA crosstalk in sustaining CRC malignancy in vitro and in vivo. Conclusion Overall, we demonstrated that the anti-tumoral effects triggered by AT9283 treatment recapitulated the MKK3 depletion effects in all tested CRC models in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that AT9283 is a repurposed drug. According to its good tolerance when tested with primary colonocytes (CCD-18CO), AT9283 is a promising drug for the development of novel therapeutic strategies to target MKK3 oncogenic functions in late-stage and metastatic CRC patients.

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2024
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35. T1 relaxation: Chemo-physical fundamentals of magnetic resonance imaging and clinical applications

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Michele Gaeta, Karol Galletta, Marco Cavallaro, Enricomaria Mormina, Maria Teresa Cannizzaro, Ludovica Rosa Maria Lanzafame, Tommaso D’Angelo, Alfredo Blandino, Sergio Lucio Vinci, and Francesca Granata

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MRI, T1 relaxation time, Magnetism, Chemical shift imaging, Tumbling, Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine, R895-920
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Abstract A knowledge of the complex phenomena that regulate T1 signal on Magnetic Resonance Imaging is essential in clinical practice for a more effective characterization of pathological processes. The authors review the physical basis of T1 Relaxation Time and the fundamental aspects of physics and chemistry that can influence this parameter. The main substances (water, fat, macromolecules, methemoglobin, melanin, Gadolinium, calcium) that influence T1 and the different MRI acquisition techniques that can be applied to enhance their presence in diagnostic images are then evaluated. An extensive case illustration of the different phenomena and techniques in the areas of CNS, abdomino-pelvic, and osteoarticular pathology is also proposed. Critical relevance statement T1 relaxation time is strongly influenced by numerous factors related to tissue characteristics and the presence in the context of the lesions of some specific substances. An examination of these phenomena with extensive MRI exemplification is reported. Key Points The purpose of the paper is to illustrate the chemical-physical basis of T1 Relaxation Time. MRI methods in accordance with the various clinical indications are listed. Several examples of clinical application in abdominopelvic and CNS pathology are reported. Graphical Abstract

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2024
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36. The landscape of circulating tumor HPV DNA and TTMV-HPVDNA for surveillance of HPV-oropharyngeal carcinoma: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Flaminia Campo, Oreste Iocca, Francesca Paolini, Valentina Manciocco, Silvia Moretto, Armando De Virgilio, Claudio Moretti, Antonello Vidiri, Aldo Venuti, Paolo Bossi, Giovanni Blandino, and Raul Pellini

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Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, Liquid biopsy, Circulating tumour HPVDNA, HPV, TTMV-HPVDNA, Follow up, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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Abstract Background Human papilloma virus (HPV) related cancers of the oropharynx are rapidly increasing in incidence and may soon represent the majority of all head and neck cancers. Improved monitoring and surveillance methods are thus an urgent need in public health. Main text The goal is to highlight the current potential and limitations of liquid biopsy through a meta analytic study on ctHPVDNA and TTMV-HPVDNA. It was performed a Literature search on articles published until December 2023 using three different databases: MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Library. Studies that evaluated post-treatment ctHPVDNA and TTMV-HPVDNA in patients with HPV + OPSCC, studies reporting complete data on the diagnostic accuracy in recurrence, or in which the number of true positives, false positives, true negatives, and false negatives was extractable, and methods of detection of viral DNA clearly defined. The meta-analysis was conducted following the Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) reporting guidelines. The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of ctHPVDNA and TTMV by ddPCR to define its efficacy in clinical setting for the follow up of HPV-OPSCC. Conclusion The 12 studies included in the meta-analysis provided a total of 1311 patients for the analysis (398 valuated with ctHPVDNA and 913 with TTMV-HPVDNA). Pooled sensitivity and specificity were 86% (95% CI: 78%-91%) and 96% (95% CI: 91%-99%), respectively; negative and positive likelihood ratios were 0.072 (95% CI: 0.057–0.093) and 24.7 (95% CI: 6.5–93.2), respectively; pooled DOR was 371.66 (95% CI: 179.1–918). The area under the curve (AUC) was 0.81 (95% CI, 0.67–0.91). Liquid biopsy for the identification of cell free DNA might identify earlier recurrence in HPV + OPSCC patients. At the present time, liquid biopsy protocol needs to be standardized and liquid biopsy cannot yet be used in clinical setting. In the future, a multidimensional integrated approach which links multiple clinical, radiological, and laboratory data will contribute to obtain the best follow-up strategies for the follow-up of HPV-OPSCC.

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2024
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37. Evidence of Horizontal Violence in Healthcare Settings: A Narrative Review

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Guido Vittorio Travaini, Emma Flutti, Martina Sottocornola, Vittoradolfo Tambone, Alberto Blandino, Gianmarco Di Palma, and Francesco De Micco

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lateral violence, internal violence, interpersonal aggression among colleagues, peer-to-peer violence, co-worker mistreatment, worker-to-worker violence, Nursing, RT1-120
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In the professional realm, the healthcare sector stands out as one of the most susceptible to violence. One notable manifestation of this is violence among colleagues, commonly referred to as horizontal violence, which has garnered significant attention in recent times. To delve deeper into this phenomenon across various categories of healthcare professionals, a comprehensive search was conducted on PubMed, Scopus, and CINAHL, resulting in the inclusion of 13 articles. The findings of this narrative review illuminate how horizontal violence can manifest in both physical and psychological forms and how it often becomes normalized among the healthcare professionals who endure it. Particularly vulnerable to such occurrences are recent graduates and those with limited professional experience. Furthermore, it has been observed that horizontal violence has detrimental effects on the well-being of those subjected to it, as well as on the quality of patient care delivered. Considering preventive measures, numerous studies emphasize the pivotal role of effective departmental leadership in fostering a harmonious work environment. Despite the largely underreported nature of this phenomenon, the conclusions drawn in this study advocate for a deeper exploration of the dynamics surrounding horizontal violence, with the goal of devising targeted strategies to mitigate its occurrence.

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2024
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38. The cross-talk between the macro and micro-environment in precursor lesions of pancreatic cancer leads to new and promising circulating biomarkers

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Carla Mottini, Francesca Romana Auciello, Isabella Manni, Christian Pilarsky, Damiano Caputo, Giulio Caracciolo, Alessandro Rossetta, Elena Di Gennaro, Alfredo Budillon, Giovanni Blandino, Maria Serena Roca, and Giulia Piaggio

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Pancreatic cancer, Macro-environment, Micro-environment, Immune landscape, Circulating biomarkers, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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Abstract Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a clinically challenging tumor to combat due to its advanced stage at diagnosis as well as its resistance to currently available therapies. The absence of early symptoms and known detectable biomarkers renders this disease incredibly difficult to detect/manage. Recent advances in the understanding of PC biology have highlighted the importance of cancer-immune cell interactions, not only in the tumor micro-environment but also in distant systemic sites, like the bone marrow, spleen and circulating immune cells, the so-called macro-environment. The response of the macro-environment is emerging as a determining factor in tumor development by contributing to the formation of an increasingly immunogenic micro-environment promoting tumor homeostasis and progression. We will summarize the key events associated with the feedback loop between the tumor immune micro-environment (TIME) and the tumor immune macroenvironment (TIMaE) in pancreatic precancerous lesions along with how it regulates disease development and progression. In addition, liquid biopsy biomarkers capable of diagnosing PC at an early stage of onset will also be discussed. A clearer understanding of the early crosstalk between micro-environment and macro-environment could contribute to identifying new molecular therapeutic targets and biomarkers, consequently improving early PC diagnosis and treatment.

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2024
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39. The lncRNAMALAT1-WTAP axis: a novel layer of EMT regulation in hypoxic triple-negative breast cancer

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Martina Dragonetti, Chiara Turco, Anna Benedetti, Frauke Goeman, Mattia Forcato, Stefano Scalera, Matteo Allegretti, Gabriella Esposito, Francesco Fazi, Giovanni Blandino, Sara Donzelli, and Giulia Fontemaggi

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Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282, Cytology, QH573-671
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Abstract Early metastatic disease development is one characteristic that defines triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) as the most aggressive breast cancer (BC) subtype. Numerous studies have identified long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) as critical players in regulating tumor progression and metastasis formation. Here, we show that MALAT1, a long non-coding RNA known to promote various features of BC malignancy, such as migration and neo angiogenesis, regulates TNBC cell response to hypoxia. By profiling MALAT1-associated transcripts, we discovered that lncRNA MALAT1 interacts with the mRNA encoding WTAP protein, previously reported as a component of the N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification writer complex. In hypoxic conditions, MALAT1 positively regulates WTAP protein expression, which influences the response to hypoxia by favoring the transcription of the master regulators HIF1α and HIF1β. Furthermore, WTAP stimulates BC cell migratory ability and the expression of N-Cadherin and Vimentin, hallmarks of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In conclusion, this study highlights the functional axis comprising MALAT1 and WTAP as a novel prognostic marker of TNBC progression and as a potential target for the development of therapeutic approaches for TNBC treatment.

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2024
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40. Combined TP53 status in tumor-free resection margins and circulating microRNA profiling predicts the risk of locoregional recurrence in head and neck cancer

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Federica Ganci, Matteo Allegretti, Carlotta Frascolla, Francesca Spinella, Francesca Rollo, Andrea Sacconi, Pascale De Valentina, Alina Catalina Palcau, Valentina Manciocco, Mariavittoria Vescovo, Ettore Cotroneo, Francesca Blandino, Maria Benevolo, Renato Covello, Paola Muti, Sabrina Strano, Antonello Vidiri, Giulia Fontemaggi, Raul Pellini, and Giovanni Blandino

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HNSCC, Resection margins, Local recurrence, TP53, microRNA profiling, Liquid biopsy, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950
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Abstract Locoregional recurrences represent a frequently unexpected problem in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Relapse often (10–30%) occurs in patients with histologically negative resection margins (RMs), probably due to residual tumor cells or hidden pre-cancerous lesions in normal mucosa, both missed by histopathological examination. Therefore, definition of a ‘clean’ or tumor-negative RM is controversial, demanding for novel approaches to be accurately explored. Here, we evaluated next generation sequencing (NGS) and digital PCR (dPCR) as tools to profile TP53 mutational status and circulating microRNA expression aiming at scoring the locoregional risk of recurrence by means of molecular analyses. Serial monitoring of these biomarkers allowed identifying patients at high risk, laying the ground for accurate tracking of disease evolution and potential intensification of post-operative treatments. Additionally, our pipeline demonstrated its applicability into the clinical routine, being cost-effective and feasible in terms of patient sampling, holding promise to accurately (re)-stage RMs in the era of precision medicine.

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2024
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42. Impact of Hemoglobin Levels on Composite Cardiac Arrest or Stroke Outcome in Patients With Respiratory Failure Due to COVID-19

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Shi Nan Feng, BSPH, Thu-Lan Kelly, PhD, John F. Fraser, MD, PhD, Gianluigi Li Bassi, MD, PhD, Jacky Suen, PhD, Akram Zaaqoq, MD, MPH, Matthew J. Griffee, MD, Rakesh C. Arora, MD, Nicole White, PhD, Glenn Whitman, MD, Chiara Robba, MD, PhD, Denise Battaglini, MD, PhD, Sung-Min Cho, DO, MHS, on behalf of COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium (CCCC), Robert Bartlett, John F. Fraser, Gianluigi Li Bassi, Jacky Y. Suen, Heidi J. Dalton, John Laffey, Daniel Brodie, Eddy Fan, Antoni Torres, Davide Chiumello, Alyaa Elhazm, Carol Hodgson, Shingo Ichiba, Carlos Luna, Srinivas Murthy, Alistair Nichol, Pauline Yeung Ng, Mark Ogino, Aidan Burrell, Antonio Pesenti, Tala Al-Dabbous, Huda Alfoudri, Mohammed Shamsah, Subbarao Elapavaluru, Ashley Berg, Christina Horn, Yunis Mayasi, Stephan Schroll, Dan Meyer, Jorge Velazco, Ludmyla Ploskanych, Wanda Fikes, Rohini Bagewadi, Marvin Dao, Haley White, Alondra Berrios Laviena, Ashley Ehlers Maysoon, Shalabi-McGuire, Trent Witt, Lorenzo Grazioli, Luca Lorini, E. Wilson Grandin, Jose Nunez, Tiago Reyes, Diarmuid O’Briain, Stephanie Hunter, Mahesh Ramanan, Julia Affleck, Hemanth Hurkadli Veerendra, Sumeet Rai, Josie Russell-Brown, Mary Nourse, Mark Joseph, Brook Mitchell, Martha Tenzer, Ryuzo Abe, Hwa Jin Cho, In Seok Jeong, Nadeem Rahman, Vivek Kakar, Andres Oswaldo Razo Vazquez, Nicolas Brozzi, Omar Mehkri, Sudhir Krishnan Abhijit, Duggal Stuart Houltham, Jerónimo Graf, Roderigo Diaz, Roderigo Orrego, Camila Delgado, Joyce González, Maria Soledad Sanchez, Michael Piagnerelli, Josefa Valenzuela Sarrazin, A/Prof. Gustavo Zabert, Lucio Espinosa, Paulo Delgado, Victoria Delgado, Diego Fernando, Bautista Rincón, Angela Maria Marulanda Yanten, Melissa Bustamante Duque, Alyaa Elhazmi, Abdullah Al-Hudaib, Maria Callahan, M. Azhari Taufik, Elizabeth Yasmin Wardoyo, Margaretha Gunawan, Nurindah S Trisnaningrum, Vera Irawany, Muhammad Rayhan, Mauro Panigada, Alberto Zanella, Giacomo Grasselli, Sebastiano Colombo, Chiara Martinet, Gaetano Florio, Massimo Antonelli, Simone Carelli, Domenico L. 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Mokadam, Alberto Uribe, Alicia Gonzalez, Haixia Shi, Johnny McKeown, Joshua Pasek, Juan Fiorda, Marco Echeverria, Rita Moreno, Bishoy Zakhary, Marco Cavana, Alberto Cucino, Giuseppe Foti, Marco Giani, Benedetta Fumagalli, Valentina Castagna, Andrea Dell’Amore, Paolo Navalesi, Hoi-Ping Shum, Alain Vuysteke, Asad Usman, Andrew Acker, Benjamin Smood, Blake Mergler, Federico Sertic, Madhu Subramanian, Alexandra Sperry, Nicolas Rizer, Erlina Burhan, Menaldi Rasmin, Ernita Akmal, Faya Sitompul, Navy Lolong, Bhat Naivedh, Simon Erickson, Peter Barrett, David Dean, Julia Daugherty, Antonio Loforte, Irfan Khan, Mohammed Abraar Quraishi, Olivia DeSantis, Dominic So, Darshana Kandamby, Jose M. 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Szuldrzynski, Piotr Bielański, Keith Wille, Ken Kuljit, S. Parhar, Kirsten M. Fiest, Cassidy Codan, Anmol Shahid, Mohamed Fayed, Timothy Evans, Rebekah Garcia, Ashley Gutierrez, Tae Song, Rebecca Rose, Suzanne Bennett, Denise Richardson, Giles Peek, Lovkesh Arora, Kristina Rappapport, Kristina Rudolph, Zita Sibenaller, Lori Stout, Alicia Walter, Daniel Herr, Nazli Vedadi, Shaun Thompson, Julie Hoffman, Xiaonan Ying, Ryan Kennedy, Muhammed Elhadi, Matthew Griffee, Anna Ciullo, Yuri Kida, Ricard Ferrer Roca, JordI Riera, Sofia Contreras, Cynthia Alegre, Christy Kay, Irene Fischer, Elizabeth Renner, Hayato Taniguci, John Fraser, Jacky Suen, Adrian Barnett, Nicole White, Kristen Gibbons, Simon Forsyth, Amanda Corley, India Pearse, Samuel Hinton, Gabriella Abbate, Halah Hassan, Silver Heinsar, Varun A Karnik, Katrina Ki, Hollier F. O’Neill, Nchafatso Obonyo, Leticia Pretti Pimenta, Janice D. Reid, Kei Sato, Aapeli Vuorinen, Karin S. Wildi, Emily S. Wilson, Stephanie Yerkovich, James Lee, Daniel Plotkin, Barbara Wanjiru Citarella, Laura Merson, Emma Hartley, Bastian Lubis, Takanari Ikeyama, Balu Bhaskar, Jae-Seung Jung, Shay McGuinness, Glenn Eastwood, Sandra Rossi Marta, Fabio Guarracino, Stacy Gerle, Emily Coxon, Bruno Claro, Daniel Loverde, Namrata Patil, Vieri Parrini, Angela McBride, Kathryn Negaard, Angela Ratsch, Ahmad Abdelaziz, Juan David Uribe, Adriano Peris, Mark Sanders, Dominic Emerson, Muhammad Kamal, Pedro Povoa, Roland Francis, Ali Cherif, Sunimol Joseph, Matteo Di Nardo, Micheal Heard, Kimberly Kyle, Ray A Blackwell, Patrick Biston, Hye Won Jeong, Reanna Smith, Yogi Prawira, Arturo Huerta Garcia, Nahikari Salterain, Bart Meyns, Marsha Moreno, Rajat Walia, Amit Mehta, Annette Schweda, Moh Supriatna, Cenk Kirakli, Melissa Williams, Kyung Hoon Kim, Alexandra Assad, Estefania Giraldo, Wojtek Karolak, Martin Balik, Elizabeth Pocock, Evan Gajkowski, Kanamoto Masafumi, Nicholas Barrett, Yoshihiro Takeyama, Sunghoon Park, Faizan Amin, Fina Meilyana Andriyani, Serhii Sudakevych, Magdalena Vera, Rodrigo Cornejo, Patrícia Schwarz, Ana Carolina Mardini, Thais de Paula, Ary Serpa Neto, Andrea Villoldo, Alexandre Siciliano Colafranceschi, Alejandro Ubeda Iglesias, Juan Granjean, Lívia Maria Garcia Melro, Giovana Fioravante Romualdo, Diego Gaia, Helmgton Souza, Filomena Galas, Rafael Máñez Mendiluce, Alejandra Sosa, Ignacio Martinez, Hiroshi Kurosawa, Juan Salgado, Beate Hugi-Mayr, Eric Charbonneau, Vitor Salvatore Barzilai, Veronica Monteiro, Rodrigo Ribeiro de Souza, Michael Harper, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Celina Adams, Jorge Brieva, George Nyale, Faisal Saleem Eltatar, Jihan Fatani, Husam Baeissa, Ayman AL Masri, Ahmed Rabie, Mok Yee Hui, Masahiro Yamane, Hanna Jung, Ayorinde Mojisola Margaret, Newell Nacpil, Katja Ruck, Rhonda Bakken, Claire Jara, Tim Felton, Lorenzo Berra, Bobby Shah, Arpan Chakraborty, Monika Cardona, Gerry Capatos, Bindu Akkanti, Abiodun Orija, Harsh Jain, Asami Ito, Brahim Housni, Sennen Low, Koji Iihara, Joselito Chavez, Kollengode Ramanathan, Gustavo Zabert, Krubin Naidoo, Ian Seppelt, Marlice VanDyk, Sarah MacDonald, Randy McGregor, Teka Siebenaler, Hannah Flynn, Kristi Lofton, Toshiyuki Aokage, Kazuaki Shigemitsu, Andrea Moscatelli, Giuseppe Fiorentino, Matthias Baumgaertel, Serge Eddy Mba, Jana Assy, Amelya Hutahaean, Holly Roush, Kay A Sichting, Francesco Alessandri, Debra Burns, Gavin Salt, Carl P. Garabedian, Jonathan Millar, Malcolm Sim, Adrian Mattke, Danny McAuley, Jawad Tadili, Tim Frenzel, Yaron Bar-Lavie, Aaron Blandino Ortiz, Jackie Stone, Antony Attokaran, Michael Farquharson, Brij Patel, Derek Gunning, Kenneth Baillie, Pia Watson, Kenji Tamai, Gede Ketut Sajinadiyasa, Dyah Kanyawati, Marcello Salgado, Assad Sassine, Bhirowo Yudo, Scott McCaul, Bongjin Lee, Sang Min Lee, Arnon Afek, Yoshiaki Iwashita, Bambang Pujo Semedi, Jack Metiva, Nicole Van Belle, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Lenny Ivatt, Chia Yew Woon, Hyun Mi Kang, Timothy Smith, Erskine James, Nawar Al-Rawas, Yudai Iwasaki, Kenny Chan King-Chung, Vadim Gudzenko, Fabio Taccone, Fajar Perdhana, Yoan Lamarche, Joao Miguel Ribeiro, Nikola Bradic, Klaartje Van den Bossche, Oude Lansink, Gurmeet Singh, Gerdy Debeuckelaere, Henry T. Stelfox, Cassia Yi, Jennifer Elia, Thomas Tribble, Shyam Shankar, Raj Padmanabhan, Bill Hallinan, Luca Paoletti, Yolanda Leyva, Tatuma Fykuda, Jenelle Badulak, Jillian Koch, Amy Hackman, Lisa Janowaik, Deb Hernandez, Jennifer Osofsky, Katia Donadello, Aizah Lawang, Josh Fine, and Benjamin Davidson

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Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9
Abstract

OBJECTIVES:. Anemia has been associated with an increased risk of both cardiac arrest and stroke, frequent complications of COVID-19. The effect of hemoglobin level at ICU admission on a composite outcome of cardiac arrest or stroke in an international cohort of COVID-19 patients was investigated. DESIGN:. Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected database. SETTING:. A registry of COVID-19 patients admitted to ICUs at over 370 international sites was reviewed for patients diagnosed with cardiac arrest or stroke up to 30 days after ICU admission. Anemia was defined as: normal (hemoglobin ≥ 12.0 g/dL for women, ≥ 13.5 g/dL for men), mild (hemoglobin 10.0–11.9 g/dL for women, 10.0–13.4 g/dL for men), moderate (hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 and < 10.0 g/dL for women and men), and severe (hemoglobin < 8.0 g/dL for women and men). PATIENTS:. Patients older than 18 years with acute COVID-19 infection in the ICU. INTERVENTIONS:. None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:. Of 6926 patients (median age = 59 yr, male = 65%), 760 patients (11.0%) experienced stroke (2.0%) and/or cardiac arrest (9.4%). Cardiac arrest or stroke was more common in patients with low hemoglobin, occurring in 12.8% of patients with normal hemoglobin, 13.3% of patients with mild anemia, and 16.7% of patients with moderate/severe anemia. Time to stroke or cardiac arrest by anemia status was analyzed using Cox proportional hazards regression with death as a competing risk. Covariates selected through clinical knowledge were age, sex, comorbidities (diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and cardiac or neurologic conditions), pandemic era, country income, mechanical ventilation, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Moderate/severe anemia was associated with a higher risk of cardiac arrest or stroke (hazard ratio, 1.32; 95% CI, 1.05–1.67). CONCLUSIONS:. In an international registry of ICU patients with COVID-19, moderate/severe anemia was associated with increased hazard of cardiac arrest or stroke.

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2024
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44. Apoptotic cell death in disease—Current understanding of the NCCD 2023

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Vitale, Ilio, Pietrocola, Federico, Guilbaud, Emma, Aaronson, Stuart A, Abrams, John M, Adam, Dieter, Agostini, Massimiliano, Agostinis, Patrizia, Alnemri, Emad S, Altucci, Lucia, Amelio, Ivano, Andrews, David W, Aqeilan, Rami I, Arama, Eli, Baehrecke, Eric H, Balachandran, Siddharth, Bano, Daniele, Barlev, Nickolai A, Bartek, Jiri, Bazan, Nicolas G, Becker, Christoph, Bernassola, Francesca, Bertrand, Mathieu JM, Bianchi, Marco E, Blagosklonny, Mikhail V, Blander, J Magarian, Blandino, Giovanni, Blomgren, Klas, Borner, Christoph, Bortner, Carl D, Bove, Pierluigi, Boya, Patricia, Brenner, Catherine, Broz, Petr, Brunner, Thomas, Damgaard, Rune Busk, Calin, George A, Campanella, Michelangelo, Candi, Eleonora, Carbone, Michele, Carmona-Gutierrez, Didac, Cecconi, Francesco, Chan, Francis K-M, Chen, Guo-Qiang, Chen, Quan, Chen, Youhai H, Cheng, Emily H, Chipuk, Jerry E, Cidlowski, John A, Ciechanover, Aaron, Ciliberto, Gennaro, Conrad, Marcus, Cubillos-Ruiz, Juan R, Czabotar, Peter E, D’Angiolella, Vincenzo, Daugaard, Mads, Dawson, Ted M, Dawson, Valina L, De Maria, Ruggero, De Strooper, Bart, Debatin, Klaus-Michael, Deberardinis, Ralph J, Degterev, Alexei, Del Sal, Giannino, Deshmukh, Mohanish, Di Virgilio, Francesco, Diederich, Marc, Dixon, Scott J, Dynlacht, Brian D, El-Deiry, Wafik S, Elrod, John W, Engeland, Kurt, Fimia, Gian Maria, Galassi, Claudia, Ganini, Carlo, Garcia-Saez, Ana J, Garg, Abhishek D, Garrido, Carmen, Gavathiotis, Evripidis, Gerlic, Motti, Ghosh, Sourav, Green, Douglas R, Greene, Lloyd A, Gronemeyer, Hinrich, Häcker, Georg, Hajnóczky, György, Hardwick, J Marie, Haupt, Ygal, He, Sudan, Heery, David M, Hengartner, Michael O, Hetz, Claudio, Hildeman, David A, Ichijo, Hidenori, Inoue, Satoshi, Jäättelä, Marja, Janic, Ana, Joseph, Bertrand, Jost, Philipp J, and Kanneganti, Thirumala-Devi

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Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biological Sciences, 1.1 Normal biological development and functioning, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Generic health relevance, Good Health and Well Being, Animals, Humans, Apoptosis, Cell Death, Caspases, Carcinogenesis, Mammals, Medical and Health Sciences, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Health sciences
Abstract

Apoptosis is a form of regulated cell death (RCD) that involves proteases of the caspase family. Pharmacological and genetic strategies that experimentally inhibit or delay apoptosis in mammalian systems have elucidated the key contribution of this process not only to (post-)embryonic development and adult tissue homeostasis, but also to the etiology of multiple human disorders. Consistent with this notion, while defects in the molecular machinery for apoptotic cell death impair organismal development and promote oncogenesis, the unwarranted activation of apoptosis promotes cell loss and tissue damage in the context of various neurological, cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, infectious, neoplastic and inflammatory conditions. Here, the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death (NCCD) gathered to critically summarize an abundant pre-clinical literature mechanistically linking the core apoptotic apparatus to organismal homeostasis in the context of disease.

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2023

45. Sun CubE OnE: A Multi-wavelength Synoptic Solar Micro Satellite

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Giovannelli, L., Berrilli, F., Casolino, M., Curti, F., Del Moro, D., Calchetti, D., Cantoresi, M., D'Ambrosio, A., Francisco, G., Giobbi, P., Marcelli, L., Mazzotta, P., Mugatwala, R., Pucacco, G., Reda, R., Dhara, S. K, Tombesi, F., Blandino, D., Benigno, N., Cilia, M., Di Salvo, A., Di Tana, V., Ingiosi, F., Loddo, S., Marmonti, M., Musazzi, M., Simonetti, S., and Truscelli, G.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics - Space Physics
Abstract

The Sun cubE onE (SEE) is a 12U CubeSat mission proposed for a phase A/B study to the Italian Space Agency that will investigate Gamma and X-ray fluxes and ultraviolet (UV) solar emission to support studies in Sun-Earth interaction and Space Weather from LEO. More in detail, SEE's primary goals are to measure the flares emission from soft-X to Gamma ray energy range and to monitor the solar activity in the Fraunhofer Mg II doublet at 280 nm, taking advantage of a full disk imager payload. The Gamma and X-ray fluxes will be studied with unprecedented temporal resolution and with a multi-wavelength approach thanks to the combined use of silicon photodiode and silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) -based detectors. The flare spectrum will be explored from the keV to the MeV range of energies by the same payload, and with a cadence up to 10 kHz and with single-photon detection capabilities to unveil the sources of the solar flares. The energy range covers the same bands used by GOES satellites, which are the standard bands for flare magnitude definition. At the same time SiPM detectors combined with scintillators allow to cover the non-thermal bremsstrahlung emission in the gamma energy range. Given its UV imaging capabilities, SEE will be a key space asset to support detailed studies on solar activity, especially in relation to ultraviolet radiation which strongly interacts with the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere, and in relation to space safety, included in the field of human space exploration. The main goal for the UV payload is to study the evolution of the solar UV emission in the Mg II band at two different time scales: yearly variations along the solar cycle and transient variations during flare events., Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures

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2022
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48. Role of Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Targeted Biopsy in the Detection of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer in Patients with Suspicious Digital Rectal Examination

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Vincenzo Ficarra, Alessandro Buttitta, Marta Rossanese, Angela Alibrandi, Giuseppina Anastasi, Alfredo Blandino, Antonio Ieni, Maurizio Martini, and Gianluca Giannarini

Subjects
prostate cancer, multiparametric MRI, prostate biopsy, digital rectal examination, Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology, RC870-923
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Objectives: Few studies have examined the role of prostate MRI in patients with suspicious digital rectal examination (DRE) and/or PSA > 10 ng/mL. In a cohort of non-screened patients with suspicious DRE, we investigated the rate of avoidable prostate biopsies and potentially missed clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) with negative MRI, and the concordance between targeted biopsy (TBx) and systematic biopsy (SBx) in detecting csPCa with positive MRI. Methods: We retrospectively examined 199 biopsy-naïve patients with suspicious DRE who underwent prostate MRI before transperineal biopsy. Prostate Imaging—Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) v2.1 ≥ 3 category of the index lesion defined a positive MRI. Combined TBx/SBx and SBx alone were performed for positive and negative MRI, respectively. An International Society of Urogenital Pathology Grade Group ≥ 2 defined csPCa. We calculated the csPCa detection rate of TBx, SBx, and combined TBx/SBx. The Cohen kappa statistic was used to measure the concordance between TBx and SBx. Results: Ninety-one (45.7%) csPCa cases were detected. MRI was positive in 153 (76.9%) patients. In the 46 patients with negative MRI, SBx detected 5 (10.9%) csPCa cases. Prostate biopsy could, thus, be avoided in 41/199 (20.6%) patients at the cost of missing 5/91 (5.5%) csPCa cases. The concordance between TBx and SBx in detecting csPCa with positive mpMRI was substantial (k = 0.70). Specifically, 6/86 (6.9%) csPCa cases were detected with TBx, and 17/86 (19.7%) with SBx alone. Concordance was almost perfect (k = 0.82) in patients with PSA > 10 ng/mL. Only 4/38 (10.5%) csPCa cases were missed by TBx, and only 1 (2.6%) csPCa case was identified by TBx alone. Conclusions: MRI in patients with suspicious DRE could avoid roughly 21% of unnecessary biopsies at the cost of missing approximately 6% of csPCa cases. Moreover, MRI and TBx complemented SBx in detecting csPCa in the subgroup with PSA > 10 ng/mL.

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2024
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49. Author Correction: Metformin-induced ablation of microRNA 21-5p releases Sestrin-1 and CAB39L antitumoral activities

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Claudio Pulito, Federica Mori, Andrea Sacconi, Frauke Goeman, Maria Ferraiuolo, Patrizia Pasanisi, Carlo Campagnoli, Franco Berrino, Maurizio Fanciulli, Rebecca J. Ford, Massimo Levrero, Natalia Pediconi, Ludovica Ciuffreda, Michele Milella, Gregory R. Steinberg, Mario Cioce, Paola Muti, Sabrina Strano, and Giovanni Blandino

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Cytology, QH573-671
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2024
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50. Dextran-enriched pea-based ingredient from a combined enzymatic and fermentative bioprocessing. Design of an innovative plant-based spread.

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Giuseppe Perri, Graziana Difonzo, Yaqin Wang, Michela Verni, Giusy Rita Caponio, Rossana Coda, Massimo Blandino, and Erica Pontonio

Subjects
Pea flour, LAB Fermentation, Dextran, Defatted durum wheat germ, Plant-based spreads, Nutrition. Foods and food supply, TX341-641, Food processing and manufacture, TP368-456
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In this study a plant-based spread was developed using dextran-enriched ingredients derived from pea flours, supplemented with defatted durum wheat germ and almond flour. Optimization of fermentation with Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides DSM 20193, both with and without enzymatic hydrolysis, aimed to enhance exopolysaccharide production and the nutritional value of pea flours. Best results were achieved through enzymatic hydrolysis with Veron PS protease followed by fermentation at 25°C, resulting in elevated dextran levels and increased peptides and total free amino acid concentration in green and yellow pea-based ingredients. The yellow pea-based ingredient was selected for the final plant-based spread formulation, blended at 35% w/w, with 45% w/w defatted durum wheat germ, and 20% w/w almond flour. The resultant spread exhibited elastic and solid-like characteristics like milk-based spreadable cheese and yogurt, boasting 'high protein' (12.49 g/100g) and 'high fiber' (11.01 g/100g) designations. It maintained chemical, biochemical, and microbiological stability over a 10-day shelf-life under refrigerated conditions. Sensory evaluation confirmed the acceptability of the plant-based spread (PBS), highlighting a well-balanced aroma and a grainy, adhesive texture. This research underscores the potential of an integrated approach utilizing food-grade enzymes and fermentation for the in-situ production of dextran to create innovative, clean label, and plant-based foods.

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2024
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