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Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
Healthcare•San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy•
About: Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza is a healthcare organization based out in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Cancer. The organization has 2234 authors who have published 6183 publications receiving 239811 citations. The organization is also known as: Home for Relief of the Suffering.
Topics: Population, Cancer, Gene, Diabetes mellitus, Type 2 diabetes
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TL;DR: The role of mitochondria in fat metabolism, energy homeostasis and reactive oxygen species production is reviewed, with a focus on the role of mitochondrial impairment and uncoupling proteins in the pathophysiology of NASH progression.
Abstract: The pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is poorly understood and the mechanisms are still being elucidated. Mitochondrial dysfunction participates at different levels in NASH pathogenesis since it impairs fatty liver homeostasis and induces overproduction of free radicals that in turn trigger lipid peroxidation and cell death. In this article, we review the role of mitochondria in fat metabolism, energy homeostasis and reactive oxygen species production, with a focus on the role of mitochondrial impairment and uncoupling proteins in the pathophysiology of NASH progression. The potential effects of some molecules targeted to mitochondria are also discussed.
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TL;DR: Everolimus is well tolerated in patients with mRCC and demonstrates a favourable risk-benefit ratio and safety findings and tumour responses were consistent with those observed in RECORD-1.
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TL;DR: In this report, genomic insertions and deletions were shown to contribute to phenotypic differences by modifying not only the expression levels of genes within the aneuploid segments but also of normal copy-number neighboring genes.
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TL;DR: In the population, the -866G/A SNP is associated with T2D and the population risk attributable to the UCP2 -866g/G genotype was about 12%.
Abstract: Uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) regulates insulin secretion and may play an important role in linking obesity to type 2 diabetes (T2D). Previous studies of the role of the UCP2 promoter -866G/A single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in T2D have given opposite results. We tested the distribution of the -866G/A SNP in 746 T2D patients and 327 healthy unrelated Caucasians from Italy. We also tested for an effect of the P12A variant of the peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor-gamma 2 (PPAR gamma 2) gene on diabetes risk given by the UCP2 SNP. Compared with -866G/G carriers, a progressively reduced (P = 0.01) risk of T2D was observed in -866G/A and -866A/A subjects, with the latter showing an approximately 50% risk reduction [odd ratio (OR), 0.51; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.3-0.8; P = 0.003]. Conversely, the -866G/G genotype was associated with increased risk (OR, 1.31; 95% CI, 1.01-1.71). Overall, the population risk attributable to the UCP2 -866G/G genotype was about 12%. After stratifying for the PPAR gamma 2 polymorphism, the increased risk conferred by the UCP2 G/G genotype was still evident among P12/P12 homozygous subjects (n = 801; OR, 1.38; 95% CI, 1.04-1.83), but seemed to disappear among the X12/A12 subjects (i.e. P12/A12 heterozygous or A12/A12 homozygous subjects; n = 137; OR, 0.87; 95% CI, 0.40-1.91). Whether this apparent difference is entirely due to the different number of carriers of the two PPAR gamma 2 genotypes is a likely possibility that deserves deeper investigation. In conclusion, in our population, the -866G/A SNP is associated with T2D. Additional studies in larger samples are needed to investigate the possibility of a concomitant effect of modifier genes such as PPAR gamma 2.
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TL;DR: Serum α‐L‐fucosidase activity is considered a marker of hepatocellular carcinoma and to the authors' knowledge, its clinical usefulness in the early detection of liver cancer in the follow‐up of cirrhotic patients has not been reported previously.
Abstract: BACKGROUND
Serum α-L-fucosidase activity is considered a marker of hepatocellular carcinoma. To the authors' knowledge, its clinical usefulness in the early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in the follow-up of cirrhotic patients has not been reported previously.
METHODS
The authors prospectively studied serum α-L-fucosidase activity, in addition to α-fetoprotein and ultrasonography, in a regular screening of 132 cirrhotic patients during an 8-year follow-up.
RESULTS
At enrollment, 120 patients had low α-L-fucosidase activity (below the cutoff value) and 12 had high activity. All patients had serum α-fetoprotein levels below the cutoff value. During the follow-up, hepatocellular carcinoma was detected in 19 patients, 16 with α-L-fucosidase activity below the cutoff value at enrollment and 3 with activity above it. In 7 of those 16 patients with carcinoma and low enzyme activity, the enzyme activity showed a significant increase 6-9 months before there was ultrasonographic evidence of a focal lesion, and by the time of diagnosis it had risen above the cutoff value in all of them; in only 3 of the 7 patients was the increase in α-L-fucosidase activity associated with an increase in α-fetoprotein. In another 4 of the 19 patients with carcinoma, only α-fetoprotein increased.
CONCLUSIONS
Serum α-L-fucosidase activity is useful in the early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma. The data from this study suggest that cirrhotic patients who have a marked increase in serum α-L-fucosidase levels during follow-up should be closely monitored for signs of hepatocellular carcinoma development. Cancer 1998;83:2468-2474. © 1998 American Cancer Society.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Ralph B. D'Agostino | 226 | 1287 | 229636 |
Cisca Wijmenga | 136 | 668 | 86572 |
Massimo Mangino | 116 | 369 | 84902 |
Xavier Estivill | 110 | 673 | 59568 |
Andrea Natale | 106 | 945 | 52520 |
Stefano Pileri | 100 | 635 | 43369 |
Bruno Dallapiccola | 94 | 935 | 43208 |
Fortunato Ciardiello | 94 | 695 | 47352 |
F. Bianchi | 91 | 1370 | 40011 |
Paolo Gasparini | 91 | 431 | 36059 |
Joseph G. Gleeson | 86 | 307 | 23345 |
Mario Rizzetto | 79 | 470 | 33693 |
Giuseppe Leone | 74 | 654 | 21451 |
Maurizio Pompili | 74 | 783 | 20649 |
Massimo Rugge | 74 | 594 | 25624 |