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Marche Polytechnic University
Education•Ancona, Italy•
About: Marche Polytechnic University is a education organization based out in Ancona, Italy. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Cancer. The organization has 5905 authors who have published 15769 publications receiving 382286 citations. The organization is also known as: Universitá Politecnica delle Marche & Universita Politecnica delle Marche.
Topics: Population, Cancer, Medicine, Context (language use), Prostate cancer
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University of Bologna1, University of Turin2, University of Verona3, ISMETT4, Sapienza University of Rome5, Marche Polytechnic University6, University of Padua7, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University8, University of Milan9, The Catholic University of America10, University of Rome Tor Vergata11, University of Florence12, University of Foggia13, University of Bari14
TL;DR: The statements report recommendations regarding the most appropriate use and timing of various imaging techniques and of endoscopic ultrasound, the role of circulating and intracystic markers and the pathologic evaluation for the diagnosis and follow-up of cystic pancreatic neoplasms.
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TL;DR: Close genetic linkage between HLA and 21-OHCRYPTIC was established and provides support for the previously reported heterogeneity of 21-hydroxylase deficiency which may result from allelic variability at the locus for steroid 21-Hydroxylases.
Abstract: Serum androgens and 17-hydroxyprogesterone concentrations and HLA genotypes were determined in 124 families of patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (CAH). In 8 pedigrees, we discovered 16 pubertal or postpubertal family members of either sex who had biochemical evidence of 21-hydroxylase deficiency but were without clinical symptoms of excess virilism, amenorrhea, or infertility. We designated these family members as individuals with cryptic 21-hydroxylase deficiency. Within each generation, the family members with cryptic 21-hydroxylase deficiency were HLA identical. It is proposed that these family members are genetic compounds, having 21-hydroxylase deficiency as a result of two recessive gene defects: 1) a severe 21-hydroxylase gene defect present in the index case with classical CAH (21-OHCAH) and 2) a mild 21-hydroxylase gene defect (21-OHCRYPTIC). Thus, the CAH genotype in the family members with cryptic 21-hydroxylase deficiency is 21-OHCAH/21-OHCRYPTIC. Lod score analysis for linkage between the cryptogenic 21-OH trait and HLA gave a combined Lod score for males and females of theta = 0.00 of 3.409. Close genetic linkage between HLA and 21-OHCRYPTIC was thus established. This study provides support for the previously reported heterogeneity of 21-hydroxylase deficiency which may result from allelic variability at the locus for steroid 21-hydroxylase.
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TL;DR: A negative correlation was found between HDL-PON activity and the levels of hydroperoxides of HDL, confirming the relationship between PON and lipid peroxidation and suggesting that subjects with low PON activity are more exposed to oxidative damage than subjects with high P ON activity.
Abstract: High-density lipoproteins (HDL) plays a key role in the protection against oxidative damage of lipoprotein and biological membranes. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the antioxidant role of HDL and the HDL-paraoxonase (PON) activity in healthy subjects and in type 1 diabetic patients. Moreover, the ability of HDL of controls and diabetic patients to protect and/or repair biological membranes from oxidative damage was studied. HDL were isolated from 31 type 1 diabetic patients and 31 sex- and age-matched healthy subjects and immediately used to evaluate lipid hydroperoxides and HDL-PON activity. Erythrocyte membranes obtained from healthy subjects were oxidized with 2,2-azo-bis(2-aminidinopropane)dihydrochloride and then incubated in the presence of HDL isolated from healthy or type 1 diabetic subjects, with measurements of membrane lipid hydroperoxides before and after the incubation. HDL from type 1 diabetic patients showed higher levels of lipid hydroperoxides and a lower activity of HDL-PON than healthy subjects. Moreover, HDL of type 1 diabetic patients protected less efficiently erythrocyte membranes against oxidative damage compared with HDL from healthy subjects. A negative correlation was found between HDL-PON activity and the levels of hydroperoxides of HDL, confirming the relationship between PON and lipid peroxidation and suggesting that subjects with low PON activity are more exposed to oxidative damage than subjects with high PON activity. The ability of HDL to protect erythrocyte membranes was positively correlated with HDL-PON activity and negatively correlated with the levels of lipid hydroperoxides of HDL of healthy subjects. These results confirm a linkage between PON activity and lipid peroxidation of lipoproteins and suggest that the ability of HDL to protect erythrocyte membranes might be related to the PON activity. It might be hypothesized that the decrease of PON activity in diabetic patients and the lower HDL protective action against membrane peroxidation could contribute to acceleration of arteriosclerosis in type 1 diabetes mellitus.
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TL;DR: The recent results obtained by immunotherapy in cancer patients are discussed and the economic impact of recently approved nivolumab and pembrolizumab in patients with advanced melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is evaluated.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between the degree of regional polycentricity and the key economic variables of performance, namely competitiveness, social cohesion and environmental sustainability, by comparing functional and morphological methods.
Abstract: Polycentric development is a widely-used term both in academic research and in the normative agenda. However, its theoretical foundations and economic implications are still unknown and the concept of polycentricity still does not have a shared definition, or a shared measurement method. The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly polycentricity is defined and measured at a NUTS 2 regional level, by comparing functional and morphological methods. Secondly, in the light of the role assigned to polycentric development in terms of policy, the paper investigates the relationships between the degree of regional polycentricity and the key economic variables of performance – namely competitiveness, social cohesion and environmental sustainability. The main finding was that functional and morphological methods led to similar results. In addition, a correlation was found between polycentricity and a more unequal income distribution and a higher level of productivity, especially when polycentricity was measured in functional terms. No stable correlations were found between polycentricity and measures of environmental sustainability, such as land consumption and greenhouse emissions.
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Jonathan I. Epstein | 138 | 1121 | 80975 |
Antoni Ribas | 132 | 660 | 99227 |
Francesco Fiori | 128 | 1032 | 76699 |
Claudio Franceschi | 120 | 856 | 59868 |
Robert E. Coleman | 103 | 724 | 49796 |
Carmine Zoccali | 99 | 813 | 36774 |
Massimo Falconi | 94 | 667 | 41966 |
Mario Plebani | 91 | 1329 | 43055 |
Roberto Danovaro | 84 | 415 | 23735 |
Rodolfo Montironi | 83 | 958 | 30957 |
Diego Centonze | 81 | 463 | 22857 |
Saverio Cinti | 78 | 256 | 32760 |
Michele Brignole | 76 | 399 | 26758 |
Jürgen P. Rabe | 76 | 391 | 20174 |
Jean-Jacques Body | 70 | 384 | 19608 |