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Dorotea T, Riuzzi G, Franzago E, Posen P, Tavornpanich S, Di Lorenzo A, Ferroni L, Martelli W, Mazzucato M, Soccio G, Segato S, Ferrè N. A Scoping Review on GIS Technologies Applied to Farmed Fish Health Management. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:3525. [PMID: 38003143 PMCID: PMC10668695 DOI: 10.3390/ani13223525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Finfish aquaculture, one of the fastest growing intensive sectors worldwide, is threatened by numerous transmissible diseases that may have devastating impacts on its economic sustainability. This review (2010-2022) used a PRISMA extension for scoping reviews and a text mining approach to explore the extent to which geographical information systems (GIS) are used in farmed fish health management and to unveil the main GIS technologies, databases, and functions used to update the spatiotemporal data underpinning risk and predictive models in aquatic surveillance programmes. After filtering for eligibility criteria, the literature search provided 54 records, highlighting the limited use of GIS technologies for disease prevention and control, as well as the prevalence of GIS application in marine salmonid farming, especially for viruses and parasitic diseases typically associated with these species. The text mining generated five main research areas, underlining a limited range of investigated species, rearing environments, and diseases, as well as highlighting the lack of GIS-based methodologies at the core of such publications. This scoping review provides a source of information for future more detailed literature analyses and outcomes to support the development of geospatial disease spread models and expand in-field GIS technologies for the prevention and mitigation of fish disease epidemics.
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- Tiziano Dorotea
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, 35020 Legnaro, Italy; (T.D.); (E.F.); (M.M.); (G.S.); (N.F.)
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, Italy;
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, 35020 Legnaro, Italy; (T.D.); (E.F.); (M.M.); (G.S.); (N.F.)
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- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UB, UK;
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Health and Welfare, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, 1433 Ås, Norway;
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise, 64100 Teramo, Italy;
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, 06126 Perugia, Italy;
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, 10154 Torino, Italy;
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, 35020 Legnaro, Italy; (T.D.); (E.F.); (M.M.); (G.S.); (N.F.)
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, 35020 Legnaro, Italy; (T.D.); (E.F.); (M.M.); (G.S.); (N.F.)
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, Italy;
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, 35020 Legnaro, Italy; (T.D.); (E.F.); (M.M.); (G.S.); (N.F.)
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Soccio G, Lava R, Ostoich M, Zanon F, Marchiori M, Rado N, Coraluppi E, Marcomini A. Trace elements: critical insights from 15 years of monitoring in the Venice Lagoon catchment basin (Italy). Environ Monit Assess 2018; 190:639. [PMID: 30338405 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-018-7032-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The study focused on selected trace elements (As, Cd, Cr, Hg, Ni, Pb) monitored in surface waters of the Venice Lagoon catchment basin (North East Italy) over the period 2000-2015. The monitoring was undertaken to verify the achievement of the quality objectives set by the European and national legislations. The available results have been analyzed to evaluate the chemical status of water bodies. The limit of quantification (LOQ) of the applied analytic techniques appears critical for the adequate water monitoring; for some parameters, the percentage of not visible values due to non-satisfactory LOQ was higher in the beginning of the period; the subsequent improvement of LOQ allowed assessing the respect of environmental quality standards (EQSs). The study analyzes time trends in single stations and the differences between detected concentrations in the considered stations. Moreover, maximum concentrations and water flows have been considered to understand the potential correlation. Cumulated frequency curves for the most critical parameters have been built to identify situation of potential overtaking of the EQSs in force. The most polluted sampling stations of the drainage basin for the six trace elements were found in Cuori and Fiumazzo rivers. Although LOQs changed over time, the recorded trends show a quality improvement and a good compliance with respect to EQSs set by European legislation, while considering EQSs set by local special legislation, the objectives are not yet satisfied. Arsenic is ubiquitous; thus, it can be supposed to be originated as a background environmental concentration, while nickel appears of industrial origin according to its point and local presence.
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- Grazia Soccio
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Via Torino n. 155, 30172, Mestre-Venice, Italy
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- Laboratory Department, Veneto Regional Environmental Prevention and Protection Agency (ARPAV), Via Lissa 6, 30174, Mestre-Venice, Italy
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- Provincial Department of Venice, Veneto Regional Environmental Prevention and Protection Agency (ARPAV), Via Lissa 6, 30174, Mestre-Venice, Italy.
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- Laboratory Department, Veneto Regional Environmental Prevention and Protection Agency (ARPAV), Via Lissa 6, 30174, Mestre-Venice, Italy
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- Laboratory Department, Veneto Regional Environmental Prevention and Protection Agency (ARPAV), Via Lissa 6, 30174, Mestre-Venice, Italy
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- Laboratory Department, Veneto Regional Environmental Prevention and Protection Agency (ARPAV), Via Lissa 6, 30174, Mestre-Venice, Italy
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- Laboratory Department, Veneto Regional Environmental Prevention and Protection Agency (ARPAV), Via Lissa 6, 30174, Mestre-Venice, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Via Torino n. 155, 30172, Mestre-Venice, Italy
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Noh H, Kim HJ, Yu MR, Ryu JH, Kim JH, Kim E, Han DC, Bedino G, Rampino T, Gregorini M, Valsania T, Rocca C, Corradetti V, Pattonieri EF, Carrara C, Bosio F, Piotti G, Soccio G, Esposito P, Albertini R, Dal Canton A, Schaefer I, Himmelseher E, Haller H, Schiffer M, Ryu M, Mulay SR, Miosge N, Gross O, Anders HJ, Zarzecki M, Adamczak M, Wystrychowski A, Gross ML, Ritz E, Wiecek A. Experimental pathology. Clin Kidney J 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/4.s2.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Wornle M, Ribeiro A, Motamedi N, Nitschko H, Cohen CD, Grone HJ, Schlondorff D, Schmid H, Kislat C, Schmidt T, Janssen M, Wolf M, Dirks J, Ahlenstiel T, Pape L, Fliser D, Sester M, Sester U, Urbanova M, Brabcova I, Girmanova E, Ondrej V, Gregorini M, Rampino T, Rocca C, Valsania T, Corradetti V, Bosio F, Bedino G, Carrara C, Pattonieri EF, Soccio G, Esposito P, Dal Canton A, Becker LE, Morath C, Schaier M, Gross ML, Bierhaus A, Waldherr R, Nawroth P, Zeier M, Tataranni T, Biondi G, Cariello M, Mangino M, Colucci G, Rutigliano M, Ditonno P, Schena FP, Pertosa G, Gesualdo L, Grandaliano G. Transplantation / Basic research. Clin Kidney J 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/4.s2.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Rampino T, Gregorini M, Bosio F, Bedino G, Corradetti V, Rocca C, Valsania T, Pattonieri EF, Piotti G, Soccio G, Zonta S, De Martino M, Dionigi P, Frassoni F, Dal Canton A. [Mesenchymal stromal cells injection reduces acute rejection damage in a rat experimental model of kidney transplantation]. G Ital Nefrol 2011; 28:132-134. [PMID: 21488020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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- Teresa Rampino
- Dipartimento Area Medica, Struttura Complessa di Nefrologia, Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia.
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Rampino T, Gregorini M, Bedino G, Piotti G, Gabanti E, Ibatici A, Sessarego N, Piacenza C, Balenzano CT, Esposito P, Bosio F, Soccio G, Frassoni F, Dal Canton A. Mesenchymal stromal cells improve renal injury in anti-Thy 1 nephritis by modulating inflammatory cytokines and scatter factors. Clin Sci (Lond) 2011; 120:25-36. [PMID: 20583996 DOI: 10.1042/cs20100147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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MSC (mesenchymal stromal cells) can differentiate into renal adult cells, and have anti-inflammatory and immune-modulating activity. In the present study, we investigated whether MSC have protective/reparative effects in anti-Thy1 disease, an Ab (antibody)-induced mesangiolysis resulting in mesangioproliferative nephritis. We studied five groups of rats: (i) rats injected with anti-Thy1.1 Ab on day 0 (group A); (ii) rats injected with anti-Thy1.1 Ab on day 0+MSC on day 3 (group B); (iii) rats injected with anti-Thy1.1 Ab on day 0+mesangial cells on day 3 (group C); (iv) rats injected with saline on day 0+MSC on day 3 (group D); and (v) rats injected with saline on day 0 (group E). Rats were killed on days 1, 3, 7 and 14. MSC prevented the increase in serum creatinine, proteinuria, glomerular monocyte influx and glomerular histopathological injury. Furthermore, MSC suppressed the release of IL-6 (interleukin-6) and TGF-β (transforming growth factor-β), modulated glomerular PDGF-β (platelet-derived growth factor-β), and reset the scatter factors and their receptors, potentiating HGF (hepatocyte growth factor)/Met and inactivating MSP (macrophage-stimulating protein)/Ron (receptor origin nantaise). Few MSC were found in the kidney. These results indicate that MSC improve anti-Thy 1 disease not by replacing injured cells, but by preventing cytokine-driven inflammation and modulating PDGF-β and the scatter factors, i.e. systems that regulate movement and proliferation of monocytes and mesangial cells.
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- Teresa Rampino
- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo and University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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Esposito P, Rampino T, Gregorini M, Soccio G, Piotti G, Bedino G, Balenzano CT, Roscini E, Cosmai L, Portalupi V, Libetta C, Dal Canton A. Severe symptomatic hyponatremia during sibutramine therapy: a case report. Am J Kidney Dis 2008; 52:137-9. [PMID: 18487000 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.02.361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2007] [Accepted: 02/25/2008] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Sibutramine, a serotonin reuptake inhibitor, currently is used in treatment of obesity. The known side effects of sibutramine, ie, hypertension and tachycardia, depend on its adrenergic and serotoninergic effects. We describe a case of life-threatening hyponatremia associated with sibutramine use in an obese woman. We hypothesize that sibutramine, through its effect on neurotransmitters, may induce antidiuretic hormone secretion and lead to a syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion. We advise careful monitoring of water-electrolytic balance during sibutramine therapy.
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- Pasquale Esposito
- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
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Rampino T, Gregorini M, Guidetti C, Broggini M, Marchini S, Bonomi R, Maggio M, Roscini E, Soccio G, Tiboldo R, Dal Canton A. KCNA1 and TRPC6 ion channels and NHE1 exchanger operate the biological outcome of HGF/scatter factor in renal tubular cells. Growth Factors 2007; 25:382-91. [PMID: 18365869 DOI: 10.1080/08977190801892184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a glycoprotein that induces in vitro epithelial tubular cell growth, motility, scattering and branching morphogenesis. The cell machineries that account for HGF biological effects are still unclear. In previous study, we found that HGF upregulated in epithelial tubular cell line (HK2) 3 genes: potassium channel KCNA1, calcium channel (transient receptor potential channel, subfamily C, member 6, TRPC6) and Na(+)/H(+) exchanger-1 (NHE1). In this study, we validated these results with reverse transcription PCR and WB analysis. To investigate whether KCNA1, TRPC6, NHE1 mediate the changes induced by HGF in HK2, we studied the effects of their inhibitors: 4-aminopyridine, charybdotoxin, dendrotoxin K inhibitors of KCNA1, lanthanum, N-(p-amylcinnamoyl) anthranilic acid inhibitors of TRPC6, 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)amiloride, cariporide inhibitors of NHE1. The inhibitors prevented HGF-induced growth, migration, cytoskeletal reorganization and tubulogenesis in HK2. These results indicate that KCNA1, TRPC6 and NHE1 are cell machineries that are exploited by HGF to effect its biological outcome in renal tubular cells.
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- Teresa Rampino
- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Fondazione, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Rampino T, Ranghino A, Guidetti C, Gregorini M, Soccio G, Marasà M, Libetta C, Guida G, De Amici M, Dal Canton A. Activation of PPARγ enhances in vitro the immunosuppressive effect of cyclosporine on T lymphocytes. Transpl Immunol 2007; 18:32-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2007.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2007] [Accepted: 03/13/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Rampino T, Soccio G, Gregorini M, Guidetti C, Marasà M, Maggio M, Panichi V, Migliori M, Libetta C, Dal Canton A. Neutralization of macrophage-stimulating protein ameliorates renal injury in anti-thy 1 glomerulonephritis. J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 18:1486-96. [PMID: 17409315 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2006060680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Macrophage-stimulating protein (MSP) is a scatter factor that causes cell proliferation and migration, and receptor origin nantaise (RON) is its receptor. RON is expressed in macrophages and mesangial cells, and MSP is produced by renal tubular cells. This study investigated whether MSP/RON participate in the pathogenesis of anti-Thy 1 nephritis, a glomerular disease that is characterized by invasion of circulating monocytes into glomeruli and migration and proliferation of mesangial cells. In vivo, renal function and histopathology were studied in rats that had anti-Thy 1 disease and were untreated and treated with a neutralizing anti-MSP antibody. In vitro, whether monocytes express RON and whether MSP has a chemotactic effect on monocytes were studied. In vivo, in anti-Thy 1 disease, MSP was expressed de novo in glomeruli, and neutralization of MSP attenuated the rise in serum creatinine and proteinuria, stopped glomerular neutrophil and monocyte influx, protected from glomerular injury, and lessened mesangial cell overgrowth. In vitro, unstimulated monocytes did not express RON, but the stimulation with LPS induced de novo RON expression. LPS-stimulated monocytes were attracted by MSP. These results demonstrate a pathogenic role of the MSP/RON system in anti-Thy 1 nephritis.
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- Teresa Rampino
- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Matteo and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
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Libetta C, Sepe V, Zucchi M, Pisacco P, Portalupi V, Adamo G, Soccio G, Dal Canton A. Influence of methylprednisolone on plasma homocysteine levels in cadaveric renal transplant recipients. Transplant Proc 2007; 38:2893-4. [PMID: 17112857 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.08.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to investigate plasma homocysteine levels in renal transplant recipients in the course of steroid-based or steroid-free immunosuppression. Data from 32 patients were retrospectively analyzed according to the steroid immunosuppressive regimen. The 20 recipients on methylprednisolone (MP) plus cyclosporine (CyA) or tacrolimus (TRL) (n = 20) showed similar creatinine levels when compared with those on calcineurin inhibitors plus mycophenolate mofetil (MMF; n = 12), (1.6 +/- 1.5 vs 1.6 +/- 0.4 mg/dL; P = NS) but significantly higher total plasma homocysteine (tHcy) levels (28.5 +/- 12.5 vs 16.3 +/- 5.5 micromol/L; P < .05). No differences of tHcy levels have been observed when patients were analyzed according to CyA- or TRL-based immunosuppression regardless of MP or MMF associations. Our data suggest that recipients, particularly those on steroid-based immunosuppression, should receive homocysteine-lowering treatment early after transplantation.
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- C Libetta
- Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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Sepe V, Adamo G, La Fianza A, Libetta C, Giuliano MG, Soccio G, Dal Canton A. Henle loop basement membrane as initial site for Randall plaque formation. Am J Kidney Dis 2006; 48:706-11. [PMID: 17059989 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2006] [Accepted: 07/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Since the early description of Randall plaques in 1937, studies of the pathogenesis of stone formation mainly focused on the chemistry involving salt precipitation and crystallization, rather than tubular and interstitial medullar mechanisms of calcium concentration and supersaturation. In 2003, Bushinsky published a suggestive and inspiring sequence of events aimed to show that the basement membrane of the thin limb of the loop of Henle can be the first site of nucleation, as recently shown by the impressive work by Evan et al. The aim of this minireview is to verify the consistency of the Evan and Bushinsky theory with the current literature in the field.
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- Vincenzo Sepe
- Unit of Nephrology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
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- IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy [corrected]
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Sepe V, Adamo G, Giuliano MG, Soccio G, Libetta C, Dal Canton A. High-dose folic acid supplements and responsiveness to rHu-EPO in HD patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2006; 21:2036. [PMID: 16504977 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sepe V, Libetta C, Zucchi M, Adamo G, Giuliano MG, Soccio G, Dal Canton A. B-type natriuretic peptide dialysis clearance and renal function in patients with decompensated heart failure. Am J Kidney Dis 2006; 47:562-3. [PMID: 16490639 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.11.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2005] [Accepted: 11/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Sepe V, Libetta C, Adamo G, Giuliano MG, Soccio G, Dal Canton A. C-reactive protein and coronary heart disease in hemodialyzed patients. Kidney Int 2005; 68:1374-5. [PMID: 16105085 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2005.4496233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Sepe V, Libetta C, Adamo G, Soccio G, Giuliano MG, Dal Canton A. Plasma fibrinogen and dialysis. Am J Kidney Dis 2005; 45:787-8; author reply 788. [PMID: 15806486 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2004.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Rampino T, Gregorini M, Camussi G, Conaldi PG, Soccio G, Maggio M, Bottelli A, Dal Canton A. Hepatocyte growth factor and its receptor Met are induced in crescentic glomerulonephritis. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2005; 20:1066-74. [PMID: 15784643 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In experimental extracapillary glomerulonephritis (EG) podocytes migrate, proliferate and change phenotype, and play a pivotal role in crescent formation. Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) is an injury-induced effector of tissue repair that causes cell migration, growth and transdifferentiation via its receptor Met. METHODS In 11 patients with EG we measured serum levels of HGF and investigated whether serum induces the release of HGF by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC). In renal biopsies we studied the expression of Met. In cultured podocytes we studied Met expression, migration, growth and morphological changes induced by recombinant (r) HGF. RESULTS In patients with EG average serum levels of HGF (0.73 ng/ml) were higher than in normal volunteers (N, 0.10 ng/ml, p<0.01) and in patients with non-crescentic glomerular disease (GD, 0.18 ng/ml, p<0.01). Serum of EG induced a significant HGF release by PBMC (mean 0.58 ng/ml) in comparison with serum of N and GD (0.07 and 0.06 ng/ml, respectively, both p<0.001). Met was strongly expressed in crescents. Cultured podocytes expressed Met, and rHGF induced in podocytes a time- and dose-dependent migration, growth and epithelial to mesenchymal transdifferentiation. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that HGF/Met system participates in the process of crescent formation by inducing podocyte migration, growth and mesenchymal transformation.
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- Teresa Rampino
- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
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Rampino T, Marasà M, Malvezzi PM, Soccio G, Roscini E, Gamba G, Noris P, Alessiani M, Dal Canton A. Platelet-Independent defect in hemostasis associated with sirolimus use. Transplant Proc 2004; 36:700-2. [PMID: 15110636 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Sirolimus is currently used to prevent rejection of solid organ transplant, and sirolimus-eluting stents have shown promise for the prevention of coronary artery restenosis. Thrombocytopenia is a well-known adverse effect of sirolimus limiting its use. Herein we report on a patient in whom sirolimus caused a platelet-independent hemostasis defect. The patient was a 52-year-old woman who underwent renal transplant with consequent normal kidney function. The immunosuppressive regimen included basiliximab, steroids, and cyclosporine induction later shifted to sirolimus and mycophenolate due to biopsy findings of tubular necrosis on day 6 posttransplantation. At discharge the serum creatinine was 0.7 mg/dL. Four months after transplantation the patient was admitted to our hospital because of fever (37.5 degrees C to 38 degrees C), anorexia, and asthenia. Blood analysis showed: creatinine 1.7 mg/dL, Hb 9.6 g/dL, WBC 6 x 10(3)/microL, PLT 123 x 10(3)/microL, liver function tests normal, LDH 720 mU/mL, fibrinogen 628 mg/dL, d-dimer 0.42 ng/mL, FDP > 40 ng/mL, INR 1.10, PT 87%, aPTT 40 seconds. Cultures and tests for infection were negative. Serum sirolimus level was 25.9 ng/mL. The following day the serum creatinine rose to 2.3 mg/dL and diuresis fell to 20 mL/h. Multiple bleeding times (Ivy test) performed before the renal biopsy were repeatedly over 30 minutes (normal 3 to 5 minutes), despite normal platelet count and platelet function studies. There was no spontaneous aggregation and in vitro aggregation was normal (collagen, ADP, adrenalin, and ristocetin induced). Coagulation studies showed a defect in fibrin formation and a reduction of fibrinolysis. Suspension of sirolimus treatment was followed by remission of fever, improvement of renal function (serum creatinine 1.2 mg/dL), and normalization of bleeding time.
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- T Rampino
- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo and University, Pavia, Italy.
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Rampino T, Gregorini M, Soccio G, Maggio M, Rosso R, Malvezzi P, Collesi C, Dal Canton A. The Ron proto-oncogene product is a phenotypic marker of renal oncocytoma. Am J Surg Pathol 2003; 27:779-85. [PMID: 12766581 DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200306000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The proto-oncogene product Ron is the receptor for macrophage stimulating protein, a scatter factor that stimulates cell proliferation, prevents apoptosis, and induces an invasive cell phenotype. We investigated the expression of Ron, Ki-67 (proliferation index), p53, and bcl-2 (proapoptotic and antiapoptotic proteins, respectively) in 50 renal tumors (19 clear cell carcinomas, 18 oncocytomas, 7 papillary cell carcinomas, 5 chromophobe cell carcinomas, and 1 carcinoma with sarcomatoid areas). In addition, we studied Ron in normal kidney and in the renal carcinoma cell line Caki-1. Immunostaining and Western blot showed Ron in normal kidney and in all oncocytomas but never in renal cell carcinomas or in Caki-1. In addition, Western blot showed that Ron was expressed in phosphorylated, i.e., active, form. Bcl-2 was strongly expressed in oncocytomas, whereas Ki-67 and p53 were much less expressed in oncocytomas than in carcinomas. These results indicate in Ron a marker that differentiates oncocytoma from the other renal epithelial tumors. We therefore think that Ron may prove to be a new tool for a sound and precise diagnosis of oncocytoma, a benign tumor that cannot always be distinguished from carcinomas at histologic examination. The overexpression of bcl-2, but not p53 in oncocytoma, suggests that the MSP/Ron system sustains the growth of oncocytoma by opposing apoptosis.
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- Teresa Rampino
- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo University, Milano, Italy.
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Rampino T, Collesi C, Gregorini M, Maggio M, Soccio G, Guallini P, Canton AD. Macrophage-stimulating protein is produced by tubular cells and activates mesangial cells. J Am Soc Nephrol 2002; 13:649-657. [PMID: 11856768 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v133649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Until now, hepatocytes have been the only known cell source of macrophage-stimulating protein (MSP), and tissue macrophages have been the cells on which the biologic effects of MSP have been proved. To extend the understanding of the biologic meaning of MSP, it was investigated whether MSP operates in the kidney. MSP protein was evaluated by Western blot in supernatant of cultured human tubular cells (HK2) and human mesangial cells (HMC). MSP mRNA was investigated in HK2 by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The expression of the MSP receptor, RON, was evaluated in HMC and HK2 by Western blot. RON mRNA was investigated in HMC by RT-PCR. The expression of MSP and RON in normal human renal tissue was studied by immunohistochemistry. HMC were stimulated with recombinant MSP (rMSP) and HK2 supernatant to study cell growth, migration, and the capacity to invade an artificial collagen matrix and synthesize interleukin-6 (IL-6). HK2 produced MSP and expressed RON in a form that was phosphorylated by rMSP. HMC expressed RON but did not produce MSP. MSP in HK2 supernatant and rMSP induced in HMC phosphorylation of RON, growth, migration, invasion, and IL-6 synthesis. In normal human kidney, tubules expressed MSP and RON. These results indicate a novel field of operation for MSP and suggest a pathogenic role of the MSP/RON system in renal disease. In fact, MSP released by tubular cells may recruit monocytes/macrophages in inflammatory tubulointerstitial disorders. In addition, MSP either circulating or as paracrine product may sustain glomerular mesangioproliferative disease.
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- Teresa Rampino
- *Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico San Matteo and University, Pavia, Italy; and Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Torino, Italy
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- *Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico San Matteo and University, Pavia, Italy; and Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Torino, Italy
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- *Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico San Matteo and University, Pavia, Italy; and Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Torino, Italy
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- *Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico San Matteo and University, Pavia, Italy; and Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Torino, Italy
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- *Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico San Matteo and University, Pavia, Italy; and Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Torino, Italy
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- *Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico San Matteo and University, Pavia, Italy; and Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Torino, Italy
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- *Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico San Matteo and University, Pavia, Italy; and Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Torino, Italy
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Rampino T, Cancarini G, Gregorini M, Guallini P, Maggio M, Ranghino A, Soccio G, Dal Canton A. Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor released during peritonitis is active on mesothelial cells. Am J Pathol 2001; 159:1275-85. [PMID: 11583955 PMCID: PMC1850499 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)62514-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Peritonitis causes mesothelial detachment that may result in persistent peritoneal denudation and fibrosis. We investigated whether hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), a scatter factor that induces detachment from substrate and fibroblastic transformation of several cell types, is produced during peritonitis and is active on mesothelial cells. We studied 18 patients on peritoneal dialysis, 9 uncomplicated, 9 with peritonitis. HGF was measured in serum, peritoneal fluid, and supernatant of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and peritoneal mononuclear cells. Primary culture of human peritoneal mesothelial cells and the human mesothelial cell line MeT-5A were conditioned with recombinant HGF, serum, and peritoneal fluid. HGF levels were significantly higher in serum and peritoneal fluid of peritonitic than uncomplicated patients. Mononuclear cells of peritonitic patients produced more HGF than cells of uncomplicated patients. Recombinant HGF, serum, and peritoneal fluid of peritonitic patients caused mesothelial cell growth, detachment, transformation from epithelial to fibroblast-like shape, overexpression of vimentin, and synthesis of type I and III collagen. In conclusion, HGF released during peritonitis causes a change in mesothelial cell phenotype and function. HGF may affect the healing process facilitating repair through mesothelial cell growth, but may contribute to peritoneal fibrosis inducing cell detachment with mesothelial denudation and collagen synthesis.
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- T Rampino
- Unità di Nefrologia Dialisi e Trapianto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Matteo ed Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Rampino T, Arbustini E, Gregorini M, Guallini P, Libetta C, Maggio M, Ranghino A, Silini E, Soccio G, Dal Canton A. Hemodialysis prevents liver disease caused by hepatitis C virus: role of hepatocyte growth factor. Kidney Int 1999; 56:2286-91. [PMID: 10594807 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00791.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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UNLABELLED Hemodialysis prevents liver disease caused by hepatitis C virus: Role of hepatocyte growth factor. BACKGROUND Hemodialysis increases markedly the serum levels of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) so that regular dialysis treatment (RDT) mimics the regular administration of HGF as a drug. Therefore, we have studied the effects of dialysis-associated HGF production on the severity of liver damage caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV). METHODS Biochemical tests of liver function and liver biopsy were performed in 10 patients on RDT and in 11 patients without renal disease (WRD) converted to anti-HCV serum-positive test for the same time (48 +/- 4 months). The HGF serum concentration was measured by enzyme immunoassay. In patients on RDT, HGF was measured just before starting a dialysis session (T0), at 15 and 240 minutes of dialysis (T15 and T240), and 24 hours later (T24 hr). RESULTS Serum HGF was similar in WRD (average 0.17 ng/ml) as in RDT at T0 (0.25 ng/ml). In RDT serum HGF increased markedly at T15 and T240 (5.51 and 2.67 ng/ml, respectively, P < 0. 001 vs. WRD and T0) and was still higher than baseline at T24 hr (0. 41 ng/ml, P < 0.05). Both grade of necroinflammatory activity and stage of fibrosis were significantly lower in RDT than in WRD (both, P < 0.001). The number of apoptotic hepatocytes was also significantly reduced in patients on RDT compared with patients WRD. CONCLUSION These results show that HCV-related liver disease is more benign in patients on RDT. The phenomenon may depend on the marked and prolonged HGF release caused by dialysis.
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- T Rampino
- Unità di Nefrologia e Dialisi and Servizio di Anatomia Patologica, Università ed IRCCS Ospedale San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
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Rampino T, Libetta C, De Simone W, Ranghino A, Soccio G, Gregorini M, Guallini P, Tamagnone L, Dal Canton A. Hemodialysis stimulates hepatocyte growth factor release. Kidney Int 1998; 53:1382-8. [PMID: 9573556 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00870.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Studies were performed in 26 patients on regular dialysis treatment with cuprophane (CU), polymethylmetacrilate (PMMA) or cuprammonium (CAM) dialyzers. Controls were six patients with chronic renal failure but not on regular dialysis treatment (CRF) and six healthy subjects (N). Blood was collected at the start (T0), and at 15 (T15) and 240 (T240) minutes of dialysis to measure the serum hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) concentration and to study HGF production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in vitro. The form of HGF (that is, inactive/monomeric, active/dimeric) present in the serum was analyzed by immunoblotting. In addition, the ability of serum to stimulate proliferation of tubular cells (HK-2) and HGF release by PBMC and fibroblasts (MRC-5) was investigated. At T0, serum HGF levels were identical to that of the controls. In patients treated with CU, serum HGF rose from 0.24 ng/ml at T0 to 7.44 ng/ml at T15, and remained high at T240. PBMC collected at T15 and T240 released significantly more HGF in vitro than those collected at T0. Serum at T15 stimulated proliferation of HK-2 cells and the release of HGF by PBMC and MRC-5 cells. The PMMA and CAM dialyzers had similar effects as the CU. These results indicate that dialysis induces a striking rise in serum HGF and a prompt circulation of factor(s) stimulating HGF release. Dialysis-activated PBMC release HGF.
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- T Rampino
- Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, University and Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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Rampino T, Libetta C, Mazzone A, Gregorini M, Soccio G, Ranghino A, Maggio M, Guallini P, Girola S, Dal Canton A. Hepatocyte growth factor protects the liver against hepatitis C virus in patients on regular hemodialysis. J Chemother 1998; 10:164-6. [PMID: 9603647 DOI: 10.1179/joc.1998.10.2.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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- T Rampino
- Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, University of San Matteo Polyclinic of Pavia, Italy
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Florio FP, Balzano S, Nardella M, Strizzi V, Nardella G, Dragone M, Soccio G. [Interventional radiology in thoracic emergencies]. Minerva Med 1997; 88:31-8. [PMID: 9132629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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There are numerous clinical situations in which interventional angiography fully reveals its two-fold diagnostic and therapeutic value. The present review focuses attention on the use of such procedures in certain thoracic emergencies. Indications, diagnostic results and therapeutic advantages are examined together with possible complications. Pulmonary embolism is a serious circulatory condition that is often difficult to diagnose because of the lack of specificity of its accompanying symptoms. In these cases the role of the angiographic radiologist is often three-fold: diagnosis, therapy (possibility of carrying out locoregional thrombolysis), and prophylaxis (positioning of caval filters that prevent the migration of thrombi). Haemoptysis may arise from both the pulmonary and bronchial vessels and may be caused by various pathologies (cancer, angiodysplasia, vasculitis, aspergillosis). Angiographic study in such cases is indispensable for identifying the source of bleeding and for arresting, using embolising material, haemorrhage that it is no longer possible to control with other therapeutic modalities. Foreign bodies held in the vascular tree are in the main fragments of catheters detached accidentally or as a result of incorrect manoeuvres or for defects of construction of the material. Their removal is possible today by using, percutaneously, angiographic techniques (snare loop, basket, hook system, balloon catheters) which make it possible to hook up the fragment and remove it.
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- F P Florio
- Sezione di Angiografia, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia)
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