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Leclercq N, Marshall L, Weekers T, Basu P, Benda D, Bevk D, Bhattacharya R, Bogusch P, Bontšutšnaja A, Bortolotti L, Cabirol N, Calderón-Uraga E, Carvalho R, Castro S, Chatterjee S, De La Cruz Alquicira M, de Miranda JR, Dirilgen T, Dorchin A, Dorji K, Drepper B, Flaminio S, Gailis J, Galloni M, Gaspar H, Gikungu MW, Hatteland BA, Hinojosa-Diaz I, Hostinská L, Howlett BG, Hung KLJ, Hutchinson L, Jesus RO, Karklina N, Khan MS, Loureiro J, Men X, Molenberg JM, Mudri-Stojnić S, Nikolic P, Normandin E, Osterman J, Ouyang F, Oygarden AS, Ozolina-Pole L, Ozols N, Parra Saldivar A, Paxton RJ, Pitts-Singer T, Poveda K, Prendergast K, Quaranta M, Read SFJ, Reinhardt S, Rojas-Oropeza M, Ruiz C, Rundlöf M, Sade A, Sandberg C, Sgolastra F, Shah SF, Shebl MA, Soon V, Stanley DA, Straka J, Theodorou P, Tobajas E, Vaca-Uribe JL, Vera A, Villagra CA, Williams MK, Wolowski M, Wood TJ, Yan Z, Zhang Q, Vereecken NJ. Global taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of bees in apple orchards. Sci Total Environ 2023; 901:165933. [PMID: 37536603 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165933] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
Abstract
An essential prerequisite to safeguard pollinator species is characterisation of the multifaceted diversity of crop pollinators and identification of the drivers of pollinator community changes across biogeographical gradients. The extent to which intensive agriculture is associated with the homogenisation of biological communities at large spatial scales remains poorly understood. In this study, we investigated diversity drivers for 644 bee species/morphospecies in 177 commercial apple orchards across 33 countries and four global biogeographical biomes. Our findings reveal significant taxonomic dissimilarity among biogeographical zones. Interestingly, despite this dissimilarity, species from different zones share similar higher-level phylogenetic groups and similar ecological and behavioural traits (i.e. functional traits), likely due to habitat filtering caused by perennial monoculture systems managed intensively for crop production. Honey bee species dominated orchard communities, while other managed/manageable and wild species were collected in lower numbers. Moreover, the presence of herbaceous, uncultivated open areas and organic management practices were associated with increased wild bee diversity. Overall, our study sheds light on the importance of large-scale analyses contributing to the emerging fields of functional and phylogenetic diversity, which can be related to ecosystem function to promote biodiversity as a key asset in agroecosystems in the face of global change pressures.
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- N Leclercq
- Agroecology Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 264/02, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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- Agroecology Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 264/02, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium; Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Agroecology Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 264/02, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Centre for Pollination Studies, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Entomology, National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Centre for Pollination Studies, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
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- CREA Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Ecology and Natural Resources, Faculty of Science, UNAM, México City, Mexico
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- Department of Ecology and Natural Resources, Faculty of Science, UNAM, México City, Mexico
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Centre for Pollination Studies, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Ecology and Natural Resources, Faculty of Science, UNAM, México City, Mexico
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, 750 05, Sweden
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- School of Agriculture and Food Science and Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Laboratory of Zoology, Université de Mons, Mons, Belgium; The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Entomology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
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- College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan, Punakha, Bhutan
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- Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- CREA Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Bologna, Italy; Laboratory of Zoology, Université de Mons, Mons, Belgium
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- Institute for Plant Protection Research Agrihorts, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava, Latvia
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- Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Zoology, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Division for Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Aas, Norway; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology, UNAM, México City, Mexico
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B2, Canada; Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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- School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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- Graduate Program in Ecology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute for Plant Protection Research Agrihorts, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava, Latvia
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- Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Virology,Jinan 250100, China
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- Agroecology Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 264/02, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Centre sur la biodiversité, Département des sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, QC, Québec H1X 2B2, Canada
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- General Zoology, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Hoher Weg 8, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany; Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacherstrasse 4, 79106, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Natural Sciences and Environmental Health, University of South-Eastern Norway, Bø, Norway
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- Institute for Plant Protection Research Agrihorts, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava, Latvia
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- Institute for Plant Protection Research Agrihorts, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava, Latvia
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- Instituto de Entomología, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (UMCE), Santiago, Chile
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- General Zoology, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Hoher Weg 8, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Pollinating Insects Research Unit, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 4126 Comstock Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- CREA Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Bologna, Italy
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Department of Natural Sciences and Environmental Health, University of South-Eastern Norway, Bø, Norway
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- Department of Ecology and Natural Resources, Faculty of Science, UNAM, México City, Mexico
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- Departamento Biología Animal, Edafología y Geología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, 38206, Tenerife, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, 31905 Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Calluna AB, Husargatan 3, Malmö, 211 28, Sweden
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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- Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, 51003 Tartu, Estonia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Science and Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- General Zoology, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Hoher Weg 8, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Department of Animal Biology, University of Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Salamanca, 37007, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Abejas LABUN, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá,111321, Colombia
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- Departamento de Biología, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (UMCE), Santiago, Chile
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- Instituto de Entomología, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (UMCE), Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- Institute of Natural Sciences, Federal University of Alfenas, Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Zoology, Université de Mons, Mons, Belgium
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Beijing Biodiversity Conservation Research Center/Beijing Milu Ecological Research Center, Beijing 100076, China
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- Agroecology Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 264/02, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Di Noia V, D'Aveni A, D'Argento E, Rossi S, Ghirardelli P, Bortolotti L, Vavassori V, Bria E, Ceresoli GL. Treating disease progression with osimertinib in EGFR-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer: novel targeted agents and combination strategies. ESMO Open 2021; 6:100280. [PMID: 34634633 PMCID: PMC8506968 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
A precision medicine approach has been successfully applied in medical oncology for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) through the identification of targetable driver molecular aberrations; activating mutations of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) are the most common. Osimertinib, a third-generation, wild-type sparing, irreversible EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), originally showed a striking activity after progression to first- and second-generation EGFR-TKIs when T790M resistance mutation was identified. Thereafter, upfront use of osimertinib became the standard of care based on overall survival benefit over first-generation TKIs erlotinib and gefitinib as reported in the FLAURA trial. For patients progressing on osimertinib, identification of resistance mechanisms is crucial to develop novel targeted therapeutic approaches. Moreover, innovative drugs or combination therapies are being developed for cases in which a specific resistance mechanism is not identifiable. In this review, the post-osimertinib treatment options for EGFR-mutated NSCLC are analyzed, with an outlook to ongoing clinical trials. An algorithm to guide clinicians in managing progression on osimertinib is proposed.
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- V Di Noia
- Medical Oncology 1 Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Medical Oncology 1, Cliniche Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology 1, Cliniche Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology 1, Cliniche Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology 1, Cliniche Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Università; Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology 1, Cliniche Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy
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Azpiazu C, Bosch J, Bortolotti L, Medrzycki P, Teper D, Molowny-Horas R, Sgolastra F. Toxicity of the insecticide sulfoxaflor alone and in combination with the fungicide fluxapyroxad in three bee species. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6821. [PMID: 33767274 PMCID: PMC7994444 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86036-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The sulfoximine insecticide sulfoxaflor is regarded as a potential substitute for neonicotinoids that were recently banned in the EU due to their side effects on bees. Like neonicotinoids, sulfoxaflor acts as a competitive modulator of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. In agricultural environments, bees are commonly exposed to combinations of pesticides, and neonicotinoids are known to interact synergistically with fungicides. The objective of our study is to assess the acute oral toxicity of sulfoxaflor alone and in combination with a single dose of fluxapyroxad, a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) fungicide, in three bee species: Apis mellifera, Bombus terrestris and Osmia bicornis. Because synergism may be dose-dependent, we tested a range of sulfoxaflor doses. Synergistic effects were assessed using three different approaches: Bliss criterion of drugs independence, ratio test comparing LD50s and model deviation ratio. Osmia bicornis was the most sensitive species to sulfoxaflor and both O. bicornis and A. mellifera showed significant synergism between the insecticide and the fungicide. For the most part, these synergistic effects were weak and only occurred at early assessment times and intermediate sulfoxaflor doses. The potential ecological relevance of these effects should be confirmed in field and/or cage studies. Overall, our laboratory results demonstrate that sulfoxaflor is somewhat less toxic than the recently banned neonicotinoids imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and clothianidin, but much more toxic than other neonicotinoids (acetamiprid, thiacloprid) still in use in the EU at the time this study was conducted.
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- C Azpiazu
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-Alimentari, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Viale Fanin 42, 40127, Bologna, Italy
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- CREAF, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- CREA-Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria, Centro di Ricerca Agricoltura ed Ambiente, Via Corticella 133, 40128, Bologna, Italy
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- CREA-Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria, Centro di Ricerca Agricoltura ed Ambiente, Via Corticella 133, 40128, Bologna, Italy
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- Apiculture Division, Research Institute of Horticulture, 2A Kazmierska St., 24100, Puławy, Poland
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- CREAF, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-Alimentari, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Viale Fanin 42, 40127, Bologna, Italy.
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Cappa F, Cini A, Pepiciello I, Petrocelli I, Inghilesi AF, Anfora G, Dani FR, Bortolotti L, Wen P, Cervo R. Female volatiles as sex attractants in the invasive population of Vespa velutina nigrithorax. J Insect Physiol 2019; 119:103952. [PMID: 31568763 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.103952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 02/08/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Due to its huge invasion potential and specialization in honeybee predation, the invasive hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax represents a high-concern species under both an ecological and economical perspective. In light of the development of specific odorant attractants to be used in sustainable control strategies, we carried out both behavioural assays and chemical analyses to investigate the possibility that, in the invasive population of V. velutina nigrithorax, reproductive females emit volatile pheromones to attract males, as demonstrated in a Chinese non-invasive population. We focused on the secretions produced by sternal and venom glands; because of the volatility and complexity of their composition, both of them could potentially allow an attraction and a species-specific response, decreasing therefore non-target species by-catches. Results of chemical analyses and behavioural assays showed that venom volatiles, although population-specific, are unlikely candidates as male attractants since they do not differ in composition or in quantity between reproductive females and workers and do not attract males. Conversely, sternal gland secretion differs between female castes for the presence of some ketoacids exclusive of gynes already reported as sex pheromones for the non-invasive subspecies V. velutina auraria. Despite such a difference, males are attracted by the sternal gland secretion of both workers and gynes. These results provide a first step to understand the reproductive biology of V. velutina nigrithorax in its invasive range and to develop effective and sustainable management strategies for the species.
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- Federico Cappa
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Firenze, Via Madonna del Piano, 50019 Sesto F.no (Firenze), Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Firenze, Via Madonna del Piano, 50019 Sesto F.no (Firenze), Italy; Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Firenze, Via Madonna del Piano, 50019 Sesto F.no (Firenze), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Firenze, Via Madonna del Piano, 50019 Sesto F.no (Firenze), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Firenze, Via Madonna del Piano, 50019 Sesto F.no (Firenze), Italy
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- Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), Università di Trento, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 San Michele a/A, Trento, Italy; Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 San Michele a/A, Trento, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Firenze, Via Madonna del Piano, 50019 Sesto F.no (Firenze), Italy
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- CREA - Centro di ricerca Agricoltura e Ambiente, Unità di ricerca di apicoltura e bachicoltura (API), Via di Saliceto 80, 40128 Bologna, Italy
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science, Qinsong Road 21, Panlong, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Firenze, Via Madonna del Piano, 50019 Sesto F.no (Firenze), Italy
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Felicioli A, Sagona S, Galloni M, Bortolotti L, Bogo G, Guarnieri M, Nepi M. Effects of nonprotein amino acids on survival and locomotion of Osmia bicornis. Insect Mol Biol 2018; 27:556-563. [PMID: 29663605 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
To investigate the effects of two nectar nonprotein amino acids, β-alanine and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), on Osmia bicornis survival and locomotion, two groups of caged bees were fed with sugar syrup enriched with β-alanine and GABA, respectively. A further control group was fed with sugar syrup. Five behavioural categories were chosen according to the principle of parsimony and intrinsic unitary consistency from start to end, and recorded by scan sampling: two states (remaining under paper or in tubes) and three events (walking on net, feeding from flower and flying). We also analysed the amino acid content of haemolymph sampled from an additional 45 bees fed the same diets (15 per diet type). Bees fed with β-alanine had a significantly shorter survival time than those fed with the control and GABA diets. The GABA diet induced higher levels of locomotion than β-alanine. The former nonprotein amino acid was only detected in the haemolymph of bees fed GABA. The results suggest that insects consuming nonprotein amino-acid-rich diets absorb and transfer these substances to the haemolymph and that nonprotein amino acids affect survival and locomotion. Ecological consequences are discussed in the framework of plant reproductive biology.
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- A Felicioli
- Department of Veterinary Science, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Science, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA), Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA), Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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Colleoni M, Sartori F, Calabro F, Nelli P, Vicario G, Sgarbossa G, Gaion F, Bortolotti L, Toniolo L, Manente P. Surgery Followed by Intracavitary plus Systemic Chemotherapy in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Tumori 2018; 82:53-6. [PMID: 8623505 DOI: 10.1177/030089169608200111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [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: 11/15/2022]
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Aims and background Malignant mesothelioma is associated with a median survival of 4 to 12 months. Data from the literature indicate that single modality treatment (surgery or intrapleural and/or systemic chemotherapy) does not significantly affect survival. Methods We therefore evaluated a combined approach consisting of surgery (pleurectomy + diaphragmatic or pericardial resection), intrapleural chemotherapy with cisplatin (100 mg/m2) and cytarabine (1,000 mg/m2) for 4 h immediately after pleurectomy, and systemic chemotherapy consisting of epirubicin (60 mg/m2) and mitomycin-C (10 mg/m2) day 1 every 4 weeks for 4 cycles. Results Twenty patients were enrolled in the study and were evaluable. Thirteen cases had residual gross disease after pleurectomy and 7 patients only minimal disease. Median time to disease progression was 7.4 months, and median survival was 11.5 months (range, 2-25+). No treatment-related death have been observed. Side effects after intracavitary chemotherapy included renal toxicity, anaemia and pain. Myelosuppression and alopecia were recorded during systemic chemotherapy. Conclusions The results of the study indicate that the schedule is feasible, with encouraging results in terms of survival for patients with minimal residual disease after surgery.
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- M Colleoni
- Division of Medical Oncology, City Hospital, Castelfranco Veneto (Tv), Italy
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Gianoncelli L, Nava V, Mazza L, Bonomi M, Cerchiaro E, Zanello A, De Filippis C, Mazzoleni M, Vernile L, Ruello A, Vargas J, Beretta G, Bortolotti L, Vavassori V, Maggioni P, Ceresoli G. Malignant pleural mesothelioma multidisciplinary team unit: experience of one high-volume center in Italy. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx426.029] [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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Rotolo N, Nosotti M, Santambrogio L, Imperatori A, Dominioni L, Crosta G, Foccoli P, Pariscenti G, Passera E, Bortolotti L, Falezza G, Infante M, Rosso L. F-029FALSE-NEGATIVE RATE AND VOLUME OF ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION PROCEDURES FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER STAGING: A MULTICENTRE STUDY IN ITALY. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivx280.029] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Fisogni A, Rossi M, Sgolastra F, Bortolotti L, Bogo G, de Manincor N, Quaranta M, Galloni M. Seasonal and annual variations in the pollination efficiency of a pollinator community of Dictamnus albus L. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2016; 18:445-454. [PMID: 26573095 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The interplay between insect and plant traits outlines the patterns of pollen transfer and the subsequent plant reproductive fitness. We studied the factors that affect the pollination efficiency of a pollinator community of Dictamnus albus L. by evaluating insect behaviour and morphological characteristics in relation to flowering phenology. In order to extrapolate the pollinator importance of single taxa and of the whole pollinator guild, we calculated an index distinguishing between potential (PPI) and realized (RPI) pollinator importance. Although the pollinator species spectrum appeared rather constant, we found high intra- and inter-annual variability of pollinator frequency and importance within the insect community. Flower visitation rate strictly depended on insect abundance and on the overlap between their flying period and flower blooming. All the pollinators visited flowers from the bottom to the top of the racemes, excluding intra-plant geitonogamous pollination, and most of them showed high pollen fidelity. Only medium large-sized bees could contact the upward bending stiles while feeding on nectar, highlighting a specialisation of the plant towards bigger pollinators. Moreover, we found evidence of functional specialisation, since all pollinators were restricted to a single taxonomic group (order: Hymenoptera; superfamily: Apoidea). Both the PPI and RPI indices indicate Habropoda tarsata as the most important pollinator of D. albus. Following hand cross-pollination experiments we revealed the presence of pollination limitation in 1 of the 3 years of field study. We discuss this result in relation to flowering abundance and to possible mismatches of phenological periods between plants and insects.
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- A Fisogni
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Portici (NA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria - Unità di Ricerca di Apicoltura e Bachicoltura (CRA-API), Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria - Unità di Ricerca di Apicoltura e Bachicoltura (CRA-API), Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria - Centro di Ricerca per l'Agrobiologia e la Pedologia (CRA-ABP), Florence, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Bortolotti L. Protesi mobile versus protesi implantare nel paziente anziano. Dental Cadmos 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cadmos.2010.10.005] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Broome M, Bortolotti L. What's wrong with 'mental' disorders? A commentary on 'What is a mental/psychiatric disorder? From DSM-IV to DSM-V' by Stein et al. (2010). Psychol Med 2010; 40:1783-1934. [PMID: 20102665 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291709992352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- M Broome
- Health Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
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Camporesi S, Bortolotti L. Reproductive cloning in humans and therapeutic cloning in primates: is the ethical debate catching up with the recent scientific advances? J Med Ethics 2008; 34:e15. [PMID: 18757615 DOI: 10.1136/jme.2007.023879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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After years of failure, in November 2007 primate embryonic stem cells were derived by somatic cellular nuclear transfer, also known as therapeutic cloning. The first embryo transfer for human reproductive cloning purposes was also attempted in 2006, albeit with negative results. These two events force us to think carefully about the possibility of human cloning which is now much closer to becoming a reality. In this paper we tackle this issue from two sides, first summarising what scientists have achieved so far, then discussing some of the ethical arguments in favour and against human cloning which are debated in the context of policy making and public consultation. Therapeutic cloning as a means to improve and save lives has uncontroversial moral value. As to human reproductive cloning, we consider and assess some common objections and failing to see them as conclusive. We do recognise, though, that there will be problems at the level of policy and regulation that might either impair the implementation of human reproductive cloning or make its accessibility restricted in a way that could become difficult to justify on moral grounds. We suggest using the time still available before human reproductive cloning is attempted successfully to create policies and institutions that can offer clear directives on its legitimate applications on the basis of solid arguments, coherent moral principles, and extensive public consultation.
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- S Camporesi
- European School of Molecular Medicine and University of Milan, Milan Italy.
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Rizzardi G, Marulli G, Bortolotti L, Calabrese F, Sartori F, Rea F. Sleeve Resections and Bronchoplastic Procedures in Typical Central Carcinoid Tumours. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008; 56:42-5. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Marulli G, Rizzardi G, Bortolotti L, Loy M, Breda C, Hamad AM, Sartori F, Rea F. Single-staged laryngotracheal resection and reconstruction for benign strictures in adults. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2007; 7:227-30; discussion 230. [DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.168054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Rea F, Marulli G, Bortolotti L, Breda C, Favaretto A, Loreggian L, Sartori F. 180 Induction chemotherapy, extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) and adjuvant hemi-thoracic radiation in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM): A single center experience. Lung Cancer 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(07)70256-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sartori F, Bortolotti L, Marulli G, Rizzardi G, Favaretto A, Zuin A, Breda C, Rea F. The surgeon and the oncologist in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Ann Oncol 2006; 17 Suppl 5:v94-8. [PMID: 16807474 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdj960] [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] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A strict collaboration is necessary between the oncologist and the surgeon, both must know the respective problematic and competences and must contribute together to all phases of clinical management of patients affected by NSCLC.
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- F Sartori
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
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Sabatini A, Alexandrova M, Carpana E, Medrzycki P, Bortolotti L, Ghini S, Girotti S, Porrini C, Bazzi C, Baroni F, Alessandrini A. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN APIS MELLIFERA AND ERWINIA AMYLOVORA: BIOINDICATION, BACTERIUM DISPERSAL AND QUARANTINE PROCEDURES. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.704.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Do non-human animals have rights? The answer to this question depends on whether animals have morally relevant mental properties. Mindreading is the human activity of ascribing mental states to other organisms. Current knowledge about the evolution and cognitive structure of mindreading indicates that human ascriptions of mental states to non-human animals are very inaccurate. The accuracy of human mindreading can be improved with the help of scientific studies of animal minds. However, the scientific studies do not by themselves solve the problem of how to map psychological similarities (and differences) between humans and animals onto a distinction between morally relevant and morally irrelevant mental properties. The current limitations of human mindreading-whether scientifically aided or not-have practical consequences for the rational justification of claims about which rights (if any) non-human animals should be accorded.
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- M Mameli
- King's College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1ST, UK.
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Favaretto AG, Loreggian L, Rea F, Stefani M, Bortolotti L, Marchi R, Aversa S, Sotti G, Monfardini S. Preoperative concomitant chemo-radiotherapy (CT-RT) in non small cell lung cancer patients with superior sulcus tumor (SST): A single institution experience. J Clin Oncol 2004. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.22.90140.7372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Azienda Ospedaliera, Padova, Italy
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- Azienda Ospedaliera, Padova, Italy
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In 1999-2000, Italy was affected by the most severe avian influenza (AI) epidemic that has ever occurred in Europe. The epidemic was caused by a type A influenza virus of the H7N1 subtype, which originated from the mutation of a low-pathogenicity (LP) AI virus of the same subtype. From August to November 2000, 4 months after the eradication of the highly pathogenic (HP) AI virus, the LPAI strain re-emerged and infected 55 poultry farms mainly located in the southern area of Verona province (Veneto region). To supplement disease control measures already in force, an emergency vaccination program against the disease was implemented in the area. Vaccination was carried out using an inactivated heterologous vaccine (A/chicken/Pakistan/1995-H7N3). In order to establish whether LPAI infection was circulating in the area, regular serological testing of sentinel birds in vaccinated flocks and a discriminatory test able to distinguish the different types of antineuraminidase antibodies (anti-N1 and anti-N3) were performed. Shortly after the beginning of the vaccination campaign (December 2000 to March 2001), the H7N1 LPAI virus emerged again, infecting 23 farms. Among these, only one vaccinated flock was affected, and infection did not spread further to other vaccinated farms. The data reported in the present paper indicate that the combination of biosecurity measures, official control, and vaccination can be considered successful for the control of LPAI infections in densely populated poultry areas.
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- S Marangon
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Via Romea 141A, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy.
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OBJECTIVE The development of a multiple primary lung cancer (MPLC) is not rare in long-term survivors after curative resections. We analysed our experience in order to verify surgical results and long-term survival in our patients. METHODS From 1971 to 1999, 80 patients with MPLC (two tumours each, total 160) were treated at the Division of Thoracic Surgery of the University of Padua. Our criteria for the definition of a synchronous or metachronous cancer are those proposed by Martini and Melamed. We had 19 patients with a synchronous tumour and 61 patients with a metachronous tumour. We performed 95 lobectomies, 5 completion pneumonectomies and 53 segmentectomies. Of 160 MPLCs, 60 were squamous carcinomas, 78 adenocarcinomas, 8 small cell lung cancers, 9 large cell lung cancers and 5 other tumours. Of 160 MPLCs, 140 were N0 disease (87.5%) and 20 were N1 or N2 disease (12.5%). RESULTS The overall 30-day mortality was 2.5% (2 patients). Eighteen patients (22.5%) had postoperative complications. Survival at 5 and 10 years for all patients was 72% and 58%, respectively. Five-year survival for patients with metachronous and synchronous disease from the time of initial diagnosis of cancer was 85% and 20% (P=0.001), and 10-year survival was 58% and 0% (P=0.001), respectively. Survival after the development of a metachronous lesion was 51% at 5 years and 20% at 10 years. The 5-year survival of patients with metachronous tumours undergoing standard surgical procedures of the second tumour was 52%; the 5-year survival of patients undergoing atypical or segmental resections was 55%. CONCLUSIONS Careful follow-up is recommended in all patients surviving curative resection. More accurate selection criteria for MPLC is required. An aggressive surgical approach is justified in patients with MPLC and offers the greatest chance for long-term survival even in the case of limited resection.
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- F Rea
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Padua, Policlinico Universitario, 35128, Padua, Italy.
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Rea F, Bortolotti L, Grapeggia M, Zuin A, Michelon M, Gobbi T, Sartori F. Surgical results for T4 lung cancer. Lung Cancer 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(00)80466-3] [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: 11/30/2022]
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Sartori F, Bortolotti L, Michelon M, Colaut F, Loy M, Rea F, Favaretto A. The role of surgery in integrated therapies for non-small-cell lung cancer. Ann Oncol 1999; 10 Suppl 5:S73-6. [PMID: 10582144 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/10.suppl_5.s73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Surgery represents the best treatment for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In selected cases, even locally-advanced cancers may be suitable for surgical treatment. The combination of chemotherapy (with or without radiotherapy) and surgery has proved potentially useful in improving survival, but pre-operative treatment may represent a risk factor for the onset of post-operative complications. Studies performed to date indicate the need for further multidisciplinary research with a view to identifying more advantageous treatment modalities, particularly for locally-advanced NSCLC.
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- F Sartori
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Padua, Italy
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Sartori F, Bortolotti L, Michelon M, Colaut F, Loy M, Rea F, Favaretto A. Ann Oncol 1999; 10:71-74. [DOI: 10.1023/a:1008324809534] [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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Simonetti C, Bortolotti L, Varrucciu V, Ferreri G, Orlacchio A. [Diagnostic imaging of diabetic foot. Report of 2 unusual cases]. Radiol Med 1998; 96:516-8. [PMID: 10051879] [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: 02/11/2023]
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- C Simonetti
- Radiologia e Diagnostica per Immagini, Ospedale S. Giovanni Calibita, Fatebenefratelli, Isola Tiberina
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OBJECTIVE Bronchoplastic procedures represent an effective surgical therapy for benign lesions, tumors of low-grade malignancy and also bronchogenic carcinoma in patients with a limited pulmonary function. We analyzed our experience in order to verify the mortality, morbidity, and long term survival in our patients. METHODS From 1980 to 1994, 217 patients underwent bronchoplastic procedures. We performed 92 bronchoplasties, 94 bronchial sleeves, and 31 tracheo-bronchial sleeves. Histologic examination revealed 133 epidermoid carcinomas, 28 adenocarcinomas, 11 small cells lung cancers, 5 large cells carcinomas, 2 adenosquamous carcinomas, 29 bronchial carcinoids, 6 adenoidocistic carcinomas, and 3 mucoepidermoid tumors. Regarding nodal status, 99 patients had N0 disease, 64 patients had N1 disease, and 54 patients had N2 disease. Thirty-six patients had preoperative irradiation and 181 patients had no preoperative irradiation. In 63 patients we used a perianastomotic pedicled flap; in 154 we did not use it. We considered all the 217 patients for the analysis of 30-day mortality and morbidity; of the 217 patients we analyzed long-term survival only in 179 because we excluded 38 patients with low grade malignant neoplasm. RESULTS Twenty-seven patients (12.5%) had postoperative complications. The 30-day mortality was 6.2% (14 patients). Survival at 5 and 10 years for all patients but those with low grade malignant neoplasm was 49 and 38%, respectively. For patients with N0 status 5- and 10-year survival was 72.4 and 59.4%; for patients with N1 status these rates were 35.7 and 26.8%; for patients with N2 status, 5- and 10-year survival was 22 and 14.4%. Postoperative complication rates for patients with or without pedicled flap are not significantly different; however, the rates for patients with or without preoperative irradiation are significantly different. CONCLUSIONS Bronchoplastic procedures are a safe and effective therapy for selected patients with pulmonary malignancy. Tracheo-bronchial sleeves are associated with high postoperative mortality and complication rates and these procedures should be limited to patients without N2 disease. Preoperative irradiation increases significantly the mortality and morbidity. A multivariate analysis shows that only the nodal status affects long-term survival (P = 0.0002).
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Bronchi/pathology
- Bronchi/surgery
- Carcinoma, Bronchogenic/mortality
- Carcinoma, Bronchogenic/pathology
- Carcinoma, Bronchogenic/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Bronchogenic/surgery
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/mortality
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/pathology
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/surgery
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/mortality
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/pathology
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/surgery
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms/mortality
- Lung Neoplasms/pathology
- Lung Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Lung Neoplasms/surgery
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Staging
- Pneumonectomy/methods
- Postoperative Complications/mortality
- Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
- Survival Rate
- Treatment Outcome
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- F Rea
- Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Padua, Italy
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Colleoni M, Boni L, Vicario G, Pancheri F, Sgarbossa G, Nelli P, Calabrò F, Toniolo L, Bortolotti L, Manente P. A dose-escalating study of carboplatin combined with vinorelbine in non-small-cell lung cancer. Oncology 1996; 53:364-8. [PMID: 8784469 DOI: 10.1159/000227589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 02/02/2023]
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Platinum compounds and vinorelbine have been demonstrated to be active in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The aims of the study were to assess tolerability and feasibility of increasing doses of carboplatin (level 1: 300 mg/ m2 on day 1, level 2: 350 mg/m2 on day 1, level 3: 400 mg/m2 on day 1) in combination with a fixed dose of vinorelbine (25 mg/m2 on days 1 and 8) in advanced NSCLC. Forty-two patients entered the study and were evaluable for toxicity and response. The patients were not treated using systemic chemotherapy, had TNM stage IIIB-IV, performance status ECOG 0-2, and their median age was 62 (range 41-70) years. The number of patients evaluable for each dose level was 14. A total of 138 (median 3) courses was administered. Nonhematologic side effects included grade I-II mucositis (9%), neurotoxicity (6%), and infections (4%). Myelotoxicity was manageable and generally of short duration, with 19% of the patients having grade III-IV neutropenia. No significant difference was observed for the three treatment groups. No drug-related death was observed. An objective remission was observed in 10 patients (24% response rate; 95% confidence interval 12-39%), with 5 responses in 14 patients treated with the 400-mg/m2 dose. In conclusion, the combination of carboplatin at a dose of 400 mg/m2 on day 1 and vinorelbine at a dose of 25 mg/m2 on days 1 and 8 can be safely administered as first-line cytotoxic therapy in advanced NSCLC and warrants further evaluation.
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- M Colleoni
- Division of Medical Oncology, City Hospital, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
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Simonetti G, Fanucci E, Bortolotti L. [Current state and prospects of the use of uro-angiographic, ultrasonographic and magnetic resonance contrast media]. Radiol Med 1995; 90:670-4. [PMID: 8685448] [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: 02/01/2023]
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- G Simonetti
- Istituto di Radiologia, Università Tor Vergata, Roma
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Sartori F, Rea F, Calabrò F, Mazzucco C, Bortolotti L, Tomio L. Carcinoma of the superior pulmonary sulcus. Results of irradiation and radical resection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992; 104:679-83. [PMID: 1513156] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Fifty-six patients with superior sulcus syndrome were evaluated at the First Surgical Department of the University of Padua between 1981 and 1990. Forty-two patients with the characteristic of Pancoast's tumor received preoperative irradiation and then en bloc resection of the tumor, chest wall, and adjacent structures. Seven lobectomies and 35 segmentectomies or wedge resections were performed. There was one early postoperative death. Median survival was 14 months, and actuarial survival was 25% at 5 years. Patients with pain relief had better 5-year survival (36.4%) than patients without pain relief (9%). We have no patients with vertebral invasion who survived more than 1 year. Of the five patients with subclavian artery invasion, only one survived more than 1 year. Of five patients with N2 disease, only one survived more than 1 year. Our results suggest that pain relief after irradiation is a good prognostic factor, whereas N2 involvement and vertebral body and great vessel invasion are ominous factors. Another ominous prognostic factor is the Claude Bernard-Horner syndrome even if it is not a contraindication to resection.
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- F Sartori
- First Department of Surgery, University of Padua, Italy
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Rea F, Sartori F, Calabró F, Mazzucco C, Bortolotti L, Tomio L. Pancoast's tumor: results of combined treatment (irradiation and radical resection). Lung Cancer 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0169-5002(91)91659-y] [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: 12/01/2022]
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Bortolotti L. [Pre-extraction prostheses: purpose-function-materials]. Attual Dent 1990; 6:8-15, 18. [PMID: 2206447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Baroni C, Bortolotti L, Dondi dall'Orologio C. [Preformed crowns in pedodontics. Retrospective analysis]. Dent Cadmos 1989; 57:58-64, 67-9. [PMID: 2636182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Prediction of success rate for stainless steel crowns in literature is reported to be comparable to Class I amalgams. This retrospective study shows an analysis of 255 SSC from the stand point of clinical, radiographical and periodontal success.
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Baroni C, Bortolotti L, Frezza R, Rimondini L. [Major carious destruction. Combined therapy in pedodontics]. Dent Cadmos 1989; 57:66-74, 77. [PMID: 2636171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Restorative treatment of largely destroyed first permanent molars in the mixed dentition involves a few peculiar considerations. Special attention must be given to the restorative-periodontal relationship.
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Baroni C, Bortolotti L, Cetrullo L, Frezza R. [Inhalation sedation in pedodontics: the control of anxiety]. J Am Dent Assoc (Ed Ital) 1986; 2:234-8. [PMID: 3464696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Baroni G, Bertuzzi R, Bortolotti L, Piana G. [Possibilities and limits of dentistry in the management of hemophilia patients. Greater caution for them and for us]. Attual Dent 1985; 1:62-5. [PMID: 2939846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Bortolotti L. [Mercury toxicity through dental use]. Stomatol Mediterr 1985; 5:347-50. [PMID: 3870343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Bortolotti L, Torlontano D. [Antibacterial activity of various chemical products for the disinfection of dental instruments]. Stomatol Mediterr 1985; 5:41-6. [PMID: 3868064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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