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Caramello M, Frignani M, Beaumont R, Tarantino M, Stansbury C, Ferroni P. The Versatile Loop Facility: A New Infrastructure for Testing Components and Systems of Lead Fast Reactor Technology. NUCL TECHNOL 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2023.2181043] [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: 03/06/2023]
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- Ansaldo Nuclear Ltd, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Bologna, Italy
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- Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania
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- Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania
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Tarantino M, Lorusso P, Del Nevo A, Di Piazza I, Giannetti F, Martelli D. Preliminary design of a helical coil steam generator mock-up for the CIRCE facility for the development of DEMO LiPb heat exchanger. Fusion Engineering and Design 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Lorusso P, Martelli E, Del Nevo A, Narcisi V, Giannetti F, Tarantino M. Development of a PbLi heat exchanger for EU DEMO fusion reactor: Experimental test and system code assessment. Fusion Engineering and Design 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Lorusso P, Del Nevo A, Narcisi V, Giannetti F, Caruso G, Zwijsen K, Breijder P, Hamidouche T, Castelliti D, Rozzia D, Tarantino M. Total loss of flow benchmark in CIRCE-HERO integral test facility. Nuclear Engineering and Design 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Papa F, Utili M, Venturini A, Caruso G, Savoldi L, Bonifetto R, Valerio D, Allio A, Collaku A, Tarantino M. Engineering design of a Permeator Against Vacuum mock-up with niobium membrane. Fusion Engineering and Design 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Tarantino M, Martelli D, Del Nevo A, Utili M, Di Piazza I, Eboli M, Diamanti D, Tincani A, Miccichè G, Bernardi D, Nitti F, Cristalli C, Bassini S, Fiore A, Cataldo S, Sartorio C, Venturini A, Marinari R, Lorusso P. Fusion technologies development at ENEA Brasimone Research Centre: Status and perspectives. Fusion Engineering and Design 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.112008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Martelli D, Bassini S, Utili M, Tarantino M, Lionetti S, Zanin E. LIFUS II corrosion loop final design and screening of an Al based diffusion coating in stagnant LLE environment. Fusion Engineering and Design 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.112034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Buzzi F, Pucciarelli A, Galleni F, Tarantino M, Forgione N. Analysis of thermal stratification phenomena in the CIRCE-HERO facility. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2020.107320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Galleni F, Barone G, Martelli D, Pucciarelli A, Lorusso P, Tarantino M, Forgione N. Simulation of operational conditions of HX-HERO in the CIRCE facility with CFD/STH coupled codes. Nuclear Engineering and Design 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2020.110552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Narcisi V, Giannetti F, Del Nevo A, Tarantino M, Caruso G. Post-test simulation of a PLOFA transient test in the CIRCE-HERO facility. Nuclear Engineering and Design 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2019.110321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Marinari R, Di Piazza I, Tarantino M, Forgione N. Blockage fuel pin simulator experiments and simulation. Nuclear Engineering and Design 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2019.110215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Lorusso P, Pesetti A, Barone G, Castelliti D, Caruso G, Forgione N, Giannetti F, Martelli D, Rozzia D, Van Tichelen K, Tarantino M. MYRRHA primary heat exchanger experimental simulations on CIRCE-HERO. Nuclear Engineering and Design 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2019.110270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Di Piazza I, Angelucci M, Marinari R, Tarantino M, Martelli D. Thermo-fluid dynamic transients in the NACIE-UP facility. Nuclear Engineering and Design 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2019.110182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Venturini A, Utili M, Martelli D, Malavasi A, Ricapito I, Tarantino M. Experimental investigation on HCLL-TBS In-box LOCA. Fusion Engineering and Design 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Utili M, Bassini S, Boccaccini L, Bühler L, Cismondi F, Del Nevo A, Eboli M, DiFonzo F, Hernandez T, Wulf S, Kordač M, Martelli D, De les Valls EM, Melichar T, Mistrangelo C, Tarantino M, Tincani A, Vála L. Status of Pb-16Li technologies for European DEMO fusion reactor. Fusion Engineering and Design 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.04.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Valbonesi M, Tarantino M, Montani F, Florio G, Romorini A. Biochemical and Clinical Evaluation of a New Cellulose Diacetate Secondary Filter for Cascade Filtration. Int J Artif Organs 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/039139888500800210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- M. Valbonesi
- Immunohematology Service, Saronno Hospital, Saronno, Italy
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- Immunohematology Service, Saronno Hospital, Saronno, Italy
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- Immunohematology Service, Saronno Hospital, Saronno, Italy
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- Immunohematology Service, Saronno Hospital, Saronno, Italy
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- Immunohematology Service, Saronno Hospital, Saronno, Italy
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Del Nevo A, Martelli E, Agostini P, Arena P, Bongiovì G, Caruso G, Di Gironimo G, Di Maio P, Eboli M, Giammusso R, Giannetti F, Giovinazzi A, Mariano G, Moro F, Mozzillo R, Tassone A, Rozzia D, Tarallo A, Tarantino M, Utili M, Villari R. WCLL breeding blanket design and integration for DEMO 2015: status and perspectives. Fusion Engineering and Design 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Martelli D, Barone G, Tarantino M, Utili M. Design of a new experimental loop and of a coolant purifying system for corrosion experiments of EUROFER samples in flowing PbLi environment. Fusion Engineering and Design 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.01.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Sharma R, Dunn A, Aschman D, Cheng D, Wheeler A, Soni A, McGuinn C, Knoll C, Stein DT, Young G, French J, Sanders J, Davis JA, Tarantino M, Lim M, Gruppo R, Sidonio R, Ahuja S, Carpenter S, Pipe S, Shapiro A. Radionuclide synovectomy/synoviorthesis (RS) in persons with bleeding disorders: A review of impact of national guidance on frequency of RS using the ATHNdataset. Haemophilia 2017; 23:e385-e388. [DOI: 10.1111/hae.13273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- R. Sharma
- BloodCenter of Wisconsin; Milwaukee WI USA
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- Nationwide Children's Hospital; Columbus OH USA
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- American Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network; Riverwoods IL USA
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- American Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network; Riverwoods IL USA
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville TN USA
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- Center for Comprehensive Care and Diagnosis of Inherited Blood Disorders; Orange CA USA
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- Arizona Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center; University of Arizona Health Sciences Center; Tucson AZ USA
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- Northwest Ohio Hemophilia Treatment Center; Toledo OH USA
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- Childrens Hospital Los Angeles; Los Angeles CA USA
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- Palmetto Health Richland; Columbia SC USA
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- Cook Children's Hospital; Fort Worth Bleeding Disorders Program; Fort Worth TX USA
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- University of Miami Comprehensive Pediatric Hemophilia Treatment Center; Miami FL USA
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- Bleeding and Clotting Disorders Institute; University of Illinois College of Medicine-Peoria; Peoria IL USA
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- UNC Comprehensive Hemophilia Diagnostic and Treatment Center; Chapel Hill NC USA
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati OH USA
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- Emory/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Comprehensive Hemophilia Program; Atlanta GA USA
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- Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital; University Hospitals Case Medical Center; Cleveland OH USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Pathology; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor MI USA
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- Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center; Indianapolis IN USA
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Del Nevo A, Ciampichetti A, Tarantino M, Burgazzi L, Forgione N. Addressing the heavy liquid metal – Water interaction issue in LBE system. Progress in Nuclear Energy 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2015.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Barone G, Coscarelli E, Forgione N, Martelli D, Del Nevo A, Tarantino M, Utili M, Ricapito I, Calderoni P. Development of a model for the thermal-hydraulic characterization of the He-FUS3 loop. Fusion Engineering and Design 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Manco-Johnson MJ, Sanders J, Ewing N, Rodriguez N, Tarantino M, Humphries T. Consequences of switching from prophylactic treatment to on-demand treatment in late teens and early adults with severe haemophilia A: the TEEN/TWEN study. Haemophilia 2013; 19:727-35. [PMID: 23750875 DOI: 10.1111/hae.12177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Although many people with haemophilia discontinue prophylaxis in their late teens or early adulthood, the consequences of this decision are largely not known. This 18-month, observational, case-controlled, multicentre study evaluated long-term prophylaxis and the consequences of switching from prophylaxis to on-demand treatment in late teens and young adults with severe haemophilia A. Participants with haemophilia (aged 14-29 years) on prophylaxis ≥ 60% of the time for the 5 years before study entry were enrolled into 1 of 2 prospective or 1 retrospective group. Group 1 was prophylaxis, group 2 had voluntarily discontinued prophylaxis ≤ 12 months before study entry and group 3 had voluntarily discontinued prophylaxis ≥ 13 months before study entry. Assessments included bleeding frequency (primary endpoint), Haemo-QoL-A health-related quality of life (HRQoL) scores, Gilbert score, development of target joints, Haemophilia Activities List, Godin Leisure-Time, treatment satisfaction and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (secondary and exploratory endpoints). Descriptive statistics were provided for all variables. Thirty-eight participants (group 1, n = 22; group 2, n = 5; group 3, n = 11; median age, 19.5 years) were enrolled. The median annualized number of bleeding events was 0, 4.8 and 24 in groups 1, 2 and 3 respectively. HRQoL was lower in participants who discontinued prophylaxis vs. those who remained on prophylaxis. Changes in the remaining secondary and exploratory variables were small, but were generally worse in participants who discontinued prophylaxis. Following a switch from prophylaxis to on-demand therapy, the number of bleeding events increased and HRQoL worsened in late teens and young adults with severe haemophilia A.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Coccoluto G, Gaggini P, Labanti V, Tarantino M, Ambrosini W, Forgione N, Napoli A, Oriolo F. Heavy liquid metal natural circulation in a one-dimensional loop. Nuclear Engineering and Design 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2010.06.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Tarantino G, Colao A, Capone D, Conca P, Tarantino M, Grimaldi E, Chianese D, Finelli C, Contaldo F, Scopacasa F, Savastano S. Circulating levels of cytochrome C, gamma-glutamyl transferase, triglycerides and unconjugated bilirubin in overweight/obese patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2011; 25:47-56. [PMID: 21382273 DOI: pmid/21382273] [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: 02/07/2023]
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, characterized by hepatocyte apoptosis, is distinct in fatty liver and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, the more severe form. Apoptotic cell death is caspase-dependent and associated with mitochondrial membrane depolarization and cytochrome c release. Adhering to the hypothesis that the exposure of hepatocytes to free fatty acids, resulting in increased ROS production and mitochondrial damage, is balanced by the presence of antioxidant substances, circulating levels of gamma-glutamyl transferase, cytochrome c, triglycerides and unconjugated bilirubin were explored in patients suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with different severity. One hundred and eighty-six consecutive patients who presented recent ultrasound feature of bright liver without any liver disease of known origin were enrolled, eighty-nine of whom underwent liver biopsy. Forty-five subjects were allocated on the basis of histology in fatty liver group while 44 patients formed the group with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. A cohort of 27 young, lean, apparently healthy individuals was selected as control group. The levels of gamma-glutamyl transferase were normal or slightly increased, while unconjugated bilirubin concentrations were elevated in all the spectra of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Comparing the present results with relevant findings from other studies dealing with diseases characterized by apoptosis, we did not find high circulating levels of cytochrome c in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. What is more, our patients, categorized as suffering from simple fatty liver or from the more severe non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, had similar levels of cytochrome c and gamma-glutamyl transferase, p=0.19 and 0.11. Serum triglycerides were higher in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease than in the healthy group, p=0.001. These findings likely reflect a balance between oxidative stress and anti-oxidant response rather than a lack of reliability of cytochrome c as a reliable biomarker of mitochondrial damage.
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- G Tarantino
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University Medical School of Naples, Italy.
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Tarantino G, Conca P, Tarantino M, Di Minno MND, Grimaldi E, Chianese D, Riccio A, Scopacasa F, Capone D. Does spleen volume play a role in patients with HCV-related chronic hepatitis? Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2010; 22:1009-17. [PMID: 20074464 DOI: 10.1177/039463200902200416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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As the lymphotropism of hepatitis C virus (HCV) has already been ascertained, and in the light of the fact that the immune defense system is an organized network composed of functionally interrelated tissues, this study was carried out to verify the possible involvement of spleen in HCV-related chronic hepatitis. In this cross-sectional study we measured spleen longitudinal diameter by ultrasound, beta2-microglobulin serum levels and splenic artery resistivity index (SARI) by Doppler in 51 patients treated with standard combined (Peg-Interferon plus Ribavirin) antiviral therapy. Thirty-three patients (17 females) completed the regimen and were compared to 31 controls (16 females). The mean basal values of spleen longitudinal diameter were higher in patients with chronic hepatitis than in controls, i.e., 116 mm (9.4) versus 102.7 mm (9.3), P = 0.0001. In the same patients a significant trend towards increased spleen longitudinal diameter was found after antiviral therapy, independently of the stage of HCV-related chronic hepatitis. The median values of the beta2-microglobulin concentrations were not significantly higher in the patients with HCV-related chronic hepatitis compared to controls, i.e., 1.3 (0.5-2.6) versus 1 (0.6-1.4), P = 0.16, although during the course of therapy they were significantly increased. SARI values of HCV-related chronic hepatitis patients were different from those of controls, but were unvaried compared to values at the end of treatment. Neither spleen measurements nor serum beta2-microglobulin levels were able to predict therapeutic response to antiviral therapy. A stimulation/expansion of lymphoid tissue was found in patients with HCV-related chronic hepatitis. Such evidence raises the question whether physicians should continue to prescribe antiviral therapy in non-responders and supports the use of a new scheme (SLD plus beta2-MG) to diagnose this ongoing, apparently reversible, but nevertheless dangerous immunologic process.
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- G Tarantino
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University Medical School of Naples, Italy.
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Marianelli C, Martucciello A, Tarantino M, Vecchio R, Iovane G, Galiero G. Evaluation of Molecular Methods for the Detection of Brucella Species in Water Buffalo Milk. J Dairy Sci 2008; 91:3779-86. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tarantino M, Ma A, Aledort L. Safety of human plasma-derived clotting factor products and their role in haemostasis in patients with haemophilia: meeting report. Haemophilia 2007; 13:663-9. [PMID: 17880460 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2007.01481.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- M Tarantino
- Comprehensive Bleeding Disorders Center, 5019 N. Executive Drive, Peoria, IL, USA.
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Marianelli C, Tarantino M, Astarita S, Martucciello A, Capuano F, Galiero G. Molecular detection of Leptospira
species in aborted fetuses of water buffalo. Vet Rec 2007; 161:310-2. [PMID: 17766812 DOI: 10.1136/vr.161.9.310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- C Marianelli
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità Dipartimento di Sanità Alimentare ed Animale, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy
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Soucie J, Miller C, Creary M, Hooper W, Abshire T, Brettler D, Bockenstedt P, DiPaola J, Massey G, Neff A, Shapiro A, Tarantino M, Wicklund B, DiMichele D. U.S. INHIBITOR PILOT PROJECT: STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS VALIDATION. J Thromb Haemost 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.tb01876.x] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Benamati G, Foletti C, Forgione N, Oriolo F, Scaddozzo G, Tarantino M. Experimental study on gas-injection enhanced circulation performed with the CIRCE facility. Nuclear Engineering and Design 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Adone R, Ciuchini F, Marianelli C, Tarantino M, Pistoia C, Marcon G, Petrucci P, Francia M, Riccardi G, Pasquali P. Protective properties of rifampin-resistant rough mutants of Brucella melitensis. Infect Immun 2005; 73:4198-204. [PMID: 15972510 PMCID: PMC1168545 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.7.4198-4204.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 01/11/2005] [Revised: 03/02/2005] [Accepted: 03/08/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Vaccination against Brucella infections in animals is usually performed by administration of live attenuated smooth B. abortus strain S19 and B. melitensis strain Rev1. They are proven effective vaccines against B. abortus in cattle and against B. melitensis and B. ovis in sheep and goats, respectively. However, both vaccines have the main drawback of inducing O-polysaccharide-specific antibodies that interfere with serologic diagnosis of disease. In addition, they retain residual virulence, being a cause of abortion in pregnant animals and infection in humans. To overcome these problems, one approach is to develop defined rough mutant Brucella strains lacking O antigen of lipopolysaccharide. B. abortus rough strain RB51, a rifampin-resistant mutant of virulent strain B. abortus 2308, is used as a vaccine against B. abortus infection in cattle in some countries. However, RB51 is not effective in sheep, and there is only preliminary evidence that it is effective in goats. In this study, we tested the efficacies of six rifampin-resistant rough strains of B. melitensis in protecting BALB/c mice exposed to B. melitensis infection. The protective properties, as well as both humoral and cellular immune responses, were assessed in comparison with those provided by B. melitensis Rev1 and B. abortus RB51 vaccines. The results indicated that these rough mutants were able to induce a very good level of protection against B. melitensis infection, similar to that provided by Rev1 and superior to that of RB51, without inducing antibodies to O antigen. In addition, all B. melitensis mutants were able to stimulate good production of gamma interferon. The characteristics of these strains encourage further evaluation of them as alternative vaccines to Rev1 in primary host species.
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- R Adone
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Dipartimento di Sanità Alimentare ed Animale, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.
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Ambrosini W, Forasassi G, Forgione N, Oriolo F, Tarantino M. Experimental study on combined natural and gas-injection enhanced circulation. Nuclear Engineering and Design 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Falcone E, Cordioli P, Tarantino M, Muscillo M, Sala G, La Rosa G, Archetti IL, Marianelli C, Lombardi G, Tollis M. Experimental infection of calves with bovine viral diarrhoea virus type-2 (BVDV-2) isolated from a contaminated vaccine. Vet Res Commun 2003; 27:577-89. [PMID: 14609269 DOI: 10.1023/a:1026064603630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A non-cytopathic strain of BVDV-2 was isolated from a batch of live infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) vaccine, and inoculated intranasally into four 3-month-old calves. Severe signs of disease developed by days 4 and 6 in three of the calves, free of BVDV and antibodies to BVDV, that had been exposed to the virus. These calves survived the acute phase of the infection and progressively recovered. BVDV was consistently isolated, or the respective viral RNA was detected, in the buffy coats from blood samples collected starting from days 2 or 4 up to days 11 or 14 after the experimental infection. Viral RNA was also detected in sera from these infected calves until the presence in the serum of virus neutralizing antibodies was demonstrated. By contrast, the only calf having pre-existing neutralizing antibodies to BVDV at the start of the study was protected from the disease. No virus was detected at any time after experimental inoculation of this calf. Genomic characterization of the BVDV-2 isolated in cell cultures, or detected in sera from the experimentally infected animals, revealed 100%, homology in the nucleotide sequence with the BVDV-2 detected as a contaminant of the live IBR virus vaccine. These findings provided evidence of the infective nature of the contaminant BVDV-2 and of its potential to generate disease outbreaks when inoculated into susceptible animals.
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- E Falcone
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Laboratorio di Medicina Veterinaria, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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The genetic characteristics, of 38 field isolates of bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) collected in 1999 from sick or healthy and persistently infected cattle of dairy farms situated in northern Italy, were investigated. A partial 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) sequence of each isolate was determined and a phylogenetic analysis was performed. All the isolates were classified as belonging to the BVDV-1 genotype and could be assigned to different BVDV-1 groups, namely BVDV-1b (n = 20), BVDV-1d (n = 6) and BVDV-1e (n = 10). Two remaining isolates could be classified as BVDV-1f and BVDV-1h, respectively. These results provided evidence for genetic heterogeneity of BVDV in Italy, and contribute to a better knowledge of the circulation of BVDV strains, and to their classification.
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- E Falcone
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Laboratorio di Medicina Veterinaria, Viale R. Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy
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Phyto-oestrogens are non-steroidal plant-derived compounds that possess oestrogenic activity and act as selective oestrogen receptor modulators (SERMs). Among the dietary oestrogens, the isoflavone class enjoy a wide-spread distribution in most of the members of the Leguminosae family, including such prominent high-content representatives as soybean. Phyto-oestrogen research has grown rapidly in recent years owing to epidemiological studies suggesting that diets rich in soy may be associated with potential health benefits. There is a paucity of data on endocrine effects of soy phytochemicals during infancy, the most sensitive period of life for the induction of toxicity. The safety of isoflavones in infant formulas has been questioned recently owing to reports of possible hormonal effects. Infants fed soy formula receive high levels of phyto-oestrogens in the form of isoflavones (genistein, daidzein and their glycosides). To date, no adverse effects of short- or long-term use of soy proteins have been observed in humans and exposure to soy-based infant formulas does not appear to lead to different reproductive outcomes than exposure to cow milk formulas. Soy formula seems to be a safe feeding option for most infants. Nevertheless, much closer studies in experimental animals and human populations exposed to phyto-oestrogen-containing products, and particularly soy-based infant formulas, are necessary.
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- V L Miniello
- Dipartimento di Biomedicina dell'Età Evolutiva, University of Bari, Italy.
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Tarantino M, Roberts JC, Weber LC, Caughey RC, Tarantino MD. Recombinant FVIIa promotes adhesion and aggregation of platelets in normal subjects and von Willebrand disease patients as measured in the PFA100tm. J Thromb Haemost 2003. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2003.tb05672.x] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Following the first official report of a clinically severe outbreak of bovine viral diarrhoea disease occurring in a farm in northern Italy, which had originated from the use of a live vaccine contaminated with a strain of BVD genotype II virus, a retrospective study on the prevalence of BVDV genotypes in Italy became highly relevant. For this purpose, the genotype of 78 BVDV-positive specimens, obtained in 1998-1999 from dairy cattle in an area near to where the outbreak occurred, was characterized by PCR technology. Two sets of primers, spanning the 5' UTR of BVDV genome, were used sequentially in a first round of RT-PCR, performed on viral RNA extracted directly from 15 clinical samples and 63 BVDV-infected cell-culture fluids; a second PCR assay followed to selectively amplify only BVDV genotype II. All the viruses under study were characterized as BVDV genotype I. As well as contributing to a better understanding of the prevalence of BVDV genotypes in the field, the results of the present study illustrate the possibility that novel BVDV strains can emerge in susceptible animals through the use of contaminated immunobiological products for bovine use.
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- Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Nami R, Mondillo S, Agricola E, Lenti S, Ferro G, Nami N, Tarantino M, Glauco G, Spanò E, Gennari C. Aerobic exercise training fails to reduce blood pressure in nondipper-type hypertension. Am J Hypertens 2000; 13:593-600. [PMID: 10912740 DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(99)00265-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 01/20/2023] Open
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To assess whether aerobic exercise training is an effective and an alternative method to control blood pressure (BP) in hypertension, 32 uncomplicated, never treated patients suffering from mild-to-moderate essential arterial hypertension (EAH) were included in an aerobic exercise training program using a regular standardized cycle ergometer exercise for 3 months. In all EAH patients, before and after the exercise training period, ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) was performed and several metabolic variables were assessed. Before exercise, in 20 EAH patients, a 48-h ABPM showed a normal day-night rhythm, with nocturnal BP decrease, according to a dipper-type hypertension, whereas in 12 EAH patients 48-h ABPM profile indicated a nondipper-type hypertension. After exercise, EAH dippers presented a significant decrease in the daytime systolic and diastolic BP, whereas EAH nondippers did not show any change in daytime and nighttime systolic and diastolic BP. Our study confirms the controversy about the postulated BP lowering effect of dynamic exercise in EAH patients, in the sense that only EAH dipper patients seem to obtain a beneficial diurnal lowering BP effect deriving from exercise, possibly through a reduction in sympathetic tone. On the contrary, physical activity seems to fail in reducing diurnal and nocturnal BP values in EAH nondippers, suggesting that in nondipper-type hypertension, other "masking" endogenous or exogenous factors could interfere with and prevail over the adrenergic-vagal balance that modulates the day-night BP synchronism.
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- Department of Cardiology, Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Siena, Italy.
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Determination of the G and P serotypes of group A bovine rotaviruses from 149 samples of feces or intestinal contents collected from calves showing clinical signs of neonatal diarrhea was performed by a nested reverse transcription-PCR typing assay. The G6 serotype was the most prevalent, accounting for viruses in 55.7% of the samples; viruses of the G10 and G8 serotypes were found in 34.9 and 4.7% of the samples, respectively. The virus in one sample (0.7%) was not classified due to concomitant infection with G6 and G8 strains, whereas viruses in six samples (4.0%) could not be characterized with any of the three G serotype-specific primers selected for the present study. When examined for their P-serotype specificities, viruses in 55 and 42.3% of the samples were characterized as P[11] and P[5], respectively, no P[1] serotype was identified, and viruses in 2.7% of the samples could not be classified due to multiple reactivity with both P[5]- and P[11]-specific primers. Various combinations of G and P serotypes were observed, the most frequent being G6,P[5] (38.3%), G10,P[11] (31.5%), and G6,P[11] (15.4%). The results of the present study, while contributing to a better understanding of the epidemiology of bovine rotaviruses in Italy, address the relevance of serotype specificity with regard to the constancy of the quality of bovine rotavirus vaccines under different field conditions.
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- Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy
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Valbonesi M, Tarantino M, Montani F, Florio G, Romorini A. Biochemical and clinical evaluation of a new cellulose diacetate secondary filter for cascade filtration. Int J Artif Organs 1985; 8:105-8. [PMID: 3921467] [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: 01/08/2023]
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We have performed 24 cascade filtration treatments in 8 patients with hyperviscosity syndrome (2 cases), essential mixed cryoglobulinemia, post-hepatitic cryoglobulinemia, Sjogrens disease, rheumatoid vasculitis, Miller-Fisher syndrome and chronic dysimmune polyneuropathy. New cellulose diacetate filters were employed, giving a satisfactory performance. At 1.5 L plasma treatment, the rejection rate for macromolecular plasma components was close to 90%, whereas albumin recovery was close to 70%. Treatments were clinically effective, confirming that cascade filtration is an alternative to conventional plasma exchange in patients with IgM or immune complex mediated diseases.
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Franzini C, Gobbi A, Tarantino M, Tropeano L. [Current methodological problems in the determination of erythrocytes, hemoglobin and hematocrit]. Quad Sclavo Diagn 1978; 15:410-24. [PMID: 752832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Four instruments for the determination of RBC, Hb and PCV, with different degree of automation, have been compared in strictly routinary working conditions. Experimental protocols were designed in order to collect data for the assessment of both precision and accuracy: accuracy has been estimated by assuming the values obtained with the Coulter S as provisional reference values. In most instances, with particular reference to RBC, precision was higher with automated machines; however, Hb was quantitated with sufficient precision with a semi-automated technique and in the determination of PCV precision of the manual micro-centrifuge compared with precision of the automated instruments. As far as acuracy is regarded, collaborative experiments showed general agreement with the (provisional) reference values, with occasional occurrence of typical systematic errors in RBC and Hb determinations. The magnitude of the systematic error, however, was not constant with the same instrument in several analytical series. The whole of the results point out to the feasibility of obtaining clinically-significant analytical values with the several instruments tested. However good calibration and quality control procedures are necessary in order to maintain accuracy at acceptable levels. Improvement of precision is also needed in some instances.
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Rotunno R, Tarantino M, Bonsignore D. [Environmental lead pollution. An epidemiologic study in road gasoline station workers (author's transl)]. Lav Um 1976; 28:65-72. [PMID: 1011912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Erythrocyte ALA-D and urinary coproporphyrins were investigated in 29 road gasoline station workers in order to detect a possible abnormal lead absorption. The ALA-D test represents the most sensitive laboratory device to detect both abnormal lead absorption and possible initial lesions due to lead poisoning. Using the above mentioned laboratory tests evidence of abnormal lead absorption was found in five of the examined subjects. Some remarks on prevention of possible lead intoxication are done.
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Tarantino M, Marchi S. [Determination of urinary total proteins and some protein fractions]. Quad Sclavo Diagn 1975; 11:82-102. [PMID: 50609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In unconcentrated specimens measurements have been made of total proteins, by DOETSCH gel-filtration method, and of albumin, transferrin and of alpha-2-macroglobulin, by LAURELL electroimmunodiffusion technique. The results confirm that the gel-filtration method provides specific, reliable measurement of proteins in amount as little as 50 mg/1. The proteinuria of 21 samples of urine has been determined by the DOETSCH method and by the biuret method after protein precipitation by perchloric, trichloracetic and phosphotungstic acid. Only the use of phosphotungstic acid as precipitant provides a good correlation of results between the biuret method and the direct gel-filtration-biuret method. LAURELL electroimmunodiffusion technique was improved to allow the determination of 5 mg/1 of albumin, and transferrin, and of 1 mg/1 of alpha-2-macroglobulin. The AA. emphasize the advantages of using sensitive methods which do not require the preliminary concentration of the sample, for the analysis of urinary proteins.
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Tarantino M. [The function of the kidney in acid-base equilibrium]. Recenti Prog Med 1966; 41:320-39. [PMID: 6014615] [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: 01/17/2023]
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