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Slavu LM, Antonelli A, Scarpa ES, Abdalla P, Wilhelm C, Silvestri N, Pellegrino T, Scheffler K, Magnani M, Rinaldi R, Di Corato R. Optimization of magnetic nanoparticles for engineering erythrocytes as theranostic agents. Biomater Sci 2023; 11:3252-3268. [PMID: 36939172 DOI: 10.1039/d3bm00264k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
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The application of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) in drug delivery, magnetic resonance imaging, cell tracking, and hyperthermia has been long exploited regarding their inducible magnetic properties. Nevertheless, SPIONs remain rapidly cleared from the circulation by the reticuloendothelial system (RES) or mononuclear phagocyte system, with uptake dependent on several factors such as the hydrodynamic diameter, electrical charge and surface coating. This rapid clearance of SPION-based theranostic agents from circulation is one of the main challenges hampering the medical applications that differ from RES targeting. This work proposes a strategy to render biocompatible SPIONs through their encapsulation in the red blood cells (RBCs). In this work, the research has been focused on the multi-step optimization of chemical synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), precisely iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) and zinc manganese-ferrite nanoparticles (Zn/Mn FNPs), for encapsulation in human and murine RBCs. The encapsulation through the transient opening of RBC membrane pores requires extensive efforts to deliver high-quality nanoparticles in terms of chemical properties, morphology, stability and biocompatibility. After reaching this goal, in vitro experiments were performed with selected nanomaterials to investigate the potential of engineered MNP-RBC constructs in theranostic approaches.
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- Laura Maria Slavu
- Mathematics and Physics "E. De Giorgi" Department, University of Salento, Via Monteroni, Lecce 73100, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Via Saffi 2, Urbino 61029, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Via Saffi 2, Urbino 61029, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Via Saffi 2, Urbino 61029, Italy.
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- Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, UMR 168, CNRS, Institut Curie, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, 75005 Paris, France
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- Section for Biomedical Imaging, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 22529 Hamburg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Via Saffi 2, Urbino 61029, Italy.
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- Mathematics and Physics "E. De Giorgi" Department, University of Salento, Via Monteroni, Lecce 73100, Italy. .,Scuola Superiore ISUFI, University of Salento, Via Monteroni, University Campus, Lecce 73100, Italy.,Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (IMM), CNR, Via Monteroni, Lecce 73100, Italy.
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- Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (IMM), CNR, Via Monteroni, Lecce 73100, Italy. .,Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Arnesano 73010, Italy
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Silvestri N, Gavilán H, Guardia P, Brescia R, Fernandes S, Samia ACS, Teran FJ, Pellegrino T. Di- and tri-component spinel ferrite nanocubes: synthesis and their comparative characterization for theranostic applications. Nanoscale 2021; 13:13665-13680. [PMID: 34477642 PMCID: PMC8374679 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr01044a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Spinel ferrite nanocubes (NCs), consisting of pure iron oxide or mixed ferrites, are largely acknowledged for their outstanding performance in magnetic hyperthermia treatment (MHT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) applications while their magnetic particle imaging (MPI) properties, particularly for this peculiar shape different from the conventional spherical nanoparticles (NPs), are relatively less investigated. In this work, we report on a non-hydrolytic synthesis approach to prepare mixed transition metal ferrite NCs. A series of NCs of mixed zinc-cobalt-ferrite were prepared and their magnetic theranostic properties were compared to those of cobalt ferrite or zinc ferrite NCs of similar sizes. For each of the nanomaterials, the synthesis parameters were adjusted to obtain NCs in the size range from 8 up to 15 nm. The chemical and structural nature of the different NCs was correlated to their magnetic properties. In particular, to evaluate magnetic losses, we compared the data obtained from calorimetric measurements to the data measured by dynamic magnetic hysteresis obtained under alternating magnetic field (AMF) excitation. Cobalt-ferrite and zinc-cobalt ferrite NCs showed high specific adsorption rate (SAR) values in aqueous solutions but their heating ability was drastically suppressed once in viscous media even for NCs as small as 12 nm. On the other hand, non-stoichiometric zinc-ferrite NCs showed significant but lower SAR values than the other ferrites, but these zinc-ferrite NCs preserved almost unaltered their heating trend in viscous environments. Also, the presence of zinc in the crystal lattice of zinc-cobalt ferrite NCs showed increased contrast enhancement for MRI with the highest T2 relaxation time and in the MPI signal with the best point spread function and signal-to-noise ratio in comparison to the analogue cobalt-ferrite NC. Among the different compositions investigated, non-stoichiometric zinc-ferrite NCs can be considered the most promising material as a multifunctional theranostic platform for MHT, MPI and MRI regardless of the media viscosity in which they will be applied, while ensuring the best biocompatibility with respect to the cobalt ferrite NCs.
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- Istituto Italiano di TecnologiaVia Morego 3016163 GenovaItaly
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- Istituto Italiano di TecnologiaVia Morego 3016163 GenovaItaly
- IREC-Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1Sant Adria de Besos08930 BarcelonaSpain
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- Istituto Italiano di TecnologiaVia Morego 3016163 GenovaItaly
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University10900 Euclid AvenueClevelandOH 44106USA
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- iMdea Nanociencia, Campus Universitario de Cantoblanco28049 MadridSpain
- Nanobiotecnología (iMdea-Nanociencia), Unidad Asociada al Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC)28049 MadridSpain
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Avugadda SK, Wickramasinghe S, Niculaes D, Ju M, Lak A, Silvestri N, Nitti S, Roy I, Samia ACS, Pellegrino T. Uncovering the Magnetic Particle Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features of Iron Oxide Nanocube Clusters. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2020; 11:nano11010062. [PMID: 33383768 PMCID: PMC7824301 DOI: 10.3390/nano11010062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Multifunctional imaging nanoprobes continue to garner strong interest for their great potential in the detection and monitoring of cancer. In this study, we investigate a series of spatially arranged iron oxide nanocube-based clusters (i.e., chain-like dimer/trimer, centrosymmetric clusters, and enzymatically cleavable two-dimensional clusters) as magnetic particle imaging and magnetic resonance imaging probes. Our findings demonstrate that the short nanocube chain assemblies exhibit remarkable magnetic particle imaging signal enhancement with respect to the individually dispersed or the centrosymmetric cluster analogues. This result can be attributed to the beneficial uniaxial magnetic dipolar coupling occurring in the chain-like nanocube assembly. Moreover, we could effectively synthesize enzymatically cleavable two-dimensional nanocube clusters, which upon exposure to a lytic enzyme, exhibit a progressive increase in magnetic particle imaging signal at well-defined incubation time points. The increase in magnetic particle imaging signal can be used to trace the disassembly of the large planar clusters into smaller nanocube chains by enzymatic polymer degradation. These studies demonstrate that chain-like assemblies of iron oxide nanocubes offer the best spatial arrangement to improve magnetic particle imaging signals. In addition, the nanocube clusters synthesized in this study also show remarkable transverse magnetic resonance imaging relaxation signals. These nanoprobes, previously showcased for their outstanding heat performance in magnetic hyperthermia applications, have great potential as dual imaging probes and could be employed to improve the tumor thermo-therapeutic efficacy, while offering a readable magnetic signal for image mapping of material disassemblies at tumor sites.
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- Sahitya Kumar Avugadda
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy; (S.K.A.); (D.N.); (A.L.); (N.S.); (S.N.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; (S.W.); (M.J.)
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy; (S.K.A.); (D.N.); (A.L.); (N.S.); (S.N.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; (S.W.); (M.J.)
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy; (S.K.A.); (D.N.); (A.L.); (N.S.); (S.N.)
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy; (S.K.A.); (D.N.); (A.L.); (N.S.); (S.N.)
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy; (S.K.A.); (D.N.); (A.L.); (N.S.); (S.N.)
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2 TN, UK;
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; (S.W.); (M.J.)
- Correspondence: (A.C.S.S.); (T.P.)
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy; (S.K.A.); (D.N.); (A.L.); (N.S.); (S.N.)
- Correspondence: (A.C.S.S.); (T.P.)
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Balakrishnan PB, Silvestri N, Fernandez-Cabada T, Marinaro F, Fernandes S, Fiorito S, Miscuglio M, Serantes D, Ruta S, Livesey K, Hovorka O, Chantrell R, Pellegrino T. Exploiting Unique Alignment of Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles, Mild Hyperthermia, and Controlled Intrinsic Cobalt Toxicity for Cancer Therapy. Adv Mater 2020; 32:e2003712. [PMID: 33002227 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202003712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Nanoparticle-based magnetic hyperthermia is a well-known thermal therapy platform studied to treat solid tumors, but its use for monotherapy is limited due to incomplete tumor eradication at hyperthermia temperature (45 °C). It is often combined with chemotherapy for obtaining a more effective therapeutic outcome. Cubic-shaped cobalt ferrite nanoparticles (Co-Fe NCs) serve as magnetic hyperthermia agents and as a cytotoxic agent due to the known cobalt ion toxicity, allowing the achievement of both heat and cytotoxic effects from a single platform. In addition to this advantage, Co-Fe NCs have the unique ability to form growing chains under an alternating magnetic field (AMF). This unique chain formation, along with the mild hyperthermia and intrinsic cobalt toxicity, leads to complete tumor regression and improved overall survival in an in vivo murine xenograft model, all under clinically approved AMF conditions. Numerical calculations identify magnetic anisotropy as the main Co-Fe NCs' feature to generate such chain formations. This novel combination therapy can improve the effects of magnetic hyperthermia, inaugurating investigation of mechanical behaviors of nanoparticles under AMF, as a new avenue for cancer therapy.
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- Instituto de Investigacións Tecnolóxicas and Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- UCCS Biofrontiers Center and Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, 80918, USA
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- School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO16 7QF, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genova, Italy
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Avellini T, Soni N, Silvestri N, Fiorito S, De Donato F, De Mei C, Walther M, Cassani M, Ghosh S, Manna L, Stephan H, Pellegrino T. Cation Exchange Protocols to Radiolabel Aqueous Stabilized ZnS, ZnSe, and CuFeS 2 Nanocrystals with 64Cu for Dual Radio- and Photo-Thermal Therapy. Adv Funct Mater 2020; 30:2002362. [PMID: 32684910 PMCID: PMC7357593 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202002362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Here, cation exchange (CE) reactions are exploited to radiolabel ZnSe, ZnS, and CuFeS2 metal chalcogenide nanocrystals (NCs) with 64Cu. The CE protocol requires one simple step, to mix the water-soluble NCs with a 64Cu solution, in the presence of vitamin C used to reduce Cu(II) to Cu(I). Given the quantitative cation replacement on the NCs, a high radiochemical yield, up to 99%, is reached. Also, provided that there is no free 64Cu, no purification step is needed, making the protocol easily translatable to the clinic. A unique aspect of the approach is the achievement of an unprecedentedly high specific activity: by exploiting a volumetric CE, the strategy enables to concentrate a large dose of 64Cu (18.5 MBq) in a small NC dose (0.18 µg), reaching a specific activity of 103 TBq g-1. Finally, the characteristic dielectric resonance peak, still present for the radiolabeled 64Cu:CuFeS2 NCs after the partial-CE reaction, enables the generation of heat under clinical laser exposure (1 W cm-2). The synergic toxicity of photo-ablation and 64Cu ionization is here proven on glioblastoma and epidermoid carcinoma tumor cells, while no intrinsic cytotoxicity is seen from the NC dose employed for these dual experiments.
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- Tommaso Avellini
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)via Morego 30Genova16163Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)via Morego 30Genova16163Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)via Morego 30Genova16163Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)via Morego 30Genova16163Italy
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- Institut für Radiopharmazeutische KrebsforschungHelmholtz‐Zentrum Dresden‐RossendorfBautzner Landstraße 400Dresden01328Germany
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)via Morego 30Genova16163Italy
- Present address:
International Clinical Research Center (FNUSA‐ICRC)Center for Translational MedicineBrno62500Czech Republic
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)via Morego 30Genova16163Italy
- Present address:
Epi Process TechnologyASM America Inc.3440 East University DrivePhoenixAZ85034‐7200USA
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)via Morego 30Genova16163Italy
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- Institut für Radiopharmazeutische KrebsforschungHelmholtz‐Zentrum Dresden‐RossendorfBautzner Landstraße 400Dresden01328Germany
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Zyuzin MV, Cassani M, Barthel MJ, Gavilan H, Silvestri N, Escudero A, Scarpellini A, Lucchesi F, Teran FJ, Parak WJ, Pellegrino T. Confining Iron Oxide Nanocubes inside Submicrometric Cavities as a Key Strategy To Preserve Magnetic Heat Losses in an Intracellular Environment. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2019; 11:41957-41971. [PMID: 31584801 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b15501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The design of magnetic nanostructures whose magnetic heating efficiency remains unaffected at the tumor site is a fundamental requirement to further advance magnetic hyperthermia in the clinic. This work demonstrates that the confinement of magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) into a sub-micrometer cavity is a key strategy to enable a certain degree of nanoparticle motion and minimize aggregation effects, consequently preserving the magnetic heat loss of iron oxide nanocubes (IONCs) under different conditions, including intracellular environments. We fabricated magnetic layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembled polyelectrolyte sub-micrometer capsules using three different approaches, and we studied their heating efficiency as obtained in aqueous dispersions and after internalization by tumor cells. First, IONCs were added to the hollow cavities of LbL submicrocapsules, allowing the IONCs to move to a certain extent in the capsule cavities. Second, IONCs were coencapsulated into solid calcium carbonate cores coated with LbL polymer shells. Third, IONCs were incorporated within the polymer layers of the LbL capsule walls. In aqueous solution, higher specific absorption rate (SAR) values were related to those of free IONCs, while lower SAR values were recorded for capsule/core assemblies. However, after uptake by cancer cell lines (SKOV-3 cells), the SAR values of the free IONCs were significantly lower than those observed for capsule/core assemblies, especially after prolonged incubation periods (24 and 48 h). These results show that IONCs packed into submicrocavities preserve the magnetic losses, as the SAR values remained almost invariable. Conversely, free IONCs without the protective capsule shell agglomerated and their magnetic losses were strongly reduced. Indeed, IONC-loaded capsules and free IONCs reside inside endosomal and lysosomal compartments after cellular uptake and show strongly reduced magnetic losses due to the immobilization and aggregation in centrosymmetrical structures in the intracellular vesicles. The confinement of IONCs into sub-micrometer cavities is a key strategy to provide a sustained and predictable heating dose inside biological matrices.
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- Mikhail V Zyuzin
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30 , 16163 Genova , Italy
- Faculty of Physics and Engineering , ITMO University , Lomonosova 9 , 191023 St. Petersburg , Russia
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30 , 16163 Genova , Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica , Università di Genova , Via Dodecaneso 33 , 16146 Genova , Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30 , 16163 Genova , Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30 , 16163 Genova , Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30 , 16163 Genova , Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica , Università di Genova , Via Dodecaneso 33 , 16146 Genova , Italy
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- Leibniz Institute for New Materials , Campus D2 2, D-66123 Saarbrücken , Germany
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ) , Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC , Calle Américo Vespucio 49 , E-41092 Seville , Spain
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30 , 16163 Genova , Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30 , 16163 Genova , Italy
- Dipartimento di Informatica,B ioingegneria, Robotica e Ingegneria dei Sistemi (DIBRIS) , Via all'Opera Pia, 13 , 16145 Genova , Italy
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- iMdea Nanociencia , Campus Universitario de Cantoblanco , 28049 Madrid , Spain
- Nanobiotecnología (iMdea-Nanociencia) , Unidad Asociada al Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC) , 28049 Madrid , Spain
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- Faculty of Physics and Chemistry and CHyN , Universität Hamburg , 20146 Hamburg , Germany
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30 , 16163 Genova , Italy
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Pasnoor M, Bril V, Levine T, Trivedi J, Silvestri N, Phadnis M, Saperstein D, Nations S, Katzberg H, Wolfe G, Herbelin L, Higgs K, Heim A, Statland J, Barohn R, Dimachkie M. O.33Subcutaneous immunoglobulin in myasthenia gravis: results of a North American open label study. Neuromuscul Disord 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2019.06.316] [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: 11/24/2022]
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Poitelon Y, Bogni S, Matafora V, Della-Flora Nunes G, Hurley E, Ghidinelli M, Katzenellenbogen BS, Taveggia C, Silvestri N, Bachi A, Sannino A, Wrabetz L, Feltri ML. Spatial mapping of juxtacrine axo-glial interactions identifies novel molecules in peripheral myelination. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8303. [PMID: 26383514 PMCID: PMC4576721 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Cell–cell interactions promote juxtacrine signals in specific subcellular domains, which are difficult to capture in the complexity of the nervous system. For example, contact between axons and Schwann cells triggers signals required for radial sorting and myelination. Failure in this interaction causes dysmyelination and axonal degeneration. Despite its importance, few molecules at the axo-glial surface are known. To identify novel molecules in axo-glial interactions, we modified the ‘pseudopodia' sub-fractionation system and isolated the projections that glia extend when they receive juxtacrine signals from axons. By proteomics we identified the signalling networks present at the glial-leading edge, and novel proteins, including members of the Prohibitin family. Glial-specific deletion of Prohibitin-2 in mice impairs axo-glial interactions and myelination. We thus validate a novel method to model morphogenesis and juxtacrine signalling, provide insights into the molecular organization of the axo-glial contact, and identify a novel class of molecules in myelination. Neuron–glia interactions are critical in the nervous system, where they result in the extension of glial pseudopodia. Poitelon et al. isolate these protrusions using an in vitro assay, and, by characterising their proteomes, identify Prohibitin-2 as a regulator of myelination.
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- Y Poitelon
- Hunter James Kelly Research Institute, Department Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA.,Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Hospital, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Hospital, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Hospital, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Hunter James Kelly Research Institute, Department Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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- Hunter James Kelly Research Institute, Department Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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- Hunter James Kelly Research Institute, Department Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA.,Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Hospital, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois and College of Medicine, Urbana Illinois 61801, USA
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Hospital, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Hospital, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Lecce 73100, Italy
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- Hunter James Kelly Research Institute, Department Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA.,Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Hospital, Milano 20132, Italy.,Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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- Hunter James Kelly Research Institute, Department Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA.,Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Hospital, Milano 20132, Italy.,Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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Hagemeier J, Heininen-Brown M, Gabelic T, Guttuso T, Silvestri N, Lichter D, Fugoso LE, Bergsland N, Carl E, Geurts JJG, Weinstock-Guttman B, Zivadinov R. Phase white matter signal abnormalities in patients with clinically isolated syndrome and other neurologic disorders. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2014; 35:1916-23. [PMID: 24874536 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a3969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Identifying MRI biomarkers that can differentiate multiple sclerosis patients from other neurological disorders is a subject of intense research. Our aim was to investigate phase WM signal abnormalities for their presence, prevalence, location, and diagnostic value among patients with clinically isolated syndrome and other neurologic disorders and age-, sex-, and group-matched healthy controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-eight patients with clinically isolated syndrome and 30 patients with other neurologic diseases and a healthy control group (n = 47) were included in the study. Subjects were scanned at 3T by using SWI-filtered phase and T2WI, with WM signal abnormalities ≥3 mm being classified. RESULTS Patients with clinically isolated syndrome had significantly more phase and T2 WM signal abnormalities than healthy controls (P < .001). Phase WM signal abnormalities were more prevalent among patients with clinically isolated syndrome compared with patients with other neurologic disorders (4:1 ratio), whereas T2 WM signal abnormalities were more ubiquitous with a 2:1 ratio. The presence of phase WM signal abnormalities was sensitive for clinically isolated syndrome (70.8%) and achieved a moderate-to-high specificity for differentiating patients with clinically isolated syndrome and healthy controls, patients with other neurologic disorders, and patients with other neurologic disorders of other autoimmune origin (specificity, 70%-76.7%). Combining the presence of ≥2 phase lesions with the McDonald 2005 and 2010 criteria for dissemination in space improved the specificity (90%), but not the accuracy, in differentiating patients with clinically isolated syndrome from those with other neurologic disorders. In subanalyses among patients with clinically isolated syndrome who converted to clinically definite multiple sclerosis versus those who did not within a 3-year follow-up period, converters had significantly more phase (P = .008) but not T2 or T1 WM signal abnormalities. CONCLUSIONS Phase WM signal abnormalities are prevalent among patients with clinically isolated syndrome. The presence of (multiple) phase WM signal abnormalities tended to be more predictive of conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis and was specific in differentiating patients with clinically isolated syndrome and other neurologic disorders, compared with T2 WM signal abnormalities; however, the accuracy remains similar to that of the current McDonald criteria.
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- J Hagemeier
- From the Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center (J.H., M.H.-B., T. Gabelic, N.B., E.C., R.Z.)
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- From the Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center (J.H., M.H.-B., T. Gabelic, N.B., E.C., R.Z.)
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- From the Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center (J.H., M.H.-B., T. Gabelic, N.B., E.C., R.Z.) Department of Neurology (T. Gabelic), Referral Centre for Demyelinating Disease of the Central Nervous System, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Baird MS Center (T. Guttuso, N.S., D.L., L.E.F., B.W.-G., R.Z.), Department of Neurology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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- Baird MS Center (T. Guttuso, N.S., D.L., L.E.F., B.W.-G., R.Z.), Department of Neurology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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- Baird MS Center (T. Guttuso, N.S., D.L., L.E.F., B.W.-G., R.Z.), Department of Neurology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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- Baird MS Center (T. Guttuso, N.S., D.L., L.E.F., B.W.-G., R.Z.), Department of Neurology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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- From the Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center (J.H., M.H.-B., T. Gabelic, N.B., E.C., R.Z.) Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (N.B.), Don Gnocchi Foundation, Milan, Italy
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- From the Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center (J.H., M.H.-B., T. Gabelic, N.B., E.C., R.Z.)
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences (J.J.G.G.), Section of Clinical Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Baird MS Center (T. Guttuso, N.S., D.L., L.E.F., B.W.-G., R.Z.), Department of Neurology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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- From the Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center (J.H., M.H.-B., T. Gabelic, N.B., E.C., R.Z.) Baird MS Center (T. Guttuso, N.S., D.L., L.E.F., B.W.-G., R.Z.), Department of Neurology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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Pistocchi C, Silvestri N, Rossetto R, Sabbatini T, Guidi M, Baneschi I, Bonari E, Trevisan D. A simple model to assess nitrogen and phosphorus contamination in ungauged surface drainage networks: application to the Massaciuccoli Lake Catchment, Italy. J Environ Qual 2012; 41:544-553. [PMID: 22370417 DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Modeling is a common practice to evaluate factors affecting water quality in environmental systems impaired by point and nonpoint losses of N and P. Nevertheless, in situations with inadequate information, such as ungauged basins, a balance between model complexity and data availability is necessary. In this paper, we applied a simplified analytical model to an artificially drained floodplain in central-western Italy to evaluate the importance of different nutrient sources and in-stream retention processes and to identify critical source areas. We first considered only a set of chemical concentrations in water measured from February through May 2008 and from November 2008 through February 2009. We then broadened available data to include water discharge and hydraulic-head measurements to construct a hydrogeological model using MODFLOW-2000 and to evaluate the reliability of the simplified method. The simplified model provided acceptable estimates of discharge (ranging from 0.03-0.75 m s) and diffuse nutrient inputs from water table discharge and in-stream retention phenomena. Estimates of PO-P and total P retention (ranging from 1.0 to 0.6 μg m s and from 1.18 to 0.95 μg m s for PO-P and total P, respectively) were consistent with the range of variability in literature data. In contrast, the higher temporal variability of nitrate concentrations decreased model accuracy, suggesting the need for more intensive monitoring. The model also separated the dynamics of different reaches of the drainage network and identified zones considered critical source areas and buffer zones where pollutant transport is reduced.
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Migliore T, Parrella LS, Caputi A, Silvestri N, Romano R, Pace L, Imbriaco M, Losi MA, Betocchi S. Pathogenesis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Impact of growth factors on left ventricular anatomy. Minerva Cardioangiol 2008; 56:13-20. [PMID: 18432164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) and transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGFbeta-1) on collagen turnover, left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and on passive diastolic function of the LV in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). METHODS This study group comprised 34 patients with non-dilated HCM. Procollagen I amino-terminal propeptide (PINP) and collagen I carboxy-terminal telopeptide (ICTP) were measured by radioimmunoassay. Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP 9), IGF1 and TGFalfa-1 were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The difference in duration between transmitral forward (A) and pulmonary venous retrograde (Ar) waves, was considered as an estimate of passive diastolic function; the ratio between the peak flow velocity at rapid filling at the mitral level (E) and E' measured by tissue Doppler was considered an estimate of active diastolic function. LV mass was measured and normalized to body surface area (LVMi) by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. RESULTS LVMi correlates to E/E' (r=0.597, P=0.019 ) and is inversely related to A-Ar (r=0.453, P=0.015). TGFbeta-1 is directly related to active MMP 9 (r=0.439, P=0.012 ). IGF1 is directly related to PICP-ICTP (r=0.347, P=0.501), that expresses the balance between collagen I synthesis and its degradation. CONCLUSION The study demonstrated that in HCM, LVMi influences active and passive diastolic dysfunction and that IGF1 stimulates collagen synthesis and TGFbeta-1 is related to LV hypertrophy.
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- T Migliore
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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Silvestri V, Silvestri N. [Doctor or technician? Reflections on the medical professional today]. G Ital Nefrol 2007; 24 Suppl 40:s37-s41. [PMID: 18034410] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Medicine is an outstanding example of an empirical science in theory and practice. In every stage of his work a doctor should be ready to pick up signs of possible scientific progress. Being constantly attentive and able to see anything new occurring, however difficult it may be to discern, should remain the basis of any professional commitment that takes care not to become sterile and thereby less effective in treating disease. A doctor is an experimenter par excellence, one who constantly applies experimental methods based on his own ''historical'' knowledge, experience, and capacity to comprehend even the tiniest signals that reach him from the real world. On the other hand, although the indiscriminate acceptance of results obtained by clinical trials and the increasing recourse to technology could herald the end of clinical freedom, we believe that such recourse to technology is, in fact, desirable. The reason for this belief is that a lack of innovation leads to loss of enthusiasm and loss of interest in specific clinical problems; it also results in a cultural attitude that refutes the notion of experimental logic being inherent in any treatment because of the changeability of individual conditions on a biological, clinical, and psycho-relational level.
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- V Silvestri
- Facoltà di Medicina e Chiurgia, Università di Tor Vergata, Roma
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Giaretti G, Gatti PL, Silvestri N. [Correlation between periodontal disease and upper respiratory system pathology]. Parodontol Stomatol (Nuova) 1985; 24:47-8. [PMID: 3939011] [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: 01/08/2023]
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Silvestri N, Chiarotti M, Fiori A. 6.14. Improved MASP (mixed agglutination on solid phase) and IMASP (inhibition of mixed agglutination on solid phase) techniques for identification of soluble ABH substances. Forensic Sci Int 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(81)90077-3] [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: 11/17/2022]
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Sala G, Silvestri N, Castegnaro E, Pollini C. Pharmacokinetic and therapeutic effects of ketoprofen. Farmaco Prat 1978; 33:455-60. [PMID: 312213] [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: 12/14/2022]
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Silvestri N, Chelazzi G, Rossi D. Caerulein and insulin release. Farmaco Prat 1978; 33:362-70. [PMID: 748061] [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: 12/24/2022]
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Silvestri N, Perrotta P. [Evaluation of the therapeutic activity of a new nonsteroid antiphlogistic drug, Tolectin in rheumatoid arthritis]. Farmaco Prat 1977; 31:319-29. [PMID: 330217] [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: 12/14/2022]
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Silvestri N, Curzio M, Contegni GM. [Effect of pentagastrin and ceruletide on gastric secretion]. Farmaco Prat 1976; 31:359-67. [PMID: 955050] [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: 12/25/2022]
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