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Beretta O, Casati Pagani S, Lazzaro M, Merlani G, Bouvier Gallacchi M. Seroprevalence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the population of the southern Switzerland (Canton Ticino) - cohort study, results at 12 months. Swiss Med Wkly 2021; 151:w30116. [PMID: 34964622 DOI: 10.4414/smw.2021.w30116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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AIMS OF THE STUDY A new emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and then spread rapidly, causing a global pandemic. In Europe, the first case was identified in Italy on 21 February 2020, in the Lombardy region bordering on the southern part of Switzerland (Canton Ticino), where 4 days later the first case was identified . Ticino was the most affected canton in Switzerland during the first wave of pandemic. In order to provide a reliable indicator for the spread of the virus in this region and help decision making at the public health level, a seroprevalence study of SARS-CoV-2 was conducted. METHODS A cohort study was implemented on a randomly selected sample of 1500 persons. The sample is representative of the general population of the Canton of Ticino, stratified by sex and age from 5 years old. Antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein were detected using a rapid qualitative test in 4 data collection periods over the course of 12 months (from May-June 2020 to May-June 2021). RESULTS The seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 was estimated at 9.0% in spring 2020 (weeks 20-26), 8.4% in summer 2020 (weeks 32-38), 14.1% in autumn 2020 (weeks 45-52) and 22.3% in spring 2021 (weeks 18-23). In none of these four phases was evidence of an association between sex or specific age groups and presence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies detected. For risk factors, the only strong and significant association found was with diabetes in the first three data collection periods but not in the fourth. Among people who participated in all four phases of the study and tested positive anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the first test, 61.8% were still positive even in the fourth, 12 months later. CONCLUSIONS The results support the hypothesis that, after one year and despite the severe burden in terms of hospitalisations and deaths experienced by the Canton Ticino, SARS-CoV-2 infection affected only a minority of the population (20%) and also suggest that the anti-nucleocapsid antibodies persist after 12 months in the majority of infected persons.
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- Ottavio Beretta
- Dipartimento della sanità e della socialità, Ufficio del medico cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento della sanità e della socialità, Ufficio del medico cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento della sanità e della socialità, Ufficio del medico cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento della sanità e della socialità, Ufficio del medico cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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Casati Pagani S, Frigerio Malossa S, Klaus C, Hoffmann D, Beretta O, Bomio-Pacciorini N, Lazzaro M, Merlani G, Ackermann R, Beuret C. First detection of TBE virus in ticks and sero-reactivity in goats in a non-endemic region in the southern part of Switzerland (Canton of Ticino). Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2019; 10:868-874. [PMID: 31047827 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In Switzerland, tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a notifiable human disease with an average of 210 cases per year in the last 10 years (2008-2017). A national surveillance conducted in 2009 reported a prevalence of 0.46% for tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) detected in ticks, which is in accordance with the prevalences found in Europe from 0.1%-5%. The Canton of Ticino in the southern part of Switzerland, geographically separated from the rest of the national territory by the Alps, is considered a non-endemic region, as no autochthonous clinical cases and no TBEV presence in ticks have ever been reported. In order to understand the epidemiological situation in Ticino, we conducted a large study investigating the TBEV presence in field-collected Ixodes ricinus ticks and in goat and human sera. Goats and sheep were considered as sentinel hosts showing persistence of antibodies also after 28 months in the absence of symptoms; this longevity supports the data validity to characterize an area with the TBEV status. The goat sera collection was composed of a total of 662 samples from 37 flocks. The total seroprevalence was 14.6%. 39 (40%) of the 97 SNT-positive samples showed an antibody titer ≥ 1:120 which indicates recent infection and consequently the probable presence of active foci among the pastures frequented by the goats belonging to 10 flocks. In total, 51 owners participated in the study and all were TBEV antibody-free. A total of 12'052 I. ricinus ticks (nymphs and adults) were collected and 1'371 pools were tested using quantitative real-time RT-PCR. Only one positive pool was reported with a prevalence of 0.35%. Metagenomic analysis revealed that the TBEV strain isolated from the ticks collected in Ticino is closely related to 2 strains coming from the Canton of Valais (99.1% and 98.7% identity, respectively), a neighbouring region of the Canton of Ticino. These two Cantons are close together but separated by high mountains (Alps) and we hypothesize that infected ticks were transported by wild animals from Valais into the Valle Maggia in Ticino where we found positive ticks. In conclusion, our data show for the first time the presence of TBEV in ticks and the related sero-reactivity in goats, confirming the presence of TBEV in the environment of the Canton of Ticino. Further surveillance studies will have to be conducted to follow the persistence of TBEV in this region.
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- Simona Casati Pagani
- Dipartimento della sanità e della socialità, Ufficio del medico cantonale, Via Dogana 16, 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
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- EOC - Dipartimento di medicina di laboratorio, Servizio di microbiologia (SMIC), Via Mirasole 22a, 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Naumburger Str. 96a, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Südufer 10, 17493, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Dipartimento della sanità e della socialità, Ufficio del medico cantonale, Via Dogana 16, 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento del territorio, Ufficio forestale 4° circondario, Via Antonio Ciseri 13, 6600, Locarno, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento della sanità e della socialità, Ufficio del medico cantonale, Via Dogana 16, 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento della sanità e della socialità, Ufficio del medico cantonale, Via Dogana 16, 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- National Reference Centre for Tick-Transmitted Diseases (NRZK), Labor Spiez, Ausstrasse, 3700, Spiez, Switzerland
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Reinholz D, Casati S, Beretta O, Merlani G. Termination of pregnancy in a border region between Switzerland and Italy (2008-2015). Swiss Med Wkly 2018; 148:w14636. [PMID: 30044470 DOI: 10.4414/smw.2018.14636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In Switzerland, voluntary termination of pregnancy (VTP) can be performed in all public and private hospitals with an obstetrics/gynaecology department. For various reasons, many Italian women use the Swiss healthcare system, in particular in Canton Ticino, a border region adjacent to Italy in the southern part of Switzerland, when they want to have a VTP. In this study, we aimed to illustrate trends in the VTPs in the Canton Ticino between 2008 and 2015 and demonstrate differences between the Swiss women resident in Switzerland (SSR), foreign women resident in Switzerland (FSR) and foreign women resident abroad (FAR), focusing in particular on the Italian women as during this period there were legal changes in Italy. The number of VTPs was constant on a national level (10,924 in 2008, 10,255 in 2015); in contrast, since 2012 the number has progressively decreased (41%) in Ticino, mainly because of the significant reduction in VTPs in women resident in Italy (decrease of 75.7%). In addition, we wanted to evaluate the impact of the pre-VTP counselling at a family planning centre (FPC) on the VTP decision. The high number of pre-VTP consultations suggests that this service is appreciated and helpful. We observed an encouraging trend in changing the decision to have a VTP after the consultation at the FPC, where 12% of the pregnant women decided to continue the pregnancy. Because of its location, the Canton Ticino is an example how availability of certain drugs, methods and laws can influence the cross-border flow of the patients.
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- Ufficio del medico cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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Van Acker HH, Beretta O, Anguille S, De Caluwé L, Papagna A, Van den Bergh JM, Willemen Y, Goossens H, Berneman ZN, Van Tendeloo VF, Smits EL, Foti M, Lion E. Desirable cytolytic immune effector cell recruitment by interleukin-15 dendritic cells. Oncotarget 2017; 8:13652-13665. [PMID: 28099143 PMCID: PMC5355127 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.14622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Success of dendritic cell (DC) therapy in treating malignancies is depending on the DC capacity to attract immune effector cells, considering their reciprocal crosstalk is partially regulated by cell-contact-dependent mechanisms. Although critical for therapeutic efficacy, immune cell recruitment is a largely overlooked aspect regarding optimization of DC vaccination. In this paper we have made a head-to-head comparison of interleukin (IL)-15-cultured DCs and conventional IL-4-cultured DCs with regard to their proficiency in the recruitment of (innate) immune effector cells. Here, we demonstrate that IL-4 DCs are suboptimal in attracting effector lymphocytes, while IL15 DCs provide a favorable chemokine milieu for recruiting CD8+ T cells, natural killer (NK) cells and gamma delta (γδ) T cells. Gene expression analysis revealed that IL-15 DCs exhibit a high expression of chemokines involved in antitumor immune effector cell attraction, while IL-4 DCs display a more immunoregulatory profile characterized by the expression of Th2 and regulatory T cell-attracting chemokines. This is confirmed by functional data indicating an enhanced recruitment of granzyme B+ effector lymphocytes by IL-15 DCs, as compared to IL-4 DCs, and subsequent superior killing of tumor cells by the migrated lymphocytes. Elevated CCL4 gene expression in IL-15 DCs and lowered CCR5 expression on both migrated γδ T cells and NK cells, led to validation of increased CCL4 secretion by IL15 DCs. Moreover, neutralization of CCR5 prior to migration resulted in an important inhibition of γδ T cell and NK cell recruitment by IL-15 DCs. These findings further underscore the strong immunotherapeutic potential of IL-15 DCs.
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- Heleen H Van Acker
- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tumor Immunology Group (TIGR), Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium
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- School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tumor Immunology Group (TIGR), Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium.,Center for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tumor Immunology Group (TIGR), Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium.,Virology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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- School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tumor Immunology Group (TIGR), Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tumor Immunology Group (TIGR), Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tumor Immunology Group (TIGR), Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tumor Immunology Group (TIGR), Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium.,Center for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tumor Immunology Group (TIGR), Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tumor Immunology Group (TIGR), Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium.,Center for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.,Center for Oncological Research (CORE), University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium
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- School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tumor Immunology Group (TIGR), Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium.,Center for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
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Bouvier Gallacchi M, Beretta O, Frei K. Promoting health: from data to decisions. Eur J Public Health 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv173.031] [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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Licandro G, Ling Khor H, Beretta O, Lai J, Derks H, Laudisi F, Conforti-Andreoni C, Liang Qian H, Teng GG, Ricciardi-Castagnoli P, Mortellaro A. The NLRP3 inflammasome affects DNA damage responses after oxidative and genotoxic stress in dendritic cells. Eur J Immunol 2013; 43:2126-37. [PMID: 23619996 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201242918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2012] [Revised: 04/15/2013] [Accepted: 04/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The NOD-like receptor (NLR) family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome is a cytoplasmic protein complex that mediates inflammatory responses to a broad array of danger signals. The inflammasome drives caspase-1 activation and promotes secretion of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18, and might also participate in other cellular processes. Here, we tried to identify new pathways regulated by the NLRP3 inflammasome in murine dendritic cells (DCs) in response to monosodium urate (MSU) crystals. Using a transcriptomic approach, we found that DCs from Nlrp3(-/-) mice responded to MSU with differential expression of genes involved in the DNA damage response and apoptosis. Upon exposure to MSU or other ROS-mobilizing stimuli (rotenone and γ-radiation), DNA fragmentation was markedly ameliorated in Nlrp3(-/-) and casp-1(-/-) DCs compared with WT DCs. Moreover, Nlrp3(-/-) DCs experienced significantly less oxidative DNA damage mediated by ROS. A significant decrease of the expression of several genes involved in double-strand and base-excision DNA repair was observed in WT DCs. Basal DNA repair capacity in WT DCs resulted in activation and stabilization of p53 in vitro and in vivo, which resulted in increased cell death compared with that in Nlrp3(-/-) DCs. These data provide the first evidence for the involvement of the NLRP3 inflammasome in DNA damage responses induced by cellular stress.
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- Ginevra Licandro
- Singapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, A*STAR, Biopolis, Singapore.
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De Dosso S, Zanellato E, Nucifora M, Boldorini R, Sonzogni A, Biffi R, Fazio N, Bucci E, Beretta O, Crippa S, Saletti P, Frattini M. ERCC1 predicts outcome in patients with gastric cancer treated with adjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2013; 72:159-65. [PMID: 23645290 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-013-2181-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adjuvant chemotherapy is gaining an increasing role in resectable gastric cancer. Customizing chemotherapy on the basis of chemosensitivity may improve outcome, and putative predictive molecular markers have been mostly evaluated in Asian patients. We profiled key DNA and damage signaling factors and correlated them with outcome, in a European cohort. METHODS Formalin-fixed tumor samples obtained from surgical specimens of patients treated with adjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy for gastric cancer were analyzed. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was performed to analyze excision repair cross-complementing gene 1 (ERCC1) and thymidylate synthase (TS) expression, and p53 mutations were detected with direct sequencing. RESULTS Among the 68 patient recruited, the median age was 69 (range 30-74), and UICC stage was III in 44 patients (65 %). With a median follow-up of 40.5 months, disease-free and overall survival were 18.0 (95 % CI 13.4-22.76) and 56 months (95 % CI 44.87-67.13), respectively. ERCC1 score was 0 in 14 out 67 (21 %) cases, 1 in 19 (28 %), 2 in 20 (30 %) and 3 in 14 cases (21 %). Longer overall survival (p = 0.04) was found in patients categorized as ERCC1 negative by IHC according to median score. TS score was 0 in 16 out 67 (24 %) cases, 1 in 27 (40 %), 2 in 16 (24 %) and 3 in 8 cases (12 %). Mutations of p53 were found in 21 out 66 (32 %) cases. Neither TS nor p53 were found to correlate with outcome. CONCLUSION Excision repair cross-complementing gene 1 by IHC might predict patients more likely to benefit from adjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy in curatively resected gastric cancer. In patients exhibiting ERCC1 positive tumors, alternative regimens should be evaluated.
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- Sara De Dosso
- Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
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Kapetis D, Clarelli F, Vitulli F, de Rosbo NK, Beretta O, Foti M, Ricciardi-Castagnoli P, Zolezzi F. AMDA 2.13: A major update for automated cross-platform microarray data analysis. Biotechniques 2012; 53:33-40. [PMID: 22800180 DOI: 10.2144/0000113889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 06/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Microarray platforms require analytical pipelines with modules for data pre-processing including data normalization, statistical analysis for identification of differentially expressed genes, cluster analysis, and functional annotation. We previously developed the Automated Microarray Data Analysis (AMDA, version 2.3.5) pipeline to process Affymetrix 3' IVT GeneChips. The availability of newer technologies that demand open-source tools for microarray data analysis has impelled us to develop an updated multi-platform version, AMDA 2.13. It includes additional quality control metrics, annotation-driven (annotation grade of Affymetrix NetAffx) and signal-driven (Inter-Quartile Range) gene filtering, and approaches to experimental design. To enhance understanding of biological data, differentially expressed genes have been mapped into KEGG pathways. Finally, a more stable and user-friendly interface was designed to integrate the requirements for different platforms. AMDA 2.13 allows the analysis of Affymetrix (cartridges and plates) and whole transcript probe design (Gene 1.0/1.1 ST and Exon 1.0 ST GeneChips), Illumina Bead Arrays, and one-channel Agilent 4×44 arrays. Relative to early versions, it supports various experimental designs and delivers more insightful biological understanding and up-to-date annotations.
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- Dimos Kapetis
- Genopolis-Consortium for Functional Genomics, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
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Pontiroli F, Dussurget O, Zanoni I, Urbano M, Beretta O, Granucci F, Ricciardi-Castagnoli P, Cossart P, Foti M. The timing of IFNβ production affects early innate responses to Listeria monocytogenes and determines the overall outcome of lethal infection. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43455. [PMID: 22912878 PMCID: PMC3422257 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) and natural killer (NK) cells are essential components of the innate immunity and play a crucial role in the first phase of host defense against infections and tumors. Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) is an intracellular pathogen that colonizes the cytosol of eukaryotic cells. Recent findings have shown Lm specifically in splenic CD8a+ DCs shortly after intravenous infection. We examined gene expression profiles of mouse DCs exposed to Lm to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying DCs interaction with Lm. Using a functional genomics approach, we found that Lm infection induced a cluster of late response genes including type I IFNs and interferon responsive genes (IRGs) in DCs. Type I INFs were produced at the maximal level only at 24 h post infection indicating that the regulation of IFNs in the context of Lm infection is delayed compared to the rapid response observed with viral pathogens. We showed that during Lm infection, IFNγ production and cytotoxic activity were severely impaired in NK cells compared to E. coli infection. These defects were restored by providing an exogenous source of IFNβ during the initial phase of bacterial challenge. Moreover, when treated with IFNβ during early infection, NK cells were able to reduce bacterial titer in the spleen and significantly improve survival of infected mice. These findings show that the timing of IFNβ production is fundamental to the efficient control of the bacterium during the early innate phase of Lm infection.
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- Francesca Pontiroli
- Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Inserm U604, Paris, France
- INRA USC2020, Paris, France
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- Genopolis Consortium, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Inserm U604, Paris, France
- INRA USC2020, Paris, France
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- Genopolis Consortium, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Min L, Isa SABM, Fam WN, Sze SK, Beretta O, Mortellaro A, Ruedl C. Synergism between curdlan and GM-CSF confers a strong inflammatory signature to dendritic cells. J Immunol 2012; 188:1789-98. [PMID: 22250091 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A simultaneous engagement of different pathogen recognition receptors provides a tailor-made adaptive immunity for an efficient defense against distinct pathogens. For example, cross-talk of TLR and C-type lectin signaling effectively shapes distinct gene expression patterns by integrating the signals at the level of NF-κB. In this study, we extend this principle to a strong synergism between the dectin-1 agonist curdlan and an inflammatory growth factor, GM-CSF. Both together act in synergy in inducing a strong inflammatory signature that converts immature dendritic cells (DCs) to potent effector DCs. A variety of cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, IL-2, and IL-12p70), costimulatory molecules (CD80, CD86, CD40, and CD70), chemokines (CXCL1, CXCL2, CXCL3, CCL12, CCL17), as well as receptors and molecules involved in fugal recognition and immunity such as Mincle, dectin-1, dectin-2, and pentraxin 3 are strongly upregulated in DC treated simultaneously with curdlan and GM-CSF. The synergistic effect of both stimuli resulted in strong IκBα phosphorylation, its rapid degradation, and enhanced nuclear translocation of all NF-κB subunits. We further identified MAPK ERK as one possible integration site of both signals, because its phosphorylation was clearly augmented when curdlan was coapplied with GM-CSF. Our data demonstrate that the immunomodulatory activity of curdlan requires an additional signal provided by GM-CSF to successfully initiate a robust β-glucan-specific cytokine and chemokine response. The integration of both signals clearly prime and tailor a more effective innate and adaptive response against invading microbes and fungi.
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- Lin Min
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Ong SM, Tan YC, Beretta O, Jiang D, Yeap WH, Tai JJY, Wong WC, Yang H, Schwarz H, Lim KH, Koh PK, Ling KL, Wong SC. Macrophages in human colorectal cancer are pro-inflammatory and prime T cells towards an anti-tumour type-1 inflammatory response. Eur J Immunol 2011; 42:89-100. [DOI: 10.1002/eji.201141825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2011] [Revised: 09/08/2011] [Accepted: 10/12/2011] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Cappelletti C, Baggi F, Zolezzi F, Biancolini D, Beretta O, Severa M, Coccia EM, Confalonieri P, Morandi L, Mora M, Mantegazza R, Bernasconi P. Type I interferon and Toll-like receptor expression characterizes inflammatory myopathies. Neurology 2011; 76:2079-88. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e31821f440a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Conforti-Andreoni C, Beretta O, Licandro G, Qian HL, Urbano M, Vitulli F, Ricciardi-Castagnoli P, Mortellaro A. Synergism of NOD2 and NLRP3 activators promotes a unique transcriptional profile in murine dendritic cells. J Leukoc Biol 2010; 88:1207-16. [PMID: 20884650 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1009652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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NLRs are cytoplasmic proteins that sense cellular stress and intracellular damage resulting from pathogen uptake. To date, the role of NLRs has been studied using combinations of NLR and TLR agonists, but the interplay between two different NLRs remains uncharacterized. In this study, we employed microarrays to investigate in DCs the regulation of gene transcription mediated by activation of NOD2 and NLRP3 pathways using MDP and MSU. MDP and MSU co-stimulation of murine BMDCs up-regulated the expression of genes encoding molecules for antigen presentation and co-stimulation (MHC class II, CD80, CD86), integrins (ITGB3, ITGAV), cytokines (IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-2, IL-23p19, IL-12p40), and chemokines (CXCL1, CXCL2). Transcription of the cytokine genes induced by MDP and MSU partially depended on NOD2 but was independent of NLRP3. Finally, we showed that ERK1 and c-JUN activation increased upon MDP and MSU co-stimulation. As a whole, the results indicate that two different NLR activators synergize at the transcriptional level, leading to unique differential expression of genes involved in the innate immune response.
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- Cristina Conforti-Andreoni
- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Biopolis, Singapore
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Bagnaresi P, Moschella A, Beretta O, Vitulli F, Ranalli P, Perata P. Heterologous microarray experiments allow the identification of the early events associated with potato tuber cold sweetening. BMC Genomics 2008; 9:176. [PMID: 18416834 PMCID: PMC2358903 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 10/09/2007] [Accepted: 04/16/2008] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background Since its discovery more than 100 years ago, potato (Solanum tuberosum) tuber cold-induced sweetening (CIS) has been extensively investigated. Several carbohydrate-associated genes would seem to be involved in the process. However, many uncertainties still exist, as the relative contribution of each gene to the process is often unclear, possibly as the consequence of the heterogeneity of experimental systems. Some enzymes associated with CIS, such as β-amylases and invertases, have still to be identified at a sequence level. In addition, little is known about the early events that trigger CIS and on the involvement/association with CIS of genes different from carbohydrate-associated genes. Many of these uncertainties could be resolved by profiling experiments, but no GeneChip is available for the potato, and the production of the potato cDNA spotted array (TIGR) has recently been discontinued. In order to obtain an overall picture of early transcriptional events associated with CIS, we investigated whether the commercially-available tomato Affymetrix GeneChip could be used to identify which potato cold-responsive gene family members should be further studied in detail by Real-Time (RT)-PCR (qPCR). Results A tomato-potato Global Match File was generated for the interpretation of various aspects of the heterologous dataset, including the retrieval of best matching potato counterparts and annotation, and the establishment of a core set of highly homologous genes. Several cold-responsive genes were identified, and their expression pattern was studied in detail by qPCR over 26 days. We detected biphasic behaviour of mRNA accumulation for carbohydrate-associated genes and our combined GeneChip-qPCR data identified, at a sequence level, enzymatic activities such as β-amylases and invertases previously reported as being involved in CIS. The GeneChip data also unveiled important processes accompanying CIS, such as the induction of redox- and ethylene-associated genes. Conclusion Our Global Match File strategy proved critical for accurately interpretating heterologous datasets, and suggests that similar approaches may be fruitful for other species. Transcript profiling of early events associated with CIS revealed a complex network of events involving sugars, redox and hormone signalling which may be either linked serially or act in parallel. The identification, at a sequence level, of various enzymes long known as having a role in CIS provides molecular tools for further understanding the phenomenon.
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- Paolo Bagnaresi
- CRA-GPG, Genomic Research Center, Via S, Protaso 302, I-29017 Fiorenzuola d'Arda (PC), Italy.
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Lasanthi-Kudahettige R, Magneschi L, Loreti E, Gonzali S, Licausi F, Novi G, Beretta O, Vitulli F, Alpi A, Perata P. Transcript profiling of the anoxic rice coleoptile. Plant Physiol 2007; 144:218-31. [PMID: 17369434 PMCID: PMC1913783 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.093997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2006] [Accepted: 03/06/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Rice (Oryza sativa) seeds can germinate in the complete absence of oxygen. Under anoxia, the rice coleoptile elongates, reaching a length greater than that of the aerobic one. In this article, we compared and investigated the transcriptome of rice coleoptiles grown under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The results allow drawing a detailed picture of the modulation of the transcripts involved in anaerobic carbohydrate metabolism, suggesting up-regulation of the steps required to produce and metabolize pyruvate and its derivatives. Sugars appear to play a signaling role under anoxia, with several genes indirectly up-regulated by anoxia-driven sugar starvation. Analysis of the effects of anoxia on the expansin gene families revealed that EXPA7 and EXPB12 are likely to be involved in rice coleoptile elongation under anoxia. Genes coding for ethylene response factors and heat shock proteins are among the genes modulated by anoxia in both rice and Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Identification of anoxia-induced ethylene response factors is suggestive because genes belonging to this gene family play a crucial role in rice tolerance to submergence, a process closely related to, but independent from, the ability to germinate under anoxia. Genes coding for some enzymes requiring oxygen for their activity are dramatically down-regulated under anoxia, suggesting the existence of an energy-saving strategy in the regulation of gene expression.
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Splendiani A, Brandizi M, Even G, Beretta O, Pavelka N, Pelizzola M, Mayhaus M, Foti M, Mauri G, Ricciardi-Castagnoli P. The genopolis microarray database. BMC Bioinformatics 2007; 8 Suppl 1:S21. [PMID: 17430566 PMCID: PMC1885851 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-8-s1-s21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Gene expression databases are key resources for microarray data management and analysis and the importance of a proper annotation of their content is well understood. Public repositories as well as microarray database systems that can be implemented by single laboratories exist. However, there is not yet a tool that can easily support a collaborative environment where different users with different rights of access to data can interact to define a common highly coherent content. The scope of the Genopolis database is to provide a resource that allows different groups performing microarray experiments related to a common subject to create a common coherent knowledge base and to analyse it. The Genopolis database has been implemented as a dedicated system for the scientific community studying dendritic and macrophage cells functions and host-parasite interactions. Results The Genopolis Database system allows the community to build an object based MIAME compliant annotation of their experiments and to store images, raw and processed data from the Affymetrix GeneChip® platform. It supports dynamical definition of controlled vocabularies and provides automated and supervised steps to control the coherence of data and annotations. It allows a precise control of the visibility of the database content to different sub groups in the community and facilitates exports of its content to public repositories. It provides an interactive users interface for data analysis: this allows users to visualize data matrices based on functional lists and sample characterization, and to navigate to other data matrices defined by similarity of expression values as well as functional characterizations of genes involved. A collaborative environment is also provided for the definition and sharing of functional annotation by users. Conclusion The Genopolis Database supports a community in building a common coherent knowledge base and analyse it. This fills a gap between a local database and a public repository, where the development of a common coherent annotation is important. In its current implementation, it provides a uniform coherently annotated dataset on dendritic cells and macrophage differentiation.
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- Andrea Splendiani
- Department Informatics, Systemistics and Communication, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via degli Arcimboldi 8, Milano, Italy
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- Department Informatics, Systemistics and Communication, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via degli Arcimboldi 8, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 4, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 4, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 4, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 4, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 4, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 4, Milano, Italy
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- Department Informatics, Systemistics and Communication, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via degli Arcimboldi 8, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 4, Milano, Italy
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Foti M, Granucci F, Pelizzola M, Beretta O, Ricciardi-Castagnoli P. Dendritic cells in pathogen recognition and induction of immune responses: a functional genomics approach. J Leukoc Biol 2006; 79:913-6. [PMID: 16641136 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1005547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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At the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology held in Oxford this year, the biology of dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages was discussed. In particular, functional genomics approaches were presented to investigate transcriptional changes during microbe and phagocytes interactions. Here, we report functional genomics studies likely to be of interest to the Journal of Leukocyte Biology readers with a particular emphasis on DC biology. DCs are professional antigen-presenting cells, which are essential for the initiation and regulation of natural killer, T, and T regulatory cell responses. Immature DCs, resident in peripheral sites, are specialized in antigen capture and continually sample soluble and particulate antigens in their local environment. DCs express receptors for cytokines, chemokines, endogenous danger signals, and microbial structures. The interactions between DCs and microorganism are complex, but progress in the past few years has shed light on several aspects of these processes. Infectious disease is the result of an intimate relationship between pathogens and hosts. Thus, understanding the cross-talk between host and pathogen is essential to improve our knowledge of infectious disease. Functional genomics and proteomics applied to DCs and macrophage biology are now providing powerful tools to dissect, at the molecular level, host-pathogen interactions.
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- Maria Foti
- Department of Biotechnology and bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
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Vizzardelli C, Pavelka N, Luchini A, Zanoni I, Bendickson L, Pelizzola M, Beretta O, Foti M, Granucci F, Nilsen-Hamilton M, Ricciardi-Castagnoli P. Effects of dexamethazone on LPS-induced activationand migration of mouse dendritic cells revealed by a genome-wide transcriptional analysis. Eur J Immunol 2006; 36:1504-15. [PMID: 16708398 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200535488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 11/07/2022]
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While lipopolysaccharides (LPS) induce dendritic cell (DC) maturation and migration to lymph nodes, glucocorticoids such as dexamethazone (Dex) have a profound suppressive effect on immune response. The mechanisms that might control this suppressive effect of Dex have been extensively investigated in lymphocytes as possible targets. Much less is known on the effects of Dex on DC, although they are recognized to regulate immunity. To get insights into possible combined effects of Dex and LPS on DC functions, we have undertaken a genome-wide analysis of differentially expressed genes of DC treated with Dex alone, LPS alone, or both, using high-density oligonucleotide microarrays. Hierarchical clustering and principal component analysis (PCA) agreed in identifying 24 h as the time point that best discriminated the three treatments. Among the counteracting effects we have observed an inhibition of Dex on the LPS-induced up-regulation of the chemokine receptor CCR7. In vivo, Dex treatment blocked the LPS-induced migration of DC, which lost their ability to reach the draining lymph nodes. In addition, we observed a synergistic effect of Dex and LPS on the expression of the secreted lipocalin 24p3, which has been reported to induce apoptosis in T cells and thus may be related to immune suppression.
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- Caterina Vizzardelli
- Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Chaussade S, Beretta O, Atienza P. [Apropos of the article by M. Veyrac and colleagues]. Gastroenterol Clin Biol 1989; 13:749-50. [PMID: 2806814] [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: 01/02/2023]
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