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Campanella A, Capasso A, Heltai S, Taccetti C, Albi E, Herishanu Y, Haggenburg S, Chatzikonstantinou T, Doubek M, Kättström M, Giannopoulos K, Simkovic M, Moreno C, Massaia M, Bumbea H, Alshemmari S, Ranghetti P, Perotta E, Martini F, Sant'Antonio E, Colia M, Combi C, Levi S, Kater AP, Hazenberg M, Nijhof IS, Hofsink Q, Demosthenous C, Kotaskova J, Zaleska J, Vrbacky F, Raya AM, Bisogno D, Tripoli IE, Popov VM, Roman V, Stavroyianni N, Karypidou M, Scarano E, Locatelli M, Frenquelli M, Scarfò L, Stamatopoulos K, Ghia P. Additional booster doses in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia induce humoral and cellular immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 similar to natural infection regardless ongoing treatments: A study by ERIC, the European Research Initiative on CLL. Am J Hematol 2024; 99:745-750. [PMID: 38264829 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.27218] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/01/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
Abstract
Profound immune dysregulation and impaired response to the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine put patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) at risk of severe COVID-19. We compared humoral memory and T-cell responses after booster dose vaccination or breakthrough infection. (Green) Quantitative determination of anti-Spike specific antibodies. Booster doses increased seroconversion rate and antibody titers in all patient categories, ultimately generating humoral responses similar to those observed in the postinfection cohort. In detail, humoral response with overscale median antibody titers arose in >80% of patients in watch and wait, off-therapy in remission, or under treatment with venetoclax single-agent. Anti-CD20 antibodies and active treatment with BTK inhibitors (BTKi) represent limiting factors of humoral response, still memory mounted in ~40% of cases following booster doses or infection. (Blue) Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cell responses. Number of T-cell functional activation markers documented in each patient. The vast majority of patients, including those seronegative, developed T-cell responses, qualitatively similar between treatment groups or between vaccination alone and infection cases. These data highlight the efficacy of booster doses in eliciting T-cell immunity independently of treatment status and support the use of additional vaccination boosters to stimulate humoral immunity in patients on active CLL-directed treatments.
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- A Campanella
- Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- 4th Department of Internal Medicine - Haematology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, University Hospital and Charles University in Prague, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- AO S.Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy
- Turin University, Turin, Italy
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- University Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Hematology Department and HCT Unit, G. Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- 4th Department of Internal Medicine - Haematology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, University Hospital and Charles University in Prague, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- AO S.Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy
- Turin University, Turin, Italy
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- Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
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- Center of Immunology Department, Stefan S. Nicolau Institute of Virology, Bucharest, Romania
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- Hematology Department and HCT Unit, G. Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory Medicine Service, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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Bronstein Y, Levi S, Herishanu Y. Improved outcomes in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia infected during the omicron BA.5 subvariant surge. Br J Haematol 2023. [PMID: 37042235 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
Abstract
Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) infected with SARS-CoV-2 are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 and death. The outcomes of CLL patients with COVID-19 during the omicron subvariants and in particular with BA.5 are not fully elucidated. Here, we report the outcomes of 128 CLL patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from December 2021 through November 2022. The hospitalization and 30-day mortality rates were 26.6% (n = 34) and 4.7% (n = 6), respectively. Both hospitalizations and mortality were lower during the outbreaks of the BA.2 and BA.5 subvariants (17.2%, 0% vs. 15.2%, 0%, respectively) compared with the period dominated by the BA.1 subvariant (41.5%, 11.3%).
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- Yotam Bronstein
- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Levi S, Ahsan M, Webster E, Harvey B, Cantillo E, Chapman-Davis E, Holcomb K, Frey M. 40MO Targetable gene mutations in mucinous ovarian cancer. ESMO Open 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2023.100820] [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: 02/27/2023] Open
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Levi S, Bronstein Y, Goldschmidt N, Morabito F, Ziv-Baran T, Del Poeta G, Bairey O, Del Principe MI, Fineman R, Mauro FR, Gutwein O, Reda G, Ruchlemer R, Sportoletti P, Laurenti L, Shvidel L, Coscia M, Tadmor T, Varettoni M, Aviv A, Murru R, Braester A, Chiarenza A, Visentin A, Pietrasanta D, Loseto G, Zucchetto A, Bomben R, Olivieri J, Neri A, Rossi D, Gaidano G, Trentin L, Foà R, Cuneo A, Perry C, Gattei V, Gentile M, Herishanu Y. Efficacy of front-line ibrutinib versus fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A retrospective multicenter "Real-World" study. Am J Hematol 2023; 98:E24-E27. [PMID: 36349541 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Shai Levi
- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Biothechnology Research Unit, AO of Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy.,Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Hemato-Oncology Department, Augusta Victoria Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, 'Sapienza' University, Rome, Italy
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- Ematologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Centro di Ricerca Emato-Oncologica (CREO), University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Fondazione Universitaria Policlinico A Gemelli di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Division of Haematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Ospedale A. Businco, ARNAS "G. Brotzu", Cagliari, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Policlinico, Department of Surgery and Medical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera SS Arrigo e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Hematology and Cell Therapy Unit, IRCCS-Istituto Tumori 'Giovanni Paolo II', Bari, Italy
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- Clinical and Experimental Onco-Hematology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Clinical and Experimental Onco-Hematology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Clinica Ematologica, Centro Trapianti e Terapie Cellulari "Carlo Melzi", Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Scientific Directorate, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, 'Sapienza' University, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Hematology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Clinical and Experimental Onco-Hematology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Ahsan M, Levi S, Webster E, Harvey B, Cantillo E, Chapman-Davis E, Holcomb K, Frey M. 22MO Homologous recombination gene mutations in uterine serous cancer: A phenotype of the hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome? ESMO Open 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2023.100793] [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: 02/27/2023] Open
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Ganzel C, Trestman S, Levi S, Gatt ME, Lavi N, Vaxman I, Rouvio O, Magen H, Lebel E, Horowitz NA, Leiba M, Tadmor T, Herzog Tzarfati K, Surio C, Yeganeh S, Dally N, Avivi I, Cohen YC. Clinical features, therapy patterns, outcomes and prognostic factors of solitary plasmacytomas: a report of the Israeli Myeloma Study Group. Leuk Lymphoma 2022; 63:3448-3455. [PMID: 36075048 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2022.2118535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Solitary plasmacytoma (SP) is a rare plasma cell dyscrasia. In this retrospective multicenter study, 68 SP patients were included. Compared to solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma (SEP), patients with solitary bone plasmacytoma (SBP) were younger (57.3 vs. 70.9 years, p = 0.031), had larger plasmacytoma (median: 5.4 vs. 3 cm, p = 0.007) and higher median involved free light chain level (61 vs. 25.8 mg/L, p = 0.056). 92.6% of patients were treated by radiotherapy and 11.8% received systemic anti-myeloma treatment. With a median follow-up of 42 months, 45.6% of patients progressed (8.8% - recurrent SP, 36.8% - active myeloma). The median PFS was 58 months and the median OS has not been reached (10-year OS: 84.8%). Patients who received also anti-myeloma treatment had longer PFS compared to those who did not (median not reached vs. 48 months, p = 0.056). In conclusion, SBP and SEP appear to be different diseases. Radiotherapy is the cornerstone in the SP treatment. A large prospective trial is needed to evaluate the impact of adding systemic anti-myeloma treatment to local radiotherapy.
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- Chezi Ganzel
- Hematology Department, Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Hematology Department, Hadassah, Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Hematology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Soroka Medical Center, Be'er She'va, Israel
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- Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Ha'Shomer, Israel
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- Hematology Department, Hadassah, Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Faculty of Health Science, Assuta University Hospital, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Ashdod, Israel
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- Hematology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Hematology, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel
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- Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya, Tiberias, Israel
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- Hematology, Rebecca Sieff Hospital, Zefat, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Israeli T, Preisler L, Kalma Y, Samara N, Levi S, Groutz A, Azem F, Amir H. P-475 Similar fertilization rates and preimplantation embryo development among testosterone-treated transgender men and cisgender women. Hum Reprod 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac107.447] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Study question
What are the effects of testosterone treatment on fertilization rates and preimplantation embryo development among transgender men who underwent fertility preservation?
Summary answer
Testosterone exposure among transgender men has no adverse impacts on fertilization rates and preimplantation embryo development and quality.
What is known already
Transmen are assigned female sex at birth but identify as men. This mismatch might induce distress that is termed gender dysphoria. Testosterone therapy induces “masculine” physical traits, suppresses “feminine” ones, and relieves gender dysphoria. More transmen present for testosterone therapy, their average age is decreasing, and many express the desire to have biological children. Therefore, understanding the effects of testosterone on fertility is crucial. Previous data suggest that despite testosterone treatment, the ovarian reserve and the in-vitro oocyte maturation are preserved among transmen. However, the fertility potential in terms of fertilization rate and early embryo development was not explored.
Study design, size, duration
This retrospective cohort study included 7 testosterone-treated transgender men and 34 cisgender women between April 2016 and November 2021.
Participants/materials, setting, methods
Testosterone-treated transgender men who cryopreserved embryos were compared to 10 fertile women who cryopreserved embryos and to 24 women who underwent IVF treatment due to unexplained or mechanical infertility. Statistical analyses compared assisted reproductive technology data and outcomes between the transgender men group and the two cisgender women groups. Morphokinetic and morphological parameters were compared between 210 embryos of transgender men and 411 embryos of cisgender women.
Main results and the role of chance
The transgender men (30.2±3.59 years) were significantly younger than the cisgender women who cryopreserved embryos (35.1±1.85 years; P = 0.005) and the cisgender women who underwent fertility treatment (33.8±3.23 years; P = 0.017). Among the transgender men, the mean length of testosterone exposure was 99.7±49.24 months (range 14-156 months) and the mean time of discontinuation of testosterone prior to stimulation was 6.57±2.14 months (range 4-10 months). After adjusting for the patient’s age, the fertilization rate was comparable between the transgender men and both cisgender women groups (P = 0.391 and 0.659). No significant differences in the number of cryopreserved embryos (7.2±5.09 and 3.5±2.66; P = 0.473) and the days on which they were frozen (P = 0.576) were observed between the transgender men and the fertile cisgender women. All morphokinetic parameters that were evaluated using time-lapse imaging, as well as the morphological characteristics, were comparable between transgender men and both groups of cisgender women.
Limitations, reasons for caution
All transgender men in our study discontinued the testosterone treatment before starting ovarian stimulation. Stopping hormonal therapy might cause considerable anguish and gender dysphoria. Therefore, further studies that include subjects who did not stop testosterone before fertility preservation are needed.
Wider implications of the findings
Transgender men have acceptable fertilization rates and normal preimplantation embryo development and quality after long-term testosterone treatment. Embryo cryopreservation is, therefore, a feasible and effective way for them to preserve their fertility for future biological parenting.
Trial registration number
Not applicable
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- T Israeli
- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine- Tel Aviv University, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine- Tel Aviv University, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine- Tel Aviv University, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine- Tel Aviv University, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sami Shamoon college of engineering , Mathematics, Ashdod, Israel
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- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine- Tel Aviv University, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine- Tel Aviv University, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine- Tel Aviv University, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Tel Aviv, Israel
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Bronstein Y, Gat R, Levi S, Cohen YC, Luttwak E, Benyamini N, Shragai T, Vitkon R, Neaman M, Eilaty N, Levi M, Trestman S, Perry C, Herishanu Y, Avivi I. COVID-19 in patients with lymphoproliferative diseases during the Omicron variant surge. Cancer Cell 2022; 40:578-580. [PMID: 35477028 PMCID: PMC9021039 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2022.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yotam Bronstein
- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Santos JL, Arvatz S, Zeevi O, Levi S, Urman N, Shackelford M, Naveh A, Bomzon Z, Marciano T. Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) Treatment Planning for a Patient With Astrocytoma in the Spinal Cord. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Vitkon R, Netanely D, Levi S, Ziv-Baran T, Ben-Yzak R, Katz BZ, Benyamini N, Trestman S, Mittelman M, Cohen Y, Avivi I. Daratumumab in combination with proteasome inhibitors, rapidly decreases polyclonal immunoglobulins and increases infection risk among relapsed multiple myeloma patients: a single center retrospective study. Ther Adv Hematol 2021; 12:20406207211035272. [PMID: 34377384 PMCID: PMC8323447 DOI: 10.1177/20406207211035272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 05/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Daratumumab (Dara) is generally well tolerated, but is associated with increased risk of infection. Methods We investigated hypogammaglobinemia occurrence in different Dara-based regimens. Multiple myeloma (MM) patients were treated with ⩾2 cycles of Dara-based therapy during 2016-2020, mainly for relapsed/refractory disease. Data on patient characteristics, treatment regimens, polyclonal IgG (poly-IgG) and uninvolved free light chain (Un-FLC) levels during treatment, as well as predictors for hypogammaglobinemia and predictors for infections, were evaluated retrospectively. Results A total of 84 patients, median age 67.2 years, were included. Dara, mainly as ⩾2 line therapy (88.1%, n = 74), was combined with immunomodulating drugs (IMiDs) (53%), proteasome inhibitors (PIs) (15%), IMiDs-PIs (11%), or dexamethasone only (21%). Median treatment duration was 13 months. Median Poly-IgG levels at 0, 2, and 4 months were 7.1 g/l, 4.5 g/l, and 4 g/l, respectively, and remained low throughout treatment. Lower poly-IgG pre-Dara (p = 0.001) and Dara-PIs (±IMiDs) regimen were associated with lower poly-IgG levels at 4 months (p = 0.03). Only patients treated with Dara monotherapy had partial immune reconstitution, reflected by resumption of IgM levels. Most (85%) patients developed ⩾1 infections, mostly grade 1-2 respiratory (76%). A lower poly-IgG level post Dara (RR = 1.137 p = 0.026) predicted increased risk of any infection. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) was associated with a significant decrease in all infections. Conclusion Relapsed MM patients treated with Dara, often experience persistent hypogammaglobinemia, irrespective of responsiveness to treatment. Infections, especially respiratory, are frequent and apparently related to low Poly-IgG levels. IVIG should be considered for reducing infections in these patients.
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- Roy Vitkon
- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann Street., Tel Aviv, 64239, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Hematology Laboratory, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Hematology Laboratory, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Herishanu Y, Avivi I, Aharon A, Shefer G, Levi S, Bronstein Y, Morales M, Ziv T, Shorer Arbel Y, Scarfò L, Joffe E, Perry C, Ghia P. Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2021; 137:3165-3173. [PMID: 33861303 PMCID: PMC8061088 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2021011568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 456] [Impact Index Per Article: 152.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) have an increased risk for severe COVID-19 disease and mortality. The goal of this study was to determine the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine in patients with CLL. We evaluated humoral immune responses to the BNT162b2 messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine in patients with CLL and compared responses with those obtained in age-matched healthy control subjects. Patients received 2 vaccine doses, 21 days apart, and antibody titers were measured by using the Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S assay after administration of the second dose. In a total of 167 patients with CLL, the antibody response rate was 39.5%. A comparison between 52 patients with CLL and 52 sex- and aged-matched healthy control subjects revealed a significantly reduced response rate among patients (52% vs 100%, respectively; adjusted odds ratio, 0.010; 95% confidence interval, 0.001-0.162; P < .001). The response rate was highest in patients who obtained clinical remission after treatment (79.2%), followed by 55.2% in treatment-naive patients and 16.0% in patients under treatment at the time of vaccination. In patients treated with either Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors or venetoclax ± anti-CD20 antibody, response rates were considerably low (16.0% and 13.6%). None of the patients exposed to anti-CD20 antibodies <12 months before vaccination responded. In a multivariate analysis, the independent predictors of response were younger age, female sex, lack of currently active treatment, immunoglobulin G levels ≥550 mg/dL, and immunoglobulin M levels ≥40 mg/dL. In conclusion, antibody-mediated response to the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in patients with CLL is markedly impaired and affected by disease activity and treatment. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT04746092.
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- Yair Herishanu
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department of Hematology and
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department of Hematology and
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department of Hematology and
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- Department of Endocrinology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department of Hematology and
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- Department of Endocrinology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Experimental Oncology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- European Research Initiative on CLL (ERIC), Barcelona, Spain; and
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- Department of Medicine, Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center-Weill Cornell College of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department of Hematology and
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- Division of Experimental Oncology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- European Research Initiative on CLL (ERIC), Barcelona, Spain; and
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Shragai T, Gatt M, Lavie N, Vaxman I, Tadmor T, Rouvio O, Zektser M, Horowitz N, Magen H, Ballan M, Suru C, Luttwak E, Levi S, Ziv-Baran T, Avivi I, Cohen YC. Daratumumab for relapsed AL amyloidosis-When cumulative real-world data precedes clinical trials: A multisite study and systematic literature review. Eur J Haematol 2020; 106:184-195. [PMID: 33090552 DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13535] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Patients with relapsed/refractory AL amyloidosis (RRAL) have poor prognosis, but emerging data shows promising results with the use daratumumab. We evaluated daratumumab treatment in RRAL in real-world setting. METHODS A retrospective multisite study of RRAL patients treated with daratumumab alone and in combinations. RESULTS Forty-nine patients, diagnosed between 1.1.2008 and 1.2.2018 were included; 27% also had multiple myeloma (MM). Revised Mayo score was ≥ 3 in 67%. Hematologic overall response rate was 81%, 64% achieved very good partial response (VGPR) or better. Concurrent active MM was associated with lower rates of VGPR (OR 0.19, 95% CI 0.04-0.81; P = .03) in a multi-variate analysis. Cardiac and renal responses were 74% and 73%, respectively. Median progression-free survival (PFS) was 28.4 months and median overall survival (OS) was not reached; 2-year PFS and OS were 68.6 ± 7.5% and 90.4 ± 4.6%, respectively. Hematologic response correlated with prolonged PFS and OS. Daratumumab was safe and well tolerated, no patients discontinued therapy due to toxicity. Our data was aligned with outcomes from a systematic literature review, which identified 10 case series (n = 517) and 2 clinical trials (n = 62) meeting prespecified criteria. CONCLUSIONS Our data support favorable safety tolerability and efficacy of daratumumab among non-selective RRAL patients in a real-world setting.
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- Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.,Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikvah, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Hematology Unit, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.,The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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- Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.,Hematology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Galilee Medical Center, Naharyia, Israel.,Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Chodick G, Teper GR, Levi S, Kopel H, Kleinbort A, Khen E, Schejter E, Shalev V, Stein M, Lewis N. The impact of a Facebook campaign among mothers on HPV vaccine uptake among their daughters: A randomized field study. Gynecol Oncol 2020; 160:106-111. [PMID: 33162176 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.10.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The popularity of social networks provide an incredible opportunity to enhance the impact of preventive medicine programs. We aimed to assess whether a targeted Facebook campaign among mothers may increase the uptake of human Papilloma virus (HPV) immunization among their 8th-grade daughters. METHODS This field study was conducted among the members of a state-mandated health organization in Israel. Included were all 21,592 members who were mothers to 14 year-old daughters in the 2018-19 school-year. A total of 17,271 (80%) were randomly allocated to the campaign arm and the rest (n=4,321) were selected as a reference group. The Facebook ads addressed issues and concerns regarding HPV-related diseases and HPV vaccine. Main outcome measures were Facebook metrics on exposure to campaign and HPV immunization among eighth grade daughters of the study participants. RESULTS Between 8/2018-10/2018, Facebook ads were shown 1.8-million times (a reach of 88%). The uptake of HPV vaccine among daughters of women allocated to the campaign arm (55.3%) was similar (p = 0.749) to 55.0% in the control group. The only significant differences between study groups were observed when stratifying by SES level. In the lowest SES quartile, Facebook campaign significantly (p = .02) reduced vaccine uptake (35% vs. 39.0%), with a relative risk of 0.90 (95%CI: 0.82-0.98), while in the second SES quartile, Facebook campaign increased vaccine uptake from 52.6% to 55.8%, with a RR of 1.06 (95%CI,1.00-1.12). Among mothers in higher SES levels, daughters of exposed and unexposed mothers had similar immunization rates. CONCLUSIONS Facebook campaign may increase the uptake of HPV vaccine among daughters to mothers of medium-to-low SES level, but it may reduce vaccination among lower SES groups.
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- Gabriel Chodick
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Maccabi Institute for Research & Innovation, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- Maccabi Institute for Research & Innovation, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Maccabi Institute for Research & Innovation, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Infectious diseases and infection control unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel; Rappaport faculty of medicine, Technion institute, Israel
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- Department of Communication, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel
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Glas M, Urman N, Bomzon Z, Levi S, Mohan S, Jeyapalan S, Ballo M. Evidence that Recurrence Patterns of TTFields Treated Patients Affect Patient Outcome: Post-Hoc Analysis of the Randomized Phase 3 EF-14 Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bomzon Z, Kinzel A, Noa U, Hershkovich H, Naveh A, Levi S. PO-1345: Defining Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) dosimetry based on power loss density and related measures. Radiother Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)01364-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bomzon Z, Kinzel A, Urman N, Levi S, Naveh A, Manzur D, Hershkovich H. PO-1357: Creating individually computed head models to simulate TTFields distribution. Radiother Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)01376-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Herishanu Y, Levi S, Kamdjou T, Bornstein Y, Ram R, Benyamini N, Varon D, Avivi I, Perry C. Obinutuzumab in the treatment of autoimmune haemolytic anaemia and immune thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma. Br J Haematol 2020; 192:e1-e4. [PMID: 33095444 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.17105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yair Herishanu
- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Coagulation unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Koïvogui A, Levi S, Finkler M, Lewkowicz S, Gombeaud T, Sabate JM, Duclos C, Benamouzig R. Feasibility of encouraging participation in colorectal cancer screening campaigns by motivating people through the social network, Facebook. Colorectal Dis 2020; 22:1325-1335. [PMID: 32397003 DOI: 10.1111/codi.15121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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AIM To describe the results of a feasibility phase and the expected results of a new approach to increase the participation rate in a Colorectal Cancer Organized Screening Program (CRCSP) through Facebook awareness messages. METHOD This approach targets people aged 50-74 years, who reside in an urban deprived area and regularly connect to Facebook. The feasibility phase ran over 2 months (December 2018 and January 2019) in six municipalities (Seine-Saint-Denis, France). The full provisional campaign will run over a year. The approach consists of sending electronic awareness messages on the importance of screening for colorectal cancer using a specific Facebook module. Subjects who consent to screening complete a test-kit application form. The eligibility of each subject to participate in screening is determined by a doctor before the kit is sent out. RESULTS A total of 39 900 people were reached by the feasibility phase campaign, and 9200 were able to watch at least one Facebook message/video. Of those, 4450 people logged to learn more about the CRCSP, 298 applied for a test kit, 160 test kit applicants were eligible to participate and the test completion rate was 41.9%. According to these feasibility results, 366 120 targeted people would connect regularly in the tested area, 141 541 of whom would be interested in a specific promotional message posted on Facebook. Requests could be made for 9770 kits, with 5246 people being eligible to participate in screening. The expected test-completion rate is estimated at 42%-89%. This would represent 5%-11% of the tests carried out in the area during the same period by 'classical' CRCSP. CONCLUSION Implementation of the Facebook strategy would significantly improve the rate of participation in the CRCSP by mobilizing people with no previous participation, including younger subjects.
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- A Koïvogui
- CRCDC-IDF, Site de Seine-Saint-Denis, Bondy, France
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- Medorion Technologies Ltd, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Medorion Technologies Ltd, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Association de Dépistage du Cancer Colorectal (ADCCR), Clinique d'Hépato-Gastro-Entérologie, Les Lilas, France
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- Service d'Hépato-Gastro-Entérologie, Hôpital Avicenne (AP-HP), Bobigny, France
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- Laboratoire d'Informatique Médicale et d'Ingénierie des Connaissances pour la e-Santé (LIMICS), INSERM 1142, Univesité Paris 13, Bobigny, France.,Unité d'Informatique Hospitalière et de Traitement de l'Information Médicale - Service de de Santé Publique, Hôpital Avicenne (AP-HP), Bobigny, France
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- Service d'Hépato-Gastro-Entérologie, Hôpital Avicenne (AP-HP), Bobigny, France
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Herishanu Y, Shaulov A, Fineman R, Bašić‐Kinda S, Aviv A, Wasik‐Szczepanek E, Jaksic O, Zdrenghea M, Greenbaum U, Mandac I, Simkovic M, Morawska M, Benjamini O, Spacek M, Nemets A, Bairey O, Trentin L, Ruchlemer R, Laurenti L, Stanca Ciocan O, Doubek M, Shvidel L, Dali N, Mirás F, De Meûter A, Dimou M, Mauro FR, Coscia M, Bumbea H, Szász R, Tadmor T, Gutwein O, Gentile M, Scarfò L, Tedeschi A, Sportoletti P, Gimeno Vázquez E, Marquet J, Assouline S, Papaioannou M, Braester A, Levato L, Gregor M, Rigolin GM, Loscertales J, Medina Perez A, Nijziel MR, Popov VM, Collado R, Slavutsky I, Itchaki G, Ringelstein S, Goldschmidt N, Perry C, Levi S, Polliack A, Ghia P. Frontline treatment with the combination obinutuzumab ± chlorambucil for chronic lymphocytic leukemia outside clinical trials: Results of a multinational, multicenter study by ERIC and the Israeli CLL study group. Am J Hematol 2020; 95:604-611. [PMID: 32096887 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.25766] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
In recent years, considerable progress has been made in frontline therapy for elderly/physically unfit patients with CLL. The combination of obinutuzumab and chlorambucil (O-Clb) has been shown to prolong progression free survival (PFS, median PFS-31.5 months) and overall survival (OS) compared to chlorambucil alone. More recently, obinutuzumab given in combination with either ibrutinib or venetoclax improved PFS but not OS when compared to O-Clb. In this retrospective multinational, multicenter co-operative study, we evaluated the efficacy and safety of frontline treatment with O ± Clb in unfit patients with CLL, in a "real-world" setting. Patients with documented del (17p13.1)/TP53 mutation were excluded. A total of 437 patients (median age, 75.9 years; median CIRS score, 8; median creatinine clearance, 61.1 mL/min) were included. The clinical overall response rate was 80.3% (clinical complete and partial responses in 38.7% and 41.6% of patients, respectively). Median observation time was 14.1 months and estimated median PFS was 27.6 months (95% CI, 24.2-31.0). In a multivariate analysis, high-risk disease [del (11q22.3) and/or IGHV-unmutated], lymph nodes of diameter > 5 cm, obinutuzumab monotherapy and reduced cumulative dose of obinutuzumab, were all independently associated with shorter PFS. The median OS has not yet been reached and estimated 2-year OS is 88%. In conclusion, in a "real-world" setting, frontline treatment with O-Clb achieves PFS comparable to that reported in clinical trials. Inferior outcomes were noted in patients with del (11q22.3) and/or unmutated IGHV and those treated with obinutuzumab-monotherapy. Thus, O-Clb can be still considered as legitimate frontline therapy for unfit CLL patients with low-risk disease.
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- Yair Herishanu
- Department of HematologyTel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Tel Aviv Israel
- Sackler Faculty of MedicineTel Aviv University Tel‐Aviv Israel
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- Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center Jerusalem Israel
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- Department of HematologyRambam Health Care Campus Haifa Israel
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- Department of HematologyHaEmek Medical Center Afula Israel
- Faculty of MedicineTechnion Israel Institute of Technology Haifa Israel
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- Department of Hematooncologyand Bone Marrow Transplantation Medical University Lublin Poland
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- Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj‐Napoca Romania
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- Ben‐Gurion University, Soroka University Medical Center Beer Sheva Israel
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- University Hospital and Medical School Hradec Kralove Hradec Kralove Czech Republic
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- Sackler Faculty of MedicineTel Aviv University Tel‐Aviv Israel
- Hematology DivisionChaim Sheba Medical Center Ramat Gan Israel
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- Charles University and General Hospital in Prague Prague Czech Republic
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- Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital; Sackler Faculty of MedicineTel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel
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- Department of HematologyShaare Zedek Medical Center Jerusalem Israel
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS Rome Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine‐Hematology and OncologyMedical Faculty of Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of HematologyKaplan Medical Center Rehovot Israel
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
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- Hematology Section ‐ 1st Department Of Propaedeutic Internal MedicineLaikon Hospital Athens Greece
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- Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision MedicineSapienza University, Policlinico Umberto I Rome Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health SciencesUniversity of Torino Torino Italy
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- Emergency University Clinical Hospital Bucharest Romania
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of Debrecen Debrecen Hungary
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- Hematology Unit and Biotechnology Research Unit, A.O. of Cosenza Cosenza Italy
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- Division of Experimental OncologyIRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Milan Italy
- Università Vita‐Salute San Raffaele Milan Italy
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- Department of Haematology, Niguarda Cancer CenterASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda Milan Italy
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- Institute of Hematology and Center for Hemato‐Oncological Research, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, University of Perugia Perugia Italy
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- Hematology and HemotherapyHospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal Madrid Spain
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- Division of HematologyJewish General Hospital, Montreal Quebec Canada
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of HaematologyAHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece
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- Department Hematology‐OncologyAzienda Ospedaliera Pugliese‐Ciaccio Catanzaro Italy
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- Division of HematologyCantonal Hospital of Lucerne Lucerne Switzerland
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medical SciencesUniversity of Ferrara‐Azienda Ospedaliera‐Universitaria di Ferrara, University of Ferrara Ferrara Italy
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- Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital; Sackler Faculty of MedicineTel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel
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- Department of HematologyTel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Tel Aviv Israel
- Sackler Faculty of MedicineTel Aviv University Tel‐Aviv Israel
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- Department of HematologyTel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Tel Aviv Israel
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- Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center Jerusalem Israel
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- Division of Experimental OncologyIRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Milan Italy
- Università Vita‐Salute San Raffaele Milan Italy
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Luque P, Peirano I, Levi S, Vo P, Carboni V, Quintana R. PND15 CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ARGENTINE POPULATION WITH AT LEAST 4 MONTHLY MIGRAINE DAYS: RESULTS FROM MIGRAINE VOICE SURVEY. Value Health Reg Issues 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2019.08.345] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Ballo M, Trifiletti D, Sio T, Urman N, Levi S, Mrugala M, Glas M. Tumor Treating Fields Therapy Influences Patterns of Failure in Glioblastoma Patients in a Dose-Dependent Manner: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of the Randomized Phase III EF-14 Clinical Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.06.763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hershkovich H, Urman N, Naveh A, Levi S, Bomzon Z. Power Density Loss and Related Measures can be used to Quantify the Dose of Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.07.1496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Urman N, Levi S, Frenkel A, Naveh A, Manzur D, Hershkovich HS, Wenger C, Kirson E, Bomzon Z. P01.091 A robust method for rapidly simulating TTFields distributions within patient-specific computational head models. Neuro Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noy139.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bruikman C, de Ronde M, Amin A, Levi S, Lof P, de Ruiter U, Tan H, Pinto-Sietsma S. Sudden cardiac arrest in families with premature atherosclerosis might be due to a brugada like syndrome. Atherosclerosis 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.06.259] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Ciriello MM, Cazzola M, Dezza L, Levi S, Arosio P. Measurement of Ferritin-Bearing Lymphocytes in Man. Preliminary Studies on the Use of Monoclonal Antibodies Specific for the L and H Subunits of Ferritin. Tumori 2018; 73:37-41. [PMID: 2435038 DOI: 10.1177/030089168707300107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We used the monoclonal antibodies LFO3 (specific for the L subunit of ferritin) and 2A4 (specific for the H subunit) in an indirect immunofluorescence test for enumerating ferritin-bearing lymphocytes (FBL). In 13 normal subjects, the geometric mean value of FBL was 4 % (range 0–13 %) with the monoclonal antibody LFO3, and 3 % (range 0–8 %) with the monoclonal antibody 2A4. Values in 5 subjects with transfusional iron overload and increased plasma L-type ferritin concentration were 5 % (4–7 %) and 3 % (2–4 %), respectively, which is similar to those in normal subjects. Thirteen patients with malignant disease had normal to increased values for plasma ferritin; the circulating protein was largely of L-type with undetectable or very low concentrations of H-type ferritin. In the same patients, the percentage of FBL was greater with the monoclonal antibody 2A4 (geometric mean value 8 %; range 3–12 %) than with the monoclonal antibody LFO3 (geometric mean value 3 %; range, 1–7 %). It is concluded that acidic and basic isoferritins can be differently expressed on the surface of peripheral blood lymphocytes, and that the monoclonal 2A4 could be particularly useful in the measurement of FBL in patients with malignancy.
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Levi S, Grant JR, Westphal MC, Lurie D. Development of a Decision Guide — Optimal Discriminators for Meningitis as Determined by Statistical Analysis. Methods Inf Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1635725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Recently physician extenders (pediatric nurse practitioners, corpsmen) have been assuming increased clinical responsibilities in primary health care delivery. To assure that certain medical standards are being met, decision guides (clinical algorithms) offer one acceptable mechanism. In developing a decision guide for meningitis in children, 193 cases were reviewed and statistically analyzed to determine optimal clinical discriminators for this disease. A statistical technique was used to assign numerical weights to various signs and symptoms so that the sum of the weights for present symptoms produces a discriminant equation for the diagnosis of meningitis. Optimal clinical discriminators as determined through the statistical techniques reveal a close association with presently known signs and symptoms indicative of meningitis in children. The optimal clinical discriminators were : nuchal rigidity, bulging fontanel, altered sensorium, seizure, and fever plus Kernig/Brudzinski sign. It is reasoned that this statistical technique has applicability for developing optimal clinical discriminators for diseases and that this technique will also lead to the development of more reliable decision guides.
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Levi S, Zini A, Fischman S, Czerninski R. Epidemiology of oral, salivary gland and pharyngeal cancer in children and adolescents between 1970 and 2011. Oral Oncol 2017; 67:89-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Revised: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 02/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Broxmeyer HE, Mantel C, Gentile P, Srivastava C, Miyazawa K, Zucali JR, Rado TA, Levi S, Arosio P. Actions of H-subunit ferritin and lactoferrin as suppressor molecules of myelopoiesis in vitro and in vivo. Curr Stud Hematol Blood Transfus 2015:178-81. [PMID: 1954766 DOI: 10.1159/000419358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- H E Broxmeyer
- Walther Oncology Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
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Fargion S, Fracanzani AL, Cislaghi V, Levi S, Cappellini MD, Fiorelli G. Characteristics of the membrane receptor for human H-ferritin. Curr Stud Hematol Blood Transfus 2015:164-70. [PMID: 1659511 DOI: 10.1159/000419356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- S Fargion
- Institute of Internal Medicine, Milan, Italy
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Arosio P, Levi S, Santambrogio P, Cozzi A, Luzzago A, Cesareni G, Albertini A. Structural and functional studies of human ferritin H and L chains. Curr Stud Hematol Blood Transfus 2015:127-31. [PMID: 1954760 DOI: 10.1159/000419350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- P Arosio
- Department of Biomedical Science and Technology, University of Milano, San Raffaele Hospital, Italy
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Levi S, Hybel AM, Bjerg PL, Albrechtsen HJ. Stimulation of aerobic degradation of bentazone, mecoprop and dichlorprop by oxygen addition to aquifer sediment. Sci Total Environ 2014; 473-474:667-75. [PMID: 24412734 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Revised: 12/12/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In order to investigate aerobic degradation potential for the herbicides bentazone, mecoprop and dichlorprop, anaerobic groundwater samples from two monitoring and three drinking water wells near a drinking water abstraction field in Nybølle, Denmark, were screened for their degradation potential for the herbicides. In the presence of oxygen (14)C-labelled bentazone and mecoprop were removed significantly from the two monitoring wells' groundwater samples. Oxygen was added to microcosms in order to investigate whether different oxygen concentrations stimulate the biodegradation of the three herbicides in microcosms using groundwater and sandy aquifer materials. To maintain a certain oxygen concentration this level was measured from the outside of the bottles with a fibre oxygen meter using oxygen-sensitive luminescent sensor foil mounted inside the microcosm, to which supplementary oxygen was added. The highest oxygen concentrations (corresponding to 4-11 mg L(-1)) stimulated degradation (a 14-27% increase for mecoprop, 3-9% for dichlorprop and 15-20% for bentazone) over an experimental period of 200 days. Oxygen was required to biodegrade the herbicides, since no degradation was observed under anaerobic conditions. This is the first time bentazone degradation has been observed in aquifer material at low oxygen concentrations (2 mg L(-1)). The sediment had substantial oxygen consumption (0.92-1.45O2 g(-1)dw over 200 days) and oxygen was depleted rapidly in most incubations soon after its addition, which might be due to the oxidation of organic matter and other reduced species such as Fe(2+), S(2-) and Mn in sediment before the biodegradation of herbicides takes place. This study suggests that oxygen enhancement around a drinking water abstraction field could stimulate the bioremediation of diffuse source contamination.
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- Technical University of Denmark, DTU Environment, Department of Environmental Engineering, Miljoevej 113, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Technical University of Denmark, DTU Environment, Department of Environmental Engineering, Miljoevej 113, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Technical University of Denmark, DTU Environment, Department of Environmental Engineering, Miljoevej 113, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Technical University of Denmark, DTU Environment, Department of Environmental Engineering, Miljoevej 113, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
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Gandhi G, Allahbadia G, Kagalwala S, Allahbadia A, Ramesh S, Patel K, Hinduja R, Chipkar V, Madne M, Ramani R, Joo JK, Jeung JE, Go KR, Lee KS, Goto H, Hashimoto S, Amo A, Yamochi T, Iwata H, Morimoto Y, Koifman M, Lahav-Baratz S, Blais E, Megnazi-Wiener Z, Ishai D, Auslender R, Dirnfeld M, Zaletova V, Zakharova E, Krivokharchenko I, Zaletov S, Zhu L, Li Y, Zhang H, Ai J, Jin L, Zhang X, Rajan N, Kovacs A, Foley C, Flanagan J, O'Callaghan J, Waterstone J, Dineen T, Dahdouh EM, St-Michel P, Granger L, Carranza-Mamane B, Faruqi F, Kattygnarath TV, Gomes FLAF, Christoforidis N, Ioakimidou C, Papas C, Moisidou M, Chatziparasidou A, Klaver M, Tilleman K, De Sutter P, Lammers J, Freour T, Splingart C, Barriere P, Ikeno T, Nakajyo Y, Sato Y, Hirata K, Kyoya T, Kyono K, Campos FB, Meseguer M, Nogales M, Martinez E, Ariza M, Agudo D, Rodrigo L, Garcia-Velasco JA, Lopes AS, Frederickx V, Vankerkhoven G, Serneels A, Roziers P, Puttermans P, Campo R, Gordts S, Fragouli E, Alfarawati S, Spath K, Wells D, Liss J, Lukaszuk K, Glowacka J, Bruszczynska A, Gallego SC, Lopez LO, Vila EO, Garcia MG, Canas CL, Segovia AG, Ponce AG, Calonge RN, Peregrin PC, Hashimoto S, Amo A, Ito K, Nakaoka Y, Morimoto Y, Alcoba DD, Valerio EG, Conzatti M, Tornquist J, Kussler AP, Pimentel AM, Corleta HE, Brum IS, Boyer P, Montjean D, Tourame P, Gervoise-Boyer M, Cohen J, Lefevre B, Radio CI, Wolf JP, Ziyyat A, De Croo I, Tolpe A, Degheselle S, Van de Velde A, Tilleman K, De Sutter P, Van den Abbeel E, Kagalwala S, Gandhi G, Allahbadia G, Kuwayama M, Allahbadia A, Chipkar V, Khatoon A, Ramani R, Madne M, Alsule S, Inaba M, Ohgaki A, Ohtani A, Matsumoto H, Mizuno S, Mori R, Fukuda A, Morimoto Y, Umekawa Y, Yoshida A, Tanigiwa S, Seida K, Suzuki H, Tanaka M, Vahabi Z, Yazdi PE, Dalman A, Ebrahimi B, Mostafaei F, Niknam MR, Watanabe S, Kamihata M, Tanaka T, Matsunaga R, Yamanaka N, Kani C, Ishikawa T, Wada T, Morita H, Miyamura H, Nishio E, Ito M, Kuwahata A, Ochi M, Horiuchi T, Dal Canto M, Guglielmo MC, Fadini R, Renzini MM, Albertini DF, Novara P, Lain M, Brambillasca F, Turchi D, Sottocornola M, Coticchio G, Kato M, Fukunaga N, Nagai R, Kitasaka H, Yoshimura T, Tamura F, Hasegawa N, Nakayama K, Takeuchi M, Ohno H, Aoyagi N, Kojima E, Itoi F, Hashiba Y, Asada Y, Kikuchi H, Iwasa Y, Kamono T, Suzuki A, Yamada K, Kanno H, Sasaki K, Murakawa H, Matsubara M, Yoshida H, Valdespin C, Elhelaly M, Chen P, Pangestu M, Catt S, Hojnik N, Kovacic B, Roglic P, Taborin M, Zafosnik M, Knez J, Vlaisavljevic V, Mori C, Yabuuchi A, Ezoe K, Takayama Y, Aono F, Kato K, Radwan P, Krasinski R, Chorobik K, Radwan M, Stoppa M, Maggiulli R, Capalbo A, Ievoli E, Dovere L, Scarica C, Albricci L, Romano S, Sanges F, Barnocchi N, Papini L, Vivarelli A, Ubaldi FM, Rienzi L, Rienzi L, Bono S, Capalbo A, Spizzichino L, Rubio C, Ubaldi FM, Fiorentino F, Ferris J, Favetta LA, MacLusky N, King WA, Madani T, Jahangiri N, Aflatoonian R, Cater E, Hulme D, Berrisford K, Jenner L, Campbell A, Fishel S, Zhang XY, Yilmaz A, Hananel H, Ao A, Vutyavanich T, Piromlertamorn W, Saenganan U, Samchimchom S, Wirleitner B, Lejeune B, Zech NH, Vanderzwalmen P, Albani E, Parini V, Smeraldi A, Menduni F, Antonacci R, Marras A, Levi S, Morreale G, Pisano B, Di Biase A, Di Rosa A, Setti PEL, Puard V, Cadoret V, Tranchant T, Gauthier C, Reiter E, Guerif F, Royere D, Yoon SY, Eum JH, Park EA, Kim TY, Yoon TK, Lee DR, Lee WS, Cabal AC, Vallejo B, Campos P, Sanchez E, Serrano J, Remohi J, Nagornyy V, Mazur P, Mykytenko D, Semeniuk L, Zukin V, Guilherme P, Madaschi C, Bonetti TCS, Fassolas G, Izzo CR, Santos MJDL, Beltran D, Garcia-Laez V, Escriba MJ, Grau N, Escrich L, Albert C, Zuzuarregui JL, Pellicer A, LU Y, Nikiforaki D, Meerschaut FV, Neupane J, De Vos WH, Lierman S, Deroo T, Heindryckx B, De Sutter P, Li J, Chen XY, Lin G, Huang GN, Sun ZY, Zhong Y, Zhang B, Li T, Zhang SP, Ye H, Han SB, Liu SY, Zhou J, Lu GX, Zhuang GL, Muela L, Roldan M, Gadea B, Martinez M, Perez I, Meseguer M, Munoz M, Castello C, Asensio M, Fernandez P, Farreras A, Rovira S, Capdevila JM, Velilla E, Lopez-Teijon M, Kovacs P, Matyas SZ, Forgacs V, Reichart A, Rarosi F, Bernard A, Torok A, Kaali SG, Sajgo A, Pribenszky CS, Sozen B, Ozturk S, Yaba-Ucar A, Demir N, Gelo N, Stanic P, Hlavati V, ogoric S, Pavicic-Baldani D, prem-Goldtajn M, Radakovic B, Kasum M, Strelec M, Canic T, imunic V, Vrcic H, Ajina M, Negra D, Ben-Ali H, Jallad S, Zidi I, Meddeb S, Bibi M, Khairi H, Saad A, Escrich L, Grau N, Meseguer M, Gamiz P, Viloria T, Escriba MJ, Lima ET, Fernandez MP, Prieto JAA, Varela MO, Kassa D, Munoz EM, Morita H, Watanabe S, Kamihata M, Matsunaga R, Wada T, Kani K, Ishikawa T, Miyamura H, Ito M, Kuwahata A, Ochi M, Horiuchi T, Nor-Ashikin MNK, Norhazlin JMY, Norita S, Wan-Hafizah WJ, Mohd-Fazirul M, Razif D, Hoh BP, Dale S, Cater E, Woodhead G, Jenner L, Fishel S, Andronikou S, Francis G, Tailor S, Vourliotis M, Almeida PA, Krivega M, Van de Velde H, Lee RK, Hwu YM, Lu CH, Li SH, Vaiarelli A, Antonacci R, Smeraldi A, Desgro M, Albani E, Baggiani A, Zannoni E, Setti PEL, Kermavner LB, Klun IV, Pinter B, Vrtacnik-Bokal E, De Paepe C, Cauffman G, Verheyen G, Stoop D, Liebaers I, Van de Velde H, Stecher A, Wirleitner B, Vanderzwalmen P, Zintz M, Neyer A, Bach M, Baramsai B, Schwerda D, Zech NH, Wiener-Megnazi Z, Fridman M, Koifman M, Lahav-Baratz S, Blais I, Auslender R, Dirnfeld M, Akerud H, Lindgren K, Karehed K, Wanggren K, Hreinsson J, Rovira S, Capdevila JM, Freijomil B, Castello C, Farreras A, Fernandez P, Asensio M, Lopez-Teijon M, Velilla E, Weiss A, Neril R, Geslevich J, Beck-Fruchter R, Lavee M, Golan J, Ermoshkin A, Shalev E, Shi W, Zhang S, Zhao W, Xue XIA, Wang MIN, Bai H, Shi J, Smith HL, Shaw L, Kimber S, Brison D, Boumela I, Assou S, Haouzi D, Ahmed OA, Dechaud H, Hamamah S, Dasiman R, Nor-Shahida AR, Wan-Hafizah WJ, Norhazlin JMY, Mohd-Fazirul M, Salina O, Gabriele RAF, Nor-Ashikin MNK, Ben-Yosef D, Shwartz T, Cohen T, Carmon A, Raz NM, Malcov M, Frumkin T, Almog B, Vagman I, Kapustiansky R, Reches A, Azem F, Amit A, Cetinkaya M, Pirkevi C, Yelke H, Kumtepe Y, Atayurt Z, Kahraman S, Risco R, Hebles M, Saa AM, Vilches-Ferron MA, Sanchez-Martin P, Lucena E, Lucena M, Heras MDL, Agirregoikoa JA, Martinez E, Barrenetxea G, De Pablo JL, Lehner A, Pribenszky C, Murber A, Rigo J, Urbancsek J, Fancsovits P, Bano DG, Sanchez-Leon A, Marcos J, Molla M, Amorocho B, Nicolas M, Fernandez L, Landeras J, Adeniyi OA, Ehbish SM, Brison DR, Egashira A, Murakami M, Nagafuchi E, Tanaka K, Tomohara A, Mine C, Otsubo H, Nakashima A, Otsuka M, Yoshioka N, Kuramoto T, Choi D, Yang H, Park JH, Jung JH, Hwang HG, Lee JH, Lee JE, Kang AS, Yoo JH, Kwon HC, Lee SJ, Bang S, Shin H, Lim HJ, Min SH, Yeon JY, Koo DB, Kuwayama M, Higo S, Ruvalcaba L, Kobayashi M, Takeuchi T, Yoshida A, Miwa A, Nagai Y, Momma Y, Takahashi K, Chuko M, Nagai A, Otsuki J, Kim SG, Lee JH, Kim YY, Kim HJ, Park IH, Sun HG, Lee KH, Song HJ, Costa-Borges N, Belles M, Herreros J, Teruel J, Ballesteros A, Pellicer A, Calderon G, Nikiforaki D, Vossaert L, Meerschaut FV, Qian C, Lu Y, Parys JB, De Vos WH, Deforce D, Deroo T, Van den Abbeel E, Leybaert L, Heindryckx B, De Sutter P, Surlan L, Otasevic V, Velickovic K, Golic I, Vucetic M, Stankovic V, Stojnic J, Radunovic N, Tulic I, Korac B, Korac A, Fancsovits P, Pribenszky C, Lehner A, Murber A, Rigo J, Urbancsek J, Elias R, Neri QV, Fields T, Schlegel PN, Rosenwaks Z, Palermo GD, Gilson A, Piront N, Heens B, Vastersaegher C, Vansteenbrugge A, Pauwels PCP, Abdel-Raheem MF, Abdel-Rahman MY, Abdel-Gaffar HM, Sabry M, Kasem H, Rasheed SM, Amin M, Abdelmonem A, Ait-Allah AS, VerMilyea M, Anthony J, Bucci J, Croly S, Coutifaris C, Maggiulli R, Rienzi L, Cimadomo D, Capalbo A, Dusi L, Colamaria S, Baroni E, Giuliani M, Vaiarelli A, Sapienza F, Buffo L, Ubaldi FM, Zivi E, Aizenman E, Barash D, Gibson D, Shufaro Y, Perez M, Aguilar J, Taboas E, Ojeda M, Suarez L, Munoz E, Casciani V, Minasi MG, Scarselli F, Terribile M, Zavaglia D, Colasante A, Franco G, Greco E, Hickman C, Cook C, Gwinnett D, Trew G, Carby A, Lavery S, Asgari L, Paouneskou D, Jayaprakasan K, Maalouf W, Campbell BK, Aguilar J, Taboas E, Perez M, Munoz E, Ojeda M, Remohi J, Rega E, Alteri A, Cotarelo RP, Rubino P, Colicchia A, Giannini P, Devjak R, Papler TB, Tacer KF, Verdenik I, Scarica C, Ubaldi FM, Stoppa M, Maggiulli R, Capalbo A, Ievoli E, Dovere L, Albricci L, Romano S, Sanges F, Vaiarelli A, Iussig B, Gala A, Ferrieres A, Assou S, Vincens C, Bringer-Deutsch S, Brunet C, Hamamah S, Conaghan J, Tan L, Gvakharia M, Ivani K, Chen A, Pera RR, Bowman N, Montgomery S, Best L, Campbell A, Duffy S, Fishel S, Hirata R, Aoi Y, Habara T, Hayashi N, Dinopoulou V, Partsinevelos GA, Bletsa R, Mavrogianni D, Anagnostou E, Stefanidis K, Drakakis P, Loutradis D, Hernandez J, Leon CL, Puopolo M, Palumbo A, Atig F, Kerkeni A, Saad A, Ajina M, D'Ommar G, Herrera AK, Lozano L, Majerfeld M, Ye Z, Zaninovic N, Clarke R, Bodine R, Rosenwaks Z, Mazur P, Nagorny V, Mykytenko D, Semeniuk L, Zukin V, Zabala A, Pessino T, Outeda S, Blanco L, Leocata F, Asch R, Wan-Hafizah WJ, Rajikin MH, Nuraliza AS, Mohd-Fazirul M, Norhazlin JMY, Razif D, Nor-Ashikin MNK, Machac S, Hubinka V, Larman M, Koudelka M, Budak TP, Membrado OO, Martinez ES, Wilson P, McClure A, Nargund G, Raso D, Insua MF, Lotti B, Giordana S, Baldi C, Barattini J, Cogorno M, Peri NF, Neuspiller F, Resta S, Filannino A, Maggi E, Cafueri G, Ferraretti AP, Magli MC, Gianaroli L, Sioga A, Oikonomou Z, Chatzimeletiou K, Oikonomou L, Kolibianakis E, Tarlatzis BC, Sarkar MR, Ray D, Bhattacharya J, Alises JM, Gumbao D, Sanchez-Leon A, Amorocho B, Molla M, Nicolas M, Fernandez L, Landeras J, Duffy S, Campbell A, Montgomery S, Hickman CFL, Fishel S, Fiorentino I, Gualtieri R, Barbato V, Braun S, Mollo V, Netti P, Talevi R, Bayram A, Findikli N, Serdarogullari M, Sahin O, Ulug U, Tosun SB, Bahceci M, Leon AS, Gumbao D, Marcos J, Molla M, Amorocho B, Nicolas M, Fernandez L, Landeras J, Cardoso MCA, Aguiar APS, Sartorio C, Evangelista A, Gallo-Sa P, Erthal-Martins MC, Mantikou E, Jonker MJ, de Jong M, Wong KM, van Montfoort APA, Breit TM, Repping S, Mastenbroek S, Power E, Montgomery S, Duffy S, Jordan K, Campbell A, Fishel S, Findikli N, Aksoy T, Gultomruk M, Aktan A, Goktas C, Ulug U, Bahceci M, Petracco R, Okada L, Azambuja R, Badalotti F, Michelon J, Reig V, Kvitko D, Tagliani-Ribeiro A, Badalotti M, Petracco A, Pirkevi C, Cetinkaya M, Yelke H, Kumtepe Y, Atayurt Z, Kahraman S, Aydin B, Cepni I, Serdarogullari M, Findikli N, Bayram A, Goktas C, Sahin O, Ulug U, Bahceci M, Rodriguez-Arnedo D, Ten J, Guerrero J, Ochando I, Perez M, Bernabeu R, Okada L, Petracco R, Azambuja R, Badalotti F, Michelon J, Reig V, Tagliani-Ribeiro A, Kvitko D, Badalotti M, Petracco A, Reig V, Kvitko D, Tagliani-Ribeiro A, Okada L, Azambuja R, Petracco R, Michelon J, Badalotti F, Petracco A, Badalotti M. 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Tan CW, Lee YH, Choolani M, Tan HH, Griffith L, Chan J, Chuang PC, Wu MH, Lin YJ, Tsai SJ, Rahmati M, Petitbarat M, Dubanchet S, Bensussan A, Chaouat G, Ledee N, Bissonnette L, Haouzi D, Monzo C, Traver S, Bringer S, Faidherbe J, Perrochia H, Ait-Ahmed O, Dechaud H, Hamamah S, Ibrahim MG, de Arellano MLB, Sachtleben M, Chiantera V, Frangini S, Younes S, Schneider A, Plendl J, Mechsner S, Ono M, Hamai H, Chikawa A, Teramura S, Takata R, Sugimoto T, Iwahashi K, Ohhama N, Nakahira R, Shigeta M, Park IH, Lee KH, Sun HG, Kim SG, Lee JH, Kim YY, Kim HJ, Jeon GH, Kim CM, Bocca S, Wang H, Anderson S, Yu L, Horcajadas J, Oehninger S, Bastu E, Mutlu MF, Celik C, Yasa C, Dural O, Buyru F, Quintana F, Cobo A, Remohi J, Ferrando M, Matorras R, Bermejo A, Iglesias C, Cerrillo M, Ruiz M, Blesa D, Simon C, Garcia-Velasco JA, Chamie L, Ribeiro DMF, Riboldi M, Pereira R, Rosa MB, Gomes C, de Mello PH, Fettback P, Domingues T, Cambiaghi A, Soares ACP, Kimati C, Motta ELA, Serafini P, Hapangama DK, Valentijn AJ, Al-Lamee H, Palial K, Drury JA, von Zglinicki T, Saretzki G, Gargett CE, Liao CY, Lee KH, Sung YJ, Li HY, Morotti M, Remorgida V, Venturini PL, Ferrero S, Nabeta M, Iki A, Hashimoto H, Koizumi M, Matsubara Y, Hamada K, Fujioka T, Matsubara K, Kusanagi Y, Nawa A, Zanatta A, Riboldi M, da Rocha AM, Guerra JL, Cogliati B, Pereira R, Motta ELA, Serafini P, Bianchi PDM, Zanatta A, Riboldi M, da Rocha AM, Cogliati B, Guerra JL, Pereira R, Motta ELA, Serafini P, Prieto B, Exposito A, Mendoza R, Rabanal A, Matorras R, Bedaiwy M, Yi L, Dahoud W, Liu J, Hurd W, Falcone T, Biscotti C, Mesiano S, Sugiyama R, Nakagawa K, Nishi Y, Kuribayashi Y, Akira S, Germeyer A, Rosner S, Jauckus J, Strowitzki T, von Wolff M, Khan KN, Kitajima M, Fujishita A, Nakashima M, Masuzaki H, Kajihara T, Ishihara O, Brosens J, Ledee N, Petitbarat M, Rahmati M, Vezmar K, Savournin V, Dubanchet S, Chaouat G, Balet R, Bensussan A, Chaouat G, Lee YH, Loh SF, Tannenbaum SR, Chan JKY, Scarella A, Chamy V, Devoto L, Abrao M, Sovino H, Krasnopolskaya K, Popov A, Kabanova D, Beketova A, Ivakhnenko V, Shohayeb A, Wahba A, Abousetta A, al-inany H, Wahba A, El Daly A, Zayed M, Kvaskoff M, Han J, Missmer SA, Navarro P, Meola J, Ribas CP, Paz CP, Ferriani RA, Donabela FC, Tafi E, Maggiore ULR, Scala C, Remorgida V, Venturini PL, Ferrero S, Hackl J, Strehl J, Wachter D, Dittrich R, Cupisti S, Hildebrandt T, Lotz L, Attig M, Hoffmann I, Renner S, Hartmann A, Beckmann MW, Urquiza F, Ferrer C, Incera E, Azpiroz A, Junovich G, Pappalardo C, Guerrero G, Pasqualini S, Gutierrez G, Corti L, Sanchez AM, Bordignon PP, Santambrogio P, Levi S, Persico P, Vigano P, Papaleo E, Ferrari S, Candiani M, van der Houwen LEE, Schreurs AMF, Lambalk CB, Schats R, Hompes PGA, Mijatovic V, Xu SY, Li J, Chen XY, Chen SQ, Guo LY, Mathew D, Nunes Q, Lane B, Fernig D, Hapangama D, Lind T, Hammarstrom M, Golmann D, Rodriguez-Wallberg K, Hestiantoro A, Cakra A, Aulia A, Al-Inany H, Houston B, Farquhar C, Abousetta A, Tagliaferri V, Gagliano D, Immediata V, Tartaglia C, Zumpano A, Campagna G, Lanzone A, Guido M, Matsuzaki S, Darcha C, Botchorishvili R, Pouly JL, Mage G, Canis M, Shivhare SB, Bulmer JN, Innes BA, Hapangama DK, Lash GE, de Graaff AA, Zandstra H, Smits LJ, Van Beek JJ, Dunselman GAJ, Bozdag G, Calis PT, Demiralp DO, Ayhan B, Igci N, Yarali H, Acar N, Er H, Ozmen A, Ustunel I, Korgun ET, Kuroda K, Kuroda M, Arakawa A, Kitade M, Brosens AI, Brosens JJ, Takeda S, Yao T. Endometriosis, endometrium, implantation and fallopian tube. Hum Reprod 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Silbinger O, Levi S, Hamenachem Y, Klein M, Ivancovsky M. Injury patterns and safety behaviour of child pedestrians in the ultra Orthodox Jewish Community. Inj Prev 2012. [DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040590d.36] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Ferrero S, Privamera M, Levi S, Nicoletti A, Abbamonte L, Anserini P. Variables influencing pregnancy rate after oocyte cryopreservation. Fertil Steril 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.453] [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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Endy-Findling L, Levi S, Gitelman V. Developing child road safety indicators for communities. Inj Prev 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/ip.2010.029215.539] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Williams J, Sacchetti A, Levi S, Akula D. 35: Impact of Emergency Department Management of Atrial Fibrillation on Hospital Resource Utilization. Ann Emerg Med 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.06.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Novelli G, Ferretti G, Poli L, Pretagostini R, Ruberto F, Perrella S, Levi S, Morabito V, Berloco P. Clinical Results of Treatment of Postsurgical Endotoxin-Mediated Sepsis With Polymyxin-B Direct Hemoperfusion. Transplant Proc 2010; 42:1021-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.03.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lerer E, Levi S, Salomon S, Darvasi A, Yirmiya N, Ebstein RP. Association between the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene and autism: relationship to Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales and cognition. Mol Psychiatry 2008; 13:980-8. [PMID: 17893705 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4002087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Evidence both from animal and human studies suggests that common polymorphisms in the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene are likely candidates to confer risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). In lower mammals, oxytocin is important in a wide range of social behaviors, and recent human studies have shown that administration of oxytocin modulates behavior in both clinical and non-clinical groups. Additionally, two linkage studies and two recent association investigations also underscore a possible role for the OXTR gene in predisposing to ASD. We undertook a comprehensive study of all 18 tagged SNPs across the entire OXTR gene region identified using HapMap data and the Haploview algorithm. Altogether 152 subjects diagnosed with ASDs (that is, DSM IV autistic disorder or pervasive developmental disorder--NOS) from 133 families were genotyped (parents and affected siblings). Both individual SNPs and haplotypes were tested for association using family-based association tests as provided in the UNPHASED set of programs. Significant association with single SNPs and haplotypes (global P-values <0.05, following permutation test adjustment) were observed with ASD. Association was also observed with IQ and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS). In particular, a five-locus haplotype block (rs237897-rs13316193-rs237889-rs2254298-rs2268494) was significantly associated with ASD (nominal global P=0.000019; adjusted global P=0.009) and a single haplotype (carried by 7% of the population) within that block showed highly significant association (P=0.00005). This is the third association study, in a third ethnic group, showing that SNPs and haplotypes in the OXTR gene confer risk for ASD. The current investigation also shows association with IQ and total VABS scores (as well as the communication, daily living skills and socialization subdomains), suggesting that this gene shapes both cognition and daily living skills that may cross diagnostic boundaries.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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Yirmiya N, Rosenberg C, Levi S, Salomon S, Shulman C, Nemanov L, Dina C, Ebstein RP. Association between the arginine vasopressin 1a receptor (AVPR1a) gene and autism in a family-based study: mediation by socialization skills. Mol Psychiatry 2006; 11:488-94. [PMID: 16520824 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We examined three microsatellites in the arginine vasopressin 1a receptor gene (AVPR1a), two in the promoter region (RS1 and RS3) and an intronic microsatellite (AVR), for association with autism as well as scores on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (VABS), the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale-Generic (ADOS-G), measures that are widely used to diagnose autism spectrum disorders. We tested for association between the AVPR1a microsatellites and autism in 116 families (128 probands diagnosed with the ADI-R and ADOS-G using a family-based association test (UNPHASED)). Testing each individual microsatellite showed significant transmission disequilibrium in these families with the AVR intronic microsatellite (UNPHASED: LRS=11.46, global P-value=0.009, df=3). Haplotype analysis of three microsatellites also showed significant association (LRS=144.94, df=103, global P=0.004). Additionally, significant association is observed between these three microsatellite haplotypes and the VABS scores (P=0.009), with the ADI-R (P=0.009) and the ADOS-G (P=0.0000765) diagnoses of autistic disorder versus pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) that were available for 47 of these probands. This is the third consecutive report of an association between the AVPR1a gene and autism spectrum disorders and in the current study a third microsatellite is shown to be associated with autism spectrum disorders as well as haplotypes consisting of all three markers. Importantly, the association appears to be mainly mediated by the role of the AVPR1a gene in shaping socialization skills, similar to its role in lower vertebrates.Molecular Psychiatry (2006) 11, 488-494. doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4001812; published online 7 March 2006.
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- Department of Psychology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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Della Porta MG, Malcovati L, Invernizzi R, Travaglino E, Pascutto C, Maffioli M, Gallì A, Boggi S, Pietra D, Vanelli L, Marseglia C, Levi S, Arosio P, Lazzarino M, Cazzola M. Flow cytometry evaluation of erythroid dysplasia in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. Leukemia 2006; 20:549-55. [PMID: 16498394 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Erythroid dysplasia is the pathologic hallmark of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). To develop a quantitative flow-cytometry approach to its evaluation, we analyzed the expression of CD71, CD105, cytosolic H-ferritin (HF), cytosolic L-ferritin (LF) and mitochondrial ferritin (MtF) in erythroblasts from 104 MDS patients, 69 pathologic control patients and 19 healthy subjects. Six-parameter, 4-color flow cytometry was employed, and data were expressed as mean fluorescence intensity. Compared with pathologic and healthy controls, MDS patients had higher expression of HF (P < 0.001) and CD105 (P < 0.001), and lower expression of CD71 (P < 0.001). MtF was specifically detected in MDS with ringed sideroblasts, and there was a close relationship between its expression and Prussian blue staining (r = 0.89, P < 0.001). In vitro cultures of myelodysplastic hematopoietic progenitors showed that both HF and MtF were expressed at a very early stage of erythroid differentiation, and that MtF expression is specifically related to mitochondrial iron loading. A classification function based on expression levels of HF, CD71 and CD105 allowed us to correctly classify > 95% of MDS patients. This flow-cytometry approach provides an accurate quantitative evaluation of erythroid dysplasia and allows a reliable diagnosis of sideroblastic anemia, and may therefore be a useful tool in the work-up of patients with MDS.
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- M G Della Porta
- Division of Hematology, University of Pavia Medical School, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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Mela P, Onclin S, Goedbloed MH, Levi S, Garcia-Parajo MF, van Hulst NF, Ravoo BJ, Reinhoudt DN, van den Berg A. Monolayer-functionalized microfluidics devices for optical sensing of acidity. Lab Chip 2005; 5:163-170. [PMID: 15672130 DOI: 10.1039/b409978h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This paper describes the integration of opto-chemosensors in microfluidics networks. Our technique exploits the internal surface of the network as a platform to build a sensing system by coating the surface with a self-assembled monolayer and subsequently binding a fluorescent sensing molecule to the monolayer. Fluorescent molecules were used that can switch between a fluorescent and a non-fluorescent state, depending on the acidity of the surrounding solution. Two systems were investigated. The first employs surface confinement of a Rhodamine B dye in a glass micro channel that serves as a molecular switch in organic solutions. Upon rinsing the micro channels with acidic or basic solutions it was possible to switch between the fluorescent and non-fluorescent forms reversibly. Moreover, this system could be used to monitor the mixing of two solutions of different acidity along the micro channel. To widen the scope of optical sensing in micro channels an Oregon Green dye derivative was immobilized, which functions as a sensing molecule for pH differences in aqueous solutions. In this case, a hybrid system was used consisting of a glass slide and PDMS channels. The fluorescence intensity was found to be directly correlated to the pH of the solution in contact, indicating the possibility of using such a system as a pH sensor. These systems allow real-time measurements and can be easily implemented in micro- and nanofluidics systems thus enabling analysis of extremely small sample volumes in a fast and reproducible manner.
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- Applied Optics Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Della Porta M, Malcovati L, Maffioli M, Travaglino E, Levi S, Arosio P, Invernizzi R, Cazzola M. P-37 Flow cytometric analysis of cytosolic and mitochondrial ferritins in immature red blood cells from patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. Leuk Res 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0145-2126(05)80101-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cremonesi L, Cozzi A, Girelli D, Ferrari F, Fermo I, Foglieni B, Levi S, Bozzini C, Camparini M, Ferrari M, Arosio P. Case report: a subject with a mutation in the ATG start codon of L-ferritin has no haematological or neurological symptoms. J Med Genet 2004; 41:e81. [PMID: 15173247 PMCID: PMC1735816 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2003.011718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- L Cremonesi
- Genomics for the Diagnosis of Human Pathologies Unit, IRCCS H. San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, Italy
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Blachinsky D, Shtienberg D, Oppenheim D, Zilberstaine M, Levi S, Zamski E, Shoseyov O. The Role of Autumn Infections in the Progression of Fire Blight Symptoms in Perennial Pear Branches. Plant Dis 2003; 87:1077-1082. [PMID: 30812821 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2003.87.9.1077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The role of autumn infections in the progression of fire blight (caused by Erwinia amylovora) symptoms in perennial pear branches was studied in orchard-grown trees in Israel. The extent of symptom progression and the final length of fire blight cankers in perennial branches were variably affected by the vigor of the trees and the season of infection. Following spring infections, when all trees supported active shoot growth, fire blight symptoms progressed more rapidly and to longer distances in trees that exhibited high vigor (i.e., with numerous annual shoots on most terminal branches) than in low-vigor trees (i.e., few or no annual shoots on terminal branches). Irrespective of the vigor of the trees, the progression of fire blight symptoms in perennial branches ceased between mid-May and mid-July, and only a small proportion (0 to 14.2%) of the infections had invaded main limbs or trunks of trees. Progression of fire blight symptoms following autumn infections was related to the preceding summer (August to No-vember) shoot regrowth: in trees in which the shoots did not restore their growth in the summer, the rate of symptom progression in perennial branches was higher in trees with a low vigor than in those with a high vigor, whereas for those with summer regrowth the relationship between rates of symptom expression was reversed. Irrespective of the vigor group and of whether there was summer regrowth, symptoms in perennial branches continued to progress through the winter until the following spring. Most of the autumn infections (50 to 78.5%) that developed in susceptible trees had invaded main limbs or trunks of trees. The results of this study indicate that factors related to host phenology and physiology, rather than factors related to environmental influences (such as temperature), govern the extent, rate, and duration of fire blight progression in perennial pear branches. Furthermore, it turned out that autumn infections play a substantial role in fire blight epidemiology in Israel.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, ARO, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250
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- Department of Plant Pathology, ARO, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250
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- Extension Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Bet Dagan 50250
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- Extension Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Bet Dagan 50250
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- Institute of Plant Science and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 70600, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Science and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 70600, Israel
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Shtienberg D, Zilberstaine M, Oppenheim D, Levi S, Shwartz H, Kritzman G. New Considerations for Pruning in Management of Fire Blight in Pears. Plant Dis 2003; 87:1083-1088. [PMID: 30812822 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2003.87.9.1083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The efficacy of pruning infected pear tissues to combat fire blight (caused by Erwinia amylovora) was evaluated in two sets of experiments conducted during 1999 to 2001 in Israel. In the first set of two experiments, diseased tissues were removed soon after the observation of blossom infections. Pruning was effective in 0 to 50% of the treated trees, and resulted in complete eradication of E. amylovora. In the remaining trees, pruning not only did not result in eradication of the bacteria from the tree tissues, it made the situation worse, as the disease had invaded the main branches and limbs of a significantly larger proportion of pruned trees than of non-pruned ones, because of alteration of the physiological status of the host plant by pruning. In the five experiments of the second set, the efficacy of pruning fire blight infections on main branches and limbs was studied; the time of pruning varied among the experiments. Effectiveness of cutting and removing infected branches and limbs was linearly related to time of treatment: the efficacy of pruning improved significantly with lateness of the treatment. The best results were obtained when pruning was carried out while the trees were dormant, in December: none of these trees had a severely infected canopy the following spring. Based on the results obtained in this study, it was concluded that factors related to all three components of the disease triangle (i.e., pathogen, host, and environment), rather than only the actual presence of diseased tissues, should be taken into account in considering the need for cutting and removing fire blight-diseased tissues. Accordingly, recommendations for Israeli growers were revised and updated.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, ARO, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250
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- Extension Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Bet Dagan 50250
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- Extension Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Bet Dagan 50250
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- Department of Plant Pathology, ARO; Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology, ARO; Israel
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Levi S, Zhang WH, Alexander S, Viart P, Grandjean H. Short-term outcome of isolated and associated congenital heart defects in relation to antenatal ultrasound screening. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2003; 21:532-538. [PMID: 12808668 DOI: 10.1002/uog.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the outcome of fetuses affected by congenital heart defects (CHD), either detected or undetected at ultrasound screening, according to their complexity and severity. DESIGN The study group comprised 3633 malformed fetuses entered into the Eurofetus database of which 798 had CHD. We compared the short-term outcome in cases where a CHD was detected by ultrasound screening with that in cases where a CHD was not detected. Isolated and associated CHD (ICHD and ACHD) and the degree of severity of defects were considered separately. Outcome data included termination of pregnancy (TOP), intrauterine fetal death, neonatal death (< 6 days after birth), gestational age at diagnosis and at delivery, mode of delivery and birth weight. RESULTS Of the 798 fetuses with CHD, 595 had ICHD and 203 had ACHD. The diagnosis of an anomaly was made significantly earlier in ACHD cases. TOP was chosen in 28% of cases with a prenatal diagnosis of CHD, 20% for ICHD and 37% for ACHD (P < 0.001). The survival rate of antenatally diagnosed fetuses was lower in those with ACHD than in those with ICHD (P < 0.001) and lower for fetuses with antenatal diagnosis than with postnatal diagnosis (P < 0.001); this was due to significant differences in the complexity and severity of the defect. Premature delivery (< 32 weeks) was more frequent in fetuses in which an antenatal diagnosis of CHD had been made. Severe CHD were diagnosed earlier and were associated with a higher rate of TOP and spontaneous loss. CONCLUSIONS The severity of CHD has a positive influence on the sensitivity of screening but a negative influence on the outcome. CHD that are not diagnosed antenatally include a high proportion of benign malformations. This explains the apparent paradox of a poorer outcome in fetuses in which a CHD was detected prenatally compared to those fetuses in which the defect was undetected prenatally. However, prenatal diagnosis provides parents with the option of TOP or of preventive care in specialized centers.
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- S Levi
- Eurofetus Project Leader, Brussels, Belgium.
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Zhang WH, Levi S, Alexander S, Viart P, Grandjean H. Sensitivity of ultrasound screening for congenital anomalies in unselected pregnancies. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 2002; 50:571-80. [PMID: 12515927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the influence of heart defect frequency and severity on screening sensitivity of the entire spectrum of congenital anomalies (CA) and on detection rate of congenital heart defect (CHD) when performing routine ultrasound screening in unselected pregnant women. STUDY DESIGN Secondary analysis was performed on data from Eurofetus, a large international collaborative study of ultrasound screening for CA in unselected populations. The present study addressed the relations (i) between the frequency of CHD in the screened population and the global sensitivity of ultrasound in detecting CA; (ii) between frequency of ventricular septum defect (VSD) and detection rate of CA and CHD; and (iii) between seriousness of CHD and CHD sensitivity. RESULTS A negative correlation (p<0.001) between CHD frequency and CA sensitivity was observed in this study. Likewise, a negative correlation was also found between frequency of VSD and sensitivity for CA or CHD detection (p<0.001). In addition, a positive significant relationship (p<0.001) was observed between sensitivity and severity of CHD. CONCLUSION A low CHD frequency introduces bias in CA and CHD sensitivity evaluation. Incomplete assessment of fetal and neonatal malformations brings on systematic error, leading to the pre-eminence of severe defects in the studied population sample and artificially improving sensitivity figures. On the other hand, from a clinician's viewpoint, the higher sensitivity for severe defect is welcomed, since their detection is most crucial for appropriate management.
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- W H Zhang
- Unité Santé Reproductive et Epidémiologie Périnatale, Département Politiques et Systèmes de Santé, Ecole de Santé Publique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, CP 597, B-1070 Bruxelles, Belgium.
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Fever of unknown origin (FUO) means fever that does not resolve itself in the period expected for self-limited infection and whose cause cannot be ascertained despite considerable diagnostic efforts. The differential diagnosis is often different in older patients, and presentation of disease is frequently nonspecific and symptoms are difficult to interpret. Multisystem disease has emerged as the most frequent cause of FUO in the elderly, and temporal arteritis is the most frequent specific diagnosis. Infections, particular tuberculosis, remain an important group. FUO is often associated with treatable conditions in this age group. Early recognition and prompt initiation of appropriate empirical therapy are cornerstones of the strategy.
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- S Tal
- Subacute Department, Harzfeld Geriatric Hospital, Kaplan Medical Center, Gedera 70750, Israel.
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