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51. Quando si è in guerra con il cibo

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CECERE F, DANGERIO S, DI MARCO E, SCOTESE A, TRIPOVIC I., PEDONE, Roberto, MARIA DALESSIO E FIORENZO LAGHI A CURA DI, Cecere, F, Dangerio, S, DI MARCO, E, Pedone, Roberto, Scotese, A, and Tripovic, I.

Published
2007

53. Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanisation in four species of hole-nesting birds.

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VAUGOYEAU, M., ADRIAENSEN, F., ARTEMYEV, A., BAŃBURA, J., BARBA, E., BIARD, C., BLONDEL, J., BOUSLAMA, Z., BOUVIER, J-C., CAMPRODON, J., CECERE, F., CHARMANTIER, A., CHARTER, M., CICHOŃ, M., CUSIMANO, C., CZESZCZEWIK, D., DEMEYRIER, V., DOLIGEZ, B., DOUTRELANT, C., DUBIEC, A., EENS, M., EEVA, T., FAIVRE, B., FERNS, P. N., FORSMAN, J. T., GARCÍA-DEL-REY, E., GOLDSHTEIN, A., GOODENOUGH, A. E., GOSLER, A. G., GRÉGOIRE, A., GUSTAFSSON, L., HARNIST, I., HARTLEY, I. R., HEEB, P., HINSLEY, S. A., ISENMANN, P., JACOB, S., JUŠKAITIS, R., KORPIMÄKI, E., KRAMS, I., LAAKSONEN, T., LAMBRECHTS, M. M., LECLERCQ, B., LEHIKOINEN, E., LOUKOLA, O., LUNDBERG, A., MAINWARING, M. C., MÄND, R., MASSA, B., MAZGAJSKI, T. D., MERINO, S., MITRUS, C., MÖNKKÖNEN, M., MORIN, X., NAGER, R. G., NILSSON, J-Å., NILSSON, S. G., NORTE, A. C., ORELL, M., PERRET, P., PERRINS, C. M., PIMENTEL, C. S., PINXTEN, R., RICHNER, H., ROBLES, H., RYTKÖNEN, S., SENAR, J. C., SEPPÄNEN, J. T., DA SILVA, L. P., SLAGSVOLD, T., SOLONEN, T., SORACE, A., STENNING, M. J., TRYJANOWSKI, P., VON NUMERS, M., WALANKIEWICZ, W., MØLLER, A. P. and VAUGOYEAU, M., ADRIAENSEN, F., ARTEMYEV, A., BAŃBURA, J., BARBA, E., BIARD, C., BLONDEL, J., BOUSLAMA, Z., BOUVIER, J-C., CAMPRODON, J., CECERE, F., CHARMANTIER, A., CHARTER, M., CICHOŃ, M., CUSIMANO, C., CZESZCZEWIK, D., DEMEYRIER, V., DOLIGEZ, B., DOUTRELANT, C., DUBIEC, A., EENS, M., EEVA, T., FAIVRE, B., FERNS, P. N., FORSMAN, J. T., GARCÍA-DEL-REY, E., GOLDSHTEIN, A., GOODENOUGH, A. E., GOSLER, A. G., GRÉGOIRE, A., GUSTAFSSON, L., HARNIST, I., HARTLEY, I. R., HEEB, P., HINSLEY, S. A., ISENMANN, P., JACOB, S., JUŠKAITIS, R., KORPIMÄKI, E., KRAMS, I., LAAKSONEN, T., LAMBRECHTS, M. M., LECLERCQ, B., LEHIKOINEN, E., LOUKOLA, O., LUNDBERG, A., MAINWARING, M. C., MÄND, R., MASSA, B., MAZGAJSKI, T. D., MERINO, S., MITRUS, C., MÖNKKÖNEN, M., MORIN, X., NAGER, R. G., NILSSON, J-Å., NILSSON, S. G., NORTE, A. C., ORELL, M., PERRET, P., PERRINS, C. M., PIMENTEL, C. S., PINXTEN, R., RICHNER, H., ROBLES, H., RYTKÖNEN, S., SENAR, J. C., SEPPÄNEN, J. T., DA SILVA, L. P., SLAGSVOLD, T., SOLONEN, T., SORACE, A., STENNING, M. J., TRYJANOWSKI, P., VON NUMERS, M., WALANKIEWICZ, W., MØLLER, A. P.

Published
2016

54. Bulimic Symptomatology: Associations with Psychosocial Functioning and Theory of Mind

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Laghi, Fiorenzo, Cotugno, A., Cecere, F., Sirolli, A., Palazzoni, D., and Bosco, F. M.

Subjects
allocentric perspective, bulimia nervosa, eating disorder not otherwise specified BN-type, theory of mind, allocentric perspective, egocentric perspective, egocentric perspective, bulimia nervosa, eating disorder not otherwise specified BN-type, theory of mind
Published
2014

55. Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds

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MØLLER, A. P., ADRIAENSEN, F., ARTEMYEV, A., BANBURA, J., BARBA, E., BIARD, C., BLONDEL, J., BOUSLAMA, Z., BOUVIER, J-C., CAMPRODON, J., CECERE, F., CHARMANTIER, A., CHARTER, M., CICHON, M., CUSIMANO, C., CZESZCZEWIK, D., DEMEYRIER, V., DOLIGEZ, B., DOUTRELANT, C., DUBIEC, A., EENS, M., EEVA, T., FAIVRE, B., FERNS, P.N., FORSMAN, J.T., GARCÍA-DEL-REY, E., GOLDSHTEIN, A., GOODENOUGH, A.E., GOSLER, A.G., GÓZDZ, I., GRÉGOIRE, A., GUSTAFSSON, L., HARTLEY, I.R., HEEB, P., HINSLEY, S.A., ISENMANN, P., JACOB, S., JÄRVINEN, A., JUSKAITIS, R., KORPIMÄKI, E., KRAMS, I., LAAKSONEN, T., LECLERCQ, B., LEHIKOINEN, E., LOUKOLA, E., LUNDBERG, A., MAINWARING, M.C., MÄND, R., MASSA, B., MAZGAJSKI, T.D., MERINO, S., MITRUS, C., MÖNKKÖNEN, M., MORALES-FERNAZ, J., MORIN, X., NAGER, R.G., NILSSON, J-A., NILSSON, S.G., NORTE, A.C., ORELL, M., PERRET, P., PIMENTEL, C.S., PINXTEN, R., PRIEDNIECE, I., QUIDOZ, M-C., REMES, V., RICHNER, H., ROBLES, H., RYTKÖNEN, S., SENAR, J.C., SEPPÄNEN, J.T., DA SILVA, L.P., SLAGSVOLD, T., SOLONEN, T., SORACE, A., STENNING, M.J., TÖRÖK, J., TRYJANOWSKI, P., VAN NOORDWIJK, A.J., VON NUMERS, M., WALANKIEWICZ, W., LAMBRECHTS, M.M.

Subjects
education
Published
2014

57. Changing the Face of Modern Medicine: Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Organized Jointly by the European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ESGCT), International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) and the French Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (SFTCG) Lausanne, Switzerland October 16–19, 2018 Abstracts

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Champion, K M, Albertini, P, Visigalli, I, Cecere, F, Carriglio, N, Hernandez, R J, De Simone, M, Vezzoli, M, Monti, L, Zino, E, Alfonso, E, Sanvito, F, Mauro, V, Norata, R, Acquati, S, Redaelli, D, Dionisio, F, De Mattia, F, Scaramuzza, S, and Rossi, C

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2018
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58. Sindrome di Meigs e 'pseudo-sindrome di Meigs'(descrizione di due casi)

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BALBI, Giancarlo, MUSONE R., COMPAGNA R., CIRELLI G., CASSESE E., DELLI PONTI D., CECERE F., BALBI F., ZARCONE R., Balbi, Giancarlo, Musone, R., Compagna, R., Cirelli, G., Cassese, E., DELLI PONTI, D., Cecere, F., Balbi, F., and Zarcone, R.

Abstract

Background. The aim of this study is to inve¬stigate simili tudis and differences between thè Meigs' syndronie and Meigs' pseudosyndrome. The Meigs' syndrome is an uncommon disease that is characterized by benign ovarian tumor, ascites and pleural effusion. The Meigs' pseu¬dosyndrome is a seruous disease that is cha¬racterized by malignati! ovarian tumor, asci¬tes, pleural effusion. Methods. We have examined two cases: a case of Meigs' syndrome that is characterized by vo-mit, abdominal pain, ascites, hight scruni Ca 125 level; a case of Meigs' pseudosyndrome that is characterized by ovarian adenocarci-noma that is diagnosticated owing to ascites and pleural effusion. Conclusions. This study suggest that thè surgi-cal therapy have a very important role for thè complete remission of thè disease in thè Meigs' syndrome and for thè remission of ascites and pleural effusion in thè Meigs' pseudosyndrome. Key words: Meigs - Ovarian cancer.

Published
2001

63. Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design

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Møller, A.P., Adriaensen, F., Artemyev, A., Bańbura, J., Barba, E., Biard, C., Blondel, J., Bouslama, Z., Bouvier, J.-C., Camprodon, J., Cecere, F., Chaine, A., Charmantier, A., Charter, M., Cichoń, M., Cusimano, C., Czeszczewik, D., Doligez, B., Doutrelant, C., Dubiec, A., Eens, M., Eeva, T., Faivre, B., Ferns, P.N., Forsman, J.T., García-del-Rey, E., Goldshtein, A., Goodenough, A.E., Gosler, A.G., Góźdź, I., Grégoire, A., Gustafsson, L., Hartley, I.R., Heeb, P., Hinsley, S.A., Isenmann, P., Jacob, S., Järvinen, A., Juškaitis, R., Kania, W., Korpimäki, E., Krams, I., Laaksonen, T., Leclercq, B., Lehikoinen, E., Loukola, O., Lundberg, A., Mainwaring, M.C., Mänd, R., Massa, B., Mazgajski, T.D., Merino, S., Mitrus, C., Mönkkönen, M., Morales-Fernaz, J., Moreno, J., Morin, X., Nager, R.G., Nilsson, J.-Å., Nilsson, S.G., Norte, A.C., Orell, M., Perret, P., Perrins, C.M., Pimentel, C.S., Pinxten, R., Priedniece, I., Quidoz, M.-C., Remeš, V., Richner, H., Robles, H., Russell, A., Rytkönen, S., Senar, J.C., Seppänen, J.T., Pascoal da Silva, L., Slagsvold, T., Solonen, T., Sorace, A., Stenning, M.J., Török, J., Tryjanowski, P., Van Noordwijk, A.J., von Numers, M., Walankiewicz, W., Lambrechts, M.M., Møller, A.P., Adriaensen, F., Artemyev, A., Bańbura, J., Barba, E., Biard, C., Blondel, J., Bouslama, Z., Bouvier, J.-C., Camprodon, J., Cecere, F., Chaine, A., Charmantier, A., Charter, M., Cichoń, M., Cusimano, C., Czeszczewik, D., Doligez, B., Doutrelant, C., Dubiec, A., Eens, M., Eeva, T., Faivre, B., Ferns, P.N., Forsman, J.T., García-del-Rey, E., Goldshtein, A., Goodenough, A.E., Gosler, A.G., Góźdź, I., Grégoire, A., Gustafsson, L., Hartley, I.R., Heeb, P., Hinsley, S.A., Isenmann, P., Jacob, S., Järvinen, A., Juškaitis, R., Kania, W., Korpimäki, E., Krams, I., Laaksonen, T., Leclercq, B., Lehikoinen, E., Loukola, O., Lundberg, A., Mainwaring, M.C., Mänd, R., Massa, B., Mazgajski, T.D., Merino, S., Mitrus, C., Mönkkönen, M., Morales-Fernaz, J., Moreno, J., Morin, X., Nager, R.G., Nilsson, J.-Å., Nilsson, S.G., Norte, A.C., Orell, M., Perret, P., Perrins, C.M., Pimentel, C.S., Pinxten, R., Priedniece, I., Quidoz, M.-C., Remeš, V., Richner, H., Robles, H., Russell, A., Rytkönen, S., Senar, J.C., Seppänen, J.T., Pascoal da Silva, L., Slagsvold, T., Solonen, T., Sorace, A., Stenning, M.J., Török, J., Tryjanowski, P., Van Noordwijk, A.J., von Numers, M., Walankiewicz, W., and Lambrechts, M.M.

Abstract

* Secondary hole-nesting birds that do not construct nest holes themselves and hence regularly breed in nest boxes constitute important model systems for field studies in many biological disciplines with hundreds of scientists and amateurs involved. Those research groups are spread over wide geographic areas that experience considerable variation in environmental conditions, and researchers provide nest boxes of varying designs that may inadvertently introduce spatial and temporal variation in reproductive parameters. * We quantified the relationship between mean clutch size and nest box size and material after controlling for a range of environmental variables in four of the most widely used model species in the Western Palaearctic: great tit Parus major, blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus, pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca and collared flycatcher F. albicollis from 365 populations and 79 610 clutches. * Nest floor area and nest box material varied non-randomly across latitudes and longitudes, showing that scientists did not adopt a random box design. Clutch size increased with nest floor area in great tits, but not in blue tits and flycatchers. Clutch size of blue tits was larger in wooden than in concrete nest boxes. * These findings demonstrate that the size of nest boxes and material used to construct nest boxes can differentially affect clutch size in different species. The findings also suggest that the nest box design may affect not only focal species, but also indirectly other species through the effects of nest box design on productivity and therefore potentially population density and hence interspecific competition. [KEYWORDS: geographic location habitat latitude longitude nest box floor area nest box material], * Secondary hole-nesting birds that do not construct nest holes themselves and hence regularly breed in nest boxes constitute important model systems for field studies in many biological disciplines with hundreds of scientists and amateurs involved. Those research groups are spread over wide geographic areas that experience considerable variation in environmental conditions, and researchers provide nest boxes of varying designs that may inadvertently introduce spatial and temporal variation in reproductive parameters. * We quantified the relationship between mean clutch size and nest box size and material after controlling for a range of environmental variables in four of the most widely used model species in the Western Palaearctic: great tit Parus major, blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus, pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca and collared flycatcher F. albicollis from 365 populations and 79 610 clutches. * Nest floor area and nest box material varied non-randomly across latitudes and longitudes, showing that scientists did not adopt a random box design. Clutch size increased with nest floor area in great tits, but not in blue tits and flycatchers. Clutch size of blue tits was larger in wooden than in concrete nest boxes. * These findings demonstrate that the size of nest boxes and material used to construct nest boxes can differentially affect clutch size in different species. The findings also suggest that the nest box design may affect not only focal species, but also indirectly other species through the effects of nest box design on productivity and therefore potentially population density and hence interspecific competition. [KEYWORDS: geographic location habitat latitude longitude nest box floor area nest box material]

Published
2014

66. Activity of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in chemotherapy-pretreated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients (pts) prospectively selected according to specific molecular predictive factors

Author

Nuzzo, C., primary, Marchetti, A., additional, Mottolese, M., additional, Cianciulli, A. M., additional, Rinaldi, M., additional, Cecere, F. L., additional, Bria, E., additional, Ceribelli, A., additional, Milella, M., additional, and Cognetti, F., additional

Published
2007
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70. Second- and third-generation aromatase inhibitors as first-line endocrine therapy in postmenopausal metastatic breast cancer patients: a pooled analysis of the randomised trials

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Ferretti, G, primary, Bria, E, additional, Giannarelli, D, additional, Felici, A, additional, Papaldo, P, additional, Fabi, A, additional, Di Cosimo, S, additional, Ruggeri, E M, additional, Milella, M, additional, Ciccarese, M, additional, Cecere, F L, additional, Gelibter, A, additional, Nuzzo, C, additional, Cognetti, F, additional, Terzoli, E, additional, and Carlini, P, additional

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2006
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73. Meta-analysis of the randomized comparisons between low-molecular weight heparin (LMWH) with oral anticoagulants (OA) for the long-term treatment of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE): no difference in cancer-related mortality

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Ferretti, G., primary, Bria, E., additional, Carlini, P., additional, Felici, A., additional, Giannarelli, D., additional, Ciccarese, M., additional, Cecere, F. L., additional, Salesi, N., additional, Di Cocco, B., additional, and Cognetti, F., additional

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2005
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81. Usefulness of predictive tests for cancer treatment

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Rosell R, Cuello M, Cecere F, Santarpia M, Reguart N, ENRIQUETA FELIP, and Taron M

Subjects
Lung Neoplasms, Membrane Glycoproteins, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Breast Neoplasms, Docetaxel, Semaphorins, Endonucleases, Deoxycytidine, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Gemcitabine, DNA-Binding Proteins, ErbB Receptors, Genes, ras, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Predictive Value of Tests, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Biomarkers, Tumor, Humans, Taxoids, RNA, Messenger, Cisplatin, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Abstract

This review highlights the numerous molecular biology findings in the field of lung cancer with potential therapeutic impact in both the near and distant future. At least six lines of research have recently emerged as potential contributors to changes in clinical practice. Abundant pre-clinical and clinical data indicate that BRCA1 mRNA expression is a differential modulator of chemotherapy sensitivity. Low levels predict cisplatin sensitivity and antimicrotubule drug resistance, and the opposite occurs with high levels. Secondly, single nucleotide polymorphisms in the ERCC1 gene influence survival and toxicity with cisplatin-based chemotherapy. The main core of recent research has centered on EGFR mutations and gene copy numbers. For the first time, EGFR mutations have been shown to predict dramatic responses in metastatic lung adenocarcinomas, with a threefold increase in time to progression and survival in patients receiving EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors. In contrast, K-ras mutations confer a negative effect in these patients. Evidence has also been accumulated on the crosstalk between estrogen and EGFR receptor pathways, paving the way for clinical trials of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors plus aromatase inhibitors. microRNAs control the expression of cognate target genes, and downregulation of Dicer has been shown to be a strong predictor of relapse in surgically resected non-small-cell lung cancer patients. Finally, overexpression of the Wingless-type (Wnt) genes and methylation of Wnt antagonists like WIF and secreted frizzled related proteins have been documented in non-small-cell lung cancer and are believed to be an important mechanism of cancer stem cell maintenance.

86. BRAF as a positive predictive biomarker: Focus on lung cancer and melanoma patients

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Massimo Barberis, Alessandro Russo, Francesca Castiglione, Fiamma Buttitta, Daniela Medicina, Umberto Malapelle, Giancarlo Troncone, Antonino Iaccarino, Fabiana Letizia Cecere, Stefania Tommasi, Giuseppe Palmieri, Luisella Righi, Roberta Minari, Giulio Rossi, Antonio M. Grimaldi, Fabio Mele, Elisabetta Orlando, Pasquale Pisapia, William Vermi, Fabio Pagni, Antonio Marchetti, Daniela Massi, Malapelle, U., Rossi, G., Pisapia, P., Barberis, M., Buttitta, F., Castiglione, F., Cecere, F. L., Grimaldi, A. M., Iaccarino, A., Marchetti, A., Massi, D., Medicina, D., Mele, F., Minari, R., Orlando, E., Pagni, F., Palmieri, G., Righi, L., Russo, A., Tommasi, S., Vermi, W., Troncone, G., Malapelle, U, Rossi, G, Pisapia, P, Barberis, M, Buttitta, F, Castiglione, F, Cecere, F, Grimaldi, A, Iaccarino, A, Marchetti, A, Massi, D, Medicina, D, Mele, F, Minari, R, Orlando, E, Pagni, F, Palmieri, G, Righi, L, Russo, A, Tommasi, S, Vermi, W, and Troncone, G

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0301 basic medicine, Oncology, Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf, medicine.medical_specialty, Predictive molecular pathology, Lung Neoplasms, Gene mutation, BRAF, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Medicine, Humans, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Vemurafenib, Lung cancer, neoplasms, Melanoma, Trametinib, Cobimetinib, business.industry, Precision medicine, Biomarkers, Mutation, Carcinoma, Dabrafenib, Hematology, Biomarker, medicine.disease, Lung Neoplasm, 030104 developmental biology, chemistry, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Personalized medicine, business, medicine.drug, Human
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In the era of personalized medicine, BRAF mutational assessment is mandatory in advanced-stage melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. The identification of actionable mutations is crucial for the adequate management of these patients. To date various drugs have been implemented in clinical practice. Similarly, various methods may be adopted for the identification of BRAF mutations. Here, we briefly review the current literature on BRAF in melanoma and NSCLC, focusing attention in particular on the different methods and drugs adopted in these patients. In addition, an overview of the real-world practice in different Italian laboratories with high expertise in molecular predictive pathology testing is provided.

Published
2020

87. Co-Occurrence of Beckwith–Wiedemann Syndrome and Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

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Francesco Cecere, Laura Pignata, Bruno Hay Mele, Abu Saadat, Emilia D’Angelo, Orazio Palumbo, Pietro Palumbo, Massimo Carella, Gioacchino Scarano, Giovanni Battista Rossi, Claudia Angelini, Angela Sparago, Flavia Cerrato, Andrea Riccio, Cecere, F., Pignata, L., Hay Mele, B., Saadat, A., D'Angelo, E., Palumbo, O., Palumbo, P., Carella, M., Scarano, G., Rossi, G. B., Angelini, C., Sparago, A., Cerrato, F., Riccio, A., Cecere, Francesco, Pignata, Laura, Hay Mele, Bruno, Saadat, Abu, D’Angelo, Emilia, Palumbo, Orazio, Palumbo, Pietro, Carella, Massimo, Scarano, Gioacchino, Rossi, Giovanni Battista, Angelini, Claudia, Sparago, Angela, Cerrato, Flavia, and Riccio, Andrea

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Cancer Research, DNA methylation, Oncology, Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome, colorectal cancer, DNA methylation, genomic imprinting, imprinting disorders, CFTR, imprinting disorders, colorectal cancer, CFTR, Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome, genomic imprinting
Abstract

CRC is an adult-onset carcinoma representing the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the world. EO-CRC (

Published
2023

88. Zfp57 inactivation illustrates the role of ICR methylation in imprinted gene expression during neural differentiation of mouse ESCs

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Claudia Angelini, Ankit Verma, Basilia Acurzio, Carlo Giaccari, Floriana Della Ragione, Francesco Cecere, Andrea Riccio, Robert Feil, Flavia Cerrato, Annalisa Fico, Alessia Polito, Salvatore Fioriniello, Acurzio, B., Verma, A., Polito, A., Giaccari, C., Cecere, F., Fioriniello, S., Della Ragione, F., Fico, A., Cerrato, F., Angelini, C., Feil, R., Riccio, A., Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier (IGMM), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)

Subjects
nervous system development, wildtype, Mutant, Zfp57, Mice, 0302 clinical medicine, Neural Stem Cells, Neural Stem Cell, Imprinting (psychology), cell mutant, [SDV.BDD]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Development Biology, Regulation of gene expression, 0303 health sciences, Multidisciplinary, allele, article, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells, Imprinting, Cell Differentiation, Methylation, protein function, ORIGIN-SPECIFIC EXPRESSIONDNA METHYLATIONDISTAL CHROMOSOME-7STEM-CELLSIDENTIFICATIONMULTIPLEMECHANISMSCHROMATINMAINTAINSTRANSIENT, Cell biology, DNA methylation, Medicine, Epigenetics, Science, Biology, Chromosome, Chromosomes, Genomic Imprinting, 03 medical and health sciences, hybrid mouse strain, Genetics, Animals, controlled study, [SDV.BBM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Gene, 030304 developmental biology, cell culture, [SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, ES-derived neural progenitor cells, Animal, Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell, DNA Methylation, Repressor Proteins, JB1, methylation, Genomic imprinting, Zfp57, Genetics, Epigenetics, Imprinting, allele, article, cell culture, cell mutant, chromosome, controlled study, hybrid mouse strain, methylation, mouse embryonic stem cell, nervous system development, protein function, ES-derived neural progenitor cells, JB1, wildtype, Zfp57, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

ZFP57 is required to maintain the germline-marked differential methylation at imprinting control regions (ICRs) in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Although DNA methylation has a key role in genomic imprinting, several imprinted genes are controlled by different mechanisms, and a comprehensive study of the relationship between DMR methylation and imprinted gene expression is lacking. To address the latter issue, we differentiated wild-type and Zfp57-/- hybrid mouse ESCs into neural precursor cells (NPCs) and evaluated allelic expression of imprinted genes. In mutant NPCs, we observed a reduction of allelic bias of all the 32 genes that were imprinted in wild-type cells, demonstrating that ZFP57-dependent methylation is required for maintaining or acquiring imprinted gene expression during differentiation. Analysis of expression levels showed that imprinted genes expressed from the non-methylated chromosome were generally up-regulated, and those expressed from the methylated chromosome were down-regulated in mutant cells. However, expression levels of several imprinted genes acquiring biallelic expression were not affected, suggesting the existence of compensatory mechanisms that control their RNA level. Since neural differentiation was partially impaired in Zfp57-mutant cells, this study also indicates that imprinted genes and/or non-imprinted ZFP57-target genes are required for proper neurogenesis in cultured ESCs.

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2021
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89. The number of the CTCF binding sites of the H19/IGF2:IG-DMR correlates with DNA methylation and expression imprinting in a humanized mouse model

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Francesco Cecere, Gilda Cobellis, Francesco Manfrevola, Monica Mattia, Flavia Cerrato, Laura Pignata, Andrea Riccio, Marisa S. Bartolomei, Andrea Freschi, Angela Sparago, Rosita Del Prete, Freschi, A., Del Prete, R., Pignata, L., Cecere, F., Manfrevola, F., Mattia, M., Cobellis, G., Sparago, A., Bartolomei, M. S., Riccio, A., and Cerrato, F.

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0301 basic medicine, AcademicSubjects/SCI01140, CCCTC-Binding Factor, Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome, Biology, 03 medical and health sciences, Genomic Imprinting, Mice, 0302 clinical medicine, Insulin-Like Growth Factor II, Genetics, Animals, Allele, Imprinting (psychology), Molecular Biology, Genetics (clinical), Binding Sites, General Medicine, Methylation, DNA Methylation, Phenotype, female genital diseases and pregnancy complications, 030104 developmental biology, CTCF, DNA methylation, Humanized mouse, RNA, Long Noncoding, General Article, Chromatin immunoprecipitation, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

The reciprocal parent of origin-specific expression of H19 and IGF2 is controlled by the H19/IGF2:IG-DMR (IC1), whose maternal allele is unmethylated and acts as a CTCF-dependent insulator. In humans, internal IC1 deletions are associated with Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) and Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS), depending on their parental origin. These genetic mutations result in aberrant DNA methylation, deregulation of IGF2/H19 and disease with incomplete penetrance. However, the mechanism linking the microdeletions to altered molecular and clinical phenotypes remains unclear. To address this issue, we have previously generated and characterized two knock-in mouse lines with the human wild-type (hIC1wt) or mutant (hIC1∆2.2) IC1 allele replacing the endogenous mouse IC1 (mIC1). Here, we report an additional knock-in line carrying a mutant hIC1 allele with an internal 1.8 kb deletion (hIC1∆1.8). The phenotype of these mice is different from that of the hIC1∆2.2-carrying mice, partially resembling hIC1wt animals. Indeed, proper H19 and Igf2 imprinting and normal growth phenotype were evident in the mice with maternal transmission of hIC1Δ1.8, while low DNA methylation and non-viable phenotype characterize its paternal transmission. In contrast to hIC1wt, E15.5 embryos that paternally inherit hIC1Δ1.8 displayed variegated hIC1 methylation. In addition, increased Igf2 expression, correlating with increased body weight, was found in one third of these mice. Chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments in mouse embryonic stem cells carrying the three different hIC1 alleles demonstrate that the number of CTCF target sites influences its binding to hIC1, indicating that in the mouse, CTCF binding is key to determining hIC1 methylation and Igf2 expression.

Published
2021

90. Hematopoietic Tumors in a Mouse Model of X-linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease after Lentiviral Vector-Mediated Gene Therapy

Author

Raisa Jofra Hernandez, Paola M.V. Rancoita, Bernhard Gentner, Ilaria Visigalli, Maryam Omrani, Luca Basso-Ricci, Patrizia Cristofori, Maddalena Migliavacca, Francesca Sanvito, Paola Albertini, Maura De Simone, Serena Scala, Fabiola De Mattia, Luigi Naldini, Nicola Carriglio, Clelia Di Serio, Fabrizio Benedicenti, Francesca Cecere, Rossana Norata, Giada Farinelli, Eugenio Montini, Andrea Calabria, Alessandra Mortellaro, Alessandro Aiuti, Michela Vezzoli, Jofra Hernandez, R., Calabria, A., Sanvito, F., De Mattia, F., Farinelli, G., Scala, S., Visigalli, I., Carriglio, N., De Simone, M., Vezzoli, M., Cecere, F., Migliavacca, M., Basso-Ricci, L., Omrani, M., Benedicenti, F., Norata, R., Rancoita, P. M. V., Di Serio, C., Albertini, P., Cristofori, P., Naldini, L., Gentner, B., Montini, E., Aiuti, A., and Mortellaro, A.

Subjects
Time Factors, Genetic enhancement, mouse model, Genetic Vectors, GLP, lentiviral vectors, medicine.disease_cause, Granulomatous Disease, Chronic, Viral vector, 03 medical and health sciences, Mice, 0302 clinical medicine, Chronic granulomatous disease, Drug Discovery, Genetics, medicine, Animals, Humans, Progenitor cell, Molecular Biology, 030304 developmental biology, Pharmacology, 0303 health sciences, NADPH oxidase, biology, business.industry, Lentivirus, Myeloid leukemia, Genetic Therapy, medicine.disease, gene therapy, Good Laboratory Practice, myelodysplastic syndrome, Haematopoiesis, Disease Models, Animal, Treatment Outcome, inflammation, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Hematologic Neoplasms, NADPH Oxidase 2, X-linked chronic granulomatosis disease, biology.protein, Cancer research, Molecular Medicine, Original Article, Carcinogenesis, business
Abstract

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare inherited disorder due to loss-of-function mutations in genes encoding the NADPH oxidase subunits. Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) gene therapy (GT) using regulated lentiviral vectors (LVs) has emerged as a promising therapeutic option for CGD patients. We performed non-clinical Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and laboratory-grade studies to assess the safety and genotoxicity of LV targeting myeloid-specific Gp91phox expression in X-linked chronic granulomatous disease (XCGD) mice. We found persistence of gene-corrected cells for up to 1 year, restoration of Gp91phox expression and NADPH oxidase activity in XCGD phagocytes, and reduced tissue inflammation after LV-mediated HSPC GT. Although most of the mice showed no hematological or biochemical toxicity, a small subset of XCGD GT mice developed T cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (2.94%) and myeloid leukemia (5.88%). No hematological malignancies were identified in C57BL/6 mice transplanted with transduced XCGD HSPCs. Integration pattern analysis revealed an oligoclonal composition with rare dominant clones harboring vector insertions near oncogenes in mice with tumors. Collectively, our data support the long-term efficacy of LV-mediated HSPC GT in XCGD mice and provide a safety warning because the chronic inflammatory XCGD background may contribute to oncogenesis., Graphical Abstract, In a GLP study, Jofra Hernández and colleagues demonstrate that lentiviral vector-mediated HSPC gene therapy effectively corrects long-term X-linked chronic granulomatous disease in a mouse model of the disease. A small proportion of mice develops hematopoietic tumors originating from rare dominant clones harboring vector insertions near oncogenes.

Published
2020

91. PARA UNA PERIODIZACION DE LA MINIFICCION PERUANA: UN NUEVO DESAFIO DE LA CRITICA EN EL PERU

Author

Giovanna Minardi, Regazzoni, S, Cecere, F, and GIOVANNA MINARDI

Subjects
MINIFICCION PERUANA, MINIFICCION LATINOAMERICANA, Settore L-LIN/06 - Lingua E Letterature Ispano-Americane, TEORIA LITERARIA
Abstract

Studies on mini-fiction started during the 1980s. Today this literary genre, previously seen as a literary exception or amusement, has enthusiasts, theorists, practitioners, and thousands of pages dedicated to its analysis. This article examines the current state of Latin American, and Peruvian in particular, mini-fiction and compares three theoretical studies about mini-fiction in Peru by three young Peruvian researchers – Rony Vásquez, Elton Honores and Oscar Gallegos – who propose a periodization of the national mini-fiction which confirms how in the present Peruvian mini-fiction is alive, at a theoretical and pragmatic level.

Published
2019

92. Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds

Author

Blandine Doligez, Ian R. Hartley, Indrikis Krams, Marcel M. Lambrechts, Tore Slagsvold, Francesco Cecere, Tapio Solonen, Sven G. Nilsson, Peter N. Ferns, Vladimír Remeš, Jean Charles Bouvier, Paul Isenmann, Luís P. da Silva, Martyn J. Stenning, Rimvydas Juškaitis, Anna Dubiec, Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey, Jan-Åke Nilsson, Anders Pape Møller, Zihad Bouslama, Arne Lundberg, Cezary Mitrus, Esa Lehikoinen, Jacques Blondel, Carla S. Pimentel, Antero Järvinen, Arie J. van Noordwijk, Toni Laaksonen, Janne T. Seppänen, Wiesław Walankiewicz, Tomasz D. Mazgajski, Jukka T. Forsman, Frank Adriaensen, János Török, Marcel Eens, Tapio Eeva, Hugo Robles, Rianne Pinxten, Juan Carlos Senar, Emilio Barba, Anne Charmantier, Xavier Morin, Clotilde Biard, Camillo Cusimano, Ana Cláudia Norte, Seppo Rytkönen, Judith Morales-Fernaz, Piotr Tryjanowski, Shelley A. Hinsley, Ruedi G. Nager, Mikael von Numers, Lars Gustafsson, Aya Goldshtein, Anne E. Goodenough, Andrew G. Gosler, Jerzy Bańbura, Alberto Sorace, Motti Charter, Virginie Demeyrier, Raivo Mänd, Philippe Perret, Marie Claude Quidoz, Mark C. Mainwaring, Bruno Massa, Staffan Jacob, Bruno Faivre, Santiago Merino, Jordi Camprodon, Markku Orell, Alexandr Artemyev, Arnaud Grégoire, Claire Doutrelant, Dorota Czeszczewik, Bernard Leclercq, Heinz Richner, Iga Góźdź, Philipp Heeb, Erkki Korpimäki, Ilze Priedniece, Mariusz Cichoń, Mikko Mönkkönen, Olli J. Loukola, Ecologie Systématique et Evolution ( ESE ), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp ( UA ), Institute of Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] ( RAS ), Department of Experimental Zoology & Evolutionary Biology, Łódź University of Technology, Terrestrial Vertebrates Research Unit 'Cavanilles', University of Valencia-Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Ecologie et évolution, École normale supérieure - Paris ( ENS Paris ) -Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive ( CEFE ), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement ( IRD [France-Sud] ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université de Montpellier ( UM ) -Institut national de la recherche agronomique [Montpellier] ( INRA Montpellier ) -École pratique des hautes études ( EPHE ) -Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques ( Montpellier SupAgro ) -Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 ( UM3 ) -Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier ( Montpellier SupAgro ), Research Laboratory 'Ecology of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems', University Badji Mokhtar, Plantes et Systèmes de Culture Horticoles [Avignon], Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ), Biodiversity Department, Forest Technology Center of Catalonia, (Adresse privée), Society for the Protection of Nature, University of Lausanne, University of Haifa [Haifa], Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University [Krakow] ( UJ ), Stazione Inanellamento c/o Dipartimento SEN-FIMIZO, Università di Palermo, Department of Zoology, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive ( LBBE ), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 ( UCBL ), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique ( Inria ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polska Akademia Nauk ( PAN ), Department of Biology (Ethology), Section of Ecology, University of Turku, Biogéosciences [Dijon] ( BGS ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), School of Bioscience, Cardiff University, Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de la Laguna, Department of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology-Institute of Human Sciences, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174 CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology ( CEH ), Natural Environment Research Council ( NERC ), Kilpisjarvi Biological Station, Institute of Ecology of Nature Research Centre, Institute of Ecology & Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] ( CSIC ) -Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Rzeszow University, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Animal Ecology, Lund University [Lund], Department of Biology, Biodiversity, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra [Portugal] ( UC ), Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia-University of Lisbon, Latvian Fund for Nature, Laboratory of Ornithology, Palacky University, Institute of Ecology & Evolution ( IEE ), University of Bern, Evolutionary Ecology Group ( GIBE ), University of A Coruña ( UDC ), Unidad Asociada CSIC de Ecología Evolutiva y de la Conducta, Nat-Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo ( UiO ), Luontotutkimus Solonen Oy, SROPU, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Behavioral Ecology Group, Eötvös Loránd University ( ELTE ), Institute of Zoology, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology - NIOO-KNAW (NETHERLANDS), Environmental and Marine Biology, Åbo Academy University, Ecologie Systématique et Evolution (ESE), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Antwerp (UA), Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS), Laboratoire Ecologie et évolution, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UM3)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Jagiellonian University [Krakow] (UJ), Evolution, adaptation et comportement, Département écologie évolutive [LBBE], Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Polska Akademia Nauk (PAN), Biogéosciences [UMR 6282] [Dijon] (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidad de La Laguna [Tenerife - SP] (ULL), Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (CSIC)-Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN), University of Coimbra [Portugal] (UC), Institute of Ecology & Evolution (IEE), Evolutionary Ecology Group (GIBE), University of A Coruña (UDC), Department of Biosciences [Oslo], Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences [Oslo], University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO), Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Unité de recherche Plantes et Systèmes de Culture Horticoles (PSH), Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC), Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne (UNIL), Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie = Jagiellonian University (UJ), Università degli studi di Palermo - University of Palermo, Polska Akademia Nauk = Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Biogéosciences [UMR 6282] (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), School of Biosciences [Cardiff], Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales [Madrid] (MNCN), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Department of Biological and Environmental Science [Jyväskylä Univ] (JYU), University of Jyväskylä (JYU), Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon (ULISBOA)-Instituto Superior de Agronomia [Lisboa] (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon (ULISBOA), Palacky University Olomouc, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UM3), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN), Instituto Superior de Agronomia-Universidade de Lisboa (ULISBOA), Animal Ecology (AnE), Møller, A.P., Adriaensen, F., Artemyev, A., Bańbura, J., Barba, E., Biard, C., Blondel, J., Bouslama, Z., Bouvier, J.-C., Camprodon, J., Cecere, F., Charmantier, A., Charter, M., Cichoń, M., Cusimano, C., Czeszczewik, D., Demeyrier, V., Doligez, B., Doutrelant, C., Dubiec, A., Eens, M., Eeva, T., Faivre, B., Ferns, P.N., Forsman, J.T., García-del-Rey, E., Goldshtein, A., Goodenough, A.E., Gosler, A.G., Góźdź, I., Grégoire, A., Gustafsson, L., Hartley, I.R., Heeb, P., Hinsley, S.A., Isenmann, P., Jacob, S., Järvinen, A., Juškaitis, R., Korpimäki, E., Krams, I., Laaksonen, T., Leclercq, B., Lehikoinen, E., Loukola, O., Lundberg, A., Mainwaring, M.C., Mänd, R., Massa, B., Mazgajski, T.D., Merino, S., Mitrus, C., Mönkkönen, M., Morales-Fernaz, J., Morin, X., Nager, R.G., Nilsson, J.-Å., Nilsson, S.G., Norte, A.C., Orell, M., Perret, P., Pimentel, C.S., Pinxten, R., Priedniece, I., Quidoz, M.-C., Remeš, V., Richner, H., Robles, H., Rytkönen, S., Senar, J.C., Seppänen, J.T., da Silva, L.P., Slagsvold, T., Solonen, T., Sorace, A., Stenning, M.J., Török, J., Tryjanowski, P., van Noordwijk, A.J., von Numers, M., Walankiewicz, W., and Lambrechts, M.M.

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BREEDING SUCCESS, Avian clutch size, Biodiversité et Ecologie, SEXUAL SELECTION, Predation, natural holes, Nest, TITS PARUS-MAJOR, BLUE TITS, QL_671, Original Research, GE, Ecology, hole nesting, STURNUS-VULGARIS, FLYCATCHERS FICEDULA, Chemistry, reaction norm, Sexual selection, international, 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology, Hole nesting, Hole nesting, natural holes, nest boxes, reaction norm, nest boxes, education, ta1172, Zoology, Biology, Intraspecific competition, Ecology and Environment, Biodiversity and Ecology, Clutch, Nest box, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ekologi, [ SDE.BE ] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Interspecific competition, PIED FLYCATCHERS, PASSERINE BIRDS, Settore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E Applicata, ta1181, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, GREAT TITS, THERMAL CONDITIONS
Abstract

© 2014 The Authors. Nests are structures built to support and protect eggs and/or offspring from predators, parasites, and adverse weather conditions. Nests are mainly constructed prior to egg laying, meaning that parent birds must make decisions about nest site choice and nest building behavior before the start of egg-laying. Parent birds should be selected to choose nest sites and to build optimally sized nests, yet our current understanding of clutch size-nest size relationships is limited to small-scale studies performed over short time periods. Here, we quantified the relationship between clutch size and nest size, using an exhaustive database of 116 slope estimates based on 17,472 nests of 21 species of hole and non-hole-nesting birds. There was a significant, positive relationship between clutch size and the base area of the nest box or the nest, and this relationship did not differ significantly between open nesting and hole-nesting species. The slope of the relationship showed significant intraspecific and interspecific heterogeneity among four species of secondary hole-nesting species, but also among all 116 slope estimates. The estimated relationship between clutch size and nest box base area in study sites with more than a single size of nest box was not significantly different from the relationship using studies with only a single size of nest box. The slope of the relationship between clutch size and nest base area in different species of birds was significantly negatively related to minimum base area, and less so to maximum base area in a given study. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that bird species have a general reaction norm reflecting the relationship between nest size and clutch size. Further, they suggest that scientists may influence the clutch size decisions of hole-nesting birds through the provisioning of nest boxes of varying sizes.

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2014
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93. Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds

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Tomasz D. Mazgajski, Shelley A. Hinsley, Piotr Tryjanowski, Paul Isenmann, Virginie Demeyrier, Xavier Morin, Jordi Camprodon, Toni Laaksonen, Martyn J. Stenning, Philipp Heeb, Francesco Cecere, Erkki Korpimäki, Jan-Åke Nilsson, Mariusz Cichoń, Clotilde Biard, Ana Cláudia Norte, Mikko Mönkkönen, Indrikis Krams, Jacques Blondel, Janne T. Seppänen, Wiesław Walankiewicz, Christopher M. Perrins, Bruno Massa, Marcel M. Lambrechts, Arnaud Grégoire, Rianne Pinxten, Jean-Charles Bouvier, Mikael von Numers, Lars Gustafsson, Bruno Faivre, Claire Doutrelant, Hugo Robles, Luís P. da Silva, Tapio Solonen, Santiago Merino, Anne Charmantier, Anna Dubiec, Anders Pape Møller, Dorota Czeszczewik, Markku Orell, Bernard Leclercq, Alexandr Artemyev, Motti Charter, Philippe Perret, Seppo Rytkönen, Olli J. Loukola, Mark C. Mainwaring, Juan Carlos Senar, Tore Slagsvold, Zihad Bouslama, Raivo Mänd, Aya Goldshtein, Heinz Richner, Staffan Jacob, Jerzy Bańbura, Alberto Sorace, Ian R. Hartley, Jukka T. Forsman, Marie Vaugoyeau, Camillo Cusimano, Emilio Barba, Ruedi G. Nager, Marcel Eens, Iga Harnist, Rimvydas Juškaitis, Peter N. Ferns, Frank Adriaensen, Esa Lehikoinen, Sven G. Nilsson, Blandine Doligez, Cezary Mitrus, Anne E. Goodenough, Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey, Arne Lundberg, Andrew G. Gosler, Tapio Eeva, Carla S. Pimentel, Ecologie Systématique et Evolution (ESE), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp (UA), Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Science (KarRC RAS ), Department of Experimental Zoology & Evolutionary Biology, Łódź University of Technology, Terrestrial Vertebrates Research Unit 'Cavanilles', University of Valencia-Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris (iEES), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Ecology of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems [Annaba], Badji Mokhtar-Annaba University, Unité de recherche Plantes et Systèmes de Culture Horticoles (PSH), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Àrea de Biodiversitat - 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SP] (ULL), Tel Aviv University [Tel Aviv], Department of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology-Institute of Human Sciences, Department of Animal Ecology - Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Institute of Ecology of Nature Research Centre, Institute of Ecology & Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN), Rzeszow University, Department of Biological and Environmental Science [Jyväskylä Univ] (JYU), University of Jyväskylä (JYU), Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Animal Ecology, Lund University [Lund], Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra [Portugal] (UC)-Institute of Marine Research, Centro de Estudos Florestais, Technical University of Lisbon-Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Didactica Research Unit, Institute of Ecology & Evolution (IEE), University of Bern, Evolutionary Ecology Group (GIBE), University of A Coruña (UDC), Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Department of Biosciences [Oslo], Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences [Oslo], University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO), Luontotutkimus Solonen Oy, SROPU, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Institute of Zoology, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Environmental and Marine Biology, Åbo Academy University, Funding from University Paris-Sud, FUNDAME and Xunta de Galicia ('Ángeles Alvariño' and 'Plan I2C' postdoctoral programs), FWO-Flanders and the University of Antwerp, project CGL2013-48001-C2-1-P (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation), the OSUOREME, the French ANR, and the ERC (ERC-2013-StG-337365-SHE)., Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris (IEES), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UM3), Ecology of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems, University Badji Mokhtar, Centre Tecnològico Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC), Jagiellonian University [Krakow] (UJ), Polska Akademia Nauk (PAN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, School of Bioscience, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (CSIC)-Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN), Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (CSIC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Badji Mokhtar Annaba (UBMA), Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne (UNIL), Biogéosciences [UMR 6282] (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Tel Aviv University (TAU), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales [Madrid] (MNCN), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Technical University of Lisbon-Instituto Superior de Agronomia [Lisboa] (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon (ULISBOA)-Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon (ULISBOA), Vaugoyeau, Marie, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Vaugoyeau, M, Adriaensen, F, Artemyev, A, Bańbura, J, Barba, E, Biard, C, Blondel, J, Bouslama, Z, Bouvier. J-C, Camprodon, J, Cecere, F, Charmantier, A, Charter, M, Cichoń, M, Cusimano, C, Czeszczewik, D, Demeyrier, V, Doligez, B, Doutrelant, C, Dubiec, A, Eens, M, Eeva, T, Faivre, B, Ferns, PN, Forsman, JT, García-del-Rey, E, Goldshtein, A, Goodenough, AE, Gosler, AG, Grégoire, A, Gustafsson, L, Harnist, I, Hartley, IR, Heeb, P, Hinsley, SA, Isenmann, P, Jacob, S, Juśkaitis, R, Korpimäki, E, Krams, I, Laaksonen, T, Lambrechts, MM, Leclercq, B, Lehikoinen, E, Loukola, O, Lundberg, A, Mainwaring, MC, Mänd, R, Massa, B, Mazgajski, TD, Merino, S, Mitrus, C, Mönkkönen, M, Morin, X, Nager, RG, Nilsson, J-Å, Nilsson, SG, Norte, AC, Orell, M, Perret, P, Perrins, CM, Pimentel, CS, Pinxten, R, Richner, H, Robles, H, Rytkönen, S, Senar, JC, Seppänen, JT, Pascoal da Silva, L, Slagsvold, T, Solonen, T, Sorace, A, Stenning, MJ, Tryjanowski, P, von Numers, M, Walankiewicz, W, Møller, AP, Ecologie Systématique et Evolution ( ESE ), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), University of Antwerp ( UA ), Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Science ( KarRC RAS ), Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris ( IEES ), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ) -Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 ( UPEC UP12 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive ( CEFE ), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement ( IRD [France-Sud] ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université de Montpellier ( UM ) -Institut national de la recherche agronomique [Montpellier] ( INRA Montpellier ) -École pratique des hautes études ( EPHE ) -Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques ( Montpellier SupAgro ) -Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 ( UM3 ) -Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier ( Montpellier SupAgro ), Unité de recherche Plantes et Systèmes de Culture Horticoles ( PSH ), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ), Centre Tecnològico Forestal de Catalunya ( CTFC ), University of Lausanne, Jagiellonian University [Krakow] ( UJ ), Università degli studi di Palermo, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive ( LBBE ), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 ( UCBL ), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique ( Inria ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Polska Akademia Nauk ( PAN ), Biogéosciences [Dijon] ( BGS ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Universidad de la Laguna, Evolution et Diversité Biologique ( EDB ), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement ( IRD ) -Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3 ( UPS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre for Ecology & Hydrology ( CEH ), Natural Environment Research Council ( NERC ), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] ( CSIC ) -Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, University of Coimbra [Portugal] ( UC ) -Institute of Marine Research, Institute of Ecology & Evolution ( IEE ), Evolutionary Ecology Group ( GIBE ), University of A Coruña ( UDC ), Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas ( CSIC ), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] ( CSIC ), Department of Biosciences, and University of Oslo ( UiO )

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0106 biological sciences, Avian clutch size, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, urban heat island effect, 01 natural sciences, Ficedula hypoleuca, orthophotograph, Breeding phenology, orthophotograph, passerine birds, population dynamics, urban heat island effect, Parus major, 11. Sustainability, population dynamics, passerine birds, QL_671, Original Research, [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment, education.field_of_study, Ecology, Phenology, Cyanistes, breeding phenology, oiseau nicheur, Chemistry, dynamique des populations, Ficedula albicollis, education, Population, Biology, 010603 evolutionary biology, Ecology and Environment, [ SDV.EE ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment, reproduction, Cyanistes caeruleus, oiseau, Nest box, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Breeding phenology, Ekologi, Parus, [ SDE.BE ] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, urbanisation, Environmental and Society, Ficedula, biology.organism_classification, populaatiodynamiikka, Settore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E Applicata, 13. Climate action, ta1181, Environnement et Société, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Zoology
Abstract

Marie Vaugoyeau [et al.], The increase in size of human populations in urban and agricultural areas has resulted in considerable habitat conversion globally. Such anthropogenic areas have specific environmental characteristics, which influence the physiology, life history, and population dynamics of plants and animals. For example, the date of bud burst is advanced in urban compared to nearby natural areas. In some birds, breeding success is determined by synchrony between timing of breeding and peak food abundance. Pertinently, caterpillars are an important food source for the nestlings of many bird species, and their abundance is influenced by environmental factors such as temperature and date of bud burst. Higher temperatures and advanced date of bud burst in urban areas could advance peak caterpillar abundance and thus affect breeding phenology of birds. In order to test whether laying date advance and clutch sizes decrease with the intensity of urbanization, we analyzed the timing of breeding and clutch size in relation to intensity of urbanization as a measure of human impact in 199 nest box plots across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East (i.e., the Western Palearctic) for four species of hole-nesters: blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus), great tits (Parus major), collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca). Meanwhile, we estimated the intensity of urbanization as the density of buildings surrounding study plots measured on orthophotographs. For the four study species, the intensity of urbanization was not correlated with laying date. Clutch size in blue and great tits does not seem affected by the intensity of urbanization, while in collared and pied flycatchers it decreased with increasing intensity of urbanization. This is the first large-scale study showing a species-specific major correlation between intensity of urbanization and the ecology of breeding. The underlying mechanisms for the relationships between life history and urbanization remain to be determined. We propose that effects of food abundance or quality, temperature, noise, pollution, or disturbance by humans may on their own or in combination affect laying date and/or clutch size., E. Barba acknowledges funding of project CGL2013-48001-C2-1-P (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation).

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2016
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94. Gene therapy augments the efficacy of hematopoietic cell transplantation and fully corrects Mucopolysaccharidosis type I phenotype in the mouse model

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Angelo Quattrini, Francesca Sanvito, Alessandro Rubinacci, Ubaldo Del Carro, Lidia Staszewsky, Daniela Ungaro, Alessandra Biffi, Merel Stok, Letterio S. Politi, Luigi Naldini, Emanuela Mrak, Katherine P. Ponder, Elisabetta Mariani, Ilaria Visigalli, Ilaria Russo, Francesca Cecere, Claudia Godi, Riccardo Brambilla, Paola Di Natale, Stefania Delai, Federica Cerri, Raffaele d’Isa, Carmela Di Domenico, Visigalli, I, Delai, S, Politi, L, Di Domenico, C, Cerri, F, Mrak, E, D'Isa, R, Ungaro, D, Stok, M, Sanvito, F, Mariani, E, Staszewsky, L, Godi, C, Russo, I, Cecere, Francesca, Del Carro, U, Rubinacci, A, Brambilla, R, Quattrini, A, DI NATALE, Paola, Ponder, K, Naldini, L, Biffi, A., Cecere, F, Di Natale, P, and Naldini, Luigi

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Knockout, medicine.medical_treatment, Mucopolysaccharidosis, Genetic enhancement, Mucopolysaccharidosis I, Animals, Bone and Bones, Brain, Disease Models, Animal, Genetic Therapy, Genetic Vectors, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Iduronidase, Lentivirus, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Phenotype, Remission Induction, Treatment Outcome, Immunology, Hepatosplenomegaly, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, HSC gene therapy, Biochemistry, Mucopolysaccharidosis type I, medicine, Animal, business.industry, MPS I disease, Cell Biology, Hematology, Gene Therapy, medicine.disease, Transplantation, Disease Models, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract

Type I mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS I) is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by the deficiency of α-L-iduronidase, which results in glycosaminoglycan accumulation in tissues. Clinical manifestations include skeletal dysplasia, joint stiffness, visual and auditory defects, cardiac insufficiency, hepatosplenomegaly, and mental retardation (the last being present exclusively in the severe Hurler variant). The available treatments, enzyme-replacement therapy and hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation, can ameliorate most disease manifestations, but their outcome on skeletal and brain disease could be further improved. We demonstrate here that HSC gene therapy, based on lentiviral vectors, completely corrects disease manifestations in the mouse model. Of note, the therapeutic benefit provided by gene therapy on critical MPS I manifestations, such as neurologic and skeletal disease, greatly exceeds that exerted by HSC transplantation, the standard of care treatment for Hurler patients. Interestingly, therapeutic efficacy of HSC gene therapy is strictly dependent on the achievement of supranormal enzyme activity in the hematopoietic system of transplanted mice, which allows enzyme delivery to the brain and skeleton for disease correction. Overall, our data provide evidence of an efficacious treatment for MPS I Hurler patients, warranting future development toward clinical testing.

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2010

95. Rat Mitochondrial Manganese Superoxide Dismutase: Amino Acid Positions Involved in Covalent Modifications, Activity, and Heat Stability

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Maria Rosaria Ruocco, Francesca Cecere, Emmanuele De Vendittis, Alberto De Vendittis, Giuseppe Parlato, Angela Chambery, Roberta Cotugno, Mariorosario Masullo, Andzelika Michniewicz, Enrico V. Avvedimento, Immacolata Castellano, Antimo Di Maro, Castellano, I, Cecere, F, DE VENDITTIS, A, Cotugno, R, Chambery, Angela, DI MARO, Antimo, Michniewicz, A, Parlato, G, Masullo, M, Avvedimento, Ev, DE VENDITTIS, E, Ruocco, Mr, De Vendittis, A, Chambery, A, Di Maro, A, DE VENDITTIS, Emmanuele, and Ruocco, MARIA ROSARIA

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Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization, Hot Temperature, Glutamine, Biophysics, Superoxide dismutase, Biochemistry, Cofactor, Rat SOD2, Mutagenic analysis, Post-translational modifications, Thermostability, Mitochondrial Proteins, Biomaterials, chemistry.chemical_compound, Enzyme Stability, Serine, Animals, Sulfhydryl Compounds, Amino Acids, Phosphorylation, chemistry.chemical_classification, Manganese, biology, Kinase, Organic Chemistry, Mutagenesis, General Medicine, Glutathione, Superoxide dismutase Rat SOD2 Mutagenic analysis Post–translational modifications Thermostability, Recombinant Proteins, Rats, Amino acid, Kinetics, Enzyme, chemistry, Mutagenic analysi, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, biology.protein, Tyrosine, Post-translational modification, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Protein Binding
Abstract

The role of three amino acid residues (Q143, Y34, S82) of rat mitochondrial superoxide dismutase (ratSOD2) in the enzymatic activity, thermostability, and post-translational modification of the enzyme was investigated through site-directed mutagenesis studies. Six recombinant forms of the enzyme were produced, carrying the Q143 or H143 residue with or without the Y34F or S82A replacement. All proteins bound manganese as active cofactor and were organized as homotetramers. The greatest effect on the activity (sixfold reduction) was observed in ratSOD2 forms containing the H143 variant, whereas Y34F and S82A substitutions moderately reduced the enzymatic activity compared to the Q143 form. Heat inactivation studies showed the high thermo-tolerance of ratSOD2 and allowed an evaluation of the related activation parameters of the heat inactivation process. Compared to Q143, the H143 variant was significantly less heat stable and displayed moderately lower enthalpic and entropic factors; the Y34F substitution caused a moderate reduction of heat stability, whereas the S82A replacement slightly improved the thermo-tolerance of the Q143 variant; both substitutions significantly increased enthalpic and entropic factors of heat inactivation, the greatest effect being observed with S82A substitution. All recombinant forms of ratSOD2 were glutathionylated in Escherichia coli, a feature pointing to the high reactivity of ratSOD2 toward glutathione. Moreover, the S82 position of the enzyme was phosphorylated in an in vitro system containing human mitochondrial protein extracts as source of protein kinases. These data highlight the role played by some residues in ratSOD2 and suggest a fine regulation of the enzyme occurring in vivo. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers 91: 1215–1226, 2009. This article was originally published online as an accepted preprint. The “Published Online” date corresponds to the preprint version. You can request a copy of the preprint by emailing the Biopolymers editorial office at biopolymers@wiley.com

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2009

96. Glutathionylation of the iron superoxide dismutase from the psychrophilic eubacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis

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Antimo Di Maro, Angela Chambery, Giuseppe Parlato, Francesca Cecere, Immacolata Castellano, Maria Rosaria Ruocco, Mariorosario Masullo, Andzelika Michniewicz, Emmanuele De Vendittis, Castellano, I, Ruocco, MARIA ROSARIA, Cecere, F, DI MARO, A, Chambery, A, Michniewicz, A, Parlato, G, Masullo, M, DE VENDITTIS, Emmanuele, Ruocco, Mr, DI MARO, Antimo, Chambery, Angela, and DE VENDITTIS, E.

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Antioxidant, medicine.medical_treatment, Biophysics, S-glutathionylation, Superoxide dismutase, Biochemistry, Mass Spectrometry, Peroxynitrite, Analytical Chemistry, Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis, chemistry.chemical_compound, Peroxynitrous Acid, medicine, Escherichia coli, Cysteine, S-Glutathionylation, Molecular Biology, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Psychrophile, biology, Chemistry, Eubacterium, Nitrotyrosine, Pseudoalteromonas haloplankti, Glutathione, biology.organism_classification, Recombinant Proteins, Enzyme Activation, Pseudoalteromonas, biology.protein, Tyrosine, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Mutant Proteins
Abstract

Our previous work showed that the adduct between beta-mercaptoethanol and the single cysteine residue (Cys57) in superoxide dismutase from the psychrophilic eubacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis (PhSOD) reduces the enzyme inactivation by peroxynitrite. In this work, immunoblotting experiments prove that peroxynitrite inactivation of PhSOD involves formation of nitrotyrosine residue(s). In order to study the role of Cys57 as a redox-sensor residue modifiable by cellular thiols, a recombinant PhSOD and two Cys57 mutants were produced and characterized. Recombinant and mutant enzymes share similar activity and peroxynitrite inactivation, but different reactivity towards three glutathione forms. Indeed, oxidized glutathione and S-nitrosoglutathione, but reduced glutathione, lead to S-glutathionylation of recombinant PhSOD. This new covalent modification for a Fe-SOD does not occur in both Cys57 mutants, thus indicating that its target is Cys57. Moreover, mass spectrometry analysis confirmed that S-glutathionylation of Cys57 takes place also with endogenous PhSOD. Formation of this mixed disulfide in PhSOD protects the enzyme from tyrosine nitration and peroxynitrite inactivation. PhSOD undergoes S-glutathionylation during its overproduction in E. coli cells and in a growing culture of P. haloplanktis. In both cases the extent of glutathionylated PhSOD is enhanced upon cell exposure to oxidative agents. We suggest that S-glutathionylation of PhSOD could represent a further cold-adaptation strategy to improve the antioxidant cellular defence mechanism. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.

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2008

98. Low Profile Off the Shelf Multibranched Endografts for Urgent Endovascular Repair of Complex Aortic and Thoraco-abdominal Aneurysms in Patients with Hostile Iliac Access: European Multicentre Observational Study.

Author

Gallitto E, Simonte G, Fointain V, Kahlberg A, Isernia G, Melissano G, Cecere F, Parlani G, Haulon S, and Gargiulo M

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study was to report outcomes of a thoraco-abdominal, custom made, low profile (outer diameter 20 F) four branched endograft used as an off the shelf (OTS) solution for urgent juxta- and pararenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (JP-AAAs) and thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs) in the presence of hostile femoral or iliac access., Methods: Data for patients who underwent endovascular repair for urgent JP-AAAs and TAAAs with hostile femoral or iliac access by a low profile, four branched endograft in four European aortic centres between 2019 and 2023 were collected prospectively and analysed retrospectively. The investigated device was a custom made endograft with the configuration of a standard t-Branch, used as an OTS solution for urgent cases with hostile femoral or iliac access. Access related complications, spinal cord ischaemia (SCI), and 30 day death were assessed as primary outcomes. Survival, freedom from re-interventions (FFRs), and iliac limb occlusion (ILO) were evaluated as secondary outcomes., Results: Fifty five cases were enrolled: ruptures, n = 14 (25%); symptomatic, n = 12 (22%); and asymptomatic TAAAs with diameter ≥ 80 mm, n = 29 (53%). There were seven (13%) JP-AAAs and 48 (87%) TAAAs. The median right and left external iliac artery diameters were 6.7 (interquartile range [IQR] 5.5, 7.9) mm and 7.1 (IQR 6.5, 8.7) mm, respectively. Bilateral hostile femoral or iliac access was reported in 39 patients (71%). Access related complications occurred in five cases (9%). There were four cases (7%) of SCI with two permanent paraplegias. Four patients (7%) died within 30 days. The median follow up was 22 (IQR 11, 33) months. Overall, eight patients (15%) required re-interventions: four within 30 days and four during follow up. No ILO occurred. Estimated one year FFRs and survival were 91% and 87%, respectively., Conclusion: Low profile OTS thoraco-abdominal endografts seems safe and effective to manage urgent JP-AAAs and TAAAs in the presence of hostile femoral or iliac access. Further larger studies with long term follow up are needed to validate this preliminary experience., (Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier B.V.)

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2024
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99. New insights into oocyte cytoplasmic lattice-associated proteins.

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Giaccari C, Cecere F, Argenziano L, Pagano A, and Riccio A

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Humans, Animals, Female, Zygote metabolism, Genomic Imprinting genetics, Embryonic Development genetics, Epigenesis, Genetic, Pregnancy, Blastocyst metabolism, Oocytes metabolism, Oocytes growth & development, Cytoplasm genetics, Cytoplasm metabolism
Abstract

Oocyte maturation and preimplantation embryo development are critical to successful pregnancy outcomes and the correct establishment and maintenance of genomic imprinting. Thanks to novel technologies and omics studies in human patients and mouse models, the importance of the proteins associated with the cytoplasmic lattices (CPLs), highly abundant structures found in the cytoplasm of mammalian oocytes and preimplantation embryos, in the maternal to zygotic transition is becoming increasingly evident. This review highlights the recent discoveries on the role of these proteins in protein storage and other oocyte cytoplasmic processes, epigenetic reprogramming, and zygotic genome activation (ZGA). A better comprehension of these events may significantly improve clinical diagnosis and pave the way for targeted interventions aiming to correct or mitigate female fertility issues and genomic imprinting disorders., Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

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100. Trajectory of PD-L1 expression in a patient underwent neoadjuvant chemo-immunotherapy for resectable NSCLC.

Author

Gallina FT, Balzano V, Porciello N, Tajè R, Forcella D, Melis E, Letizia Cecere F, Fusco F, Buglioni S, Visca P, Nisticò P, Cappuzzo F, and Spicer J

Subjects
Humans, Male, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols therapeutic use, Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors therapeutic use, Middle Aged, Aged, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung therapy, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung drug therapy, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung metabolism, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung pathology, B7-H1 Antigen metabolism, Lung Neoplasms therapy, Lung Neoplasms drug therapy, Lung Neoplasms pathology, Lung Neoplasms metabolism, Neoadjuvant Therapy methods, Immunotherapy methods
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Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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2024
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