Search Results - "Comeglio, P"
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Testosterone treatment is associated with reduced adipose tissue dysfunction and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in obese hypogonadal men
Published in Journal of endocrinological investigation (01-04-2021)“…Purpose In both preclinical and clinical settings, testosterone treatment (TTh) of hypogonadism has shown beneficial effects on insulin sensitivity and…”
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Testosterone does not affect lower urinary tract symptoms while improving markers of prostatitis in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia: a randomized clinical trial
Published in Journal of endocrinological investigation (01-07-2022)“…Purpose Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is a result of prostate inflammation, frequently occurring in metabolic syndrome (MetS). Low testosterone is common…”
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Testosterone positively regulates vagina NO-induced relaxation: an experimental study in rats
Published in Journal of endocrinological investigation (01-06-2022)“…Purpose Female sexual response involves a complex interplay between neurophysiological mechanisms and the nitric oxide (NO)-mediated relaxation of clitoris and…”
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Treatment potential of LPCN 1144 on liver health and metabolic regulation in a non-genomic, high fat diet induced NASH rabbit model
Published in Journal of endocrinological investigation (01-10-2021)“…Purpose Low free testosterone (T) level in men is independently associated with presence and severity of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). The histological…”
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Therapeutic effects of obeticholic acid (OCA) treatment in a bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis rat model
Published in Journal of endocrinological investigation (01-03-2019)“…Purpose We recently demonstrated a protective effect of the farnesoid X receptor agonist obeticholic acid (OCA) in rat models of bleomycin-induced pulmonary…”
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Therapeutic effects of the selective farnesoid X receptor agonist obeticholic acid in a monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension rat model
Published in Journal of endocrinological investigation (01-08-2019)“…Background Activation of the farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a member of the nuclear receptor steroid superfamily, leads to anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic…”
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Opposite effects of tamoxifen on metabolic syndrome-induced bladder and prostate alterations: A role for GPR30/GPER?
Published in The Prostate (01-01-2014)“…BACKGROUND BPH and LUTS have been associated to obesity, hypogonadism, and metabolic syndrome (MetS). MetS‐induced prostate and bladder alterations, including…”
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Fibroblast growth factor and endothelin-1 receptors mediate the response of human striatal precursor cells to hypoxia
Published in Neuroscience (19-03-2015)“…Highlights • Hypoxia increases HSP cell proliferation at 48 h and reduces cell survival at 72 h. • HSP cells express FGF2 and ET-1 suggesting endogenous…”
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The revised ghent nosology; reclassifying isolated ectopia lentis
Published in Clinical genetics (01-03-2015)“…Inherited ectopia lentis (EL) is most commonly caused by Marfan syndrome (MFS), a multisystemic disorder caused by mutations in FBN1. Historically the…”
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Contribution of molecular analyses in diagnosing Marfan syndrome and type I fibrillinopathies: an international study of 1009 probands
Published in Journal of medical genetics (01-06-2008)“…The diagnosis of Marfan syndrome (MFS) is usually initially based on clinical criteria according to the number of major and minor systems affected following…”
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Clinical and mutation-type analysis from an international series of 198 probands with a pathogenic FBN1 exons 24-32 mutation
Published in European journal of human genetics : EJHG (01-04-2009)“…Mutations in the FBN1 gene cause Marfan syndrome (MFS) and a wide range of overlapping phenotypes. The severe end of the spectrum is represented by neonatal…”
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Identification of eight novel VEGFR-3 mutations in families with primary congenital lymphoedema
Published in Journal of medical genetics (01-09-2003)“…5, 6 The gene for LD has recently been identified as FOXC2 (MFH-1) (MIM 602402), a member of the forkhead/winged-helix family of transcription factors, and…”
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Pathogenic FBN1 mutations in 146 adults not meeting clinical diagnostic criteria for Marfan syndrome: Further delineation of type 1 fibrillinopathies and focus on patients with an isolated major criterion
Published in American journal of medical genetics. Part A (01-05-2009)“…Mutations in the FBN1 gene cause Marfan syndrome (MFS) and have been associated with a wide range of milder overlapping phenotypes. A proportion of patients…”
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Human prostatic urethra expresses vitamin D receptor and responds to vitamin D receptor ligation
Published in Journal of endocrinological investigation (01-11-2010)“…Background : Chronic inflammation is now considered a determinant of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), promoting, together with the hormonal milieu, prostate…”
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Human prostatic urethra expresses vitamin D receptor and responds to vitamin D receptor ligation
Published in Journal of endocrinological investigation (01-11-2010)“…BACKGROUNDChronic inflammation is now considered a determinant of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), promoting, together with the hormonal milieu, prostate…”
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Muscle fibrillin deficiency in Marfan’s syndrome myopathy
Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry (01-05-2003)“…Objective: To report a family with Marfan’s syndrome in whom a myopathy was associated with respiratory failure; muscle biopsies from affected individuals were…”
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Marfan syndrome in South Africa: a molecular genetic approach to diagnosis
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Tissue factor reduction and tissue factor pathway inhibitor release after heparin administration
Published in Thrombosis and haemostasis (01-04-1999)“…Elevated plasma levels of tissue factor (TF) and tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) and large amounts of monocyte procoagulant activity (PCA) have been…”
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The −174G C interleukin-6 promoter polymorphism influences the development of macular oedema following uncomplicated phacoemulsification surgery
Published in Eye (London) (01-11-2007)“…To determine whether the functional -174 G/C interleukin-6 gene polymorphism is a risk factor for the development of cystoid macular oedema (CMO) following…”
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Fibrillin-1 (FBN1) gene frameshift mutations in Marfan patients: genotype-phenotype correlation
Published in Clinical genetics (01-06-2001)“…Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a multisystemic disease associated with mutations in the fibrillin‐1 gene. Most of the reported mutations are missense substitutions…”
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