Search Results - "D'OFFIZI, Gianpiero"
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Late Relapse and Reinfection in HCV Patients Treated with Direct-Acting Antiviral (DAA) Drugs
Published in Viruses (16-06-2021)“…The risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence after direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment is <0.5%. However, the distinction between HCV RNA late relapse…”
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Anti-HEV IgG Avidity Testing: Utility for Diagnosing Acute and Resolved Genotype 3 Infections
Published in Viruses (03-02-2021)“…European Association of the Study of the Liver (EASL) guidelines specify HEV RNA, as well as anti-HEV IgG and IgM as positive markers for acute HEV infection…”
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Hepatic Failure in COVID-19: Is Iron Overload the Dangerous Trigger?
Published in Cells (Basel, Switzerland) (04-05-2021)“…Liver injury in COVID-19 patients has progressively emerged, even in those without a history of liver disease, yet the mechanism of liver pathogenicity is…”
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Clinical Relevance of Torque Teno Virus (TTV) in HIV/HCV Coinfected and HCV Monoinfected Patients Treated with Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy
Published in Journal of clinical medicine (13-05-2021)“…Torque Teno virus (TTV) is a ubiquitous virus that causes chronic infection in humans with unknown clinical consequences. Here, we investigated the influence…”
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Incidence of Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum in 497 COVID-19 Patients with Moderate–Severe ARDS over a Year of the Pandemic: An Observational Study in an Italian Third Level COVID-19 Hospital
Published in Journal of clinical medicine (29-11-2021)“…(1) Background: COVID-19 is a novel cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Indeed, with the increase of ARDS cases due to the COVID-19 pandemic,…”
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Lymphofollicular lesions associated with monkeypox (Mpox) virus proctitis
Published in International journal of infectious diseases (01-05-2023)“…•Monkeypox (Mpox) virus has been recently recognized as a cause of proctitis in men who have sex with men.•Mpox proctitis may lead to hospitalization for…”
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Dynamics of HCV genotype 4 resistance-associated variants during virologic escape with pIFN/RBV + daclatasvir: A case study using ultra deep pyrosequencing
Published in Journal of clinical virology (01-05-2015)“…Highlights • HCV GT4 patients receiving daclatasvir: a case study. • Ultra-deep sequencing of HCV NS5A region. • NS5A diversity at baseline was not…”
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Outcomes and Timing of Bedside Percutaneous Tracheostomy of COVID-19 Patients over a Year in the Intensive Care Unit
Published in Journal of clinical medicine (28-07-2021)“…Background: The benefits and timing of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) COVID-19 patients are still controversial. PDT…”
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Clinical Characteristics of Acute Hepatitis E and Their Correlation with HEV Genotype 3 Subtypes in Italy
Published in Pathogens (Basel) (11-10-2020)“…Genotype 3 (GT3) is responsible for most European autochthonous hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections. This study analyzed circulating genotypes and GT3 subtypes…”
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Massively parallel pyrosequencing highlights minority variants in the HIV-1 env quasispecies deriving from lymphomonocyte sub-populations
Published in Retrovirology (12-02-2009)“…Virus-associated cell membrane proteins acquired by HIV-1 during budding may give information on the cellular source of circulating virions. In the present…”
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Phylogenetic and Phylodynamic Analyses of HCV Strains Circulating among Patients Using Injectable Drugs in Central Italy
Published in Microorganisms (Basel) (02-07-2021)“…Approximately 71 million people worldwide are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Injectable drug use represents the most common route of transmission…”
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TREATMENT OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION IN ITALY: A CONSENSUS REPORT FROM AN EXPERT PANEL
Published in Digestive and liver disease (01-07-2017)“…Abstract Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains one of the main causes of chronic liver disease worldwide. The advent of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) has…”
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Postmortem Findings in Italian Patients With COVID-19: A Descriptive Full Autopsy Study of Cases With and Without Comorbidities
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (01-12-2020)“…Abstract Background Descriptions of the pathological features of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) caused by the novel zoonotic pathogen severe acute…”
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Extracellular Matrix Molecular Remodeling in Human Liver Fibrosis Evolution
Published in PloS one (21-03-2016)“…Chronic liver damage leads to pathological accumulation of ECM proteins (liver fibrosis). Comprehensive characterization of the human ECM molecular composition…”
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COVID-19 disease-Temporal analyses of complete blood count parameters over course of illness, and relationship to patient demographics and management outcomes in survivors and non-survivors: A longitudinal descriptive cohort study
Published in PloS one (28-12-2020)“…Detailed temporal analyses of complete (full) blood count (CBC) parameters, their evolution and relationship to patient age, gender, co-morbidities and…”
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Timely HAART initiation may pave the way for a better viral control
Published in BMC infectious diseases (01-03-2011)“…When to initiate antiretroviral therapy in HIV infected patients is a difficult clinical decision. Actually, it is still a matter of discussion whether early…”
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Clinical and virological properties of hepatitis C virus genotype 4 infection in patients treated with different direct-acting antiviral agents
Published in Infection and drug resistance (01-01-2018)“…The efficacy of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) depends on the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 4 (GT4) subtype which are used in the treatment of HCV. We…”
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Activation of Vγ9Vδ2 T cells by non-peptidic antigens induces the inhibition of subgenomic HCV replication
Published in International immunology (01-01-2006)“…Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has evolved complex strategies to evade host immune responses and establish chronic infection. Since human Vγ9Vδ2 T lymphocytes play a…”
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Early expansion of myeloid-derived suppressor cells inhibits SARS-CoV-2 specific T-cell response and may predict fatal COVID-19 outcome
Published in Cell death & disease (27-10-2020)“…The immunological mechanisms underlying the clinical presentation of SARS-CoV-2 infection and those influencing the disease outcome remain to be defined…”
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Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) modifications in patients with chronic hepatitis C
Published in Scientific reports (19-06-2019)“…The sinusoidal endothelial cells present in the liver (LSECs) are tipically characterized by the presence of pores (fenestrae). During some pathological…”
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