Search Results - "Piemonti, Lorenzo"
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Felix dies natalis, insulin… ceterum autem censeo “beta is better”
Published in Acta diabetologica (01-10-2021)“…One hundred years after its discovery, insulin remains the life-saving therapy for many patients with diabetes. It has been a 100-years-old success story…”
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Neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in symptomatic COVID-19 is persistent and critical for survival
Published in Nature communications (11-05-2021)“…Understanding how antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 evolve during infection may provide important insight into therapeutic approaches and vaccination for…”
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Low-Carb and Ketogenic Diets in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
Published in Nutrients (26-04-2019)“…Low-carb and ketogenic diets are popular among clinicians and patients, but the appropriateness of reducing carbohydrates intake in obese patients and in…”
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Targeting GLP-1 receptor trafficking to improve agonist efficacy
Published in Nature communications (23-04-2018)“…Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) activation promotes insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells, causes weight loss, and is an important…”
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Molecular mechanisms of perineural invasion, a forgotten pathway of dissemination and metastasis
Published in Cytokine & growth factor reviews (01-02-2010)“…Abstract Invasion and metastasis are key components of cancer progression. Inflammatory mediators, including cytokines and chemokines, can facilitate tumor…”
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Cautious Optimism Warranted for Stem Cell-Derived Islet Transplantation in Type 2 Diabetes
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Beta Cell Hubs Dictate Pancreatic Islet Responses to Glucose
Published in Cell metabolism (13-09-2016)“…The arrangement of β cells within islets of Langerhans is critical for insulin release through the generation of rhythmic activity. A privileged role for…”
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Alternative Transplantation Sites for Pancreatic Islet Grafts
Published in Current diabetes reports (01-10-2011)“…The liver is the current site of choice for pancreatic islet transplantation, even though it is far from being an ideal site because of immunologic, anatomic,…”
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Pig Xenotransplantation in Beta Cell Replacement: Addressing Challenges and Harnessing Potential for Type 1 Diabetes Therapy
Published in Transplant international (24-10-2024)“…This opinion paper evaluates the potential of porcine islets as a promising alternative in beta cell replacement therapy for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), juxtaposed…”
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Antibody response to multiple antigens of SARS-CoV-2 in patients with diabetes: an observational cohort study
Published in Diabetologia (01-12-2020)“…Aims/hypothesis The aim of the study was to characterise the humoral response against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in patients…”
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Pharmacological Targeting of GLUT1 to Control Autoreactive T Cell Responses
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (08-10-2019)“…An increasing body of evidence indicates that bio-energetic metabolism of T cells can be manipulated to control T cell responses. This potentially finds a…”
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Innate Immunity Mediated Inflammation and Beta Cell Function: Neighbors or Enemies?
Published in Frontiers in endocrinology (Lausanne) (08-02-2021)“…Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is still considered a huge burden because the available treatments are not effective in preventing the onset or progression of the…”
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Robust Neutralizing Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 Develop and Persist in Subjects with Diabetes and COVID-19 Pneumonia
Published in The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (01-05-2021)“…Abstract Context Demonstrating the ability to mount a neutralizing antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 in the presence of diabetes is crucial to understand…”
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Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors: Expression Profiling Evidences a Role for AKT-mTOR Pathway
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (10-01-2010)“…We investigated the global gene expression in a large panel of pancreatic endocrine tumors (PETs) aimed at identifying new potential targets for therapy and…”
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A/H1N1 hemagglutinin antibodies show comparable affinity in vaccine-related Narcolepsy type 1 and control and are unlikely to contribute to pathogenesis
Published in Scientific reports (18-02-2021)“…An increased incidence of narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) was observed in Scandinavia following the 2009–2010 influenza Pandemrix vaccination. The association between…”
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The effect of reparixin on survival in patients at high risk for in-hospital mortality: a meta-analysis of randomized trials
Published in Frontiers in immunology (25-07-2022)“…A great number of anti-inflammatory drugs have been suggested in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Reparixin, a non-competitive allosteric inhibitor of…”
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Biofabrication of a vascularized islet organ for type 1 diabetes
Published in Biomaterials (01-04-2019)“…Islet transplantation is superior to extrinsic insulin supplementation in the treating severe Type 1 diabetes. However, its efficiency and longevity are…”
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Identification of Tetraspanin-7 as a Target of Autoantibodies in Type 1 Diabetes
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-06-2016)“…The presence of autoantibodies to multiple-islet autoantigens confers high risk for the development of type 1 diabetes. Four major autoantigens are established…”
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CCL2/MCP‐1 and CXCL12/SDF‐1 blockade by L‐aptamers improve pancreatic islet engraftment and survival in mouse
Published in American journal of transplantation (01-11-2019)“…The blockade of pro‐inflammatory mediators is a successful approach to improve the engraftment after islet transplantation. L‐aptamers are chemically…”
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Circulating CXCL10 and IL-6 in solid organ donors after brain death predict graft outcomes
Published in Scientific reports (23-03-2021)“…We tested the hypothesis that circulating CXCL10 and IL-6 in donor after brain death provide independent additional predictors of graft outcome. From January…”
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