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Tiniakos D Anagnostou V Stavrakis S Karandrea D Agapitos E Kittas C 《Anatomy and embryology》2004,209(1):41-47
We aimed to define, for the first time, the ontogeny of intrarenal innervation and to assess the distribution and nature of parenchymal nerves in the human fetal kidney. Our material consisted of routinely-processed renal tissue sections from 17 human fetuses, six of 20–24 gestational weeks (gw) and 11 of 25–40 gw, and three adults. We used immunohistochemistry with antibodies to the pan-neural markers neuron-specific enolase (NSE), neurofilaments (NF), PGP9.5, S100, and the adrenergic marker tyrosine hydroxylase (TH). NSE-, NF-, S100-, and PGP9.5-positive nerves, associated with arterial and venous vasculature, were identified in the renal cortex from 20 gw onwards, and their density appeared to increase with gestation, reaching adult levels at 28 gw. Most of the intrarenal nerves were TH-positive. Nerve fibers extended from the corticomedullary region to the outer cortex, reaching the renal capsule in the 3rd trimester. In detail, NSE-, NF-, S100-, PGP9.5-, and TH-immunoreactive fibers were observed in close apposition to the renal artery and its branches, occasionally reaching the afferent and efferent arteriole (3rd trimester). Nerve fibers were detected in close apposition to the juxtaglomerular apparatus in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters. In the renal medulla, NSE-, PGP9.5-, S100-, and TH-positive nerve fibers were detected close to tubular cells as early as 20 gw. However, their density gradually decreased during the 3rd trimester, and they were not observed in the medulla of the adult kidney. In conclusion, the human fetal kidney appears richly innervated during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters. There is a progressive increase in the density of parenchymal nerve fibers towards term from the corticomedullary region to the cortex. Most intrarenal nerves are adrenergic and have a predominant perivascular distribution, implying that renal innervation plays an important functional role during intrauterine life. 相似文献
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Despoina N Maritsi Areti Syrmou George Vartzelis Stavros Diamantopoulos Maria N Tsolia 《Pediatrics international》2019,61(1):104-106
The aim of this study was to compare the immunogenicity and side‐effects of hepatitis A virus (HAV) vaccination between periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis (PFAPA) patients and healthy controls who have not been previously exposed to HAV. A prospective observational study was carried out of 28 PFAPA patients and 76 controls who received two doses of the vaccine. Immunogenicity was expressed as seroconversion and seroprotection rates; mean HAV‐immunoglobulin G concentration was measured at 0, 1, 7 and 18 months. Side‐effects were defined as incidence of adverse events and the effect of vaccination on PFAPA symptoms. All participants were seronegative and seroconverted at 1 month. One month after primary vaccination, 92.9% of PFAPA patients and 77.6% of the controls attained seroprotection, while the rates increased to 100% and 96.1%, respectively, 1 month after the second dose. Seroprotection rates remained adequate 1 year after completion of vaccination. In conclusion, two doses of the inactivated HAV vaccine are well‐tolerated and effective in children with PFAPA. 相似文献
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Andriana I. Papaioannou Evangelia Fouka Despina Papakosta Spyridon Papiris Stelios Loukides 《Clinical and experimental allergy》2021,51(2):221-227
During the last decades, new treatments targeting disease mechanisms referred as biologics have been introduced in the therapy of asthma and currently, five monoclonal antibodies have been approved. Although these therapeutic agents have been formulated to target specific asthma endotypes, it is often difficult for the treating physician to identify which patient is the best candidate for each one of these specific treatments especially in the clinical scenario of a patient in whom clinical characteristics overlap between different endotypes, allowing the selection of more than one biologic agent. As no head-to-head comparisons between these biologics have been attempted, there is no evidence on the superiority of one biologic agent over the other. Furthermore, a physician's first therapeutic decision, no matter how carefully has been made, may often result in suboptimal clinical response and drug discontinuation, indicating the need for switching to a different biologic. In this short review, we discuss the available evidence regarding the switching between biologics in patients with severe asthma and we propose a simple algorithm on switching possibilities in case that the physicians’ initial choice is proven not to be the best. 相似文献
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Markoulaki D Kostikas K Papatheodorou G Koutsokera A Alchanatis M Bakakos P Gourgoulianis KI Roussos C Koulouris NG Loukides S 《European Journal of Internal Medicine》2011,22(1):103-107
Background
Systemic inflammation may represent a possible cause of anemia. Previous data support that anemic patients with COPD present high erythropoietin (EPO) levels, suggestive of EPO resistance, possibly mediated through inflammatory mechanisms.Objectives
We aimed to determine whether systemic inflammation, which is usually up-regulated during exacerbations of COPD (ECOPD) is associated with low hemoglobin levels expressing erythropoietin resistance.Methods
Hemoglobin (Hb), EPO and serum biomarkers of systemic inflammation [CRP, TNF-α, fibrinogen and IL-6] were assessed at three time points (admission, resolution and stable phases) in a selected cohort of 93 COPD patients.Results
Hemoglobin levels were significantly lower on admission compared to resolution and stable phases (median 12.1 g/dl [interquartile ranges 11.2-12.7], vs 13.5 [12.4-14.3] vs 13.4 [12.7-14.08], respectively p = 0.002), whereas EPO was significantly higher on admission compared to resolution and stable phases. A negative association between Hb and IL-6 and a positive association between EPO and IL-6 were observed only during the acute phase of exacerbation. EPO and Hb were negatively associated during the acute phase, whereas they were positively associated during discharge and stable phase.Conclusions
In this observational study we have shown that during admission for ECOPD Hb levels are decreased and EPO levels are increased. We have also identified a negative association between Hb and EPO. The above association is mainly related to increased IL-6 levels, indicating a possible EPO resistance through the mechanism of increased systemic inflammatory process. 相似文献5.
Thyroid hormone plays a critical role in energy homeostasis through mechanisms, which are not fully understood. In the present
study, we investigated possible alterations of important energy regulators such as leptin, adiponectin, and ghrelin in relation
to changes in thyroid hormones. Thyroid hormone (250 μg/kg) was administered in male Wistar rats for 2 weeks (THYR), while
hypothyroidism (HYPO) was induced by propylthiouracil administration (0.05% in drinking water) for 3 weeks. Untreated animals
served as controls (NORM). Leptin and adiponectin were measured in plasma by ELISA, while total ghrelin was measured with
RIA. Body weight was significantly reduced both in THYR and HYPO rats, while food intake was significantly increased in THYR
and decreased in HYPO. This response was associated with various changes in leptin, adiponectin, and ghrelin in plasma. In
fact, in THYR rats, leptin levels (mean ± SEM) were 240 ± 55 pg/ml as compared to 819 ± 70 pg/ml in untreated rats (P < 0.05), while no changes were observed in ghrelin and adiponectin. In HYPO rats, leptin levels were 1400 ± 200 pg/ml vs.
819 ± 70 pg/ml in untreated rats (P < 0.05), while ghrelin and adiponectin were significantly increased in HYPO rats as compared to untreated rats (P < 0.05). Furthermore, T3 and T4 levels were inversely correlated to leptin (P = 0.014), while ghrelin and adiponectin were inversely correlated to weight changes (P = 0.05 and P = 0.03, respectively). In conclusion, leptin seems mainly to be involved in the thyroid hormone effects on energy homeostasis.
Ghrelin and adiponectin may serve a compensatory physiological role in hypothyroidism. 相似文献
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Andreas Mallouris Andreas Yiacoumettis Vasilios Thomaidis Anastasios Karayiannakis Constantinos Simopoulos Despoina Kakagia Alexandra K. Tsaroucha 《European journal of plastic surgery》2012,35(12):847-854
The skin creases of the human body are features of great anatomical, morphological, and surgical interest and important for the maintenance of the contour of each anatomic area. In the literature, when referring to a skin crease, there is variation of terms used other than “crease,” such as “fold” and “sulcus,” but these terms do not accurately reflect their histology structure nor their function. In the review of literature, a record of the creases of the human body for each anatomic area, including the synonyms that are used for each crease in the literature, has been attempted. The skin crease as a fixed and permanent line, according to their histology, is related to connective tissue attachments with the underlying structures or extensions of the underlying muscle fibers in the dermis of the crease site. The skin fold is characterized by skin redundancy that is responsible partly, often in combination with connective tissue attachments, for the skin crease. It is essential to use appropriate terms that accurately reflect the anatomic structure and histology when referring to the skin lines. 相似文献
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Ioannis Tsitouridis PhD MD Charalampos Maskalidis MD Despoina Panagiotidou MD Eleni P Kariki MScHI MScHCM MD 《Journal of ultrasound in medicine》2014,33(10):1855-1864
We present the sonographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings of Leydig cell tumors in a series of patients, along with a brief review of the literature. We evaluated the sonographic features of 11 cases of Leydig cell tumors, including echogenicity, size, margins, and patterns of vascularity. The magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of 9 patients were also assessed, with special attention to the appearance of the tumors on T2-weighted imaging and postcontrast T1-weighted imaging. Seven tumors were hypoechoic, and 4 were almost isoechoic. Ten patients showed various patterns of hypervascularity in the tumors, combined in some cases with feeding vessels. One case presented with a single feeding vessel. The tumors showed homogeneous or heterogeneous low signal intensity on T2-weighted imaging and marked enhancement on postcontrast T1-weighted imaging. The small size of these tumors, the various patterns of vascularity on color and power Doppler sonography, and the marked enhancement on postcontrast T1-weighted imaging are considered valuable but generally nonspecific for identification of these tumors. 相似文献
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Ioanna Eleftheriadou Anastasios Tentolouris Pinelopi Grigoropoulou Dimitrios Tsilingiris Ioanna Anastasiou Alexandros Kokkinos Despoina Perrea Nikolaos Katsilambros Nikolaos Tentolouris 《Journal of diabetes and its complications》2019,33(2):165-170
Aims
To study the impact of diabetic neuropathy, both peripheral sensorimotor (DPN) and cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN), on transcutaneous oxygen tension (TcPO2) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Methods
A total of 163 participants were recruited; 100 with T2DM and 63 healthy individuals. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) was defined as ankle-brachial index (ABI) values ≤0.90. Diagnosis of DPN was based on neuropathy symptom score and neuropathy disability score (NDS), while diagnosis of CAN on the battery of the cardiovascular autonomic function tests. TcPO2 was measured using a TCM30 system.Results
Patients with T2DM had lower TcPO2 levels when compared with healthy individuals. Among the diabetic cohort, those who had either PAD, DPN or CAN had significantly lower TcPO2 values than participants without these complications. Multivariate linear regression analysis, after controlling for diabetes duration, diastolic blood pressure, HbA1c, albumin to creatinine ratio and CAN score, demonstrated that TcPO2 levels were significantly and independently associated with current smoking (p?=?0.013), ABI (p?=?0.003), and NDS (p?=?0.013).Conclusion
Presence of DPN is independently associated with impaired cutaneous perfusion. Low TcPO2 in subjects with DPN may contribute to delay in healing of diabetic foot ulcers, irrespectively of PAD. 相似文献9.
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Lito Flouda Ageliki Pandazi Charalampos Papageorgiou Despoina Perrea Eleni Krepi Georgia Kostopanagiotou 《Archives of Medical Science》2013,9(1):105-111