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Tail-Anchored Proteins in Plants
Emanuela Pedrazzini 한국식물학회 2009 Journal of Plant Biology Vol.52 No.2
Tail-anchored (TA) proteins are a class of polypeptides integrated into the membrane by a Cterminally located hydrophobic sequence which are present in all three domains of life. Proteins of this class lack an Nterminal signal peptide and reach their destination within the cell by posttranslational mechanisms. TA proteins perform a variety of essential functions on the cytosolic face of cellular membranes and, in several cases, determine the organelle identity. Some TA proteins insert directly into the lipid bilayer without the help of molecular machinery, suggesting that they may be ancestral proteins able to recruit lipids, contributing to the formation of intracellular compartments during cell evolution. Relevant progress has been made in recent years on the identification of TA protein sorting and the posttranslational translocation machineries. Interestingly, membrane lipid components were also found to be involved in the insertion mechanism. A bioinformatic approach is used to produce a catalogue of putative TA proteins encoded by the Arabidopsis thaliana genome, and intracellular localization is predicted based on features of well-characterized TA proteins. A recent strategy aimed at improving the accumulation of recombinant proteins expressed in transgenic plants is also discussed.
Skin Pigmentation and Pigmentary Disorders: Focus on Epidermal/Dermal Cross-Talk
( Emanuela Bastonini ),( Daniela Kovacs ),( Mauro Picardo ) 대한피부과학회 2016 Annals of Dermatology Vol.28 No.3
Variation in human skin and hair color is the most notable aspect of human variability and several studies in evolution, genetics and developmental biology contributed to explain the mechanisms underlying human skin pigmentation, which is responsible for differences in skin color across the world’s populations. Despite skin pigmentation is primarily related to melanocytes functionality, the surrounding keratinocytes and extracellular matrix proteins and fibroblasts in the underlying dermal compartment actively contribute to cutaneous homeostasis. Many autocrine/paracrine secreted factors and cell adhesion mechanisms involving both epidermal and dermal constituents determine constitutive skin pigmentation and, whenever deregulated, the occurrence of pigmentary disorders. In particular, an increased expression of such mediators and their specific receptors frequently lead to hyperpigmentary conditions, such as in melasma and in solar lentigo, whereas a defect in their expression/release is related to hypopigmented disorders, as seen in vitiligo. All these interactions underline the relevant role of pigmentation on human evolution and biology. (Ann Dermatol 28(3) 279∼289, 2016)
Energy and strength in brittle materials
Emanuela Speranzini 국제구조공학회 2019 Smart Structures and Systems, An International Jou Vol.23 No.4
A study concerning the strength of brittle materials is presented in this paper. The failure behavior was investigated examining the plane of the crack after the failure and comparing the results obtained with those deriving from the fracture mechanics theory. Although the proposed methods are valid in general for brittle materials, the experiment was performed on glass because the results are more significant for this. Glass elements of various sizes and different edge finishes were subjected to bending tests until collapsing. The bending results were studied in terms of failure load and energy dissipation, and the fracture surfaces were examined by means of microscopic analysis, in which the depth of the flaw and the mirror radius of the fracture were measured and the strength was calculated. These results agreed with those obtained from the fracture mechanics analysis.
Serritella Emanuela,Galluccio Gabriella,Paolo Carlo Di 사단법인약침학회 2023 Journal of Acupuncture & Meridian Studies Vol.16 No.2
Background: Pain related to Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) is severe, negatively affecting patients' quality of life, and often resistant to conventional treatments. Abdominal Acupuncture (AA) is known to be particularly effective for pain, especially chronic and musculoskeletal pain, but it is still poorly studied and never investigated in TMD patients. Objectives: To analyze the efficacy of AA for the treatment of patients with subacute and chronic pain related to TMD and non-responding to previous conventional therapies (occlusal splint, medications, physical therapy). Methods: Twenty-eight patients, 24 F and four M (mean age 49.36 years), were recruited from January 2019-February 2021. All patients underwent AA treatment: two sessions per week for four weeks, for a total of eight sessions. At the beginning of therapy (T0) and at the end of the cycle (T1) the following data were evaluated: maximum mouth opening (MMO); cranio-facial pain related to TMD (verbal numeric scale, VNS); pain interference with normal activities and quality of life of patients (Brief Pain Inventory, BPI); oral functioning (Oral Behavior Checklist, OBC); impression of treatment effectiveness (Patients' Global Impression of Improvement, PGI-I Scale). Statistical comparison of data before and after the AA treatment was performed by Wilcoxon's signed-rank test (significance level p < 0.05). Results: The MMO values were significantly improved after one cycle of AA (p = 0.0002). In addition, TMD-related pain had a statistically significant decline following AA treatment (all p < 0.001). Patients’ general activity and quality of life (BPI) were described as improved following a course of AA, with statistically significant values for all aspects considered (all p < 0.05). Conclusion: Abdominal acupuncture resulted in effective treatment of subacute/chronicresistant pain related to TMD, capable of improving mandibular function and facial pain, and reduced the interference of pain affecting patients' quality of life.
Peshel Emanuela C.,McNary Claire M.,Barkach Catherine,Boudiab Elizabeth M.,Vega Daniella,Nossoni Farid,Chaiyasate Kongkrit,Powers Jeremy M. 대한성형외과학회 2023 Archives of Plastic Surgery Vol.50 No.4
The latissimus dorsi (LD) flap is a reliable option for breast reconstruction. This is particularly true in patients with contraindications to abdominally based autologous breast reconstruction. A systematic review of patient satisfaction and health related quality of life following LD breast reconstruction using the BREAST-Q survey was conducted. The scope of the review was to determine the degree of patient satisfaction following the procedure and to examine how patient satisfaction from the pedicled LD flap compares to other breast reconstructive procedures. A literature search on BREAST-Q in LD flap reconstruction was performed. Only articles written in English and in published peer-reviewed journals were included. Studies with less than 20 patients in their sample and those with a follow-up period of less than 1 year were excluded. Five articles representing 331 patients were reviewed, including one case– control study and four retrospective cohort studies. Level of evidence was either III (4) or IV (1). The average age was 53 with average body mass index of 25. Most reconstructions were delayed (67%) and unilateral (88%), and most patients required radiation (79%). The average length of follow-up was 36months, and the response rate was 75%. Overall, patients who underwent LD flap reconstruction reported favorable outcomes in satisfaction domains and quality of life domains with few complications. A meta-analysis also demonstrated higher satisfaction in LD flap without implants compared with LD flap with implants. Patient-reported outcomes following LD breast reconstruction compare favorably with other techniques of breast reconstruction.
Di Tommaso, Luca,Destro, Annarita,Seok, Jae Yeon,Balladore, Emanuela,Terracciano, Luigi,Sangiovanni, Angelo,Iavarone, Massimo,Colombo, Massimo,Jang, Ja June,Yu, Eunsil,Jin, So Young,Morenghi, Emanuela Elsevier 2009 Journal of hepatology Vol.50 No.4
<P><B>Background/Aims</B></P><P>Liver biopsy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) detection is largely restricted to small hepatocellular lesions, which are often morphologically challenging, requiring careful distinction between dysplastic nodules (high-grade) and well-differentiated HCC.</P><P><B>Methods</B></P><P>We investigated the diagnostic accuracy of a panel of markers (HSP70 GPC3 and GS), previously tested in resection specimens, in a series of liver biopsies of large regenerative nodules (<I>n</I>=13), low-grade dysplastic nodules (<I>n</I>=21), high-grade dysplastic nodules (<I>n</I>=50), very well-differentiated (VWD) (<I>n</I>=17), well-differentiated (WD-G1) (<I>n</I>=40) and G2-3 (<I>n</I>=35) HCC.</P><P><B>Results</B></P><P>Almost all cases of large regenerative and low-grade dysplastic nodules did not stain while high-grade dysplastic nodules showed 1 marker (22%) but never 2 or 3. For HCC detection the overall accuracy of marker combination was 60.8% (3 markers) and 78.4% (2 markers) with 100% specificity. When restricted to VWD+WD-G1 HCC the accuracy was 57% (3 markers) and 72.9% (2 markers) with 100% specificity.</P><P><B>Conclusions</B></P><P>This panel proved useful to detect well-differentiated HCC in biopsy. Two immunoreactive markers (out of 3) are recommended as the most valuable diagnostic combination for HCC detection. The diagnostic accuracy of the panel could be improved using additional markers, as suggested by studies of expression profiling in other human models.</P>