Papers by Antonio Giangaspero
Medicina
Background and Objective: Pediatric guidelines on celiac disease (CD) state that children with an... more Background and Objective: Pediatric guidelines on celiac disease (CD) state that children with anti-transglutaminase antibodies (TGAs) >×10 upper limit of normal (ULN) may avoid endoscopy and biopsy. We aimed to evaluate whether these criteria may be suitable for villous atrophy diagnosis in CD adults. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively enrolled patients with CD aged >18 years. TGAs were expressed as xULN. Duodenal lesions were classified as atrophic or non-atrophic according to Marsh-Oberhuber. Fisher’s exact and t-test were used for variables comparison. Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis was performed with estimation of area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive value (PPV/NPV). Results: One hundred and twenty-one patients were recruited. Sixty patients (49.6%) had TGA >×10 ULN, and 93 (76.8%) had villous atrophy. The cut-off of >×10 ULN had sensitivity = 53.7%, specificity = 64.3%, PPV = 83.3...
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Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2015
In celiac disease (CD), there is increased mRNA coding for tissue transglutaminase (tTG) and inte... more In celiac disease (CD), there is increased mRNA coding for tissue transglutaminase (tTG) and interferon gamma (IFNg). In seronegative celiac patients, the mucosal immune complexes anti-tTG IgA/tTG are found. We assayed tTG- and IFNg-mRNA in the mucosa of patients with a clinical suspicion of seronegative CD and correlated the values with intraepithelial CD3 lymphocytes (IELs). Distal duodenum specimens from 67 patients were retrieved and re-evaluated for immunohistochemically proven CD3 IELs. Five 10 mm sections were used for the extraction and assay of tTG and IFNg coding mRNA levels using reverse transcriptase real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Samples from 15 seropositive CD patients and 15 healthy subjects were used as positive and negative controls. Results were expressed as fold-change. Our series was divided into three groups based on IEL count: >25 (14 patients: group A), 15-25 (26 patients: group B), and 0-15 (27 patients: Group C). tTG-mRNA levels were (mean ± SD): CD = 9.8 ± 2.6; group A = 10.04 ± 4.7; group B = 4.99 ± 2.3; group C = 2.26 ± 0.8, controls = 1.04 ± 0.2 (CD = group A > group B > group C = controls). IFNg-mRNA levels were: CD = 13.4 ± 3.6; group A = 7.28 ± 3.6; group B = 4.45 ± 2.9; group C = 2.06 ± 1.21, controls = 1.04 ± 0.4. Our results suggest that tTG- and IFNγ-mRNA levels are increased in both seropositive and potential seronegative patients with CD, showing a strong correlation with the CD3 IEL count at stage Marsh 1. An increase in both molecules is found even when IELs are in the range 15-25 (Marsh 0), suggesting the possibility of a "gray zone" inhabited by patients which should be closely followed up in gluten-related disorders.
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Journal of Hepatology, Mar 1, 2001
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Hepatology
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Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2015
In celiac disease (CD), there is increased mRNA coding for tissue transglutaminase (tTG) and inte... more In celiac disease (CD), there is increased mRNA coding for tissue transglutaminase (tTG) and interferon gamma (IFNg). In seronegative celiac patients, the mucosal immune complexes anti-tTG IgA/tTG are found. We assayed tTG- and IFNg-mRNA in the mucosa of patients with a clinical suspicion of seronegative CD and correlated the values with intraepithelial CD3 lymphocytes (IELs). Distal duodenum specimens from 67 patients were retrieved and re-evaluated for immunohistochemically proven CD3 IELs. Five 10 mm sections were used for the extraction and assay of tTG and IFNg coding mRNA levels using reverse transcriptase real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Samples from 15 seropositive CD patients and 15 healthy subjects were used as positive and negative controls. Results were expressed as fold-change. Our series was divided into three groups based on IEL count: >25 (14 patients: group A), 15-25 (26 patients: group B), and 0-15 (27 patients: Group C). tTG-mRNA levels were (mean ± SD): CD = 9.8 ± 2.6; group A = 10.04 ± 4.7; group B = 4.99 ± 2.3; group C = 2.26 ± 0.8, controls = 1.04 ± 0.2 (CD = group A > group B > group C = controls). IFNg-mRNA levels were: CD = 13.4 ± 3.6; group A = 7.28 ± 3.6; group B = 4.45 ± 2.9; group C = 2.06 ± 1.21, controls = 1.04 ± 0.4. Our results suggest that tTG- and IFNγ-mRNA levels are increased in both seropositive and potential seronegative patients with CD, showing a strong correlation with the CD3 IEL count at stage Marsh 1. An increase in both molecules is found even when IELs are in the range 15-25 (Marsh 0), suggesting the possibility of a "gray zone" inhabited by patients which should be closely followed up in gluten-related disorders.
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Journal of gastrointestinal and liver diseases : JGLD, 2014
Antibiotic resistance is the main reason for failure of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) treatment... more Antibiotic resistance is the main reason for failure of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) treatment. Currently, guidelines recommend a treatment guided by antimicrobial susceptibility testing after two failures. However, microbial culture is not feasible everywhere, and the limited number of effective antibiotics against the bacterium narrows the options; thus a rescue therapy combining antibiotics with a low resistance may be fitting. Patients who have failed a first-line treatment (either prolonged triple or sequential regimens) and, successively, a levofloxacin-based triple therapy were considered for the study. Subjects underwent urea breath test (UBT), stool antigen test (ST) and endoscopy/histology to confirm the diagnosis. Cytopenia and impaired liver and kidney function were exclusion criteria. Fifty-four subjects were randomized 1:1 to two regimens: RMB Rabeprazole/Rifabutin/Minocycline/Bismuth sub-citrate or MTB Rabeprazole/Tinidazole/Minocycline/Bismuth sub-citrate both for...
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The Italian journal of gastroenterology, 1991
It is known that there is a close relationship between cirrhosis and liver cancer. The proliferat... more It is known that there is a close relationship between cirrhosis and liver cancer. The proliferative phenomena characterizing liver cirrhosis seem to be predisposing factors for carcinoma. In fact, they differ from the self-limiting proliferative phenomena occurring in normal liver regeneration because they are associated with: 1) an abnormal hormonal pattern; 2) an altered arrangement of hepatocytes and non-parenchymal cells within the lobule; 3) an altered production of growth factors able to modulate liver regeneration; and 4) an abnormal oncogene expression. Under such conditions many carcinogens, which require the target cell to be in a replicative phase, have the opportunity to act.
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Journal of Hepatology, 2001
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Journal of Hepatology, 2004
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Journal of Hepatology, 2001
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Hepatology, 2001
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Hepatology, 1990
Thirteen patients who underwent 40% to 80% removal of their livers had blood samples drawn initia... more Thirteen patients who underwent 40% to 80% removal of their livers had blood samples drawn initially and daily on postoperative days 1 to 7. The enzyme marker of heightened polyamine metabolism, ornithine decarboxylase, and the indicator of DNA synthesis, thymidine kinase, were measured. In addition, the hormones (insulin, glucagon, estradiol and androgen), which in animals are known to reflect and possibly modulate regeneration, were measured. Changes in all these indices followed the same pattern as in rats, dogs and swine but at a slower rate. Ornithine decarboxylase and estradiol increased within 24 hr, but thymidine kinase and insulin rises did not become statistically significant until 3 to 5 days. Using these plasma or serum indices as surrogate measures of biochemical events in the liver itself, regeneration reached a maximum after 4 or 5 days. By computed tomography scan analysis, restoration of hepatic cell mass was not complete until 3 wk.
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Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 1994
Complex and conflicting relationships between epidermal growth factor (EGF), estrogens (E), andro... more Complex and conflicting relationships between epidermal growth factor (EGF), estrogens (E), androgens (A), and related receptors (EGF-R, E-R, A-R) have been reported in different biological situations associated with cell proliferation. There is also evidence that EGF and sex hormone receptors may be involved in normal and neoplastic growth of the gastrointestinal mucosa. In this study, we investigated the behavior of EGF receptors and sex hormone and related receptors, during N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (NG)-induced gastric carcinogenesis in Sprague-Dawley male rats. Four groups of 15 rats each (10 NG-treated and five controls) were sacrificed after 1, 20, 30, and 40 weeks of treatment. Gastric tissue from each rat was processed for receptor status (number and affinity) and proliferative activity. A significant and progressive decrease of A-R and EGF-R was observed starting from the 20th week, while no change of E-R occurred throughout the experiment. Cell proliferation in the gastric mucosa of NG-treated rats increased after 30 weeks of treatment. These data indicate that NG treatment is able to modify the receptor status of gastric mucosa in rats.
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Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 1991
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Digestive and Liver Disease, 2000
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World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2015
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