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Nat Prod Res ; 38(5): 861-866, 2024.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36964661

ABSTRACT

A major issue in Alzheimer's disease (AD) research is to find some new therapeutic drug which decrease Amyloid-beta (Aß) aggregation. From a therapeutic point of view the major question is whether pharmacological inhibition of inflammation pathways will be able to safely reverse or slow the course of disease. Natural compounds are capable of binding to different targets implicated in AD and exert neuroprotective effects. Aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro inhibition of Aß1-42 fibrillogenesis in presence of Gallic acid, Rutin, Melatonin and ProvinolsTM . We performed the analysis with Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy, and with X-ray microanalysis. Samples treated with Rutin, that arises from phenylalanine via the phenylpropanoid pathway, show the best effective result obtained because a significantly fibril inhibition activity is detectable compared to the other compounds. Melatonin shows a better inhibitory activity than ProvinolsTM and Gallic acid at the considered concentrations.


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Alzheimer Disease , Melatonin , Neurodegenerative Diseases , Humans , Neurodegenerative Diseases/drug therapy , Melatonin/pharmacology , Melatonin/therapeutic use , Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism , Alzheimer Disease/drug therapy , Alzheimer Disease/metabolism , Rutin/pharmacology , Gallic Acid/pharmacology , Diet , Polyphenols , Peptide Fragments/chemistry
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New Microbiol ; 45(3): 213-218, 2022 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35920877

ABSTRACT

Patients with severe COVID-19 both seroconvert earlier and develop higher concentrations of SARS- CoV-2-specific IgG than patients with mild symptoms. In this retrospective study we considered different categories of patients defined as "vulnerable" because affected by other pathologies, such as patients with genetic and cardiovascular diseases; patients with autoimmune dermatological dis- ease; kidney and lung transplant patients, and pregnant women because the prevalence of Covid-19 infection during pregnancy is not known. This study was performed at IRCCS San Matteo Hospital in Pavia, North Italy, a zone considered at high risk during the COVID-19 pandemic from June to December 2020. None of the positive screened patients had symptoms of COVID-19 infection at the time of inclusion in this study.


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COVID-19 , Pandemics , Antibodies, Viral , Female , Humans , Immunoglobulin G , Pregnancy , Retrospective Studies , SARS-CoV-2
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New Microbiol ; 44(3): 184-186, 2021 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34783351

ABSTRACT

Coronavirus is a high-risk pathogen for kidney transplant recipients receiving immunosuppressive therapy; Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infection causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV2), and progressive withdrawal of immunosuppressive drugs has been suggested in transplanted patients. At IRCCS San Matteo Hospital in Pavia, Northern Italy, during the pandemic we performed a screening and all transplanted patients were evaluated for IgG anti SARS-CoV-2; 12 of 201 kidney transplant recipients (6%) screened for IgG anti SARS-CoV-2 (s) developed kidney transplant rejection; 10 (83%) were negative and 2 (17%) resulted positive for SARS-CoV-2 IgG, while among 189 patients without rejection, 162 (86%) resulted negative and 27 (14%) positive (P=0.69). COVID 19 course may be more severe in kidney transplant recipients but it does not significantly increase risk of kidney rejection.


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COVID-19 , Kidney Transplantation , Humans , Kidney Transplantation/adverse effects , Pandemics , RNA, Viral , SARS-CoV-2 , Transplant Recipients
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