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  1. Article: Rethinking Hidradenitis Suppurativa Management: Insights into Bacterial Interactions and Treatment Evolution.

    Huynh, Faith D / Damiani, Giovanni / Bunick, Christopher G

    Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)

    2024  Volume 13, Issue 3

    Abstract: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), or acne inversa, is a chronic inflammatory dermatological condition characterized by painful and recurrent nodules and purulent abscesses. HS can have a devastating impact on the quality of life of patients. This condition ... ...

    Abstract Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), or acne inversa, is a chronic inflammatory dermatological condition characterized by painful and recurrent nodules and purulent abscesses. HS can have a devastating impact on the quality of life of patients. This condition is commonly localized to the axilla, groin, perineal, and inframammary regions, and can develop fistulas and sinus tracts over time. Its pathogenesis remains elusive and is best characterized at the moment as multi-factorial. Additionally, questions remain about the role of cutaneous dysbiosis as a primary HS trigger or as a secondary perturbation due to HS inflammation. This article features works in relation to HS and its interplay with bacterial microflora. We address current treatment approaches and their impact on HS-related bacteria, as well as areas of therapeutic innovation. In the future, disease-modifying or remittive therapy will likely combine an advanced/targeted anti-inflammatory approach with one that effectively modulates cutaneous and deep tissue dysbiosis.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-17
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2681345-2
    ISSN 2079-6382
    ISSN 2079-6382
    DOI 10.3390/antibiotics13030268
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  2. Article ; Online: Psoriasis and risk of myocardial infarction: Uncertain link, costly implications.

    Savonitto, Stefano / Damiani, Giovanni / Colombo, Delia

    European journal of internal medicine

    2022  Volume 98, Page(s) 12–14

    MeSH term(s) Cardiovascular Diseases ; Humans ; Myocardial Infarction/epidemiology ; Psoriasis/complications ; Psoriasis/epidemiology ; Risk Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-15
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1038679-8
    ISSN 1879-0828 ; 0953-6205
    ISSN (online) 1879-0828
    ISSN 0953-6205
    DOI 10.1016/j.ejim.2022.02.009
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  3. Article ; Online: Structural Basis for p19 Targeting by Anti-IL-23 Biologics: Correlations with Short- and Long-Term Efficacy in Psoriasis.

    Daniele, Stefano G / Eldirany, Sherif A / Damiani, Giovanni / Ho, Minh / Bunick, Christopher G

    JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health

    2024  Volume 4, Issue 2, Page(s) 100261

    Abstract: IL-23 is central to psoriasis pathogenesis. Biologics targeting IL-23 are important therapies against psoriasis. IL-23 inhibitors risankizumab, tildrakizumab, and guselkumab bind the IL-23 p19 subunit, whereas ustekinumab binds p40; however, the ... ...

    Abstract IL-23 is central to psoriasis pathogenesis. Biologics targeting IL-23 are important therapies against psoriasis. IL-23 inhibitors risankizumab, tildrakizumab, and guselkumab bind the IL-23 p19 subunit, whereas ustekinumab binds p40; however, the structural composition of the IL-23-binding epitopes and how these molecular properties relate to clinical efficacy are not known. Utilizing epitope data derived from hydrogen-deuterium exchange or crystallographic experiments, we mapped inhibitor epitope locations, hydrophobicity, and surface charge onto the IL-23 surface. Molecular properties of each inhibitor epitope, including solvent-accessible surface area, were correlated to binding affinity, kinetic values, and clinical efficacy scores for plaque psoriasis through linear regression analysis. Each IL-23 inhibitor binds an epitope with a unique size, composition, and location except for a 10-residue overlap region outside of the IL-23 receptor epitope. We observed strong correlations between epitope surface area and K
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-20
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2667-0267
    ISSN (online) 2667-0267
    DOI 10.1016/j.xjidi.2024.100261
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  4. Article: Water Is an Active Element: A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Clinical Trial Comparing Cutaneous Lipidomics in Consumers Drinking Two Different Bicarbonate-Calcic Waters (Medium-Mineral vs. Oligo-Mineral).

    Damiani, Giovanni / Controne, Ilaria / Al-Shakhshir, Hilmi / Pigatto, Paolo D M

    Biomedicines

    2023  Volume 11, Issue 4

    Abstract: Despite the well-known cutaneous beneficial effect of thermal water on the skin, no data exist regarding the potential biological effect of orally consumed water on healthy skin. Thus, in this single-center, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical ... ...

    Abstract Despite the well-known cutaneous beneficial effect of thermal water on the skin, no data exist regarding the potential biological effect of orally consumed water on healthy skin. Thus, in this single-center, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial conducted on age and menstrual cycle timing-matched healthy female volunteers (24 + 24) consuming water A (oligo-mineral) or water B (medium-mineral) for 1 month (T1), the cutaneous lipidomics were compared. Interestingly, only water A consumers had a statistically significant (
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-27
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2720867-9
    ISSN 2227-9059
    ISSN 2227-9059
    DOI 10.3390/biomedicines11041036
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  5. Article ; Online: Are better AI algorithms for breast cancer detection also better at predicting risk? A paired case-control study.

    Santeramo, Ruggiero / Damiani, Celeste / Wei, Jiefei / Montana, Giovanni / Brentnall, Adam R

    Breast cancer research : BCR

    2024  Volume 26, Issue 1, Page(s) 25

    Abstract: Background: There is increasing evidence that artificial intelligence (AI) breast cancer risk evaluation tools using digital mammograms are highly informative for 1-6 years following a negative screening examination. We hypothesized that algorithms that ...

    Abstract Background: There is increasing evidence that artificial intelligence (AI) breast cancer risk evaluation tools using digital mammograms are highly informative for 1-6 years following a negative screening examination. We hypothesized that algorithms that have previously been shown to work well for cancer detection will also work well for risk assessment and that performance of algorithms for detection and risk assessment is correlated.
    Methods: To evaluate our hypothesis, we designed a case-control study using paired mammograms at diagnosis and at the previous screening visit. The study included n = 3386 women from the OPTIMAM registry, that includes mammograms from women diagnosed with breast cancer in the English breast screening program 2010-2019. Cases were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ at screening and were selected if they had a mammogram available at the screening examination that led to detection, and a paired mammogram at their previous screening visit 3y prior to detection when no cancer was detected. Controls without cancer were matched 1:1 to cases based on age (year), screening site, and mammography machine type. Risk assessment was conducted using a deep-learning model designed for breast cancer risk assessment (Mirai), and three open-source deep-learning algorithms designed for breast cancer detection. Discrimination was assessed using a matched area under the curve (AUC) statistic.
    Results: Overall performance using the paired mammograms followed the same order by algorithm for risk assessment (AUC range 0.59-0.67) and detection (AUC 0.81-0.89), with Mirai performing best for both. There was also a correlation in performance for risk and detection within algorithms by cancer size, with much greater accuracy for large cancers (30 mm+, detection AUC: 0.88-0.92; risk AUC: 0.64-0.74) than smaller cancers (0 to < 10 mm, detection AUC: 0.73-0.86, risk AUC: 0.54-0.64). Mirai was relatively strong for risk assessment of smaller cancers (0 to < 10 mm, risk, Mirai AUC: 0.64 (95% CI 0.57 to 0.70); other algorithms AUC 0.54-0.56).
    Conclusions: Improvements in risk assessment could stem from enhancing cancer detection capabilities of smaller cancers. Other state-of-the-art AI detection algorithms with high performance for smaller cancers might achieve relatively high performance for risk assessment.
    MeSH term(s) Female ; Humans ; Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging ; Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology ; Artificial Intelligence ; Case-Control Studies ; Mammography ; Algorithms ; Early Detection of Cancer ; Retrospective Studies
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-07
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2015059-3
    ISSN 1465-542X ; 1465-5411
    ISSN (online) 1465-542X
    ISSN 1465-5411
    DOI 10.1186/s13058-024-01775-z
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  6. Article ; Online: Generalized pustular psoriasis: the case for rare disease and orphan designation.

    Koren, Jan / Mburu, Sicily / Trigos, David / Damiani, Giovanni / Naldi, Luigi

    The British journal of dermatology

    2022  Volume 187, Issue 3, Page(s) 411–413

    MeSH term(s) Acute Disease ; Exanthema ; Humans ; Psoriasis/diagnosis ; Psoriasis/drug therapy ; Rare Diseases ; Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-20
    Publishing country England
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 80076-4
    ISSN 1365-2133 ; 0007-0963
    ISSN (online) 1365-2133
    ISSN 0007-0963
    DOI 10.1111/bjd.21231
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  7. Article: Medicinal cannabis products for the treatment of acute pain.

    Fiore, Marco / Alfieri, Aniello / Di Franco, Sveva / Petrou, Stephen / Damiani, Giovanni / Pace, Maria Caterina

    World journal of clinical cases

    2023  Volume 11, Issue 12, Page(s) 2670–2676

    Abstract: For thousands of years, medicinal cannabis has been used for pain treatment, but its use for pain management is still controversial. Meta-analysis of the literature has shown contrasting results on the addition of cannabinoids to opioids compared with ... ...

    Abstract For thousands of years, medicinal cannabis has been used for pain treatment, but its use for pain management is still controversial. Meta-analysis of the literature has shown contrasting results on the addition of cannabinoids to opioids compared with placebo/other active agents to reduce pain. Clinical studies are mainly focused on medicinal cannabis use in chronic pain management, for which the analgesic effect has been proven in many studies. This review focuses on the potential use of medical cannabis for acute pain management in preclinical studies, studies on healthy subjects and the few pioneering studies in the clinical setting.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-05
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ISSN 2307-8960
    ISSN 2307-8960
    DOI 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i12.2670
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  8. Article: Telemedicine in Nail Psoriasis: Validation of a New Tool to Monitor (In-Person, In-Picture, and In-Video) Nail Psoriasis Severity in Patients with Concurrent Onychophagia and Onychotillomania.

    Pacifico, Alessia / Iorizzo, Matilde / Pasch, Marcel / Kridin, Khalaf / Del Fabbro, Massimo / Mercuri, Santo R / Peluso, Lorenzo / Damiani, Giovanni

    Dermatology and therapy

    2024  

    Abstract: Introduction: Since during the COVID-19 pandemic nail psoriasis was evaluated exclusively with teledermatology, dermatologists started to face the difficulty in rating it concurrent with other onycopathies (i.e., onychotillomania and onychophagy). Thus, ...

    Abstract Introduction: Since during the COVID-19 pandemic nail psoriasis was evaluated exclusively with teledermatology, dermatologists started to face the difficulty in rating it concurrent with other onycopathies (i.e., onychotillomania and onychophagy). Thus, we aimed to improve the existing severity scores and verify the value in different clinical settings (i.e., in person vs. teledermatology (video or picture)).
    Methods: This multicenter prospective observational study evaluated patients with nail psoriasis and screened them for onychophagy or onychotillomania in telemedicine from May 2020 to January 2021. For therapeutic purposes patients with nail psoriasis were followed and rated with the Nijmegen-Nail psoriasis Activity Index tooL (N-NAIL) for 9 months; at the same time, N-NAIL and a new dedicated index that monitor also the changes in nail dimension (Galeazzi-(G) N-NAIL) were tested for accuracy. We assessed inter- and intraobserver agreement for the three different settings (in person, video, and pictures).
    Results: In our cohort of 382 patients with nail psoriasis after a clinical and dermatoscopic assessment we found 20 (5.24%) patients with onychophagy and 17 (4.45%) patients with onychotillomania. Analysis of the impact of nail psoriasis on patients revealed that onycholysis and crumbing, followed by subungual hyperkeratosis, were the clinical signs that prevalently bothered patients. N-NAIL score displayed moderate intra- and interobserver agreement. Over the 9 months follow-up, N-NAIL vs. GN-NAIL displayed a solid correlation at all the examined time points, i.e., baseline and after 3, 6, and 9 months.
    Conclusion: We created a new tool, the GN-NAIL capable of efficiently scoring nail psoriasis severity in complex cases, such as patients with onychotillomania and onychophagy, and monitor response to treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-05-03
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2680284-3
    ISSN 2190-9172 ; 2193-8210
    ISSN (online) 2190-9172
    ISSN 2193-8210
    DOI 10.1007/s13555-024-01160-w
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  9. Article ; Online: Epidemiology, characteristics of disease and unmet needs of patients with generalized pustular psoriasis: a large Italian Delphi consensus.

    Prignano, Francesca / Atzori, Laura / Bellinato, Francesco / Damiani, Giovanni / Galeone, Carlotta / Mariani, Paolo / Potenza, Concetta / Scopinaro, Annalisa / Piaserico, Stefano / Fabbrocini, Gabriella

    Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland)

    2024  

    Abstract: Introduction: Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is a rare and chronic, debilitating skin condition characterised, in its acute flare phase, by clinically severe and potentially life-threatening systemic manifestations. Data on GPP are still scanty, ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is a rare and chronic, debilitating skin condition characterised, in its acute flare phase, by clinically severe and potentially life-threatening systemic manifestations. Data on GPP are still scanty, particularly in Europe and at a national level. To provide expert indications on several disease-related and patient-related aspects of GPP, with specific focus to the Italian context.
    Methods: We conducted an iterative eDelphi study following the recommended criteria for reporting methods and results. After a thorough bibliographic review aimed to identify unknown or controversial issues in GPP, the following areas were investigated through a few specific questions/statements for each area: 1) disease epidemiology; 2) disease characteristics, with specific interest towards GPP flares; 3) diagnosis and diagnostic delay; 4) GPP treatment; 5) GPP patient journey and use of healthcare resources in Italy; 6) unmet needs and quality of life. An Executive Board of 9 principal investigators revised and approved the topics to be examined and overviewed the whole project. A total of 35 experts from different Italian areas, including 34 board-certified Italian dermatologists and one representative of patients' associations, took part in the study.
    Results: A high agreement in responses from Italian experts emerged during two eDelphi iterations on - among several other aspects - GPP prevalence and incidence in Italy, use of European Rare and Severe Psoriasis Expert Network diagnostic criteria, flare frequency and duration, best diagnostic and care pathway, and main unmet needs of Italian patients. On the other hand, a broad spectrum of treatments (of different drug classes) was reported both in the acute and chronic phases of GPP, and no consensus on the issue was thus achieved.
    Conclusions: Consensus findings from this Delphi study of GPP experts may be useful to fill gaps of knowledge and improve awareness of this rare disease, as well as to help clinical and public health management of GPP in Italy.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-17
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1099692-8
    ISSN 1421-9832 ; 1018-8665
    ISSN (online) 1421-9832
    ISSN 1018-8665
    DOI 10.1159/000538072
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  10. Article ; Online: From Rheumatology 1.0 to Rheumatology 4.0 and beyond: the contributions of Big Data to the field of rheumatology.

    Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi / Damiani, Giovanni / Martini, Mariano

    Mediterranean journal of rheumatology

    2020  Volume 30, Issue 1, Page(s) 3–6

    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-01-14
    Publishing country Greece
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 3019943-8
    ISSN 2529-198X ; 2459-3516
    ISSN (online) 2529-198X
    ISSN 2459-3516
    DOI 10.31138/mjr.30.1.3
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