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  1. Article ; Online: Rifaximin, a Molecule with Newly Discovered Anti-inflammatory Properties May Help Shaping the Microbiome and Its Interaction with Host Immunity.

    Pandolfi, Franco

    Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry

    2015  Volume 16, Issue 3, Page(s) 177–178

    MeSH term(s) Anti-Inflammatory Agents/chemistry ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology ; Humans ; Immunity/drug effects ; Microbiota/drug effects ; Microbiota/physiology ; Rifamycins/chemistry ; Rifamycins/pharmacology ; Rifaximin
    Chemical Substances Anti-Inflammatory Agents ; Rifamycins ; Rifaximin (L36O5T016N)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-09-18
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Editorial ; Introductory Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2104081-3
    ISSN 1875-5607 ; 1389-5575
    ISSN (online) 1875-5607
    ISSN 1389-5575
    DOI 10.2174/1389557515999150923151720
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  2. Article ; Online: Luteolin, inflammation and cancer: Special emphasis on gut microbiota.

    Franza, Laura / Carusi, Valentina / Nucera, Eleonora / Pandolfi, Franco

    BioFactors (Oxford, England)

    2021  Volume 47, Issue 2, Page(s) 181–189

    Abstract: Luteolin belongs to the family of flavonoids, which have anti-inflammatory functions, potentially useful in a clinical context, particularly for patients suffering from cancer, neuropsychiatric disorders, inflammatory bowel conditions. This peculiarity ... ...

    Abstract Luteolin belongs to the family of flavonoids, which have anti-inflammatory functions, potentially useful in a clinical context, particularly for patients suffering from cancer, neuropsychiatric disorders, inflammatory bowel conditions. This peculiarity has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine, for many different diseases. Its anti-inflammatory effects might be particularly relevant in cancer, with some studies reporting anti-angiogenesis, anti-metastatic, and apoptotic effects on cancer cells by luteolin and other flavonoids. In this article, we analyze the anti-inflammatory role of luteolin, discussing the pathways it may act on. We will then discuss the possible role of microbiota in inflammatory modulation by luteolin. Finally, the possible therapeutic applications of luteolin's anti-inflammatory properties will be analyzed, with a particular focus on cancer.
    MeSH term(s) Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology ; Gastrointestinal Microbiome/drug effects ; Humans ; Inflammation/prevention & control ; Luteolin/pharmacology ; Neoplasms/prevention & control
    Chemical Substances Anti-Inflammatory Agents ; Luteolin (KUX1ZNC9J2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-28
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 59230-4
    ISSN 1872-8081 ; 0951-6433
    ISSN (online) 1872-8081
    ISSN 0951-6433
    DOI 10.1002/biof.1710
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  3. Article: The Ancient Olive Trees (

    Passeri, Valentina / Sammut, Clayton / Mifsud, David / Domesi, Andrea / Stanzione, Vitale / Baldoni, Luciana / Mousavi, Soraya / Mariotti, Roberto / Pandolfi, Saverio / Cinosi, Nicola / Famiani, Franco / Bufacchi, Marina

    Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

    2023  Volume 12, Issue 10

    Abstract: A prospecting campaign in the Maltese Islands has ensured the survival of several ancient olive trees ( ...

    Abstract A prospecting campaign in the Maltese Islands has ensured the survival of several ancient olive trees (
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-15
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2704341-1
    ISSN 2223-7747
    ISSN 2223-7747
    DOI 10.3390/plants12101988
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  4. Article ; Online: Care pathways of sepsis survivors: sequelae, mortality and use of healthcare services in France, 2015-2018.

    Pandolfi, Fanny / Brun-Buisson, Christian / Guillemot, Didier / Watier, Laurence

    Critical care (London, England)

    2023  Volume 27, Issue 1, Page(s) 438

    Abstract: Background: Individuals who survive sepsis are at high risk of chronic sequelae, resulting in significant health-economic costs. Several studies have focused on aspects of healthcare pathways of sepsis survivors but comprehensive, longitudinal overview ... ...

    Abstract Background: Individuals who survive sepsis are at high risk of chronic sequelae, resulting in significant health-economic costs. Several studies have focused on aspects of healthcare pathways of sepsis survivors but comprehensive, longitudinal overview of their pathways of care are scarce. The aim of this retrospective, longitudinal cohort study is to identify sepsis survivor profiles based on their healthcare pathways and describe their healthcare consumption and costs over the 3 years following their index hospitalization.
    Methods: The data were extracted from the French National Hospital Discharge Database. The study population included all patients above 15 years old, with bacterial sepsis, who survived an incident hospitalization in an acute care facility in 2015. To identify survivor profiles, state sequence and clustering analyses were conducted over the year following the index hospitalization. For each profile, patient characteristics and their index hospital stay and sequelae were described, as well as use of care and its associated monetary costs, both pre- and post-sepsis.
    Results: New medical (79.2%), psychological (26.9%) and cognitive (18.5%) impairments were identified post-sepsis, and 65.3% of survivors were rehospitalized in acute care. Cumulative mortality reached 36.6% by 3 years post-sepsis. The total medical cost increased by 856 million € in the year post-sepsis. Five patient clusters were identified: home (65.6% of patients), early death (12.9%), late death (6.8%), short-term rehabilitation (11.3%) and long-term rehabilitation (3.3%). Survivors with early and late death clusters had high rates of cancer and primary bacteremia and experienced more hospital-at-home care post-sepsis. Survivors in short- or long-term rehabilitation clusters were older, with higher percentage of septic shock than those coming back home, and had high rates of multiple site infections and higher rates of new psychological and cognitive impairment.
    Conclusions: Over three years post-sepsis, different profiles of sepsis survivors were identified with different mortality rates, sequels and healthcare services usage and cost. This study confirmed the importance of sepsis burden and suggests that strategies of post-discharge care, in accordance with patient profile, should be further tested in order to reduce sepsis burden.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Adolescent ; Longitudinal Studies ; Retrospective Studies ; Aftercare ; Critical Pathways ; Patient Discharge ; Sepsis ; Health Care Costs ; Survivors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-10
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2041406-7
    ISSN 1466-609X ; 1364-8535
    ISSN (online) 1466-609X
    ISSN 1364-8535
    DOI 10.1186/s13054-023-04726-w
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  5. Article ; Online: Interleukin-6 in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

    Pandolfi, Franco / Franza, Laura / Carusi, Valentina / Altamura, Simona / Andriollo, Gloria / Nucera, Eleonora

    International journal of molecular sciences

    2020  Volume 21, Issue 15

    Abstract: The role of interleukin (IL)-6 in health and disease has been under a lot of scrutiny in recent years, particularly during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The inflammatory pathways in which IL-6 is involved are also partly responsible of the development ... ...

    Abstract The role of interleukin (IL)-6 in health and disease has been under a lot of scrutiny in recent years, particularly during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The inflammatory pathways in which IL-6 is involved are also partly responsible of the development and progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), opening interesting perspectives in terms of therapy. Anti-IL-6 drugs are being used with variable degrees of success in other diseases and are being tested in RA. Results have been encouraging, particularly when anti-IL-6 has been used with other drugs, such as metothrexate (MTX). In this review we discuss the main immunologic aspects that make anti-IL-6 a good candidate in RA, but despite the main therapeutic options available to target IL-6, no gold standard treatment has been established so far.
    MeSH term(s) Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/drug therapy ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/immunology ; Disease Progression ; Humans ; Interleukin-6/antagonists & inhibitors ; Interleukin-6/metabolism ; Molecular Targeted Therapy ; Signal Transduction/drug effects
    Chemical Substances Antibodies, Monoclonal ; IL6 protein, human ; Interleukin-6
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-07-23
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2019364-6
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    ISSN (online) 1422-0067
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    DOI 10.3390/ijms21155238
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  6. Article ; Online: Nickel allergy in lipid transfer protein sensitized patients: Prevalence and clinical features.

    Rizzi, Angela / Chini, Raffaella / Inchingolo, Riccardo / Carusi, Valentina / Pandolfi, Franco / Gasbarrini, Antonio / Nucera, Eleonora

    International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

    2020  Volume 34, Page(s) 2058738420974895

    Abstract: Nickel (Ni), the main responsible for allergic contact dermatitis worldwide, is also involved in systemic condition called "Systemic Nickel Sulfate Allergy Syndrome (SNAS)." Likewise, IgE-mediated reactivity to Lipid Transfer Protein (LTP) represents the ...

    Abstract Nickel (Ni), the main responsible for allergic contact dermatitis worldwide, is also involved in systemic condition called "Systemic Nickel Sulfate Allergy Syndrome (SNAS)." Likewise, IgE-mediated reactivity to Lipid Transfer Protein (LTP) represents the main cause of primary food allergy in adults of Mediterranean countries. We evaluated the prevalence of SNAS in LTP allergic patients and investigated patients' clinical features with double sensitization (LTP and Ni). A retrospective, single-center, observational study was conducted performing a complete allergological work-up including: (1) skin prick tests; (2) serum specific IgE for plant food allergens and rPru p3 (LTP); (3) patch test with 5% Ni sulfate in petrolatum. We enrolled 140 LTP allergic patients of which 36 patients (25.7% of sample) showed additional positivity to Ni patch test. Patients with double sensitization were more frequently females and reported fewer cutaneous symptoms. Higher values of sIgE for peach, apple, peanut, walnut, grain, corn, and garlic were found in LTP allergic patients, while higher values for hazelnut in the other subgroup. The prevalence of SNAS in the LTP allergic population is clinically relevant. Moreover, the clinical and immunological profiles of patients with double sensitization were different from patients monosensitized to LTP.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Antigens, Plant/adverse effects ; Antigens, Plant/immunology ; Biomarkers/blood ; Carrier Proteins/adverse effects ; Carrier Proteins/immunology ; Female ; Food Hypersensitivity/diagnosis ; Food Hypersensitivity/epidemiology ; Food Hypersensitivity/immunology ; Fruit/adverse effects ; Fruit/immunology ; Humans ; Hypersensitivity/diagnosis ; Hypersensitivity/epidemiology ; Hypersensitivity/immunology ; Immunoglobulin E/blood ; Intradermal Tests ; Italy/epidemiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nickel/adverse effects ; Nickel/immunology ; Plant Proteins/adverse effects ; Plant Proteins/immunology ; Prevalence ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Assessment ; Risk Factors ; Syndrome ; Young Adult
    Chemical Substances Antigens, Plant ; Biomarkers ; Carrier Proteins ; Plant Proteins ; lipid transfer proteins, plant ; Immunoglobulin E (37341-29-0) ; nickel sulfate (4FLT4T3WUN) ; Nickel (7OV03QG267)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-11-17
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Observational Study
    ZDB-ID 645171-8
    ISSN 2058-7384 ; 0394-6320
    ISSN (online) 2058-7384
    ISSN 0394-6320
    DOI 10.1177/2058738420974895
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  7. Article ; Online: Immune Modulation by Vitamin D: Special Emphasis on Its Role in Prevention and Treatment of Cancer.

    Pandolfi, Franco / Franza, Laura / Mandolini, Claudia / Conti, Pio

    Clinical therapeutics

    2017  Volume 39, Issue 5, Page(s) 884–893

    Abstract: Purpose: Vitamin D has been known to be involved in mineral and bone homeostasis for many years. In the past its main use was in treating osteoporosis and rickets. In recent years it was found that vitamin D is an immune-modulating agent and may also ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: Vitamin D has been known to be involved in mineral and bone homeostasis for many years. In the past its main use was in treating osteoporosis and rickets. In recent years it was found that vitamin D is an immune-modulating agent and may also have a role in several diseases, including autoimmune diseases. The immune-modulating effects appear to be mediated by vitamin D interaction with the vitamin D receptor (VDR) that has transcriptional effects and is expressed on various cell types, especially those of the immune system. Immunologic and rheumatologic diseases were the first to be studied, but at the moment the spotlight is on the interactions between tumor cells and vitamin D. This review focuses on four forms of cancer that apparently benefit from a vitamin D supplementation during treatment: prostate, breast, and colorectal cancers and melanoma. Several studies reported that differences exist between white and black patients, which we discuss in the review.
    Methods: We systematically searched PubMed for studies published in English. The search terms included vitamin D, cancer, breast, colorectal, prostate, and melanoma.
    Findings and implications: Our findings show that vitamin D has the potential to become a valid coadjuvant in the treatment of cancer.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Dietary Supplements ; Humans ; Immunologic Factors/therapeutic use ; Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Neoplasms/metabolism ; Neoplasms/prevention & control ; Receptors, Calcitriol/metabolism ; Vitamin D/therapeutic use ; Vitamins/therapeutic use
    Chemical Substances Immunologic Factors ; Receptors, Calcitriol ; Vitamins ; Vitamin D (1406-16-2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-04-18
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 603113-4
    ISSN 1879-114X ; 0149-2918
    ISSN (online) 1879-114X
    ISSN 0149-2918
    DOI 10.1016/j.clinthera.2017.03.012
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  8. Article ; Online: Trends in bacterial sepsis incidence and mortality in France between 2015 and 2019 based on National Health Data System (Système National des données de Santé (SNDS)): a retrospective observational study.

    Pandolfi, Fanny / Guillemot, Didier / Watier, Laurence / Brun-Buisson, Christian

    BMJ open

    2022  Volume 12, Issue 5, Page(s) e058205

    Abstract: ... in sepsis incidence and mortality between 2015 and 2019 in France, and to describe the characteristics ... study.: Setting: Metropolitan France between 2015 and 2019.: Participants: Between 2015 and 2019 ... in France. These data should be complemented by estimating the additional burden associated with fungal and ...

    Abstract Objective: This study aims to provide a case definition of sepsis of presumed bacterial aetiology based on 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) codes, to assess trends in sepsis incidence and mortality between 2015 and 2019 in France, and to describe the characteristics of affected patients and hospital stays.
    Design: Nationwide, population-based, retrospective observational study.
    Setting: Metropolitan France between 2015 and 2019.
    Participants: Between 2015 and 2019, 1 224 433 patients with sepsis of presumed bacterial aetiology were selected from the French National Hospital Discharge Database (Programme de Médicalisation des Systèmes d'Information) and were identified from corresponding ICD-10 codes for explicit sepsis or implicit sepsis.
    Main outcomes measures: Annual overall and age-specific and gender-specific incidence and 95% CI, as well as trends in sepsis incidence and mortality, were estimated. Comorbidities, length of hospital stay and outcomes were described.
    Results: The sex-standardised and age-standardised incidence per 100 000 (95% CI) increased from 357 (356.0 to 359.0) in 2015 to 403 (401.9 to 405.0) in 2019 and remained higher for males compared with females. Children under 1 year and patients over 75 years consistently had the highest incidence. The most common comorbidities were cancer and chronic heart failure. The median hospital length of stay was 12 days. Most patients came from home, but only half returned home after their hospital stay and approximately 15% were discharged to long-term care. In-hospital mortality was about 25% and declined along the study period.
    Conclusions: Medico-administrative databases can be used to provide nationwide estimates of the in-hospital burden of bacterial sepsis. The results confirm the high burden of sepsis in France. These data should be complemented by estimating the additional burden associated with fungal and viral infections during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19 ; Child ; Databases, Factual ; Female ; France/epidemiology ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Pandemics ; Retrospective Studies ; Sepsis/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-24
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Observational Study ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2599832-8
    ISSN 2044-6055 ; 2044-6055
    ISSN (online) 2044-6055
    ISSN 2044-6055
    DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058205
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  9. Article ; Online: Interleukin-6 in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Franco Pandolfi / Laura Franza / Valentina Carusi / Simona Altamura / Gloria Andriollo / Eleonora Nucera

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 21, Iss 5238, p

    2020  Volume 5238

    Abstract: The role of interleukin (IL)-6 in health and disease has been under a lot of scrutiny in recent years, particularly during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The inflammatory pathways in which IL-6 is involved are also partly responsible of the development ... ...

    Abstract : The role of interleukin (IL)-6 in health and disease has been under a lot of scrutiny in recent years, particularly during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The inflammatory pathways in which IL-6 is involved are also partly responsible of the development and progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), opening interesting perspectives in terms of therapy. Anti-IL-6 drugs are being used with variable degrees of success in other diseases and are being tested in RA. Results have been encouraging, particularly when anti-IL-6 has been used with other drugs, such as metothrexate (MTX). In this review we discuss the main immunologic aspects that make anti-IL-6 a good candidate in RA, but despite the main therapeutic options available to target IL-6, no gold standard treatment has been established so far.
    Keywords IL-6 ; rheumatoid arthritis ; inflammation ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Chemistry ; QD1-999
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
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  10. Article ; Online: Key Role of DAMP in Inflammation, Cancer, and Tissue Repair.

    Pandolfi, Franco / Altamura, Simona / Frosali, Simona / Conti, Pio

    Clinical therapeutics

    2016  Volume 38, Issue 5, Page(s) 1017–1028

    Abstract: Purpose: This review aimed to take stock of the current status of research on damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) protein. We discuss the Janus-faced role of DAMP molecules in inflammation, cancer, and tissue repair. The high-mobility group box ( ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: This review aimed to take stock of the current status of research on damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) protein. We discuss the Janus-faced role of DAMP molecules in inflammation, cancer, and tissue repair. The high-mobility group box (HMGB)-1 and adenosine triphosphate proteins are well-known DAMP molecules and have been primarily associated with inflammation. However, as we shall see, recent data have linked these molecules to tissue repair. HMGB1 is associated with cancer-related inflammation. It activates nuclear factor kB, which is involved in cancer regulation via its receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE), Toll-like receptors 2 and 4. Proinflammatory activity and tissue repair may lead to pharmacologic intervention, by blocking DAMP RAGE and Toll like receptor 2 and 4 role in inflammation and by increasing their concentration in tissue repair, respectively.
    Methods: We conducted a MEDLINE search for articles pertaining to the various issues related to DAMP, and we discuss the most relevant articles especially (ie, not only those published in journals with a higher impact factor).
    Findings: A cluster of remarkable articles on DAMP have appeared in the literature in recent years. Regarding inflammation, several strategies have been proposed to target HMGB1, from antibodies to recombinant box A, which interacts with RAGE, competing with the full molecule. In tissue repair, it was reported that the overexpression of HMGB1 or the administration of exogenous HMGB1 significantly increased the number of vessels and promoted recovery in skin-wound, ischemic injury.
    Implications: Due to the bivalent nature of DAMP, it is often difficult to explain the relative role of DAMP in inflammation versus its role in tissue repair. However, this point is crucial as DAMP-related treatments move into clinical practice.
    MeSH term(s) Alarmins ; Animals ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Mice ; Neoplasms ; Wound Healing
    Chemical Substances Alarmins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 603113-4
    ISSN 1879-114X ; 0149-2918
    ISSN (online) 1879-114X
    ISSN 0149-2918
    DOI 10.1016/j.clinthera.2016.02.028
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