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  1. Article: Completion pneumonectomy via sternotomy and complete intrathoracic liver migration in metastatic osteosarcoma.

    Chang, Shantel / Kirk, Frazer / Fuller, Robert / Provenzano, Sylvio

    Journal of surgical case reports

    2023  Volume 2023, Issue 10, Page(s) rjad552

    Abstract: Pulmonary metastasectomy is the well-accepted surgical management for recurrent osteosarcoma in the lung. A pneumonectomy is seldom performed, even more so via a sternotomy. We report an unusual case of a pneumonectomy via median sternotomy for a ... ...

    Abstract Pulmonary metastasectomy is the well-accepted surgical management for recurrent osteosarcoma in the lung. A pneumonectomy is seldom performed, even more so via a sternotomy. We report an unusual case of a pneumonectomy via median sternotomy for a pulmonary metastasis with complete migration of the liver into the intrathoracic space, a complication rarely observed. The patient remains disease-free on follow-up, 21 years following the initial diagnosis. Aggressive approaches for metastasectomy, despite clinician hesitation in the age of minimally invasive surgery, can yield excellent outcomes for a cancer with otherwise poor prognosis.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-15
    Publishing country England
    Document type Case Reports
    ZDB-ID 2580919-2
    ISSN 2042-8812
    ISSN 2042-8812
    DOI 10.1093/jscr/rjad552
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  2. Article: Viewpoint: Is there a nephrologist shortage or just poor deployment?

    Provenzano, Robert

    Nephrology news & issues

    2016  Volume 30, Issue 4, Page(s) 34–36

    MeSH term(s) Health Manpower/statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Nephrology/organization & administration ; Nephrology/statistics & numerical data ; Physicians/statistics & numerical data ; Physicians/supply & distribution ; Professional Role ; United States
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1077629-1
    ISSN 1944-7493 ; 0896-1263
    ISSN (online) 1944-7493
    ISSN 0896-1263
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  3. Article ; Online: The Economics of Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease.

    Provenzano, Robert

    Advances in chronic kidney disease

    2016  Volume 23, Issue 4, Page(s) 222–226

    Abstract: Health care reimbursement is undergoing a fundamental change from volume-driven to value-driven care. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is marshaling this change and empowering hospitals through Accountable Care Organizations to accept risk. ...

    Abstract Health care reimbursement is undergoing a fundamental change from volume-driven to value-driven care. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is marshaling this change and empowering hospitals through Accountable Care Organizations to accept risk. ESRD care/nephrology was awarded the only disease-specific Accountable Care Organization, ESRD Seamless Care Organizations. Dialysis providers in partnership with nephrologists will be exploring how ESRD Seamless Care Organizations will drive improvement in care. CKD care and economics will no longer be isolated from ESRD but possibly more closely linked to global patient outcomes. Preparation for these changes will require unique co-operation and collaboration between nephrologists, dialysis providers, payers, and hospitals/health care systems. Early pilot trials, demonstration projects, and special need programs have suggested value care can be delivered. Whether these results are scalable needs to be determined.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ISSN 1548-5609 ; 1548-5595
    ISSN (online) 1548-5609
    ISSN 1548-5595
    DOI 10.1053/j.ackd.2015.12.002
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  4. Article ; Online: Optimal cell traction forces in a generalized motor-clutch model.

    Alonso-Matilla, Roberto / Provenzano, Paolo P / Odde, David J

    Biophysical journal

    2023  Volume 122, Issue 16, Page(s) 3369–3385

    Abstract: Cells exert forces on mechanically compliant environments to sense stiffness, migrate, and remodel tissue. Cells can sense environmental stiffness via myosin-generated pulling forces acting on F-actin, which is in turn mechanically coupled to the ... ...

    Abstract Cells exert forces on mechanically compliant environments to sense stiffness, migrate, and remodel tissue. Cells can sense environmental stiffness via myosin-generated pulling forces acting on F-actin, which is in turn mechanically coupled to the environment via adhesive proteins, akin to a clutch in a drivetrain. In this "motor-clutch" framework, the force transmitted depends on the complex interplay of motor, clutch, and environmental properties. Previous mean-field analysis of the motor-clutch model identified the conditions for optimal stiffness for maximal force transmission via a dimensionless number that combines motor-clutch parameters. However, in this and other previous mean-field analyses, the motor-clutch system is assumed to have balanced motors and clutches and did not consider force-dependent clutch reinforcement and catch bond behavior. Here, we generalize the motor-clutch analytical framework to include imbalanced motor-clutch regimes, with clutch reinforcement and catch bonding, and investigate optimality with respect to all parameters. We found that traction force is strongly influenced by clutch stiffness, and we discovered an optimal clutch stiffness that maximizes traction force, suggesting that cells could tune their clutch mechanical properties to perform a specific function. The results provide guidance for maximizing the accuracy of cell-generated force measurements via molecular tension sensors by designing their mechanosensitive linker peptide to be as stiff as possible. In addition, we found that, on rigid substrates, the mean-field analysis identifies optimal motor properties, suggesting that cells could regulate their myosin repertoire and activity to maximize force transmission. Finally, we found that clutch reinforcement shifts the optimum substrate stiffness to larger values, whereas the optimum substrate stiffness is insensitive to clutch catch bond properties. Overall, our work reveals novel features of the motor-clutch model that can affect the design of molecular tension sensors and provide a generalized analytical framework for predicting and controlling cell adhesion and migration in immunotherapy and cancer.
    MeSH term(s) Biomechanical Phenomena ; Traction ; Actins/metabolism ; Actin Cytoskeleton/metabolism ; Cell Adhesion
    Chemical Substances Actins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-20
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 218078-9
    ISSN 1542-0086 ; 0006-3495
    ISSN (online) 1542-0086
    ISSN 0006-3495
    DOI 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.07.012
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  5. Article: AKI moves into the outpatient dialysis setting. What the new law means for patients, staff.

    Provenzano, Robert / Payne, Glenda

    Nephrology news & issues

    2018  Volume 31, Issue 2, Page(s) 27–29

    MeSH term(s) Acute Kidney Injury/economics ; Acute Kidney Injury/therapy ; Aged ; Female ; Health Care Costs/legislation & jurisprudence ; Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic/economics ; Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy ; Male ; Medicare/legislation & jurisprudence ; Middle Aged ; Outpatients ; Renal Dialysis/economics ; Risk Factors ; United States
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-11-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1077629-1
    ISSN 1944-7493 ; 0896-1263
    ISSN (online) 1944-7493
    ISSN 0896-1263
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  6. Article ; Online: Association of risk stratification score with dialysis vascular access stenosis.

    Kumbar, Lalathaksha / Astor, Brad C / Besarab, Anatole / Provenzano, Robert / Yee, Jerry

    The journal of vascular access

    2022  , Page(s) 11297298221136592

    Abstract: Backgrounds: Clinical monitoring is the recommended standard for identifying dialysis access dysfunction; however, clinical monitoring requires skill and training, which is challenging for understaffed clinics and overburdened healthcare personnel. A ... ...

    Abstract Backgrounds: Clinical monitoring is the recommended standard for identifying dialysis access dysfunction; however, clinical monitoring requires skill and training, which is challenging for understaffed clinics and overburdened healthcare personnel. A vascular access risk stratification score was recently proposed to assist in detecting dialysis access dysfunction.
    Purpose: Our objective was to evaluate the utility of using vascular access risk scores to assess venous stenosis in hemodialysis vascular accesses.
    Methods: We prospectively enrolled adult patients who were receiving hemodialysis through an arteriovenous access and who had a risk score ⩽3 (low-risk) or ⩾8 (high-risk). We compared the occurrence of access stenosis (>50% on ultrasonography or angiography) between low-risk and high-risk groups and assessed clinical monitoring results for each group.
    Results: Of the 38 patients analyzed (18 low-risk; 20 high-risk), 16 (42%) had significant stenosis. Clinical monitoring results were positive in 39% of the low-risk and 60% of the high-risk group (
    Conclusions: A calculated risk score may help predict the development of hemodialysis vascular access stenosis and may provide a simple and reliable objective measure for risk stratification.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2252820-9
    ISSN 1724-6032 ; 1129-7298
    ISSN (online) 1724-6032
    ISSN 1129-7298
    DOI 10.1177/11297298221136592
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  7. Article ; Online: Treating refractory posterior sacroiliac joint complex pain in the current healthcare ecosystem: a call to action.

    Sherwood, David / Yang, Aaron / Hunt, Christine / Provenzano, David / Kohan, Lynn / Hurley, Robert W / Cohen, Steven P / Shah, Vinil / McCormick, Zachary L

    Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)

    2023  Volume 24, Issue 10, Page(s) 1131–1132

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Sacroiliac Joint ; Ecosystem ; Arthralgia ; Low Back Pain ; Pelvic Pain
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-02
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2015903-1
    ISSN 1526-4637 ; 1526-2375
    ISSN (online) 1526-4637
    ISSN 1526-2375
    DOI 10.1093/pm/pnad071
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  8. Article ; Online: Dapagliflozin and Blood Pressure in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Albuminuria.

    Heerspink, Hiddo Jl / Provenzano, Michele / Vart, Priya / Jongs, Niels / Correa-Rotter, Ricardo / Rossing, Peter / Mark, Patrick B / Pecoits-Filho, Roberto / McMurray, John Jv / Langkilde, Anna Maria / Wheeler, David C / Toto, Robert B / Chertow, Glenn M

    American heart journal

    2024  Volume 270, Page(s) 125–135

    Abstract: Background and aims: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors decrease blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes, but the consistency and magnitude of blood pressure lowering with dapagliflozin in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is ... ...

    Abstract Background and aims: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors decrease blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes, but the consistency and magnitude of blood pressure lowering with dapagliflozin in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is unknown. We conducted a prespecified analysis of the DAPA-CKD trial to investigate the effect of dapagliflozin on systolic blood pressure (SBP) in patients with CKD, with and without type 2 diabetes.
    Methods: A total of 4304 adults with baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) 25-75 mL/min/1.73m
    Results: Baseline mean (SD) SBP was 137.1 mmHg (17.4). By Week 2, dapagliflozin compared to placebo reduced SBP by 3.6 mmHg (95% CI 2.8-4.4 mmHg), an effect maintained over the duration of the trial (2.9 mmHg, 2.3-3.6 mmHg). Time-averaged reductions in SBP were 3.2 mmHg (2.5-4.0 mmHg) in patients with diabetes and 2.3 mmHg (1.2-3.4 mmHg) in patients without diabetes. The time-averaged effect of dapagliflozin on diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was 1.0 mmHg (0.6-1.4 mmHg); 0.8 mmHg (0.4-1.3 mmHg) in patients with diabetes and 1.4 mmHg (0.7-2.1 mmHg) in patients without diabetes. Benefits of dapagliflozin on the primary composite and secondary endpoints were evident across the spectrum of baseline SBP and DBP.
    Conclusion: In patients with CKD and albuminuria, randomization to dapagliflozin was associated with modest reductions in systolic and diastolic BP.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy ; Blood Pressure ; Albuminuria/etiology ; Albuminuria/complications ; Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors/therapeutic use ; Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors/pharmacology ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/complications ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/drug therapy ; Glomerular Filtration Rate ; Benzhydryl Compounds ; Glucosides
    Chemical Substances dapagliflozin (1ULL0QJ8UC) ; Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors ; Benzhydryl Compounds ; Glucosides
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Randomized Controlled Trial ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 80026-0
    ISSN 1097-6744 ; 0002-8703
    ISSN (online) 1097-6744
    ISSN 0002-8703
    DOI 10.1016/j.ahj.2024.02.006
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  9. Article ; Online: Retraction notice to "Pooled Analysis of Roxadustat for Anemia in Patients With Kidney Failure Incident to Dialysis."

    Provenzano, Robert / Fishbane, Steven / Szczech, Lynda / Leong, Robert / Saikali, Khalil G / Zhong, Ming / Lee, Tyson T / Houser, Mark T / Frison, Lars / Houghton, John / Little, Dustin J / Peony Yu, Kin-Hung / Neff, Thomas B

    Kidney international reports

    2022  Volume 7, Issue 3, Page(s) 665

    Abstract: This retracts the article DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.12.018.]. ...

    Abstract [This retracts the article DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.12.018.].
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-05
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Retraction of Publication
    ISSN 2468-0249
    ISSN (online) 2468-0249
    DOI 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.01.1069
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  10. Article ; Online: Elucidating the signal for contact guidance contained in aligned fibrils with a microstructural-mechanical model.

    Bersie-Larson, Lauren M / Lai, Victor K / Dhume, Rohit Y / Provenzano, Paolo P / Barocas, Victor H / Tranquillo, Robert T

    Journal of the Royal Society, Interface

    2022  Volume 19, Issue 190, Page(s) 20210951

    Abstract: Despite its importance in physiological processes and tissue engineering, the mechanism underlying cell contact guidance in an aligned fibrillar network has defied elucidation due to multiple interdependent signals that such a network presents to cells, ... ...

    Abstract Despite its importance in physiological processes and tissue engineering, the mechanism underlying cell contact guidance in an aligned fibrillar network has defied elucidation due to multiple interdependent signals that such a network presents to cells, namely, anisotropy of adhesion, porosity and mechanical behaviour. A microstructural-mechanical model of fibril networks was used to assess the relative magnitudes of these competing signals in networks of varied alignment strength based on idealized cylindrical pseudopods projected into the aligned and orthogonal directions and computing the anisotropy of metrics chosen for adhesion, porosity and mechanical behaviour: cylinder-fibre contact area for adhesion, persistence length of pores for porosity and total force to displace fibres from the cylindrical volume as well as network stiffness experienced upon cylinder retraction for mechanical behaviour. The signals related to mechanical anisotropy are substantially higher than adhesion and porosity anisotropy, especially at stronger network alignments, although their signal to noise (S/N) values are substantially lower. The former finding is consistent with a recent report that fibroblasts can sense fibril alignment via anisotropy of network mechanical resistance, and the model reveals this can be due to either mechanical resistance to pseudopod protrusion or retraction given their signal and S/N values are similar.
    MeSH term(s) Anisotropy ; Cell Communication ; Fibroblasts ; Porosity ; Tissue Engineering
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-18
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 2156283-0
    ISSN 1742-5662 ; 1742-5689
    ISSN (online) 1742-5662
    ISSN 1742-5689
    DOI 10.1098/rsif.2021.0951
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