Publications by authors named "A Giacco"

Article Synopsis
  • - The study explored how the transcription factors Nkx2-1 and Pax8 influence thyroid development and brain functions by examining mice with genetic mutations affecting these factors, focusing on brain abnormalities linked to thyroid conditions.
  • - DHTP mice, which have both systemic and brain hypothyroidism, displayed altered neurotransmitter systems, reduced expression of synaptic and glutamate receptor proteins, and imbalances in mitochondrial dynamics compared to control mice.
  • - The findings suggest that Nkx2-1 and Pax8 mutations lead to neuroanatomical and neurochemical changes in the brain, highlighting potential targets for managing brain dysfunctions related to thyroid imbalances.
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Maintaining a well-functioning mitochondrial network through the mitochondria quality control (MQC) mechanisms, including biogenesis, dynamics and mitophagy, is crucial for overall health. Mitochondrial dysfunction caused by oxidative stress and further exacerbated by impaired quality control can trigger inflammation through the release of the damage-associated molecular patterns (mtDAMPs). mtDAMPs act by stimulating the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway.

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Background: Depression is a significant public health concern. Identifying biopsychosocial risk factors for depression is important for developing targeted prevention. Studies have demonstrated that blunted striatal activation during reward processing is a risk factor for depression; however, few have prospectively examined whether adolescent reward-related resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) predicts depression symptoms in adulthood and how this relates to known risk factors (e.

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Here, we evaluated the effect of dietary supplementation with an L. extract on the animal welfare and milk quality of dairy cows. Thirty Italian Holstein-Friesian dairy cows in the mid-lactation phase (90 to 210 days) were blocked into experimental groups based on parity class (namely, primiparous (P) (n = 10), secondiparous (S) (n = 10) and pluriparous (PL) (n = 10)) and received, for 60 days, Phenofeed Dry at 500 mg/cow/day.

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Combining exercise with fasting is known to boost fat mass-loss, but detailed analysis on the consequential mobilization of visceral and subcutaneous WAT-derived fatty acids has not been performed. In this study, a subset of fasted male rats (66 h) was submitted to daily bouts of mild exercise. Subsequently, by using gas chromatography-flame ionization detection, the content of 22 fatty acids (FA) in visceral (v) versus subcutaneous (sc) white adipose tissue (WAT) depots was compared to those found in response to the separate events.

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