Publications by authors named "Gabriele Lami"

Article Synopsis
  • The study investigates the differences in microbial, lipid, and immune profiles between potential celiac disease (pCD) patients and those with atrophic celiac disease (aCD).
  • It analyzes samples from 17 aCD patients, 10 pCD patients, and 12 healthy controls, focusing on serum free fatty acids (FFAs) and duodenal mucosa histology.
  • Findings reveal significant differences in serum FFAs between pCD and aCD patients, and a distinct immune response, with pCD demonstrating lower CD4 T lymphocyte percentages and different T cell profiles compared to aCD patients.
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The reason why only few coeliac patients develop the cutaneous manifestation of the disease, named dermatitis herpetiformis (DH), is still unknown. Epidermal transglutaminase (TG3) has been described as the main autoantigen of humoral immunity in DH but the mechanisms leading to this autoimmune response remain obscure. Here we characterized T cells from skin, gut and peripheral blood of DH and coeliac disease (CD) patients, evaluated the impact of the gluten-free diet on circulating T lymphocytes' phenotype and investigated antigen specific T cell response toward epidermal and tissue transglutaminase (TG2).

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Granular deposits of IgA represent the specific cutaneous marker of dermatitis herpetiformis. The prevalence of IgA deposits in the skin of patients with coeliac disease without dermatitis herpetiformis remains unknown. In this prospective case-control study, skin biopsies from newly diagnosed coeliac patients without dermatitis herpetiformis were analysed by direct immunofluorescence.

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Background: Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging with indocyanine green (ICG) has been recently introduced for lymphatic mapping in several tumors. We aimed at investigating whether this technology may improve the intraoperative visualization of lymph nodes during robotic gastrectomy for gastric cancer.

Methods: Between June 2014 and June 2018, a total of 94 patients underwent robotic gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection for gastric cancer.

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Aim: To test the fujinon intelligent color enhancement (FICE) in identifying dysplastic or adenomatous polyps in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients.

Methods: Seventy-six consecutive FAP patients, already treated by colectomy and members of sixty-five families, were enrolled. A FICE system for the upper gastro-intestinal tract with an electronic endoscope system and a standard duodenoscope (for side-viewing examination) were used by two expert examiners.

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Laparoscopic rectal surgery has demonstrated its superiority over the open approach, however it still has some technical limitations that lead to the development of robotic platforms. Nevertheless the literature on this topic is rapidly expanding there is still no consensus about benefits of robotic rectal cancer surgery over the laparoscopic one. For this reason a review of all the literature examining robotic surgery for rectal cancer was performed.

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Background: Robotic surgery has been developed with the aim of improving surgical quality and overcoming the limitations of conventional laparoscopy in the performance of complex mini-invasive procedures. The present study was designed to compare robotic and laparoscopic distal gastrectomy in the treatment of gastric cancer.

Methods: Between June 2008 and September 2015, 41 laparoscopic and 30 robotic distal gastrectomies were performed by a single surgeon at the same institution.

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Background: Some recent studies have suggested that laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer may provide a potential survival advantage when compared with open surgery. This study aimed to compare cancer-related survivals of patients who underwent laparoscopic or open resection of colon cancer in the same, high volume tertiary center.

Methods: Patients who had undergone elective open or laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer between January 2002 and December 2010 were analyzed.

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Background: Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) and celiac disease (CD) are considered as autoimmune diseases that share a defined trigger (gluten) and a common genetic background (HLA-DQ2/DQ8). However, the pathogenesis of DH is not fully understood and no data are available about the immune regulation in such a disease.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess if alterations in the pattern of the immune response and, in particular, impairments of regulatory T (Tregs) cells may contribute to the phenotypic differences between DH and CD.

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Pancreatic cancer is a highly lethal disease with a genetic susceptibility and familial aggregation found in 3%-16% of patients. Early diagnosis remains the only hope for curative treatment and improvement of prognosis. This can be reached by the implementation of an intensive screening program, actually recommended for individuals at high-risk for pancreatic cancer development.

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Radiotherapy is an established treatment modality for patients with pancreatic cancer. Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) allows the delivery of high doses to the tumour, while sparing the sensitive tissues around it, thus reducing side effects. However, the need of precisely contouring and identifying the target lesion is mandatory to be able to perform IGRT.

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Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disorder caused by a permanent sensitivity to gluten in genetically susceptible individuals. Accurate diagnosis of CD at an early stage and its treatment with a gluten-free diet (GFD) are important for optimum treatment and prognosis. Recently, by employing a noninvasive metabonomic approach, we have shown that CD has a well-defined metabonomic signature.

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