Publications by authors named "L M Tarantino"
Objective: Renourishment and weight restoration are critical first steps in anorexia nervosa (AN) treatment. The ability of the gastrointestinal tract to harvest and utilize energy from food is essential for successful weight restoration, but the functional capacity of the intestine after prolonged caloric restriction remains unknown. In an exploratory study, we quantified the stool energy content of individuals with AN before and after renourishment.
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- The MiniMUGA genotyping array is a widely used tool for ensuring genetic quality control in laboratory mice and for genotyping various experimental crosses, particularly those of reduced complexity.
- Recent efforts have focused on enhancing the performance of the MiniMUGA array by improving marker annotation and increasing the reliability and number of consensus genotypes for inbred strains and substrains.
- Key updates to the informatics pipeline and report layout aim to simplify data interpretation and enhance overall utility, promoting better rigor and reproducibility in mouse-based biomedical research.
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- Gas gangrene (GG) is a rare but severe infection often caused by Clostridium species, commonly developing after surgeries.
- A case study describes a 76-year-old woman who developed GG in the liver after a microwave (MW) ablation for liver cancer, initially misdiagnosed as an anaerobic liver abscess.
- The successful treatment involved percutaneous Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) when antibiotics failed, suggesting RFA as a potential option for GG when surgery isn't feasible.
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- Emerging evidence suggests that liver disease may begin in development due to high genome plasticity and the establishment of liver function pathways.
- A study using a Collaborative Cross mouse model with developmental vitamin D deficiency (DVD) explored how DVD disrupts liver gene expression and metabolism, factoring in the impact of parental origin of the genome (POG).
- Results showed that DVD significantly affected liver gene expression, reducing genes related to liver development and energy production, with distinct responses observed between different POGs, particularly in gene expression and metabolic profiles related to energy utilization.
Standard ultrasound (US) finds wide use in renal diseases as a screening procedure, but it is not always able to characterize lesions, especially in differential diagnosis between benign and malignant lesions. In contrast, contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) is appropriate in differentiating between solid and cystic lesions as well as between tumors and pseudotumors. We show the case of a nephropathic patient who showed a complex, large, growing renal mass, characterized through a CEUS.
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