Publications by authors named "R J Pascone"
Background: We sought to investigate the mutual interplay between bone, glucose and lipid metabolism in a wide cohort of community-based subjects.
Methods: We studied 1240 blood donors (F/M ratio 1/3.2, mean age 41.
Neonates are highly susceptible to bacterial infections, which represent a major source of mortality and morbidity in this age category. It is recognized that β2 integrins play a critical role in innate immunity by mediating leukocyte vascular adhesion, transmigration and bacterial phagocytosis. Therefore, we aimed to assess if the impaired immune functions seen in newborns may derive, in part, from a transient insufficient β2 integrin expression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Prostate cancer is the most common tumor in men. To the best of our knowledge a systematic assessment of bone and mineral abnormalities has not been performed in prostatic cancer patients consecutively enrolled.
Methods: This study was therefore carried out to investigate changes of skeletal and mineral metabolism in patients with prostate cancer (n = 69).
Purpose: To investigate the effect of 18 months' parathyroid hormone 1-84 (PTH 1-84) treatment on serum levels of bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), in postmenopausal women with established osteoporosis.
Methods: Thirty-seven postmenopausal women with osteoporosis (mean age 72.9 ± 8.
Background: Neutropenia is not uncommon in childhood. The aim of our study was to analyze the underlying causes of neutropenia and to evaluate its clinical significance in a series of children referred to our center.
Methods: One hundred and four consecutive children with neutropenia were enrolled in this study.