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Background: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare disorder characterized by dysfunction of r... more Background: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare disorder characterized by dysfunction of respiratory cilia and impaired mucociliary clearance leading to recurrent airway infection and chronic inflammation appearing in childhood. Rationale and aims: Chronic inflammation has been associated to oxidative stress (OS). Moreover, evidence of increased OS in the airways of stable children with PCD has been shown (Zihlif, N. et al . Pediatr Pulmonol 2006; 41:509-14). We hypothesize that OS would be increased in ciliated nasal epithelial cells (CNEC) from patients with PCD. This study was aimed to assess the OS profile in CNEC isolated from children with PCD. Methods: CNEC were obtained from ten children diagnosed with PCD, ten PCD- like patients and ten control individuals. OS parameters were prospectively measured by flow cytometry. Results: PCD patients showed significantly higher reduced glutathione (GSH) (p=0.01) and total superoxide anion (O 2 - ) (p=0.03) but lower nitric oxide (NO) levels (p=0.05) than the control and PCD- like patients. PCD patients and PCD-like patients show higher oxidized/reduced lipid ratio (p=0.30), carbonylated proteins (CP) (p=0.14) and mitochondrial O 2 - (mO 2 - ) (p=0.16) than the control group although the results did not reach statistical significance. No significant differences were observed in mitochondrial parameters and H 2 O 2 between groups. Conclusions: PCD patients exhibit a pro-oxidant oxidative profile. PCD-like patients show a similar behaviour as PCD patients in levels of mO 2 - , NO, and CP, whereas a comparable behaviour to controls in total O 2 - and GSH levels. Our results suggest an implication of OS in the pathophysiology of PCD.
Allergy & Rhinology, 2021
Background Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is characterised by an imbalance in mucociliary clear... more Background Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is characterised by an imbalance in mucociliary clearance leading to chronic respiratory infections. Cilia length is considered to be a contributing factor in cilia movement. Recently, IFT46 protein has been related to cilia length. Therefore, this work aims to study IFT46 expression in a PCD patients cohort and analyse its relationship with cilia length and function, as it was not previously described. Materials and methods The expression of one intraflagellar transport ( IFT46) and two regulating ciliary architecture ( FOXJ1 and DNAI2) genes, as well as cilia length of 27 PCD patients, were measured. PCD patients were diagnosed based on clinical data, and cilia function and ultrastructure. Gene expression was estimated by real-time RT-PCR and cilia length by electron microscopy in nasal epithelium biopsies. Results and conclusions: While IFT46 expression was only diminished in patients with short cilia, FOXJ1, and DNAI2 expression were r...
Nasal polyposis (NP) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the nasal mucosa and paranasal s... more Nasal polyposis (NP) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the nasal mucosa and paranasal sinuses, and which leads to the formation of polyps. The most recent studies suggest NP to be a chronic rhinosinusitis subtype with differential characteristics that could advise a specific diagnostic and therapeutic approach to the disorder. Although the precise prevalence of NP is not known, different epidemiological studies have suggested a fi gure of 2-4%. This indicates that the condition is an important health problem, with a high sociosanitary cost. The management of NP involves the following specialties: Primary Care, Pediatrics, Pneumology, Allergology and Otorhinolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat, ENT). For this reason we consider a multidisciplinary approach to be essential for both diagnostic evaluation and treatment strategy of the disease. Two years ago, on occasion of a joint meeting between ENT specialists and allergologists in Lisbon, Antonio Valero (Coordinator of the Rh...
Diagnostics, 2021
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare disease resulting from a defect in ciliary function th... more Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare disease resulting from a defect in ciliary function that generates, among other issues, chronic upper and lower respiratory tract infections. European guidelines recommend studying ciliary function (pattern (CBP) and frequency (CBF)), together with characteristic clinical symptoms, as one of the definitive tests. However, there is no “gold standard”. The present study aims to use high-speed video microscopy to describe how CBF and CBP alter over time and at different temperatures to reduce the error rate in the diagnosis of PCD. Samples of nasal epithelium from 27 healthy volunteers were studied to assess CBF and CBP at 0, 3, 24, 48, and 72 h, at room temperature and 4 °C. It was observed that CBF increased while CBP became dyskinetic, both at room temperature and at 4 °C, as time passed, especially after 3 h. In order to preserve all ciliary function parameters and to perform a reliable analysis to improve the diagnostic process of PCD, an...
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2018
The Editors and publisher gratefully acknowledge the excellent work performed by our reviewers. T... more The Editors and publisher gratefully acknowledge the excellent work performed by our reviewers. The quality of a journal is definitely depending on the review process. The work laid down by our reviewers is essential for the increasing interest of our journal within ORL-HNS in Europe and outside. We are sure that we have a common interest to make European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology an even better journal and a leading one in ORL-HNS in Europe. At the same time we take the opportunity to wish you all a prosperous new year 2018. Manuel Bernal-Sprekelsen Roland Laszig Marc Remacle
Diagnostics, 2022
Diagnosis testing for primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) requires a combination of investigations t... more Diagnosis testing for primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) requires a combination of investigations that includes study of ciliary beat pattern by high-speed video-microscopy, genetic testing and assessment of the ciliary ultrastructure by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Historically, TEM was considered to be the “gold standard” for the diagnosis of PCD. However, with the advances in molecular genetic techniques, an increasing number of PCD variants show normal ultrastructure and cannot be diagnosed by TEM. During ultrastructural assessment of ciliary biopsies of patients with suspicion of PCD, we observed an axonemal defect not previously described that affects peripheral doublets tilting. To further characterize this defect of unknown significance, we studied the ciliary axonemes by TEM from both PCD-confirmed patients and patients with other sino-pulmonary diseases. We detected peripheral doublets tilting in all the PCD patients, without any significant difference in the dist...
Acta Otorrinolaringologica (English Edition), 2019
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2019
European Respiratory Journal, 2001
BMJ Open, 2021
IntroductionPrimary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, genetic, multiorgan disease with an estim... more IntroductionPrimary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, genetic, multiorgan disease with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 10 000. It affects mainly the upper and lower airways due to impaired mucociliary clearance. Almost all patients have sinonasal or otologic (ear–nose–throat, ENT) problems, although the ENT clinical phenotype may present great variability. Despite that, data on PCD ENT manifestations are scarce and based on small single-centre studies. To date, we know little about the spectrum and severity of PCD ENT disease, its association with lung disease, its course over life and its determinants of prognosis.This study protocol describes the aims and methods of the first prospective, observational, multinational cohort study focusing on ENT disease in patients with PCD.Methods and analysisThe ENT prospective international cohort of patients with PCD (EPIC-PCD) is a prospective standardised observational clinical cohort set up as a multinational multicentre study, embedded i...
Airway pharmacology and treatment
European Respiratory Journal, 2016
Background: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare autosomal recessive inheritance disorder c... more Background: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare autosomal recessive inheritance disorder characterized by dysfunction of respiratory cilia and impaired mucociliary clearance, leading to respiratory problems appearing in childhood, decreased fertility and situs inversus in 50% of the cases. The deficient ciliary movement causes stasis of secretions in the airways leading to recurrent airway infection and chronic inflammation. Rationale and aims: Chronic inflammation has been associated to oxidative stress (OS). Moreover, evidence of increased OS in the airways of stable children with PCD has been shown (Zihlif, N. et al . Pediatr Pulmonol 2006; 41:509-14.). Therefore, we hypothesize that OS would be increased in ciliated nasal epithelial cells (CNEC) from patients with PCD. This study was aimed to study the OS profile in CNEC isolated from children with PCD. Materials and methods: CNEC were obtained from seven children diagnosed with PCD, six PCD- like patients and ten control individuals. OS parameters were prospectively measured by flow cytometry. Results: PCD patients showed significantly higher oxidized/reduced lipid ratio (p=0.028), H 2 O 2 (p=0.001), reduced glutathione (p=0.015), and superoxide anion (p=0.006) but lower levels of carbonylated proteins (p=0.014) than the control group. No significant differences were observed in the nitric oxide levels (p=0.373) and mitochondrial parameters between groups. Interestingly, no significant differences were observed between the PCD- like and the control groups. Conclusions: Our results show that OS is increased in CNEC of children with PCD. Funding Sources: Supported by SVN and SENP 2014 grants.
The Laryngoscope, 2013
Mona Abaza Ahmed Abd Elfattah Ahmed Abdel Fattah Mosaad Abdel-Aziz Elliot Abemayor Jean Abitbol J... more Mona Abaza Ahmed Abd Elfattah Ahmed Abdel Fattah Mosaad Abdel-Aziz Elliot Abemayor Jean Abitbol Jason Acevedo Meredith Adams Peter Adamson Nithin Adappa Robert Adelson Oliver Adunka Amit Agarwal Beamon Agarwal Tommaso Agostini Amit Agrawal Nishant Agrawal Mohamed Ahmed William Ahroon Syed Ahsan Serdar Akyildiz Alyaa Al Mutairy Ali S. Al-Qahtani Matteo Alicandri Ciufelli Jacqueline Allen Isam Alobid Cuneyt Alper Kenneth Altman Ronald Amedee Julie Ames Manali Amin Milan Amin Ofer Amir Juan Amor-Dorado Vijay Anand Vinod Anand Liz Anderson Timothy Anderson Simon Angeli Jack Anon Jastin Antisdel Patrick Antonelli Max April Sanford Archer Fazıl Ardıç Ellis Arjmand Miguel Armengot William Armstrong Susan Arndt James Arnold Christoph Arnoldner Oneida Arosarena Moises Arriaga Ilker Arslan Alexander Arts Seth Arum Alexander Asanau Samuel Atcherson Ahmed Atef Jonathan Aviv Utku Aydil Erdinc Aygenc Viswanatha B Yuh Baba Seilesh Babu Kevin Bach Claus Bachert Gregor Bachmann-Harildstad Leif B€ ack Douglas Backous Chang Hoon Bae Ruth Bahr Shan Baker Carey Balaban Deepak Balasubramanian Thomas Balkany Manohar Bance Sandeep Bansal Jayapalli Bapuraj Maurizio Barbara Giuseppe Barbesino Verter Barbieri Soly Baredes Juan Barges Coll Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer Fuad Baroody Jose Barrera Ana Paula Barros David Barrs Loren Bartels Marc Bassim Dietmar Basta Greg Basura Rami Batniji Pete Batra Carol Bauer Eric Baum Yildirim Bayazit Rodrigo Bayon Charles Beatty Mary Es Beaver Samuel Becker Fatholah Behnoud Peter Belafsky Rami Ben-Yosef Marco Benazzo Marc Bennett Michael Benninger Margo Benoit Aaron Benson Brandon Bentz Leonard Berenholz Chris Bergeron Diana Berggren Gerald Berke Joel Bernstein Joseph Bernstein Kristina Bertl Wenzeslaw Betow Achim Beule Naveen Bhandarkar Neil Bhattacharyya Nasir Bhatti Mark Bianchi Athanasios Bibas Merrill Biel Steven Bielamowicz Eric Bielefeld Carol Bier-Laning Kathleen Billings Jurij Bilyk Martin Birchall Hakan Birkent Charles Bishop Thomas Bitter Keith Blackwell Brian Blakley Benjamin Bleier Nikolas Blevins Andrew Blitzer Joel Blumin Kofi Boahene Sanne Boesveldt Maurits Boon Larry Borish Adrian Bosenberg Emily Boss Marcella Bothwell Mogens Bove Holly Boyer Jay Boyle Carol Bradford Patrick Bradley Ryan Branski Daniel Brasnu Thomas Braun Itzhak Braverman Joseph Brennan Michael Brenner Scott Brietzke Matthew Brigger Hans Rudolf Briner Anthony Brissett Hilary Brodie Martina Broglie Michael Broniatowski Itzhak Brook Kenneth Brookler Dale Brown David Brown Jimmy Brown Kevin Brown Seth Brown James Browne Jean Bruch Veralice Bruin Craig Buchman Lisa Buckmiller Robert Buckmire Sebastiano Bucolo Jens Buentzel Jeffrey Bumpous Chaweewan Bunnag Lawrence Burgess Brian Burkey Hartmut Burmeister James Burns Nicolas Busaba Matthew Bush Jose Busquets Francesco Bussu Patrick Byrne Benjamin Cable Michel Cahali Emiro Caicedo Jaime Calderon Karen Calhoun Bruce Campbell Charles Cannon Italo Cantore Xiaolin Cao Pasquale Capaccio John Carey Denise Carneiro-Pla Marco Carner Simon Carney Ricardo Carrau Thomas Carroll William Carroll Jeffrey Carron Salvatore Caruana Manuele Casale Augusto Pietro Casani Roy Casiano Peter Catalano Claudio Cernea Francisco Cervera-Paz Mohamad Chaaban Kenny Chan Swapna Chandran Sujana Chandrasekhar Hang-Seok Chang Kai-Ping Chang Kay Chang Long-Sheng Chang Clifford Chao Steven Charous Marshall Chasin Paul Chatrath Jason Chau Justin Chau Changhu Chen Douglas Chen Eunice Chen Alan Cheng Alan Cheng Sri Chennupati Bhishamjit Chera Sergii Cherenko Boris Chernobilsky Steven Cheung Dinesh Chhetri David Chi Stanley Chia Chih-Yen Chien Eugene Chio Simion Chiosea Magdalena Chirila Edward Chisholm Lechoslaw Chmielik Sukgi Choi Richard Chole Carlos Chone Daniel Choo Olivier Choussy Hui-Ching Chuang Robert Chun Cemal Cingi Giorgio Ciprandi Jackie Clark Keith Clark Matthew Clary Lanny Close Salvatore Cocuzza Daniel Coelho Shelagh Cofer David Cognetti Helen Cohen
Journal of Clinical Medicine
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is an autosomal recessive rare disease caused by an alteration o... more Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is an autosomal recessive rare disease caused by an alteration of ciliary structure. Immunofluorescence, consisting in the detection of the presence and distribution of cilia proteins in human respiratory cells by fluorescence, has been recently proposed as a technique to improve understanding of disease-causing genes and diagnosis rate in PCD. The objective of this study is to determine the accuracy of a panel of four fluorescently labeled antibodies (DNAH5, DNALI1, GAS8 and RSPH4A or RSPH9) as a PCD diagnostic tool in the absence of transmission electron microscopy analysis. The panel was tested in nasal brushing samples of 74 patients with clinical suspicion of PCD. Sixty-eight (91.9%) patients were evaluable for all tested antibodies. Thirty-three cases (44.6%) presented an absence or mislocation of protein in the ciliary axoneme (15 absent and 3 proximal distribution of DNAH5 in the ciliary axoneme, 3 absent DNAH5 and DNALI1, 7 absent DNALI1 and...
Journal of Clinical Medicine
Several studies have shown the importance of oxidative stress (OS) in respiratory disease pathoge... more Several studies have shown the importance of oxidative stress (OS) in respiratory disease pathogenesis. It has been reported that the nasal epithelium may act as a surrogate for the bronchial epithelium in several respiratory diseases involving OS. However, the sample yields obtained from nasal biopsies are modest, limiting the number of parameters that can be determined. Flow cytometry has been widely used to evaluate cellular OS profiles. It has the advantage that analyses can be performed using a small amount of sample. Therefore, we aimed to set up a new method based on flow cytometry to assess the oxidative profile of human nasal epithelial cells which could be used in research on respiratory diseases. Levels of total nitric oxide, superoxide anion, peroxynitrite, and intracellular peroxides were measured. Reduced thiol levels, such as antioxidant-reduced glutathione and oxidative damaged lipids and proteins, were also analysed. The intracellular calcium levels, plasma membrane...
Anales otorrinolaringológicos ibero-americanos, 2003
Head and neck extranodal lymphomas are rare. Waldeyer lymphatic ring is the most common localisat... more Head and neck extranodal lymphomas are rare. Waldeyer lymphatic ring is the most common localisation of these lymphomas, followed by oral cavity and parothoid glands. We have done a retrospective study of patients with extranodal lymphomas diagnosed in our hospital between 1991 and 1999. We have included in this study 23 patients, 15 males and 9 females. We have used the REAL classification. All of them have been non-Hodgkin lymphomas. The rhinopharynx has been the most affected region, followed by the palatine tonsils and oral cavity. Most of them were of medium degree and they were in the initial stages. The presentation symptoms varied depending on the localisation. The age, stage and histologic degree were important for the treatment election.
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Anales …, 2004
Simultaneous bilateral facial paralisis (SBFP) occurs in 0.3-2% of all facial paralisis. We repor... more Simultaneous bilateral facial paralisis (SBFP) occurs in 0.3-2% of all facial paralisis. We report a case of SBFP in association with Lyme disease. A review of literature about SBFP is made, studing specially the one caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. We present a diagnostic ...
Background: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare disorder characterized by dysfunction of r... more Background: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare disorder characterized by dysfunction of respiratory cilia and impaired mucociliary clearance leading to recurrent airway infection and chronic inflammation appearing in childhood. Rationale and aims: Chronic inflammation has been associated to oxidative stress (OS). Moreover, evidence of increased OS in the airways of stable children with PCD has been shown (Zihlif, N. et al . Pediatr Pulmonol 2006; 41:509-14). We hypothesize that OS would be increased in ciliated nasal epithelial cells (CNEC) from patients with PCD. This study was aimed to assess the OS profile in CNEC isolated from children with PCD. Methods: CNEC were obtained from ten children diagnosed with PCD, ten PCD- like patients and ten control individuals. OS parameters were prospectively measured by flow cytometry. Results: PCD patients showed significantly higher reduced glutathione (GSH) (p=0.01) and total superoxide anion (O 2 - ) (p=0.03) but lower nitric oxide (NO) levels (p=0.05) than the control and PCD- like patients. PCD patients and PCD-like patients show higher oxidized/reduced lipid ratio (p=0.30), carbonylated proteins (CP) (p=0.14) and mitochondrial O 2 - (mO 2 - ) (p=0.16) than the control group although the results did not reach statistical significance. No significant differences were observed in mitochondrial parameters and H 2 O 2 between groups. Conclusions: PCD patients exhibit a pro-oxidant oxidative profile. PCD-like patients show a similar behaviour as PCD patients in levels of mO 2 - , NO, and CP, whereas a comparable behaviour to controls in total O 2 - and GSH levels. Our results suggest an implication of OS in the pathophysiology of PCD.
Allergy & Rhinology, 2021
Background Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is characterised by an imbalance in mucociliary clear... more Background Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is characterised by an imbalance in mucociliary clearance leading to chronic respiratory infections. Cilia length is considered to be a contributing factor in cilia movement. Recently, IFT46 protein has been related to cilia length. Therefore, this work aims to study IFT46 expression in a PCD patients cohort and analyse its relationship with cilia length and function, as it was not previously described. Materials and methods The expression of one intraflagellar transport ( IFT46) and two regulating ciliary architecture ( FOXJ1 and DNAI2) genes, as well as cilia length of 27 PCD patients, were measured. PCD patients were diagnosed based on clinical data, and cilia function and ultrastructure. Gene expression was estimated by real-time RT-PCR and cilia length by electron microscopy in nasal epithelium biopsies. Results and conclusions: While IFT46 expression was only diminished in patients with short cilia, FOXJ1, and DNAI2 expression were r...
Nasal polyposis (NP) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the nasal mucosa and paranasal s... more Nasal polyposis (NP) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the nasal mucosa and paranasal sinuses, and which leads to the formation of polyps. The most recent studies suggest NP to be a chronic rhinosinusitis subtype with differential characteristics that could advise a specific diagnostic and therapeutic approach to the disorder. Although the precise prevalence of NP is not known, different epidemiological studies have suggested a fi gure of 2-4%. This indicates that the condition is an important health problem, with a high sociosanitary cost. The management of NP involves the following specialties: Primary Care, Pediatrics, Pneumology, Allergology and Otorhinolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat, ENT). For this reason we consider a multidisciplinary approach to be essential for both diagnostic evaluation and treatment strategy of the disease. Two years ago, on occasion of a joint meeting between ENT specialists and allergologists in Lisbon, Antonio Valero (Coordinator of the Rh...
Diagnostics, 2021
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare disease resulting from a defect in ciliary function th... more Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare disease resulting from a defect in ciliary function that generates, among other issues, chronic upper and lower respiratory tract infections. European guidelines recommend studying ciliary function (pattern (CBP) and frequency (CBF)), together with characteristic clinical symptoms, as one of the definitive tests. However, there is no “gold standard”. The present study aims to use high-speed video microscopy to describe how CBF and CBP alter over time and at different temperatures to reduce the error rate in the diagnosis of PCD. Samples of nasal epithelium from 27 healthy volunteers were studied to assess CBF and CBP at 0, 3, 24, 48, and 72 h, at room temperature and 4 °C. It was observed that CBF increased while CBP became dyskinetic, both at room temperature and at 4 °C, as time passed, especially after 3 h. In order to preserve all ciliary function parameters and to perform a reliable analysis to improve the diagnostic process of PCD, an...
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2018
The Editors and publisher gratefully acknowledge the excellent work performed by our reviewers. T... more The Editors and publisher gratefully acknowledge the excellent work performed by our reviewers. The quality of a journal is definitely depending on the review process. The work laid down by our reviewers is essential for the increasing interest of our journal within ORL-HNS in Europe and outside. We are sure that we have a common interest to make European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology an even better journal and a leading one in ORL-HNS in Europe. At the same time we take the opportunity to wish you all a prosperous new year 2018. Manuel Bernal-Sprekelsen Roland Laszig Marc Remacle
Diagnostics, 2022
Diagnosis testing for primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) requires a combination of investigations t... more Diagnosis testing for primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) requires a combination of investigations that includes study of ciliary beat pattern by high-speed video-microscopy, genetic testing and assessment of the ciliary ultrastructure by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Historically, TEM was considered to be the “gold standard” for the diagnosis of PCD. However, with the advances in molecular genetic techniques, an increasing number of PCD variants show normal ultrastructure and cannot be diagnosed by TEM. During ultrastructural assessment of ciliary biopsies of patients with suspicion of PCD, we observed an axonemal defect not previously described that affects peripheral doublets tilting. To further characterize this defect of unknown significance, we studied the ciliary axonemes by TEM from both PCD-confirmed patients and patients with other sino-pulmonary diseases. We detected peripheral doublets tilting in all the PCD patients, without any significant difference in the dist...
Acta Otorrinolaringologica (English Edition), 2019
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2019
European Respiratory Journal, 2001
BMJ Open, 2021
IntroductionPrimary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, genetic, multiorgan disease with an estim... more IntroductionPrimary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, genetic, multiorgan disease with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 10 000. It affects mainly the upper and lower airways due to impaired mucociliary clearance. Almost all patients have sinonasal or otologic (ear–nose–throat, ENT) problems, although the ENT clinical phenotype may present great variability. Despite that, data on PCD ENT manifestations are scarce and based on small single-centre studies. To date, we know little about the spectrum and severity of PCD ENT disease, its association with lung disease, its course over life and its determinants of prognosis.This study protocol describes the aims and methods of the first prospective, observational, multinational cohort study focusing on ENT disease in patients with PCD.Methods and analysisThe ENT prospective international cohort of patients with PCD (EPIC-PCD) is a prospective standardised observational clinical cohort set up as a multinational multicentre study, embedded i...
Airway pharmacology and treatment
European Respiratory Journal, 2016
Background: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare autosomal recessive inheritance disorder c... more Background: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare autosomal recessive inheritance disorder characterized by dysfunction of respiratory cilia and impaired mucociliary clearance, leading to respiratory problems appearing in childhood, decreased fertility and situs inversus in 50% of the cases. The deficient ciliary movement causes stasis of secretions in the airways leading to recurrent airway infection and chronic inflammation. Rationale and aims: Chronic inflammation has been associated to oxidative stress (OS). Moreover, evidence of increased OS in the airways of stable children with PCD has been shown (Zihlif, N. et al . Pediatr Pulmonol 2006; 41:509-14.). Therefore, we hypothesize that OS would be increased in ciliated nasal epithelial cells (CNEC) from patients with PCD. This study was aimed to study the OS profile in CNEC isolated from children with PCD. Materials and methods: CNEC were obtained from seven children diagnosed with PCD, six PCD- like patients and ten control individuals. OS parameters were prospectively measured by flow cytometry. Results: PCD patients showed significantly higher oxidized/reduced lipid ratio (p=0.028), H 2 O 2 (p=0.001), reduced glutathione (p=0.015), and superoxide anion (p=0.006) but lower levels of carbonylated proteins (p=0.014) than the control group. No significant differences were observed in the nitric oxide levels (p=0.373) and mitochondrial parameters between groups. Interestingly, no significant differences were observed between the PCD- like and the control groups. Conclusions: Our results show that OS is increased in CNEC of children with PCD. Funding Sources: Supported by SVN and SENP 2014 grants.
The Laryngoscope, 2013
Mona Abaza Ahmed Abd Elfattah Ahmed Abdel Fattah Mosaad Abdel-Aziz Elliot Abemayor Jean Abitbol J... more Mona Abaza Ahmed Abd Elfattah Ahmed Abdel Fattah Mosaad Abdel-Aziz Elliot Abemayor Jean Abitbol Jason Acevedo Meredith Adams Peter Adamson Nithin Adappa Robert Adelson Oliver Adunka Amit Agarwal Beamon Agarwal Tommaso Agostini Amit Agrawal Nishant Agrawal Mohamed Ahmed William Ahroon Syed Ahsan Serdar Akyildiz Alyaa Al Mutairy Ali S. Al-Qahtani Matteo Alicandri Ciufelli Jacqueline Allen Isam Alobid Cuneyt Alper Kenneth Altman Ronald Amedee Julie Ames Manali Amin Milan Amin Ofer Amir Juan Amor-Dorado Vijay Anand Vinod Anand Liz Anderson Timothy Anderson Simon Angeli Jack Anon Jastin Antisdel Patrick Antonelli Max April Sanford Archer Fazıl Ardıç Ellis Arjmand Miguel Armengot William Armstrong Susan Arndt James Arnold Christoph Arnoldner Oneida Arosarena Moises Arriaga Ilker Arslan Alexander Arts Seth Arum Alexander Asanau Samuel Atcherson Ahmed Atef Jonathan Aviv Utku Aydil Erdinc Aygenc Viswanatha B Yuh Baba Seilesh Babu Kevin Bach Claus Bachert Gregor Bachmann-Harildstad Leif B€ ack Douglas Backous Chang Hoon Bae Ruth Bahr Shan Baker Carey Balaban Deepak Balasubramanian Thomas Balkany Manohar Bance Sandeep Bansal Jayapalli Bapuraj Maurizio Barbara Giuseppe Barbesino Verter Barbieri Soly Baredes Juan Barges Coll Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer Fuad Baroody Jose Barrera Ana Paula Barros David Barrs Loren Bartels Marc Bassim Dietmar Basta Greg Basura Rami Batniji Pete Batra Carol Bauer Eric Baum Yildirim Bayazit Rodrigo Bayon Charles Beatty Mary Es Beaver Samuel Becker Fatholah Behnoud Peter Belafsky Rami Ben-Yosef Marco Benazzo Marc Bennett Michael Benninger Margo Benoit Aaron Benson Brandon Bentz Leonard Berenholz Chris Bergeron Diana Berggren Gerald Berke Joel Bernstein Joseph Bernstein Kristina Bertl Wenzeslaw Betow Achim Beule Naveen Bhandarkar Neil Bhattacharyya Nasir Bhatti Mark Bianchi Athanasios Bibas Merrill Biel Steven Bielamowicz Eric Bielefeld Carol Bier-Laning Kathleen Billings Jurij Bilyk Martin Birchall Hakan Birkent Charles Bishop Thomas Bitter Keith Blackwell Brian Blakley Benjamin Bleier Nikolas Blevins Andrew Blitzer Joel Blumin Kofi Boahene Sanne Boesveldt Maurits Boon Larry Borish Adrian Bosenberg Emily Boss Marcella Bothwell Mogens Bove Holly Boyer Jay Boyle Carol Bradford Patrick Bradley Ryan Branski Daniel Brasnu Thomas Braun Itzhak Braverman Joseph Brennan Michael Brenner Scott Brietzke Matthew Brigger Hans Rudolf Briner Anthony Brissett Hilary Brodie Martina Broglie Michael Broniatowski Itzhak Brook Kenneth Brookler Dale Brown David Brown Jimmy Brown Kevin Brown Seth Brown James Browne Jean Bruch Veralice Bruin Craig Buchman Lisa Buckmiller Robert Buckmire Sebastiano Bucolo Jens Buentzel Jeffrey Bumpous Chaweewan Bunnag Lawrence Burgess Brian Burkey Hartmut Burmeister James Burns Nicolas Busaba Matthew Bush Jose Busquets Francesco Bussu Patrick Byrne Benjamin Cable Michel Cahali Emiro Caicedo Jaime Calderon Karen Calhoun Bruce Campbell Charles Cannon Italo Cantore Xiaolin Cao Pasquale Capaccio John Carey Denise Carneiro-Pla Marco Carner Simon Carney Ricardo Carrau Thomas Carroll William Carroll Jeffrey Carron Salvatore Caruana Manuele Casale Augusto Pietro Casani Roy Casiano Peter Catalano Claudio Cernea Francisco Cervera-Paz Mohamad Chaaban Kenny Chan Swapna Chandran Sujana Chandrasekhar Hang-Seok Chang Kai-Ping Chang Kay Chang Long-Sheng Chang Clifford Chao Steven Charous Marshall Chasin Paul Chatrath Jason Chau Justin Chau Changhu Chen Douglas Chen Eunice Chen Alan Cheng Alan Cheng Sri Chennupati Bhishamjit Chera Sergii Cherenko Boris Chernobilsky Steven Cheung Dinesh Chhetri David Chi Stanley Chia Chih-Yen Chien Eugene Chio Simion Chiosea Magdalena Chirila Edward Chisholm Lechoslaw Chmielik Sukgi Choi Richard Chole Carlos Chone Daniel Choo Olivier Choussy Hui-Ching Chuang Robert Chun Cemal Cingi Giorgio Ciprandi Jackie Clark Keith Clark Matthew Clary Lanny Close Salvatore Cocuzza Daniel Coelho Shelagh Cofer David Cognetti Helen Cohen
Journal of Clinical Medicine
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is an autosomal recessive rare disease caused by an alteration o... more Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is an autosomal recessive rare disease caused by an alteration of ciliary structure. Immunofluorescence, consisting in the detection of the presence and distribution of cilia proteins in human respiratory cells by fluorescence, has been recently proposed as a technique to improve understanding of disease-causing genes and diagnosis rate in PCD. The objective of this study is to determine the accuracy of a panel of four fluorescently labeled antibodies (DNAH5, DNALI1, GAS8 and RSPH4A or RSPH9) as a PCD diagnostic tool in the absence of transmission electron microscopy analysis. The panel was tested in nasal brushing samples of 74 patients with clinical suspicion of PCD. Sixty-eight (91.9%) patients were evaluable for all tested antibodies. Thirty-three cases (44.6%) presented an absence or mislocation of protein in the ciliary axoneme (15 absent and 3 proximal distribution of DNAH5 in the ciliary axoneme, 3 absent DNAH5 and DNALI1, 7 absent DNALI1 and...
Journal of Clinical Medicine
Several studies have shown the importance of oxidative stress (OS) in respiratory disease pathoge... more Several studies have shown the importance of oxidative stress (OS) in respiratory disease pathogenesis. It has been reported that the nasal epithelium may act as a surrogate for the bronchial epithelium in several respiratory diseases involving OS. However, the sample yields obtained from nasal biopsies are modest, limiting the number of parameters that can be determined. Flow cytometry has been widely used to evaluate cellular OS profiles. It has the advantage that analyses can be performed using a small amount of sample. Therefore, we aimed to set up a new method based on flow cytometry to assess the oxidative profile of human nasal epithelial cells which could be used in research on respiratory diseases. Levels of total nitric oxide, superoxide anion, peroxynitrite, and intracellular peroxides were measured. Reduced thiol levels, such as antioxidant-reduced glutathione and oxidative damaged lipids and proteins, were also analysed. The intracellular calcium levels, plasma membrane...
Anales otorrinolaringológicos ibero-americanos, 2003
Head and neck extranodal lymphomas are rare. Waldeyer lymphatic ring is the most common localisat... more Head and neck extranodal lymphomas are rare. Waldeyer lymphatic ring is the most common localisation of these lymphomas, followed by oral cavity and parothoid glands. We have done a retrospective study of patients with extranodal lymphomas diagnosed in our hospital between 1991 and 1999. We have included in this study 23 patients, 15 males and 9 females. We have used the REAL classification. All of them have been non-Hodgkin lymphomas. The rhinopharynx has been the most affected region, followed by the palatine tonsils and oral cavity. Most of them were of medium degree and they were in the initial stages. The presentation symptoms varied depending on the localisation. The age, stage and histologic degree were important for the treatment election.
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Anales …, 2004
Simultaneous bilateral facial paralisis (SBFP) occurs in 0.3-2% of all facial paralisis. We repor... more Simultaneous bilateral facial paralisis (SBFP) occurs in 0.3-2% of all facial paralisis. We report a case of SBFP in association with Lyme disease. A review of literature about SBFP is made, studing specially the one caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. We present a diagnostic ...