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G Marchetti

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PubMed1981

[The artificial pancreas in the evaluation of insulin sensitivity in healthy subjects].

24-hours peripheral insulin sensitivity was studied in 5 healthy subjects by mean of artificial pancreas (Biostator), using the glycemic clamp technique (100 mg%). A sharp rise of insulin sensitivity (expressed as glucose required/insulin evoked ratio) was obtained in the morning, confirming our previous data observed by insulin tolerance test, but in a more physiological condition. The subjects appeared well synchronized as documented by statistically significant circadian rhythms in both serum cortisol and body temperature.

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PubMed1981

Molecular characteristics of a non-deletion alpha-thalassaemia of the Po River Delta.

The form of alpha-thalassaemia of the Po river delta presents haematological and globin biosynthetic characteristics similar to alpha-thalassaemia-1 but never gives rise to HB H disease nor to hydrops foetalis. In alpha-thalassaemic subjects originally from this region globin mRNA translation and alpha-globin gene arrangement have been investigated. The data obtained indicate that alpha-globin synthesis and reticulocyte alpha-globin mRNA are reduced by one fourth; in addition, since the defect in alpha-globin synthesis does not change with cell ageing, a possible instability of alpha-globin mRNA is excluded. Restriction enzyme analysis of the DNA shows a normal alpha-globin gene organization. This form of alpha-thalassaemia is therefore of the non-deletion type; its molecular lesion is either at the level of alpha-globin mRNA transcription or processing. The fact that this, as well as other forms of non-deletion alpha-thalassaemia, have a phenotypic expression similar to alpha-thalassaemia 1 is discussed.

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PubMed1980

[Messenger RNA in cases of heterozygous beta and delta-beta Thalassemia. Biosynthetic and hybridization studies].

mRNA-cDNA hybridization, intact reticulocytes biosynthesis and heterologous cell-free translation studies have been performed in cases of heterozygous beta and delta beta thalassaemia. Results obtained have shown that the relative amount of beta mRNA is higher in Ferrara microcytes than in other heterozygous including delta beta. This indicates that transcription of beta globin gene takes place in Ferrara beta 0 thalassaemia. On the contrary globin biosynthesis studies have failed to show clear-cut differences among the various heterozygous considered and cannot evaluate the translatability of beta thal. FemRNA.

Cell-Free System↗
PubMed1980

[Globin synthesis in erythroid cultures from normal and thalassemic subjects].

Relative alpha and beta chain synthesis in erythroid bursts derived from human bone marrow and peripheral blood are presented. The biosynthetic ratios obtained are compared with those of the reticulocytes. The data obtained cell culture are similar to the "in vivo" ones, showing and alpha/beta ratio of 1 in normal individuals and higher than 1 in beta thalassemic heterozygous. The use of erythroid cell culture as an experimental model for the study of differentiation at molecular level is therefore possible.

Bone Marrow Cells↗
PubMed1980

Organization of alpha-globin genes and mRNA translation in subjects carrying haemoglobin Hasharon (alpha 47 Asp replaced by His) from the Ferrara Region (Northern Italy).

In subjects carrying the haemoglobin Hasharon mutation (alpha 47 replaced by His), originally from the delta of the Po river (Northern Italy), the concentration of the alpha-globin variant has been evaluated and found to be approximately 32%, a value definitely higher than that reported for the same mutant haemoglobin in other regions. Restriction enzyme analysis has been carried out on the DNA from these subjects; the data obtained indicate the presence of three alpha-globin genes per diploid cell. Family studies further show that the two normal genes are located on one chromosome and the Hasharon gene on the other. The origin of the single alpha-gene in the Hasharon-carrying subjects of the Ferrara region is discussed in connection with their haematological and biosynthetic data.

Aspartic Acid↗
PubMed1979

[Effects of dopamine, noradrenaline and isoproterenol on pulmonary circulation in anesthetized dogs].

Experiments were performed on 19 anaesthetized open-chest dog instrumented with polyethylene catheters inserted: into the aorta, in pulmonary artery and in left atrium and with an electromagnetic flow-transducer placed around the ascending aorta in order to record : systemic arterial and pulmonary pressures, mean left auricular pressure and phasic aortic flow. Heart rate, stroke volume, total systemic and pulmonary resistance, cardiac work were moreover calculated. Each dog was given intravenously by slow infusione : Dopamine (micrograms 5--10--20/kg/min/ 5 min), Isoproterenol (microgram 0.125--0.25--0.5/kg/min/5 min) and Norepinephrine (microgram 0.25--0.5--1 /kg/min/5 min). Results obtained on systemic hemodynamics agree with those reported by many other investigators. On pulmonary circulation : Isoproterenol, at the tested doses, elicited vasodilator effects, Norepinephrine increased total pulmonary resistance but not pulmonary vascular resistance, while Dopamine did not modify or slightly reduced vascular pulmonary tone.

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