Air pollution from road traffic and systemic inflammation in adults: a cross-sectional analysis in the European ESCAPE project (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Exposure to particulate matter air pollution (PM) has been associated with cardiovascular diseases. OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated whether annual exposure to ambient air pollution is ass
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies three new risk loci for atopic dermatitis (Publications)
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a commonly occurring chronic skin disease with high heritability. Apart from filaggrin (FLG), the genes influencing atopic dermatitis are largely unknown. We conducted a geno
Malaria and soil-transmitted intestinal helminth co-infection and its effect on anemia: a meta-analysis (Publications)
This study aimed to synthesize available evidence on the extent of malaria and soil-transmitted intestinal helminth (STH) co-infections in people living in endemic countries and to explore the effect
Air pollution and childhood leukaemia: a nationwide case-control study in Italy (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Leukaemia is the most common cancer in children, but its aetiology is still poorly understood. We tested the hypothesis that traffic-related air pollution is associated with paediatric leu
Adenosinergic mechanisms contribute to individual differences in sleep deprivation-induced changes in neurobehavioral function and brain rhythmic... (Publications)
Large individual differences characterize the changes induced by sleep deprivation on neurobehavioral functions and rhythmic brain activity. To investigate adenosinergic mechanisms in these difference
<em>In vitro</em> metabolic profile and <em>in vivo</em> antischistosomal activity studies of (n6-praziquantel)Cr(Co)3 derivatives (Publications)
In vitro metabolic behavior was investigated for two chromium tricarbonyl derivatives of the antischistosomal drug praziquantel (PZQ) with the formula (?(6)-PZQ)Cr(CO)3 (1 and 2), by use of human live
Structure elucidation and antimalarial activity of apicidin F: an apicidin-like compound produced by <em>Fusarium fujikuroi</em> (Publications)
Apicidins are cyclic tetrapeptides with histone deacetylase inhibitory activity. Since their discovery in 1996 a multitude of studies concerning the activity against protozoa and certain cancer cell l
Simple variables predict miserable outcome after intravenous thrombolysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To test the predictability of miserable outcome amongst ischaemic stroke patients receiving intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) based on a simple variables model (SVM) and to compar