<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Agostinis, Chiara</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rami, Damiano</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zacchi, Paola</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bossi, Fleur</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stampalija, Tamara</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mangogna, Alessandro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amadio, Leonardo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vidergar, Romana</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vecchi Brumatti, Liza</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ricci, Giuseppe</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Celeghini, Claudio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Radillo, Oriano</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sargent, Ian</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bulla, Roberta</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pre-eclampsia affects procalcitonin production in placental tissue.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Am J Reprod Immunol</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Am. J. Reprod. Immunol.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Calcitonin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cohort Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Macrophages</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Placenta</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pre-Eclampsia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pregnancy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trophoblasts</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Up-Regulation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Young Adult</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018 04</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">79</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">e12823</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;PROBLEM: &lt;/b&gt;Procalcitonin (PCT) is the prohormone of calcitonin which is usually released from neuroendocrine cells of the thyroid gland (parafollicular) and the lungs (K cells). PCT is synthesized by almost all cell types and tissues, including monocytes and parenchymal tissue, upon LPS stimulation. To date, there is no evidence for PCT expression in the placenta both in physiological and pathological conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;METHOD: &lt;/b&gt;Circulating and placental PCT levels were analysed in pre-eclamptic (PE) and control patients. Placental cells and macrophages (PBDM), stimulated with PE sera, were analysed for PCT expression. The effect of anti-TNF-α antibody was analysed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;RESULTS: &lt;/b&gt;Higher PCT levels were detected in PE sera and in PE placentae compared to healthy women. PE trophoblasts showed increased PCT expression compared to those isolated from healthy placentae. PE sera induced an upregulation of PCT production in macrophages and placental cells. The treatment of PBDM with PE sera in the presence of anti-TNF-α completely abrogated the effect induced by pathologic sera.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CONCLUSION: &lt;/b&gt;Trophoblast cells are the main producer of PCT in PE placentae. TNF-α, in association with other circulating factors present in PE sera, upregulates PCT production in macrophages and normal placental cells, thus contributing to the observed increased in circulating PCT in PE sera.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29427369?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Farchi, Sara</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forastiere, Francesco</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vecchi Brumatti, Liza</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alviti, Sabrina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arnofi, Antonio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bernardini, Tommaso</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bin, Maura</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brescianini, Sonia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Colelli, Valentina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cotichini, Rodolfo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Culasso, Martina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">De Bartolo, Paolo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Felice, Laura</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fiano, Valentina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fioritto, Alessandra</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Frizzi, Alfio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gagliardi, Luigi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Giorgi, Giulia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Grasso, Chiara</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">La Rosa, Francesca</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Loganes, Claudia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lorusso, Paola</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Martini, Valentina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Merletti, Franco</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Medda, Emanuela</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Montelatici, Veronica</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mugelli, Isabella</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Narduzzi, Silvia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nisticò, Lorenza</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Penna, Luana</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Piscianz, Elisa</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Piscicelli, Carlo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Poggesi, Giulia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Porta, Daniela</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ranieli, Antonella</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rapisardi, Gherardo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rasulo, Assunta</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Richiardi, Lorenzo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rusconi, Franca</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Serino, Laura</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stazi, Maria Antonietta</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Toccaceli, Virgilia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Todros, Tullia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tognin, Veronica</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trevisan, Morena</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Valencic, Erica</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Volpi, Patrizia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ziroli, Valentina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ronfani, Luca</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Di Lallo, Domenico</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Piccolipiù, a multicenter birth cohort in Italy: protocol of the study.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BMC Pediatr</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BMC Pediatr</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adolescent</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Child</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Child Development</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Child Welfare</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Child, Preschool</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cohort Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environmental Exposure</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Infant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Infant, Newborn</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Italy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prospective Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Socioeconomic Factors</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">36</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;BACKGROUND: &lt;/b&gt;The fetal and infant life are periods of rapid development, characterized by high susceptibility to exposures. Birth cohorts provide unique opportunities to study early-life exposures in association with child development and health, as well as, with longer follow-up, the early life origin of adult diseases. Piccolipiù is an Italian birth cohort recently set up to investigate the effects of environmental exposures, parental conditions and social factors acting during pre-natal and early post-natal life on infant and child health and development. We describe here its main characteristics.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;METHODS/DESIGN: &lt;/b&gt;Piccolipiù is a prospective cohort of expected 3000 newborns, who will be recruiting in six maternity units of five Italian cities (Florence, Rome, Trieste, Turin and Viareggio) since October 2011. Mothers are contacted during pregnancy or at delivery and are offered to participate in the study. Upon acceptance, their newborns are recruited at birth and followed up until at least 18 years of age. At recruitment, the mothers donate a blood sample and complete a baseline questionnaire. Umbilical cord blood, pieces of umbilical cord and heel blood spots are also collected. Postnatal follow-up currently occurs at 6, 12, and 24 months of age using on-line or postal self administered questionnaire; further questionnaires and medical examinations are envisaged. Questionnaires collect information on several factors, including mother's and/or child's environmental exposures, anthropometric measures, reproductive factors, diet, supplements, medical history, cognitive development, mental health and socioeconomic factors. Health promotion materials are also offered to parents.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;DISCUSSION: &lt;/b&gt;Piccolipiù will broaden our understanding of the contribution of early-life factors to infant and child health and development. Several hypotheses on the developmental origins of health can be tested or piloted using the data collected from the Piccolipiù cohort. By pooling these data with those collected by other existing birth cohorts it will be possible to validate previous findings and to study rare exposures and outcomes.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24506846?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>