B Seriolo

Summary

Affiliation: University of Genoa
Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi Serum prolactin concentrations in male patients with rheumatoid arthritis
    Bruno Seriolo
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 966:258-62. 2002
  2. ncbi Serum osteocalcin levels in premenopausal rheumatoid arthritis patients
    Bruno Seriolo
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 966:502-7. 2002
  3. ncbi Effects of anti-TNF-alpha treatment on lipid profile in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis
    Bruno Seriolo
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1069:414-9. 2006
  4. ncbi Bone metabolism changes during anti-TNF-alpha therapy in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis
    Bruno Seriolo
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1069:420-7. 2006
  5. ncbi [Are there any positive effects of TNF-alpha blockers on bone metabolism?]
    B Seriolo
    Clinica Reumatologica, Dipartimento Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Universita di Genova, Italia
    Reumatismo 58:199-205. 2006
  6. ncbi [Rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis]
    B Seriolo
    Clinica Reumatologica, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialita Mediche, Universita di Genova, Genova, Italia
    Reumatismo 55:140-6. 2003
  7. ncbi Homocysteine and antiphospholipid antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis patients: relationships with thrombotic events
    B Seriolo
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
    Clin Exp Rheumatol 19:561-4. 2001
  8. ncbi Serum cytokines and steroidal hormones in polymyalgia rheumatica and elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis
    M Cutolo
    Department of Internal Medicine, Research Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital San Martino, Viale Benedetto XV no 6, 16132 Genova, Italy
    Ann Rheum Dis 65:1438-43. 2006
  9. ncbi The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and gonadal axes in rheumatoid arthritis
    M Cutolo
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 917:835-43. 2000
  10. ncbi Circadian rhythms in RA
    M Cutolo
    Research Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 6 16132 Genova, Italy
    Ann Rheum Dis 62:593-6. 2003

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Publications37

  1. ncbi Serum prolactin concentrations in male patients with rheumatoid arthritis
    Bruno Seriolo
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 966:258-62. 2002
    ..The serum PRL concentration was found to be increased in relation to the duration and the activity of the disease. Serum PRL levels do not seem to have any relationship with the BMD, at least in RA...
  2. ncbi Serum osteocalcin levels in premenopausal rheumatoid arthritis patients
    Bruno Seriolo
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 966:502-7. 2002
    ..This study suggests that generalized bone loss occurs in active RA and is characterized by an evident bone resorption correlated with the high levels of inflammation...
  3. ncbi Effects of anti-TNF-alpha treatment on lipid profile in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis
    Bruno Seriolo
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1069:414-9. 2006
    ..The atherogenic index showed no changes during the study. Therefore, anti-TNF-alpha treatment might affect lipid profile in RA patients...
  4. ncbi Bone metabolism changes during anti-TNF-alpha therapy in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis
    Bruno Seriolo
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1069:420-7. 2006
    ..e., TNF-alpha) cytokine effects on bone metabolism...
  5. ncbi [Are there any positive effects of TNF-alpha blockers on bone metabolism?]
    B Seriolo
    Clinica Reumatologica, Dipartimento Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Universita di Genova, Italia
    Reumatismo 58:199-205. 2006
    ..Treatment with TNF-alpha blockers, might influence bone metabolism and prevent structural bone damage in RA, in particular at the periarticular regions...
  6. ncbi [Rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis]
    B Seriolo
    Clinica Reumatologica, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialita Mediche, Universita di Genova, Genova, Italia
    Reumatismo 55:140-6. 2003
    ..In addition, other studies indicate that serum concentration of pro-inflammatory cytokines are found elevated at baseline, among patients at risk for future coronary occlusion...
  7. ncbi Homocysteine and antiphospholipid antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis patients: relationships with thrombotic events
    B Seriolo
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
    Clin Exp Rheumatol 19:561-4. 2001
    ..To investigate the possible relationships between plasma homocysteine levels and thrombotic events in a select population of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with or without antiphospholipid (aPL) antibody positivity...
  8. ncbi Serum cytokines and steroidal hormones in polymyalgia rheumatica and elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis
    M Cutolo
    Department of Internal Medicine, Research Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital San Martino, Viale Benedetto XV no 6, 16132 Genova, Italy
    Ann Rheum Dis 65:1438-43. 2006
    ..Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) may create some difficulties in the differential diagnosis of elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA) and of EORA with PMR-like onset (EORA/PMR)...
  9. ncbi The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and gonadal axes in rheumatoid arthritis
    M Cutolo
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 917:835-43. 2000
    ..The interactions between the immunological and neuroendocrine circuits is the subject of active and extensive ongoing research and might in the near future offer highly promising strategies for hormone-replacement therapies in RA...
  10. ncbi Circadian rhythms in RA
    M Cutolo
    Research Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 6 16132 Genova, Italy
    Ann Rheum Dis 62:593-6. 2003
  11. ncbi Melatonin serum levels in rheumatoid arthritis
    A Sulli
    Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 966:276-83. 2002
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  12. ncbi Altered circadian rhythms in rheumatoid arthritis patients play a role in the disease's symptoms
    M Cutolo
    Research Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Immunology and Endocrinology, University of Genova, Italy Viale Benedetto XV, 16132 Genova I, Italy
    Autoimmun Rev 4:497-502. 2005
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  13. ncbi Sex hormones influence on the immune system: basic and clinical aspects in autoimmunity
    M Cutolo
    Research Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Italy
    Lupus 13:635-8. 2004
    ..In conclusion, locally increased estrogens (i.e., synovial tissue in RA or skin in SLE) might exert activating effects on cell proliferation, including macrophages and fibroblasts, suggesting new roles for estrogens in autoimmunity...
  14. ncbi Circannual vitamin d serum levels and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: Northern versus Southern Europe
    M Cutolo
    Division of Rheumatology Dept Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
    Clin Exp Rheumatol 24:702-4. 2006
    ..Greater intake of vitamin D has been associated with a lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and low serum vitamin D together with higher prevalence of RA seem common among North European people when compared to Southern Europe...
  15. ncbi Methotrexate in psoriatic arthritis
    M Cutolo
    Research Laboratory, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Italy
    Clin Exp Rheumatol 20:S76-80. 2002
    ..The concomitant use of folic acid reduces both the frequency of serum liver enzyme level increases but also the efficacy of MTX by competing with the folate receptors...
  16. ncbi Endothelin and sex hormones modulate the fibronectin synthesis by cultured human skin scleroderma fibroblasts
    S Soldano
    Research Laboratories and Clinical Academic Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Italy
    Ann Rheum Dis 68:599-602. 2009
    ..To evaluate the influence of endothelin-1 (ET-1) and sex hormones on cell proliferation and extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis (ie, fibronectin, laminin) by cultured normal and scleroderma (SSc) human skin fibroblasts (FBs)...
  17. ncbi Endothelin receptor antagonists: effects on extracellular matrix synthesis in primary cultures of skin fibroblasts from systemic sclerosis patients
    S Soldano
    Research Laboratory and Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova
    Reumatismo 64:326-34. 2012
    ..In conclusion, ET-1 antagonism might have positive effects in contrasting the profibrotic activity of systemic sclerosis skin fibroblasts...
  18. ncbi Nailfold videocapillaroscopic patterns and serum autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis
    M Cutolo
    Research Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 43:719-26. 2004
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  19. ncbi Cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, and androstenedione levels in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica during twelve months of glucocorticoid therapy
    M Cutolo
    Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 966:91-6. 2002
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  20. ncbi Estrogens, autoimmunity and the heart
    M Cutolo
    Research Laboratory, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Italy
    Lupus 14:675-8. 2005
    ..New roles for estrogen peripheral metabolites (hydroxylated) and their increased formation in inflammatory sites, might partially introduce some explanations for several apparently contrasting evidences...
  21. ncbi [Nailfold videocapillaroscopy in systemic sclerosis: diagnostic and follow-up parameters and correlation with both specific serum autoantibodies and subsets of skin involvement]
    A Sulli
    Divisione di Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Universita degli Studi di Genova, Genoa
    Reumatismo 56:36-45. 2004
    ..The presence of the different subsets of skin involvement (limSS and difSS), as well as the role of some specific serum autoantibodies in the expression of the NVC parameters were investigated...
  22. ncbi Anti-inflammatory effects of leflunomide in combination with methotrexate on co-culture of T lymphocytes and synovial macrophages from rheumatoid arthritis patients
    M Cutolo
    Research Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV, 6 16132 Genoa, Italy
    Ann Rheum Dis 65:728-35. 2006
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  23. ncbi Macroamylasemia: a possible cause of unexplained hyperamylasemia in rheumatoid arthritis
    M Cutolo
    Division of Rheumatology, University of Genova, Italy
    Br J Rheumatol 34:290-2. 1995
    ..g. ultrasonography, computerized tomography) to rule out pancreatic disease, and could induce prescription of unnecessary elemental diets and replacement therapies, as reported in our patient...
  24. ncbi Vitamin D and rheumatoid arthritis: comment on the letter by Nielen et al
    Maurizio Cutolo
    Arthritis Rheum 56:1719-20. 2007
  25. ncbi Effects of etanercept or infliximab treatment on lipid profile and insulin resistance in patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis
    Bruno Seriolo
    Clin Rheumatol 26:1799-800. 2007
  26. ncbi Vitamin D in rheumatoid arthritis
    Maurizio Cutolo
    Research Laboratory and Academic Clinical Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 6 16132 Genova, Italy
    Autoimmun Rev 7:59-64. 2007
    ..Recently, greater intake of vitamin D was associated with a lower risk of RA, as well as a significant clinical improvement was strongly correlated with the immunomodulating potential in vitamin D-treated RA patients...
  27. ncbi Longterm anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha treatment in patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis: relationship between insulin resistance and disease activity
    Bruno Seriolo
    J Rheumatol 35:355-7. 2008
  28. ncbi Adrenal gland hypofunction in active polymyalgia rheumatica. effect of glucocorticoid treatment on adrenal hormones and interleukin 6
    Maurizio Cutolo
    Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, Italy
    J Rheumatol 29:748-56. 2002
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  29. ncbi Androgens and estrogens modulate the immune and inflammatory responses in rheumatoid arthritis
    Maurizio Cutolo
    Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 966:131-42. 2002
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  30. ncbi Modulation of cell growth and apoptosis by sex hormones in cultured monocytic THP-1 cells
    Maurizio Cutolo
    Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 966:204-10. 2002
    ..In conclusion, these results support the possibility of sex hormone modulation of apoptosis in macrophage-like cells, with interesting therapeutic perspectives in rheumatoid arthritis...
  31. ncbi Antiproliferative-antiinflammatory effects of methotrexate and sex hormones on cultured differentiating myeloid monocytic cells (THP-1)
    Maurizio Cutolo
    Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 966:232-7. 2002
    ..Therefore, the enhancing antiinflammatory effects exerted by androgens might represent a further explanation for the reduced frequency of inflammatory diseases in male subjects...
  32. ncbi Anti-TNF and sex hormones
    Maurizio Cutolo
    Research Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV6, 16132, Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1069:391-400. 2006
    ..In patients with at least long-standing RA, this indicates that alterations of serum sex hormones and altered activity of respective converting enzymes are imprinted for a long-lasting period over at least 12 weeks...
  33. ncbi Glucocorticoid effects on adrenal steroids and cytokine responsiveness in polymyalgia rheumatica and elderly onset rheumatoid arthritis
    Alberto Sulli
    Research Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, San Martino Hospital, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 6 16132 Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1069:307-14. 2006
    ..Interestingly, in PMR and EORA/PMR patients, GC treatment was found to downregulate PRG serum levels...
  34. ncbi Circadian rhythms: glucocorticoids and arthritis
    Maurizio Cutolo
    Research Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV6, 16132 Genova, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1069:289-99. 2006
    ..In conclusion, the right timing (early morning) for the glucocorticoid therapy in arthritis is fundamental and well justified by the circadian rhythms of the inflammatory mechanisms...
  35. ncbi Sex hormones and rheumatoid arthritis
    Maurizio Cutolo
    Research Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 6, 16132 Genova, Italy
    Autoimmun Rev 1:284-9. 2002
    ..Local increased estrogen concentrations and decreased androgen levels have been observed in RA synovial fluids and seem to play a more important role in the immune/inflammatory local response...
  36. ncbi Anti-citrulline antibodies in psoriatic patients with and without arthritis
    Aurora Parodi
    Acta Derm Venereol 85:253-4. 2005
  37. ncbi Synovial fluid estrogens in rheumatoid arthritis
    Maurizio Cutolo
    Research Laboratory and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Viale Bebedetto XV, 6, Genova 16132, Italy
    Autoimmun Rev 3:193-8. 2004
    ..e. SF in RA) of 16alpha-hydroxyestrone or 2-hydroxyestrogens...