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List of works by Mario Spatafora

A 15-year-old boy with anterior chest pain, progressive dyspnea, and subcutaneous emphysema of the neck

scientific article published on February 2009

A mild form of rituximab-associated lung injury in two adolescents treated for nephrotic syndrome

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Ageing and COPD affect different domains of nutritional status: the ECCE study

scientific article published on 11 November 2010

Altered CD94/NKG2A and perforin expression reduce the cytotoxic activity in malignant pleural effusions

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Antitumour activity of mononuclear phagocytes: role of tumour necrosis factor alpha.

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Are asthmatics enrolled in randomized trials representative of real-life outpatients?

scientific article published on 17 March 2015

Asthma and metabolic syndrome: Current knowledge and future perspectives.

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Asthma in the elderly: a different disease?

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Asthmatics with high levels of serum surfactant protein D have more severe disease.

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Biologically active intercellular adhesion molecule-1 is shed as dimers by a regulated mechanism in the inflamed pleural space

scientific article published on 5 February 2003

Blood eosinophils and treatment response in hospitalized exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A case-control study

scientific article published on 17 March 2016

Challenges in the pharmacological treatment of geriatric asthma.

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Dendritic cells with a potent accessory activity are present in human exudative malignant pleural effusions

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Diagnosis of a case of lipoid pneumonia by bronchoalveolar lavage

scientific article published on 01 January 1987

Effect of age and asthma duration upon elastase and α1-antitrypsin levels in adult asthmatics

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Effect of indomethacin on the kinetics of tumour necrosis factor alpha release and tumour necrosis factor alpha gene expression by human blood monocytes

scientific article published on 01 April 1991

Effects of extra-fine inhaled beclomethasone/formoterol on both large and small airways in asthma.

scientific article published on 28 January 2010

Effects of oral steroids on immunoglobulins in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in active sarcoidosis

scientific article published on 01 June 1988

Enhanced cytotoxic potential of alveolar macrophages from cigarette smokers

scientific article published on 01 March 1988

Erratum to: Safety Considerations of Inhaled Corticosteroids in the Elderly

scientific article published on 01 December 2015

Gemcitabine plus vinorelbine in stage IIIB or IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a multicentre phase II clinical trial.

scientific article published on October 2001

Gemcitabine sensitizes lung cancer cells to Fas/FasL system-mediated killing

scientific article published on February 2014

ICAM-1 expression by lung cancer cell lines: effects of upregulation by cytokines on the interaction with LAK cells

scientific article published on 01 September 1996

Increased expression of leukocyte function associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) by alveolar macrophages of patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis

scientific article published on 01 October 1991

Interleukin-8 induces lymphocyte chemotaxis into the pleural space. Role of pleural macrophages

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

LTB4 is present in exudative pleural effusions and contributes actively to neutrophil recruitment in the inflamed pleural space

scientific article published in March 2004

Leukocyte integrins and their ligands: their possible role in the pathogenesis of pulmonary sarcoidosis

scientific article published on 01 September 1991

Light smoking and dependence symptoms in high-school students

scientific article published on 19 March 2005

Lung compartmentalization of increased TNF releasing ability by mononuclear phagocytes in pulmonary sarcoidosis

scientific article published on 01 September 1989

Lung inflammation in sarcoidosis: analysis of immunoglobulin levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in active and inactive disease

Mononuclear cells in exudative malignant pleural effusions. Characterization of pleural phagocytic cells

scientific article published on 01 October 1994

Phase III study in stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated with two courses of cisplatin/gemcitabine followed by a randomization to three additional courses of the same combination or gemcitabine alone

scientific article published on 09 March 2007

Phenotypic and functional characterization of normal rat pleural macrophages in comparison with autologous peritoneal and alveolar macrophages

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Pretreatment quality of life and functional status assessment significantly predict survival of elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer receiving chemotherapy: a prognostic analysis of the multicenter Italian lung cancer in the eld

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Prevalence and management of pain in Italian patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

scientific article published on June 2004

Prostaglandin E2 down-regulates the expression of tumor necrosis alpha gene by human blood monocytes

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

Quality of life analysis of TORCH, a randomized trial testing first-line erlotinib followed by second-line cisplatin/gemcitabine chemotherapy in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

scientific article published in December 2012

Safety considerations of inhaled corticosteroids in the elderly.

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Sleep disorders in the elderly with and without chronic airflow obstruction: the SARA study

scientific article published in May 2003

Supportive care in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.

scientific article published on September 2003

Theophylline suppresses the release of tumour necrosis factor-alpha by blood monocytes and alveolar macrophages.

scientific article published on February 1994

Tumor necrosis factor release by pulmonary alveolar macrophages

scientific article published on 01 January 1988

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha does not cause lung edema in rabbits

scientific article published in July 1992

[Biological basis of pneumopathy. An integrated approach regarding morphology, immuno-pathology and biochemistry]

scientific article published on 01 April 1987