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A Procedure for the Isolation of Asbestos Bodies from Lung Tissue by Exploiting their Magnetic Properties: A New Approach to Asbestos Body Study

Violetta Borelli Department of Physiology and Pathology, University of Trieste, TriesteCorrespondence[email protected]
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Cristiana Brochetta Department of Physiology and Pathology, University of Trieste, Trieste
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Mauro Melato Unita′ Clinica Operativa di Anatomia Patologica, Istopatologia e Citodiagnostica, University of Trieste, Trieste
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Clara Rizzardi Unita′ Clinica Operativa di Anatomia Patologica, Istopatologia e Citodiagnostica, University of Trieste, Trieste
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Maurizio Polentarutti Structural Biology Lab., XRD1 Diffraction Beamline Sincrotrone, Trieste in Area Science Park, Trieste
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Cristina Busatto Structural Biology Lab., XRD1 Diffraction Beamline Sincrotrone, Trieste in Area Science Park, Trieste
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Francesca Vita Department of Physiology and Pathology, University of Trieste, Trieste
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Rita Abbate Department of Physiology and Pathology, University of Trieste, Trieste
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Roberto Gotter Laboratorio Nazionale TASC-INFM CNR, Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Area Science Park, Trieste
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Giuliano Zabucchi Department of Physiology and Pathology, University of Trieste, Trieste
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Pages 1232-1240 | Received 27 Jul 2006, Accepted 11 Dec 2006, Published online: 15 Jun 2007

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Violetta Borelli, Martina Zangari, Annalisa Bernareggi, Fabrizio Bardelli, Francesca Vita & Giuliano Zabucchi. (2023) Ferruginous bodies exert a strong proinflammatory effect. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 86:8, pages 241-245.
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Martina Zangari, Violetta Borelli, Annalisa Bernareggi & Giuliano Zabucchi. (2023) Asbestos fibers promote iron oxidation and compete with apoferritin enzymatic activity. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 86:2-3, pages 69-73.
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F. Celsi, S. Crovella, R. R. Moura, M. Schneider, F. Vita, L. Finotto, G. Zabucchi, P. Zacchi & V. Borelli. (2019) Pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer: the role of asbestos exposure and genetic variants in selected iron metabolism and inflammation genes. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 82:20, pages 1088-1102.
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Sergio Crovella, Anna Monica Bianco, Joseph Vuch, Luisa Zupin, Ronald Rodrigues Moura, Elisa Trevisan, Manuela Schneider, Alessandro Brollo, Enza Maria Nicastro, Alessandro Cosenzi, Giuliano Zabucchi & Violetta Borelli. (2016) Iron signature in asbestos-induced malignant pleural mesothelioma: A population-based autopsy study. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 79:3, pages 129-141.
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Rebeca Cañedo-Mondragón, Pilar Eguía-Aguilar, Mario Pérezpeña-Díazconti & Francisco Arenas-Huertero. (2013) Identification of ferruginous bodies in the lungs of children and analyses of the elemental composition of fibers. Inhalation Toxicology 25:9, pages 517-524.
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Violetta Borelli, Elisa Trevisan, Francesca Vita, Cristina Bottin, Mauro Melato, Clara Rizzardi & Giuliano Zabucchi. (2012) Peroxidase-Like Activity of Ferruginous Bodies Isolated by Exploiting their Magnetic Property. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 75:11, pages 603-623.
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David Villeda-Cuevas, David Quintero-Casas, Rosa Maria Rivera-Rosales, Pilar Eguía-Aguilar, Mario Perezpeña-Diazconti & Francisco Arenas-Huertero. (2012) Elemental composition of ferruginous bodies and occupational categories: analyses and case studies in Mexico. Inhalation Toxicology 24:4, pages 201-212.
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Margarita Salazar-Flores, Rosa María Rivera-Rodríguez, María Eugenia Vázquez-Manriquez & Francisco Arenas-Huertero. (2009) Synergistic effect of air pollution and habitual smoking on the retention of inorganic fibers identified as ferruginous bodies in autopsy cases in Mexico City. Inhalation Toxicology 21:10, pages 882-888.
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Andrew J. Ghio, Matthew Stewart, Rahul G. Sangani, Elizabeth N. Pavlisko & Victor L. Roggli. (2023) Asbestos and Iron. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24:15, pages 12390.
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F. Bardelli, C. Giacobbe, P. Ballirano, V. Borelli, F. Di Benedetto, G. Montegrossi, D. Bellis & A. Pacella. (2023) Closing the knowledge gap on the composition of the asbestos bodies. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 45:7, pages 5039-5051.
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Annalisa Bernareggi, Martina Zangari, Andrew Constanti, Paola Zacchi, Violetta Borelli, Alessandro Mangogna, Paola Lorenzon & Giuliano Zabucchi. (2023) Asbestos Fibers Enhance the TMEM16A Channel Activity in Xenopus Oocytes. Membranes 13:2, pages 180.
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Fabrizio Bardelli, Francesco Brun, Simone De Panfilis, Peter Cloetens, Silvana Capella, Elena Belluso, Donata Bellis, Arianna Di Napoli & Alessia Cedola. (2021) Chemo-physical properties of asbestos bodies in human lung tissues studied at the nano-scale by non-invasive, label free x-ray imaging and spectroscopic techniques. Toxicology Letters 348, pages 18-27.
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Alessandro Pacella, Paolo Ballirano, Marzia Fantauzzi, Antonella Rossi, Elisa Nardi, Giancarlo Capitani, Lorenzo Arrizza & Maria Rita Montereali. (2021) Surface and bulk modifications of amphibole asbestos in mimicked gamble's solution at acidic PH. Scientific Reports 11:1.
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Fabrizio Bardelli, Francesco Brun, Silvana Capella, Donata Bellis, Claudia Cippitelli, Alessia Cedola & Elena Belluso. (2021) Asbestos bodies count and morphometry in bulk lung tissue samples by non-invasive X-ray micro-tomography. Scientific Reports 11:1.
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Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Giovanni B. Andreozzi, Maura Tomatis & Francesco Turci. (2019) Iron from a geochemical viewpoint. Understanding toxicity/pathogenicity mechanisms in iron-bearing minerals with a special attention to mineral fibers. Free Radical Biology and Medicine 133, pages 21-37.
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Lorella Pascolo, Violetta Borelli, Vincenzo Canzonieri, Alessandra Gianoncelli, Giovanni Birarda, Diana E. Bedolla, Murielle Salomé, Lisa Vaccari, Carla Calligaro, Marine Cotte, Bernhard Hesse, Fernando Luisi, Giuliano Zabucchi, Mauro Melato & Clara Rizzardi. (2015) Differential protein folding and chemical changes in lung tissues exposed to asbestos or particulates. Scientific Reports 5:1.
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