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Alessandra Bertoldo

Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova
Verified email at dei.unipd.it
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The methodology of TSPO imaging with positron emission tomography

…, P Zanotti-Fregonara, A Bertoldo… - Biochemical Society …, 2015 - portlandpress.com
The 18-kDA translocator protein (TSPO) is consistently elevated in activated microglia of the
central nervous system (CNS) in response to a variety of insults as well as …

Sperm viral infection and male infertility: focus on HBV, HCV, HIV, HPV, HSV, HCMV, and AAV

A Garolla, D Pizzol, A Bertoldo, M Menegazzo… - Journal of reproductive …, 2013 - Elsevier
Chronic viral infections can infect sperm and are considered a risk factor in male infertility.
Recent studies have shown that the presence of HIV, HBV or HCV in semen impairs sperm …

High prevalence of erectile dysfunction in diabetes: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of 145 studies

…, T Thompson, M Carnaghi, A Bertoldo… - Diabetic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Erectile dysfunction may be common among men with diabetes, but its prevalence is still
debated. We aimed to assess the relative prevalence of erectile dysfunction in diabetes …

Microglial Activity in People at Ultra High Risk of Psychosis and in Schizophrenia: An [11C]PBR28 PET Brain Imaging Study

…, M Veronese, G Rizzo, A Bertoldo… - American Journal of …, 2016 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether microglial activity, measured
using translocator-protein positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, is increased in …

Inflammatory intrathecal profiles and cortical damage in multiple sclerosis

…, S Rasia, R Capra, A Bertoldo… - Annals of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Gray matter (GM) damage and meningeal inflammation have been associated with
early disease onset and a more aggressive disease course in multiple sclerosis (MS), but …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of human papillomavirus binding to human spermatozoa and fertilizing ability of infected spermatozoa

C Foresta, C Patassini, A Bertoldo, M Menegazzo… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are agents of the most common sexually transmitted
diseases in females and males. Precise data about the presence, mechanism of infection and …

Kinetic modeling of [18F]FDG in skeletal muscle by PET: a four-compartment five-rate-constant model

A Bertoldo, P Peltoniemi, V Oikonen… - American Journal …, 2001 - journals.physiology.org
Various modeling strategies have been developed to convert regional [ 18 F]fluorodeoxyglucose
([ 18 F]FDG) concentration measured by positron emission tomography (PET) to a …

[HTML][HTML] Association, prevalence, and clearance of human papillomavirus and antisperm antibodies in infected semen samples from infertile patients

A Garolla, D Pizzol, A Bertoldo, L De Toni, L Barzon… - Fertility and sterility, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate prevalence, association, and clearance of human papillomavirus (HPV)
and antisperm antibodies (ASAs) in infected semen samples from infertile patients. …

Kinetic Modeling without Accounting for the Vascular Component Impairs the Quantification of [11C]PBR28 Brain PET Data

…, FE Turkheimer, A Bertoldo - Journal of Cerebral …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The positron emission tomography radioligand [ 11 C]PBR28 targets translocator protein (18
kDa) (TSPO) and is a potential marker of neuroinflammation. [ 11 C]PBR28 binding is …

Evaluation of compartmental and spectral analysis models of [/sup 18/F] FDG kinetics for heart and brain studies with PET

A Bertoldo, P Vicini, G Sambuceti… - IEEE transactions on …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Various models have been proposed to quantitate from [/sup 18/F]-Fluoro-Deoxy-Glucose ([/sup
18/F]FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) data glucose regional metabolic rate. …