Sfoglia per Soggetto "cancer"

Autoantibodies in patients with systemic sclerosis and cancer: A case-control study

Derk, C. T.; Sakkas, L. I.; Rasheed, M.; Artlett, C.; Jimenez, S. A. (2003)

Objective. To determine the prevalence of specific autoantibodies in a cohort of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and a diagnosis of cancer, and to compare it to that in a group of patients with SSc who were never ...

Characterization of the biodegradation, bioremediation and detoxification capacity of a bacterial consortium able to degrade the fungicide thiabendazole

Perruchon C., Pantoleon A., Veroutis D., Gallego-Blanco S., Martin-Laurent F., Liadaki K., Karpouzas D.G. (2017)

Thiabendazole (TBZ) is a persistent fungicide used in the post-harvest treatment of fruits. Its application results in the production of contaminated effluents which should be treated before their environmental discharge. ...

Coagulation, angiogenesis, and venous thromboembolism in cancer [10]

Agorogiannis, E. I.; Agorogiannis, G. I. (2002)

Effects of melatonin on proliferation of cancer cell lines

Papazisis, K. T.; Kouretas, D.; Geromichalos, G. D.; Sivridis, E.; Tsekreli, O. K.; Dimitriadis, K. A.; Kortsaris, A. H. (1998)

The pineal hormone melatonin has been reported to have in vitro antiproliferative effects on estrogen receptor-positive human breast cancer cell lines at concentrations near to plasma physiological concentrations (1 x ...

Heparan sulfate: biological significance, tools for biochemical analysis and structural characterization

Malavaki, C. J.; Theocharis, A. D.; Lamari, F. N.; Kanakis, I.; Tsegenidis, T.; Tzanakakis, G. N.; Karamanos, N. K. (2011)

Heparan sulfate (HS) and heparin (HP) are functionally important glycosaminoglycans, which interact with a plethora of proteins and participate in several cellular events. They form specific proteoglycans, which are ...

HPV16-genotyper: A computational tool for risk-assessment, lineage genotyping and recombination detection in hpv16 sequences, based on a large-scale evolutionary analysis

Nikolaidis M., Tsakogiannis D., Bletsa G., Mossialos D., Kottaridi C., Iliopoulos I., Markoulatos P., Amoutzias G.D. (2021)

Previous analyses have identified certain but limited evidence of recombination among HPV16 genomes, in accordance with a general perception that DNA viruses do not frequently recombine. In this evolutionary/bioinformatics ...

Immunohistochemical expression of extracellular matrix components tenascin, fibronectin, collagen type IV and laminin in breast cancer: their prognostic value and role in tumour invasion and progression

Ioachim, E.; Charchanti, A.; Briasoulis, E.; Karavasilis, V.; Tsanou, H.; Arvanitis, D. L.; Agnantis, N. J.; Pavlidis, N. (2002)

The immunohistochemical expression of the extracellular matrix (ECM) components tenascin (TN), fibronectin (FN), collagen type IV (Coll) and laminin (LN), and their possible relationships were studied in a series of 134 ...

The impact of stapling devices use on patients with increased body mass index treated with radical cystectomy

Tzortzis, V.; Dimitropoulos, K.; Gravas, S.; Karatzas, A.; Zachos, I.; Gkialas, I.; Papadopoulos, G.; Melekos, M. (2014)

Introduction: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the impact of stapling devices use on overweight and obese bladder cancer patients treated with radical cystectomy (RC). Materials and methods: Fifty-two ...

Is there a learning curve for photodynamic diagnosis of bladder cancer with hexaminolevulinate hydrochloride?

Gravas, S.; Efstathiou, K.; Zachos, I.; Melekos, M. D.; Tzortzis, V. (2012)

Introduction: To assess the learning curve for fluorescence cystoscopy using hexaminolevulinate hydrochloride (HAL) in patients with bladder cancer. Material and methods: Fifty patients underwent bladder instillation with ...

Modulation of Poly(A)-specific Ribonuclease (PARN): Current Knowledge and Perspectives

Balatsos, N. A. A.; Maragozidis, P.; Anastasakis, D.; Stathopoulos, C. (2012)

Deadenylation is the exoribonucleolytic shortening of eukaryotic poly(A) tails. It is often the first and rate-limiting step for mRNA decay and translational silencing. The process is catalysed by a diversity of deadenylases, ...

MTHFR gene polymorphisms and response to chemotherapy in colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis

Zintzaras, E.; Ziogas, D. C.; Kitsios, G. D.; Papathanasiou, A. A.; Lau, J.; Raman, G. (2009)

Aims: Pharmacogenetic studies investigating the relationship between MTHFR gene polymorphisms and response to fluorouracil-based chemotherapy in patients with colorectal cancer have produced inconclusive results. In an ...

Objective and Subjective Appetite Assessment in Patients with Gynecological Cancer: A Pre- and Post-Operative Pilot Study

Gounitsioti I.-S., Poulimeneas D., Grammatikopoulou M.G., Kotzamanidis C., Gkiouras K., Nigdelis M.P., Tsolakidis D., Papanikolaou A., Tarlatzis B.C., Bogdanos D.P., Tsigga M., Goulis D.G. (2022)

Although appetite and its disorders have been implicated in disease progression and outcomes, ghrelin concentrations, an objective appetite measure, are rarely assessed in patients with gynecological malignancies. The ...

Otto Hahn (1879-1968): pioneer in radiochemistry and discoverer of radiotherapeutic mesothorium

Sgantzos, M.; Kyrgias, G.; Georgoulias, P.; Karamanou, M.; Tsoucalas, G.; Androutsos, G. (2014)

Otto Hahn was a German innovative chemist. He had discovered various radioactive elements, as well as the nuclear fission. He finally received the Nobel Prize for his participation in the atomic energy project, which Hahn ...

p53 and Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression are Directly Associated with Cyclin D1 Expression in Radical Prostatectomy Specimens of Patients with Hormone-Naive Prostate Cancer

Vlachostergios, P. J.; Karasavvidou, F.; Patrikidou, A.; Voutsadakis, I. A.; Kakkas, G.; Moutzouris, G.; Zintzaras, E.; Daliani, D. D.; Melekos, M. D.; Papandreou, C. N. (2012)

Prostate cancer (PCa) is a potentially curable disease when diagnosed in early stages and subsequently treated with radical prostatectomy (RP). However, a significant proportion of patients tend to relapse early, with the ...

Perceived importance of public health risks in greece: a nationwide survey of the adult population

Tzortzi A., Kapetanstrataki M., Rachiotis G., Evangelopoulou V., Leventou E., Behrakis P. (2021)

The current study is the first to examine the perceptions of the Greek public towards selected health risks and prioritize perceived risk importance and the needs to be addressed for public health promotion. Participants ...

Potential Role of the Alcohol and Smoking in the Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head And Neck: Review of the Current Literature and New Perspectives

Zygogianni, A.; Kyrgias, G.; Mystakidou, K.; Antypas, C.; Kouvaris, J.; Papadimitriou, C.; Armonis, V.; Alkati, H.; Kouloulias, V. (2011)

Alcohol and tobacco are responsible for a very large proportion of chronic disease and some tumors in particular may be the result of interactions between the two risk factors. The present systematic literature review was ...

Potentially toxic elements exposure biomonitoring in the elderly around the largest polymetallic rare earth ore mining and smelting area in China

Dai L., Wang L., Wan X., Yang J., Wang Y., Liang T., Song H., Shaheen S.M., Antoniadis V., Rinklebe J. (2022)

Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) can be released during mining operations and ore processing. The pollution and health risk related to PTEs in total suspended particulates (TSPs) around the largest polymetallic rare earth ...

The proteasome as a target for cancer treatment: Focus on bortezomib

Papandreou, C. N. (2005)

Targeted degradation of key regulatory proteins is an essential element of cell-cycle control. The proteasome plays a pivotal role in the degradation of such proteins and has, therefore, become an important therapeutic ...

Recurrent horizontal transfer identifies mitochondrial positive selection in a transmissible cancer

Strakova A., Nicholls T.J., Baez-Ortega A., Ní Leathlobhair M., Sampson A.T., Hughes K., Bolton I.A.G., Gori K., Wang J., Airikkala-Otter I., Allen J.L., Allum K.M., Arnold C.L., Bansse-Issa L., Bhutia T.N., Bisson J.L., Blank K., Briceño C., Castillo Domracheva A., Corrigan A.M., Cran H.R., Crawford J.T., Cutter S.M., Davis E., de Castro K.F., De Nardi A.B., de Vos A.P., Delgadillo Keenan L., Donelan E.M., Espinoza Huerta A.R., Faramade I.A., Fazil M., Fotopoulou E., Fruean S.N., Gallardo-Arrieta F., Glebova O., Gouletsou P.G., Häfelin Manrique R.F., Henriques J.J.G.P., Horta R.S., Ignatenko N., Kane Y., King C., Koenig D., Krupa A., Kruzeniski S.J., Lanza-Perea M., Lazyan M., Lopez Quintana A.M., Losfelt T., Marino G., Martínez Castañeda S., Martínez-López M.F., Masuruli B.M., Meyer M., Migneco E.J., Nakanwagi B., Neal K.B., Neunzig W., Nixon S.J., Ortega-Pacheco A., Pedraza-Ordoñez F., Peleteiro M.C., Polak K., Pye R.J., Ramirez-Ante J.C., Reece J.F., Rojas Gutierrez J., Sadia H., Schmeling S.K., Shamanova O., Sherlock A.G., Steenland-Smit A.E., Svitich A., Tapia Martínez L.J., Thoya Ngoka I., Torres C.G., Tudor E.M., van der Wel M.G., Vițălaru B.A., Vural S.A., Walkinton O., Wehrle-Martinez A.S., Widdowson S.A.E., Zvarich I., Chinnery P.F., Falkenberg M., Gustafsson C.M., Murchison E.P. (2020)

Autonomous replication and segregation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) creates the potential for evolutionary conflict driven by emergence of haplotypes under positive selection for ‘selfish’ traits, such as replicative ...

Rethinking Subthreshold Effects in Regulatory Chemical Risk Assessments

Agathokleous E., Barceló D., Aschner M., Azevedo R.A., Bhattacharya P., Costantini D., Cutler G.C., De Marco A., Docea A.O., Dórea J.G., Duke S.O., Efferth T., Fatta-Kassinos D., Fotopoulos V., Ginebreda A., Guedes R.N.C., Hayes A.W., Iavicoli I., Kalantzi O.-I., Koike T., Kouretas D., Kumar M., Manautou J.E., Moore M.N., Paoletti E., Peñuelas J., Picó Y., Reiter R.J., Rezaee R., Rinklebe J., Rocha-Santos T., Sicard P., Sonne C., Teaf C., Tsatsakis A., Vardavas A.I., Wang W., Zeng E.Y., Calabrese E.J. (2022)

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