Dipartimento di Farmacia e Scienze della Salute e della Nutrizione - Tesi di Dottorato: Recent submissions
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Mechanisms of RA action in steroidogenic tissues and pro-apoptotic effects of combined treatment of breast tumoral cell lines with 9-cis retinoic acid and rosiglitazione
(2008-11-20)Vitamin A (Retinol) plays a central role in many essential biological processes such as vision, immunity, reproduction, growth, development, control of cellular proliferation and differentiation. The main active forms ... -
Il trasportatore di carnitina OCTN2: espressione ed implicazioni fisiopatologiche
(2010)In the present work we studied the plasma membrane transporter of carnitine OCTN2. We firstly investigated the interaction of this transporter with a commonly used drug, the omeprazolo. The carnitine transporter was ... -
Dynamic effects of retinoic acid and its isomers on cancer and physiology
(2010-11-23)In the search for new cancer chemo-preventive compounds, hundreds of naturally occurring molecules have been evaluated. Among these, antioxidants appear to be very promising. In this contest, over the last decade retinoids, ... -
Ruolo di iASPP nella regolazione del Mismatch repair in melanoma
(2014-05-22)Cutaneous melanoma is an aggressive malignancy accounting for 4% of skin cancers but 80% of all skin-cancer related deaths. Its incidence is rapidly rising and advanced disease is notoriously treatment-resistant. The role ... -
Caratterizzazione del profilo neurochimico, neuropatologico e neourofarmacologico di un modello sperimentale di glaucoma acuto
(2013-10-28)Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversibile blindness characterized by the progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Elevated intraocular pressure is a major risk factor for glaucoma; however, medical therapies ... -
Ruolo del sistema endocannabinoide nei meccanismi di neuroprotezione da 17β-estradiolo in un modello sperimentale di ischemia cerebrale focale
(2013-10-28)In questo studio sono stati determinati i livelli endogeni dell’endocannabinoide finora meglio caratterizzato, anandamide (AEA) e l’attività degli enzimi responsabili, rispettivamente, della sua sintesi e degradazione, ...