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Federica Corallini

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Mesenchymal stem cells display hepato-protective activity in lymphoma bearing xenografts.

2012

A disseminated model of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with prevalent liver metastasis was generated by intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of EBV(+) B lymphoblastoid SKW6.4 in nude-SCID mice. The survival of SKW6.4 xenografts (median survival = 27 days) was significantly improved when hyaluronan scaffolds embedded with mesenchimal stem cells (MSC) were implanted in the abdominal area 4 days after SKW6.4 injection (median survival = 39.5 days). Mice implanted with MSC showed a significant improvement of hepatic functionality in lymphoma xenografts, as demonstrated by measurement of serum ALT/AST levels. Co-culture of MSC with lymphoma cells enhanced the release of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) by MSC…

Liver functionality. Lymphoma-bearing xenograftsPathologymedicine.medical_specialtyTime FactorsCell SurvivalMice NudeCell CommunicationMice SCIDMesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantationlymphoma.Mesenchymal stem cells; hepato-protective; lymphoma.Metastasischemistry.chemical_compoundMicehemic and lymphatic diseasesCell Line Tumorhepato-protectiveHyaluronic acidMedicineAnimalsHumansPharmacology (medical)Aspartate AminotransferasesHyaluronic AcidMesenchymal stem cellPharmacologyMesenchymal stem cells; Liver functionality. Lymphoma-bearing xenograftsTissue Scaffoldsbusiness.industryHepatocyte Growth FactorLymphoblastLymphoma Non-HodgkinMesenchymal stem cellLiver NeoplasmsAlanine TransaminaseMesenchymal Stem Cellsmedicine.diseaseXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysCoculture TechniquesLymphomaOncologychemistryLiverCell cultureHepatocyte growth factorStem cellbusinessBiomarkersmedicine.drugInvestigational new drugs
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The soluble terminal complement complex (SC5b-9) up-regulates osteoprotegerin expression and release by endothelial cells: Implications in rheumatoid…

2009

Objective. Complement activation products contribute to a large number of inflammatory diseases, including RA. We have investigated whether osteoprotegerin (OPG) may concur with the soluble terminal complement complex (SC5b-9) to the inflammatory cascade characterizing RA. Methods. Levels of SC5b-9 and OPG in the plasma and SF of patients with active RA were determined by ELISA. The presence of SC5b-9 and OPG in RA synovial lesions was analysed by immunohistochemistry. Cultured endothelial cells were used for in vitro leucocyte/endothelial cell adhesion assays. In addition, endothelial cells were exposed to SC5b-9 in order to evaluate the effects on the production of OPG protein, as well as…

musculoskeletal diseasesAdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyComplement systemEndotheliumNeutrophilsArthritisInflammationComplement Membrane Attack ComplexArthritis RheumatoidEndothelium; Osteoprotegerin; Inflammation; Complement systemRheumatologyOsteoprotegerinInternal medicineCell AdhesionMedicineHumansPharmacology (medical)EndotheliumCells CulturedAgedInflammationEndothelial CellDose-Response Relationship Drugbusiness.industryNeutrophilSynovial MembraneOsteoprotegerinEndothelial CellsMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseIn vitroComplement systemUp-RegulationEndothelial stem cellEndocrinologymedicine.anatomical_structureNeutrophil InfiltrationFemaleComplement system; Endothelium; Inflammation; Osteoprotegerin; Adult; Aged; Arthritis Rheumatoid; Cell Adhesion; Cells Cultured; Complement Membrane Attack Complex; Dose-Response Relationship Drug; Endothelial Cells; Endothelium Vascular; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neutrophil Infiltration; Neutrophils; Osteoprotegerin; Synovial Membrane; Up-Regulation; Rheumatology; Pharmacology (medical)Endothelium Vascularmedicine.symptombusinessComplement membrane attack complexHuman
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Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells display anti-cancer activity in SCID mice bearing disseminated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma xenografts.

2010

Background Although multimodality treatment can induce high rate of remission in many subtypes of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), significant proportions of patients relapse with incurable disease. The effect of human bone marrow (BM) mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) on tumor cell growth is controversial, and no specific information is available on the effect of BM-MSC on NHL. Methodology/Principal Findings The effect of BM-MSC was analyzed in two in vivo models of disseminated non-Hodgkin's lymphomas with an indolent (EBV− Burkitt-type BJAB, median survival = 46 days) and an aggressive (EBV+ B lymphoblastoid SKW6.4, median survival = 27 days) behavior in nude-SCID mice. Intra-peritoneal (i.p.) i…

Pathologymedicine.medical_specialtyStromal cellTransplantation HeterologousMice Nudelcsh:Medicinemesenchimal stem cellsMice SCIDMiceimmune system diseaseshemic and lymphatic diseasesmesenchymal stem cells non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.AnimalsHumansMedicinehuman lymphoma xenograft; mesenchimal stem cellsOncology/Hematological Malignancieslcsh:ScienceSCID MiceMultidisciplinaryHematology/Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantationbusiness.industryLymphoma Non-HodgkinLymphoblastlcsh:RMesenchymal stem cellNon-Hodgkin's LymphomaMesenchymal Stem CellsHematopoietic Stem Cellsmedicine.diseaseCoculture TechniquesLymphomaNon-Hodgkin's lymphomaEndothelial stem cellTransplantationApoptosislcsh:QHematology/Lymphomas and Chronic Lymphoblastic LeukemiabusinessMesenchymal Stem Cells; SCID Mice; Non-Hodgkin's LymphomaResearch Articlehuman lymphoma xenograft
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Conjunctival Sac Fluid Contains Elevated Levels of Soluble TRAIL: Implications for the Anti-Tumoral Surveillance of the Anterior Surface of the Eye

2008

Little is known on the ability of different epithelia to release soluble TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) and the relevance of TRAIL secretion by epithelial cells is still incompletely understood. On these bases, we have measured the concentration of soluble TRAIL by ELISA in the conjunctival sac fluid. It was the highest ever detected in a biological fluid (mean value of 26,800 pg/ml), being approximately 20-fold greater than that found in human saliva and >200-fold greater than that detected in human serum. On the other hand, osteoprotegerin, the soluble decoy receptor of TRAIL, was almost undetectable in the conjunctival sac fluid. Of note, the levels of soluble TRAIL measur…

SalivaConjunctivaPhysiologyConjunctival sac fluidClinical BiochemistryApoptosisTRAILIn Vitro TechniquesBiologySettore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E ApplicataPhotorefractive Keratectomycorneal ephiteliumFlow cytometryCorneaTNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing LigandOsteoprotegerinCell Line TumorCorneamedicineHumansCorneal epitheliumcorneal epitheliummedicine.diagnostic_testEye NeoplasmsOsteoprotegerinEpithelial CellsCell BiologyMolecular biologyRecombinant ProteinsBody Fluidsmedicine.anatomical_structureSolubilityanti-tumoral surveillanceImmunologyConjunctival sacImmunohistochemistrytrail; conjunctival sac fluid; corneal ephitelium; anti-tumoral surveillance.Conjunctiva
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