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Antiproliferative effect of main dietary phytosterols and/or b-cryptoxanthin in human colon cancer Caco-2 cells through cytosolic Ca+2-and oxidative …
2014
Segni di guerra. Mutilazione e decolonizzazione del corpo
2016
Un'analisi critica di 16 immagini fotografiche di mutilati di guerra dall'Ottocento a oggi.
Novel evidences for a role of dopamine as modulator of intestinal motility: a study on mouse distal colon
2014
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s disease. It has been classically considered that the pathological hallmarks of PD affect primarily the substantia nigra. Nevertheless, it has become increasingly evident that PD is a multicentric neurodegenerative process that affects several neuronal structures outside the substantia nigra, among which is the enteric nervous system (ENS). Pathological alterations within the ENS could be involved in the gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction frequently encountered by PD patients. Dopamine (DA) seems to be a major candidate for the impairment of GI function in PD since its levels were found to be decrea…
Do not disturb the family: roles of colony size and human disturbance in the genetic structure of lesser kestrel
2015
Dispersal and philopatry are fundamental processes influencing the genetic structure and persistence of populations, and might be affected by isolation and habitat perturbation. Habitat degradation induced by human activities could have detrimental consequences on the genetic structure of populations. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the role of human impact in promoting or disrupting the genetic structure. Here, we conducted a genetic analysis using 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers of 70 lesser kestrels Falco naumanni from 10 breeding colonies of two subpopulations in Sicily (southern Italy). Genetic differentiation between the two subpopulations was negligible, and linear dista…
Social Inclusion and Exclusion in the Life Stories of Deported Asylum Seekers from Finland to Iraqi Kurdistan
2018
This study explores how social inclusion and exclusion manifest as a dynamic continuum in the everyday lived realities of irregular migrants. Based on narratives of Iraqi Kurdish asylum seekers, who were eventually deported from Finland, the analysis depicts the ways in which societal structures, personal negotiations as well as relationships and social networks interplay in lives characterized by multiple locations, transitions and positions. Establishing and maintaining social contacts, belonging to various networks and being able to decide and act are primary factors that help us understand how the narrators relate to the continuum. The participants construct narratives illustrating seve…
A role for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma in resveratrol-induced colon cancer cell apoptosis.
2014
Scope Resveratrol may function as a chemopreventive agent. A recent clinical study demonstrates a reduction in tumor cell proliferation in colorectal patients receiving repeated oral ingestion of resveratrol. However, gaps remain in our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms by which resveratrol exerts its chemopreventive effect. We have previously demonstrated that resveratrol induces apoptosis in colon cancer cells and that resveratrol can sensitize chemoresistant colon cancer cells to various drugs. Based on its ability to activate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) in colon cancer cells, we sought to determine the implication of this nuclear transcription factor in …
Effects of anti-miR-182 on TSP-1 expression in human colon cancer cells: there is a sense in antisense?
2013
Abstract: Objective: miRNAs are attractive molecules for cancer treatment, including colon rectal cancer (CRC). We investigate on the molecular mechanism by which miR-182 could regulate thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) expression, a protein down-regulated in CRC and inversely correlated with tumor vascularity and metastasis. Background: MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that regulate the expression of different genes, involved in cancer progression, angiogenesis and metastasis. miR-182, over-expressed in colorectal cancer (CRC), has like predictive target thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), a protein inversely correlated with tumor vascularity and metastasis that results downregulated in different types of…
Colorectal infiltrating deep endometriosis: Laparoscopic treatment. A case report
2022
Endometriosis is a disease affecting approximately 10% of women of fertile age. A particular presentation is deep infiltrating endometriosis of the rectosigmoid colon with symptoms that can mimic an intestinal obstruction or neoplasm. We report the case of a 39-year-old woman with pelvic pain during the menstrual cycle and significant anemia who presented an ectopic endometrial tissue in correspondence of the rectum. Because of the thickness of the lesion the patient underwent a segmental laparoscopic colorectal resection with end-to-end anastomosis.
Salomanía: la construcción imaginaria de la danza oriental
2008
En este artículo se analiza la asociación establecida en el imaginario occidental entre danza oriental y la danza de Salomé, enmarcada en el Orientalismo producido por la expansión colonial europea. Para ello se han estudiado los fragmentos que se refieren a esta danza en las obras de Gustave Flaubert, “Herodias”, y Oscar Wilde, Salomé. Tras el estreno de esta última se desencadenó la Salomanía, moda que a comienzos del siglo XX popularizó las representaciones de la danza de Salomé tanto en teatro como en cine por su reclamo exótico y erótico. Posteriormente, en algunas capitales de Medio Oriente, aún bajo el dominio colonial, se desarrolló la disciplina que hoy se conoce como danza orienta…
Factores de riesgo de fuga en anastomosis colo-rectales mecánicas tras cirugía oncológica. Importancia del Factor Cirujano.
2014
Introducción: El cáncer colo-rectal es la tercera neoplasia más común y la segunda causa de mortalidad por cáncer en los países desarrollados. La anastomosis primaria es la norma tras la cirugía exerética, y la fuga anastomótica (FA) es la complicación postoperatoria más importante en este tipo de intervención porque se ha demostrado que aumenta la morbimortalidad y los costes y parece aumentar la tasa de recidiva tumoral a nivel local y disminuir la supervivencia global. En la literatura se han identificado numerosos posibles factores de riesgo de la FA; algunos de ellos están relacionados con el paciente, otros con el tumor y otros también con el factor cirujano tanto a nivel general como…