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Role of Type I and II Interferons in Colorectal Cancer and Melanoma
2017
Cancer can be considered an aberrant organ with a hierarchical composition of different cell populations. The tumor microenvironment, including the immune cells and related cytokines, is crucial during all the steps of tumor development. In particular, type I and II interferons are involved in a plethora of mechanisms that regulate immune responses in cancer, thus balancing immune escape versus immune surveillance. Interferons are involved in both the direct and indirect regulation of cancer cell proliferation and metastatic potential. The mutational background of genes involved in interferons signaling could serve as a prognostic biomarker and a powerful tool to screen cancer patients elig…
Bright spots in the darkness of cancer: A review of starfishes-derived compounds and their anti-tumor action
2019
The fight against cancer represents a great challenge for researchers and, for this reason, the search for new promising drugs to improve cancer treatments has become inevitable. Oceans, due to their wide diversity of marine species and environmental conditions have proven to be precious sources of potential natural drugs with active properties. As an example, in this context several studies performed on sponges, tunicates, mollusks, and soft corals have brought evidence of the interesting biological activities of the molecules derived from these species. Also, echinoderms constitute an important phylum, whose members produce a huge number of compounds with diverse biological activities. In…
Bar à vin dans un établissement de santé : un dispositif innovant d’atelier thérapeutique
2016
International audience; Comme le souligne justement Antoine Hennion dans son plaidoyer pour une approche pragmatique du soin et de l’accompagnement (2006), la maladie est avant tout une rupture modifiant profondément le socle identitaire et l’altérité du malade. La rupture touche alors l’intégrité et la vie sociale. Cette double rupture a des impacts sur la vie dans son ensemble et en redessine les contours. Dans le cadre du projet de recherche ALIMS (Alimentation et Lutte contre les Inégalités en Milieu de Santé), une série d’entretiens a été conduite avec des patients hospitalisés, atteints d’un cancer et en cure de chimiothérapie. L’analyse des premières données montre toute la complexit…