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Maidon proteiinifraktioiden vaikutus ihmisen luuydinperäisten mesenkymaalisten kantasolujen kuntoon ja luusoluerilaistumiseen
2012
On yleisesti tiedossa, että maito on terveellistä ja parantaa luun kestävyyttä. Tutkimusten perusteella osa maidon proteiineista lisää luuta muodostavien osteoblastien määrää ja ehkäisee luun haurastumista estämällä esiosteoklastien erilaistumista luuta hajottaviksi osteoklasteiksi. Osteoblastit erilaistuvat multipotenteista mesenkymaalisista kantasoluista. Tällöin maidon proteiineilla saattaa olla fysiologinen rooli luun kasvamisessa ja paranemisessa. Maidon proteiineilla voi olla myös terapeuttinen vaikutus osteoporoosin anabolisena tekijänä. Tutkimus oli osa Valion ja Turun yliopiston yhteistyöprojektia. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli testata maidon seitsemän proteiinifraktion vaikutuksia…
Molecular Pathways Implicated in Radioresistance of Glioblastoma Multiforme: What Is the Role of Extracellular Vesicles?
2023
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a primary brain tumor that is very aggressive, resistant to treatment, and characterized by a high degree of anaplasia and proliferation. Routine treatment includes ablative surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. However, GMB rapidly relapses and develops radioresistance. Here, we briefly review the mechanisms underpinning radioresistance and discuss research to stop it and install anti-tumor defenses. Factors that participate in radioresistance are varied and include stem cells, tumor heterogeneity, tumor microenvironment, hypoxia, metabolic reprogramming, the chaperone system, non-coding RNAs, DNA repair, and extracellular vesicles (EVs). We direct our a…
Basking in Reflected Glory and Blasting : Differences in identity management strategies between two groups of highly identified soccer fans
2007
This study examines in soccer fanzine two identity management strategies - BIRGing and blasting -- of two groups of highly identified soccer fans with allegiance to the same team. Results showed strong support for the BIRG phenomenon among both ultra fans groups but little evidence of the blasting phenomenon among either group. The implications of these findings are discussed in regards to social identity management among sport fans.
The effect of nanoparticle size and NLS density on nuclear targeting in cancer and normal cells; impaired nuclear import and aberrant nanoparticle in…
2017
The cell nucleus is an interesting target in many diseases with particular interest in cancer. Previously, nuclear targeted small and large chitosan nanoparticles (S-NPs≈25nm, and L-NPs≈150nm respectively), modified with low, intermediate and high densities of NLS (L-NLS, I-NLS and H-NLS) were developed and assessed in L929 fibroblasts. However, to evade apoptosis and stimulate tumor growth cancer cells are capable of manipulating the nuclear-cytoplasmic transport on many levels, making NPs that are capable of nuclear targeting in normal cells incapable of doing so in cancer. For such reason, here, the nuclear delivery efficiency of S-NPs and L-NPs was assessed as a function of their NLS de…
Stromal Interaction Molecule 1 (STIM1) Is Involved in the Regulation of Mitochondrial Shape and Bioenergetics and Plays a Role in Oxidative Stress
2012
Calcium ions are involved in a plethora of cellular functions including cell death and mitochondrial energy metabolism. Store-operated Ca(2+) entry over the plasma membrane is activated by depletion of intracellular Ca(2+) stores and is mediated by the sensor STIM1 and the channel ORAI1. We compared cell death susceptibility to oxidative stress in STIM1 knock-out and ORAI1 knockdown mouse embryonic fibroblasts and in knock-out cells with reconstituted wild type and dominant active STIM1. We show that STIM1 and ORAI1 deficiency renders cells more susceptible to oxidative stress, which can be rescued by STIM1 and ORAI1 overexpression. STIM1 knock-out mitochondria are tubular, have a higher Ca…
Cisplatin plus weekly vinorelbine versus cisplatin plus vinorelbine on days 1 and 8 in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a prospective randomized …
2008
Summary Purpose A phase III randomized trial was carried out to compare two schedules of the vinorelbine (VNR)–cisplatin (CDDP) regimen in patients with locally advanced unresectable poor prognosis stage IIIB or metastatic stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. The primary endpoints were overall survival (OS) and analysis of toxicity, while secondary endpoints included response rates, time-to-progression (TTP) and quality of life (QoL). Patients and methods Eligible patients were randomized to receive: (a) VNR 25 mg/m 2 on day 1, 8 and 15 plus CDDP 100 mg/m 2 on day 1 every 4 weeks or (b) VNR 30 mg/m 2 on day 1 and 8 plus CDDP 80 mg/m 2 on day 1 every 3 weeks. All patients were chemotherapy-n…
Evaluación y programas de intervención psicoeducativa en niños con tumores en el cerebelo
2003
Se describen las secuelas neurológicas en niños diagnosticados de un tumor en el cerebelo y se ofrecen los resultados de la evaluación de 39 niños, con tumor en el cerebelo, tratados en la Unidad de Oncología Pediátrica del Hospital Infantil “La Fe” de Valencia. Asimismo, se compara la evaluación de secuelas de dos niños de educación infantil afectados de un tumor en el cerebelo: Yolanda (meduloblastoma, PNET) y Santiago (astrocitoma cerebeloso), y se describen las áreas en las que es aconsejable realizar un programa de intervención psicoeducativa.
Ksenobiotiku metabolisma enzīmu citohroma P450 aktivitātes audzēju šūnu līnijās
2017
Jaunu zāļu vielu meklējumi pasaulē notiek ļoti aktīvi. Šobrīd jauno savienojumu īpašību, tai skaitā toksiskuma, izpētei plaši izmanto šūnu līniju modeļus in vitro. Viena no šūnu svarīgākajām sistēmām, kurai ir milzīga ietekme uz jebkura preparāta darbību organismā, ir citohroma P450 sistēma. Tai ir svarīga loma ķīmiskās homeostāzes uzturēšanā organismā gan fozioloģiskos, gan pataloģiskos apstākļos. Citohromi piedalās ļoti daudzu ksenobiotiķu eliminācijā no šūnām. Turklāt, zinot, ka ksenobiotiķu biotransformācijas procesā var veidoties organismam bīstami toksiski metabolīti, zināšanas par citohromu aktivitāti kļūst īpaši svarīgas. Šī darba mērķis ir citohroma P450 sistēmas raksturojums šūnu …
Osteoclast Immunosuppressive Effects in Multiple Myeloma: Role of Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1
2018
Immunomodulatory drugs and monoclonal antibody-based immunotherapies have significantly improved the prognosis of the patients with multiple myeloma (MM) in the recent years. These new classes of reagents target malignant plasma cells (PCs) and further modulate the immune microenvironment, which prolongs anti-MM responses and may prevent tumor occurrence. Since MM remains an incurable cancer for most patients, there continues to be a need to identify new tumor target molecules and investigate alternative cellular approaches using gene therapeutic strategies and novel treatment mechanisms. Osteoclasts (OCs), as critical multi-nucleated large cells responsible for bone destruction in >80% …
Responsiveness to anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 immune checkpoint blockade in SB28 and GL261 mouse glioma models.
2018
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) is currently evaluated in patients with glioblastoma (GBM), based on encouraging clinical data in other cancers, and results from studies with the methylcholanthrene-induced GL261 mouse glioma. In this paper, we describe a novel model faithfully recapitulating some key human GBM characteristics, including low mutational load, a factor reported as a prognostic indicator of ICB response. Consistent with this observation, SB28 is completely resistant to ICB, contrasting with treatment sensitivity of the more highly mutated GL261. Moreover, SB28 shows features of a poorly immunogenic tumor, with low MHC-I expression and modest CD8(+) T-cell infiltration, suggest…