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Evaluación del grado de conversión de los receptores HER2, RE y RPg entre el cáncer de mama primario y sus respectivas metástasis
2017
Introducción: Tradicionalmente, las decisiones terapéuticas tanto del cáncer de mama precoz como de los estadios avanzados se han basado en los marcadores predictivos del tumor primario, tales como el receptor de estrógeno (RE), el receptor de progesterona (RPg) y el receptor 2 del factor de crecimiento epidérmico humano (HER2), asumiendo que éstos permanecían inmutables a nivel de la recaída metastásica. Objetivos: El objetivo general de esta tesis era investigar si el estado de los receptores HER2, RE y RPg realmente puede cambiar durante la progresión del cáncer de mama y profundizar en las causas y en el impacto clínico de dichos cambios. El objetivo principal era determinar la tasa de …
Activation of a Sweet Taste Receptor by Oleanane-Type Glycosides from Wisteria sinensis
2022
The phytochemical study of Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC. (Fabaceae), commonly known as the Chinese Wisteria, led to the isolation of seven oleanane-type glycosides from an aqueous-ethanolic extract of the roots. After successive purifications by various chromatographic methods, like solid/liquid chromatographic methods, vacuum liquid chromatography (VLC), medium pressure liquid chromatography (MPLC), on normal and reverse phase (RP-18 silica gel), and size exclusion chromatography on Sephadex L, their structures were elucidated by an extensive 600 MHz NMR analysis including 1D and 2D NMR experiments as well as ESI-MS. Among the seven isolated saponins, two have never been reported before : 3…
Proteīndisulfīdizomerāzes A17 izoformas strukturālie un funkcionālie pētījumi
2020
Bakalaura darba mērķis ir izpētīt PDI A17 (AGR2) izoformas strukturālās un funkcionālās īpašības, pro-onkogēno proteīndisulfīdu izomerāžu (PDI) selektīvo inhibitoru meklēšanas projekta ietvaros. Šīm nolūkam izstrādāt protokolu PDI A17 iegūšanai aktīvā formā, un piemērot proteīnu kodolu magnētiskās rezonanses (KMR) spektroskopijas pētīšanas metodei. Izpētīt saistību starp neaktivēto un aktivēto aziridīn-2-karbonskābes atvasinājumiem un PDI A17 izoformu. Šajā darbā aprakstīta optimizētas PDI A17 izoformas iegūšana, pamatoti izvēlētie apstākļi un metodes proteīna-ligandu saistības testēšanai ar 2D 1H-15N-HSQC eksperimenta palīdzību. Darbā arī ir aprakstīti pirmie rezultāti par aziridīn-2-karbo…
Combined Therapy of Interferon Plus Ribavirin Promotes Multiple Adaptive Solutions in Hepatitis C Virus
2009
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) presents several regions involved potentially in evading antiviral treatment and host immune system. Two regions, known as PKR-BD and V3 domains, have been proposed to be involved in resistance to interferon. Additionally, hypervariable regions in the envelope E2 glycoprotein are also good candidates to participate in evasion from the immune system. In this study, we have used a cohort of 22 non-responder patients to combined therapy (interferon alpha-2a plus ribavirin) for which samples obtained just before initiation of therapy and after 6 or/and 12 months of treatment were available. A range of 25-100 clones per patient, genome region and time sample were obtained…
Guanine inhibits the growth of human glioma and melanoma cell lines by interacting with GPR23
2022
Guanine-based purines (GBPs) exert numerous biological effects at the central nervous system through putative membrane receptors, the existence of which is still elusive. To shed light on this question, we screened orphan and poorly characterized G protein-coupled receptors (GPRs), selecting those that showed a high purinoreceptor similarity and were expressed in glioma cells, where GBPs exerted a powerful antiproliferative effect. Of the GPRs chosen, only the silencing of GPR23, also known as lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) 4 receptor, counteracted GBP-induced growth inhibition in U87 cells. Guanine (GUA) was the most potent compound behind the GPR23-mediated effect, acting as the endpoint eff…
Synthesis of recombinant atrial natriuretic peptide (rANP) using hybrid fusion protein-phage fr coat/ANP (CP/ANP).
1997
Abstract Baumanis, V., I. Jansone, A. Skangals, I. Mandrika and V. Berzins. Synthesis of recombinant atrial natriuretic peptide (rANP) using hybrid fusion protein-phage fr coat/ANP (CP/ANP). Peptides 18(8) 1229–1235, 1997.—Recombinant atrial natriuretic peptide (rANP) was expressed in and isolated from E. coli. rANP was purified using HPLC. Amino acid analysis, partial sequencing, and molecular mass were determined. Fused protein was used to rise polyclonal antibodies and to develop of immunoenzymatic assays of rANP and CP/ANP. Experiments were designed to study rANP effects on isolated rabbit aortic strips and to examine hypotensive, diuretic, and natriuretic activity, as well as renal cre…
Triterpenoid saponins from the cultivar “Green Elf” of Pittosporum tenuifolium
2021
Four oleanane-type glycosides were isolated from a horticultural cultivar “Green Elf” of the endemic Pittosporum tenuifolium (Pittosporaceae) from New Zealand: three acylated barringtogenol C glycosides from the leaves, with two previously undescribed 3-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-[α-l-arabinopyranosyl-(1→3)]-β-d-glucuronopyranosyl-21-O-angeloyl-28-O-acetylbarringtogenol C, 3-O-β-d-galactopyranosyl-(1→2)-[α-l-arabinopyranosyl-(1→3)]-β-d-glucuronopyranosyl-21-O-angeloyl-28-O-acetylbarringtogenol C, and the known 3-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-[α-l-arabinopyranosyl-(1→3)]-β-d-glucuronopyranosyl-21-O-angeloyl-28-O-acetylbarringtogenol C (Eryngioside L). From the roots, the known 3-O-β-d-glucopyra…
In vitro vēža šūnu modeļsistēmas izstrāde molekulāri mērķētu radionuklīdu testēšanai
2019
Prostatas vēzis ir ceturtais biežāk diagnosticētais vēzis Eiropā, 2018. gadā un tas ir kļuvis par visbiežāk sastopamo vēzi vīriešu vidū. Nozīmīgi klīnisko pētījumu rezultāti prostatas vēža diagnostikā un terapijā ir sasniegti ar radioaktīvi iezīmētu PSMA ligandu 68Ga-PSMA – diagnostikai un 177Lu-PSMA – terapijai. Neiroendokrīnie audzēji ir neviendabīga agresīvu audzēju grupa, kam raksturīgi dažādi un bieži nespecifiski simptomi, kas apgrūtina precīzu audzēja primāro diagnostiku un saslimšanas stadijas precizēšanu. Pašlaik šo audzēju diagnostikā un ārstēšanā izmanto ar SSTR2 ligandiem (somatostatīna analogiem) konjugētus radionuklīdus. Šī darba mērķis bija izveidot uz dažādām šūnu līnijām ba…
"Omics" of HER2-positive breast cancer.
2013
HER2/neu amplification/overexpression is the only somatic mutation widely considered to be a marker of disease outcome and response to treatment in breast cancer. Pathologists have made large efforts to achieve accuracy in characterizing HER2/neu status. The introduction of transtuzumab contributed to development of additional measures to identify sensitive and resistant subclasses of HER2/neu-positive tumors. In this article, we describe the latest advances in HER2/neu status diagnostic assessment and the most relevant research emerging from ‘‘Omics’’ (genomics, epigenetics, transcriptomics, and proteomics) studies on HER2/neu-positive breast cancer. A large quantity of biomarkers from dif…
Some overdetermined problems related to the anisotropic capacity
2018
Abstract We characterize the Wulff shape of an anisotropic norm in terms of solutions to overdetermined problems for the Finsler p-capacity of a convex set Ω ⊂ R N , with 1 p N . In particular we show that if the Finsler p-capacitary potential u associated to Ω has two homothetic level sets then Ω is Wulff shape. Moreover, we show that the concavity exponent of u is q = − ( p − 1 ) / ( N − p ) if and only if Ω is Wulff shape.