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TNF-α Inhibits Asbestos-Induced Cytotoxicity via a NF-κB-Dependent Pathway, a Possible Mechanism for Asbestos-Induced Oncogenesis by Yang, Haining, Bocchetta, Maurizio, Kroczynska, Barbara, Elmishad, Amira G., Chen, Yuanbin, Liu, Zemin, Bubici, Concetta, Mossman, Brooke T., Pass, Harvey I., Testa, Joseph R., Franzoso, Guido, Carbone, Michele

“…Asbestos is the main cause of human malignant mesothelioma (MM). In vivo, macrophages phagocytize asbestos and, in response, release TNF-α and other cytokines…”
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Genetic predisposition to fiber carcinogenesis causes a mesothelioma epidemic in Turkey by DOGAN, A. Umran, BARIS, Y. Izzettin, DOGAN, Meral, EMRI, Salih, STEELE, Ian, ELMISHAD, Amira G, CARBONE, Michele

“…Malignant mesothelioma in the western world is often associated with asbestos exposure. It is a relatively rare cancer that causes approximately 2,500 deaths…”
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Crocidolite Asbestos and SV40 Are Cocarcinogens in Human Mesothelial Cells and in Causing Mesothelioma in Hamsters by Kroczynska, Barbara, Cutrone, Rochelle, Bocchetta, Maurizio, Yang, Haining, Elmishad, Amira G., Vacek, Pamela, Ramos-Nino, Maria, Mossman, Brooke T., Pass, Harvey I., Carbone, Michele

“…Only a fraction of subjects exposed to asbestos develop malignant mesothelioma (MM), suggesting that additional factors may render some individuals more…”
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The Notch Ligand Jagged-1 Is Able to Induce Maturation of Monocyte-Derived Human Dendritic Cells by Weijzen, Sanne, Velders, Markwin P, Elmishad, Amira G, Bacon, Patricia E, Panella, Jeffrey R, Nickoloff, Brian J, Miele, Lucio, Kast, W. Martin

“…Notch receptors play a key role in several cellular processes including differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis. This study investigated whether the…”
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Development of Malignant Mesothelioma During Treatment for Prolymphocytic Leukemia: Is Asbestos or Simian Virus 40 a Link? by TANVETYANON, Tawee, ELMISHAD, Amira G, CARBONE, Michele

“…A patient with a history of heavy asbestos exposure presented with B-prolymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma (B-PLL). Soon after, he developed rapidly progressing…”
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Defined Flanking Spacers and Enhanced Proteolysis Is Essential for Eradication of Established Tumors by an Epitope String DNA Vaccine by Velders, Markwin P, Weijzen, Sanne, Eiben, Gretchen L, Elmishad, Amira G, Kloetzel, Peter-M, Higgins, Terry, Ciccarelli, Richard B, Evans, Mererid, Man, Stephen, Smith, Larry, Kast, W. Martin

“…Loss of immunogenic epitopes by tumors has urged the development of vaccines against multiple epitopes. Recombinant DNA technologies have opened the…”
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Eradication of established tumors by vaccination with venezuelan equine encephalitis virus replicon particles delivering human papillomavirus 16 E7 RNA by VELDERS, Markwin P, MCELHINEY, Sue, CASSETTI, Maria Cristina, EIBEN, Gretchen L, HIGGINS, Terry, KOVACS, Gerald R, ELMISHAD, Amira G, KAST, W. Martin, SMITH, Larry R

“…The etiological role of human papillomaviruses (HPV) in cervical and other cancers suggests that therapeutic vaccines directed against requisite viral antigens…”
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Pharmacokinetic Differences Between a T Cell-Tolerizing and a T Cell-Activating Peptide by Weijzen, Sanne, Meredith, Stephen C, Velders, Markwin P, Elmishad, Amira G, Schreiber, Hans, Kast, W. Martin

“…Vaccination with a peptide representing a CTL epitope from the human papillomavirus (HPV)16 E7 protein induces a specific CTL response that prevents the…”
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TNF-[alpha] inhibits asbestos-induced cytotoxicity via a NF-[kappa]B-dependent pathway, a possible mechanism for asbestos-induced oncogenesis by Yang, Haining, Bocchetta, Maurizio, Kroczynska, Barbara, Elmishad, Amira G

“…Asbestos is the main cause of human malignant mesothelioma (MM). In vivo, macrophages phagocytize asbestos and, in response, release TNF-α and other cytokines…”
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Inhibition of p38MAP kinase potentiates the JNK/SAPK pathway and AP-1 activity in monocytic but not in macrophage or granulocytic differentiation of HL60 cells by Wang, Xuening, Studzinski, George P.

“…Monocytic differentiation of HL60 cells induced by 1,25‐dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25 D3) has been recently shown (Exp Cell Res 258, 425, 2000) to be enhanced by…”
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TNF-alpha inhibits asbestos-induced cytotoxicity via a NF-kappaB-dependent pathway, a possible mechanism for asbestos-induced oncogenesis by Yang, Haining, Bocchetta, Maurizio, Kroczynska, Barbara, Elmishad, Amira G, Chen, Yuanbin, Liu, Zemin, Bubici, Concetta, Mossman, Brooke T, Pass, Harvey I, Testa, Joseph R, Franzoso, Guido, Carbone, Michele

“…Asbestos is the main cause of human malignant mesothelioma (MM). In vivo, macrophages phagocytize asbestos and, in response, release TNF-alpha and other…”
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Human T cell responses to endogenously presented HLA-A0201 restricted peptides of simian virus 40 large T antigen by Velders, Markwin P., Macedo, M. Fatima, Provenzano, Maurizio, Elmishad, Amira G., Holzhütter, Hermann-Georg, Carbone, Michele, Kast, W. Martin

“…Presence of the simian virus 40 (SV40) has recently been demonstrated in a relatively high percentage of human mesotheliomas and it is associated with the…”
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