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Treatment of Human Glioblastoma U251 Cells with Sulforaphane and a Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) Targeting miR-15b-5p: Synergistic Effects on Induction of Apoptosis
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (15-02-2022)“…Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a lethal malignant tumor accounting for 42% of the tumors of the central nervous system, the median survival being 15 months…”
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SARS-CoV-2 viral entry and replication is impaired in Cystic Fibrosis airways due to ACE2 downregulation
Published in Nature communications (10-01-2023)“…As an inherited disorder characterized by severe pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis could be considered a comorbidity for coronavirus disease 2019. Instead,…”
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Combined Treatment of Bronchial Epithelial Calu-3 Cells with Peptide Nucleic Acids Targeting miR-145-5p and miR-101-3p: Synergistic Enhancement of the Expression of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) Gene
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (19-08-2022)“…The Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) gene encodes for a chloride channel defective in Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Accordingly, upregulation…”
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Teaching during COVID-19 pandemic in practical laboratory classes of applied biochemistry and pharmacology: A validated fast and simple protocol for detection of SARS-CoV-2 Spike sequences
Published in PloS one (06-04-2022)“…The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) is still a major health issue. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the university teaching to consider in…”
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Demonstrating specificity of bioactive peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) targeting microRNAs for practical laboratory classes of applied biochemistry and pharmacology
Published in PloS one (11-09-2019)“…Practical laboratory classes teaching molecular pharmacology approaches employed in the development of therapeutic strategies are of great interest for…”
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Metabolic Syndrome and Psoriasis: Pivotal Roles of Chronic Inflammation and Gut Microbiota
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (01-08-2024)“…In recent years, the incidence of metabolic syndrome (MS) has increased due to lifestyle-related factors in developed countries. MS represents a group of…”
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A Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) Masking the miR-145-5p Binding Site of the 3′UTR of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) mRNA Enhances CFTR Expression in Calu-3 Cells
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (05-04-2020)“…Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) have been demonstrated to be very useful tools for gene regulation at different levels and with different mechanisms of action. In…”
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Expression of γ-globin genes in β-thalassemia patients treated with sirolimus: results from a pilot clinical trial (Sirthalaclin)
Published in Therapeutic advances in hematology (2022)“…Introduction: β-thalassemia is caused by autosomal mutations in the β-globin gene, which induce the absence or low-level synthesis of β-globin in erythroid…”
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Cationic Calix[4]arene Vectors to Efficiently Deliver AntimiRNA Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNAs) and miRNA Mimics
Published in Pharmaceutics (01-08-2023)“…One of the most appealing approaches for regulating gene expression, named the “microRNA therapeutic” method, is based on the regulation of the activity of…”
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Efficient Delivery of MicroRNA and AntimiRNA Molecules Using an Argininocalix[4]arene Macrocycle
Published in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids (06-12-2019)“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNA molecules acting as gene regulators by repressing translation or by inducing degradation of the target RNA…”
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The Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Gene (CFTR) Is under Post-Transcriptional Control of microRNAs: Analysis of the Effects of agomiRNAs Mimicking miR-145-5p, miR-101-3p, and miR-335-5p
Published in Non-coding RNA (01-04-2023)“…(1) Background: MicroRNAs are involved in the expression of the gene encoding the chloride channel CFTR (Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator);…”
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Sulforaphane inhibits the expression of interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 induced in bronchial epithelial IB3-1 cells by exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein
Published in Phytomedicine (Stuttgart) (01-07-2021)“…•Exposure of bronchial epithelial IB3-1 cells to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induces increased release of proteins component of the COVID-19 “cytokine…”
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Salicylaldoxime Moiety as a Phenolic “A-Ring” Substitute in Estrogen Receptor Ligands
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (22-11-2001)“…The phenolic “A-ring” of natural and synthetic estrogen receptor (ER) ligands was effectively replaced by a planar six-member ring formed through an…”
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The anti-SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine suppresses mithramycin-induced erythroid differentiation and expression of embryo-fetal globin genes in human erythroleukemia K562 cells
Published in Experimental cell research (15-12-2023)“…The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is causative of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The SARS-CoV-2 Spike…”
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A Magnetic Resonance Imaging‐Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (MRI‐CEST) Method for the Detection of Water Cycling across Cellular Membranes
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (05-02-2024)“…Water cycling across the membrane transporters is considered a hallmark of cellular metabolism and it could be of high diagnostic relevance in the…”
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Effects of Sulforaphane on SARS‑CoV‑2 infection and NF‑κB dependent expression of genes involved in the COVID‑19 ‘cytokine storm’
Published in International journal of molecular medicine (01-09-2023)“…Since its spread at the beginning of 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represents one of the major health problems. Despite the approval,…”
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Effects of Sulforaphane on SARS-CoV-2 infection and NF-[kappa]B dependent expression of genes involved in the COVID-19 'cytokine storm'
Published in International journal of molecular medicine (01-09-2023)“…Since its spread at the beginning of 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represents one of the major health problems. Despite the approval,…”
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Effects of Sirolimus treatment on patients with β‐Thalassemia: Lymphocyte immunophenotype and biological activity of memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells
Published in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine (01-02-2023)“…Inhibitors of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) have been proposed to improve vaccine responses, especially in the elderly. Accordingly, testing mTOR…”
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Demonstrating specificity of bioactive peptide nucleic acids
Published in PloS one (11-09-2019)“…Practical laboratory classes teaching molecular pharmacology approaches employed in the development of therapeutic strategies are of great interest for…”
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MicroRNAs miR-584-5p and miR-425-3p Are Up-Regulated in Plasma of Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Patients: Targeting with Inhibitor Peptide Nucleic Acids Is Associated with Induction of Apoptosis in Colon Cancer Cell Lines
Published in Cancers (25-12-2022)“…Liquid biopsy has dramatically changed cancer management in the last decade; however, despite the huge number of miRNA signatures available for diagnostic or…”
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