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    Electronic Cigarette Smoke Impairs Normal Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation

    Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are promoted as low-risk alternatives to combustible cigarettes. However, the effects of chronic inhalation of potential toxicants emitted by ecigarettes remain largely une...

    A. Shaito, J. Saliba, A. Husari, M. El-Harakeh, H. Chhouri, Y. Hashem in Scientific Reports (2017)

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    KSHV-transformed primary effusion lymphoma cells induce a VEGF-dependent angiogenesis and establish functional gap junctions with endothelial cells

    Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the causative agent of primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) and of Kaposi's sarcoma. PEL is an aggressive proliferation of B cells with poor prognosis. We evaluated...

    L Haddad, H El Hajj, R Abou-Merhi, Y Kfoury, R Mahieux, M El-Sabban in Leukemia (2008)

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    Epigallocatechin-3-gallate induces apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in HTLV-1-positive and -negative leukemia cells

    The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of epigallocatechin gallate against ATL cells. The anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects of EGCG were evaluated in HTLV-1-positive and -negative c...

    S. Harakeh, K. Abu-El-Ardat, M. Diab-Assaf, A. Niedzwiecki in Medical Oncology (2008)

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    Ubiquitylated Tax targets and binds the IKK signalosome at the centrosome

    Constitutive activation of the NF-κB pathway by the Tax oncoprotein plays a crucial role in the proliferation and transformation of HTLV-I infected T lymphocytes. We have previously shown that Tax ubiquitylati...

    Y Kfoury, R Nasr, A Favre-Bonvin, M El-Sabban, N Renault, M-L Giron in Oncogene (2008)