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    Optimal processing of ESD specimens to avoid pathological artifacts

    En bloc endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has been recently introduced as a treatment for precancerous/neoplastic gastrointestinal conditions. The aim of the present study was histological assessment of e...

    L. Reggiani Bonetti, R. Manta, M. Manno, R. Conigliaro in Techniques in Coloproctology (2018)

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    Interleukin 28B polymorphisms as predictors of sustained virological response in chronic hepatitis C: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Polymorphism of interleukin 28B gene represents a powerful outcome predictor for interferon-based regimens in hepatitis C virus infection. However, some studies report conflicting results. The predictive value...

    E Cariani, L Roli, G Missale, E Villa, C Ferrari, T Trenti in The Pharmacogenomics Journal (2016)

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    Glutamine depletion by crisantaspase hinders the growth of human hepatocellular carcinoma xenografts

    A subset of human hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) exhibit mutations of β-catenin gene CTNNB1 and overexpress Glutamine synthetase (GS). The CTNNB1-mutated HCC cell line HepG2 is sensitive to glutamine starvation ...

    M Chiu, S Tardito, S Pillozzi, A Arcangeli, A Armento in British Journal of Cancer (2014)

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    Role of immunoglobulin G fragment C receptor polymorphism-mediated antibody-dependant cellular cytotoxicity in colorectal cancer treated with cetuximab therapy

    Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), which is activated by effector cells via immunoglobulin G (IgG) fragment C receptors (FcRs), was proposed as a mechanism of cetuximab efficacy. Peripheral blood...

    F V Negri, A Musolino, N Naldi, B Bortesi, G Missale in The Pharmacogenomics Journal (2014)

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    Antiviral Cell-Mediated Immune Responses During Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Virus Infections

    Cell-mediated immune responses to hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) antigens are vigorous and multispecific in acute, self-limited infections. Moreover, the prevalent cytokine pattern of circulatin...

    C. Ferrari, A. Penna, A. Bertoletti, A. Cavalli in Genes and Environment in Cancer (1998)

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    Cell-mediated Immune Response in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection: Are Different Strategies Adopted by HCV and Hepatitis B Virus to Persist?

    Immune-mediated mechanisms play an important role in the pathogenesis of liver cell injury and viral persistence in both HCV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections. However, the different vigor of HLA class I ...

    F. Fiaccadori, G. Missale, V. Lamonaca, R. Bertoni, A. Valli in New Trends in Hepatology (1996)

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    Role of the cell-mediated immune response in the pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus infection

    C. Ferrari, A. Penna, A. Bertoletti in Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical On… (1995)

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    Head-injured subjects aged over 50 years: correlations between variables of trauma and neuropsychologial follow-up

    Neuropsychological follow-up was studied in 70 consecutive head-injured subjects aged over 50 years. Diffuse deterioration (28%), moderate deterioration (25%) and dementia (21%) were the most frequent sequelae...

    A. Mazzucchi, R. Cattelaui, G. Missale, M. Gugliotta, R. Brianti in Journal of Neurology (1992)

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    Immune pathogenesis of hepatitis B

    Available information about the immune pathogenesis of HBV infection in man is very limited. However, the present availability of recombinant sources of the different HBV antigens expressed in the appropriate ...

    C. Ferrari, Dr. Amalia Penna, A. Bertoletti in Chronically Evolving Viral Hepatitis (1992)

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    Fine specificity of the human T cell response to hepatitis B virus core antigen

    The fine specificity of the human T cell response to the hepatitis B virus core antigen (HBcAg) was investigated in 23 patients with acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection using a panel of short synthetic pep...

    Dr. Amalia Penna, A. Bertoletti, A. Cavalli in Chronically Evolving Viral Hepatitis (1992)

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    The measurement of transmural pressure gradient at the esophageal varices by direct puncture during endoscopy

    R. Cestari, M. Braga, G. Missale, P. Ravelli in Acta Endoscopica (1990)

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    Ultrastructural characterization of fundic endocrine cell hyperplasia associated with atrophic gastritis and hypergastrinaemia

    Clinical and experimental evidence indicates that carcinoid tumours of the stomach fundic mucosa represent another example of hormone-dependent neoplasm, gastrin being the hormone involved in tumour induction....

    C. Bordi, C. Ferrari, T. D'Adda, F. Pilato, G. Carfagna, A. Bertelé in Virchows Archiv A (1986)

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    Altérations morphologiques et fonctionnelles muqueuses chez les patients porteurs de polypes gastriques

    L’étude est consacrée à la relation entre polypes gastriques et lésions de la muqueuse (gastrite chronique atrophique, ulcère, cancer).

    G. Missale, A. Agosti, A. Bertelé, M. Minopoli, C. Bordi in Acta Endoscopica (1983)