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Ultrasound (US) induced transient membrane permeabilisation has emerged as a hugely promising tool for the delivery of exogenous vectors through the cytoplasmic membrane, paving the way to the design of novel ...
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Open AccessSialidase NEU4 is involved in glioblastoma stem cell survival
The human sialidase, NEU4, has emerged as a possible regulator of neuronal differentiation and its overexpression has been demonstrated to promote the acquisition of a stem cell-like phenotype in neuroblastoma...
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UVB radiation induced effects on cells studied by FTIR spectroscopy
We have made a preliminary analysis of the results about the effects on tumoral cell line (lymphoid T cell line Jurkat) induced by UVB radiation (dose of 310 mJ/cm2) with and without a vegetable mixture. In the p...
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Has Psychiatric Treatment Any Role in the Management of Vasovagal Syncope?
Patients with recurrent vasovagal syncope frequently display mild to moderate psychiatric disorders, and the presence of psychiatric illness seem to predict the risk of recurrence. Thus, in our opinion, psychi...
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Psychogenic Syncope: How Frequent Is It?
A high prevalence of psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, depression, and somatization disorders has been reported in patients with syncope of unknown origin [1–3]. Psychiatric disturbances are most frequent...
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Antimitotic and antiviral activities of Kelletinin A in HTLV-1 infected MT2 cells
Kelletinin A [ribityl-pentakis (p-hydroxybenzoate)] (KA), a natural compound isolated from the marine gastropodBuccinulum corneum, showed antiviral activity on the human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1) and ...