Publications by authors named "F Zito"

N-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 (NDRG1) is a member of the NDRG family of intracellular proteins and plays a central role in a wide range of biological processes including stress response, differentiation, and metabolism. The overexpression of NDRG1 is an indicator of poor prognosis in various types of cancer. Here, we found that NDRG1 is an independent prognostic marker of poor outcome in breast cancer (BC).

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Background: Morphological and vascular characteristics of breast cancer can change during neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI)-acquired pre- and mid-treatment quantitatively capture information about tumor heterogeneity as potential earlier indicators of pathological complete response (pCR) to NAC in breast cancer.

Aims: This study aimed to develop an ensemble deep learning-based model, exploiting a Vision Transformer (ViT) architecture, which merges features automatically extracted from five segmented slices of both pre- and mid-treatment exams containing the maximum tumor area, to predict and monitor pCR to NAC.

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Introduction: The management of cancer patients follows a Diagnostic Therapeutic and Care Pathway (PDTA) approach, aimed at achieving the optimal balance between care and quality of life. To support this process, precision medicine and innovative technologies [e.g.

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  • FoxO is a transcription factor that plays a vital role in various biological processes and is linked to diseases when mutated in mammals; a similar gene was studied in sea urchins.* -
  • Researchers isolated and analyzed the FoxO gene from sea urchins, finding that its structure resembles vertebrate FoxO3, indicating evolutionary conservation across species.* -
  • The study revealed that inhibiting the PI3K signaling pathway increased FoxO mRNA levels, suggesting its involvement in apoptosis and cell-cycle regulation, and predicted potential gene regulatory networks.*
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