Publications by authors named "G Valoti"
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- The study compares light microscope (LM) identifications and DNA metabarcoding techniques to analyze benthic diatom communities in the Mediterranean Ebro delta bays, revealing a rich diversity of 249 taxa identified by LM.
- While DNA metabarcoding captures community diversity effectively at the genus level, it struggles at the species level due to incomplete DNA reference databases, but can identify rare and delicate diatom species not detected by LM.
- Combining both methods enhances ecological studies of benthic microalgal communities, providing a more comprehensive understanding than using either technique alone.
In the present paper we propose a method of analysis of the cell kinetic characteristics of in vivo experimental tumours, that uses DNA-BrdUrd flow cytometry data at various times after the bromodeoxyuridine (BrdUrd) injection and mathematical modelling. The model of the cell population takes into account the cell-cell heterogeneity of the progression rate across cell cycle phases within the tumour, and assumes a strict correlation between the durations of S and G2M phases. The model also allows for a nonconstant DNA synthesis rate across S phase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPaclitaxel resistance has been associated with overexpression of P-glycoprotein and alterations involving tubulin. To investigate the clinical relevance of these in vitro resistance mechanisms, we established 12 human ovarian carcinoma xenografts, using samples from patients before the start of therapy or after paclitaxel treatment. These xenografts showed a wide range of sensitivity to paclitaxel, and in 4 of them, very low levels of multidrug resistance-1 expression were detected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn a panel of 16 human ovarian tumours transplanted in nude mice, the expression of genes involved in cell cycle regulation and in response to drug treatment were characterised. In the 16 tumours analysed we could not detect overexpression of Erb-B2 oncogene while expression of MDR1 mRNA was not detected in 11/15 samples and was low in 4/15 tumours. Only three tumours had mutations in the p53 gene exons 5-8 and one of these mutations did not result in any amino acid alteration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe antitumor activity of ecteinascidin (ET)-743, a novel marine natural product, was evaluated against a panel of human ovarian carcinoma xenografts characterized by different malignant behaviors and drug responsiveness in nude mice. These tumor models included three xenografts transplanted s.c.
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