Publications by authors named "I Alho"
Article Synopsis
- Bone is continually renewed in adults through a balanced process of resorption and formation, but this environment also promotes tumor growth, particularly from breast and prostate cancers.
- Mathematical models using differential equations can simulate both normal bone remodeling and the impact of metastases, highlighting how tumors disrupt this balance and contribute to their own growth.
- The paper discusses new biochemical models, some featuring fewer parameters, that effectively represent interactions between tumors and bone, while also considering the effects of anti-cancer therapies on bone integrity.
Aim: To study the psychometric properties, reliability and validity of the FinDiab quality-of-life questionnaire (FDQL), a strength-oriented quality-of-life (QOL) questionnaire for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D).
Methods: Participants were 215 youths with T1D (aged 10-17 years). They completed FDQL and comparison questionnaires (KINDL-R and SDQ).
Objectives: To assess the efficacy of biologic DMARDs (bDMARDs) in achieving Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society partial remission (ASAS-PR) and/or Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score inactive disease (ASDAS-ID), as remission-like surrogates, in axial SpA (axSpA).
Methods: Data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs), including long-term extensions, were included. A systematic literature review was performed using the MEDLINE database (first search May 2018, updated February 2020) and PICO criteria according to Patients-adults with radiographic or non-radiographic axSpA; Intervention-any bDMARD; Comparator-placebo and/or any different drug; Outcomes-ASAS-PR and/or ASDAS-ID as primary or secondary endpoints.
Zinc(II) complexes bearing N-salicylideneglycinate (Sal-Gly) and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) or phenanthroline derivatives [NN = 5-chloro-1,10-phenanthroline, 5-amine-1,10-phenanthroline (amphen), 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (Bphen) and 5,6-epoxy-5,6-dihydro-1,10-phenanthroline] are synthesized. Complexes formulated as [Zn(NN)(HO)](NN = phen and amphen), are also prepared. The cytotoxicity of the compounds is evaluated towards a panel of human cancer cells: ovarian (A2780), breast (MCF7) and cervical (HeLa), as well as non-tumoral V79 fibroblasts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInteraction between HFE and haptoglobin polymorphisms and its relation with plasma glutathione levels in obese children.
Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand)
February 2019
Obesity among children has emerged as a serious public health problem. The growing prevalence of childhood obesity has led to the appearance of serious complications, including a chronic systemic inflammation associated with oxidative stress. In the present study, we analysed the interaction between two genes related with iron metabolism - HFE and haptoglobin - and the plasmatic concentration of glutathione, as a way to evaluate the antioxidant response capacity in obesity.
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