Publications by authors named "Lia Guidotti"

Background: EGFR is frequently overexpressed in colon cancer. We characterized HT-29 and Caco-2, human colon cancer cell lines, untreated and treated with cetuximab or gefitinib alone and in combination with EGF.

Methods: Cell growth was determined using a variation on the MTT assay.

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Background: The efficacy of screening for colorectal cancer using a simple blood-based assay for the detection of tumor cells disseminated in the circulation at an early stage of the disease is gaining positive feedback from several lines of research. This method seems able to reduce colorectal cancer mortality and may replace colonoscopy as the most effective means of detecting colonic lesions.

Methods: In this work, we present a new microarray-based high-throughput screening method to identifying candidate marker mRNAs for the early detection of epithelial cells diluted in peripheral blood cells.

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The expression and function of surface TRAIL and TRAIL receptors were investigated in primary megakaryocytic cells, generated in serum-free liquid phase from peripheral human CD34(+) cells. The surface expression of both TRAIL and "death receptor" TRAIL-R2 became detectable starting from the early phase of megakaryocytic differentiation (day 6 of culture) and persisted at later (days10-14) culture times. On the other hand, "death receptor" TRAIL-R1, "decoy receptors" TRAIL-R3, and TRAIL-R4 were barely detectable or undetectable at any time point examined.

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Osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are common joint diseases that can lead to destruction of cartilage and structural changes in the subchondral bone. In this study we show by western blot and quantitative immunocytochemistry that nuclear phospholipase C beta(1) (PLC beta(1)) and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)), two key elements of the polyphosphoinositide signal transduction system that regulate different cellular processes, increase in primary osteoblast cultures of RA patients when compared with post-traumatic after fall (PT) patients, whilst those of OA are not significantly affected. Moreover, we demonstrate that these alterations could be induced in PT osteoblasts by proinflammatory cytokines IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha.

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Cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 or -2 and prostaglandin (PG) synthases catalyze the formation of various PGs and thromboxane (TX) A(2). We have investigated the expression and activity of COX-1 and -2 during human megakaryocytopoiesis. We analyzed megakaryocytes from bone marrow biopsies and derived from thrombopoietin-treated CD34(+) hemopoietic progenitor cells in culture.

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