SpAD Biofunctionalized Cellulose Acetate Scaffolds Inhibit Adherence in a Coordinating Function with the von Willebrand A1 Domain (vWF A1).

is one of the major pathogens causing and spreading hospital acquired infections. Since it is highly resistant to new generation antibiotics, novel strategies have to be developed such as the construction of biofunctionalized non-adherent surfaces that will prevent its tethering and subsequent spread in the hospital environment. In this frame, the domain D of protein A (SpAD) of has been immobilized onto cellulose acetate scaffolds by using the streptavidin/biotin interaction, in order to study its interaction with the A1 domain of von Willebrand factor (vWF A1), a protein essential for hemostasis, found in human plasma.

Helicobacter pylori neutrophil activating protein as target for new drugs against H. pylori inflammation.

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is among the most common human infections and the major risk factor for peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer. Within this work we present the implication of C-terminal region of H.

Effects of mastic gum Pistacia lentiscus var. Chia on innate cellular immune effectors.

Background: The essential oil and Chios mastic gum (CMG) are natural antimicrobial agents currently broadly used in medicine owing to their antimicrobial, antioxidant, and hepatoprotective properties. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of CMG-extracted arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs/CMG) both in vitro and in vivo, under the presence of Helicobacter pylori neutrophil-activating protein (HP-NAP), on the innate cellular immune effectors (neutrophils activations) comparing H. pylori-infected patients and healthy controls.

Molecular staging for patients with malignant melanoma.

Molecular staging of cancers hold the promise of being more accurate compared with routine histology, particularly with regard to determining regional-nodal status. With newer reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR)-based assays, sensitivities reported are as high as identifying one cancer cell in a background of a million normal cells. Although this sensitivity is 100-times what the human eye can differentiate under the microscope, the new challenge becomes determining the relevance of this low-volume disease in the regional basin, in particular, the sentinel lymph node (SLN).

Regional node dissection for melanoma: techniques and indication.

Because virtually all microscopic nodal disease left untreated in melanoma patients will progress to clinically apparent macroscopic nodal disease, there is worse prognosis with macroscopic nodal disease, and ineffective systemic treatment currently exists, one must be cautious in favoring an observation approach to the regional basin in patients with a positive sentinel lymph node (SLN) in the hopes of avoiding the potential morbidity of a therapeutic node dissection. In the few patients with untreated microscopic nodal disease, the prognosis will be significantly worsened. Until further data are available, melanoma patients with a positive SLN by H&E analysis should proceed to a complete lymph node dissection.