Assessing the carcinogenic potential of low-dose exposures to chemical mixtures in the environment: the challenge ahead

…, R Mehta, R Vento, R Di Fiore, R Ponce-Cusi… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Lifestyle factors are responsible for a considerable portion of cancer incidence worldwide,
but credible estimates from the World Health Organization and the International Agency for …

RB1 in cancer: different mechanisms of RB1 inactivation and alterations of pRb pathway in tumorigenesis

…, A D'Anneo, G Tesoriere, R Vento - Journal of cellular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Loss of RB1 gene is considered either a causal or an accelerating event in retinoblastoma.
A variety of mechanisms inactivates RB1 gene, including intragenic mutations, loss of …

Liquid biopsies in lung cancer: the new ambrosia of researchers

…, F Passiglia, AP Carreca, S Taverna, R Vento… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2014 - Elsevier
In the last decades the approach to cancer patient management has been deeply revolutionized.
We are moving from a “one-fits-all” strategy to the “personalized medicine” based on …

[HTML][HTML] Parthenolide generates reactive oxygen species and autophagy in MDA-MB231 cells. A soluble parthenolide analogue inhibits tumour growth and metastasis …

…, S Emanuele, R Di Fiore, A Guercio, R Vento… - Cell death & …, 2013 - nature.com
Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) are clinically aggressive forms associated with a
poor prognosis. We evaluated the cytotoxic effect exerted on triple-negative MDA-MB231 …

Energy Metabolism Characterization of a Novel Cancer Stem Cell‐L ike Line 3 AB‐OS

…, A Monestiroli, S Olivieri, R Vento… - Journal of cellular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer stem cells (CSC) have a central role in driving tumor growth. Since metabolism is
becoming an important diagnostic and therapeutic target, characterization of CSC line …

[HTML][HTML] Parthenolide and DMAPT exert cytotoxic effects on breast cancer stem-like cells by inducing oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and necrosis

…, R Di Fiore, C Scerri, R Drago-Ferrante, R Vento… - Cell death & …, 2016 - nature.com
Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) are aggressive forms of breast carcinoma associated
with a high rate of recidivism. In this paper, we report the production of mammospheres …

Parthenolide sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma cells to TRAIL by inducing the expression of death receptors through inhibition of STAT3 activation

…, S Emanuele, A Santulli, R Vento… - Journal of cellular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This article shows that HepG2, Hep3B, and SK‐Hep1 cells, three lines of human hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) cells, are resistant to apoptosis induced by tumor necrosis factor‐…

Identification and expansion of human osteosarcoma‐cancer‐stem cells by long‐term 3‐aminobenzamide treatment

…, V Tirino, G Tesoriere, R Vento - Journal of cellular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A novel cancer stem‐like cell line (3AB‐OS), expressing a number of pluripotent stem cell
markers, was irreversibly selected from human osteosarcoma MG‐63 cells by long‐term …

JNK and AP-1 mediate apoptosis induced by bortezomib in HepG2 cells via FasL/caspase-8 and mitochondria-dependent pathways

…, B Vassallo, D Carlisi, P Portanova, R Vento… - Apoptosis, 2006 - Springer
The proteasome inhibitor bortezomib is an efficacious apoptotic agent in many tumor cells.
This paper shows that bortezomib induced apoptosis in human hepatoma HepG2 cells …

Mechanisms of environmental chemicals that enable the cancer hallmark of evasion of growth suppression

…, AI Scovassi, N Singh, M Vaccari, R Vento… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
As part of the Halifax Project, this review brings attention to the potential effects of environmental
chemicals on important molecular and cellular regulators of the cancer hallmark of …