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The cytotoxic activity of the polymer-copper(II) complex, [Cu(bpy)(2)(BPEI)]Cl-2 center dot 4H(2)O (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, BPEI = branched polyethyleneimine) on NCI-H460 human lung cancer cells was determined adopting MTT assay and specific staining techni ...
This thesis is divided in four independent parts related to four different research projects. Each chapter describes one of the multiple aspects covered by organic chemistry, such as the generation of functional interfaces, understanding of biological proc ...
Continuous subculture has been observed to produce changes in the virulence of micro-organisms, e.g. rabies virus, poliovirus and Mycobacterium bovis BCG. The latter has been used as a vaccine for tuberculosis for the last 100 years; however, in some insta ...
Cell microencapsulation is an active interdisciplinary research field. It requires the input from materials sciences, organic and physical chemistry, biology and medicine. Hydrogels are particularly suitable materials to form microspheres for cell entrapme ...
Aim and applications: 1. Optimize fluorescence-based cellular assays for getting insights about mechanisms leading to cell death 2. Informative high content assays development with the aim to implement them in order to obtain preliminary toxicity informati ...
New derivatives of 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-D-ribitol have been prepared and evaluated for their cytotoxicity on solid and haematological malignancies. 1,4-Dideoxy-5-O-[(9Z)-octadec-9-en-1-yl]-1,4-imino-Dribitol (13, IC50 similar to 2 mu M) and its C-18-analo ...
New cationic diruthenium complexes of the type [(arene)2Ru2(SPh)3]+, arene being C6H6, p-iPrC6H4Me, C6Me6, C6H5R, where R = (CH2)nOC(O)C6H4-p-O(CH2)6CH3 or (CH2)nOC(O)CH:CHC6H4-p-OCH3 and n = 2 or 4, are obtained from the reaction of the corresponding prec ...
Resistance against anticancer drugs remains a serious obstacle in cancer treatment. Here we used novel strategies to target microsomal glutathione transferase 1 (MGST1) and glutathione transferase pi (GSTP) that are often overexpressed in tumors and confer ...
Tumors consist of cells whose growth and morphological characteristics are markedly different from those of normal cells. Observation of human and animal models argue that tumor development proceeds via a process formally analogous to Darwinian evolution, ...
A series of ruthenium-benzene complexes with β-diketiminate ligands modified with electron-withdrawing groups were prepd. and characterized by NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and single-crystal x-ray diffraction. The complexes are stable in air and un ...