Modificatori dell’espressione di geni globinici per il trattamento terapeutico della beta-talassemia
- 2 Anni 2008/2010
- 116.000€ Totale Fondi
Lo scopo di questo progetto di ricerca è analizzare l’espressione genica in precursori eritroidi isolati da pazienti con beta-talassemia, per l’identificazione di induttori di emoglobina fetale di possibile interesse per la terapia. Inizialmente caratterizzeremo genotipo e livello di produzione di emoglobina fetale nei pazienti studiati. Successivamente, testeremo l’attività degli induttori di emoglobina fetale, allo scopo di individuare il migliore di essi. Queste informazioni sono di rilevante interesse per proporre un intervento terapeutico che abbia una probabilità di successo e rendere i pazienti indipendenti dalle trasfusioni di sangue. La parte finale del progetto riguarda il trasferimento tecnologico, allo scopo di individuare imprese nel settore biomedicale interessate ai nostri protocolli e ai brevetti che saremo in grado di produrre.
Pubblicazioni Scientifiche
- 2010 BIOMATERIALS
The biocompatibility of materials used in printed circuit board technologies with respect to primary neuronal and K562 cells
- 2009 JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
New Uracil Dimers Showing Erythroid Differentiation Inducing Activities
- 2010 BLOOD TRANSFUSION
Foetal haemoglobin inducers and thalassaemia: novel achievements
- 2008 JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY
Furocoumarins photolysis products induce differentiation of human erythroid cells
- 2009 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Bis-epoxyethyl derivatives of distamycin A modified on the amidino moiety: Induction of production of fetal hemoglobin in human erythroid precursor cells
- 2010 JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Induction by TNF-alpha of IL-6 and IL-8 in Cystic Fibrosis Bronchial IB3-1 Epithelial Cells Encapsulated in Alginate Microbeads
- 2007 BIOPOLYMERS
Alternate PNA-DNA Chimeras (PNA-DNA)(n): Synthesis, binding properties and biological activity
- 2009 EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Fetal Hemoglobin Inducers from the Natural World: A Novel Approach for Identification of Drugs for the Treatment of -Thalassemia and Sickle-Cell Anemia
- 2009 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY
Production of beta-globin and adult hemoglobin following G418 treatment of erythroid precursor cells from homozygous beta(0)39 thalassemia patients
- 2009 ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Differentiation and Apoptosis in UVA-Irradiated Cells Treated with Furocoumarin Derivatives
- 2008 PLOS ONE
Release of sICAM-1 in Oocytes and In Vitro Fertilized Human Embryos
- 2009 PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY
Arginine transport in human erythroid cells: discrimination of CAT1 and 4F2hc/y(+)LAT2 roles
- 2008 BMC STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Docking of molecules identified in bioactive medicinal plants extracts into the p50 NF-kappaB transcription factor: correlation with inhibition of NF-kappaB/DNA interactions and inhibitory effects on IL-8 gene expression
- 2009 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY
Increase in gamma-globin mRNA content in human erythroid cells treated with angelicin analogs
- 2009 JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Bergamot (Citrus bergamia Risso) Fruit Extracts as gamma-Globin Gene Expression Inducers: Phytochemical and Functional Perspectives
- 2009 CHEMMEDCHEM
Virtual Screening against p50 NF-kappa B Transcription Factor for the Identification of Inhibitors of the NF-kappa B-DNA Interaction and Expression of NF-kappa B Upregulated Genes
- 2010 BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Virtual screening against nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) of a focus library: Identification of bioactive furocoumarin derivatives inhibiting NF-kappa B dependent biological functions involved in cystic fibrosis
- 2009 BMB REPORTS
Expression of miR-210 during erythroid differentiation and induction of gamma-globin gene expression
- 2009 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Synthesis of glycose carbamides and evaluation of the induction of erythroid differentiation of human erythroleukemic K562 cells
- 2009 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Production of sHLA-G molecules by in vitro matured cumulus-oocyte complex
- 2009 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY
Development of K562 cell clones expressing beta-globin mRNA carrying the beta(0)39 thalassaemia mutation for the screening of correctors of stop-codon mutations
- 2008 BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Induction of gamma-globin mRNA, erythroid differentiation and apoptosis in UVA-irradiated human erythroid cells in the presence of furocumarin derivatives