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List of works by Ana Preto

A stem cell role for thyroid solid cell nests

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A subset of colorectal carcinomas express c-KIT protein independently of BRAF and/or KRAS activation

scientific article published on 9 May 2007

Acetate-induced apoptosis in colorectal carcinoma cells involves lysosomal membrane permeabilization and cathepsin D release

scientific article published on February 21, 2013

Assessment of liposome disruption to quantify drug delivery in vitro

scientific article published on 14 November 2015

BRAF mutations and RET/PTC rearrangements are alternative events in the etiopathogenesis of PTC

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

BRAF provides proliferation and survival signals in MSI colorectal carcinoma cells displaying BRAF(V600E) but not KRAS mutations

scientific article published on February 2008

Butyrate activates the monocarboxylate transporter MCT4 expression in breast cancer cells and enhances the antitumor activity of 3-bromopyruvate.

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Cathepsin D protects colorectal cancer cells from acetate-induced apoptosis through autophagy-independent degradation of damaged mitochondria

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Characterization of acetate transport in colorectal cancer cells and potential therapeutic implications

scientific article published on 21 September 2016

Cloning of a Leishmania major gene encoding for an antigen with extensive homology to ribosomal protein S3a.

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Colorectal cancer-related mutant KRAS alleles function as positive regulators of autophagy

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Concomitant RASSF1A hypermethylation and KRAS/BRAF mutations occur preferentially in MSI sporadic colorectal cancer

scientific article published on November 2005

Core I gene is overexpressed in Hürthle and non-Hürthle cell microfollicular adenomas and follicular carcinomas of the thyroid

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Design of liposomal formulations for cell targeting

scientific article published on 25 September 2015

Distribution of p63, cytokeratins 5/6 and cytokeratin 14 in 51 normal and 400 neoplastic human tissue samples using TARP-4 multi-tumor tissue microarray

scientific article published on 16 July 2003

Enhancing Methotrexate Tolerance with Folate Tagged Liposomes in Arthritic Mice.

scientific article published on December 2015

Folate-targeted nanoparticles for rheumatoid arthritis therapy

scientific article published on 27 December 2015

Folic acid-tagged protein nanoemulsions loaded with CORM-2 enhance the survival of mice bearing subcutaneous A20 lymphoma tumors

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Frequency of TERT promoter mutations in human cancers

scientific article published on January 2013

Genetic alterations in poorly differentiated and undifferentiated thyroid carcinomas

scientific article published on December 2011

In vitro induction of melanin synthesis and extrusion by tamoxifen.

scientific article published on 20 May 2013

Intragenic mutations in thyroid cancer.

scientific article published on June 2008

KRAS and BRAF oncogenic mutations in MSS colorectal carcinoma progression

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Liposome and protein based stealth nanoparticles

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Luteolin, quercetin and ursolic acid are potent inhibitors of proliferation and inducers of apoptosis in both KRAS and BRAF mutated human colorectal cancer cells

scientific article published on 2 April 2009

Molecular and genotypic characterization of human thyroid follicular cell carcinoma-derived cell lines

scientific article published on August 2007

Monocarboxylate transport inhibition potentiates the cytotoxic effect of 5-fluorouracil in colorectal cancer cells.

scientific article published on 25 May 2015

Peptide Anchor for Folate-Targeted Liposomal Delivery

scientific article published on 4 August 2015

Proliferation and survival molecules implicated in the inhibition of BRAF pathway in thyroid cancer cells harbouring different genetic mutations.

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RAF-1 promotes survival of thyroid cancer cells harboring RET/PTC1 rearrangement independently of ERK activation

scientific article published on 8 August 2015

Ruthenium-Cyclopentadienyl Bipyridine-Biotin Based Compounds: Synthesis and Biological Effect

scientific article published on 26 June 2019

Significance of glycolytic metabolism-related protein expression in colorectal cancer, lymph node and hepatic metastasis

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Size controlled protein nanoemulsions for active targeting of folate receptor positive cells

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

Somatic and germline mutation in GRIM-19, a dual function gene involved in mitochondrial metabolism and cell death, is linked to mitochondrion-rich (Hurthle cell) tumours of the thyroid.

scientific article published on May 2005

Telomerase expression and proliferative activity suggest a stem cell role for thyroid solid cell nests

scientific article published in July 2004

Telomere erosion triggers growth arrest but not cell death in human cancer cells retaining wild-type p53: implications for antitelomerase therapy

scientific article published in May 2004

The Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a Model for Understanding RAS Proteins and their Role in Human Tumorigenesis

scientific article published on 19 February 2018

The anticancer agent 3-bromopyruvate: a simple but powerful molecule taken from the lab to the bedside.

scientific article published on 25 July 2016

Type and prevalence of BRAF mutations are closely associated with papillary thyroid carcinoma histotype and patients’ age but not with tumour aggressiveness

scientific article published on 19 May 2005

Vacuole-mitochondrial cross-talk during apoptosis in yeast: a model for understanding lysosome-mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in mammals

scientific article published on October 2011

Yeast as a tool to explore cathepsin D function

scientific article published on 11 July 2015

p63 expression in solid cell nests of the thyroid: further evidence for a stem cell origin

scientific article published on January 2003