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A systems biology approach to cancer: fractals, attractors, and nonlinear dynamics

scientific article published on 14 February 2011

An association of boswellia, betaine and myo-inositol (Eumastós) in the treatment of mammographic breast density: a randomized, double-blind study

scientific article published on November 2015

Antioxidant Strategy to Prevent Simulated Microgravity-Induced Effects on Bone Osteoblasts

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

Antiproliferative and apoptotic effects triggered by Grape Seed Extract (GSE) versus epigallocatechin and procyanidins on colon cancer cell lines

scientific article published on 10 January 2012

Apoptosis-inducing factor and caspase-dependent apoptotic pathways triggered by different grape seed extracts on human colon cancer cell line Caco-2.

scientific article published on 14 June 2010

Basic fibroblast growth factor and myointimal hyperplasia after experimental polytetrafluoroethylene arterial grafting.

scientific article published in August 1999

Beyond the oncogene paradigm: understanding complexity in cancerogenesis

scientific article published on 21 February 2008

Bimodal concentration-dependent effect of thrombin on endothelial cell proliferation and growth factor release in culture

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Broad Spectrum Anticancer Activity of Myo-Inositol and Inositol Hexakisphosphate

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Congenital neutropenia: sustained myeloid cell proliferation and neutrophil differentiation in vitro

scientific article published on 01 November 1988

Correction: TCam-2 Seminoma Cells Exposed to Egg-Derived Microenvironment Modify Their Shape, Adhesive Pattern and Migratory Behaviour: A Molecular and Morphometric Analysis

Cytoskeleton modifications and autophagy induction in TCam-2 seminoma cells exposed to simulated microgravity

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Dual role of VEGF in pretreated experimental ePTFE arterial grafts

scientific article published in August 2005

Embryonic morphogenetic field induces phenotypic reversion in cancer cells. Review article

scientific article published on February 2011

Evidence for a biphasic apoptotic pathway induced by melatonin in MCF-7 breast cancer cells.

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Fluid shear stress increases the release of platelet derived growth factor BB (PDGF BB) by aortic endothelial cells

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Formation of myointimal hyperplasia and cytokine production in experimental vein grafts

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

Fractal analysis in a systems biology approach to cancer.

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

Grape seed extract suppresses MDA-MB231 breast cancer cell migration and invasion.

scientific article published on 11 June 2013

Grape seed extract triggers apoptosis in Caco-2 human colon cancer cells through reactive oxygen species and calcium increase: extracellular signal-regulated kinase involvement.

scientific article published on 25 February 2013

Gravity Constraints Drive Biological Systems Toward Specific Organization Patterns: Commitment of cell specification is constrained by physical cues

scientific article published on 14 November 2017

Growth factor production by arterial and vein grafts: relevance to coronary artery bypass grafting

scientific article published on September 1996

Growth factor release by smooth muscle cells is dependent on haemodynamic factors

scientific article published on 01 November 1992

Growth factors and experimental arterial grafts.

scientific article published on 29 September 2015

Growth factors and myointimal hyperplasia in experimental aortic allografts.

scientific article published on January 1997

High density lipoproteins downregulate basic fibroblast growth factor production and release in minimally oxidated-LDL treated smooth muscle cells

scientific article published on 21 February 2006

Hybridoma Monoclonal Antibodies to Human Fetal Haemoglobin

scientific article published on 01 April 1984

In vitro proliferation and in vivo malignancy of cell lines simultaneously derived from a chemically-induced heterogeneous rat mammary tumor.

scientific article published on March 2000

Increase in motility and invasiveness of MCF7 cancer cells induced by nicotine is abolished by melatonin through inhibition of ERK phosphorylation

scientific article published on 16 January 2018

Increased Production of Cytokines and Growth Factors by Aortic Allografts: A Possible Explanation for Myointimal Hyperplasia Formation

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Increased proliferation of activated T-lymphocytes in response to a monoclonal antibody (anti-p68)

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Locoregional IL-2 therapy in the treatment of colon cancer. Cell-induced lesions of a murine model.

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Lung cancer stem cell lose their stemness default state after exposure to microgravity

scientific article published on 7 September 2014

MMP7 expression in colorectal tumours of different stages

Melatonin and vitamin D3 increase TGF-beta1 release and induce growth inhibition in breast cancer cell cultures.

scientific article published on April 2003

Melatonin and vitamin D3 synergistically down‐regulate Akt and MDM2 leading to TGFβ‐1‐dependent growth inhibition of breast cancer cells

scientific article published on November 22, 2010

Melatonin down-regulates MDM2 gene expression and enhances p53 acetylation in MCF-7 cells

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Metabolism and cell shape in cancer: a fractal analysis.

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Microenvironment promotes tumor cell reprogramming in human breast cancer cell lines

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Microgravity influences circadian clock oscillation in human keratinocytes.

scientific article published on 31 August 2015

Modulation of arterial smooth muscle cell growth by haemodynamic forces

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Molecular mechanisms of melatonin's inhibitory actions on breast cancers.

scientific article published on 25 September 2012

Molecular mechanisms of the pro-apoptotic actions of melatonin in cancer: a review

scientific article published on 14 September 2013

Multiwalled carbon nanotube buckypaper induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human leukemia cell lines through modulation of AKT and MAPK signaling pathways.

scientific article published on 18 May 2015

Multiwalled carbon nanotube buckypaper: toxicology and biological effects in vitro and in vivo.

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Nicotine Regulates Basic Fibroblastic Growth Factor and Transforming Growth Factor β1Production in Endothelial Cells

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

Nicotine Reorganizes Cytoskeleton of Vascular Endothelial Cell through Platelet-Derived Growth Factor BB

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Nicotine increases colon cancer cell migration and invasion through epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT): COX-2 involvement

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Nicotine increases survival in human colon cancer cells treated with chemotherapeutic drugs.

scientific article published on 2 October 2013

Nicotine induces platelet-derived growth factor release and cytoskeletal alteration in aortic smooth muscle cells

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Nicotine inhibits apoptosis and stimulates proliferation in aortic smooth muscle cells through a functional nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

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Nicotine stimulates proliferation and inhibits apoptosis in colon cancer cell lines through activation of survival pathways.

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Nicotine-induced smooth muscle cell proliferation is mediated through bFGF and TGF-β1

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Oxidised LDL (OxLDL) induces production of platelet derived growth factor AA (PDGF AA) from aortic smooth muscle cells

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

Paradoxical E-cadherin increase in 5FU-resistant colon cancer is unaffected during mesenchymal-epithelial reversion induced by γ-secretase inhibition.

scientific article published on 30 December 2015

Peroxiredoxin 2 nuclear levels are regulated by circadian clock synchronization in human keratinocytes.

scientific article published on 9 May 2014

Phenotypic switch induced by simulated microgravity on MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells.

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Phenotypic transitions enacted by simulated microgravity do not alter coherence in gene transcription profile

scientific article published on 21 November 2019

Physical forces and non linear dynamics mould fractal cell shape: quantitative morphological parameters and cell phenotype

scientific article published on February 1, 2013

Progression and regression of myointimal hyperplasia in experimental vein grafts depends on platelet-derived growth factor and basic fibroblastic growth factor production

scientific article published on April 1996

Quantitative shape analysis of chemoresistant colon cancer cells: correlation between morphotype and phenotype.

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Quercetin affects Hsp70/IRE1α mediated protection from death induced by endoplasmic reticulum stress

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Redifferentiation therapeutic strategies in cancer

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

Rediscovery of natural compounds acting via multitarget recognition and noncanonical pharmacodynamical actions

scientific article published on 07 March 2020

Release of PDGF-BB and bFGF by human endothelial cells seeded on expanded polytetrafluoroethylene vascular grafts

scientific article published in February 1998

Response of arterial smooth muscle cells to laminar flow

scientific article published in September 1992

Role of Growth Factors on Human Parathyroid Adenoma Cell Proliferation

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

S-adenosylmethionine Inhibits Ubiquitin-Proteasome System In Vitro and on Rat Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Shape in migration: quantitative image analysis of migrating chemoresistant HCT-8 colon cancer cells

scientific article published on September 2013

Shear stress increases the release of interleukin-1 and interleukin-6 by aortic endothelial cells

scientific article published on 01 November 1993

Shear stress induces changes in the morphology and cytoskeleton organisation of arterial endothelial cells

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Shear stress induces transforming growth factor-beta 1 release by arterial endothelial cells

scientific article published on 01 February 1998

Shear stress influences the release of platelet derived growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor by arterial smooth muscle cells. Winner of the ESVS prize for best experimental paper 1993.

scientific article published on March 1994

Shear stress modulates the proliferation rate, protein synthesis, and mitogenic activity of arterial smooth muscle cells

scientific article published on June 1993

Suppression of smooth muscle cell proliferation after experimental PTFE arterial grafting: a role for polyclonal anti-basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) antibody

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TCam-2 seminoma cells exposed to egg-derived microenvironment modify their shape, adhesive pattern and migratory behaviour: a molecular and morphometric analysis.

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TIMP-2 modulates neointimal formation in experimental ePTFE arterial grafts

scientific article published on 27 October 2006

The PI3K/AKT Pathway Is Activated by HGF in NT2D1 Non-Seminoma Cells and Has a Role in the Modulation of Their Malignant Behavior

scientific article published on 17 November 2020

The degree of porosity influences the release of growth factors by healing polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts

scientific article published on 01 January 1996

The effect of locally administered anti-growth factor antibodies on neointimal hyperplasia formation in expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts.

scientific article published in May 2009

The expression of native and oxidized LDL receptors in brain microvessels is specifically enhanced by astrocytes-derived soluble factor(s)

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Theoretical aspects of Systems Biology.

scientific article published on 03 April 2013

Thrombin Induces Production of Growth Factors from Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Tumor and the microenvironment: a chance to reframe the paradigm of carcinogenesis?

scientific article published on 12 June 2014

Vascular endothelial growth factor increases the migration and proliferation of smooth muscle cells through the mediation of growth factors released by endothelial cells

scientific article published in January 2003

Zebrafish Stem Cell Differentiation Stage Factors Suppress Bcl-xL Release and Enhance 5-Fu-Mediated Apoptosis in Colon Cancer Cells

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

Zebrafish embryo proteins induce apoptosis in human colon cancer cells (Caco2)

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

[High-porosity and normal-porosity prostheses. Differences in growth factor release]

scientific article published on 01 May 1998

bFGF release is dependent on flow conditions in experimental vein grafts

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

c-Src Recruitment is Involved in c-MET-Mediated Malignant Behaviour of NT2D1 Non-Seminoma Cells

scientific article published on 14 January 2019