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List of works by Laura Sciacca

"MySweetGestation": A novel smartphone application for women with or at risk of diabetes during pregnancy

scientific article published on 24 October 2019

A novel autocrine loop involving IGF-II and the insulin receptor isoform-A stimulates growth of thyroid cancer

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

ASPB10 insulin induction of increased mitogenic responses and phenotypic changes in human breast epithelial cells: evidence for enhanced interactions with the insulin-like growth factor-I receptor

scientific article published on January 1997

Abnormal 1-hour post-load glycemia during pregnancy impairs post-partum metabolic status: a single-center experience

scientific article published on 24 October 2017

Activation of the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)-Met system in papillary thyroid cancer: biological effects of HGF in thyroid cancer cells depend on Met expression levels

scientific article published on 10 June 2004

Adipose Tissue, Obesity and Adiponectin: Role in Endocrine Cancer Risk

scientific article published on 12 June 2019

Altered expression of c-IAP1, survivin, and Smac contributes to chemotherapy resistance in thyroid cancer cells.

scientific article published on April 2006

Biological effects of insulin and its analogs on cancer cells with different insulin family receptor expression

scientific article published on November 2014

Clinical and molecular mechanisms favoring cancer initiation and progression in diabetic patients.

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Comment on: Yang et al. (2010) Associations of hyperglycemia and insulin usage with the risk of cancer in type 2 diabetes: the Hong Kong Diabetes Registry. Diabetes;59:1254-1260

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

Computational modeling reveals MAP3K8 as mediator of resistance to vemurafenib in thyroid cancer stem cells

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Diabetes and cancer

scientific article published on 20 July 2009

Differential gene expression induced by insulin and insulin-like growth factor-II through the insulin receptor isoform A

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Effect of Combined Epigenetic Treatments and Ectopic NIS Expression on Undifferentiated Thyroid Cancer Cells

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Efficacy of real-time continuous glucose monitoring on glycaemic control and glucose variability in type 1 diabetic patients treated with either insulin pumps or multiple insulin injection therapy: a randomized controlled crossover trial.

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Follow-up of women with a history of gestational diabetes in Italy: are we missing an opportunity for primary prevention of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease?

scientific article published on 26 September 2020

Functional insulin receptors are overexpressed in thyroid tumors: is this an early event in thyroid tumorigenesis?

scientific article published on January 1999

IGF-II binding to insulin receptor isoform A induces a partially different gene expression profile from insulin binding.

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IRF5 is a target of BCR-ABL kinase activity and reduces CML cell proliferation.

scientific article published on 20 January 2014

Impact of unhealthy childhood and unfavorable parents' characteristics on adiposity in schoolchildren

scientific article published on 18 July 2019

In IGF-I receptor-deficient leiomyosarcoma cells autocrine IGF-II induces cell invasion and protection from apoptosis via the insulin receptor isoform A.

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Insulin Analogs and Cancer

scientific article published on February 10, 2012

Insulin Receptor Isoforms in Cancer

scientific article published on 16 November 2018

Insulin Receptor Isoforms in Physiology and Disease: An Updated View

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Insulin analogues differently activate insulin receptor isoforms and post-receptor signalling.

scientific article published on 28 April 2010

Insulin and its analogs: actions via insulin and IGF receptors.

scientific article published on 21 August 2010

Insulin degludec in the first trimester of pregnancy: Report of two cases.

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Insulin receptor activation by IGF-II in breast cancers: evidence for a new autocrine/paracrine mechanism

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

Insulin receptor isoform A and insulin-like growth factor II as additional treatment targets in human osteosarcoma.

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Insulin receptor isoform A, a newly recognized, high-affinity insulin-like growth factor II receptor in fetal and cancer cells.

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Insulin receptor isoforms and insulin receptor/insulin-like growth factor receptor hybrids in physiology and disease.

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Insulin receptor isoforms are differently expressed during human osteoblastogenesis

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Insulin receptors in breast cancer.

scientific article published on April 1996

Insulin-stimulated cell growth in insulin receptor substrate-1-deficient ZR-75-1 cells is mediated by a phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase-independent pathway

scientific article published on August 1998

Insulin/insulin-like growth factor I hybrid receptors have different biological characteristics depending on the insulin receptor isoform involved

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Integrated insulin pump therapy with continuous glucose monitoring for improved adherence: technology update

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Italian recommendations for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes during COVID-19 pandemic: Position statement AMD-SID, diabetes, and pregnancy study group

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Long-acting insulin analogs and cancer.

scientific article published on 24 February 2018

Measurement of IGF-1 Receptor Content in Tissues and Cell Lines by Radioimmunoassay (RIA) and ELISA Techniques

scientific article published on January 2001

Nuclear translocation of insulin receptor substrate-1 by the insulin receptor in mouse embryo fibroblasts.

scientific article published on June 2003

Obesity and cancer

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Papillary thyroid microcarcinomas: a comparative study of the characteristics and risk factors at presentation in two cancer registries.

scientific article published on 12 March 2013

Quality of Life, Wishes, and Needs in Women with Gestational Diabetes: Italian DAWN Pregnancy Study

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Re: Insulin, insulin-like growth factor-I, and risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women

scientific article published on 22 June 2009

Rethinking the Relationship between Insulin and Cancer

scientific article published on 26 June 2020

Role of c-Abl in directing metabolic versus mitogenic effects in insulin receptor signaling.

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Short-term adverse effects of anticancer drugs in patients with type 2 diabetes

scientific article published on 10 February 2019

Signaling differences from the A and B isoforms of the insulin receptor (IR) in 32D cells in the presence or absence of IR substrate-1.

scientific article published on June 2003

The IGF system in thyroid cancer: new concepts.

scientific article published in June 2001

The novel loss of function Ile354Val mutation in PPARG causes familial partial lipodystrophy

scientific article published on 20 December 2019

The risk stratification of adverse neonatal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes (STRONG) study

scientific article published on 17 September 2018

The role of insulin receptors and IGF-I receptors in cancer and other diseases

scientific article published on 01 February 2008

Treatment of hemangiopericytoma-induced hypoglycemia with growth hormone and corticosteroids.

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Type 2 diabetic patients with Graves' disease have more frequent and severe Graves' orbitopathy.

scientific article published on 28 January 2015

Type I insulin-like growth factor receptor function in breast cancer.

scientific article published on February 1998

Use of insulin detemir during pregnancy

scientific article published on 20 March 2010

Use of insulin detemir in pregnancy: a report on 10 Type 1 diabetic women