2022
Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Spike-1 Protein’s Decreased Binding Affinity to α7nAChr: Implications for Autonomic Dysregulation of the Parasympathetic Nervous System and the Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway—An In Silico Analysis
Doria D, Santin A, Tuszynski J, Scheim D, Aminpour M. Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Spike-1 Protein’s Decreased Binding Affinity to α7nAChr: Implications for Autonomic Dysregulation of the Parasympathetic Nervous System and the Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway—An In Silico Analysis. BioMedInformatics 2022, 2: 553-564. DOI: 10.3390/biomedinformatics2040035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpike 1 proteinCholinergic anti-inflammatory pathwayAnti-inflammatory pathwayGenetic alterationsParasympathetic nervous systemOmicron infectionCOVID-19 variantsAutonomic dysregulationClinical dataPreclinical resultsNatural immunitySevere formAnimal modelsNervous systemΑ7nAChRTherapeutic antibodiesAttenuation of virulenceCOVID-19InfectionPrevious variantsAttenuated natureOmicronDominant strainAlterationsHumans
2021
Microtubule-Interfering Drugs: Current and Future Roles in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Treatment
Tymon-Rosario J, Adjei NN, Roque DM, Santin AD. Microtubule-Interfering Drugs: Current and Future Roles in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Treatment. Cancers 2021, 13: 6239. PMID: 34944858, PMCID: PMC8699494, DOI: 10.3390/cancers13246239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpithelial ovarian cancerOvarian cancerClinical dataEpithelial ovarian cancer treatmentTaxane-treated patientsUse of ixabepiloneRefractory ovarian cancerOngoing clinical trialsStandard of careOvarian cancer treatmentClinical trialsRecurrent treatmentTaxane resistanceCurrent standard practiceChemotherapeutic agentsTherapeutic agentsCancerCancer treatmentPutative mechanismsMicrotubular functionTreatmentDrugs partTaxanesCell deathCurrent use
2011
A KRAS variant is a biomarker of poor outcome, platinum chemotherapy resistance and a potential target for therapy in ovarian cancer
Ratner ES, Keane FK, Lindner R, Tassi RA, Paranjape T, Glasgow M, Nallur S, Deng Y, Lu L, Steele L, Sand S, Muller RU, Bignotti E, Bellone S, Boeke M, Yao X, Pecorelli S, Ravaggi A, Katsaros D, Zelterman D, Cristea MC, Yu H, Rutherford TJ, Weitzel JN, Neuhausen SL, Schwartz PE, Slack FJ, Santin AD, Weidhaas JB. A KRAS variant is a biomarker of poor outcome, platinum chemotherapy resistance and a potential target for therapy in ovarian cancer. Oncogene 2011, 31: 4559-4566. PMID: 22139083, PMCID: PMC3342446, DOI: 10.1038/onc.2011.539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords3' Untranslated RegionsAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorBRCA1 ProteinBRCA2 ProteinCarboplatinCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleGenotypeHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisMutationNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialOvarian NeoplasmsPaclitaxelPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePrognosisProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Ras ProteinsRNA InterferenceTreatment OutcomeConceptsEpithelial ovarian cancerEOC patientsKRAS-variantOvarian cancerPoor outcomeCancer riskTumor biologyPlatinum resistanceComplete clinical dataBiomarkers of outcomeDirect targetingEOC cell growthKnown BRCA mutationsFuture treatment approachesSubset of tumorsPlatinum chemotherapy resistanceCell linesNeoadjuvant chemotherapyBRCA mutationsClinical dataTreatment approachesChemotherapy resistanceKRAS oncogeneMultivariate analysisPatients