• Annexin A1 in pancreatic cancer progression 

      Novizio, Nunzia (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2022-02-02)
      Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the most aggressive cancers in the world and it correlates to poor prognosis and high mortality due to late diagnosis, even if early diagnosed. Resectable PC patients have unfavorable outcome ...
    • Is the inflammasome at the crosstalk between COPD and lung cancer? 

      Colarusso, Chiara (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2020-10-26)
      Background. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is considered as a risk factor for lung cancer establishment. Epidemiological evidence indicate that patients with COPD have a 6.35-fold higher risk to develop lung ...
    • Role of CD73 - A2A/A2B receptors axis in cancer 

      Sorrentino, Claudia (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2018-04-05)
      The adenosinergic pathway plays a critical role in cancer development and progression, as well as in drug resistance to chemotherapy and/or targeted-therapy. The goal of this PhD thesis was to investigate and fully ...
    • The Winnie-APCmin as an innovative tool to investigate the axis between inflammation and colorectal cancer 

      Chieppa, Marcello (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2019-05-07)
      During these last three yeas of PhD we aimed to create a new murine model of spontaneous inflammatory-induced colorectal cancer a combining the genetic susceptibility of the APCMin model and the chronic intestinal inflammation ...