Tight junction proteins claudin-3 and claudin-4 are frequently overexpressed in ovarian cancer but not in ovarian cystadenomas

LBA Rangel, R Agarwal, T D'Souza, ES Pizer… - Clinical Cancer …, 2003 - AACR
Purpose: Claudin proteins represent a large family of integral membrane proteins crucial for
tight junction (TJ) formation and function. Claudins have been shown to be up-regulated in …

Expression of fatty acid synthase (FAS) as a predictor of recurrence in stage I breast carcinoma patients

PL Alo, P Visca, A Marci, A Mangoni… - … Journal of the …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Fatty acid synthase (FAS) is a molecule found in tumor cells from breast
carcinomas of patients whose prognosis is very poor. Recently, this molecule has been …

Fatty acid synthase (FAS) is a marker of increased risk of recurrence in lung carcinoma

P Visca, V Sebastiani, C Botti, MG Diodoro… - Anticancer …, 2004 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background: We explored the expression of Fatty Acid Synthase (FAS) in lung carcinomas
and its association with clinico-pathological features and prognosis. FAS is a recently …

Fatty acid synthase expression in melanoma

D Innocenzi, PL Alo, A Balzani… - Journal of cutaneous …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Fatty acid synthase (FAS), the key enzyme responsible for the synthesis of fatty
acids, is weakly expressed in some normal human tissues. Recently, FAS has been …

Fatty acid synthase (FAS) predictive strength in poorly differentiated early breast carcinomas

PL Alò, P Visca, G Trombetta, A Mangoni… - Tumori …, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims and background Many normal and human cancer tissues express fatty acid synthase
(FAS), the major enzyme required for endogenous fatty acid biosynthesis. Strong expression …

AIDS-related CNS cryptococcosis: radiologic-pathologic correlation.

VP Mathews, PL Alo, JD Glass… - American journal …, 1992 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
PURPOSE This study evaluates the effectiveness of cranial CT and MR in detecting autopsy
findings of AIDS-related CNS cryptococcosis. METHODS Final imaging studies compared …

Immnunohistochemical expression and prognostic significance of fatty acid synthase in pancreatic carcinoma

PL Alo, M Amini, F Piro, L Pizzuti… - Anticancer …, 2007 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate immunohistochemical markers in
pancreatic cancer and to determine the association of their expression with clinico …

Fatty acid synthase is a marker of increased risk of recurrence in endometrial carcinoma

V Sebastiani, P Visca, C Botti, G Santeusanio… - Gynecologic …, 2004 - Elsevier
Purpose. To explore the expression of fatty acid synthase (FAS) and human erythrocyte
glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) in endometrial carcinomas and to detect associations with …

Immunohistochemical expression of human erythrocyte glucose transporter and fatty acid synthase in infiltrating breast carcinomas and adjacent typical/atypical …

PL Alò, P Visca, C Botti, GM Galati… - American journal of …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
To evaluate the immunohistochemical expression of GLUT1, human erythrocyte glucose
transporter 1, and fatty acid synthase (FAS), 66 human breast carcinomas and adjacent …

Immunohistochemical expression of fatty acid synthase, apoptotic-regulating genes, proliferating factors, and ras protein product in colorectal adenomas, carcinomas …

P Visca, PL Alò, FD Nonno, C Botti, G Trombetta… - Clinical Cancer …, 1999 - AACR
The normal mucosa-adenoma-carcinoma sequence in colon pathology provides an
attractive model of tumor progression. The role of tumor suppressor genes, oncogenes, and …