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Differential expression and localization of ADAM10 and ADAM17 during rat spermatogenesis suggest a role in germ cell differentiation

Biol. Res; 47 (), 2014
BACKGROUND: Extracellular metolloproteases have been implied in different process such as cell death, differentiation and migration. Membrane-bound metalloproteases of the ADAM family shed the extracellular domain of many cytokines and receptor controlling auto and para/juxtacrine cell signaling in diffe...

Genetic polymorphisms and asthma: findings from a case - control study in the Madeira island population

Biol. Res; 47 (), 2014
BACKGROUND: Asthma is a complex disease influenced by multiple genetic and environmental factors. While Madeira has the highest prevalence of asthma in Portugal (14.6%), the effect of both genetic and environmental factors in this population has never been assessed. We categorized 98 asthma patients acco...

Análise de expressão do gene ADAM23 em tumores do sistema nervoso central (SNC) e estudo de sua função em gliomas e em melanomas

O gene ADAM23 está epigeneticamente silenciado em tumores de mama de estágios mais avançados e o seu silenciamento nesses tumores confere ao paciente um maior risco de desenvolvimento de metástases e um pior prognóstico. O silenciamento do gene ADAM23 na linhagem tumoral de mama MDA-MB-435 reduz a c...