The GSK3β inhibitor BIS I reverts YAP-dependent EMT signature in PDAC cell lines by decreasing SMADs expression level. Thongon N, Castiglioni I, Zucal C, Latorre E, D’Agostino V, Bauer I, Pancher M, Ballestrero A, Feldmann G, Nencioni A, Provenzani A. Oncotarget, 2016 Mar 28. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.8437.

The ribonucleic complex HuR-MALAT1 represses CD133 expression and suppresses epithelial-mesenchyme transition in breast cancer. Latorre E, Carelli S, Raimondi I, D'Agostino VG, Castiglioni I, Zucal C, Moro G, Luciani A, Ghilardi G, Monti E, Inga A, Di Giulio AM, Gorio A, Provenzani A. Cancer Research, in press.

Transcriptional induction of the heat shock protein B8 mediates the clearance of misfolded proteins responsible for motor neuron diseases. Crippa V, D’Agostino V, Cristofani R, Rusmini P, Cicardi M, Messi E, Loffredo R, Pancher M, Piccolella M, Galbiati M, Meroni M, Cereda C, Carra S, Provenzani A, Poletti A., Sci Rep 2016 Mar 10;6:22827. doi: 10.1038/srep22827

Human antigen R binding and regulation of SOX2 mRNA in human mesenchymal stem cells. Carelli S, Latorre E, Caremoli F, Giallongo T, Colli M, Canazza A, Provenzani A, Di Giulio AM, Gorio A. Mol Pharmacol. 2015 Dec 16. mol.115.100701.

The CDKN2A/p16INK 4a 5'UTR sequence and translational regulation: impact of novel variants predisposing to melanoma. Andreotti V, Bisio A, Bressac-de Paillerets B, Harland M, Cabaret O, Newton-Bishop J, Pastorino L, Bruno W, Bertorelli R, De Sanctis V, Provenzani A, Menin C, Fronza G, Queirolo P, Spitale RC, Bianchi-Scarrà G, Inga A, Ghiorzo P. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2015 Nov 18. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12444.

Dihydrotanshinone-I interferes with the RNA-binding activity of HuR affecting its post-transcriptional function. D’Agostino VG, Lal P, Mantelli B, Tiedje C, Zucal C, Thongon N, Gaestel M, Latorre E, Marinelli L, Seneci P, Amadio M, Provenzani A. Sci Rep. 2015 Nov 10;5:16478. doi: 10.1038/srep16478.

EIF2A-dependent translational arrest protects leukemia cells from the energetic stress induced by NAMPT inhibition. Zucal C, D’Agostino VG, Casini A, Mantelli B, Thongon N, Soncini D, Caffa I, Ballestrero A, Quattrone A, Indraccolo S, Nencioni a, Provenzani A. BMC Cancer. 2015 Nov 5;15(1):855. doi: 10.1186/s12885-015-1845-1.

The 5'-untranslated region of p16INK4a melanoma tumor suppressor acts as a cellular IRES, controls mRNA translation during hypoxic stress, and is a target of YBX1. Bisio A, Latorre E, Andreotti V, Bressac-de Paillerets B, Harland M, Bianchi Scarra G, Ghiorzo P, Spitale RC, Provenzani A, Inga A. Oncotarget  2015 Nov 24;6(37):39980-94. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.5387.

APO866 increases anti-tumor activity of cyclosporin-A by inducing mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum stress in leukemia cells. Cagnetta A, Soncini D, Caffa I, Acharya C, Acharya P, Adamia S, Pierri I, Bergamaschi M, Garuti A, Fraternali-Orcioni G, Provenzani A, Mastracci L, Zucal C, Damonte G, Salis A, Patrone F, Ballestrero A, Gobbi M, Montecucco F, Bruzzone S, Nencioni A, Cea M. Clin Cancer Res. 2015 May 11. pii: clincanres.3023.2014.

Fasting potentiates the anticancer activity of tyrosine kinase inhibitors by strengthening MAPK signaling inhibition. Caffa I, D'Agostino V, Damonte P, Soncini D, Cea M, Monacelli F, Odetti P, Ballestrero A, Provenzani A, Longo VD, Nencioni A. Oncotarget. 2015 Mar 30. 

  • Alessandro Provenzani, ricercatore principale
  • Isabelle Bonomo, assegnista di ricerca
  • Chiara Zucal, assegnista di ricerca
  • Mariachiara Micaelli, dottoranda
  • Daniele Pollini, dottorando
  • Nausicaa Valentina Licata, dottoranda
  • Caterina Ciani, dottoranda
  • Agatha Carreira, dottoranda
  • Nencioni A. University of Genoa, Italy.
  • Poletti A. University of Milan, Italy
  • ​Peyron JF, Inserm, Nice, France
  • Gaestel M, University of Hannover, Germany
  • Fragai M, University of Florence, Italy
  • Marinelli L, University of Neaples, Italy