Epi Blog

Epi Blog

EMIL – Epigenetic Marker Ipomethylated for acute promyelocytic Leukemia

EMIL (Epigenetic Marker Ipomethylated for Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia) originates from the economic and scientific valorization of patent EP3458607, which concerns the use of an epigenetic signature for prognostic and/or diagnostic applications in the early assessment of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL). … Read More

Hypoxia-Regulated miRNAs in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Exploring the Regulatory Effects in Ischemic Disorders

di Carmela Dell’Aversana — Permanent full researcher, at IEOS – CNR – ITALY — Human mesenchymal/stromal stem cells (hMSC) are the most promising cell source for adult cell therapies in regenerative medicine. Many clinical trials have reported the use of … Read More

3-Chloro- N’-(2-hydroxybenzylidene) benzohydrazide: An LSD1-Selective Inhibitor and Iron-Chelating Agent for Anticancer Therapy

di Federica Sarno — Post-doc position of University of Study Luigi Vanvitelli — Despite the discovery and development of novel therapies, cancer is still a leading cause of death worldwide. In order to grow, tumor cells require large quantities of … Read More

Discovery of novel tetrahydrobenzo[b]thiophene-3-carbonitriles as histone deacetylase inhibitors

di Lucia Altucci — Full Professor of General Pathology, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, IT — The discovery and development of isoform-selective histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor is a challenging task because of the sequence homology among HDAC enzymes. In the … Read More