CAPASSO , Anna

The RAS/RAF/MEK/MAPK and the PTEN/PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathways are key regulators of proliferation and survival in human cancer cells. Selective inhibitors of different transducer molecules in these pathways have been developed as molecular targeted anti-cancer therapies. The in vitro and in vivo anti-tumor activity of pimasertib, a selective MEK 1/2...

: The aim of this study is to retrospectively assess onset and progression of scoliosis in type II SMA patients not treated with the approved disease modifying treatments. Scoliosis was evaluated by measuring the scoliosis angle on X-ray obtained in the anteroposterior view in sitting position (Cobb's angle method). Eighty-four patients had at...