Alvaro Pittini
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Recent Articles
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Castro A, Pittini A, Berois N, Faccio R, Miranda P, Mombru A, et al.
Pharmaceutics
. 2025 Feb;
17(2).
PMID: 40006531
: The focus of this study was to prepare and characterize docetaxel (DCX)-loaded lipid/polymer hybrid nanoparticles (LPHNps) functionalized with the monoclonal antibody (mAb) Chi-Tn for a potential active targeting approach...
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Victoria S, Castro A, Pittini A, Olivera D, Russo S, Cebrian I, et al.
Int J Biol Macromol
. 2024 Sep;
279(Pt 3):135327.
PMID: 39236955
The immunoregulatory cation channel TMEM176B plays a dual role in tumor immunity. On the one hand, TMEM176B promotes antigen cross-presentation to CD8 T cells by regulating phagosomal pH in dendritic...
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Freire T, Landeira M, Giacomini C, Festari M, Pittini A, Cardozo V, et al.
Int J Mol Sci
. 2022 Dec;
23(23).
PMID: 36499361
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Thus, the development of strategies against this type of cancer is of high value. Parasite infections can correlate with lower...
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Berois N, Pittini A, Osinaga E
Cancers (Basel)
. 2022 Feb;
14(3).
PMID: 35158915
Aberrant glycosylation is a hallmark of cancer and can lead to changes that influence tumor behavior. Glycans can serve as a source of novel clinical biomarker developments, providing a set...
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Casaravilla C, Pittini A, Ruckerl D, Allen J, Diaz A
Infect Immun
. 2020 Jun;
88(9).
PMID: 32571988
The interaction of dendritic cells and macrophages with a variety of rigid noncellular particles triggers activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome and consequent secretion of interleukin 1β (IL-1β). Noncellular particles can...
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Pittini A, Martinez-Acosta Y, Casaravilla C, Seoane P, Ruckerl D, Quijano C, et al.
Infect Immun
. 2019 Oct;
87(12).
PMID: 31570562
The larval stage of the cestode causes cystic echinococcosis in humans and livestock. This larva is protected by the millimeter-thick, mucin-based laminated layer (LL), from which materials have to be...
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Seoane P, Ruckerl D, Casaravilla C, Barrios A, Pittini A, MacDonald A, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2016 Dec;
6:39204.
PMID: 27966637
Proliferation of macrophages is a hallmark of inflammation in many type 2 settings including helminth infections. The cellular expansion is driven by the type 2 cytokine interleukin-4 (IL-4), as well...
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Pittini A, Casaravilla C, Allen J, Diaz A
Int Immunopharmacol
. 2016 May;
36:213-217.
PMID: 27168056
No abstract available.
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Diaz A, Fernandez C, Pittini A, Seoane P, Allen J, Casaravilla C
Exp Parasitol
. 2015 Mar;
158:23-30.
PMID: 25816974
The laminated layer is the unique mucin-based extracellular matrix that protects Echinococcus larvae, and thus to an important extent, shapes host-parasite relationships in the larval echinococcoses. In 2011, we published...
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Casaravilla C, Pittini A, Ruckerl D, Seoane P, Jenkins S, MacDonald A, et al.
Infect Immun
. 2014 May;
82(8):3164-76.
PMID: 24842926
The larval stage of the cestode parasite Echinococcus granulosus causes hydatid disease in humans and livestock. This infection is characterized by the growth in internal organ parenchymae of fluid-filled structures...