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M J Micallef

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Iemura R, Tsukatani R, Micallef M, Taneno A
Vet Rec . 2009 Dec; 165(25):747-51. PMID: 20023279
Groups of four two-week-old puppies were administered serial dilutions of an intranasal vaccine containing live Bordetella bronchiseptica and canine parainfluenza virus vaccine and housed individually in isolator cages. Three vaccinated...
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Kimoto T, Micallef M, Hino K, Taniguchi M, USHIO S, Iwaki K, et al.
Anticancer Res . 2002 Feb; 21(5):3295-300. PMID: 11848486
The effect of a crude ethyl acetate (AcOEt)-extract and tryptanthrin extracted from the Indigo plant (Polygonum tinctorium Lour.) on azoxymethane (AOM)-induced intestinal tumors was examined in F344 rats. The rats...
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Kimoto T, Hino K, Yamamoto Y, Takeuchi M, Nishizaki Y, Micallef M, et al.
Pathol Int . 2001 Jun; 51(5):315-25. PMID: 11422788
Tryptanthrin, a bioactive ingredient of Polygonum tinctorium Lour., is a member of the Indigo plant family and has potent cytocidal effects on various human leukemia cells in vitro. At low...
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Micallef M, Darmanin S, Buhagiar J, Yamauchi H, Kurimoto M, Inglott A, et al.
Int Immunopharmacol . 2001 May; 1(2):295-305. PMID: 11360930
Human melanoma Colo 679 cells were made resistant to doxorubicin (adriamycin, ADM) by continuous exposure to ascending concentrations of the drug and Colo/ADM80; a variant which grew continuously in the...
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Kimoto T, Hino K, Micallef M, Hanaya T, Arai S, Ikeda M, et al.
Virchows Arch . 2001 Apr; 438(3):259-70. PMID: 11315623
In experiments using the renal carcinogen ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe-NTA) in male ddY mice, primary pulmonary cancers were also induced in bronchiolar and alveolar tissues. 4-Hydroxy-2-nonenal (4-HNE) and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), products...
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Kimoto T, Aga M, Hino K, Yamamoto Y, Micallef M, Hanaya T, et al.
Anticancer Res . 2001 Apr; 21(1A):221-8. PMID: 11299738
Artepillin C (3,5-diprenyl-4-hydroxycinnamic acid) is an active ingredient of Brazilian propolis that possesses anti-tumor activity. When Artepillin C was applied to human leukemia cell lines of different phenotypes, namely, lymphocytic...
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Kimoto T, Koya S, Hino K, Yamamoto Y, Nomura Y, Micallef M, et al.
Pathol Int . 2000 Sep; 50(9):679-89. PMID: 11012980
The protective effect of Brazilian propolis and its extract Artepillin C against ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe-NTA)-induced renal lipid peroxidation and carcinogenesis was studied in male ddY mice. Fe-NTA-induced renal lipid peroxidation...
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Micallef M, Tanimoto T, Kohno K, Ikegami H, Kurimoto M
Cancer Detect Prev . 2000 Sep; 24(3):234-43. PMID: 10975285
Interleukin 18 (IL-18) reportedly synergizes with IL-12 and IL-10 for interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) synthesis and natural killer (NK) cell activity, respectively. Here we show that IL-18 alone induces low level...
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Buhagiar J, Podesta M, Wilson A, Micallef M, Ali S
Anticancer Res . 2000 Mar; 19(6B):5435-43. PMID: 10697574
The cytotoxic effect of conifer Tetraclinis articulata essential oil (TAEO) on a number of human cancer cell lines and peripheral blood lymphocytes was assessed at various concentrations and time exposures....
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Hara I, Nagai H, Miyake H, Yamanaka K, Hara S, Micallef M, et al.
Cancer Gene Ther . 2000 Mar; 7(1):83-90. PMID: 10678360
We introduced the interleukin-12 (IL-12) gene into mouse renal cell carcinoma (RenCa) cells to develop a tumor vaccine and to examine mechanisms of tumor rejection. IL-12-secreting RenCa (RenCa/IL-12) cells were...