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Luca Mastracci

DISC, Universitą degli studi di Genova
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Comprehensive Study of the Clinical Phenotype of Germline BAP1 Variant-Carrying Families Worldwide

…, G Ciccarese, P Queirolo, L Mastracci… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background The BRCA1-associated protein-1 (BAP1) tumor predisposition syndrome (BAP1-TPDS)
is a hereditary tumor syndrome caused by germline pathogenic variants in BAP1 …

[HTML][HTML] Precancerous lesions of the stomach, gastric cancer and hereditary gastric cancer syndromes

…, L Mastracci, A Vanoli, F Carneiro, L Saragoni… - Pathologica, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Gastric cancer accounts for about 6% of cancers worldwide, being the fifth most frequently
diagnosed malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer related death. Gastric …

[HTML][HTML] HER2 heterogeneity in gastric/gastroesophageal cancers: from benchside to practice

…, F Sarocchi, R Fiocca, L Mastracci - World journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
HER2 is overexpressed in approximately 10%-20% of gastric and gastroesophageal junction
carcinomas. In these types of cancer, accurate assessment of HER2 status is mandatory, …

Fasting-mimicking diet and hormone therapy induce breast cancer regression

…, F Piacente, A Tagliafico, M Cilli, L Mastracci… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Approximately 75% of all breast cancers express the oestrogen and/or progesterone receptors.
Endocrine therapy is usually effective in these hormone-receptor-positive tumours, but …

Microscopic esophagitis distinguishes patients with non-erosive reflux disease from those with functional heartburn

E Savarino, P Zentilin, L Mastracci, P Dulbecco… - Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Background Microscopic esophagitis (ME) is common in patients with non-erosive reflux
disease (NERD), and dilation of intercellular spaces (DIS) has been regarded as the potential …

Reassessment of the diagnostic value of histology in patients with GERD, using multiple biopsy sites and an appropriate control group

P Zentilin, V Savarino, L Mastracci… - Official journal of the …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Histology is generally considered as a tool of limited value in the diagnosis
of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD). AIM To reevaluate the diagnostic role of …

IL‐8 induces exocytosis of arginase 1 by neutrophil polymorphonuclears in nonsmall cell lung cancer

R Rotondo, G Barisione, L Mastracci… - … journal of cancer, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Arginase 1 (ARG1) inhibits T‐cell proliferation by degrading extracellular arginine, which
results in decreased responsiveness of T cells to CD3/TCR stimulation. In humans, ARG1 is …

Lung neuroendocrine tumours: deep sequencing of the four World Health Organization histotypes reveals chromatin‐remodelling genes as major players and a …

…, M Fassan, S Barbi, V Corbo, L Mastracci… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Next‐generation sequencing ( NGS ) was applied to 148 lung neuroendocrine tumours (
LNETs ) comprising the four World Health Organization classification categories: 53 typical …

Lung fibrosis: an undervalued finding in COVID-19 pathological series

F Grillo, E Barisione, L Ball, L Mastracci… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
With the COVID-19 pandemic having reached tremendous proportions, post-mortem series
are under the limelight to explain many of the peculiar clinical findings. Pathological …

Eosinophil granulocytes account for indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase-mediated immune escape in human non small cell lung cancer

S Astigiano, B Morandi, R Costa, L Mastracci… - Neoplasia, 2005 - Elsevier
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), a catabolizing enzyme of tryptophan, is supposed to
play a role in tumor immune escape. Its expression in solid tumors has not yet been well …