Staphylococcus aureus

TJ Foster - Molecular medical microbiology, 2002 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary The natural habitat of Staphylococcus aureus in humans is the skin and
nasopharynx. It can cause a wide variety of infections involving skin and soft tissues …

A meta‐analysis and systematic review of the efficacy and safety of anticoagulants as cancer treatment: impact on survival and bleeding complications

NM Kuderer, AA Khorana, GH Lyman, CW Francis - Cancer, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND. Preclinical evidence suggests that anticoagulants, in particular the low‐
molecular‐weight heparins (LMWH), exert an antitumor effect, whereas clinical trials have …

The type 1 lysophosphatidic acid receptor is a target for therapy in bone metastases

A Boucharaba, CM Serre, J Guglielmi… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Platelet-derived lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) supports the progression of breast and ovarian
cancer metastasis to bone. The mechanisms through which LPA promotes bone metastasis …

[HTML][HTML] Venous thromboembolism predicts poor prognosis in irresectable pancreatic cancer patients

M Mandalà, M Reni, S Cascinu, S Barni, I Floriani… - Annals of oncology, 2007 - Elsevier
Background The aim was to investigate the outcomes associated with venous
thromboembolism (VTE) among irresectable pancreatic cancer patients. Methods This is a …

Thrombophilia in cancer

A Falanga - Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis, 2005 - thieme-connect.com
Malignancy is an acquired thrombophilic condition associated with a significant risk of
thrombosis. Venous and arterial thromboembolism is a common complication for patients …

Low‐molecular‐weight heparins and angiogenesis

K Norrby - Apmis, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The involvement of the vascular system in malignancy encompasses not only angiogenesis,
but also systemic hypercoagulability and a pro‐thrombotic state, and there is increasing …

Platelets and metastasis revisited: a novel fatty link

GP Gupta, J Massagué - The Journal of clinical …, 2004 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Platelets have long been suspected of having a role in cancer progression and metastasis
that has largely been attributed to platelet-mediated enhancement of tumor cell survival …

[HTML][HTML] The quantification of glycosaminoglycans: a comparison of HPLC, carbazole, and alcian blue methods

SB Frazier, KA Roodhouse, DE Hourcade… - Open …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are linear polysaccharides that are found in the extracellular
matrix and biological fluids of animals where they interact with hundreds of proteins and …

Venous thromboembolism and cancer: guidelines of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM)

M Mandala, A Falanga, A Piccioli, P Prandoni… - Critical reviews in …, 2006 - Elsevier
Thromboembolic complications represent one of the most important cause of morbidity and
mortality in cancer patients. Although several data have been published demonstrating the …

Degranulating mast cells in fibrotic regions of human tumors and evidence that mast cell heparin interferes with the growth of tumor cells through a mechanism …

M Samoszuk, E Kanakubo, JK Chan - BMC cancer, 2005 - Springer
Background The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that mast cells that are
present in fibrotic regions of cancer can suppress the growth of tumor cells through an …