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Diana Fiorentini

Assistant professor

Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology

Academic discipline: BIO/10 Biochemistry

Research

Keywords: Antioxidants Lipid rafts Aquaporins Redox signalling NAD(P)H oxidase Acute myeloid leukaemia Glucose transport Reactive oxygen species (ROS) Hydrogen peroxide Chestnut by-products

Effect of different growth factors on glucose transport and apoptosis in human leukemia cell lines (AML)

ROS involvement and antioxidant/Nox inhibitors effect on survival, proliferation, glucose uptake and apoptosis in AML cell lines

Relationship between cholesterol depletion and glucose transport activity in AML cell lines

Role of specific aquaporins in channeling hydrogen peroxide through plasma membrane in AML cell lines

Studies on the chemiopreventive and anti-inflammatory activity of some bioactive phytochemicals in different cell models