Università della Svizzera italiana

Intestinal microbiota drives cholestasis-induced specific hepatic gene expression patterns

Juanola, Oriol ; Hassan, Mohsin ; Kumar, Pavitra ; Yilmaz, Bahtiyar ; Keller, Irene ; Simillion, Cédric ; Engelmann, Cornelius ; Tacke, Frank ; Dufour, Jean-François ; De Gottardi, Andrea ; Moghadamrad, Sheida

In: Gut microbes, 2021, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 20

Intestinal microbiota regulates multiple host metabolic and immunological processes. Consequently, any difference in its qualitative and quantitative composition is susceptible to exert significant effects, in particular along the gut-liver axis. Indeed, recent findings suggest that such changes modulate the severity and the evolution of a wide spectrum of hepatobiliary disorders. However, the...

Université de Fribourg

Everolimus augments the effects of sorafenib in a syngeneic orthotopic model of hepatocellular carcinoma

Piguet, Anne-Christine ; Saar, Bettina ; Hlushchuk, Ruslan ; St-Pierre, Marie V. ; McSheehy, Paul M. ; Radojevic, Vesna ; Afthinos, Maresa ; Terracciano, Luigi ; Djonov, Valentin ; Dufour, Jean-François

In: Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 2011, vol. 10, no. 6, p. 1007-1017

Sorafenib targets the Raf/mitogen activated protein kinase, VEGF and PDGF pathways and prolongs survival patients in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Everolimus inhibits the mammalian target of rapamycin, a kinase overactive in HCC. To investigate whether the antitumor effects of these agents are additive, we compared a combined and sequential treatment regimen of everolimus and...