Conveners
Sessione: 1
- Danilo Belviso (CNR - Istituto di Cristallografia)
The mucosal barrier is present at the level of several organs and represents the pathway that limits drug absorption at the level of the underlying epithelial membranes. Many polymers, both natural and synthetic, are known to exhibit mucoadhesive properties and recently it has also been shown that the presence of free thiol groups in the polymer backbone further increases mucoadhesion....
Nerve Growth Factor, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Neurotrophin 3 and Neurotrophin 4 are known to play a range of crucial functions in the developing and adult peripheral and central nervous systems. Initially synthesized as precursors that are cleaved to release C-terminal mature forms, they act through two types of receptors, the specific Trk receptors and the pan-neurotrophin receptor...
Over the years, consumers' awareness of the close relationship between food and health has increased. On the basis of this strong cultural drive, the attention towards the health and nutraceutical aspects of food has grown, thus becoming one of the most important criteria influencing consumers' purchasing choices and generating new market opportunities. Nutraceutics, an innovative branch of...
The WNT signal transduction cascade is a key regulatory pathway during embryonic development and adult tissue homeostasis. In the canonical WNT pathway, the armadillo repeat protein β-catenin serves as the central signaling molecule by engaging in crucial protein-protein interactions (PPIs) with both positive and negative effectors of the pathway and by linking WNT ligand mediated pathway...
