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  1. Article: Past, Current, and Future Strategies to Target ERG Fusion-Positive Prostate Cancer.

    Lorenzin, Francesca / Demichelis, Francesca

    Cancers

    2022  Volume 14, Issue 5

    Abstract: The ETS family member ERG is a transcription factor with physiological roles during development and in the vascular and hematopoietic systems. ERG oncogenic activity characterizes several malignancies, including Ewing's sarcoma, leukemia and prostate ... ...

    Abstract The ETS family member ERG is a transcription factor with physiological roles during development and in the vascular and hematopoietic systems. ERG oncogenic activity characterizes several malignancies, including Ewing's sarcoma, leukemia and prostate cancer (PCa). In PCa,
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-22
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2527080-1
    ISSN 2072-6694
    ISSN 2072-6694
    DOI 10.3390/cancers14051118
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  2. Article ; Online: Study on the effects of carbon dioxide atmosphere on the production of biochar derived from slow pyrolysis of organic agro-urban waste.

    Premchand, Premchand / Demichelis, Francesca / Chiaramonti, David / Bensaid, Samir / Fino, Debora

    Waste management (New York, N.Y.)

    2023  Volume 172, Page(s) 308–319

    Abstract: Slow pyrolysis, a widely recognized thermochemical technique, is employed to produce biochar usually under inert atmospheres. Recently, there is a growing interest in utilizing ... ...

    Abstract Slow pyrolysis, a widely recognized thermochemical technique, is employed to produce biochar usually under inert atmospheres. Recently, there is a growing interest in utilizing CO
    MeSH term(s) Carbon Dioxide ; Pyrolysis ; Food ; Refuse Disposal ; Charcoal
    Chemical Substances Carbon Dioxide (142M471B3J) ; biochar ; Charcoal (16291-96-6)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2001471-5
    ISSN 1879-2456 ; 0956-053X
    ISSN (online) 1879-2456
    ISSN 0956-053X
    DOI 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.10.035
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  3. Article ; Online: Therapy considerations in neuroendocrine prostate cancer: what next?

    Beltran, Himisha / Demichelis, Francesca

    Endocrine-related cancer

    2021  Volume 28, Issue 8, Page(s) T67–T78

    Abstract: Lineage plasticity and histologic transformation to small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) is an increasingly recognized mechanism of treatment resistance in advanced prostate cancer. This is associated with aggressive clinical features and ... ...

    Abstract Lineage plasticity and histologic transformation to small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) is an increasingly recognized mechanism of treatment resistance in advanced prostate cancer. This is associated with aggressive clinical features and poor prognosis. Recent work has identified genomic, epigenomic, and transcriptome changes that distinguish NEPC from prostate adenocarcinoma, pointing to new mechanisms and therapeutic targets. Treatment-related NEPC arises clonally from prostate adenocarcinoma during the course of disease progression, retaining early genomic events and acquiring new molecular features that lead to tumor proliferation independent of androgen receptor activity, and ultimately demonstrating a lineage switch from a luminal prostate cancer phenotype to a small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. Identifying the subset of prostate tumors most vulnerable to lineage plasticity and developing strategies for earlier detection and intervention for patients with NEPC may ultimately improve prognosis. Clinical trials focused on drug targeting of the lineage plasticity process and/or NEPC will require careful patient selection. Here, we review emerging targets and discuss biomarker considerations that may be informative for the design of future clinical studies.
    MeSH term(s) Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine/diagnosis ; Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine/genetics ; Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine/therapy ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Disease Progression ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ; Humans ; Male ; Prognosis ; Prostate/pathology ; Prostatic Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Prostatic Neoplasms/therapy
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-07-15
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1218450-0
    ISSN 1479-6821 ; 1351-0088
    ISSN (online) 1479-6821
    ISSN 1351-0088
    DOI 10.1530/ERC-21-0140
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  4. Article ; Online: Modelling of technical, environmental, and economic evaluations of the effect of the organic loading rate in semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of pre-treated organic fraction municipal solid waste.

    Francesca, Demichelis / Elisa, Robotti / Alessandro, Deorsola Fabio / Emilio, Marengo / Tonia, Tommasi / Debora, Fino

    Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)

    2024  Volume 344, Page(s) 123417

    Abstract: The study concerned technical feasibility, economic profitability, and carbon footprint (CF) analysis of semi-continuous anaerobic digestion (sAD) of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW). The research assessed the pre-treatment effect on sAD ...

    Abstract The study concerned technical feasibility, economic profitability, and carbon footprint (CF) analysis of semi-continuous anaerobic digestion (sAD) of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW). The research assessed the pre-treatment effect on sAD by varying organic loading rates (OLR) from 3.38 to 6.75 kgvs/m
    MeSH term(s) Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Solid Waste ; Anaerobiosis ; Algorithms ; Hydrodynamics ; Bioreactors ; Refuse Disposal ; Methane
    Chemical Substances Solid Waste ; Methane (OP0UW79H66)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-20
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 280652-6
    ISSN 1873-6424 ; 0013-9327 ; 0269-7491
    ISSN (online) 1873-6424
    ISSN 0013-9327 ; 0269-7491
    DOI 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123417
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  5. Article ; Online: Life cycle assessment of absorbent hygiene product waste: Evaluation and comparison of different end-of-life scenarios

    Demichelis, Francesca / Martina, Carola / Fino, Debora / Tommasi, Tonia / Deorsola, Fabio A.

    Institution of Chemical Engineers Sustainable Production and Consumption. 2023 June, v. 38, p. 356-371

    2023  , Page(s) 356–371

    Abstract: In 2019 in the world, 45·10³ Mt. of Absorbent Hygiene Product (AHP) wastes were produced, and their current disposal through landfills and incineration is causing greenhouse gas emissions and economic issues. This study compared the environmental impacts ...

    Abstract In 2019 in the world, 45·10³ Mt. of Absorbent Hygiene Product (AHP) wastes were produced, and their current disposal through landfills and incineration is causing greenhouse gas emissions and economic issues. This study compared the environmental impacts of four AHP-waste treatments calculated through Life Cycle Assessment. The four AHP-waste treatments included three innovative treatments: the biological process, the mechanical-thermal conversion of AHP-waste into fluff, the recycling process to recover valuable materials, and the baseline scenario including landfill and incineration with energy recovery. The functional unit was 1 t of AHP-waste, and the approach was from bin to grave. The evaluation concerned climate change and human toxicity with ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (H) and non-renewable energy with cumulative energy demand. Among the four treatments, only the recycling of AHP-waste achieved avoided environmental impacts; −2.68 kg CO₂ eq./t AHP-waste, −0.07 kg1,4 DB eq./t AHP-waste, and −26.36 MJ/t AHP-waste, because the rate of recovered material offset the efforts required to treat AHP-waste. The biological and mechanical-thermal treatment of AHP-waste reached the same rank position, but the latter could be further improved through an energy valorisation of fluff. The sensitivity analyses confirmed the trends of the four treatments and underlined the importance of the proper product recovery rate to counterbalance the effort required by the treatment.
    Keywords absorbents ; climate change ; energy ; energy recovery ; greenhouse gases ; humans ; hygiene ; landfills ; life cycle assessment ; nonrenewable resources ; toxicity ; wastes ; Absorbent hygiene product waste ; Environmental impact ; Recycling ; Waste management improvement ; Sustainability
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2023-06
    Size p. 356-371
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article ; Online
    ISSN 2352-5509
    DOI 10.1016/j.spc.2023.04.012
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  6. Article: Better screened than sorry!-an informed panel of inherited DNA repair gene variants for prostate cancer screening and prognostication.

    Fracassi, Giulia / Lorenzin, Francesca / Demichelis, Francesca

    Annals of translational medicine

    2019  Volume 7, Issue Suppl 3, Page(s) S158

    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-09-25
    Publishing country China
    Document type Editorial ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 2893931-1
    ISSN 2305-5847 ; 2305-5839
    ISSN (online) 2305-5847
    ISSN 2305-5839
    DOI 10.21037/atm.2019.06.59
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  7. Article ; Online: Investigation of the anaerobic digestion of cosmetic industrial wastes: Feasibility and perspectives.

    Fiore, Silvia / Demichelis, Francesca / Chiappero, Marco / Onofrio, Maurizio

    Journal of environmental management

    2021  Volume 299, Page(s) 113678

    Abstract: This study assessed the anaerobic digestion (AD) of wastes deriving from cosmetics production: sludge from onsite wastewater treatment plant (sWWTP), residues of shampoo/conditioner (RSC) and sludge from mascara production (MS), considered as single ... ...

    Abstract This study assessed the anaerobic digestion (AD) of wastes deriving from cosmetics production: sludge from onsite wastewater treatment plant (sWWTP), residues of shampoo/conditioner (RSC) and sludge from mascara production (MS), considered as single substrates and as mixture according to the produced amounts (54 %-wt sWWTP, 31 %-wt RSC, 13 %-wt MS, plus 2 %-wt food waste from the canteen, FW). Total COD (COD
    MeSH term(s) Anaerobiosis ; Biofuels ; Bioreactors ; Cosmetics ; Feasibility Studies ; Food ; Industrial Waste/analysis ; Methane ; Refuse Disposal ; Sewage
    Chemical Substances Biofuels ; Cosmetics ; Industrial Waste ; Sewage ; Methane (OP0UW79H66)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-07
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 184882-3
    ISSN 1095-8630 ; 0301-4797
    ISSN (online) 1095-8630
    ISSN 0301-4797
    DOI 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113678
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  8. Article ; Online: Circulating RNAs in prostate cancer patients.

    Mugoni, Vera / Ciani, Yari / Nardella, Caterina / Demichelis, Francesca

    Cancer letters

    2021  Volume 524, Page(s) 57–69

    Abstract: Growing bodies of evidence have demonstrated that the identification of prostate cancer (PCa) biomarkers in the patients' blood and urine may remarkably improve PCa diagnosis and progression monitoring. Among diverse cancer-derived circulating materials, ...

    Abstract Growing bodies of evidence have demonstrated that the identification of prostate cancer (PCa) biomarkers in the patients' blood and urine may remarkably improve PCa diagnosis and progression monitoring. Among diverse cancer-derived circulating materials, extracellular RNA molecules (exRNAs) represent a compelling component to investigate cancer-related alterations. Once outside the intracellular environment, exRNAs circulate in biofluids either in association with protein complexes or encapsulated inside extracellular vesicles (EVs). Notably, EV-associated RNAs (EV-RNAs) were used for the development of several assays (such as the FDA-approved Progensa Prostate Cancer Antigen 3 (PCA3 test) aiming at improving early PCa detection. EV-RNAs encompass a mixture of species, including small non-coding RNAs (e.g. miRNA and circRNA), lncRNAs and mRNAs. Several methods have been proposed to isolate EVs and relevant RNAs, and to perform RNA-Seq studies to identify potential cancer biomarkers. However, EVs in the circulation of a cancer patient include a multitude of diverse populations that are released by both cancer and normal cells from different tissues, thereby leading to a heterogeneous EV-RNA-associated transcriptional signal. Decrypting the complexity of such a composite signal is nowadays the major challenge faced in the identification of specific tumor-associated RNAs. Multiple deconvolution algorithms have been proposed so far to infer the enrichment of cancer-specific signals from gene expression data. However, novel strategies for EVs sorting and sequencing of RNA associated to single EVs populations will remarkably facilitate the identification of cancer-related molecules. Altogether, the studies summarized here demonstrate the high potential of using EV-RNA biomarkers in PCa and highlight the urgent need of improving technologies and computational approaches to characterize specific EVs populations and their relevant RNA cargo.
    MeSH term(s) Antigens, Neoplasm/genetics ; Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics ; Cell-Free Nucleic Acids/genetics ; Extracellular Vesicles/genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/genetics ; Humans ; Male ; MicroRNAs/genetics ; Prostatic Neoplasms/diagnosis ; Prostatic Neoplasms/genetics ; Prostatic Neoplasms/pathology ; RNA-Seq
    Chemical Substances Antigens, Neoplasm ; Biomarkers, Tumor ; Cell-Free Nucleic Acids ; MicroRNAs ; prostate cancer antigen 3, human
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-14
    Publishing country Ireland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 195674-7
    ISSN 1872-7980 ; 0304-3835
    ISSN (online) 1872-7980
    ISSN 0304-3835
    DOI 10.1016/j.canlet.2021.10.011
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  9. Article ; Online: The Genomics of Prostate Cancer: A Historic Perspective.

    Rubin, Mark A / Demichelis, Francesca

    Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine

    2019  Volume 9, Issue 3

    Abstract: The genomics of prostate cancer (PCA) has been difficult to study compared with some other cancer types for a multitude of reasons, despite significant efforts since the early 1980s. Overcoming some of these obstacles has paved the way for greater ... ...

    Abstract The genomics of prostate cancer (PCA) has been difficult to study compared with some other cancer types for a multitude of reasons, despite significant efforts since the early 1980s. Overcoming some of these obstacles has paved the way for greater insight into the genomics of PCA. The advent of high-throughput technologies coming from the initial use of microsatellite and oligonucleotide probes gave rise to techniques like comparative genomic hybridization (CGH). With the introduction of massively parallel genomic sequencing, referred to as next-generation sequencing (NGS), a deeper understanding of cancer genomics in general has occurred. Along with these technologic advances, there has been the development of computational biology and statistical approaches to address novel large data sets characterized by single base resolution. This review will provide a historic perspective of PCA genomics with an emphasis on the cardinal mutations and alterations observed to be consistently seen in PCA for both hormone-naïve localized PCA and castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). There will be a focus on alterations that have the greatest potential to play a role in disease progression and therapy management.
    MeSH term(s) Computational Biology ; DNA Copy Number Variations/genetics ; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/genetics ; Gene Fusion/genetics ; Gene Rearrangement/genetics ; Genomics/history ; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing ; History, 20th Century ; History, 21st Century ; Humans ; Male ; Microsatellite Repeats/genetics ; Neoplasm Proteins/genetics ; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length/genetics ; Prostatic Neoplasms/genetics ; Prostatic Neoplasms/history
    Chemical Substances Neoplasm Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-03-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Historical Article ; Journal Article ; Review
    ISSN 2157-1422
    ISSN (online) 2157-1422
    DOI 10.1101/cshperspect.a034942
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  10. Article ; Online: Ploidy- and Purity-Adjusted Allele-Specific DNA Analysis Using CLONETv2.

    Prandi, Davide / Demichelis, Francesca

    Current protocols in bioinformatics

    2019  Volume 67, Issue 1, Page(s) e81

    Abstract: High-throughput DNA sequencing technology provides base-level and statistically rich information about the genomic content of a sample. In the contexts of cancer research and precision oncology, thousands of genomes from paired tumor and matched normal ... ...

    Abstract High-throughput DNA sequencing technology provides base-level and statistically rich information about the genomic content of a sample. In the contexts of cancer research and precision oncology, thousands of genomes from paired tumor and matched normal samples are profiled and processed to determine somatic copy-number changes and single-nucleotide variations. Higher-order informative analyses, in the form of allele-specific copy-number assessments or subclonality quantification, require reliable estimates of tumor DNA ploidy and tumor cellularity. CLONETv2 provides a complete set of functions to process matched normal and tumor pairs using patient-specific genotype data, is independent of low-level tools (e.g., aligner, segmentation algorithm, mutation caller) and offers high-level functions to compute allele-specific copy number from segmented data and to identify subclonal population in the input sample. CLONETv2 is applicable to whole-genome, whole-exome and targeted sequencing data generated either from tissue or from liquid biopsy samples. © 2019 The Authors.
    MeSH term(s) Algorithms ; Alleles ; Computational Biology/methods ; DNA Copy Number Variations ; Exome/genetics ; Gene Dosage/genetics ; Genotype ; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing ; Humans ; Neoplasms/genetics ; Ploidies ; Precision Medicine
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-09-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2179022-X
    ISSN 1934-340X ; 1934-3396
    ISSN (online) 1934-340X
    ISSN 1934-3396
    DOI 10.1002/cpbi.81
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